The Carnegie Secret To Success

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In his all time best selling book, Think And Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill mentions in his first chapter that throughout the book he will be referring many times to The Carnegie Secret. He said he would not tell you what that secret is, but when you are ready, it will jump off the page and into your brain. He said, When the Student is ready – the master will appear. The doors will open. The lights will turn green. The ideas will come. The money will come. The people will be there to help you.

Since 1970 we have been teaching the principles of success that Andrew Carnegie commissioned Napoleon Hill to study and share with the world. Napoleon Hill spent his entire lifetime researching the most successful people of all times from around the world.

Many, many times in our classes, workshops, talks, rallies and in our Master Mind Alliance Success Club meetings we have asked this question to those in our audience who had read the book Think and Grow Rich,

What is The Carnegie Secret that Napoleon Hill referred to in his book?
We got all kinds of guesses and some answers that were somewhat close.

HERE IS ——- THE CARNEGIE SECRET

1. Have A Definite Major Purpose.

What is the most important thing you would like to accomplish in your lifetime? Try to define it in one paragraph, even if you have to keep rewriting it a hundred times until it gets as clear as possible. It has to be the most important thing in your life. Mahatma Gandhi’s definite major purpose was to win independence for India from their British rulers. He succeeded. Dr. Martin Luther King’s was equality and the end of oppression for black people. Doctor Jonas Salk’s was to find the cure and end for polio. Thomas Edison’s was the incandescent light bulb. What is yours?

If you don’t currently have what you feel is a definite major purpose, then have a definite major purpose to find your definite major purpose.

It has to be something you want so bad that you think about it all of the time.

2. Be Willing To Stake Your Entire Existence On Achieving It.

Don’t Quit. There Are Many Starters In Life, But Very Few Finishers – When The Going Gets Tough They Quit. A person with a definite major purpose never gives up – no matter how long and tough the road is; instead, they become more determined. Jack London was rejected over 600 times before he finally sold his first piece of writing. Thomas Edison actually failed over 9,999 times before he perfected the incandescent light bulb, and over 5,000 times before he perfected the world’s first phonograph record player. There will be times when everything in you will tell you to quit – to stop trying, but if you hang in there, eventually, you will – you must succeed. Quitters never win and winners never quit.

Persistence is the power to hold on in spite of everything - to endure. It’s the ability to face defeat repeatedly without giving up—to push on even in the face of great difficulty or danger. Persistence means taking pains to overcome every obstacle, to do all that is necessary to reach your goals. You win, because you refuse to become discouraged by your defeats. Those who conquer are those who endure.

3. Keep Intensifying Your Desire.

There are many “firemen” in life that will come along and try to put your fire of desire out. They will give you all kinds of reasons why your idea or goal won’t work and tell you to give it up, forget it, or tell you “You can’t do it.” You have to become an Arsonist. An arsonist sets fires. Every morning when you wake up you have to re-light and re-build the intensity of your fire of desire. You have to eat it, sleep it, walk it, talk it, and concentrate on it until it becomes a red-hot flaming, burning, obsessional desire that will eventually mow down all of the opposition you will face throughout each day. If you don’t, your Sizzle of desire will fizzle down to nothing. I’m not suggesting that you stop talking to or seeing your family and friends – what I’m saying is to keep focused day and night, seven days a week. This will bring into play: THE LAW OF HARMONIOUS ATTRACTION. Your burning desire becomes a magnet. You will attract that which you need; the ideas and plans, the money you need, and the people you need to help you. They will eventually gravitate toward your desire.

4. Have Bulldog Determination And Perseverance That Will Eventually Mow Down All Opposition.

Expect lots of problems, adversities, and discouragement along the way. Go around it – go over it – go under it – or dig a hole through it – but don’t ever turn back. Make your Definite Major Purpose the dominating thought in your mind. It is a known fact that people who have had great achievement – formed the habit of making an “obsession” of their Definite Major Purpose. Andrew Carnegie said to put all of your eggs in one basket and then watch the basket. Andrew Carnegie’s definite major purpose, which he wrote down at an early age and kept in his desk, was to earn as much money as he can in life and then, in the end, to set up the Carnegie Foundation to give it all away to worthy causes. Even after his death long ago, the Carnegie Foundation is still giving away millions every year to help mankind.

