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<description><![CDATA[John Watson was born in Shanghai at the start of World War II on Dec 31st 1939 His father, a British civil engineer, was given the choice of working in the mines of Northern China for the occupying forces or going to a concentration camp. He refused to work for the invading forces. As a result the whole family were imprisoned in a concentration camp in the middle of China in 1942. Eric Liddell (featured in the Chariots of Fire) the Scottish runner and missionary was imprisoned in the same camp. In 1945 the family was rescued by American troops ... ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goal in Three Steps by Focusing on Actions Rather Than Results</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This article explores three powerful lessons about goal achievement from the worlds of mountain climbing and Formula One racing. Achieve your goal by selecting a goal you care about, by focusing on actions rather than results and by taking one step or lap at a time.]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals by Avoiding the Gaps and Believing in Yourself</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 10:16:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you want to achieve your goals avoid the gaps. "What gaps?" you ask. The gaps in taking action on your goals.]]></description>
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<title>Succeed by Starting Instead of Procrastinating - Five Steps and an Acronym to Help You Start</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:54:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great."  Les Brown   What a brilliant quote from Les Brown! We all need to appreciate the fact that we don't have to be great before we can make a start on becoming great.]]></description>
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<title>Seven Success Lessons From Super Bowl 43</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:04:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and its punishment is but an urge for me to greater effort to achieve my goal." Bruce Lee 1940-1973 In Super Bowl 43, both the Phoenix Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers refused to accept defeat until the full sixty minutes of the game were over and the result was written in history.]]></description>
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<title>Succeed by Keeping Your Promises to Yourself and Others Even If This Takes Longer Than You Expected</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:08:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Keeping promises to others and to yourself will ensure your success in almost any area of life and work. Others will respect and trust you and you will trust and respect yourself. Your confidence in yourself will soar and you will start achieving what you thought was impossible. But keeping your promises may be much harder than you anticipated.]]></description>
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<title>Success Tips From an Action Film - &quot;I Can Do This!&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:15:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In Under Siege 2, an action film made in 1995, Steven Seagal, as Casey Ryback, an ex-Navy seal, fights a murderous gang of mercenaries on a train travelling through the Rocky Mountains from Denver to Los Angeles.  Casey has the help of a nervous, black porter, with a poor self-image, called Bobby Zachs. The gang have the help of many weapons, years of villainous experience and chopper support.]]></description>
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<title>Success, Survival and Self-Defense Tips From Bear Grylls in Zambia</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:09:58 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you live in a jungle or a city? They can be much the same thing! The streets of big cities are often described as jungles. It would be surprising if endangered citizens could not pick up some success, survival and self protection tips from jungle survivors.]]></description>
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<title>Success Can Be Achieved by Persistence As Much As by Cleverness!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:47:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, I heard a self-defence instructor describe how it took him a year to understand how to successfully throw someone of any size over his hip. This hip throw is now one of his favourite throws.   He had not given up trying to master this throw but had stayed with the problem until he had conquered it. That is probably why he is an instructor rather than an ordinary student. Persistence helped him succeed.]]></description>
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<title>Five Time Management Steps That Work</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:55:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The story of Ivy Lee and the advice he gave to Charles Schwab is well known in the business and self-development world but, even if you know the story backwards, it is still worth studying again and again.   It is also worth putting Ivy's Lee's advice into practice on a daily basis. Like many people, I heard the story and tried out the advice a few times. It worked well but then I lapsed back into my usual ways. So I was glad when I came across a retelling of the story recently by Jason Bates.]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals by Keeping Right on to the End of the Road</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever climbed out of your car and walked away in anger because you were being delayed by one red light or traffic jam after another? Probably not. You continued your journey in spite of all those exasperating delays and achieved the satisfaction of reaching your destination. You did not give up.   ]]></description>
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<title>Five Success Tips From the Beijing Olympics - Usain and Uwama</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:34:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sportsmen and women know more than most about how to achieve success. They are models of commitment and focus. A sixteen day Olympics competition like the one in Beijing offers a crash course in how to be successful not only in sport but in many other aspects of life.]]></description>
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<title>Success Tips From Demosthenes and Rocky Balboa</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:13:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Demosthenes, the great Athenian orator of the 4th century B.C., is famous for practising his speeches with pebbles in his mouth to help to cure a childhood speech impediment which probably included a stammer. His life story is a great example of how to turn failure and weakness into success and strength.]]></description>
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<title>Motivate Yourself With One Great Word Or One Great Sentence</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:04:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Words have the power to motivate humans to take action. Sometimes just one word or one sentence can be enough to inspire massive action. Such words are worth thinking about every single day and can make a huge difference to our lives. This article considers one such word.]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals With the Help of Three Steps and Three Acronyms</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:47:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This article suggests three steps and three acronyms which can help anyone to crush the obstacles that prevent them from reaching their goals.     Many people give up trying to achieve their goals when they are confronted by just one obstacle. Even burglars can give up at the first sign of problems such as a burglar alarm.]]></description>
