What is the secret to happiness? 

This question would have to be one of the most frequently asked questions in the self development field to date. So why not ask the co-creator of NLP “Dr. Richard Bandler”, who has dedicated his life to studying human behaviour and change.

(Video) Richard Bandler (Co-Creator of NLP) – The Secret To Happiness

I completed my NLP practitioner course today with Richard Bandler and would highly recommend this course for anyone who is looking at learning the industries best and most effective strategies and techniques for creating life changing results for you and your clients.

I can quite confidently say that Richard Bandler has taught me more than money can buy during the last 6 days and his words of advice are definitely not to be slept on.

Find out more about NLP training with Dr Richard Bandler here.

Now we know that you should never make excuses for not sticking to your goals, and we understand that from time to time you will have your valid reasons, but what if it is not really you to blame for your failures and that your brain is actually out to sabotage your hopeful plans?

Well this article here explains the 6 ways that your brain plays tricks on you to sabotage your goals and dreams.

1.) Your brain can hurt your goals by fantasizing too much

Would you believe that fantasizing is the #1 way your brain can unintentionally ruin your goals?

It seems unlikely, right?

The thing is, the proof is in the pudding (or in this case, the research): psychologists have found that while positive thinking about the future is broadly beneficial, too much fantasy can have disastrous results on achieving goals.

Researchers tracked the progress of how people cope with four different types of challenges.

As an example, in one of those challenges (trying to find a fulfilling job), those who had spent the most time fantasizing performed the worst in a variety of critical data points:

• they had applied for fewer jobs
• they had been offered fewer jobs
• if they were able to find work, they had lower salaries.

Why?

Why could fantasizing about a positive end take a turn for the worse?

Jeremy Dean, a psychological researcher at UCL London and the owner of PsyBlog had this to say about the researcher’s conclusions:

The problem with positive fantasies is that they allow us to anticipate success in the here and now. However, they don’t alert us to the problems we are likely to face along the way and can leave us with less motivation—after all, it feels like we’ve already reached our goal.

It’s one way in which our minds own brilliance lets us down. Because it’s so amazing at simulating our achievement of future events, it can actually undermine our attempts to achieve those goals in reality.

Our poor brain is thus a victim of itself.

Again, this is not to say that visualizing goals is necessarily a haphazard strategy for achieving them, it’s just that we need to be aware of the dangers of excessive fantasy.

Instead of being entranced with what the future may bring, we need to learn to love the work here and now.

Enjoying our day by day progress and realistic ‘checkpoints’ is a much more practical way to create our future; getting lost in grandiose dreams that focus on the ultimate end is not.

As they say, don’t give up on your dreams, but don’t fall under their spell either.

2.) Your brain procrastinates on big projects by visualizing the worst parts

Procrastination, of all of the things on this list, is likely the most recognizable: everybody realizes that they procrastinate from time to time, and it’s something we are forced to battle with every day.

How can we fight this persistent opponent?

Interesting research from Russian psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik (of whom the Zeigarnik Effect is named after) reveals to us an interesting tidbit about the human mind: we are better at remember things that are partially done.

Ms. Zeigarnik came to this conclusion by testing the memory of folks doing simple “brain” tasks like puzzles or crafts.

She then interrupted them and asked them to recall (with specific detail) the tasks that they were doing or had completed.

She found that people were twice as likely to recall more detail about the tasks they had been interrupted in than in the tasks they had completed.

What does this have to do with procrastination?

Before we get to that, know this: in a study by Kenneth McGraw, participants were given a very tricky puzzle to solve with an “unlimited” amount of time.

The thing is, all of the participants were interrupted before they could finish, and then told that the study was over.

Guess what happened next…

Despite being told they were done, nearly 90% of participants continued working on the puzzle anyway.

What both of these studies teach us is that when people finally manage to start something, they are much more inclined to remember the task and finish it.

The Zeigarnik Effect and the subsequent McGraw study assure us that the best way to beat procrastination is to start somewhere… anywhere.

