Your Telephone Voice Makes Your Success

Your Telephone Voice Makes Your Success
By Jo Ann Kirby

We speak every day without fully recognizing the impact our voice has on the our success and that of our organizations. The voice that picks up the company telephone or speaks to the customer or supplier represents that organization, whether it's the receptionist, sales person, human resource rep, general manager or CEO. Everyone creates a vocal impression of the company they work for.

It is said that when a person is sight-impaired, all other senses are heightened. They hear more sharply, they smell and taste more intensely and the sense of touch is enhanced. When we communicate over the telephone the communication skills we are left with need to become more enhanced they are now more critical for our success. Unlike our body, however, our skills will not be enhanced on their own. We need to take active steps to achieve our goals.

There are two areas that directly impact your vocal impression: your voice and your words. Your voice must be clearly understood by everyone who listens to you. On the telephone this becomes even more critical as there is not the accompanying body language you have in a face to face situation

Make sure you enunciate your words clearly. Avoid slang and poor grammar. Make your voice as expressive as your face. Your voice has wonderful nuances and shadings to give meaning to the words you use, providing you let it. For example, read aloud a passage from a favorite book. Does your voice conjure up images or feelings? To use your voice effectively in business, youll need to use the same skills. An expressive voice creates a comfortable atmosphere in which to conduct business. Your expression can help create a sense of urgency; or instill confidence in yourself and your products.

Dont overlook the importance of enthusiasm in your voice. Enthusiasm is contagious it will catch on. A simple way to increase the enthusiasm in your voice is to keep a smile on your face. It has a side benefit of helping to make your voice sound more pleasant to listen to.

Check your volume. If you speak too softly, youll appear to be timid. Besides, no one will hear you. If you speak too loudly, youll be thought of as aggressive and pushy. Strive for a middle ground. Try to create a sense of familiarity by mirroring the rate of speech of the person youre speaking with. Speed up or down as necessary. However, avoid speaking too quickly or too slowly. Remember you want to make sure your words are understood.

The words we use in conversation can and should be used to strategic advantage. Chances are you handle the many of the same situations on a regular basis. Give yourself some help and write out responses in advance. This allows you to pay special attention to the words you are using. Make sure you have a clear objective of what you want to accomplish on a call. Having an objective allows you to focus on what you want to say. When you phrase your words in advance it makes it easier to get the response you want.

Above all, make it effortless for your listener to understand you. Good vocal technique combined with good word usage makes it easier to conduct business successfully.

There are many ways to help improve your vocal impression and create a voice for success. First, listen to yourself. Find a tape recorder and tape yourself. Listen to your voice objectively. Does you voice convey your message? Is your rate of speech appropriate? Second listen to the person you are speaking with. What are they saying? What are they omitting? How are they reacting to you? Finally, put it together. Make a plan of action for your success. Choose no more that 2 areas at a time to work on.

Think about what you like and dont like your telephone voice. If necessary, dont be afraid to think about professional voice coaching or presentation skills training. Every one admires a great voice. Better yet, everyone listens to an effective voice. Make yourself (and your message) heard!

Jo Ann Kirby is president of KRG Communications Group. She has 20 years experience in sales and sales management and an extensive background in training and development. Her background also includes extensive b2b telesales management experience. Jo Ann has been published in The Toastmaster, NAPPS Network and Commerce magazines. More can be found at http://www.krgcommunications.com

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The Superachiever 6Step Method To Success

The Superachiever 6-Step Method To Success
By Joan Clout-Kruse

Are you a superachiever? Do you visualize the end-result with a passion, plan ahead and take action to reach your goals? Superachievers believe in themselves and have an uncanny ability to finish what they start. They are ordinary people with extraordinary skills that accomplish their dreams. While other people are talking about their goals superachievers are moving closer to achieving their dreams.

There are 6 steps they use that make their ventures a success.

They VISUALIZE their goals and know what they want.

They have a PASSION to achieve their goals.

They set a COURSE OF ACTION to follow.

No OBSTACLES are allowed to get in the way of their dreams.

They see failure as a LEARNING experience.

They NEVER GIVE UP.

1. Visualize: Superachievers actually see their goals. They see the end result as if it has already been accomplished. That is what keeps them going. They can visualize the house and car they want right down to the smallest details. They know what their business needs are and can picture them in their mind. They focus on these detailsone step at a timeon a daily basis. Olympic ice skating champions tell us that they can visualize their whole program and believe that they will have a flawless program even before they start skating it.

