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1129 days ago Ramon Thomas

John Wooden on true success

With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father's wisdom. He first came to my attention via the monthly Toastmasters International magazine. In this talk poetically about true success, hard work and also basic principles for leadership.

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1947 days ago Ramon Thomas

Masters these Five Areas in your Life

Master these Five Areas and You will Achieve Overall Success in Your Life:

Language: become an expert speaking your language. If you don't you make a bad impression on people who area really sharp. In the key moments, it matters.
Communication: language is a type of communication, but its bigger then that. In life you have to work with other people, and that requires communication. Learn body language, persuasion, influence.
Sales: when you become good at sales, you learn it not sales techniques. Its about understanding where the other person is at and getting them Read More →

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2003 days ago Ramon Thomas

Toast to Toastmasters

Tonight I won two awards at my local Toastmasters meeting. Toastmasters International is a non-profit organisation that helps individuals improve their public speakings. My club is has meetings twice a month at Old Ed's (next to the Virgin Active) in Houghton, Johannesburg. And tonight I did my 3rd speech. The basic Communications & Leadership program has 10 speeches that teach you the fundamentals of public speaking. I was hoping by now to be on my 5th speech but frequent travels had forced me to postpone some of my speeches. Anyway I'm going to kill those remaining ones as quickly as Read More →

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2165 days ago Ramon Thomas

On Being a Lady

This is from the Napoleon Hill Foundation's Thought of the Day, "Margaret Thatcher once observed that being powerful is like being a lady: If you have to tell others you are, you aren’t. Truly great leaders gain respect by the way they conduct themselves, not by the loudness of their orders. You gain respect by respecting others" Now what I about this is it talks about how important you have to BE for success in dating and life in general. You have to BE CONFIDENT to approach a woman. You have to BE ARTICULATE when doing a Read More →

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2304 days ago Ramon Thomas

Stephen Covey back in South Africa

Stephen Covey is back in South Africa on 14 March 2006 and the seminar will be hosted at Gallagher Estate Conference Centre. He is the author of the very successful and absolutely amazing book, the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. And I recently listened to a terrific interview with him by Tony Robbins. Having read the book a while ago I never really appreciated its impact as much as I do now. And I am intergrating the principles into my life. You may also want to checkout his new book, The 8th Habit. Read More →

Drifting, witout aim or purpose, is the first cause of Failure

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2317 days ago Ramon Thomas

Drifting, witout aim or purpose, is the first cause of Failure

I got this from the Napoleon Hill Foundation, "Without a plan for your life, it is easier to follow the course of least resistance, to go with the flow, to drift with the current with no particular destination in mind. Having a definite plan for your life greatly simplifies the process of making hundreds of daily decisions that affect your ultimate success. When you know where you want to go, you can quickly decide if your actions are moving you toward your goal or away from it. Without definite, precise goals and a plan for their achievement, each decision Read More →

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2541 days ago Ramon Thomas

Frank Lloyd Wright

When I was growing up I always dreamed of designing and building my own house. Maybe in some ways deep down inside me I knew I could become and architect if I wanted to. There's a great quote I once heard by Frank Lloyd Wright, "The human race built most nobly when limitations were greatest and therefore when most was required of imagination to build at all." Happy Birthday Frank, the most brilliant architect ever to come from America. He's most famous legacy is the New York's Guggenheim Museum. Read More →

Yes, its time to move on and keep growing

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2921 days ago Ramon Thomas

Yes, its time to move on and keep growing

Dan Sullivan, a Canadian expert on Entrepreneurship advocates that people in the 21 Century will be forced to become multidimensional people. This essentially means that to be successfully people have to continue growing. I've just realized that even in relationships we must continue to grow or else it will end, one way or another; from our own choosing or not. If couples do not continue to grow together they are doomed. Essentially we're talking about a love that's build on a passionate friendship. Talking from experience my failed relationships have been those who started out because of a physical attraction. Read More →

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John Wooden on true success

Masters these Five Areas in your Life

Toast to Toastmasters

On Being a Lady

Stephen Covey back in South Africa

Drifting, witout aim or purpose, is the first cause of Failure

Frank Lloyd Wright

Yes, its time to move on and keep growing

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