Discover Resources for Your Success By: Darren Hardy-Part #2/3

9. Networking Tools. Your networth rarely exceeds your network. You cannot become successful as a hermit; you need people. A few contact management options are ACT!™, GoldMine® and, of course, Outlook® and Entourage® (Mac). There are a few great Web-based contact management systems like Salesforce.com, Zoho. com and Maximizer.com. I also recommend a few other networking resources such as LinkedIn.com, CardScan.com and Plaxo.com.

10. Journal. Straight from the man who taught me this incredibly valuable success principle, renowned business philosopher Jim Rohn: “If you’re serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, infl uential, cultured and unique individual—keep a journal. When you listen to something valuable, write it down.”

A collection of the greatest ideas, insights and education are chronicled in the journals I have kept over the last 15-plus years—one of my frequently referenced and most important resources.

11. Electronic Bill Payment. Getting set up to have all your bills paid automatically is a huge time-and laborsaver. I cannot stress the importance of paying yourself first as fundamental to your wealth-building plan.

12. Mentor/Coach. Those who seek excellence have a coach. Even Tiger Woods, arguably the best golfer ever, has a coach.

My suggestion: Find someone whose life exemplifies what you want yours to be and ask for some coaching or mentorship.

13. Mobile Device. A complete access to your communication tools is key for high-volume productivity when you are in work mode.

There are many fantastic options. I use an iPhone. I like being able to have my cell phone and my audio and video listening library all in one device. Other options include the Palm® handheld TX, HP iPAQ or RIM® BlackBerry Curve™.

14. Reliable Watch. Being on time is an important success discipline. All of us are busy. Leaving someone to wait is one of the most disrespectful things you can do—it will cost you valuable relationships. It’s just as easy to be on time as it is to be consistently late. Get a good watch and use it.

15. Google Search/Google Desktop. When you think about the resources you use consistently throughout the day, an Internet search engine has to be one of the most frequent.

Google Desktop does the same for everything on your computer—folders, files and e-mail. Find anything anywhere on your computer fast. Download it at desktop.google.com.

16. Workout Gear. Exercise is essential to your plan. It doesn’t matter what you do, just do something that makes you sweat and gets your heart rate up for a sustained period of time. It doesn’t have to be complicated. Anywhere anytime, just strap on running shoes and head out the door. Don’t come back for 20-30 minutes a few times a week.

17. Back-up Drive—External or Online. Nothing can wreck your world and bring your entire operation to a halt like having your computer hard drive crash, losing all your contacts, calendar, work history and important files.

For external drives, PC Magazine recommends Western Digital, SimpleTech and Maxtor. There are also great automatic online back-up solutions like iDrive.com, Mozy.com, Carbonite.com, IBackup.com, Xdrive.com, SugarSync.com, or HPupline.com.

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Article By: Darren Hardy (Success Magazine)

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GJ Reynolds also known as “G” is a Passionate, Playful & Powerful Warrior Entrepreneur, Author, and Life Transformer. He is also a Visalus Founding Promoter, Ambassador, Co-Founder of the Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge, business developer, coach, mentor, trainer, public speaker and radio host. He teaches others how to have fun reclaiming their Life, Health & Prosperity! G is driven to assist others to reach their full potential and having their magnificence to shine. He loves to teach and work with like-minded entrepreneurs and professionals who choose to reclaim their personal power and transform their life, health and prosperity. He lives a life of purpose, on purpose and for purpose. He enjoys the process of his personal, spiritual, and professional journey, while assisting others to do the same. G is at his best when he is learning, teaching, inspiring, creating, organizing, and leading the way! He also enjoys communicating with others that are of like mind and is on a mission to assist millions of people to transform their lives! Need a little help?

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Discover Resources for Your Success By: Darren Hardy-Part #1/3

I am always looking for an edge—a faster, more efficient way to get more done. In the race of life, it’s not the giant leaps forward that result in victory; rather, it’s gaining little half-steps here and there that creates the great expanse between you and everyone else. Finding and mastering a few key resources can help give you a massive advantage… in the marketplace and in life.

Of all the resources in the world, what are the most crucial for gaining effi ciency, productivity and achievement? Now there are a lot of intangible answers—pertaining to attitude, philosophy, character, belief, faith, expectation, strategies, techniques, ideas, skills, behaviors—and we will reveal these over the many issues of SUCCESS. The objective of this article, however, is to identify the essential tools, technologies and resources to support your greater success.