I have been teaching The Science of Success Achievement Course since 1970. There were many times when I taught the course to as many as ten different groups per week. Some in major hotels, some in large corporate training rooms, in the YMCA, in hundreds of real estate and insurance offices, in prisons, rehab centers, and for many sales and marketing groups of people.

In all of my classes, (There were ten separate 4-hour classes to the course,) I always told my students at the end of the first class – “For your homework this week, I want you to read the first four chapters of Think And Grow Rich (I always had stacks of the book there to sell them.) As you read each page, write a list of all of the things the author is telling you to do and the things he is telling you not to do. Then, I want you to carry that list with you every day and keep reviewing your list and keep doing the things the author told you to do. And then come back to class #2 next week and tell the class about the list you made, what actions you took as a result of reading the book, and what results you got.”

At the beginning of the class on the following week I would always start out by asking - By a show of hands, how many of you read the first four chapters of Think And Grow Rich? About 2% would raise their hands. The rest didn’t take the time to read it. Then I would ask the 2% How many of you read the first four chapters and made the list I told you to make of all of the things the author told you to do? Usually about three hands went up. I asked each of them - How many items do you have on your list of the things the author told you to do? The first person said three. The second person said nine. The third person said – 90 items

I asked the person who had ninety on her list to come to the front of the classroom.

I said to the others - You people paid good money to take this course because you wanted to achieve greater success. How can you expect the results you hoped for if you aren’t willing to take notes and to put in practice what you are learning?

Then I had the lady read from her list of 90 items. And the class was surprised at how powerful and important the things on her list were.

I asked the class - How many of you are speed reader? All kinds of hands went up. Then I told them about an incident when I was at a party and someone asked me what I do for a living. I told him that I teach a course based around the book Think And Grow Rich. He said, “That’s a book that we teach from at our speed reading school.” Then I asked him, “What were the greatest lessons you learned from the book?” He tried to think and then said, “I don’t remember that book so well.” I later found out that he was a speed-reading instructor. I thought to myself – There’s a guy that can read 10,000 words a minute and remember nothing.

Think And Grow Rich is so powerful that it’s the kind of book you have to read very slowly and carefully, many times until it becomes a part of your life and habits. I have been reading the book every year since 1970. Each year I pull it back off the shelf and let it fire me up for the achievement of my new goals for the year.

THE CARNEGIE SECRET FOR SUCCESS
Excerpt From The book
“The Science Of Success Achievement Course”
By Rick Gettle © 2006

Rick Gettle

Publisher/Author/Consultant/Speaker

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Success Achievement Publisher/Author/Consultant/Speaker - Since 1970

Effective Goal Setting Words

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The words you use in goal setting are very important.
There are different opinions amongst experts about which words
work best when you set goals - but there are also points on
which most experts agree.

Let’s assume that you want to set a goal in relation to getting
fitter. Maybe you’re a bit overweight or you just feel sluggish.

First, there is general agreement that the first word in your
goal statement should be ‘I‘.

Next, the second word should be a verb in the present tense. So
for example, rather than saying I will be fitter, it’s better to
say ‘I am‘ fitter.

Third, you need to be specific. Saying I am fitter is too vague.
Let’s say that you want to be able to run a mile in 6 minutes.
You could word your goal ‘I run a mile in 6 minutes‘. It
may well be that currently it takes you 10 minutes to run a mile
- or maybe you can’t even run a mile. Forget that. You need to
state your goal as if you can already achieve it.

Now here are two points about goal setting wording on which
experts disagree. My suggestion to you is that you test out for
yourself to see what works.

First, some people say you should put a time deadline on your
goal. Others disagree. If I was setting a new goal today, I
would not set a time deadline unless the time deadline was
significant. For example, maybe you want to lose weight by your
wedding day.

When you set a goal, and also every time when you write down you
goal or speak it to yourself, you are giving instructions to the
goal seeking part of your brain called the HREF="http://www.make-your-goals-happen.com/reticular-activating-
system.html" rel="nofollow">reticular activating system. This part
of your brain cannot tell the difference between ‘truth’ and
‘fiction’. Your mind will help you achieve your goal regardless
of time deadlines.

