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Personal Development Tips: Seven Criteria for Recognizing Your Passion and Purpose

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Your passion will fuel the engine that powers the manifestation of your dreams. You need a passion that will drive you to personal growth and business success. Do you know what your passion in life is? Or are you still looking for it? Many times people are already living their passion and they don't recognize it. On the other hand, you may think you are doing exactly what you were meant to do, only to find there's something else that calls to you more powerfully. If you're looking to discover your passion, the following questions will get you started before I reveal the seven criteria. I suggest that you write each question on its own sheet of paper, which will give you ample room to add brainstorming ideas. What really excites you in your life? What do you do that gives you so much pleasure you lose track of time? What topics do you read about or see on the news that get you fired-up? What do you love doing so much you'd be willing to do it for free? Many people wonder, "How do I know what my passion is? **End Summary** Topics: personal development]]> personal success]]> business success]]> personal growth]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, "Women's Business Empowerment Summit". Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of "Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System" at www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

Professional Development Tools: How to Effectively Use Inspirational Books, Audios and Videos

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

What books are you currently reading? What audios are in your car? One of the quickest ways to master anything is to read books, listen to audios and watch videos on the subject. These are your tools for professional development and business success. If you're spending free time reading novels or listening to music, you're missing a major key to personal and business success. People who achieve high levels of abundance generally read two or three inspirational books every week. They aren't parked in front of the TV all night. With today's technology you have many choices of how to best receive personal growth information. There is no longer an excuse for not having time to be educated. Look at this partial list of delivery methods for getting professional development information to you: Read online or listen to PDFs online–software can read text to you! **End Summary** Topics: personal growth]]> business success]]> personal development]]> professional development]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, "Women's Business Empowerment Summit". Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of "Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System" at www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com.

Personal Success Strategy: Take a Millionaire to Lunch

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Take a millionaire to lunch and you may find a new mentor. Spending the money to be mentored by an expert is a key strategy to personal success. In this past year, every new idea I have learned has come from the time and money I spent to be with successful mentors. Mentors are invaluable. There is no such thing as a self-made millionaire. Everyone has had help with some phase of professional development. You can go a long way toward life mastery and business success with books and tapes. But eventually you will want to have mentors with whom you communicate and interact on a regular basis. There are great professional development mentors to be found right in your own hometown. Make a list of those people who intrigue you with their achievements in business success. Then, ask the first one for coffee or a lunch meeting. Repeat this process with each one as you refine your professional development questions to get the most out of the time you spend together. And, don’t forget to ask how you can be of service to each of these people. **End Summary** Topics: mentor]]> personal success]]> business success]]> personal development]]> professional development]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, âWomenâs Business Empowerment Summitâ. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of "Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System" at www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

Personal Growth Quiz: Test Your Level of Self-Esteem

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Every day I hear people from all walks of life saying things that literally cut them off from their own personal growth and total abundance. Things like, “I just can’t seem to get ahead,” or “I can’t believe I always do such stupid things.” Hearing those things is such a shame because it’s so unnecessary. If you were fully aware of how you talk to yourself and talk to the world about who you are, you’d be shocked. We’re all guilty of this to some small degree, but for many their self-talk is debilitating. Take a minute to answer these questions: Are you talking yourself out of living your fullest life with the self-concept you’ve created? Who do you tell yourself you are with your self-talk? Which of the following scenarios is closest to your self-talk? Maybe you are saying to yourself, “This is the year I’m going straight to the top,” “This is the year I become a superstar,” or “I’ve got everything going for me and this is my year.” Or you could be telling yourself, “Things don’t look like they’re going to be much better this year; **End Summary** Topics: build self-esteem]]> personal success]]> personal growth]]> personal development]]> professional development]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, âWomenâs Business Empowerment Summitâ. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of "Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System" at www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com.

