Tuesday, December 30, 2014

5 Phrases to Remove From Your Vocabulary Today!

By: Gary Douglas

“Think before you speak” is more of a truth than we realize. Most of us are unaware of how language creates our life.
Asking for a new job or a relationship and having it show up requires more than just positive thinking, according to Access Consciousness® founder Gary Douglas, who works with people worldwide on how to use language to create what they truly desire.
The words and phrases you use have a vibration. The first language on earth is energy.
If your life is not how you would like it to be, you can change your life by changing the words and phrases you use every day.
Most of us are unaware that we are entrained to use words and phrases that limit us.
The universe is literal. We are still using words and phrases that have a surprising power to stop our creations.
This is one reason the Law of Attraction tools and positive thinking often don’t work,” asserts Douglas.
1.Stop saying ‘I want…’ There are 26 (pre-1946) dictionary definitions of ‘want’, which mean ‘to lack’. Ask: What would it take for me to have a new job or a new relationship that is fun for me?” instead.

2.When you say ‘I am sick and tired of….’ you are creating yourself as sick and tired. If you find yourself saying this, ask: ‘What am I sick and tired of?’ and then change it!


3.The Secret misused the word ‘manifesting’. Nothing show ups because we are asking for ‘how something shows up’! “I am manifesting…” actually means “I am how it shows up…” Instead ask for what you would like to ‘actualize’ (meaning to bring into physical existence). ‘What would it take for me to actualize more money than I can spend?’

4.‘Why’ is a question that takes you around in circles (you know this – every two year-old has taken you there.) Instead ask: ‘What would it take for this to be different?’ or ‘What else is possible?’ and watch your choices change.

5.‘Try’ is an illusion that you are choosing something when that is not what you are actually choosing – try and stand up… Instead you have to ask a question that will allow you to make a choice. “How can I change this? or “What would it take for me to receive this?” will open a door to a different choice and a different possibility.
“Any dictionary from pre-1946 will allow you to choose your words with awareness of what they truly mean,” advises Douglas. “And you will create more by asking questions that allow the universe to deliver something that is even greater than what you have imagined. Asking ‘When will my new silver BMW show up?” is not a question.
It is a conclusion with a question mark attached. ‘What will it take to have a new car that is fast, beautiful and fun for me to drive?’ is a question that allows you to bring into existence what you would truly like to create.”

About the Author

Gary Douglas has been fascinated by the power of words from a young age.  Gary Douglas is the founder of Access Consciousness, which has now grown to 49 countries with over 2000 facilitators worldwide. Access Consciousness started 25 years ago and has developed techniques using a simple set of tools that allow people to create dynamic changes in every area of their life using questioning and body awareness.
The tools are used globally to transform lives in private practices, as well in conjunction with addiction recovery, weight loss, business and money, animal health and many holistic health modalities, such as acupuncture and chiropractic care. Douglas has written several books on the subject of money, relationships, magic and animals. In 2010 “The Place” became Barnes & Noble’s bestseller. His latest book “Divorceless Relationships” was published in 2011.

Monday, December 29, 2014

Five Economic Game Changers To Watch In 2015

 

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Abby McCloskey

As 2014 winds to a close, I’m reminded of how much can change in 12 months. The year began with an economic contraction and ended with growth roaring at 5%. Oil prices fell from over $100 a barrel to $56 a barrel, putting an extra $108 billion into consumers’ pockets. The unemployment rate dropped from 6.6% to 5.8% as approximately one million Americans found jobs or gave up looking for work.