Our brain has the habit of envisioning the impending huge workload of an upcoming task.

It also tends to focus on the most difficult parts or sections, and this is where procrastination begins to set in: as we try to avoid the “hard work”, we find ways to skate around it and trick ourselves into thinking that we’re busy.

Just starting though, triggers our brain in a different way.

It’s the same way that cliffhangers are utilized to keep us coming back to our favorite TV shows; we’re primed to remember the last episode because the story was interrupted, and our brain wants a conclusion.

It’s the same with your tasks: start, and your brain will overcome the first hurdle.

This seemingly small milestone appears to be the most important one to overcome if you wish to defeat procrastination.

After starting a task, your brain will be more enticed to finish it to it’s “conclusion.”

You also tend to see that it’s not as big a mountain as you initially imagined, and that the work involved in completing this task won’t be so terrifying after all.

3.) Your brain will “abandon ship” at the first sign of distress

Anyone who’s fought the good fight with dieting will likely recognize this phenomenon.

Envision this:

You’re on a diet, and have been doing well for about 2 1/2 weeks, but you know your defenses are at risk.

To make matters work, you’re having dinner with friends tonight.

Instead of the healthy meal you could have made at home, you’re forced to use a restaurant menu.

The problem is this: At the bar before dinner, you had a little “cheat” moment by ordering snacks and drinks, after all, you’re with your pals tonight, right?

You know that those drinks and snacks, combined with the bread you had before dinner, leave you with one option to stay a bit over your caloric intake goals: you must eat a salad.

The thing is, your brain is yelling out “BURGER!”.

Instead of finishing the day a tad over your 2000 calorie goal, you order the burger with fries and don’t look back.

The crazy thing about this scenario?

It’s much more than a momentary act of weakness: psychologists have observed that this is much more likely to happen as a result of you missing a previously set goal.

Specifically, in research by Janet Polivy and her colleagues, people who were actually on diets were tested with pizza and cookies.

In the study, two groups of participants (those on diets and those not dieting) were told not to eat beforehand and then served exactly the same slice of pizza when they arrived to the lab.

Afterwards, they were then asked to taste and rate some cookies (I’m getting hungry already : )).

The thing was, the experimenters didn’t really care about the cookie’s rating, they just wanted to see how many people ate.

This is because they tricked some of the participants into thinking that they had received a larger slice than the others (using framing and false information). This was to make them believe that they had most certainly “ruined” their diet goals for the day.

The result?

When the cookies were weighed, it turned out that those who were on a diet and thought they’d blown their limit ate more of the cookies than those who weren’t on a diet.

This doesn’t paint the true picture though: they ate over 50% more!

On the flip side, the dieters that did think that they were in their caloric limit ate the same amount of cookies as those who weren’t on a diet at all.

Truly, our brain is geared towards a call of “Abandon ship!”, whenever we come short of our goals.

Don’t let this happen to you!

The best way to combat your brain from signaling ‘Mission Abort!’ after you’ve missed a short-term goal is to re-frame what just happened.

Yes, you did fall short or maybe mess up this time, but remember the progress that you’ve made.

With the diet example, you could look at all of the “good days” you’ve accumulated thus far: even if you fell after only a few days of starting your new diet, it’s still an accomplishment to have started one and to have set long-term goals for yourself.

Short-term lapses in your end-goal is not like a bad apple spoiling the bunch: you have gotten things accomplished so far and you need to stay focused on the long-term, not become distraught by a single mishap.

Research tells us that this is the best mindset to take for misfortune and failure in general: your progress and achievements go so much farther than that slip-up; don’t let your brain convince you that all is lost!

4.) Your brain loves mindless busywork disguised as progress

How fitting that this should be posted on a site that relates to social media!

One of the ways in which your brain continues it’s trickery is through busy work: work that gets “something” done, but not something that produces any measurable results.

In fact, research by John Bargh and colleagues reveals that our brain just loves to become robotic and to even mimic people out of habit.