Second, most goals gurus say that you should set goals which, in
your own mind, are realistically achievable. The other opinion
is that you should set goals which are possible but extremely
unlikely. I prefer to set goals which I consider to be
realistically achievable. Your mind will only help you if your
self image believes that the goal is possible. You can read more
about this in my article on HREF="http://www.make-your-goals-happen.com/psycho-cybernetics.ht
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goal setting.

Discover the Secrets of Your Shell Jacket

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Your shell jacket is one of the finest articles of your
Civil War Uniform Impression. Your jacket and hat are what
is noticed first about your uniform. Check your shell
jacket against these amazing shell jackets right out of the
history books and know that your jacket will be “right out
of yesterday” authentic and you will have preserved a
celebrated piece of our illustrious American Civil War
history!


Confederate regulations did call for a double-breasted
frock coat with sky blue pants with a kepi with trim for
branch of service, but these regulations never seemed to
really make it to the forefront. For example, colored trim
was used to indicate branch of service: buff for staff; red
for artillery, yellow for cavalry, light blue for infantry,
black for medical. This trim was on the cuffs and collar
and anywhere else where it might show up.


Regulations also called for light blue trousers for
enlisted men and a darker blue for higher-ranking officers
Special buttons were prescribed such as “E” for engineers;
“I” for infantry; “A” for artillery; “C” for Calvary, and
“R” for riflemen.


By mid-July of 1861, the Confederate government in Richmond
took on most of the responsibility for providing uniforms
for the ragged volunteers. A clothing factory was set up in
Richmond and other cities throughout the South around
September. The major depots were Atlanta, Athens and
Columbus.


The depots maintained groups of tailors, who cut out the
uniforms in pieces and provided buttons, trim and so on
in a kit form. These kits were given out to seamstresses
who numbered in the thousands. These seamstresses put the
uniforms together. This system proved amazingly
successful, and they were producing thousands of uniforms a
year.


Army regulations were rarely if ever adhered to instead
producing short-waisted shell jackets that did not eat up
alot of cloth. Some depots turned out sky blue, but the
vast majority of the jackets and pants were cut out of the
same cloth. The same depot might turn out uniforms made
out of wool, jean cloth or whatever was on hand.


One cannot really say that one depot turned out a
particular uniform unless you can find a uniform that is
documented to be worn by a certain soldier and was produced
by that depot. It’s very difficult to trace a particular
uniform down. Basically, pants and shirts were made from
the civilian patterns of the day. If you want to do a
civilian impression, feel free to use a military pattern
with civilian cloth. Some of the civilian outfits were
rather amusing in appearance with checks and large prints.



By about October 1862, the depot system took on the
responsibility of supplying practically all clothing.
Everyone knew the Confederate government had shortages
of all kinds. To put out good woolens was difficult.
Cotton products such as shirts and underwear were not
that difficult to turn out.


Cotton was used to stretch the wool; hence, fairly large
quantities of jean cloth were used instead of pure wool.
Blankets and overcoats were difficult to turn out and f
oreign supplies were contracted to help. As early as 1862
large quantities of British army wool started to arrive
in Confederate depot areas. Along with the British wool
came shoes, knapsacks, and accoutrements, as well as many
other items. Georgia and North Carolina did particularly
well in supplying their troops, but some states could do
little. Please feel free to supplement civilian items
because this situation was common throughout.


There was actually very little difference in the jackets
that came out of the various depots. There was also a sack
coat that was a looser fitting type of coat. Even the Army
of the Northern Virginal could get jackets out of other
depots. They moved the jackets to wherever they needed
them, and it’s hard to say from which depot jackets were
originated.


For more information on Early, Midwar and Late war Jackets,
and to see amazing jackets reproduced from original
photographs, send an email to jackets@civilwaruniforms.net



For more information, contact coach@civilwaruniforms.net



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or on your website so long as the paragraph above is
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Coach McCoach has been reenacting the Civil War for 27 years. Units he has reenacted with include 4th North Carolina, 2nd Virginia and 21st Virginia, Company B. In the movie GETTYSBURG, he is the soldier holding General Garnett’s horse while is talking to General Armistead before Pickett’s Charge. His Kepi was used for the little boy in the movie made for the visitors center at Manassas.  He received the Stonewall Brigade 1994 Authenticity Award for his uniform.

