Habits“Why is it that when a baby is born, we often refer to them as “the miracle of life,” but then go on to accept mediocrity for our own lives?  Where along the way did we lose sight of the miracle that we are living?”

The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod is, quite simply about planning and living your life before you address your life situation.

Though he accounts for all lifestyles and schedules, Hal recommends taking 60 minutes, in the morning, on activities that bring peace and clarity to your life. The Life S.A.V.E.R.S. are Silence, Affirmations, Visualization, Exercise, Reading, Scribing (Journaling).

He recommends the morning because the morning is a time when nothing has happened yet to ruin your day.  It’s also a time of far fewer distractions. Read more

12 week yearHere’s a fantastic book you should read immediately. It’s a called “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran. We were told about this gem by our business mentor Greg Atkins. We been having some fantastic results because we have been applying the simple ’12 week year’ strategies in our own lives and business.

The strategies in this book basically help you condense what you would do in 12 months into a 12 week period.

Applying “The 12 Week Year” Strategy

We have just started using it in our business seriously, we played around with it for the first month. Now have read this book twice each.  There is a stark difference in our focus from before reading the book and of how we achieve our goals.

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5 Second RuleWith the book, ‘The 5 Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage‘ by Mel Robbins it will pushes us to act and get started immediately.

Small actions translate to big results. Getting started is the only way to achieve progress and improve from our current state.

In the book, you learn to be in control of our life, gain confidence and courage to do the things we have put off for too long. Read more

We gained the knowledge of the Power of Consistency from The Power of Consistency: Prosperity Mindset Training for Sales and Business Professionals by Weldon Long.

“Success ultimately comes down to how well and how often we do the little things. It’s not about doing one great action every now and then. It’s all about doing the small things on a consistent basis. Do the little things well, and the big things will happen.”

This is the Power of Consistency.

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There are two books that Dave recommend that Nicky and his other daughter Lexi should read when she they were teenagers. They are important to read before entering to workforce and then again before investing. They are both written by Robert T. Kiyosaki and go hand-in-hand together. The first one is “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” and the second is “Cashflow Quadrant”.

Robert T. Kiyosaki

Rich Dad, Poor Dad” changed our perspective on how to earn money and in addition “Cashflow Quadrant” helped to solidify it. Read more

7 Habits of Effective People

Have you read the book, ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’ by Stephen R. Covey. If not do so. It is a great read.

Everyone wants to succeed. One path to success is identifying the habits that can help us on our journey.

Covey believes the way we see the world is entirely based on our own perceptions. In order to change a given situation, we must change ourselves. In order to change ourselves, we must be able to change our perceptions.

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Secrets of the Millionaire MindSecrets Of The Millionaire Mind shows you that your financial success is predetermined and hardwired into your brain since birth, and what you can then do to break through the barriers in your mind and adopt the habits and thinking of millionaires.

We first read T. Harv Eker’s book, Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind as it was endorsed by our first business coach, Penny. Since then we have read it a handful of times each.

As it turns out, there are habits of the rich, which either make or break whether you’ll become financially independent. The Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind explains what’s going on in your mind. Read more

Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck with decades of research on achievement and success.

The Mindset explains:

  • Why brains and talent don’t bring success
  • How they can stand in the way of it
  • Why praising brains and talent doesn’t foster self-esteem and accomplishment, but jeopardizes them

A positive growth Mindset is the most important thing to have to succeed.

All great CEOs, teachers, athletes know this!

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“A Smile is the best makeup any girl can wear” – Marilyn Monroe

If you ask someone who knows me to describe who I am, one of the first things that they will say is that I am a fairly happy or ‘smiley’ person. This is a great thing to say about someone. As a smile has a tonne of benefits to your overall health and wellbeing.

If you can turn smiling into a habit, then you can turn happiness into a habit… let’s explore!

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