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<title>Succeed By Working Instead Of Whining</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 08:23:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some humans waste a lot of time and energy on self-pity and whining when they could be using that wasted time and energy to improve their situation so that they have less to whine about. The dictionary defines whining as complaining in a childish, moaning kind of way. You will find a definitive example of this, from my own childhood, later in this article.]]></description>
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<title>Motivation Today - Achieve Success And Save Your Life By Getting Off Your Butt  And Doing Something!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 13:33:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I love reading or listening to 'kick butt' or 'get off your butt' motivation. The effect of the motivation usually lasts for at least a day! Nothing wrong with that. One day with motivation is worth two days without it.  ]]></description>
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<title>Succeed By Working Harder - How To Win A Canoe Race In A Crocodile Infested River!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:40:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The word 'work' has almost become a forbidden word in some self-help articles and books. The phrases 'work hard' or 'work harder' are regarded by many as a relic of the Victorian age. I disagree with this negative view of work as you will see in the following account of a canoe race in a river which is still full of crocodiles.]]></description>
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<title>Succeed By Facing Up To A Tough Challenge And By Being Willing To Appear A Loser And A Fool!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:53:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On Thursday May 1st 2008, the 'May Day Massacre' took place as local elections were held throughout England and Wales. The victims of the massacre were the Labour counsellors who lost their seats and the London Mayor who lost his powerful role as the Mayor of Greater London. Even Prime Minister Gordon Brown may lose his job as the Labour Leader if he now fails to gain more popularity for the Labour cause.   ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals Even If You Face A Mountain Of Debt And Your World Is Collapsing Around You!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:48:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, I watched an inspiring BBC TV program about Nick and Lesley Vallance. Their story teaches much about how to achieve your goals and dreams even when your world is literally and metaphorically collapsing around you and you have a mountain of debt overshadowing your life.   ]]></description>
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<title>Succeed By Trying To Fly Like Rambo</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:15:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many people never find out what they can achieve until life has passed them by and with it the chance to discover what they are capable of. In Rambo III, the hero hijacks a Soviet attack helicopter in Afghanistan during the Afghan-Soviet war. His friend, the Colonel, asks: "Can you fly that thing?" ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals By Getting in The Ring And Having A Go</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:01:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Spectators often show great bravery when they are well out of range of the pain, problems and criticism that go with taking action towards an ambitious goal. It is the people who get in the ring and make every effort to win who deserve respect whether they win or lose. ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From Superbowl XLII - Succeed Through Desiring, Trying and Believing</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:09:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, Feb 3rd 2008, BBC 2 featured the Superbowl XLII game from Arizona. Like any great sporting competition, the game taught vital success lessons which apply to ordinary life as well as to sport. ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals By Expecting Miracles Instead Of Debacles</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:40:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How many times have you had a bad day when everything seemed to go wrong at the worst possible moment? You failed to achieve most of your goals and felt that the universe was against you.   Perhaps, the universe was to blame or perhaps you were to blame because you expected things to go wrong. We might be able to avoid such debacles by expecting miracles instead.]]></description>
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<title>Summary Of Success Lessons From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup Part 15 - Shock The World!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:12:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are few if any new success lessons but many of us may well need reminding of the ones we already know. One way to remember success lessons is to see them applied in different environments such as the world of  sport.  ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The Final Of The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup Part 14 - England Expects</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:46:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On Saturday October 20th 2007, England played South Africa for the world cup. The English newspaper headlines quoted the famous order given by Nelson on a distant October day just before the battle of Trafalgar: "England expects!" ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The  2007 Rugby Union World Cup Part 13 - Quit Talking And Begin Doing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:53:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Like all sports, rugby provides success lessons which apply both to sport and to life in general. The Rugby Union World Cup has been an event full of shocks, incidents and comments which teach success lessons that could apply to anyone.  ]]></description>
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<title>Succeed By Doing And Not Doing</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:11:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[God bless Kacper Postawski for this simple but profound saying: "Success happens whenever you decide to do something and you DO IT. Or whenever you decide to NOT DO something and you DON'T do it. I know it sounds simple, but 99% of people can't even do just that!" ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup Part 12 Cheetah Speed Kills The Pumas!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:54:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Like all sports, rugby provides success lessons which apply both to sport and to life in general. The World Cup has been an event full of shocks, incidents and comments which teach success lessons that could apply to anyone.  ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals and Resolutions By Applying The Acronym - APA!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:02:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many people decide to make one or more New Year's Resolutions every year. However, some experts claim that approximately 90% of these people will fail to achieve their resolutions. Many will have given up by the end of January! ]]></description>