2. Passion: Superachievers enthusiasm keeps them going. They believe in themselves. They believe they can do it. Their Motivating Factor is passion -- a deep yearning inside them is the driving force that keeps them going. This driving force is sustained because they love what they are doing. With passion superachievers start new businesses even though they may not know much about starting a business. They know with a commitment and a plan they can do it.

3. Course of Action: This is their plan of actiontheir goal setting device. They know that they will achieve their goals with a course of action. That means developing and writing down their goals and the tasks to achieve them.

4. Learning Experience: Superachievers are not stopped by failure. The see it as a learning experience. Business failure. Divorce. Rejection. Superachievers will learn from their disappointments, move on, and start again until they succeed.

5. Never Give Up: This is the key to their success. They never give up. They are relentless achievers. They find ways to keep on going no matter what.

6. Practice superachiever habits everyday: You need to know your goals inside out. Write down your goals, break them into small tasks and work on at least one task a day. For example, a writing goal could be: I will finish writing my book in 90 days. Your book has 10 chapters, plus an Introduction and some items at the end. Count this as 12 parts to your book. Thats one part per week. In 12 weeks (90 days) you could have your first draft done. Then you work back to what amount of writing you will do each day.

Achieving your goals may require breaking old patterns and keeping to your schedule. Get yourself a Writing Buddy to help you stay on schedule. Once a week the two of you can share where you are and how you are doing. You will motivate each other to finish. Preparing the plan takes time. Yet once you complete it, it usually only requires minor adjustments as you add and delete tasks during the course of the goal.

Imagine how elated you will feel when you check off your list of tasks and see that you are getting closer and closer to accomplishing your goal. Its a great feeling to be a superachiever and just get it done.

About the Author

Are you stuck with a specific goal or writing project that is important to you? Contact Joan Clout-Kruse, the Book Writers' Coach at CoachJoan@powerhousewriting.com to get you back on track. Finish writing your book in 90-Days is available for the serious-minded, committed writer.

Joan is the author of The Top 10 Traits of Silicon Valley Dynamos, and the e-books How To Write Your Book In 90 Days or Less, and The ABCs of Success. Contact Joan at 650 759-2042 or check out her Web site at http://powerhousewriting.com to get your book done once and for all in 90 days

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Four Success Lessons From Knife Defence

Four Success Lessons From Knife Defence
By John Watson

Knife attacks are increasingly common these days. Nearly every week in the UK there is news of at least one knife murder. At least, it seems like that.

It amazes me that so few people try to learn how to defend themselves from a knife attack.

This article gives some helpful suggestions on how to defend yourself from a knife attack but it also looks at some key life lessons that can be learned from the art of knife defence.

Recently a young girl was murdered in a park. She was knifed repeatedly as she begged her attacker not to knife her 'there' or 'there'. She was stabbed about a dozen times by a mercilessassailant.

She and her friend had made the mistake of not fighting her attackers earlier before they were bundled into the boot of a car and taken to a park.

She was knifed to death. Her friend was shot but lived to tell the tale.

One key self defence lesson is to never allow yourself to be taken from where you are to a place which suits your attackers. It is better to risk fighting back at once.

In ordinary life, it is clearly wiser to deal with a problem immediately when you still have some control over it rather than waiting for it to get worse.

Human beings are problem solving creatures. Even a knife murderer who is trying to kill you will keep stabbing or slashing until he gets round your defences and finds a vulnerable target.

This might involve changing the angle of his attack or using his other hand to hold the knife if what he is already doing is not working.

If he keeps stabbing the same way that he started, he will probably fail to kill his victim and may even end up badly hurt or dead himself.

The same principle applies from the defender's point of view. If his block isn't working too well, he will, if he is lucky, receive one or two shallow wounds.

This should be enough to convince him to change his method of defence before he gets stabbed in a vital area or gets stabbed deeply enough to kill him.

He might try a few swift kicks at his attacker's shins or even spit in his face to cause him to flinch long enough to allow him to launch a telling attack. The defender cannot hang about. He has to find solutions rapidly or 'die'.

He might even remove his belt and swing the buckle at his attacker's face. He will need to practice taking off his belt at speed! A chair is another useful option both for defence and offence.

