A lesson in knowledge

Posted by Ben Lumley on Aug 9, 2010 in Peak Performance, Thinking Differently | 11 comments

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It is often said that knowledge is power. In truth, power comes from organised knowledge that, when used in a certain way, will bring about success. As part of today's post I've included a short extract from Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich.

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The Keys to Unlocking Success: Part 6 Learning from Life

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jan 24, 2010 in Overcoming Challenges, Success, Thinking Differently | 18 comments

photo credit: visual.dichotomy So here we are. The final installment in the series. Today I want to finish up The Keys to Unlocking Success by talking about something that's very dear to my heart and, to me, may be the thing that makes or breaks your success. Lots of people start off by setting themselves a focus. They're passionate about that focus and subsequently take responsibility to go out there and realise it. They become the most positive person you've ever met as well as the most determined. But they still ultimately fail. Why? Banging your head against a brick wall. When people try and achieve success in something they race off into the distance and think that if they stick to their way of thinking that they will eventually reach their goal. They'll come up against a problem and won't be able to solve it so they'll back off and try another way. After a while they come up against a similiar problem to before. They'll try to solve it in the same way and again will end up with the same result. They'll get to a point where they can't move anywhere for problems that they can't solve and will ultimately, not seeing a way through, give up.

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Jedi Mind Tricks – 5 Ways To Persuade Young People

Posted by Ben Lumley on Dec 30, 2009 in Young People | 2 comments

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Anyone who works with young people knows it can be tough sometimes breaking through their barriers and getting them onside. To make the problem worse we now have to fight off iPods, mobile phones and the ever increasing drop in attention span experienced by many young people today. But how do you get through? In a way we need to become salespeople. We need to use hard sell tactics to draw today's modern street-wise students into our lessons and activities. We need to think of ourselves not just as educators, but as salesmen and women. There are some subtle yet extremely effective techniques you can use to get any one on your side and engaged with your topic. It's time to go all Jedi!

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Leave the Guilt. Why Reading is Essential to Growth and Development

Posted by Ben Lumley on Dec 13, 2009 in Success, Thinking Differently | 18 comments

photo credit: Photos8.com Part of my day to day job is running and maintaining our company website, acting as admin for the company blog and working on our web presence via sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. In my spare time I run another site with a friend and most importantly I write and maintain this blog. All of these things added together take up a lot of time between waking up and going to sleep but no matter how much time I spend working, I always try to make time to read and learn every day. Here’s why.

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