The New Year will bring even more change, for good or for ill. From interest rates to the new Republican majority, here are five things that could significantly alter the U.S. economy in 2015:
  1. Interest Rate Increase
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to increase interest rates in 2015 after six years of keeping them near zero following the financial crisis. This would mark a needed return to more normal monetary policy, but the transition could be rocky. The stock market could take a hit as rates rise. The market has proven very sensitive to Fed policy, as evidenced by its run-up last week following the FOMC’s announcement that they would be “patient” raising rates. Additionally, consumers may borrow less as loans become more expensive, putting pressure on the housing and auto industries.
  1. Oil Shock
Oil prices are likely to continue to fall amid weak demand and increased American oil production. While the drop in oil prices is bruising the energy industry, it functions as a positive shock to the economy. Consumers, spending less on gas, have more money to put towards other expenditures. This could spur economic growth to higher than expected levels, since consumption comprises nearly 70% of GDP.
  1. Debt Ceiling
The U.S. is scheduled to hit the debt ceiling in March 2015, setting the stage for a political showdown as the potential for default is leveraged for political concessions. This has both positive and negative potential. On one hand, the debt ceiling could be used put forward modest budget reforms that make the U.S. economy more robust in the long-term. On the other, prolonged debate over the debt ceiling could inject considerable uncertainty into the economy, and actual default would be ruinous.
  1. Global Slowdown
Weak global growth poses a threat to our nascent economic recovery. The IMF estimates that there is nearly a 40% chance of the Eurozone re-entering a recession in the next six months. Asia is facing headwinds, with contracting GDP in Japan and slowing growth in China. Even emerging markets are slowing due to weak demand and increased geopolitical conflict. All of these factors could dampen U.S. growth prospects by restraining U.S. exports.
  1. The New Republican Majority
The new Republican majority in the Senate and House has a significant opportunity. While there will be a temptation to pass symbolic votes — such as the repeal of the Affordable Care Act — these bills will not become law under the current President. Instead, Republicans should use their newfound power to pass serious, pro-growth proposals that will be hard for the President to refuse. This includes, but is not limited to, opening up the Keystone XL pipeline, lowering corporate tax rates, and allowing for more high-skilled immigration. These policies have wide bipartisan appeal and would increase economic growth and job creation.
Overall, the U.S. economy is expected to perform well next year. The Federal Reserve is predicting GDP growth ranging anywhere from 2.6% to 3.0%. There are relatively few outside factors that threaten to curtail this progress, aside from a severe global slowdown or unforeseen geopolitical conflict.

The biggest game changers in 2015 are likely to come from within the U.S. Between the Federal Reserve raising interest rates and Congress negotiating on the debt ceiling and pro-growth policies, our policymakers have an inordinate ability to shape how the economy performs next year. Let’s hope they get it right.

Friday, December 26, 2014

Advice


The Wiseman don't need and the fool won't heed it.

65 Quotes That Will Dare You to Do Great Things

  
 By Lolly Daskal    
At some point in life we're all faced with a decision of whether to take a risk. Whether it's leaving a miserable job, moving to a different position that stretches you, starting your own business, or even taking on a tricky new assignment, greatness requires risk.

Whether you succeed or fail, the act of taking a risk will stretch you and give you faith in yourself--and the confidence to do even more. Maybe we're meant to do things that scare us so we can build greatness in ourselves.

Allow these amazing quotes to dare you:

1. "Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." --Mark Twain

2. "When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." --Lao Tzu

3. "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." --T. S. Eliot

4. "Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at." --Unknown

5. "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I ... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." --Robert Frost

6. "Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have." --Oprah Winfrey

7. "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten." --Tony Robbins

8. "If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary." --Jim Rohn

9. "If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on." --Sheryl Sandberg

10. "People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year." --Peter F. Drucker

11. "Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit." --e. e. Cummings

12. "If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big." --Donald Trump
13. "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore." --Andre Gide

14. "The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open." --Chuck Palahniuk

15. "You can't outwit fate by trying to stand on the sidelines and place little side bets about the outcome of life. Either you wade in and risk everything to play the game, or you don't play at all. And if you don't play, you can't win." --Judith McNaught

16. "If things seem under control, you are just not going fast enough." --Mario Andretti

17. "Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day." --Roger von Oech

18. "Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it." --Oprah Winfrey

19. "The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live." --Leo F. Buscaglia

20. "Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing." --Denis Waitley

21. "You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together." --Earl Nightingale

22. "The universe has no restrictions. You place restrictions on the universe with your expectations." --Deepak Chopra

23. "Do one thing every day that scares you." --Mary Schmich

24. "I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." --Pablo Picasso

25. "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." --Steve Jobs

26. "If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary." --Jim Rohn

27. "There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing." --Aristotle

28. "There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk." --Drew Barrymore

29. "If you don't build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs." --Dhirubhai Ambani

30. "You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done." --Chuck Yeager