Build Self-Esteem: Your Key to Success

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Fear, along with low self-esteem, eventually leads to self-sabotage. I know. For years I was the queen of self-sabotage. My self-image was not consistent with how the world saw me. I achieved a great deal of business success selling real estate when I was in my early 20s. I would literally look in the mirror trying to find the strong assertive person the outside world was seeing. All I could see was someone who was putting up a big front to appear cool. I was confused by my personal success when I was young because I had nothing nurturing or positive in my life to which I could relate the personal growth. At the time, I wasn’t sure why I was getting all this money and acclaim. I didn’t think I was worthy of it, and believed that I didn’t deserve success or happiness. I achieved the level of business success because I was highly skilled, but my low self-esteem drove me to throw it all away. The consequences of my low self-esteem and self-sabotage were many. If I can, I’d like to save you from the same fate by parting the curtain. **End Summary** Topics: personal success]]> business success]]> personal growth]]> build self-esteem]]> personal development]]> work/life balance]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, âWomenâs Business Empowerment Summitâ. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of "Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System" at www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com.

Woman Empowerment Tip: Banish Fear from Your Life

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Overcoming your fears creates a powerfully exhilarating feeling. It builds self-esteem by changing your self-concept. It allows you to confidently take on new challenges. On the other hand, there is nothing more debilitating than letting your fears stop you from living the life you are meant to live. Fear is an acronym for False Evidence Appearing Real. There is no greater loss to the world than missing out on your unique contribution because you’re afraid to fail or afraid you don’t have anything worth contributing. We all have special gifts and talents. Only one thing separates most people from those who experience woman empowerment; it’s looking at your fears and making the decision that your goals are bigger than your fears. Don’t let your fears keep you stuck where you are. Are fear-based beliefs running your life? Do this personal growth exercise. Make three columns on a piece of paper. List all your fears in the first column. In the next column write down what's the worst thing that could happen if they came true. In the third column, write down a solution to the problem. **End Summary** Topics: woman empowerment]]> women entrepreneurs]]> women in business]]> personal growth]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Lynn Pierce is the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, âWomenâs Business Empowerment Summitâ. For more than 25 years sheâs taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. Lynnâs commitment to your success continues online at www.LynnPierce.com www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com, www.WomensBusinessEmpowermentSummit.com

Create a Personal Manifesto for Personal Growth and Professional Development

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A manifesto is a series of statements clarifying what you stand for in your life as well as what you wonâ€'t stand for. Having a personal manifesto helps keep your focus on who you are and your purpose in life. I created my personal manifesto as a certificate with a personalized logo and itâ€'s up on the wall in front of my desk. You may be wondering why itâ€'s so important for women in business to have some kind of measuring stick, such as a personal manifesto, to use in your decision making process for personal growth and professional development. At a conference I met a man who was extremely successful at predicting the futures market, which is a part of the stock market. He felt he was really successful in just about every area of his life except for his weight. He was extremely overweight. He had gone to see his mentor in person, and they had a conversation where his mentor asked him, What are your rules about your weight?â€ He thought about it, and he realized, Okay. **End Summary** Topics: personal growth]]> personal development]]> professional development]]> women in business]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, Women"'s Business Empowerment Summit"Â. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of "Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System" at www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com

Daily Spiritual Practice: The Foundation for Your Breakthrough to Personal and Professional Developm

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Down through the ages, great thinkers, inventors, artists, statesman and philosophers have credited their spiritual connections for their successes. If this seems like a strange place to begin, you may be wondering what this has to do with our topic of success and life mastery. Daily spiritual practice is the foundation everything else builds upon to create an abundant life. In studying the professional development of many of the wealthiest and most empowered millionaires, I found the majority of them start their day with an hour of spiritually oriented reading and meditation. Yes, I said an hour. It seems like a lot of time for a busy successful person, but the consensus of the truly successful is that taking this time is what sets the tone for the day and gives them the energy they need for an incredibly busy life. By the way, they also tend to go to bed later and get up earlier than the rest of the population. How different would your life be a year from now if you added 365 more hours of positively invested time to your year? **End Summary** Topics: professional development]]> personal growth]]> mentor]]> personal development]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, ÃÂ³WomenÃÂ¹s Business Empowerment SummitÃÂ². Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of "Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System" at www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com