1. List of Goals. The first step toward achieving your dreams and ambitions is to identify them. Hopes and dreams remain fantasies until you write them down and create a plan for achieving them.

2. Nutrition and Well-Being Plan. YOU are the most important person in your life, and your good health is your most important priority. People often list other priorities such as spouses, children, employees, customers, etc., above themselves and their health. If you are sick, or worse, dead, how good are you going to be to your spouse, children or customers? Take care of yourself first, so you can properly take care of everyone and everything that is most important to you.

3. Friends. We don’t get to pick our family, but we do get to pick our friends, and if you pick the right ones they can be instrumental in helping you achieve more in life.

4. Computer. In the early ’90s I remember saying, “The computer is the biggest disruption to productivity ever invented.” Wow, what a futurist, eh? I recommend getting the latest, fastest, baddest machine there is, fully equipped with the latest software. Now what if everything you did on it was just 5 percent faster than your old clunker? Think where you would be if you achieved just 5 percent more every day? The compounded result over a year would result in tens of thousands of dollars in increased output, thus income— so it is defi nitely worth the investment. Top laptop models: Dell™ XPS M1730, Alienware Area-51® m15x or MacBook® Pro.

5. Personal Reading/ Listening Library. I left college after one semester (not that I am endorsing it) to launch my entrepreneurial endeavors. Yet being a consummate student is the single greatest factor contributing to my success. My personal library of books, CDs and DVDs fills several rooms.

Every extraordinary achiever I meet or interview shares one discipline: being a continual learner. Go go to SUCCESS.com/Store for the very best in personal development materials.

6. MP3 Player. After reading point No. 5, you might be asking yourself who has time to read, listen, watch and study? If you were listening to books on tape or other personal development/ skills improvement material, you could amass the equivalent of two semesters of college each year!

Top models: Apple® iPod, Creative Zen, Sansa® Fuze™ or iRiver Clix.

7. Ergonomic Office Chair. There are a few places where you spend more than 80 percent of all your time in life—in your bed, car and office chair.

SimplyErgonomic.com has a good selection.

8 Great Pillow & Bed. Another place you spend a tremendous amount of your life is in bed. Sleep is essential for vitality, health and high-energy productivity throughout the day. I love my Tempur-Pedic™ ComfortPillow (you can find it at HealthyBack.com). Yes, this is a $125 pillow, but it’s supporting a head full of big ideas, dreams and aspirations, so it’s worth it!

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Article by: Darren Hardy (Success Magazine)

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GJ Reynolds also known as “G” is a Passionate, Playful & Powerful Warrior Entrepreneur, Author, and Life Transformer. He is also a Visalus Founding Promoter, Ambassador, Co-Founder of the Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge, business developer, coach, mentor, trainer, public speaker and radio host. He teaches others how to have fun reclaiming their Life, Health & Prosperity! G is driven to assist others to reach their full potential and having their magnificence to shine. He loves to teach and work with like-minded entrepreneurs and professionals who choose to reclaim their personal power and transform their life, health and prosperity. He lives a life of purpose, on purpose and for purpose. He enjoys the process of his personal, spiritual, and professional journey, while assisting others to do the same. G is at his best when he is learning, teaching, inspiring, creating, organizing, and leading the way! He also enjoys communicating with others that are of like mind and is on a mission to assist millions of people to transform their lives! Need a little help?

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Is Your Competition Tasteless? Four Ways To Out-Innovate. By: Ryan Blair-Part #2/2

2. Don’t steal ideas; steal the people who came up with them.

Behind every brilliant innovation in your industry are people—find them, and hire them. I’d rather spend a dollar on hiring the right people from my competitors, than a dollar on an attorney to fight a competitor.

3. The competition can copy us, but they just can’t catch us.

We all agree that outright copying is pretty tasteless, but we have to be good imitators to be good innovators. (How many times in the last decade have we seen ourselves held to Apple’s standards of simple, user-friendly interfaces and minimalist designs?) And most “innovations” are improvements on already existing inventions. Copying is inevitable. Obviously, defend your intellectual property and trademarks as best you can by all legal means, but there are a lot of things your competition will copy that you can’t defend against (I’ve literally heard my exact phrases come out of other CEOs mouths). They can’t copy culture, passion for the end user, and intelligence. So, let them steal your quotes, while you spend your energy getting ahead in other ways.

4. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

A lot of companies along the way have given me competitive anxiety, but generally, if you have a good business plan and a good team, companies that are simply cloning you will fall by the wayside. This year I’ve seen a few end up in the business graveyard. The company with the best products that provide the best value will have a better chance of survival. In the end, consumer’s demand wins out. So, pace yourself, because two years from now you won’t be dealing with the same tasteless imitators.

Article By: Ryan Blair (Forbes Magazine)

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GJ Reynolds also known as “G” is a Passionate, Playful & Powerful Warrior Entrepreneur, Author, and Life Transformer. He is also a Visalus Founding Promoter, Ambassador, Co-Founder of the Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge, business developer, coach, mentor, trainer, public speaker and radio host. He teaches others how to have fun reclaiming their Life, Health & Prosperity! G is driven to assist others to reach their full potential and having their magnificence to shine. He loves to teach and work with like-minded entrepreneurs and professionals who choose to reclaim their personal power and transform their life, health and prosperity. He lives a life of purpose, on purpose and for purpose. He enjoys the process of his personal, spiritual, and professional journey, while assisting others to do the same. G is at his best when he is learning, teaching, inspiring, creating, organizing, and leading the way! He also enjoys communicating with others that are of like mind and is on a mission to assist millions of people to transform their lives! Need a little help?

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Is Your Competition Tasteless? Four Ways To Out-Innovate. By: Ryan Blair-Part #1/2

I’m a big proponent of innovation, and I’m extremely competitive. These two drives have both pushed me beyond my limits to success, and also distracted me to no end.

One of the reasons why I started focusing on the direct selling industry was that I saw an extreme lack of innovation among its companies. So, I chose a start up that was focusing its energy on being an innovative disruptor.

But the irony of being the innovation leader in an industry is that other companies will simply copy you. I thought that if we all focused on innovation, “may the best innovator win.” That’s not the case, because sometimes it’s the best copier who wins. (We’re using Facebook, not Myspace, right?) I received a report the other day that listed 63 companies in my industry that have copied some element of our business model. Just thinking of it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

This forces us to reevaluate our strategies, and compete through innovation.

Innovating means taking a risk, and it makes us vulnerable to successful copycats. But the consequences of not improving existing products, creating new ones, or embracing emerging markets at the right time is to be outpaced by our competitors just when we are patting ourselves on the backs for implementing less risky strategies that normally sustain us. So, we channel our competitiveness into innovation to survive. Here is my advice…

1. Don’t focus on the competition, they’ll never give you money.” – Jeff Bezos

This Jeff Bezos quote has become a general rule in my company when dealing with competitors. Invariably, your employees will start spending an inordinate amount of time tracking your competition, evaluating them, fearing them, or being annoyed by them. You have to steer the team’s focus on improving your value proposition and innovations to it. Truth is, we are all competing for the same consumer dollar and today’s consumers have limited discretionary spending, a lot of awareness, and they have a variety of choices. There are a lot of very good companies they can spend their money with. So, find out what you need to do to engage your consumers, and don’t focus on your competitors.

Article By: Ryan Blair (Forbes Magazine)

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GJ Reynolds also known as “G” is a Passionate, Playful & Powerful Warrior Entrepreneur, Author, and Life Transformer. He is also a Visalus Founding Promoter, Ambassador, Co-Founder of the Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge, business developer, coach, mentor, trainer, public speaker and radio host. He teaches others how to have fun reclaiming their Life, Health & Prosperity! G is driven to assist others to reach their full potential and having their magnificence to shine. He loves to teach and work with like-minded entrepreneurs and professionals who choose to reclaim their personal power and transform their life, health and prosperity. He lives a life of purpose, on purpose and for purpose. He enjoys the process of his personal, spiritual, and professional journey, while assisting others to do the same. G is at his best when he is learning, teaching, inspiring, creating, organizing, and leading the way! He also enjoys communicating with others that are of like mind and is on a mission to assist millions of people to transform their lives! Need a little help?

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John Maxwell: Why John Wooden’s Teams Won… By: John C. Maxwell-Part #2/2

John Maxwell: Why John Wooden's Teams Won And how to apply the coach's winning principles to your life 

First, he achieved personal victories before he led his team to victory. When you look at John Wooden’s life, one of the things you come away with quickly is he was truly disciplined. Many people feel that a leader’s biggest challenge is leading other people. I don’t subscribe to this opinion. The biggest challenge as a leader is living the life of a leader. As I listened to Coach Wooden that day, I asked myself, how could he bring such success to the teams that he led? It was the victory he had over himself that allowed him to also help others become victorious. 