31. "The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. " --Mark Cain
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32. "Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it's realistic or not." --Deepak Chopra

33. "Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane." --R. D. Laing

34. "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." --Steve Jobs

35. "The most important thing to remember is this: to be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become." --W. E. B. Du Bois

36. "Leap and the net will appear." --Zen saying

37. "Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act." --Maxwell Maltz
38. "I don't think you're human if you don't get nervous." --Sidney Crosby

39. "There can be no vulnerability without risk. There can be no community without vulnerability. There can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community." --M. Scott Peck

40. "A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." --John A. Shedd

41. "Our lives improve only when we take chances, and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves." --Walter Anderson

42. "Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. Life's too short to think small." --Tim Ferriss

43. "You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive." --Elia Kazan

44. "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." --Michael Jordan

45. "Because if you're prepared and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there." --Mark Cuban

46. "When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important." --Ellen DeGeneres

47. "To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself." --Soren Kierkegaard

48. "Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

49. "The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!" --Gen. George S. Patton

50. "Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself." --J. B. Priestley

51. "Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk--and to act." --Andre Malraux

52. "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. " --J.K. Rowling

53. "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." --Chinese Proverb

54. "Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." --Katherine Mansfield

55. "Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try." --Jack Canfield

56. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, dream, discover." --H. Jackson Brown

57. "When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given." --Barbara Sher

58. "Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear." --George Addair

59. "Screw it, Let's do it!" --Richard Branson

60. "You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you." --Marissa Mayer

61. "Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's." --Billy Wilder

62. "I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It's because of them I'm doing it myself." --Albert Einstein

63. "Only those who play win. Only those who risk win. History favors risk-takers. Forgets the timid. Everything else is commentary." --Iveta Cherneva

64. "The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." --Ayn Rand

65. "Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible." --Cadet maxim

When you take the path of timidity and fear, your destiny is to wonder, years later, what might have been. So go for it! The cost may be great but the reward may be bigger. Get inspired and take the chance you need today.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Nature yields her most profound secrets to those who are determined to uncover them.

 The field of science is perhaps the best illustration of how success always seems to come to those who apply the principle of accurate thinking in a persistent, determined effort. America’s great inventor Thomas A. Edison is said to have failed 10,000 times in his attempt to develop a workable electric light bulb. He learned from each failure and refused to quit until he succeeded. Breakthroughs occur every day because a determined person continues to search for solutions to complex problems long after everyone else has given up and gone home. You may not invent the light bulb or the next supercomputer, but you can find creative solutions to old problems if you apply the proven principles of success consistently and persistently.

Napoleon Hill

Monday, December 22, 2014

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5 Ways Leaders Think Differently Than The Rest Of Us

Leaders have some common traits when it comes to how they approach problems, information, and other people.

While there are no definitive brain scans that show differences in the way leaders’ grey matter works, there is some consensus that leaders have some commonalities in how they think about the world.
From their belief systems to the way they approach challenges, leadership thinking seems rooted in analysis and improvement. Kari H. Keating, Ph.D., a teaching associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who studies leadership, coauthored an October 2014 study which supported existing research that leaders are made, not born. Expanding on work by leadership researcher Bruce J. Avolio which found that leadership ability is roughly 30% genetic and 70% learned, Keating and her colleagues found that the first step to becoming a more effective leader is to believe that you can be a leader in the first place.

As part of their study, which took place during a 15-week class, they taught students about various types of leadership and introduced them to new ideas about what it means to be a leader beyond the stereotypical CEO or political figure.

"We smashed down sort of the myth of what leadership is and that no one is really pre-destined or born with this capacity that it’s built. Those students who entered not feeling confident [in their leadership ability], gained a lot of confidence over the course of the semester," she says.
Here are the ways they found that leaders think differently:

1. They look for improvement.
Leaders aren’t content to find problems and complain about them—they think in terms of solutions, says J. Randolph New, management systems professor at Virginia’s University of Richmond, where he teaches leadership courses. At the most basic level, leaders identify things that should be different and work toward making them better, New says.

