Self Improvement Information

Have you ever been in the presences of someone who always makes you feel good when you are with them?  They radiate something that makes you feel uplifted.  The smile on their face is an instant pick me up.  I’ll bet, just asking that first question immediately brought some one’s face into your mind.  This some one that you just thought of practices Napoleon Hill’s next success principal.  They show enthusiasm!

Enthusiasm puts things in motion.  A person who is enthusiastic broadcasts a vibration which we pick up as a feeling.  A person who is broadcasting that vibration will soon draw to them other people.  They are a people magnet.  People want to be around an enthusiastic person because it is a strong emotion and is contagious.  A perfect example of this contagious behavior is in the short movie “Validation”.

Napoleon Hill says that “enthusiasm is the most important trait in leadership”.  I know this to be a fact.  I have been involved with business and entrepreneurial people for the past 20 years and the strong leaders are those that have an abundance of enthusiasm.  Not only do they show mega amounts of enthusiasm, but they inspire other people to show their own feelings of enthusiasm.  It is chain reaction.  If the enthusiasm is for something positive, the reaction from others will be in the same vein.  If their enthusiasm is negative, they will lead others to behave like them.

Here is an example.  What does Ronald Reagan and Charlie Manson have in common?  Are you shocked that they might have anything in common?  What they have in common is their ability to show enthusiasm for what they felt their life purpose was. Their enthusiasm changed the world around them in very crucial ways.  Reagan was responsible for the collapse of the “iron curtain”.  Charlie was responsible for many deaths and the destruction of many lives in a very horrific way, that shocked a nation in a more innocent time.  What a thought to ponder!  It might be shocking to you to think of these 2 people even being mentioned in the same sentence.  I only do this as a example of polarity of positive versus negative in a leader’s ability to infect people to do some unbelievable things with their feelings of enthusiasm.

Napoleon Hill’s 10 minute video is filled with many important points for a person seeking to be  successful.  Feel free to pass this on.  I am, also, on twitter – let’s tweet!

We are closing in on one of the greatest holidays of the year.  A day that is dedicated to giving thanks.  It is a day of getting together with friends and family, dining on a feast and remembering all the things that we are grateful  for. Thanks-giving should be an every day thing.  Gratitude is important to our positive mental attitude.

The 7 minute video for today from Napoleon Hill is about our positive mental attitude.  It is, not only, imperative to our success in life, but to our mental health as well.  He gives us a game plan for practicing our positive mental attitude every day.

Enjoy the video and have a blessed Thanksgiving!

In my lengthy career coaching and working with corporate people and entrepreneurs, I have discovered today’s lesson from Napoleon Hill as one of the key components of a successful career and life.  Many people desire to become one of the “successful people”, but they have not learned that success comes from within. 

Successful people think differently than those that have not had lasting success.  If a person can’t master self discipline they will never accomplish the lasting success in what they pursue.

Napoleon Hill talks about the 8 steps of self discipline.  Each step is a critical step, but step 4 and 8 are, in my experience, the steps that can quickly derail one’s success.  Mr. Hill is quite adamant about the importance of this success principal.  It will be well worth the 9 minutes of time you will invest to watch it.

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