I shouldn’t have to tell you that this is disastrous to achieving long-term goals!

This busy work is often a mechanism our brain uses in cohesion with avoiding big projects (mentioned above): instead of diving into the difficult tasks we KNOW we should get done, we’ll instead float around doing semi-related (read: barely related) menial tasks to make ourselves feelproductive without actually getting anything done.

Here’s the thing: you’re not going to build a thriving business or a successful blog with that kind of busy work.

It takes doing the hard work and it takes deliberate practice, there’s no way around it.

The thing is, your brain knows this, that’s why you have to remind it remind yourself that the challenging stuff is often the stuff that produces the results you desire.

Also remember that you can fight that procrastination by just getting started.

When you look back at what you’ve gotten done by the end of the day, make sure you’re proud of what you got accomplished, don’t let your brain ruin your goals by diverting you from what needs to be done!

5.) Your brain gives you a false sense of time.

Your brain says: “Relax, you’ve got plenty of time for this project.”
The reality: You are straight-up terrible at estimating how long it will take you to finish tasks. You’ll almost assuredly underestimate the time you’ll need.

When they started building the Sydney Opera House, the blokes in charge were all like, “No worries, mate. She’ll be done by 1963 and this $7 million budget should cover things nicely. Throw another shrimp on the barbie.” (Note: I am paraphrasing here.) Then they proceeded to tear through the $7 million faster than a kangaroo chasing a boomerang (fun with stereotypes!). The iconic building finally opened in 1973—ten years late and $95 million over budget.

You tend to underestimate how much time projects will take for you to complete. It’s called Planning Fallacy, and it’s why Afternoon-You looks at the to-do list made by Morning-You and says, “Were you under the impression that I am some sort of goddamn superhero or what?”

Psychologists think your overly optimistic planning is caused by a combination of wishful thinking and how you view similar projects you’ve done in the past, which is to say you subconsciously take credit for the progress that was made but blame outside forces for delays. The last article took so long to write because your computer crashed, your neighbor was playing “Rhythm Is A Dancer” on his damned guitar again, and you got stuck in traffic on the way to an interview. Those things weren’t your fault and won’t happen again, you say. But they might. And if they don’t, other time-sucks will show up to take their place.

Solutions:

• Your brain isn’t as bad at determining how long it will take someone else to complete a task. You’ll overestimate in most cases, but it’s nothing compared to the wildly overoptimistic standards you’ll set for yourself. When you need to determine a time frame for a project, imagine someone else will be completing the task and your guess will be closer to the truth.

• Planning Fallacy is going to tell you that writing your book will take, oh, maybe two weeks if you stop for meals. As always, it lies. For a goal as complex as that, the only way to get a remotely accurate estimate is to break it into the individual steps it will take to achieve it. Besides, it’s scary as hell to see “write novel” on today’s to-do list, but breaking it down into steps like “research alpaca breeding standards for book” or “write chapter seven” turns it into something that’s finite, specific, and easier to wrap your head around. Make a list. Write down how long each step will take. Add ’em up.

• Make a note of how long similar tasks have taken, but don’t adjust for distractions or problems caused by outside sources.

• Identify potential snags. Assume they’ll happen.

6.) Your brain is not good at “winging it” when it comes to planning… ever!

Every night before I go to sleep, I like to write a simple “to-do” list that I group into two categories.

I put some in category ‘A’ (must be done tomorrow) and some in category ‘B’ (must be worked on or done in 2-3 days).

I do this because when I sit down at the computer to do work without a plan, I tend to fall flat on my face.

My so-called “work time” turns into the not-so-productive “check email time” or “browse Reddit” time; nothing of any importance gets done.

It seems that I’m not alone!

In research by Gollwitzer and colleagues, the subject of “if-then” plans was discussed in relation to how we set and stay consistent with out goals, and the results are not surprising but reveal a lot of insight into how our brain reacts to planning (and even some great tips).