2. They think about the greater good.
Keating and her colleagues also found that the progression of leadership development includes a motivation where people feel socially responsible for others. They’ll step into the leadership role, even if no one else is willing to do so. More advanced leadership thinking doesn’t consider the personal benefit of doing so. Called "non-calculative motivation," this more developed leader doesn’t expect a reward—he or she just leads because it’s necessary.

3. They can separate fact from opinion.
Leaders have critical thinking ability and are generally able to look objectively at situations and determine the reality from wishful thinking or editorializing, New says.
"Leadership judgment relies on is that people can see we have to go forward based on our opinions about right directions and wrong directions and what will work and what won’t work and so on. So we have to operate using opinions, but I think it’s critical that we know when we’re using opinion and when it’s real fact," he says.

4. They change their opinion as information changes.
Leaders hunger to learn and, as they do, their opinions are likely to change because they’re more concerned with looking for the best action rather than looking like the smartest person in the room, says leadership expert G. Shawn Hunter, author of Out Think: How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes. In fact, their quest for information may make them appear like better leaders to those around them.

"Even if you’re asking a lot of questions because you have doubt or ambiguity or even a lack of confidence in the direction of where you’re going, the simple act of asking open questions for which you do not know the answer of key advisors or teammates around the table will make you, in their eyes, a stronger leader," Hunter says.

5. They distill complex scenarios into simpler terms.
Hunter says that remarkable leaders hone an ability called coup d’oeil. The French expression, which means "stroke of the eye," or "at a glance," means that leaders can take a vast, complicated landscape or situation and analyze it so they understand and can express it in simpler, clearer terms and develop the appropriate action to take, he says. If the company is being slammed by the competition, a true leader looks at all of the contributing factors and comes up with a plan of action.
"It’s sort of like looking through a keyhole and being able to infer an entire rich environment from that small window that you can see," he says.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Mentally Strong People: The 13 Things They Avoid

Editors’ Note: Following the huge popularity of this post, article source Amy Morin has authored a guest post on exercises to increase mental strength here and Cheryl Conner has interviewed Amy in a Forbes video chat about this article here.
For all the time executives spend concerned about physical strength and health, when it comes down to it, mental strength can mean even more. Particularly for entrepreneurs, numerous articles talk about critical characteristics of mental strength—tenacity, “grit,” optimism, and an unfailing ability as Forbes contributor David Williams says, to “fail up.”

However, we can also define mental strength by identifying the things mentally strong individuals don’t do. Over the weekend, I was impressed by this list compiled by Amy Morin, a psychotherapist and licensed clinical social worker,  that she shared in LifeHack. It impressed me enough I’d also like to share her list here along with my thoughts on how each of these items is particularly applicable to entrepreneurs.

1.    Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves. You don’t see mentally strong people feeling sorry for their circumstances or dwelling on the way they’ve been mistreated. They have learned to take responsibility for their actions and outcomes, and they have an inherent understanding of the fact that frequently life is not fair. They are able to emerge from trying circumstances with self-awareness and gratitude for the lessons learned. When a situation turns out badly, they respond with phrases such as “Oh, well.” Or perhaps simply, “Next!”
2. Give Away Their Power. Mentally strong people avoid giving others the power to make them feel inferior or bad. They understand they are in control of their actions and emotions. They know their strength is in their ability to manage the way they respond.

3.    Shy Away from Change. Mentally strong people embrace change and they welcome challenge. Their biggest “fear,” if they have one, is not of the unknown, but of becoming complacent and stagnant. An environment of change and even uncertainty can energize a mentally strong person and bring out their best.

4. Waste Energy on Things They Can’t Control. Mentally strong people don’t complain (much) about bad traffic, lost luggage, or especially about other people, as they recognize that all of these factors are generally beyond their control. In a bad situation, they recognize that the one thing they can always control is their own response and attitude, and they use these attributes well.

5. Worry About Pleasing Others. Know any people pleasers? Or, conversely, people who go out of their way to dis-please others as a way of reinforcing an image of strength? Neither position is a good one. A mentally strong person strives to be kind and fair and to please others where appropriate, but is unafraid to speak up. They are able to withstand the possibility that someone will get upset and will navigate the situation, wherever possible, with grace.