Recipe for Success

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Copyright 2005 Word Count 561

“Desire is a tremendous force, and must be directed in the right
channels (to work). - Florence Scovel Shinn

Take one cup of Desire, Mix well with a heart full of Passion,
Shake in a tumbler of Willpower, Add a full cup of Thought. Stir
in a full cup of Commitment, Slowly add one heaping spoonful of
Planning, Ideas, Capital, and Fun Add to this a pinch of Faith
(about the size of a mustard seed), and stir all until well
blended. With lots of Action, you will soon start to see the
results of your Effort and Hard Work.

If your success doesn’t come true the first time, start the
recipe over again - this time with more feeling. Discovering
what you need to do to make the recipe for success work, places
you at the threshold of where you wish to be. Listen to the
voice inside of you. Trust the source that comes from a Higher
Power. He knows all of your wishes, your dreams, your ideas, and
your plans for fulfilling them. You will be guided by the wisdom
of the ages.

To do this you must start from a new point of action. Get rid of
all doubt, confusion, and fear that prevents you from succeeding
and reaching your goals. Then you will no longer react to the
negative things in your life, and will live with a purpose, and
go forth with a confidence that increases with each successful
event. Then, many of the negative and disappointing events that
happen will have no affect on you or the choices you make.

Pay attention to the guidance you receive. Your “inner ear” will
lead you to the right choice and in the right direction. If it’s
something you desire now, go for it. Fearing to make that
commitment will make you miss the opportunity - and it may just
be the opportunity of your lifetime. For the “Recipe for
Success” to work for you, you must really feel it and practice
it daily. Find something that you are committed to and make it
happen. If it’s to invent the next cure for a stubborn disease;
if it’s to build the next architectural empire; if it’s to
become more wealthy then you can ever imagine, then take that
deep desire and do everything you can to make it happen.

Feel free to change the “Recipe for Success” in any way you
wish. It’s yours to amend so that it fits your desires, your
goals, your dreams, your life. Make it important enough to
change your life. If you’re in business become aware of how you
conduct yourself with your clients, associates, employees, your
vendors and suppliers. Measure their performance based on the
way you interact and/or react to them.

If your performance is negative and critical, change it. If it’s
positive and uplifting, keep doing it. Try not to confuse or
frustrate others. Try not to let them confuse, frustrate or
anger you. Be aware of your feelings moment by moment. Do you
show anger? Doubt? Fear? Are you judgmental? How can you control
your thoughts to be positive and upbeat. Knowing how is the
first step to knowing yourself. This leads to empowerment - and
to success.

Can you do it? Can you actually take this step in faith?

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Communication: Listening and Loving

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How to get your man to open up?

1.Compliments are a wonderful way to affirm your man. Tell him all the wonderful things you love about him.

In so doing you endear him to you and most naturally cause him to open up and reciprocate concerning all the phenomenal things he is thrilled about concerning you.

2.Ask questions. Politely and gently ask your man how he is feeling, how his week is going and if there is anything on his mind he’d like to talk about. You know not because you ask not. If you want to know what’s on his mind, ask him.

3.Listen to him attentively when he does talk. Put down whatever it is you are doing and be an active listener. When your man is talking is not the time to multi-task. Show him that he is top priority and what he has to say matters and is most important to you.

Women by nature can typically dominate conversations as they speak more words per day than men. If you really want your man to open up than you must listen when he talks and not interrupt. The quickest way to get someone to shut down is to continually interrupt them every time they try to speak to you.

When you interject your thoughts and ideas when a person is speaking it says, “I already know what you are going to say. What you are saying is not important to me. Listen to what I want to talk about.”

4.Don’t offer advice. Affirm him and acknowledge his intelligence. Tell him: “I know you are wise and will do what is best.” If he wants advice let him ask for it. If you show yourself supportive and believe in him, you will be the first person he goes to when he needs to bounce ideas around before taking action.

5.Don’t criticize. When you withhold criticism and judgment you create a safe place between you and your man. Safety and security is extremely important to assure continual communication in a relationship.

You don’t have to always agree with your man, but you most certainly can listen. Let listening be a means by which you gain understanding as to his thought processes, discover his values and learn what ultimately is most important to him.

Why is communication important in a relationship?

The key to communication is listening. Anybody can talk. And just because you are talking does not mean anybody is listening. If you are only talking and nobody is truly listening you are merely performing a monologue.