The same lesson about changing what we do applies in the less intense areas of life that we normally face every day. We need to change what is not working as soon as possible. If we carry on repeating the same old mistakes we will die a slow death of mediocrity.

Every day is a kind of life or death struggle against living a very ordinary and boring life. If we don't change fairly soon we will find ourselves in a deeper and deeper rut bound tight by inefficient habits which make escape unlikely before we eventually die unfulfilled and having made little difference to the planet on which we live.

We should change what we are doing if it is not working and try something else. It is very tempting to do what we are convinced will work even if reality tells us that our strategy is ineffective.

We should give up our old ideas and try something new. We are not giving up our goals; we are just trying to reach them by a more effective route.

A third lesson from the knife scenario, which has already been suggested, is that a sense of urgency is essential. Any delay means death or severe injury in a knife defence situation.

In our ordinary lives, delay means that bad habits have a chance to take hold and slow us down and turn us into the walking dead.

Statistics suggest that people on benefits who have not worked for two years will never work again. They need to get back to work of some kind as soon as possible before they become incapable of regular work.

Delayed action means loss of momentum and loss of the excitement that goes with the rapid achievement of our goals. Delay gives a chance for distractions to creep in and prevent the focus necessary to reach a goal.

It has been said that we need to be patient about the results we want (since we cannot fully control results) but need a sense of urgency in doing the things that we believe to be necessary to achieve those results.

These actions are under our control. We can take action slowly or fast. Fast is usually better unless you are defusing a bomb and even then it might explode sooner than you think!

We cannot be sure that we will avoid death or injury in a knife attack but we can control the speed at which we react to the attack. If we move slowly, we will be dead meat. If we move fast, we have a chance.

In life, in general, a missed opportunity does not always return. We need to 'seize the day' and get on with things if we want to make the most of the chances that come our way.

If we are in business, few things please a customer more than fast, efficient service. When I buy info products on the internet, I really appreciate product owners who provide you with an immediate download.

With others, you have to wait for an email which could take two or three days to arrive or you have to jump through several hoops before you can actually clap eyes on the product. You can guess whose products I am most keen to buy.

A fourth lesson from knife defence is that you need a very clear sense of priorities. If the knife is close to you, your priority is defence i.e. stopping the knife entering your body at any point.

There is little point in swapping a punch for a knife wound. You might land a punch on his jaw but, if you are not making defence a priority, he might well have killed you with a stab.

If the knife is not an immediate threat because you have grabbed his knife arm or it is some distance from your body, your priority is to hurt your attacker so badly that he will no longer wish to continue his attack.

Failure to establish these priorities has harsh consequences. In normal life, the same is true to a lesser extent. If you waste your time on secondary tasks and neglect the important ones, your chances of achieving your goals are slim.

If possible 'make your money' early in the morning by completing your priority tasks whatever they are. Writers may like to write for an hour before they do anything else. The health conscious may prefer to go for a walk first thing.

The highly organized might plan to clear up clutter for half an hour. This will help them to work with greater power and energy for the rest of the day.

So then, choose your own ground to fight on and start your fight back as early as possible. Change what isnt working. Take action with a sense of urgency but be patient about the results. The seed takes time to grow. Decide on your daily priorities and start in on them as early in the day as possible.

If you fight on your own ground, change what is not working, act with speed and urgency and follow your key priorities, you may survive a knife attack and you may also live a powerful and exciting life.

Incidentally, I owe much of the above advice on dealing with a knife attacker to a great self-protection instructor called Richard Dmitri from Montreal in Canada.

About the author

John Watson is an award winning teacher and fifth degree black belt martial arts instructor. He has recently written several books about achieving your goals and dreams.

They can be found on his website http://www.motivationtoday.com along with a motivational message and books by other authors.

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10 Critical Success Clues

10 Critical Success Clues
By Leslie Fieger

I don't need to be a gypsy fortune teller to tell your fortune. I can tell with a 95% certainty whether or not a person is (or is going to be) successful.

All I need is 20 minutes of conversation or a few email interactions and I know. It is easy to do. You can do it too. Yes! You can actually predict whether or not someone will have the success they say they want. Better yet, you can tell if you are going to be a success OR not.

The best part about checking to see if you will be a success is that you don't have to 'beat around the bush' in a conversation to discover the clues, as you would normally have to do with another person. The worst part about checking in with yourself is that you will run up against an outright liar. Yes, you will attempt to deceive yourself. Now that you are forewarned about that, you can watch out for your attempts to obscure (or divert yourself from) the truth about yourself.