6. Fear Taking Calculated Risks. A mentally strong person is willing to take calculated risks. This is a different thing entirely than jumping headlong into foolish risks. But with mental strength, an individual can weigh the risks and benefits thoroughly, and will fully assess the potential downsides and even the worst-case scenarios before they take action.
7. Dwell on the Past. There is strength in acknowledging the past and especially in acknowledging the things learned from past experiences—but a mentally strong person is able to avoid miring their mental energy in past disappointments or in fantasies of the “glory days” gone by. They invest the majority of their energy in creating an optimal present and future.

8. Make the Same Mistakes Over and Over. We all know the definition of insanity, right? It’s when we take the same actions again and again while hoping for a different and better outcome than we’ve gotten before. A mentally strong person accepts full responsibility for past behavior and is willing to learn from mistakes. Research shows that the ability to be self-reflective in an accurate and productive way is one of the greatest strengths of spectacularly successful executives and entrepreneurs.

9. Resent Other People’s Success. It takes strength of character to feel genuine joy and excitement for other people’s success. Mentally strong people have this ability. They don’t become jealous or resentful when others succeed (although they may take close notes on what the individual did well). They are willing to work hard for their own chances at success, without relying on shortcuts.

10. Give Up After Failure. Every failure is a chance to improve. Even the greatest entrepreneurs are willing to admit that their early efforts invariably brought many failures. Mentally strong people are willing to fail again and again, if necessary, as long as the learning experience from every “failure” can bring them closer to their ultimate goals.

11. Fear Alone Time. Mentally strong people enjoy and even treasure the time they spend alone. They use their downtime to reflect, to plan, and to be productive. Most importantly, they don’t depend on others to shore up their happiness and moods. They can be happy with others, and they can also be happy alone.
12. Feel the World Owes Them Anything. Particularly in the current economy, executives and employees at every level are gaining the realization that the world does not owe them a salary, a benefits package and a comfortable life, regardless of their preparation and schooling. Mentally strong people enter the world prepared to work and succeed on their merits, at every stage of the game.

13. Expect Immediate Results. Whether it’s a workout plan, a nutritional regimen, or starting a business, mentally strong people are “in it for the long haul”. They know better than to expect immediate results. They apply their energy and time in measured doses and they celebrate each milestone and increment of success on the way. They have “staying power.” And they understand that genuine changes take time. Do you have mental strength? Are there elements on this list you need more of? With thanks to Amy Morin, I would like to reinforce my own abilities further in each of these areas today. How about you?

Cheryl Snapp Conner is a frequent speaker and author on reputation and thought leadership. You can subscribe to her team’s bi-weekly newsletter, The Snappington Post.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

These quotes can help. They will inspire you as we enter the new year and the next half-decade. What can you become more passionate about?


1. "One of the things that may get in the way of people...is that they're not in touch with their passion. If you're passionate about what it is you do, then you're going to be looking for everything you can to get better at it." Jack Canfield

2. "It is never too late to be what you might have been." George Eliot

3. "Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." Les Brown

4. "The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire." Ferdinand Foch

5. "I think I overcame every single one of my personal shortcomings by the sheer passion I brought to my work. If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you--like a fever." Sam Walton

6. "If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities. It's very important that you find something that you care about, that you have a deep passion for, because you're going to have to devote a lot of your life to it." George Lucas

7. "There is no passion to be found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." Nelson Mandela

8. "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain

9. "Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." Howard Thurman

10. "Ideally, since 80 percent of your life is spent working, you should start your business around something that is a passion of yours. If you're into kite-surfing and you want to become an entrepreneur, do it with kite-surfing. Look, if you can indulge in your passion, life will be far more interesting than if you're just working. You'll work harder at it, and you'll know more about it. But first you must go out and educate yourself on whatever it is that you've decided to do--know more about kitesurfing than anyone else. That's where the work comes in. But if you're doing things you're passionate about, that will come naturally." Richard Branson

11. "One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested." E. M. Forster

12. "We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion." Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

13. "The Greeks did not write obituaries. They simply asked, 'Did he have passion?'" A character in the movie Serendipity

14. "Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring." Ralph Waldo Emerson

15. "A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others." Chin-Ning Chu

Napoleon Hill - Good Morning!

Mutual confidence is the foundation of all satisfactory human relationships.