Our standard of excellence and code of conduct can be summed up by Coach Wooden’s strategy to find happiness. He said happiness comes from making and keeping nine promises: 

1. Promise yourself that you will talk health, happiness and prosperity as often as possible. 

2. Promise yourself to make all your friends know there is something in them that is special that you value. 

3. Promise to think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best in yourself and others. 

4. Promise to be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. 

5. Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. 

6. Promise to forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements in the future. 

7. Promise to wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile. 

8. Promise to give so much time improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others. 

9. Promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit trouble to press on you. 

As leaders, if we haven’t won our personal battles, we’ll never be able to lead other people to victories in their battles. 

I truly believe that everything rises and falls on leadership. In my book The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork , I explain that the difference between two equally talented teams is leadership. When two teams come together with all things being equal—talent, experience, desire—the team with the best leader will always win. Coach Wooden had some of the most talented individuals in the country playing for him, but talent will only get you so far. It was his superior leadership that molded this talent into some of the best teams of all time. This is the second thing that set him apart. 

Coach Wooden was a master at selecting players, and he knew how to motivate each person to fulfill his role on the team. Coach Wooden told me he recruited a lot of average shooters. But he also knew each player had a spot on the floor where they shot the best. He would design plays to get these players into the areas where they shot the best. If any player shot outside of their designated area, they knew they would be joining Coach Wooden on the bench. Everyone had a role, and the majority of his players mastered their roles on the team. Wooden said, “Teamwork is not a preference; it’s a requirement.” 

He took that mantra of teamwork to heart. One of Coach Wooden’s sayings was, “If you listen to them, they’ll listen to you.” He told me that was a lesson he learned early in his coaching career. As a new coach, Wooden says he thought coaching meant pointing and directing players where they needed to be on the court. Five or six years into his career, he realized he was leading by assumption. He assumed his players had the basics under their belt; he assumed they knew what was happening in a game. That’s when he learned the only way to close these gaps was to listen to his players. Once he found out where they were in their learning and basketball knowledge, he could lead and give them direction. 

I learned so much from John Wooden that day in Los Angeles. The time we spent together will be etched forever on my mind. His words continue to touch lives the world over. And I don’t say this about a lot of people, but after I left his home I said to myself, “I want to be just like him.” 

I hope you will take some of these nuggets of wisdom and look at yourself; hopefully they will have the same effect on you as they did on me. 

Thanks, Coach. You are missed. 

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John Maxwell: Why John Wooden’s Teams Won… By: John C. Maxwell-Part #1

And how to apply the coach's winning principles to your life. 

My lesson today centers on a man who, in my opinion, was the best basketball coach—college or pro—to have ever lived: the great John Wooden. 

To most he was known as the “Wizard of Westwood,” the UCLA basketball coach who guided the Bruins to an unprecedented 10 national championships over two decades. But for those who played for him, he was much more than a coach. He was a teacher, father figure, mentor and master motivator who got every inch and more out of his players. 

When I heard of his passing last June, my mind was flooded with many memories of this great man, and the impact he had on so many people, including me. I was also reminded of memories and life lessons I shared with him personally. 

I spent some time with Coach Wooden a few years ago at his modest home in Los Angeles, where he lived for more than 30 years. It would have taken several hours just to read all of the plaques, memorabilia and awards that adorned his walls. 

For three weeks, I prepared for our meeting, and I had my questions ready. I came away from that day with stories I will treasure for the rest of my life. 

Creed for Life 

I want to share with you the simple creed Coach Wooden kept in his wallet since his father gave it to him at the age of 12. The words on this tattered paper served as his guidepost his entire life: 

Be true to yourself. 

Make each day your masterpiece. 

Help others. 

Drink deeply from good books. 

Make friendship a fine art. 

Build shelter against a rainy day. 

Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day. 

For 87 years, this creed molded Coach Wooden’s life. When I asked him how successful he was in keeping each of these principles, he said, “You know, John, we’re never perfect. But every day I still try to live up to the creed.” 

What a great lesson to us all. Here was a man in his late 90s, at the pinnacle of success, telling me he was still trying to live up to those principles. 