The thing is, researchers found that not only do well laid plans seem to get accomplished more often, but planning for failures along the way (“In case of emergency…”) helps people stay on task under duress.

Let’s continue our diet example from above.

Say you did have that lapse and go over your calories for the day.

Instead of “winging it” and letting your brain crumble to it’s likely response (discussed above), you should have a backup plan ready to know what to do when failure strikes.

This could be something like: “If I go over 2000 calories in a day, I’ll finish the day as close to 2000 as I can, and then the next morning, I’ll go for a 15 minute run as a ‘penance’, make sure I eat an extra healthy breakfast, and then continue the rest of my day as normal.”

You are likely no stranger to feeling ashamed about getting off track, we’ve all been there.

Having those “In case of emergency…” plans help us to have a game plan in case we do falter, and including a small ‘penance’ like I discussed above can help us get over it quicker.

If you failed on your diet for a day and then ‘punish’ (again, just with a quick run) yourself by running in the morning, you can go about your day knowing that you got what you deserved, instead of sliding down the slippery slope of guilt through the rest of the day.

So remember to include an “If-Then” plan for your next big goal, you’ll be able to beat back your brain’s guilt over slipping up now and then and you won’t have to ever “wing it” in case something goes wrong!

And here is a bonus little meme from the good fellas over at Runt Of The Web that I am sure we can all relate to:

This is an article by Gregory Ciotti, founder of Sparring Mind.

A number of highly acclaimed motivational speakers have implemented the art of NLP to train others how to re-program their mind for success. Motivational speakers such as Tony Robbins, Paul McKenna & Derren Brown have hit the road running with this style and have proven that this technique really does work.

Follow our 10 Steps to Successful NLP Mastery to achieve what you really want out of life.

The 10 steps to mastering NLP

1. Understand what you’re getting into

Mastering NLP is not an easy thing to do. Many – or more accurately – most people can’t even manage to control their brain enough to get them out of bed on time in the morning – let alone completely revamp the inner workings of their conscious mind. The lifelong pursuit of mastering NLP is nothing short of the lifelong pursuit over mastery of the self. This short guide will point you in the right direction towards that path.

2. Know what NLP is

Much disinformation has been spread about NLP, and for good reason; it’s dangerous. Not dangerous to you and me of course, but dangerous to the institutions which rely on people having problems to make money. The pharmaceutical industry, professional psychiatrists, psychologists, and the enormous “self-help” industry all rely on you needing someone or something, usually a product, to make you better.

3. Know how NLP works

We all know the story of the pink elephant. I say pink elephant and you think of a pink elephant. It’s inevitable. This simple idea of Garbage In Garbage Out (GIGO), to take a term from the computer industry, can be seen as the same exact basis for NLP. Instead of finger-pointing blame to your problems and then prescribing a solution (usually a pill), NLP recognizes that there is input coming into your brain, recognizes your ability to change it, and then gives you a technique with which to do so.

4. Know the history of NLP and how it has evolved over time

Richard Bandler and John Grinder perhaps did not know what they were getting into back in 1975 when they created NLP. Today NLP has spawned into a multi-million dollar business with practitioners all across the world. While NLP has evolved extensively into the modern day, it is always a good idea to go back and look at the origins of the techniques you see today.

5. Learn from the masters

When you think of NLP masters you might think of people like Tony Robbins, Paul McKenna, and Derren Brown. While these people have popularized NLP to the mainstream, if you are looking to master the basics it is probably best to look elsewhere. People like Connie Rae Andreas, Robert Dilts, Charles Faulkner and Shlomo Vaknin have all written excellent books about understanding and eventually mastering the concepts behind NLP.

6. Know that there is no one way to master NLP

Once you start to get involved very deeply with NLP you will start to learn that NLP is as open ended and rife with possibilities as the human mind itself. Want to eliminate fear completely? It is possible. Want to create your own “magnificent obsession” for working out? There is a skill for that. Think you can’t master astrophysics? Think again. Everyone has their own path and their own preferences; pick yours and use NLP as a tool, not as a bible.