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<title>Success Tips From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup Part 11 - The Gambler Advises England</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:31:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Like all sports, rugby provides success lessons which apply both to sport and to life in general. The World Cup has been an event full of shocks, incidents and comments which teach success lessons that could apply to anyone. ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup Part  9 - David Loses to Goliath!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:06:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After the double miracle of the Saturday quarter finals on October 6th 2007 when England beat the unbeatable Australians and France conquered the invincible All Blacks, the Sunday quarter finals were eagerly anticipated.   However, I no longer really cared who won the cup. Saturday, October 6th 2007 was enough to make me believe miracles can still happen. The rest of the world cup would be just commentary for me. It no longer mattered that much who would be the final winner.]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup Part 10 - 'El Mago!'</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:10:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the evening of Sunday, October 7th 2007, Scotland played Argentina in the Stade de France in Paris. It was the last game of the quarter finals. England and France had shown Scotland the way by ripping up the form book and defeating the favourites. Could Scotland do the same against Argentina -the team that had beaten France in the opening game of the world cup?   ]]></description>
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<title>Seven Motivational Tips For Christmas or Similar Events</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:46:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I woke up yesterday morning feeling low on energy and overwhelmed by all the tasks needing to be done before Christmas. Some of you might have had the same feeling! Are there solutions? Yes! ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup   Part 8 - Allez Les Bleus!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:32:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the first of the quarter finals, on Saturday, October 6th, England had conquered the unconquerable Australians. Could France, later on the same day, stop the unstoppable All Blacks and send them home, like the Australians, to watch the semi-finals on TV?]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup Part 7 - Swing Low Sweet Chariot!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:51:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rugby, like all sports, can teach anyone how to achieve competitive success and how not to achieve it! It also teaches principles that can bring spectacular success both in sport and outside sport.   ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals And Save Money And Lives By Checking, Double Checking And Even Triple Checking!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:16:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, a fine young Brazilian, with all his life in front of him, was shot in the head seven times on the London underground by the police. The police thought he was a terrorist but had not taken the time to check who he actually was. To be fair to them they thought he was about to set off a bomb and did not, at that point, have the time to check his identity. This should have been checked much earlier.  ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals By Following The Law Of Attraction Through Thanksgiving</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:47:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On November 22nd 2007, it was Thanksgiving Day in the USA. Some aspects of Thanksgiving Day are similar to Harvest Festival celebrations in the UK and elsewhere. It makes sense to give thanks but not many people realize just how powerful gratitude can be? ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup   Part 6 - Crazy Horse</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:29:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rugby, like all sports, can teach anyone how to achieve competitive success and how not to achieve it! It can also teach basic principles that apply to achieving success of any type. ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup Part 5 - Stay Enthusiastic Even If You Lose</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:21:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rugby, like all sports, can teach anyone how to achieve success and how not to achieve it! It is full of key success lessons for those who love the game and those who don't. France showed the rugby world how not to achieve competitive success in the opening game of the world cup against Argentina. They made mistakes early on which gave their opponents the confidence they needed to win. ]]></description>
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<title>Success Tips From Visiting The Dentist And Reading A Great Book On The Way!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:40:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This article is based on a minor mishap that happened to me about a month ago. In the end, I learned some useful success lessons. You might find some of these lessons handy in your own life. You will never know unless you read this article! If you hate visits to the dentist, just skip the first half of the article! ]]></description>
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<title>Achieving Your Goals and Dreams - Great Advice From A Dying Man</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:02:09 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In 2007, Randy Rausch, a pioneering computer scientist and teacher, gave his last lecture to a packed audience. He had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and had been told he had six months to live. For the first three months, he would feel healthy.  ]]></description>
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<title>Reach Your Goals Now Through Effort And The Law of Attraction</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:14:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Effort is not a very popular word today. Many people, including me, expect instant rewards for minimal or zero effort. ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup Part 4 - Deja Vu?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:06:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Like all sports, rugby provides success tips which apply both to the sport in question and to life in general. The rugby world cup is a treasure chest of incidents and comments which are full of valuable success lessons that could inspire anyone whether they are interested in rugby or not.  ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup - Part 3 - The Cibi</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:36:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Like all sports, rugby provides success lessons which apply both to the sport and to life in general. The Rugby Union World Cup is a treasure trove of incidents and comments which teach valuable success lessons that could apply to anyone.   ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup  Part 2 - The Haka</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:44:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are few new success lessons. Most people just need reminding of the ones they already know. One way to remind yourself is to see success laws applied in different environments like the different sporting environments. ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup - Part 1</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:00:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are few if any new success lessons. But we may well need reminding of the ones we already know. A good way to remind ourselves is to see these success laws applied in different environments. One exciting environment is sport.   ]]></description>