So, if you want to predict the future of anyone, including yourself, here are the ten most critical clues that you will need to uncover and clarify:

1- Attitude

2- Intention

3- Purpose

4- Passion

5- Plan

6- Resolve

7- Responsibility

8- Words

9- Actions

10-Peers.

Let's take a closer look at each.

Attitude: There is a winner's attitude and there is a loser's attitude. Most people have a mix of the two.

A winner's attitude is characterized by high self-esteem, a positive outlook on life, a general feeling of gratitude, a sense of great personal destiny, a willingness to learn and the will to do what is necessary.

Losers have poor self-esteem, a negative (they say realistic) outlook on life, a general feeling of resentment about the trials and tribulations of life, a sense of impending negative fate, a stubbornness about what they 'know', and lousy will-power or self-discipline.

Intention: As a general rule, things done with intent, produce intended results and things done without specific intent produce unintended results.

It is my experience that most people think, say and do most things in life without any conscious and specific intent. I like to ask people (and especially myself) the following clarifying questions:

What is your intent in holding that belief? What is your intent in thinking that way? What is your intent in doing what you do? Most can't answer. Winners can. More importantly, winners are always asking themselves, what is my intended result for this chosen action, thought or way of being?.

Purpose: This is so simple it is almost ludicrous... a life without a defined and stated purpose is a life of no purpose and no meaning.

Winners have a purpose. Losers do not. Winners live a life of purpose and 'on purpose'. Losers live accidentally; victims of circumstance instead of creators of circumstance. The sooner you write down the succinct and true purpose of your life, the sooner you will discover success, happiness and personal fulfillment.

Important caveat: your purpose does not have to be altruistic or measure up to anyone's standards except your own. It can be entirely selfish.

Passion: Passion is that fuel that drives you. Passion is also what attracts to you the people and resources that you need to achieve your success.

Passion is magnetic. Desire is the metaphysical equivalent of gravity. It draws to you the elements that you need to succeed. Passionate people attract followers and supporters. Winners are passionate! ! ! ! !

Plan: You've heard before. You've read it many times. Every personal empowerment teacher says it... You must have specific and written goals and a step-by-step plan to enact those goals.

Every business needs a business plan. Your life needs a plan. You must create it. As Ben Franklin pointed out, Failing to plan is planning to fail. Winners have a game plan. Losers are spectators and armchair quarterbacks. Do you have written goals?

Do you have a specific game plan?

Resolve: It is persistence that creates winners. It takes resolve to reach the top.

There will be obstacles in your path and impediments to your success. Losers allow themselves to be defeated by these barriers. Winners use them to build up strength and/or to learn a better way to do something. I see it all the time... people quit just before the finish line. They lose focus and direction.

Winners persist. Losers desist.

Responsibility: Ask yourself this question, Why don't I have all the prosperity, happiness, success and fulfillment that I desire?

If you blame any condition, circumstance, event, person or external thing, then you are a loser. Winners accept responsibility. Losers assess blame.

Step up to the plate and accept responsibility for your life and you will become the winner that you desire to be in your secret heartfelt moments. The wonderful part about accepting responsibility for your failures is that you also get to accept responsibility for your successes. You don't have to say that you were lucky or blessed or had the right breaks... you can say, I did this.

Words: The words you speak and the way you speak them tell a lot about you. They tell the world what you believe, what you think, where you have been, who you hang around with and where you are likely to end up.

Below average people talk about other people; average people talk about events and circumstances. above average people (winners) talk about ideas and ideals (especially their own).

Winners say what they mean and mean what they say. Losers say what they think will please others or repeat what they have been told.

Actions: And yes, actions speak louder than words. The things you do are a reflection of your character.

Most people tend to do what most others do, in some sort of willful ignorance of the plain fact that most people live mediocre lives and never achieve the success they had idealized for themselves. Actions produces results.

If you want uncommon results, you must undertake to act uncommonly on purpose, with intent, with responsibility, with persistence, with resolve, with passion and according to your plan.

Do what you love. Do what you will.

Peers: Birds of a feather do flock together.

If you want to be a winner, hang out with winners. Create your own 'mastermind group'. Try to be involved with people who are smarter than you, more successful than you, have greater aspirations than you. If you can't do it in person, read their books or read their biographies or visit their websites.