7. Experiment

Once you understand the basics it is time to get dirty. If you are focusing on yourself get ready to get in touch with your innermost thoughts and emotions. For some people it may be the first time they’ve ever challenged their internal beliefs about the way they see the world, how they operate and what their capable of. I mean this as no exaggeration, it may be very scary what you can potentially find.

8. Create your own interpretation

Once you have begun to get familiar with how your brain works and have mastered the techniques already laid out by the founders of NLP, you are going to want to branch out. Remember there is no dogma for NLP. In the field of trying to consciously control how your brain works and subsequently creating a map, or an operating manual for the human brain, we are just beginning to scratch the surface.

9. Extend your limits

This is where things really get fun. When you realize that there is no limit to the potential of the human mind, what will you do? If you could become anyone you wanted, who would you be? If there is something that has not been done before, why not do it? For most people this too much. Learning a technique or two for eliminating a phobia will suffice for your layperson, but when it comes to mastering NLP, the ceiling is non-existent.

10. Have fun

This is probably the most important step. In between conquering the world, your fears and your craving for that coconut cream pie, remember the adventure will be what you make it. How you take to NLP should be exactly how you would ideally like to feel about life itself. Don’t make it “work”, don’t make it rigid, have fun and make it your own. This is where your success will come from.

NLP Video – Richard Bandler – What is NLP? Neuro linguistic programming.

I want you all to think back to last years New Years Eve – now what big resolution did you make? Fast forward to today – have you kept it?

Millions of us make our resolutions in the same way every year but the experts say this is not the most realistic way to make a long-term change. Our brains are designed to give greater value to an immediate rather than a delayed reward, which means that the desire to go back to that comfy old habit is strong.

Read on for a quick run down on how you can really make your Resolutions work for you and a Video from Dr.Richard Bandler, the co creator of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), as he explains why people do not go through with their New Years Resolution and how they can reprogram their mind to face the challenges of change to accomplish their resolutions.

Even if you do overcome a bad habit, it can come back to haunt you. Researchers at Massachusetts institute of technology found that after a habit was broken, the habit pattern actually remains in the brain, lying dormant and can reappear when triggered by the old cues. Despite the challenges, it is possible to transform your ways. Keep your mind focused on empowered thoughts and set yourself small stepping stones. Reward yourself along the way for what you want to achieve and to motivate you so you do not return to the old habit. Remember the one thing that you have control over are your thoughts.

It also seems that men and women respond to different tactics. Phycologist Richard Wiseman, author of quirkology, tracked three thousand people who made New Years resolutions and found that after one year , just twelve percent were successful. Women have more success when they made their goal public and garnered support from family and friends. Men were more likely to succeed when they created S.M.A.R.T (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-based-goals)

In this video below Psychologist & Co Inventor of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Dr.Richard Bandler explains why people do not go through with their New Years Resolution and how they can reprogram their mind to face the challenges of change to accomplish their resolutions.

(Video) Dr.Richard Bandler, Using NLP To Successfully Accomplish Your New Years Resolution

Bonus: New Years Quotes

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Oprah Winfrey

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.
Franz Grillparzer

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.
Cyril Cusack

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
Helen Keller

Celebrate what you want to see more of.
Tom Peters

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
Plautus

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.
Mark Twain

New Year’s Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.
James Agate

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
W. Somerset Maugham

In this Video we share with you today, the World #1 Peak Performance Coach “Anthony Robbins” teaches you how you can change your Blueprint and beat depression for good. He explains how we think as humans and what leads to us feeling so depressed in the first place.

With over 30 years of life coaching experience, Tony Robbins is the go to guy for all things life changing or what we believe to be unchangeable. His work has changed 1000′s of peoples lives around the world and his methods are proven unbreakable.

Tony Robbins will be in Australia shortly. Make sure you don’t miss out on his Date With Destiny Event on the Gold Coast – Australia in a couple of weeks and his keynote at the National Achievers Congress alongside The Successful Duo Robert Kiyosaki & Donald Trump Mid September 2011.