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<title>Success And Survival Tips From The Crocodile Island</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:42:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Five friends went on a fishing trip down the Zambesi. Their terrifying story was dramatised recently on a UK Channel 4 program. ]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The Builders Of The Brooklyn Bridge</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:38:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Brooklyn Bridge in New York cost about twenty-seven lives to build. The first man to die was the designer of the bridge John Roebling, an immigrant engineer from Prussia.]]></description>
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<title>Positive Thinking - How To Smile In The Face Of Illness, Old Age And Death</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:36:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Jane Tomlinson, a middle aged woman from Yorkshire, died on Monday night, September 3rd, 2007 aged 43. She was one of the most inspiring human beings to have walked this earth.  ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals By Writing Out Your Plans And Doing Them</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:31:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why do so many people spend more time planning their holidays than they do planning their lives? Perhaps, because people enjoy planning their pleasures but fear planning anything that might cause them pain or effort. They don't want to create a rod for their own backs. ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals By The Awesome Power of Belief</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:47:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When I was about twelve, I had an operation on a toe. It was wrapped up with a surgical bandage and I went home. I was soon in great pain. The local doctor said I was making a fuss and should leave the bandage alone.  ]]></description>
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<title>Reach Your Goals By Doing Something</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:09:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Action is 'doing something'. The above phrase is how the Cambridge online dictionary defines action.  I like this definition because it encourages action. Action is 'doing something'. It is not necessarily doing something perfectly or even well.  ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals Through Self Discipline And Will Power</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:20:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Currently, a well known singer is being criticized for not showing up at her concerts. She has demonstrated her lack of self-discipline to a wide public who will think twice about buying tickets to her future shows in case she isn't there!  Nor can any of us feel smug. She is not the only one to fail to follow through on her plans. Self-discipline and willpower are needed in her life and in ours. Self-discipline and will power mean much the same according to at least one dictionary.  ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals In Spite Of Boredom, Lack Of Enjoyment And Slow Progress</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:09:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Boredom causes many to give up taking action on their goals. Some people even give up on their dreams soon after they start working towards them.   Practicing scales put a road block in the path of my piano playing ambitions. I did not know how to deal with the boredom of practicing tuneless combinations of notes with awkward finger movements that the hands were clearly not designed for!  ]]></description>
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<title>More Success Secrets From A Rugby Union Hero</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:56:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After helping England win the world rugby union cup in 2003, Jonny Wilkinson is often asked to do promotional work. As usual, he over delivers and treats others the way he would like to be treated.  For example, he does not like to disappoint kids who have come to one of his kicking clinics. He teaches them the way he would like to have been taught.  ]]></description>
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<title>Success Secrets From A Rugby Union Hero - Do Not Cut Corners!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:37:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In November 2003, Jonny Wilkinson scored the points that won the rugby union world cup for England. Millions watched spellbound as he aimed a drop kick at the Australian posts. He had already missed three drop kicks.   This kick went over and England had won. Jonny immediately became a hero to millions. Four years later, in 2007, the cup is being played for again. This time, teams will compete in France rather than in Australia.  ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals By Starting Now And Taking Some Action Every Day</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:11:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Now is a wonderful word. Take action on your next goal or task now and immediately feel the worry and frustration lift from your shoulders. Do something right now and you will sit up straighter and stand taller immediately. Take some kind of action today and, preferably, now. Even if your action only lasts one minute, you will feel better, healthier and more dynamic. 
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<title>Achieve Your Goals Now By Ditching Your Excuses</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:31:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, I watched 'The Jeremy Kyle Show.' Jeremy is a no nonsense talk show host who tries to sort out the broken relationships of his guests. Many have feeble excuses for their irresponsible behaviour. Jeremy puts them right. In this episode, he spoke to a father who had separated from his partner and their son. His former partner complained that he had the opportunity to see his son at weekends but seldom took advantage of this opportunity. 
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<title>Success Tips From The Winner of the UK Apprentice In 2007</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:18:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the middle of June, the highly entertaining 2007 UK Apprentice series drew to an end. Sir Alan Sugar commented:

"And so the end is near. All I am looking for is someone who is drop dead shrewd." ]]></description>
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<title>Success Tips From The Martial Arts - How To Avoid Envy</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:05:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today's article is about envy both in the Martial Arts and in life in general. Envy can be a huge obstacle on the path to success. Wikipedia describes envy clearly:

Envy is an emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another's superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it."]]></description>
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<title>Success And Survival Tips from Nigel Marven's Big Cat Adventure - The Miraculous Power Of Confidence</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:07:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In 2001, Nigel Marven, the courageous naturalist, traveled far and wide in his 'Big Cat Adventure' program to research the big cats. They are classified as big cats because they can roar. They can also frighten the life out of you! The big cats are the leopard, snow leopard, jaguar, lion and tiger. They are five out of the 38 sub species of cats. Nigel tracked down the leopards and tigers and even walked unarmed towards a pride of hungry lions to prove the power of a self-confident human.]]></description>
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<title>Success and Survival Tips From An Alligator Wrestler</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:14:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the film 'The Waterboy', a teacher asked: "Why are alligators so aggressive?" 

The waterboy replied: "Momma tells me alligators are ornery because they have all those teeth but no toothbrush!"
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<title>Success And Survival Tips From The Head Hunters of Swagap</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:34:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How would you like to hunt huge crocodiles with the descendants of cannibals and head hunters? Donald MacIntyre, the journalist, had the nerve to do just that. 