Most of you who are reading this are interested in winning and learning how you can get ahead at your own businesses. So let me share with you two things that helped set Coach Wooden apart from other coaches. 

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Change Begins With Choice By: Napoleon Hill

Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to make important changes in our lives. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year. 

We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause. 

As Shakespeare uniquely observed, ""The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves."" We created our circumstances by our past choices. We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today. Those who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more time to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need the truth. 

They need the whole truth. And they need nothing but the truth. We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us down the wrong path. We must keep coming back to those basics that make the biggest difference in how our life works out. And then we must make the very choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily lives. 

And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life - If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life - and it all begins with your very own power of choice. 

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Habits of Growth by Napoleon Hill

The whole purpose of education, or so it should be at least, is to start the mind of the individual to growing and developing from within; to cause the mind to evolve and expand through constant changes in the thinking processes, so that the individual may eventually become acquainted with his own potential powers and thereby be capable of solving his personal problems. 

Evidence that this theory conforms with nature’s plans may be found in the fact that the better educated people of all times are those who graduate from the great UNIVERSITY OF HARD KNOCKS, through experiences which force them to develop and use their mind-power. 

The law of change is one of the greatest of all sources of education! Understand this truth and you will no longer oppose the changes which give you a wider scope of understanding of yourself and the world at large. And you will no longer resist nature’s breaking up of some of the habits you have formed which have not brought you peace of mind or material riches. 

The traits the Creator most emphatically frowns upon in human beings are complacency, self-satisfaction, procrastination, fear and self-imposed limitations, all of which carry heavy penalties which are exacted from those who indulge such traits. 

Through the law of change, man is forced to keep on growing. Whenever a nation, a business institution, or an individual, ceases to change and settles into a rut of routine habits, some mysterious power enters and smashes the setup, breaks up the old habits, lays the foundation for new and better habits. 

In everything and everyone the law of growth is through eternal change! 

Source: You Can Work Your Own Miracles. Random House. 1996. Pgs. 29-30.

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GJ Reynolds also known as “G” is a Passionate, Playful & Powerful Warrior Entrepreneur, Author, and Life Transformer. He is also a Visalus Founding Promoter, Ambassador, Co-Founder of the Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge, business developer, coach, mentor, trainer, public speaker and radio host. He teaches others how to have fun reclaiming their Life, Health & Prosperity! G is driven to assist others to reach their full potential and having their magnificence to shine. He loves to teach and work with like-minded entrepreneurs and professionals who choose to reclaim their personal power and transform their life, health and prosperity. He lives a life of purpose, on purpose and for purpose. He enjoys the process of his personal, spiritual, and professional journey, while assisting others to do the same. G is at his best when he is learning, teaching, inspiring, creating, organizing, and leading the way! He also enjoys communicating with others that are of like mind and is on a mission to assist millions of people to transform their lives! Need a little help?

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Adults – Little Children Grown Tall by Napoleon Hill

In a sense, adults are only little children grown tall, and we do best that which we have been influenced to wish to do. We also resent being forced to do anything. This is an inherent trait of all mankind, and it prevails at all ages, under all circumstances. Everyone likes the freedom with which he may move on his own initiative. Destroy this freedom and you retard the mental and spiritual growth of the individual. You might also say that you retard economic and financial achievements the moment you destroy the desire for personal freedom based on the privilege of personal initiative. Organized thought leads to spiritual and mental growth provided it is expressed through action. One does not grow spiritually or mentally by thought alone. Growth is the result of thought expressed through voluntary and definitely controlled habits of action. 

Ability, in its most effective form, is the result of thought expressed through organized action. Theory forms a helpful background for ability, but it is not enough to insure success. That is why the college graduate must acquire practical experience before he becomes a man of ability. Theoretical learning is an essential foundation of education, but it is only a foundation. An educated person is one who has developed his mind through a combination of theory and practice so that he can shape any set of circumstances to meet the requirements of his desires and deeds. 

Source: PMA Science of Success. Educational Edition. The Napoleon Hill Foundation. 1961. Pg. 322 & 323.

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Lindsay Lohan’s dad Dispels the Rumors in the Tabloids, Talks Lindsay and More

Radio host Neil Haley, the Total Tutor, recently had a chance to interview Lindsay Lohan's dad, celebrity Michael Lohan, on the Simply G Media Network. Lohan wanted to put an end to the rumors floating around about his family and take time to tell the truth about what is going on with his famous daughter and his relationship with her. 