Communication is important in a relationship because it is the first way we express how we feel and what we think. Your mouth is connected to your heart. From the overflow of the heart comes the words of the mouth.

If you don’t listen to your man, somebody else will. And the person he shares his secrets with is the person he shares his heart with. Remember that the next time he opens up and you are less than interested. Learn to be actively interested in what interests your man. In so doing your love will deepen, your connection grow and your understanding increase.

Nothing feels better than being able to be completely transparent, real and open with someone who does not judge you but loves you as you are. Unconditional love is affirming and accepting at all times. It is first shown in the way we listen to one another.

Happy listening and loving!

Paul Davis is author of Breakthrough for a Broken Heart a book telling us “How to overcome disappointments and blossom into your dreams!” He is a creative consultant, life coach (relational & professional), fitness trainer, minister, popular worldwide keynote speaker, adventure capitalist, explorer, negotiator, mediator, liberator and dream-maker.

Paul’s compassion for people & passion to travel has taken him to over 50 countries of the world where he has had a tremendous impact. Paul has also greatly impacted many in war-torn, impoverished and tsunami stricken regions of the earth. His nonprofit organization Dream-Maker Ministries is building dreams and breaking limitations.

Paul’s Breakthrough Seminars inspire, revive, awaken, impregnate with purpose, impart the fire of desire, catapult people into a new level of self-awareness, facilitate destiny discovery and dream fulfillment.

Paul can be contacted at:
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10 THINGS WOMEN HATE ABOUT THE WAY MEN RESPOND (OR NOT) ON DATING SITES

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1. Starting profiles or correspondence with “God, this is so
hard! What do I say about myself?” If it’s that hard, it doesn’t
bode well for the future…..

2. Beginning chat on sites with “Hi, do you fancy a chat?”.
Women often get inundated with correspondence, so something
which stands out from the rest is needed.

3. Being overly sexual in tone at the very first exchange - “I’d
love fish pie for dinner” is NOT the way to attract a lifelong
mate.

4. Having a man completely ignore the profile you’ve spent hours
preparing, and him writing “Wow! You’re gorgeous, tell me about
yourself and what you do” - it’s fine to offer compliments, but
there’s a danger that she’ll think you’re just after her for her
body if you don’t do her the courtesy of reading her profile (
yeah, we know you’re only interested in her body, but play the
game a little! :)).

5. Being asked to say why you’ve declined the advances of a man
who’s ugly, with no personality or prospects, doing so under
duress (politely of course) then him being pissed because he’s
been given the truth!…..if you can’t stand the heat…..don’t
ask!!

6. Men who don’t bother to write anything about themselves, don’
t post photos, then complain that they never get any responses
from women - like what is she supposed to go on?

7. Men who don’t bother to write anything about themselves, and
expect women to “interview” them; “right, what do you want/need
to know about me?” It’s supposed to be fun guys, not about
presenting for a job!

8. Cut-and-paste jobs…especially when the joins show!.

9. Being pestered after you’ve made it clear you aren’t
interested.

10. Being dumped with no explanation of what you did or said
that was so wrong……

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Gay Meets

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Gay people find it very hard to meet up with each other as many
people keep it a secret about what their sexual orientation is,
this is to save themselves from harassment or prejudice.
Although in this day and age they really do have nothing to
worry about.

Many gay people find that the internet is a great resource for
finding gay partners. The internet allows you to be who you want
to be without prejudice so you can openly admit to being gay and
not suffer any of the repercussions. A lot of internet dating
sites have hundreds of gay members and they organise what is
called ‘meets’.

Meets are events that gay people can go to and find other gays.
It is simply a get together for both men and women who are
interested in finding either a short or long term partner. These
meets make it so much easier for gay people to find someone as
no one is worried what anyone thinks of them as they are all the
same!

Meets are fantastic events, any company that holds them is
making a great effort to show that it doesn’t matter who you are
you are still entitled to be with someone and not be alone, and
that it should not matter what your sexual preference is. While
dating sites are the most typical sites to offer this service
you can find specialist websites that specialise in this sort of
thing.

Gay meets are there for all gays, lesbians included. It is
simply like a large party where no one is or should be afraid to
be themselves. To find your nearest gay meet or party just
simply log onto online gay club, gay personals, lesbian dating
at www.onlinegayclub.com and start searching, you never know
what you could find.