He has traveled to some of the world's toughest environments to research how people manage to survive with few resources. He presented his findings in a recent TV series called 'Edge of Existence'. 

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<title>How To Succeed In Your Work And Survive A Chat Show With Jonathan Ross</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:08:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently Bear Grylls, the survival expert, survived a grilling by Jonathan Ross, the controversial but amusing chat show host who sees the funny side of everything whether it is funny or not. 

Jonathan could not understand how Bear could enjoy what he does - showing people how to survive in some of the toughest parts of the planet. Bear tried to explain.
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<title>Success Tips From Rugby Union and Sevens Rugby - Avoid 'Gesture' Tackles</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 16:08:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the game of rugby union, fifteen players take the field to score tries for their team i.e. place the ball over the line at the far end of the field in 'enemy' territory. In American football, just crossing the line with the ball is enough. Scoring tries is the glamorous part of rugby union and it usually involves one of the seven backs who run fast and free out on the open field in full view of any audience. 
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<title>Success Lessons From The Golden Bear</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 21:33:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Jack Nicklaus, who was nicknamed the 'Golden Bear' was born in 1940.  He is thought by many to be the greatest golfer of all time. He won 2 national amateur titles, 105 professional tournaments and 18 major championships.

He not only succeeded in golf; he succeeded in business. He is widely respected as a leading 'golf businessman.' Even his marriage has been a successful one. Surely, he can teach us a thing or two about success. 
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<title>Success And Survival Tips From The Moab Desert - Gain Knowledge And Skills And Take Action</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 20:13:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bear Grylls is the star in a series of TV survival programs which contain survival and success tips. In one episode, he visited the Moab desert. He explained his purpose:  

"Thousands of tourists come here to experience the most dangerous desert in America but it is a place from which some never return. My mission - to show you the skills you need to survive here."]]></description>
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<title>Start Achieving Your Goals And Dreams By Overcoming Two Big Obstacles</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 07:59:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many people give up on their sporting, business or other dreams and goals before they have even started. They run into two obstacles which put them off before they have taken the first step on the road to their dreams.

One big obstacle to starting is other people who think they know best. Critics abound who will tell you that you are too young or too old or too clever or too stupid or too big or too small etc.
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<title>Business And Success Lessons From The Apprentice UK 2007 - To Hard Sell Or To Soft Sell</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 06:44:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA['The Apprentice' TV reality show is described by boss, Sir Alan Sugar, as "a job interview from hell". By the fifth episode, five out of sixteen candidates had been fired.  

Sir Alan described his ideal apprentice as "someone who is drop dead shrewd." The word 'shrewd' suggests practical, hard headed wisdom and common sense. In some ways, it is the opposite of 'artistic'. 
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<title>Survival And Success Tips From Mexico's Copper Canyon - How To Tell The Time With Your Hand</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:38:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bear Grylls has recently starred in a riveting series of TV survival programs. He introduced his Mexican adventure as follows: 

"I'm Bear Grylls. My challenge is to survive one of the world's largest canyon systems - Copper Canyon, Mexico. It is a Mecca for hikers and climbers but hundreds get lost every year. I am going to show you the skills needed to survive there." 
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<title>Three Motivational Quotes To Live By - Get Up When You Can't!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:51:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Quotes can move people to heroic efforts. They can empower them to achieve their dreams. They are loaded with golden words that can enlighten and inspire. One quote is world famous.  

Minutes before the Battle of Trafalgar started, Nelson's famous signal "England Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty" was made from the poop deck of H.M.S. Victory at about 11.15 a.m. on 21st October 1805. 
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<title>Achieve The Goal Of Making A Profit - Ten Tips From The 2007 UK Apprentice</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/536628</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:37:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["The Apprentice" is a reality TV show which is like an extended job interview. Candidates for the job of apprentice are interviewed and given a chance to show that they are effective and teachable business people. The least effective are sacked each week. 

In the USA, Donald Trump is the potential employer of the winning apprentice. In the UK, Sir Alan Sugar is the potential employer. Both shows give fascinating insights into what makes a successful business man or woman. 
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<title>Success And Survival Tips From Alaska - Do Not Surprise The Teddy Bears</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:47:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The survival expert Bear Grylls has recently starred in an amazing series of TV survival programs which are full of both survival and success tips. He introduced this episode as follows: 

"I am Bear Grylls. I have survived some of the world's toughest environments.  Now, I'm in Alaska, one of the world's last great wildernesses and one mistake here can be fatal. My mission - to show you the skills you need to survive here."
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<title>Succeed By Going Berserk - Success Tips From Saxon</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:53:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Harvey Goldsmith, the impresario, has recently done a TV series of six programs in which he has tried to revive the failing careers of six formerly successful acts. In one episode, Harvey, at considerable risk to himself, decided to help the heavy metal band, Saxon, to recover their former glory. He set himself a dead line of six months. ]]></description>
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<title>Succeed By Learning From Native Americans - Success Tips From Surviving The Sierra Nevada</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:51:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, saw the Santa Cruz Mountains while off the peninsula of San Francisco. He gave them the name 'Sierra Nevada' meaning "snowy range" in Spanish.

The name was later applied to the mountain range in the eastern part of California which is made up of 400 miles of tall peaks, deep forests and scorchingly hot lowlands. 
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<title>Achieve Your Goals By Escaping From La La Land</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:29:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Too many of our dreams are imprisoned in 'la la land' or fantasy land. We fail to achieve these dreams because we like the fantasy of having achieved them more than we like the reality of actually achieving them.