Anthony Robbins – Changing Your World View

Anthony Robbins Quotes To Live By:

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Anthony Robbins

Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, ‘Here is an opportunity for you to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary’.

Anthony Robbins

Passion is the genesis of genius.

Anthony Robbins

Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!

Anthony Robbins

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.

Anthony Robbins

Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.

Anthony Robbins

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

Anthony Robbins

Let fear be a counsellor and not a jailer.

Anthony Robbins

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

Anthony Robbins

When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears.

Anthony Robbins

Anthony Robbins gives “The Hour” his Best Story Ever, he shares with you how suprised he was to find out that he inspired a pimp to reach his riches and mack his b#!ches, funny story right here. It goes to show how influential this #1 peak performance coach can be.

Has Tony Robbins changed your life for the best? If so comment below and share your story.

Tony Robbins – Best Story Ever – Inspired a Pimp!

One of the wealthiest young men on Wall Street “Jordan Belfort” had the world in his palm at the age of 25 making $50 Million a Year at his own investment firm “Stratton Oakmount“. Jordan Belfort was followed by the FBI for many years and finally arrested for selling artificial inflated stocks, banking more than 100 Million Dollars.

After a couple years in jail and a complete life turn around Jordan Belfort decided to write a book titled “The Wolf Of Wall Street“. The Wolf Of Wall Street was New York Times Best Seller giving Jordan a reputation as the Millionaire Maker as he travels the world teaching thousands of people how to make money the ethical and legal way. Jordan is a true inspiration showing you no matter what you have come from or who you where, you have it in you to make a change for the good and live a wealthy and happy life.

Jordan Belfort – Managing Your State Of Mind & Creating Confidence For Success

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqgrHZ-y-5k

Jordan Belfort is in Australia right now on tour, Check this link to see if Jordan is in your city this week.

In this Video, the Worlds #1 Peak Performance Coach ‘Anthony Robbins’ shares with us what it means to be a true leader and how to inspire the vision with others. Tony Robbins explains how you have to become the servant sometimes to encourage others to move in the direction that is right.

I will be heading to the National Achievers Congress 2011 in Sydney, Australia this September to watch Tony Robbins, Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki and a number of other top notch speakers and moguls so you can expect a lot more of this amazing content heading your way over the next few months.

Tony Robbins – Becoming A Successful Leader

“Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.”- Tony Robbins

Tony Buzan is the inventor of Mind Maps, the revolutionary thinking tool used by over 250 million people to help them unleash their mental potential. He is the world’s leading authority on the brain, learning and memory.

Tony Buzan’s multi-million copy best selling books are available in 100 countries in 30 languages. Tony Buzan lectures worldwide and acts as a consultant to multi-national companies, governments, and athletes. Tony has recently launched the world’s first official mind mapping software tool – iMindMap. Checkout this Video of Tony explaining The mind Map and how you can benefit from it. Very Interesting!

Maximizing The Power of Your Brain With Tony Buzan Through Mind Mapping

Tony Buzan is widely credited with coining the term mind map.  Mind maps are a means of organizing information visually, showing how big ideas are made of big pieces, which in turn are composed of smaller pieces.  The famous inventor and artist Leonardo daVinci created diagrams similar to mind maps hundreds of years ago as a means of organizing information.

Buzan has defined ten guidelines for effective mind mapping, which we’re reviewing for your benefit.

Start in the center with an image of the topic, using at least 3 colors.

The center is the key because, as you will see, the ideas documented in a mind map radiate from the center of diagram, similar the branches or root system of a tree.  The colors are important because they provide an extra dimension of information to help your brain interpret the data more effectively.

Use images, symbols, codes, and dimensions throughout your Mind Map.

Words are important, but pictures make it easier and faster to communicate information visually.  Similarly, symbols, codes and dimensions provide a mental shorthand to speed up the communication process.  Of course, these different symbols, code and dimensions should be simple enough that a wide variety of people can easily interpret what’s in the mind map.

