by Anonymous on October 9, 2009
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” — Vince Lombardi
If you were to estimate the percentage of people in the world who have complete faith in their ability to do anything that they desired, what would you say that percentage is? If you wanted to be realistic, you would probably say that only a small minority of people have this level of faith in themselves. In fact, the percentage could very well be lower than 2% of the entire world population.
Isn’t it amazing how most of us sell ourselves short all of our lives when we could have acquired considerably more out of life if we only believed we could? I think one of the main reasons for this phenomenon is that most of us convince ourselves all through our lives that our aspirations are impossible even when they are not.
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by Anonymous on October 4, 2009
Before I begin this explanation, here are some useful scientific facts about the human brain:
- It is estimated that the human brain has about 100 billion neurons and 100 trillion synapses.
- Each one of our more than 100 billion neurons may be connected to hundreds of other brain cells by as many as 10,000 synapses.
- The National Science Foundation states that the average person thinks between 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day. Experts say that 96-98% of those thoughts are those that we don’t think consciously.
- Every thought that we think is used by the same networks of brain cells and synapses—every single time.
- Every thought attracts thoughts of a similar nature because neural electrical branches are capable of growing secondary branches that will lead to similar but different thoughts.
- The more you consciously think a thought, the easier it will be to think that thought again because the connections between the brain cells that support it will become wider and broader. The less you think a thought, the more the connections that support it will thin out and eventually dwindle away.
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by Anonymous on September 27, 2009
“All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.” — Napoleon Hill
In 1908, Napoleon Hill was commissioned by billionaire industrialist Andrew Carnegie to interview over 500 of the world’s most powerful men in order construct a “success philosophy.” Over a span of 20 years, he assembled the data from these interviews into 15 principles that could be used by anyone in the general population to make progress in their lives.
He checked 15 of these principles with Andrew Carnegie time and time again until he had enough readiness to write his first book featuring these principles. This book was called “The Law of Success” and it was published in 1928. After the first edition, he added two additional principles to the list which were already vicariously described in the first and last chapter of the book.
These 17 principles of success are important because they can be used by anyone to achieve any goal that they aspire to. This has been proven because millions of people have put these principles into action and benefitted from them even in cases when they weren’t aware of the principles themselves.
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by Anonymous on September 5, 2009
Earl Nightingale (March 12, 1921 – March 25, 1989) was one of the most prominent motivational speakers and authors of all time. According to Wikipedia, he wrote and recorded over 7,000 radio programs, 250 audio programs as well as television programs and videos. The Strangest Secret is his most recognized recording of all.
The Strangest Secret was recorded in 1956. During that time, it has sold over a million copies and has become one of the most renowned sources of motivation in the world.
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