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5 Common Myths About Success

Every single person has the ability to achieve success. Unfortunately, there are success myths out there that define what success should look like.

The truth is, success looks different for each person. Whether it be in life, relationships, career or all the above, what does it look like for you?

I have identified the 5 most common success myths that may be limiting you from living your dream life.

Myth 1: Being Rich, Thin, & Happy is the Ultimate Goal

The first is believing that being rich,...

How to Get Paid to Speak Around the World

Public speaking is the most effective way to share your ideas with the world. It takes confidence, passion, and authenticity to share a message that influences and resonates with an audience.

How does one attract eager audiences around the world?

It starts with the commitment to make as many speaking engagements as you possibly can. Get your name out there.

In addition, I have compiled a few other tips to work your way to an international speaking career with paid gigs around the world.

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How to Set Priorities Using the ABCDE Method

The more thought you invest into setting priorities before you begin a task, the faster you will get the important things done. The more important and valuable the task is to you, the more motivated you are to overcome procrastination and launch yourself into the job.

William Matthews said, “The first law of success is concentration – to bend all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right or to the left.”

Today, I want to share a method of time-m...

5 Leadership Styles to Inspire Peak Performance

The job of the leader is to get things done by leading others to success. It is important to develop leadership styles that suit different situations. The style used depends on the needs of the team.

Great leaders choose leadership styles based on the circumstances and the end goal. Here are the 5 leadership styles you should develop to inspire your team to deliver their peak performance.

Be a Structural Leader

The first leadership style is Structural.

Everyone knows exactly what needs to be...

Develop A Clear Vision & Plan For Your Future

Most people have a general idea about what they want for their lives. The capacity to relay that vision to others is the challenge. This is something that sets apart a leader from the rest.

The main quality that all leaders share is that they have a clear and exciting vision for the future, and the ability to communicate that vision.

Only a leader can think about the future and plan for the future each day.

Communicate Your Vision

Excellent leaders take the time to think through and develop...

Why You Should Write a Book & Become a Published Author

You have a meaningful idea or message that you want to share with the world, but you don’t know where to start. Put your pen to paper, and write a book.

I know it sounds crazy, but you don’t have to be a distinguished author to write a book. You just have to be passionate about something. 

I’ve written and published over 70 books in as many as 42 languages and sold over 10 million copies over the years.

This is starting from nothing, and not knowing what I was doing at all.

There are several...

How to Overcome Your Fears, Get Unstuck, and Fuel Your Success

What scares you? Learning how to overcome fears of failure can be challenging for everyone.

Fortunately, all fears are learned. No one is born with fears. Fears can therefore, be unlearned by practicing self-discipline repeatedly with regard to fear until it goes away.

The most common fears that we experience, which often sabotage all hope for success, are the fear of failure, poverty, and loss of money.

These fears cause people to avoid risk of any kind and to reject opportunity when it is p...

10 Goal-Setting Questions Answered by Today’s Top Goal Experts

When it comes to goal-setting, many people don’t know where to start. They know that they want something, but don’t know how to go out and get it.

You can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal you can set for yourself. No one is smarter than you and no one is better than you. All business skills, sales skills, and money making skills are learnable.

With that said, we put together a panel of five of today’s best goal-achievers and experts. A legendary Twitter chat full of lif...

The Anatomy of a Perfect Book Title

The perfect book title can mean the difference between a bestseller and a good dust collector. Particularly if you are writing an e-book, finding the right combinations of words can impact the way the public receives your writing.

The power of a few short words can be intimidating. Fortunately, there is an easy way to dissect the elements of successful book titles and replicate them in your own work.

A great title depends on several interlocking elements: your topic and target audience, the t...

The Single Greatest Thing You Can Do to Grow Your Business

Over the course of the last 40 years, I’ve created several online courses on a variety of topics, spoken to millions of people around the world, and have helped countless companies to increase their revenue, but by far the thing that helped me to grow my business the most was writing a book…

One of the most common goals people have in their life is the desire to write a book.

Few people, however, understand that writing a book can be the keystone to other things they want in life as well, be...