Losers like to hang around with other losers, not just because misery loves company, but because their self-esteem is not threatened by comparison to their peers. If you can find the way to love yourself enough to always have a high level of self-esteem, then you won't need to compare yourself to others.

Winners believe in themselves. Losers believe in the world around them.

So now you know my secret to be able to predict the future. All I need to know about a person is:

1- Who they hang around with,

2- What they do day-to-day,

3- The way they speak and what they say,

4- Whether or not they assume responsibility or assess blame,

5- Whether or not they have the resolve (the stick-to-it-tive-ness) to overcome obstacles,

6- If they have a plan to live by,

7- A passion for life and their plans,

8- A self-designed purpose to live for,

9- If they act intentionally or in reaction, and,

10- What their overall attitude is to life and their part in it.

Now that you know, you don't need me, or some gypsy tea leaf reader, to predict your future.

The GREAT good news is that, if you discover, through this self-analysis, that you do not have these 10 necessary characteristics of winners, you can change the way you are and the things you do. So there it is... your destiny is yours, by design or by default. It is up to you.

Leslie Fieger. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Ten Keys for Success with the Melancholy

Ten Keys for Success with the Melancholy
By Reg Adkins

In order to develop a successful relationship with a melancholy which is conducive to their achievement of growth, be it academic, social, educational or spiritual one must know the true nature of that person.

Remember the essence of the melancholy is to be forever doomed to see their own shortcomings greatly magnified beyond that of the failings they perceive in others. Because of this inherent feeling of unworthiness, the melancholy lives in constant fear of rejection.

In order to protect themselves from rejection, they reject others first; thereby maintaining their own emotional safety. This creates the negative image others often have of the melancholies.

To effectively interact with the melancholy the approach is critical.

1. The approach must be cautious and patient. Otherwise the melancholy will shut the approaches out immediately out of a fear of allowing intruders too close; thus exposing themselves to potential injury.

2. The melancholy will rebel against and reject any type of pressure placed upon them.

3. The melancholy must be approached with consummate professionalism. Project an aloofness that indicates you do not really care if they accept your guidance or not. If you are overly friendly, they will reject you. Again, this is a defense mechanism ingrained in their temperament to assure self-preservation.

4. The best approach is to lay out the pertinent information factually and allow them to use their analytical nature to come to the best solution themselves.

5. The melancholy must be given time to be alone and to process and regenerate. Be aware and supportive of positive uses of this time.

6. The melancholy has an intense need to be independent. Make sure they know you are aware of their need and that they in turn are aware of the needs of others. When factually advised they are infringing on the needs of others: they will reflect upon and adjust their actions according to the best of their ability.

7. The melancholy has a strong need to know you are their intellectual superior. They will not accept guidance from any they believe not to be their superior. Be cautious not to present this in so forceful a manner that they will reject you. Display your credentials in a conspicuous manner where they may be easier observed. Give them the facts.

8. The melancholy presents an air of superiority. This is a faade. A mask designed to protect them fro possible hurt.

9. It is important that you know as much as possible about the background of the melancholy. Build a chronological case history and be familiar with it. It will allow them to develop a sense of comfort in your ability.

10. Make absolutely certain that the melancholy is aware you know exactly what you are doing, why you are doing it and what the end result or outcome will be.

The melancholy is a task oriented person. Keep your interactions in the realm of tasks and out of the realm of relationships as much as possible. This is especially true if you wish them to remain inside their comfort zone. If you are successful with a melancholy; it will not be through feelings or emotions. They are the epitome of the Joe Friday, just the facts, mentality.

Reg Adkins in a specialist in behaviors and emotional issues. He holds a bachelors degree in elementary education and a masters in educational administration. He is certified in numerous educational fields including exceptional student education. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the field of faith based counseling with a high focus on human temperament analysis and counseling.

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The Success Secret of Daily Practice

The Success Secret of Daily Practice
By John Watson

Practice may seem to be a very obvious 'secret' of success in most walks of life but it is often anything but obvious because the practitioner seems to do his or her thing so easily and spontaneously. They appear to be so talented that they can improvise brilliantly without the help of rehearsal.

On closer examination, the performance is far from easy. It follows hours and hours of daily practice and rehearsal.

Recently Lilia Kopylova won the BBC's 'Strictly Come Dancing' program partnered by England fast bowler, Darren Gough. She made her performances seem easy. She also achieved miracles in teaching Darren to be a competent partner.

