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Jim’s Gems: Prepare to Succeed

Jim L. Smith

October 15, 2012

The power of preparation is the belief that each moment in your life is your opportunity to prepare yourself for reaching higher and higher levels of fulfillment.

Look in the mirror to confront the person holding you back.

Jim’s Gems: Challenge Your Fears

Jim L. Smith

October 10, 2012

Look in the mirror to confront the person holding you back.

Jim’s Gems: Belief and Success Relationship

If we believe there is no way around or through a problem, we tend to close our minds to possible solutions.

Jim L. Smith

September 26, 2012

In recent weeks we’ve discussed our belief system. A friend asked if there was a relationship of belief and success. The brief answer is, absolutely, there is a directly relationship.

Jim's Gems: Think Success

Jim L. Smith

September 4, 2012

You act like you know yourself to be, which is what all of us do. You create what is called a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Jim L. Smith

August 27, 2012

Many people are, by their very nature, quite thoroughly self-centered. That represents quite an incredible opportunity.

Jim L. Smith

August 20, 2012

Beliefs are neither right nor wrong. They are either empowering or limiting.

Jim L. Smith

August 13, 2012

Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison came to realize that authority figures were not the determiners of their destiny. Rather, they themselves had that power.

Jim L. Smith

August 6, 2012

We all have beliefs about who we are and what we are like. We were, however, not born with these beliefs.

Jim L. Smith

July 30, 2012

Measuring success by other people's values prevents you from recognizing many of your own significant accomplishments.

Jim L. Smith

July 23, 2012

If you're not persistently following your dream, that dream is simply not big enough. You will need to work to expand on that dream until it is big enough and exciting enough to keep your focus continually aligned and unwavering.