The Zen Story That Will Change Your Life

The Story That Will Change Your Life

Here is a Zen story that will change your life. Read it carefully and more than once. A student was having a meal with his Master. When they were finished eating, the student asked his Master, “What should I do now?” The Master replied, “Clean your bowl.” At that moment the student was enlightened. How …

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The Power of Concentration

Focus. Going from blurry to crisp. It’s all about focus. When you focus your thoughts to one specific purpose, you set yourself up for achieving anything. Let it be known that your ability to focus is paramount to attaining anything of lasting value. Unfortunately, we often scatter our thoughts, never concentrating on one goal and …

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Your Success and Segal's Law

Your Success and Segal’s Law

This is Segal’s Law. A man with one watch always knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. What does it mean? It means that when a person pursues more than one goal or aim, he rarely achieves either. One’s efforts become too dissipated and he rarely (or never) allows himself to …

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You Have to Be a Little NUTS to Be Successful.

What’s the Difference Between You and the Successful?

When I drive, I look at the signs and businesses that line the roads and streets. Recently, I asked myself a question that revealed a fatal flaw in my thinking — a fatal flaw that just may be the difference between wealth and insecurity, becoming what I wish to be and remaining in my current position. …

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How Day Dreams Can Ruin Your Life -- And What You Can Do to Stop It

How Day Dreams Can Ruin Your Life — And What You Can Do to Stop It

In Week Eight of The Master Key System, Charles F. Haanel wrote: 14. Do not confuse Imagination with Fancy, or that form of day dreaming in which some people like to indulge. Day dreaming is a form of mental dissipation which may lead to mental disaster. [Emphasis mine.] 15. Constructive imagination means mental labor, by …

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