Failure Is a Choice Made by the Undisciplined

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We call some people “self disciplined” and others we call “undisciplined.” And what’s fascinating is that one person can be disciplined at one thing but not at another. I know an extremely successful businesswoman who has run two different billion-dollar businesses. If you saw her in her business environment, you would say she was disciplined. However, this same woman has had an extreme weight problem for as long as I’ve known her, and so far she hasn’t had discipline in that area of her life, even though she would identify it as an area of tremendous concern to her.

How can this happen? How can a brilliant person so strong and disciplined in one area of his or her life be so undisciplined and unsuccessful in another?

The answer is deceptively simple. Discipline always involves the act of reaching a goal, and it also reflects the level of commitment that is attached to the goal. Furthermore, our various personal commitments will be ranked in the order we consciously, or more likely unconsciously, believe fit with our life priorities.

When goals are set halfheartedly and they don’t reflect our top life priorities, there should be no surprise when we display low discipline and we fail.

The vast majority of us have no grasp of what our top life priorities are. And because we aren’t conscious of them, we tend to move them around very fluidly. That’s why weight may seem like a high priority on Monday but be lowered to a secondary importance below taste enjoyment by Friday. Likewise, fidelity might seem like the highest priority until temptation comes in our path.

In general we allow ourselves to get in the habit of setting goals for which we are not truly committed, and then we beat ourselves up when we fail at achieving them. There is a huge difference between even a 99% commitment and a 100% commitment. Choosing to be disciplined about something means committing 100% to reaching the objective.

My great friend Wayne Dyer (author of The Secrets to Manifesting Your Destiny) is a wonderful example of what it means to be “truly disciplined.” There was a time when Wayne had run eight miles every day for 21 years in a row without missing a day! That’s over 7,665 days straight running eight miles a day with no exceptions! I don’t know about you, but I’d be overwhelmed with the thought of attempting that. And yet to Wayne, it was a part of his day — every day — without exception. Now I think Wayne would admit he isn’t disciplined at everything. But what allowed him to be so disciplined at this?

He simply made running the most, or certainly one of the most, important activities in his day, every day. The great thing about this is that you simply don’t allow anything to get in the way of the most important objectives in your day. Everything else takes a lower priority. All of a sudden reaching the objective becomes easy. You become — disciplined.

In the case of Wayne, I’m sure that over the 21-year period there were literally millions of things that he could have used as an excuse not to run one of those days. But, because it was one of his top priorities, nothing got in the way of Wayne’s running. He ran when he had a fever, he ran in place on long flights, and during bad weather he would run up and down the halls of his hotel. That’s discipline!

Here’s a fun, potentially life-changing game I’d encourage you to play. Pick out an area of your life that you’ve had weak discipline in in the past. Set an objective relating to this area. Now, set that objective as your life’s top priority — or at least put it in the very top few. Then set a minimum time that you will stay committed to this objective. I’d recommend a minimum of a month, but for this game you could even choose a week. If you can be disciplined for one week, you can be disciplined for as long as you choose.

Now, this is going to mean reprioritizing your time from your normal weekly schedule, but you’ll do it – Why? Because it’s your top priority!

While doing this, you’re going to experience an interesting phenomenon. In the past, when you have set halfhearted objectives, your brilliant mind would start figuring out how to get around the objective to get you back to your comfort zone. However, now you’ll find when it’s your top priority, your mind works only on achieving the objective and taking you where you really want to go.

During this trial period I suggest you keep a priority journal. Each time you fail to meet your objective, write down what activity or activities took a higher priority. It will prove to be interesting to see what you allow as an excuse to knock your objective from its top position.

You will realize that failing to meet your objectives, regardless of what they are, is a choice, because something else has been given higher priority. If you fail, it is because you choose to fail – It’s as simple as that!

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Fantastic Positions for Her and Him

Filed under:Non-Assigned — posted on September 10, 2007 @ 5:20 am

Using a variety of positions when having sex can serve many
purposes. With each position we can achieve different goals.
Some positions increase intimacy while others provide us with
deep penetration, stimulation of the G-spot or unleashing of
animalistic passions. Some may be used to prolong an erection or
extend our lovemaking session, while others can provide us with
a quickie. Some positions are more pleasurable for a male and
others are more pleasurable for the female.

