Without doubt, the greatest advance you can make in your Personal Development program is to Know Thyself, identify your strengths and weaknesses.

In what areas of your life are you supremely confident (but not arrogant or prideful)?  In what areas of your life are you insecure or lacking confidence?  Knowing your strengths and weaknesses provides valuable insights with respect to where to most effectively focus your efforts in your Personal Development program. » Read the rest of the entry..

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Our mental attitude is

“… the one and only thing over which anyone has been given the complete, unchallengeable privilege of personal control” (Napoleon Hill).

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One of the most powerful tools we have available to us in Personal Development is Creative Visualization. However, Creative Visualization extends well beyond Personal Development in terms of applications and benefits, representing a powerful tool for Art, Architecture, Entertainment, Literature, Science, Technology, Philosophy … and so on. In fact, it is hard to conceive of a field in which Creative Visualization could not be or, more accurately, is not being utilized to advantage and represents one aspect of our Greatest Asset …. our Mind. » Read the rest of the entry..

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The Confidence you have in your “Self”

By definition, “Self-Confidence” is the confidence you have in yourself which, in turn, is the result of a complex combination of mental attitude, life experience and/or circumstance, genetic attributes and social and physical environment as they pertain to “Self”.

Some aspects which contribute to Self Confidence, like genetic attributes, manifest themselves as physical attributes which society may deem as undesirable, contributing to a possible loss of Self Confidence. Mental Attitude, which derives from thoughts and beliefs pertaining to oneself, may or may not be accurate, depending upon other aspects of character such as Self Esteem. Finally, social and physical environment are dependent upon the specific setting in which you find yourself at any given point in time. » Read the rest of the entry..

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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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In these two earlier posts I provided links to a series of YouTube videos (released by Primeau Productions)

[1]       [2]

in which Napoleon Hill discussed principles from his personal success philosophy (as published in “Think and Grow Rich” and “The Law of Success”). » Read the rest of the entry..

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I was just reading Robert Pirsig’s “Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals“, the sequel to Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance, in which he clarifies his “Metaphysics of Quality” and came across his description of the moral and social chaos accompanying the transition from the Victorian Era to post World War I society, from the change in status of the “intellectual”, from “… social domination of intellect to intellectual domination of society …” I believe it represents a good description of the context in which many of the books discussed on this blog, and the accompanying Integrated Success Program web-site, were written. » 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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“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you”

Mt 7:12 - NIV

We have all heard the Golden Rule but do we really understand it, particularly with regard to our daily interaction with others?

I have been reading the discussion of “The Golden Rule” as presented in Chapter 16 of Napoleon Hill’s “Law of Success” and have had an epiphany! » Read the rest of the entry..

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In an earlier post, I gathered together 7 YouTube video clips of Napoleon Hill discussing components of his “Master Key to Success”. Since that post, an additional 3 YouTube video clips have been released by Primeau Productions. » Read the rest of the entry..

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