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7 Lessons learned from last-year's goal-setting

Posted on Jan 4th, 2008 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

For several years now, I've been setting yearly goals at the beginning of the new year, and reviewing the goals from the previous year. I'd like to share some of the lessons I learned from... More »

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What are your top ten goals for the year?

Posted on Mar 24th, 2007 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

My Top Ten Goals for 2007 I set these on a meditation retreat right before January 1st, 2007: 1. Yoga asana practice every day (20 minutes minimum). 2. NLP study and certification with NLP Comprehensive... More »

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How to think BIG: 2000% improvement

Posted on Feb 3rd, 2007 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

Most of us think small most of the time. This is useful when we want to feel comfortable and secure with our current situation. We think "I'll eat a salad tonight" or "I'd really like... More »

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How to be the world's best at something

Posted on Jan 26th, 2007 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

I was raised with two professional musician parents. So naturally, my sisters and I were started on violin lessons at age 5, so we could get a head start. Later I decided that music wasn't... More »

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Track your goals/practice online

Posted on Jan 9th, 2007 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

I've been using this tool to track my daily goals and practices: http://www.joesgoals.com . (Perhaps Zaadz could steal this idea!) I've found it easy to use and motivating to just have awareness about what I'm... More »

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A new toy

Posted on Mar 1st, 2006 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

I bought myself a rediculous, expensive, high-tech-looking-but-actually-ultra-low-tech personal development toy recently. It's called The MotivAider . In the words of Casey, it looks like a vibrating garage door opener. But it doesn't open anything. All... More »

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This describes what I've been going through lately...

Posted on Feb 9th, 2006 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

from http://www.buddhanet.net/knowledg.htm: 8) Knowledge of disenchantment - nibbida-nana Hence the knowledge of disenchantment, (nibbida-nana). Nibbida, or disenchantment, is simply the opposite of enchantment. Normally we are enchanted by experience. A man sees a beautiful woman... More »

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How to whip yourself up into an ecstatic, unstoppable frenzy

Posted on Jan 6th, 2006 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

In this blog post, I'll share with you an affirmation that Tony Robbins used to whip himself into a manic, vibrating, unstoppable frenzy before every prospect and every seminar. This affirmation is like mental TNT--extremely... More »

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