The best lovemaking session will incorporate a variety of
positions at just the right time for each partner as if dancing
in perfect synchronicity. Although there may be times now and
then when we want to focus on one particular position such as
when we are experimenting with something new or if we just want
a quickie.

The following three positions in this particular order is a
great scenario that meets the needs for both male and female and
helps us achieve numerous goals in one session.

1. Missionary- By beginning with missionary this builds us up to
the next phase of excitement. It provides us with a lot of
intimacy because in this position we can look into one another’s
eyes, kiss, or touch each other’s face. It provides us with a
sense of closeness and heightens our desire. With some
adjustments and maneuvers of legs and torso we can achieve
different areas of stimulation. 2. Woman on Top-After reaching a
plateau in the missionary position the female can then
gracefully roll the male over on his back and mount him. Woman
on top position gives the female complete power in satisfying
herself. On top she can stimulate her clitoris and her G-spot
with proper maneuvering. This position also provides the male
with excitement of watching his woman be in control and the
opportunity to observe her facial expressions while she
climaxes, which can be very arousing for him. The woman can
either slide back and forth slowly or ride him like a wild
horse. 3. Doggy Style- Once the woman has satisfied herself, the
male can then gracefully move behind his woman and enters her
from behind. After watching and feeling his lover climax he will
probably be on the edge of orgasm himself. Doggy style switches
the power over to the male. He is now in complete control of the
pace and depth. He will also have a nice view of his lover’s
buttocks and of his penis sliding in and out of her. This
position allows for very deep thrusting and penetration, which
will have him at climax very quickly.

By becoming a connoisseur of positions we can increase the
variety of sensations we experience, enhance our level of
satisfaction and pleasure and be viewed as a skilled and
exciting lover by our partner. It can help us maintain a sense
of newness and excitement in the relationship and maintain the
sizzle and spark.

What Will It Be? A Russian, Filipina or a Romanian Bride?

Filed under:Non-Assigned — posted on September 4, 2007 @ 10:41 am

For people who truly want to meet someone for a special relationship, sometimes a careful examination of traditions and expectations of each possible partner is necessary to give the relationship a chance, to bring trust in the relationship and avoid being disappointed.

What about a Russian Bride? Russian women are much more traditional minded, caring, loving, and loyal in their views of love and marriage. They stand proudly in times of hardship, and will devote their love and trust to you for a lifetime.

Another truth about Russian girls is that are more “dressed up” when you see them on the street anywhere in Russia. “Will they continue the custom once they are settled in their new country?” The answer is frequently YES.
A Russian girl would most likely marry a man with whom she felt a high level of trust, honesty, love AND some financial security as well. Please keep in mind that financial security might be defined by many of these Russian girls as the man’s ability to pay monthly expenses and have some money left over for discretional spending.

Filipina girls have been brought up in a culture where stability in a marriage is most important, that’s why so many of these girls marry older foreign men. There’s not a lot of jobs for Phillippine men so naturally the girls are receptive to older stable foreigners.

To the Filipina girls the ideal relationship is a series of stages over a long period of time. Engagements more often last for several years. When courting the Filipina you are not courting just her, you are courting the entire family. She will also expect this from you. They have a very high regard for marriage and view being married as a life long commitment.

I am sure that you have heard about Romanian woman that she is a wonderful mom, is proud but not squeamish. She take good care of how she looks without spending $2,000 per month just for clothes and hair styling. When her husband is coming back home late, she is waiting for him with love and patience and she knows to appreciate him and his work.

Imagine that you are going home, after a long day of work and stress, and a gorgeous women is embracing and kissing you, happy to see the master of her heart and her life. The dinner is prepared and it smell so good while she is all over you in order to make you feel good and forget all about stress, work or problems.

Another interesting thing about Romanian women is that they are used to go to work and don’t like to be only a housekeeper. That’s because most of them have spent a lot of time in schools trying to become someone able to make good money. In Romania life is difficult and without a College degree it’s hard to obtain a good job.

But don’t even bother to find and contact a Romanian women if you have drink problems or if you don’t know how to respect and appreciate a woman.

Good luck to you and… FOLLOW your Heart!

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