"I was impressed by Michael's resiliency to handle the difficulties in his life and have a strong faith in God,” said Haley, who admired Lohan’s new role of paying forward the lessons he’s learned to those who are facing dependency issues. “Michael has decided to dedicate his life to help users who are having a difficult time overcoming the addiction of drugs and alcohol." 

In this interview, Lohan addresses the Oprah Winfrey confrontation rumors, Lindsay's drinking, his current relationship with his ex-wife Dina and his daughter Lindsay, and Lindsay’s upcoming TV show on Oprah’s OWN network. He also discusses how passionate he is in taking on this new role of helping others and how it makes him feel like he’s truly doing God’s work. 

Lohan is a representative for the rehabilitation center Aid in Recovery. You can find more information on Michael at www.lukensinstitute.com. Also, you can find more information on the Simply G Media Network atwww.simplyg.com. 

To listen to the interview with Michael Lohan, please visit: 

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Declaration on Wealth by Andrew Carnegie

“The Gospel of Wealth but echoes Christ’s words; it calls upon the millionaire to sell all he hath and give the highest and best to the poor, by administering his estate for his fellow men before he is called to lie down and rest upon the bosom of mother earth. So doing he will approach his end no longer the ignoble hoarder of useless millions; poor, very poor indeed in money, but rich, very rich in the affection, gratitude and admiration of his fellow men, and sweeter far, soothed and sustained by the still sweet voice within, which whispering tells him that because he has lived perhaps one small portion of the great world has been bettered just a little. This much is sure, against such riches as these no bar will be found at the gates of Paradise.” 

Source: The Best Fields for Philanthropy. Andrew Carnegie. Quoted in Andrew Carnegie: The Man and His Work by Bernard Alderson. Doubleday, Page & Co. New York. 1909. Pg. 149.

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Entrepreneurs share stories about their mentors with Neil Haley, The Total Tutor

Neil Haley, the Total Tutor and co-host of Beachlifestyle Radio Show, was honored to interview entrepreneurs GJ Reynolds and Ben Gay III, discussing their mentors and how important they were in their lives.

Gay III, author of The Closers, talks about his mentor, Napoleon Hill. Hill was a bestselling author and personal development expert. Napoleon Hill has interviewed the greatest entrepreneurs in the 20th century and is a mentor to many personal development experts. Gay III shared some of his personal experiences interacting with Hill and also touched upon what he learned from many of his other mentors.

"I was amazed by the insight both GJ and Ben gave me during our interview," said Haley. "You definitely need to have a pencil and paper and take notes and replay the podcast."

Reynolds, better known as G, talks about his mentors, coach Dale Brown and the Late John Wooden. GJ sees the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people.

Gay III has mentored many people but still wants learns from others. For instance, he has learned things from Reynolds' book, The Playful and Powerful Warrior within YOU!, which he mentions during the interview. Gay III was able to provide three great suggestions for entrepreneurs during our interview. Please go to www.beachlifestyle.com to listen.

You can find more info on Ben Gay III at www.bfg3.com. Also, you can find more info on GJ Reynolds www.simplyg.com.

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The Gifts from Giving by Napoleon Hill

Form the habit of tolerance and keep an open mind on all subjects, toward people of all races and creeds. Learn to like people just as they are, instead of demanding of them that they be as you wish them to be. 

Recognize that love and affection constitute the finest medicines for both your body and your soul. Love changes the entire chemistry of the body and conditions it for the expression of a positive mental attitude. And love also extends the space you may occupy in the hearts of your fellowmen. And in this connection it is important to remember that while love is free, the best way to receive it is to give it. 

Keep a daily diary of your good deeds in behalf of others, and never let the sun set on a single day without recording some act of human kindness. The benefits of this habit will be cumulative and eventually it will give you domain over great spaces in the hearts of your fellowmen. And remember: One good deed each day will keep old man gloom away. 

For every favor or benefit you receive give an equal benefit to others. The law of increasing returns will operate in your favor and eventually . . . perhaps very soon . . . it will give you the capacity to get everything you are entitled to receive. A positive mental attitude must have a two-way highway on which to travel, or it will cease to function. 

Source: PMA Science of Success. Educational Edition. The Napoleon Hill Foundation. 1961. Pg. 228-229. 

Article By: Napoleon Hill

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