Select key words and print using upper or lower case letters.

Key words work well with images to convey information, similar to the way slides work in presentations.  Printing makes them legible.

Each word/image is best alone and sitting on its own line.

This is to make the mind map easy to interpret.  Too many uncoordinated lines makes for a confusing mind map.

The lines should be connected, starting from the central image. The central lines are thicker, organic and flowing, becoming thinner as they radiate out from the centre.

The idea here is to give the reader a visual guide as to the level of detail they’re at within a mind map.  Obviously, if you follow the lines through the map, you’ll see how everything is connected.  Varying thicknesses will make the mind map look like a system of branches or roots.

Make the lines the same length as the word/image they support.

Again, readability is the key.

Use multiple colors throughout the Mind Map, for visual stimulation and also to encode or group.

Much like bus routes and subway maps use color to distinguish between routes, use of color in a mind map will make it easier to follow the information.

Develop your own personal style of Mind Mapping.

Personal style allows you to create mind maps more efficiently and effectively.

Use emphasis and show associations in your Mind Map.

This allows you to focus attention on key topics in the mind map.

Keep the Mind Map clear by using radial hierarchy, numerical order or outlines to embrace your branches.

What do these things mean?  Numerical order and outlines are pretty straight forward, but what is radial hierarchy?  Put simply, radial hierarchy is information organized by most important information in the center and more detailed information situated farther and farther away from the diagram’s center.

Hopefully these ten guidelines are helpful.

With over 60 Million copies sold worldwide, “Think & Grow Rich” By Napoleon Hill is one of the most profound books read in many successful peoples lives and also the blueprint for the worlds best motivational speakers.

We have taken 15 of the Richest Quality quotes (In Our Opinion) from the book to share with you to apply in your life which will undoubtedly help you on your road to success.

The Top Think & Grow Rich Quotes

• “Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success”

• “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.”

• “The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”

• “Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.”

• “Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”

• “Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.”

• “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle…”

• “The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.”

• “The starting point of all achievement is desire.”

• “The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.”

• “Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.”

• “Our minds become magnetized with the dominating thoughts we hold in our minds and these magnets attract to us the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonize with the nature of our dominating thoughts.”

• “Fears are nothing more than a state of mind”

• “Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach”

• “If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.”

The Wolf Of Wall Street “Jordan Belfort” who I was lucky enough to meet in person a couple months ago for a work conference spoke to us about the importance of learning from your past mistakes and setting your goals to the highest degree to achieve financial success.

Jordan Belforts Best Selling book “The Wolf Of Wall Street” has been snatched up by Hollywood Director Martin Scorsese and is being filmed as we speak with Leonardo Di Caprio acting as Jordan with hopes of a 2013 release.

This 2 Part Video is an interview with Jordan Belfort explaining how he became known as “The Wolf Of Wall Street” and how he lost his Hundreds of Millions of Dollars by making the wrong decisions in business.

Jordan Belfort – The Wolf Of Wall Street Pt 1

Jordan Belfort – The Wolf Of Wall Street Pt 2

Do yourself a favor and reserve 13 minutes aside  in your day today to watch this video by Anthony Robbins. Tony Robbins reveals the invisible forces that motivate everyone’s actions.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.  – Tony Robbins

(Video) Tony Robbins *Rare* Interview – Secrets To Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aurSQnW3gjM

With only 2 more years until the release of Jordan Belforts Autobiography turned Movie, Directed by Martin Scorsese & Acted by Leonardo Di Caprio it is hard to look past this truly inspirational speaker.

Check below for an amazing Video from The Wolf Of Wallstreet on how you can reboot your way of thinking to create the mindset you need to have success in your life.

Jordan Belforts Success

Legendary Jordan Belfort (The Wolf Of Wall Street) explains the reasons why people do not Succeed in Life and what actions they need to take to start believing in themselves!

The Wolf Of Wall Street – Limiting Beliefs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjV9OV3RGUA