We talk the talk but fail to walk the walk. We sit butt rather than kick butt. We are frozen by our lack of belief in our own ability instead of moving forwards step by step towards our goals. ]]></description>
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<title>Succeed By Getting Out Of The Water Fast - Success Tips From The Marooned</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:41:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Currently, a TV series is being shown which features Bear Grylls, the survival expert. He faces eight challenges in which he teaches skills that can help people survive and get home. These skills can also help people succeed in almost any situation. 
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<title>Success Tips From Surviving In The Costa Rican Rain Forest</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:03:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, Bear Grylls, a survival expert, parachuted into the rain forest of Costa Rica. This is one of the most dangerous jungles in existence. It consists of over 300 square miles described as the most biologically intense place on earth. 

Ninety four people had to be rescued there last year by the Red Cross. Bear described the purpose of his visit: "My mission is to show you the skills you need to survive the rain forest and find your way out." 
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<title>Succeed By Eating Frogs - Success Tips From The Swamps Of Florida</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:28:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, Bear Grylls, the survival expert, was lowered into the Florida Everglades from a helicopter along with a knife, watch, water bottle, flint and the clothes on his back. His mission - to survive and get out!
He landed up to his thighs in water and checked around him for signs of alligators. Some of the swamp alligators are huge. Many of us would have climbed right back into the helicopter and flown off at speed in the direction of civilization.
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<title>Success Tips From Surviving In The French Alps</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:12:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bear Grylls is a survival expert who has just presented a TV series about how to survive in hostile conditions. He has also been on Oprah. 

We can learn key survival  and success lessons from his experiences. Many of these apply not only in extreme situations but in ordinary life.]]></description>
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<title>Achieve The Goal Of Excellence By Being Your Own Coach</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:07:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, I watched a You Tube extract from the Christian Film called 'Facing The Giants'. The film is about a high school American Football team that achieves their goals after the coach, Grant Taylor, starts praying to God and begins to demand the best from his players whether they win or lose. 

Dan Reeves, a great player and head coach in professional American Football, gave the film his seal of approval. He also commented: 

"If you're not a Christian, it will still appeal to you. It's all about life."
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<title>Motivate Yourself By At Least Making A Start</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:08:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The mind can think up all kinds of phoney reasons for not doing something one should or for doing something one shouldn't!

You have an hour free to watch a favorite TV program or you could spend an hour learning a skill that will help you achieve your goals. Which should you give your time to? 
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<title>Success Tips From Five Different Sports</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:23:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Self improvement gurus often compare sport to life. Sportsmen and coaches do the same. In sport, life is compressed into one location and one short space of time. Golf takes longer! It is much easier in sport than in normal life to see the impact of attitude, belief, energy and skill on who succeeds and who fails. We can see the same success lessons being taught again and again in one sport after another. ]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Goals Through Positive Thoughts and Habits</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/457890</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:56:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Stick your right arm out to the side. Start thinking cheerful, positive thoughts. Ask someone to use one finger to push your arm down while you resist. You will find it easy to resist. Your arm will stay out to the side.

Now stick your arm out again and think miserable thoughts. Ask the same person to push your arm down. He or she will be able to do so easily. Your resistance will be much weaker. Your arm will move downwards. 
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<title>How To Achieve Goals - Tips From Superbowl 41</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:04:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On Feb 4th 2007, the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts played in Superbowl 41 to try to win the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Both the Bears and the Colts can teach us lessons about how to achieve our own goals. 

Vince Lombardi, the great Green Bay Packers' coach, believed that sport teaches us about life in general. He saw the similarities between football and life clearly and frequently described the qualities that can help us all to achieve worthwhile goals in life as well as football.]]></description>
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<title>Success Tips From A Tennis Final - Who Succeeds When Two People Believe They Will Win?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/437845</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:18:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On 27th January 2007, Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova in the final of the Australian Open Tennis Tournament in Melbourne. She not only defeated her; she wiped the floor with her. Serena's victory was described as the demolition of the world's number one female tennis player.

Both Maria and Serena had parents who had taught them from childhood: "You can do it!" ]]></description>
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<title>Can Goals Be Achieved Through Belief Alone? Lessons From American Idol</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/432883</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:46:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Performers in any kind of competition speak of the importance of belief and confidence. The stars who win gold medals often describe how they believed, and even knew, that they would win the event before it started. 

