By recomcdaniel on Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Paradoxical Commandments by Dr. Kent M. Keith and more...

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
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By recomcdaniel on Sunday, February 08, 2009

What do the words wealth or wealth creation mean to you? What do you associate with those words? Does it mean savings during the certain period of time; maybe a lifetime of savings and then buying your dream house in Florida? Does it mean for you retiring before age 65? Does it mean for you - create wealth fast, almost instant? Does wealth mean the quality of time you have with your family? Does it mean the quality of your life? Does wealth mean doing whatever you want in your life? Does $3 million a year seem high or too low to you?

The old English meaning of the word, wealth, means be well. Wealth means more opportunities, better life, better health, better education etc.

Whatever picture of wealth and wealth creating you hold in your mind, whatever definition of wealth you might have, you can achieve it.

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By recomcdaniel on Sunday, January 18, 2009

 

Do you have self-confidence? Do you really believe that you can have success in your business and your life? Self Confidence is one of the main ingredients to success!

Many people are under the impression that everyone except themselves has self-confidence. They believe they are the unlucky ones, the doomed ones, so they sluggishly walk around day in and day out mesmerized with the thought that the happy and successful people were born with self-confidence.

Well, that simply is not the case. Did you know that rich and successful people were not born with self-confidence? They had to foster, develop and build on their self-confidence. And they kept practicing and building on that self-confidence until they gained unstoppable momentum to the point where they have become extremely confident.

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By recomcdaniel on Sunday, January 04, 2009

Everyone is always talking about New Years Resolutions. But when you go and look up the definition of resolution in Webster’s Dictionary, one of the top findings defines resolution as reduction to a simpler form; conversion. Isn’t it amazing that most people believe that setting a resolution is something that is going to sit them up for increase and change? When in fact, just like this definition, many people make promises to increase at the beginning of each year and before they can get through the 1st couple of months – THEY REDUCE THOSE AMBITIONS TO A SIMPLIER FORM. THEY CONVERT FROM THE HIGH HOPES AND LOFTY GOALS TO DEALING WITH DISHEARTENMENT AND SETTLING FOR MEDIOCRITY. So what are you going to do moving into this New Year? Are you just going to come up with another year of “wishful thinking” News Resolutions or are you ready to REALLY take your life to the next level?

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By recomcdaniel on Sunday, December 28, 2008

"We are what we think
All that we are arises with our thoughts
With our thoughts we create the world"
Buddha

January is often a time when people are reflecting on the past year and setting goals for the new year (or for some, beating themselves up for what they didn't do last year, and some stating that they're never going to set goals again!). But setting goals is really about making choices. Choosing to continue on the same path or choosing a new direction. It can be specific choices like choosing to start your own business, choosing to do your business more often, choosing social and recreational activities to take part in and so on. Or it can be less tangible like setting your intention to have more ease in your life, more money, more time for yourself etc. and being open to the opportunities that support this.

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By recomcdaniel on Sunday, December 14, 2008

Tonight’s conference call is dedicated to my beautiful wife Shanee’! Many of you may have been wondering, that have been around a while, where has Shanee’ been. Usually she introduces me on every Sunday night motivational call and travels with me as we do business across the US. But for the last 4 months, she has been “missing in action”. She hasn’t retired early nor did she decide to stop pursing this great opportunity. In fact, after tonight she is back in full effect!

As everyone has goals and to-dos on life’s list, so do we. After dating for 3 and ½ years and being married for 1 year, neither of us finished college. I would have a much longer time to finish my degree, but she only had 1 more semester. After building a home, purchasing new vehicles, making a few investments, and before making additions to our family, we set a goal for Shanee’ to get her college degree. Obviously after having children in addition to the demands of building our business, it would have Read More »

By recomcdaniel on Sunday, December 07, 2008

People often ask me how I became successful in this 7 year period of time while many of the people I knew did not. The answer is simple: The things I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do.

I found it easy to set the goals that could change my life. They found it easy not to. I found it easy to read the books that could affect my thinking and my ideas. They found that easy not to. I found it easy to attend the classes and the seminars, and to get around other successful people. They said it probably really wouldn't matter.

If I had to sum it up, I would say what I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do. Six years later, I'm a million dollar producer and they are all still blaming the economy, the government and company policies, yet they neglected to do the basic, easy things.

In fact, the primary reason most people are not doing as well as they could and should, can be summed up in a si Read More »

By recomcdaniel on Sunday, November 30, 2008

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Each year November and December are months where we spend more time with friends and family and really reflect on our lives and all we have to be thankful for. Large gatherings, good food, gifts and friendly fellowship are all commonplace across all social classes in our country. Most people only give thanks in abundance during this time of the year.

If you look up the word thanks in a Thesaurus, gratitude is listed as a synonym. I was always taught that gratitude was a key ingredient in becoming successful in my personal and professional life.

Dennis Prager, a radio talk show host and author, once said, "All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to complain, but it is truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy."

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By recomcdaniel on Sunday, November 16, 2008

1. Review your performance.
Whether it's communication, whether it's activity, whether it's a CEO, whether it's on the job. Here's what my father said, "Always do more than you are paid for to make an investment in your future." Now some unions wouldn’t argue with that. My father was so unique. Review your performance--your language with your children. Say, "Have I been too harsh, too strong, too stubborn? Should I have learned to be easier and mixed more compassion with the tough stuff I have to deal with?" And yes, prayer will help. Ask for help to say the right thing, not to ruin it all by poor communication.

2. Face your fears.
That's how you conquer them. Don't dismiss them; face them. Say, "Here's what I'm afraid of. I wonder wha Read More »

By recomcdaniel on Sunday, November 09, 2008

On tonight’s motivational call that I do every Sunday, I started the call playing a song by John Mayer called “Waiting on the World to Change”. This song and the recent results of the United States Presidential election really inspired me to write this blog.

At the beginning of the song, in the 1st verse, Mayer says, “Now we see everything that’s going wrong with the world and those who lead it, just feel like we don’t have the means to rise above and beat it so we keep waiting on the world to change.” Then he goes on to say, “It’s hard to beat the system when we’re standing at a distance, so we keep waiting on the world to change”.

So many people in our society, as a whole, feel so inferior that they do not think that their personal contribution can make a difference in the world we live in. This reality brings me to one of my favorite quotes, “People are so anxious to change their situations, but yet, they are unwilling to change t Read More »