However, Lilia has been training every day for years. She began dancing when she was nine and initially trained in Ballet, Gymnastics and Ice-Skating (which she began aged four and went on to become a Moscow champion in figure skating). It is no wonder that she can put in stunning dance performances.

Darren, had much less time - a few months - in which to learn to dance but he put in hours and hours of concentrated practice with the added benefit of Lilia's tuition.

Recently Robert Ringer has written a brilliant article on the power of 'orchestration' i.e. detailed rehearsal and practice.

He is a great speaker himself and has noticed how other great speakers give apparently flawless performances which appear to be the result of natural ability. He has realized, however, that these great speeches are anything but spontaneous.

He was so impressed by a speech by Zig Ziglar that he went to listen to him again. He was amazed to hear that the words and sentences were exactly the same. So was the body language. He also noticed that Anthony Robbins has his own sound man at all his speaking gigs. Speech and sound are carefully coordinated.

I heard Robbins in London at his fire walk seminar in Docklands. I, too, noticed huge banks of sound equipment at the back of the hall with a sound man always in charge.

Robbins appeared spontaneous and dynamic but he must have rehearsed his speech and delivery with his sound man many times before he finally appeared on stage.

Some performers have so much natural talent that they think they can get away without practising. However, they are taking a big risk. Practice can make a natural performer great. Lack of practice can make him or her look mediocre.

The above gives us all hope. Someone without natural ability can give a presentable performance if they practice enough. They can even appear talented. Practice can almost create talent.

I have often noticed in the martial arts that the people who practice regularly and with determined effort can put in competent performances at their grading.

They can focus all their energies on the required moves rather than on wondering what they should be doing next.

As they increase the speed of their well rehearsed moves, they can even begin to appear talented.

I have seen talented performers floundering because they had not put in the necessary practice.

People who worry about performing in public should stop worrying and start practising. Daily practice can work miracles and can create its own talent.

About the author

John Watson is an award winning teacher and fifth degree black belt martial arts instructor. He has recently written several books about achieving your goals and dreams.

They can be found on his website http://www.motivationtoday.com along with a motivational message and books by other authors

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A BIG Secret Of Successful People

A BIG Secret Of Successful People
By Mike Litman

I want to share with you a 'secret' of mine that has helped me live my dreams at 30 years old.

This 'secret of success' is one I've learned throughout the years from mentors of mine.

A few of these people run businesses that do over 150 million dollars a year in revenue.

Here's the deal.

Most people and (I used to be like this) for 7 plus years are very passive.

They're always passive at their jobs.

They go for their dreams very 'safely'.

They 'La De Da'' through life.

They 'hope' something good happens.

>From my experience, this is not the right attitude for success. No way, Jose'.

Let me share with you an ACTION of success.

Let me share with you a PERSPECTIVE of success that I've seen through people who are living their dreams, both personally and financially.

**Successful people ACT from a sense of URGENCY.

Let me say that again.

**Successful people ACT from a sense of URGENCY.

There's an URGENCY to accomplish tasks.

There's an URGENCY to live their dreams.

There's an URGENCY to get things done.

They're ATTACKING vs. WAITING.

Big difference.

Huge difference.

You have to go to dreams with a SENSE OF URGENCY.

None of us are going to live till 150 years old.

You have to ignite that part of you that can CATAPULT you to GREATER productivity and ACTION.

Ask yourself:

If I was going to act from a sense of URGENCY, what 2 actions would I take today?

Write them down and then DO IT.

Come on, YOU can do more than you EXPECT of yourself.

GRAB a copy of The Power of Concentration Success System because it will help you CREATE this mindset for you to SUCCEED.

You can do it.

YES, you can!

Are you ready or really ready to make your next 7 days awesome?

I thought so, let's go!

Have a GREAT weekend and never give up on your dreams! (It took me 7 years to find my focus, it's not over until you quit).

Talk to you soon.

Mike Litman
www.unleashyourgreatness.com/ns.html
www.mikelitman.com

Mike Litman is the co-author of the #1 Best-selling book Conversations with Millionaires. Over the last 3 years, Mike has unleashed the greatness of tens of thousands of people worldwide. Networking Times Magazine called Mike Litman a modern day Napoleon Hill and at the age of 30 hes already shared the stage with well-known speakers such as Mark Victor Hansen and Bob Proctor.

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