 Most of us have two basic questions about others when we enter into a relationship. They are: Can I trust you? And, do you really care about me? Depending upon our previous success in partnerships with others — personal or business — the answers may be slow in coming. Confidence in another is often developed gradually as those involved in the relationship commit themselves to each other’s success and happiness. Although trust and confidence are the basic underpinnings of all successful relationships, they are fragile. A relationship that has endured for months or even years can be irreparably damaged by a few unkind words or a single thoughtless act. Don’t allow yourself to act in haste or to lose control of your emotions in important relationships.

Napoleon Hill

Monday, December 15, 2014

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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CJ6DL9M

45th & California, Topeka, KS 66609

http://www.loopnet.com/lid/4318990


Henry McClure - (785) 969-9158
License# BR00053441

Land For Sale

Planned Business Center

Description

Build 76,000 sqf of shop space and Two 4,200 sqf Pad Sites on the pre-approved Planned Business Center.
Major east west intersection on south east side of town.

2 Lots Available

Description: Two owners



Henry McClure - (785) 969-9158
License# BR00053441

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CJ6DL9M

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Auction

http://kansasfirstnews.com/2014/11/25/former-lindemuth-properties-go-on-auction-block-in-topeka/

Lindermuth Auction

McClure Real Estate, LLC represented Dana K. Anderson and David Herrman today at the Lindemuth auction. The partners purchased 63 acres contiguous to an 80 acre parcel already owned by Mr. Herrman. Sale price was $210,000.




 
Watch http://kansasfirstnews.com/ tonight as Brooke Lennington Covers the Lindemuth auction.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

McClure Real Estate, LLC

– Present (14 years)Topeka, Kansas Area
35 years of real estate experience on your side. The majority of my career has been dedicated shopping Mall re-development, commercial leasing, commercial sales, Mixed-Use/TIF redevelopment and real advisory roles including but not limited Sale, lease, zoning and platting issues.

I have a variety of listings from vacant commercial land to NNN properties for sales. Currently McClure Real Estate is representing several local, regional and national retailers with site selections. Two land developments in process.

Director of Real Estate for Pizza Pub Holding Company, LLC.

Developing Franchise opportunities for Pizza Pub.

Tenant/Buyer Representation highlights of McClure Real Estate, LLC.

College Hill TIF Development – This $36,000,000 Private/Public changed the landscape of our inner city directly across for Washburn University in Topeka Kansas. The City of Topeka, Shawnee County and 501 School district authorized over $6,000,000 in TIF financing. The City of Topeka put $4,500,000 in infrastructure from the Capital Improvement budget. Acquired and closed 40 properties to assemble 9 acres for the Mixed Use project consisting of 183 apartment units, 33 Townhomes and 24,000 sqf of retail. www.collegehilltopeka.com

Heritage Tractor – land sale for Arthur Warner. Shepherded and negotiated Sewer Benefit District on behalf of the project with the City of Topeka, Zoning Change.

Taco John’s – Topeka Boulevard and Croix –original Taco Johns ground lease, QSR land sale with

Triple Net Properties, LLC and negotiated the Poncho lease.

Taco 10th and Wanamaker – Land Sale – Zoning Change – Replacement Taco Johns deal.

White Lakes – Implemented an incubator program with over 15 startup companies.

Mainline Printing – Sale of the old Sears building at White Lakes

29th & California – Maja, Inc. sold to QSR Real Estate.

45th and California – Land sale from Anderson Family Trust to Capital City Bank and Maja, Inc

Electric Cowboy


I had a very interesting meeting with Marshall Till the owner of the Electric Cowboy (Wild horse in Topeka). Last year was one of the worst years in the last 5 years in the night club business.  Top three reasons might surprise you.
1. Internet dating sites – don’t need the bars to find dates.
2. Social media – check ins on Facebook – women will go to the place where the guys are hanging.
3. Credit card debt – blue collar customer getting tapped out on credit cards.  
I leased 13,000 sqf vacant old theater in Topeka 12 years ago. The deal was started by Mike Vigloa for a deal that was gong to be the Country Opera 4 years earlier. Marshall took the building 'is as where is" leveled out the floor and made a great night club.
We looked at West Ridge Mall for a mall concept. This looks promising.
Henry McClure