Life by Design vs Life By Default
Jul 8 Carolann Jacobs on July 8th, 2010
Living the Success Principles #4
Principle #3 in Jack Canfield’s The Success Principles is “Decide What You Want.” This, folks, is your vision. What do you want to be, do and have? My corollary on that is “Who do you want to be?” or maybe it’s “Who do you have to be to do and have [...]
Continue reading
Be Clear Why You’re Here
Jun 29 Carolann Jacobs on June 29th, 2010
Living the Success Principles #3
I haven’t written about my journey on the success principles in three months (oh my goodness!!!), and this is a good illustration about how time passes without forward movement. In other words, a vision without any action is a dream. To be fair and honest, I am doing between one [...]
Continue reading
Dear Beyonce…Just Turn The Phone Off!
May 18 Carolann Jacobs on May 18th, 2010
One of the side effects of incorporating Principle #1 of Jack Canfield’s Success Principles is that I have become acutely aware of how our culture influences us to abdicate our accountability and responsibility, most especially what’s being played on the radio.
Courtesy of Lady Gaga and Beyonce: ”Stop calling, Stop Calling, I don’t want to talk anymore…” [...]
Continue reading
100% Accountability, Take Two
Mar 16 Carolann Jacobs on March 16th, 2010
Living the Success Principles #2
I’m in the second or perhaps third week of working Principle 1 – Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life, and I admit, I am still stuck on the No Complaints rule. This is somewhat embarrassing since I harp on this one with my clients.
What I’ve noticed is that I’ve stopped complaining [...]
Continue reading
Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life (Part 1)
Mar 5 Carolann Jacobs on March 5th, 2010
This is the first installment of my effort to integrate the 64 Success Principles from Jack Canfield’s book of the same name.
Last week, I went to a one day live workshop with Jack Canfield, and was considering, along with the accountability partner he recommended and the mastermind group that frankly I’m not in the mood [...]
Continue reading
|