Earl Nightingale

Earl Nightingale (March 12, 1921 - March 25, 1989) was, in my opinion, one of the great American motivational speakers and authors, known as the “Dean of Personal Development.”

“Lead the Field” is a series of six discs comprised of mp3 audio tracks for 12 separate sessions.

The following has been taken from the Nightingale-Conant web-site:

“Hundreds of thousands of people have profited from the wisdom and savvy of Lead the Field!

In fact, it has often been referred to as the “Program of Presidents” because so many top executives have incorporated Earl’s guidance and wisdom into their management philosophies.

When you listen to this landmark program you’ll be awestruck by the simplicity and timelessness of Earl’s words and ideas.

• Double your mental capability
• Recognize and easily overcome the biggest stumbling block to high achievement
• Dramatically improve your luck by changing one simple thing
• Make success unavoidable with an easy 3-minute-a-day exercise
• Assess your potential worth, and start increasing it now

Lead the Field has arguably changed more lives and created more millionaires than any other program Nightingale-Conant has produced.”

The “Lead the Field” audio series constitutes a wealth of Earl Nightingale’s wisdom and can be played over and over again. In addition, several of his videos are available on YouTube, including “The Strangest Secret” and “The Boss” , and are well worth watching as well.
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Author Katrina Kenison reads from her latest book The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother’s Memoir in this YouTube video.

As parents, we may feel that the tension between us and our teenage children is unique, despite the fact that our friends may relate virtually identical stories with respect to their children. » Read the rest of the entry..

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Or is it “Defeat”!

Is it simply an issue of semantics, or is suffering a Failure more significant than a Defeat. More importantly, have you suffered a Setback, a Defeat or a Failure? Defining it properly and seeing it in its proper perspective is critical to subsequent outcomes.

The most important aspect is to determine whether:

1. You can learn anything from the situation (whether Setback, Failure or Defeat) so as not to repeat it,
2. You can recover and move on,
3. You will allow the situation to make YOU a Failure or can you successfully separate YOURSELF from the SITUATION and move on toward your goals?

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Dreams - Goals with a Deadline

With Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games days away, it seems like a suitable time to discuss “Realizing Your Dreams”. » Read the rest of the entry..

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 Fetch My Future is a short, easy to read text introducing the sub-conscious mind and how to successfully and consciously access it. It has an interesting layout, with instructional text on the right side of the book, while the left side of the page has inspirational quotes at the top and bottom of the page. In addition, located at the middle of the left hand page is a brief summary of the material to the right. This organizational layout makes it easy to locate a particular section of text being sought. » Read the rest of the entry..

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I am currently reading “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” by Malcolm Gladwell and am delighted to find that it resonates with my thoughts regarding individuals initiating significant change, as previously posted in my articles “The Golden Rule” and “Manifest World Change“.  In these two articles, the main thoughts I proposed were that:

• we need to exemplify the (social, behavioral, ethical etc.) changes we wish to see in the world,
• small changes in our behaviour might produce significant result,
• changes we exemplify might be scalable in their influence, reaching well beyond our individual area of influence, and
• in order to develop the character traits we desire, we need to exemplify them.

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I have posted the text for Elbert Hubbard’s “A Message to Garcia” on my Squidoo page. I posted an introductory comment on this brief text in an earlier post. » Read the rest of the entry..

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About twenty years ago or so, I attended a motivational seminar by Jim Rohn. I remember him as being filled with wisdom, coupled with a delivery loaded with single line Gems of Wisdom. His seminar has remained in my memory to this date.

I enjoyed his presentation so much, I subsequently purchased his packaged set entitled “The Art of Exceptional Living” from Nightingale-Conant. » Read the rest of the entry..

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This is a very short (1:16 minute) motivational video clip posted on YouTube. Despite being so short, it carries a very powerful message. » Read the rest of the entry..

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Introduction

The Law of Attraction has been widely quoted throughout the Internet, largely on the basis of the release of “The Secret (Extended Edition)” and the books by Esther and Jerry Hicks. At the most extreme end of the Law of Attraction continuum, its advocates would have us believe that, in order to realize (or manifest) our hearts wildest desires, all we need to do is to visualize that desire and release it to the Universe in order for it to manifest into our lives. » Read the rest of the entry..

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