Does belief, then, always work? Not in American Idol.]]></description>
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<title>Achieve Your Big Goals Through Habit Goals</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:48:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Habit goals are those smaller goals which lead to bigger goals. These smaller goals are performed daily or weekly so that they become automatic habits.]]></description>
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<title>Success Lessons From The Ashes Cricket Series of 2006/7</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:31:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whether people know anything about cricket or not, they can learn some lessons about success in general from the Ashes series of cricket matches. ]]></description>
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<title>The Success Power of Fast Action</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:58:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One key lesson we can learn from the martial arts is the importance of fast movement. Moving at speed is a key factor in achieving success in almost any field of life.  
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<title>Achieve Your Goals By New Day Resolutions</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:03:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[New Year's resolutions are often a waste of time because everyone accepts that few people can actually keep them. We all, therefore, have a ready made excuse for not keeping them - we are just doing the same as everyone else!

No one criticizes you if you make no effort to keep your resolutions and without effort nothing much can happen. Just state a vague intention to improve and everyone accepts the fact that you will probably forget about your resolution within a few days and be back to your ordinary self. How, then, can we keep our resolutions and become an extraordinary person? 
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<title>Final Success Tips From 'Strictly Come Dancing' 2006</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:12:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA['Strictly Come Dancing' is a dancing competition where a professional is partnered by an amateur. The couple with the lowest marks are expelled each week. 

The program contains success tips which can be applied to many activities. The amateurs learned their own success lessons from the competition.]]></description>
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<title>More Success Tips From Strictly Come Dancing 2006</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:01:49 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA['Strictly Come Dancing' is a dancing competition where a professional champion dancer is paired with an amateur. The couple with the lowest marks are expelled each week. Points are awarded by four judges and by the viewing audience.

The program contains success tips which can be applied to other activities as well as dancing. You can, for example, guarantee that there will be at least one critic ready to snipe at you as soon as you attempt anything outside the ordinary. The winning dancers can show us how to deal with such criticism. 
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<title>Avoid Anger And War By Having A Laugh</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:46:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Anger and even war can be avoided or, at least, made less likely by having a laugh both at ourselves and others. 

At the moment, Iran is the black sheep of the international world. The United Nations has condemned Iran's attempt to become a nuclear power and sanctions have been imposed. Every nation in the world, led by the USA and the UK, has voted against Iran. ]]></description>
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<title>Final Success Tips From I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 2006</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:23:49 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The reality show 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' ended on 1st December 2006. 

Twelve celebrities spent weeks in the Australian jungle and had to face difficult and sometimes revolting trials to win food and the support of the viewers. Can we learn any success tips from their experience? Yes!
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<title>Success Tips From I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 2006</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2006 07:00:58 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA['I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here' is a famous UK reality show which takes twelve celebrity volunteers out of their comfort zone and sticks them in the Australian jungle where they are surrounded by poisonous snakes, deadly spiders, rats and other delights for three weeks. 

After the first week, celebrities are voted out of the camp. The last celebrity left in the camp after three weeks is crowned king or queen of the jungle. The 2006 show started on November 13th. Several key success tips emerged from the show almost immediately. 
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<title>Motivate Yourself By Focus, Hard Graft And A New Self-Image</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:15:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever started out, with great enthusiasm, on the road to achieve an important goal and, after several months or even years, found that you are not much closer to your goal? 

Perhaps you decided to make money by joining the internet gold rush but after several years you now find yourself in credit card debt and wondering what happened. ]]></description>
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<title>Motivational Tips From Strictly Come Dancing 2006</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:29:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA['Strictly Come Dancing' is a reality TV show which makes grown men tremble if only at the thought of dancing with beautiful women in skimpy clothes. 

A professional dance champion coaches an amateur partner and they perform a weekly dance together. The judges give points and the general public phone in on behalf of their favourites. One couple are eliminated every week. 

Motivation is a key factor in deciding who will do their best and who will win. The program is full of key motivational lessons. 
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<title>Achieve Your Talent Goals Even If You Lack Talent</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:08:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is no need to be envious of those who seem more talented or skilful than you. Some experts say that if you work hard and practice for many hours, you can equal the abilities of the talented. You may even out perform them. You may see your own talent emerge out of nothing. 

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<title>Motivate Yourself By Planning to Shock The Bullies And Critics</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:35:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hopefully you have not been bullied or intimidated or criticised by any one. 

As a self-defence instructor, I find that some of my students have been humiliated by a bully and start taking classes to make sure that the situation is not repeated]]></description>
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