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Can Bob Proctor Teach You Success in Six Minutes?

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

I admit up front that I am a fan of Bob Proctor, but when I read that he is offering to teach people how to create succes in only six minutes a day, I thought maybe that was a bit optimistic, at least for me.

Being the curious type, and a previous purchaser of Bob Proctor material, I went ahead and signed up for the service to see what it was all about. You get the first seven days free so there is no need to pay anything up front.

The program starts with Bob stating that he will coach you until you become a millionaire. I really liked the sound of that but thought it unlikely. However, after I’d thought about it, I suspect it’s probably no big deal for him to give you six minutes a day for as long as you want it.

The six minutes coaching is a presentation delivered by Bob each day. He doesn’t kick off the program by taking about money making schemes or anything like that. Instead, he starts to talk about success and how to focus on it.

He spends the first few sessions discussing your mindset and attitudes. There’s an initial section on how you can think like a winner and avoid giving in, which he claims is mostly responsible for the defeat you may have experienced up until now.

After that, he moves on to the topic of self belief and explains how you can actually start to expect success rather than failure. He goes into issues such as whether you think you ought to be successful and how to change your expectations of yourself.

There are more presentations on things such as visualization, perceptions and emotions, and how to tell whether our behavior is likely to be productive or counter-productive or a complete waste of our time. He does this by getting you to think about whether something takes you nearer to or further away from your success.

My belief is that the six minutes to success course will be a good investment for many people, regardles of whether their goal is to become a millionaire. Not everyone will stick with the program, but there’s no doubt that Bob is offering the methods and training for those that are determined.

Like many things that promote significant change, this is really about a combination of a shift in the way you think and putting your plans into action. This program is not a magic bullet, there will be hard work involved, but it does provide a realistic way for you to create wealth if you follow it.

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The Difference Between Self Esteem and Ego

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

There’s a lot of talk about “self esteem”, how to have it, what it is, what it means. However, what passes for self esteem is often simply ego. That might seem a perplexing statement. First let’s get a little clarity on what healthy self esteem is. It is a balanced and unexaggerated self respect and self love. It combines a healthy regard for the self with a healthy regard for others. Healthy self esteem esteems others as equally as the self. Others are treated and regarded as respectfully as the self.

Ego, on the other hand, always believes in its own self importance above the importance of others. Ego always requires outside approval, validation, and constant attention and gratification. Ego believes in its own superiority above all others. Some versions of ego insist on inferiority as a role. Both inferiority and superiority are lies though, and variations of the same theme — of feeling “less than” others. Here are some ways to recognize ego and distinguish it from self esteem:

1.) It’s ego when we are condescending, rude or disrespectful of wait staff, retail clerks, parking valets, or anyone we imagine is “less important” than us. Those with healthy self esteem are respectful to all they come into contact with.

2.) It’s ego when we use anger to manipulate others, get our way, or attempt to communicate our supposed superiority. Those with healthy self esteem have healthy boundaries and desire to communicate respectfully and non-manipulatively.

3.) Ego is about the one note song, “mi, mi, mi”. When we talk incessantly about ourselves and show no interest in others that comes from ego. A person with healthy self esteem does not need to be the center of attention at all times. Healthy self esteem is more frequently expressed by showing genuine interest in others, and making sure conversation flows among all participants.

4.) When we are expressing ego, we are spectacularly lacking in compassion. We judge harshly, show no empathy, and find fault easily. When we are expressing healthy self esteem, we are able to be compassionate without being codependent (unable to set healthy boundaries, “people pleaser”). We are able to understand the viewpoints of others and have a genuine interest in them.

5.) When we are being egotistical, we believe we know everything about everything and that we are right about everything we “know”. We believe that the opinions of others are “stupid”, ill-advised and just plain wrong. When we are coming from healthy self esteem, we are willing to hear the opinions of others and we’re able to entertain the notion that their opinion is their opinion and we don’t have to agree. Both people can be right (and OK).

6.) When we are coming from ego, we are unwilling to pay the least attention to the interests of others. We single mindedly expect everyone to share our interests, but don’t reciprocate. When we have healthy self esteem, we are curious about the interests of others. Even if we don’t want to actually share the interest, we want to share their delight in their interest.

7.) Impatience is frequently a sign we are expressing from ego. Often, it derives from feeling self important and that the world owes us attention (or priority) whenever we want it. Sometimes our impatience is actually the result of our own failures such as not leaving in enough time to get somewhere and being highly impatient in traffic. When we’re coming from healthy self esteem, we have highly developed patience and we live our lives strategically enough that we don’t waste our time in situations that require extreme patience.

There is a huge difference between ego and healthy self esteem. The most significant thing is that when we are coming from ego, it is obvious to everyone but us!

Author Bio: Suzi Elton is a success coach working with highly creative types to create income that matches their talent.She has coached hundreds of clients to approach their goals strategically through tiny steps to bring about quantum leaps. Get free Life Purpose exercises, at http://mylifepurposecoaching.com.


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