Posts Tagged ‘success’
As a motivational speaker, (during my keynote speeches) I often ask: How frequently do you become aware of the side of your own nose? And, for those who wear spectacles, how frequently do you become aware of the frames? I would guess that your answer to both questions is “not very often”. Am I right?
This observation is actually surprising when you consider that both your nose and specs are within your visual field. (My motivational speaker audiences are generally extremely surprised.) Which begs the issue, as they intrude upon your visual field, how come your nose and glasses don’t become a visual distraction? Here’s the reason why: It’s because your brain filters them out.
In actuality, only a small part of the massive amount of information detected by your senses ever impinges on your awareness. Attempting to purposefully weigh up all this information would be as tricky as attempting to collect the monthly rainfall in Seattle in a bucket the size of a teacup. Filtering out all the ‘unimportant’ information, including your nose and glasses, is a essential brain function.
So why – as a motivational speaker – did I bring this freaky visual anomaly to your attention? Answer: Because it raises an very important point. This biological oddity got me contemplating, does a narrowed perspective mean limited success? It turns out several of the characteristics of our brain filter have a direct effect on our professional growth. For instance, it makes our existing thought patterns still more pervasive. In this report I’m going to consider a core element of the brain sieve, how it tends towards the negative.
A Negative Perspective
The cerebral sieve lets the pessimistic characteristics of a situation dominate your attention. Need proof? Then take a shot at this easy experiment. (Incidentally I commonly advocate this exercise in my inspirational healthcare programs.)
Draw a line down the center of a piece of paper. Then, each and every time you have a upbeat thought, draw a tick on one side of the line. Conversely, each and every occasion you have a downbeat thought, mark a cross on the other side. Which side of the line do you think you’ll fill up first? Most experimental subjects cover the pessimistic side of the pad of paper much sooner than the positive.
What we need is a wider perspective, the aptitude to see the optimistic aspects of a situation so we can compensate for our inherent inclination to drift towards the pessimistic. How come? It turns out that Psychologists have researched this phenomenon extensively, and have consistently found that a positive point of view is linked with better results.
A Motivational Speaker’s Answer…
The next time a downbeat reflection pops into your brain, attempt these straightforward action steps:
Tip 1: Recognize the possibility that you’re not bearing in mind an similarly valid, more optimistic viewpoint.
Tip 2: Then, look at your situation from several outlooks.
Tip 3: Ask yourself simple questions. Such as: Honestly, how awful this is problem really? Will I still care about it in three years time?
In summary, being knowledgeable about your brain filter will enable you to get control of your emotions. Take control of your thinking and observe what occurs. Take it from a motivational speaker, you’ll be amazed!
Challenge Your Anxieties
Everyone has dreams of one sort or another, and most of us have dreams of living the good life, having an income that will let us spend quality time with our families and enjoy the finer things of life.
If you’re like me, you’ve tried a lot of things in the past that haven’t worked, and that makes us hesitate to take any further risks. Many of us are afraid to fail, so we limit ourselves when it comes to pursuing our dreams of success.
Change is everywhere, and nowhere more prevalent than in the internet marketing industry. So how do we find the wisdom and the courage to take the next step on our journey to realizing our dreams?
Mindset Is Critical
Sir Winston Churchill once said, “Success is measured by your ability to maintain enthusiasm between failures.”
Every day my inbox is filled with advertisements for newer and better ways to perform internet marketing. But knowing which ones actually work and which ones will work for me? There’s no substitute for actually trying the product you’re considering.
Success Personality
One Gallup organization in-depth study of the “success personality” explored the attitudes and traits of 1500 randomly selected individuals from Who’s Who in America. The three most significant traits they found were:
1) Common Sense – the ability to simplify a complex subject by getting to the core of what matters
2) Knowing One’s Field – first-hand knowledge as well as support from experienced coaches, and
3) Self-Reliance
Noted author, Brian Tracy, has stated, “All successful men and women are big dreamers. Winners visualize and then realize their perfect futures.”
Success Formula
If you want to achieve your dreams, apply the following success formula:
1) Determine your desired outcome(s)
2) Be proactive – meaning, do something!
3) Notice and feedback results
4) If the results are not what you want, change your strategy
For online businesses, the ability to maintain enthusiasm between failures (or more likely, between massive sales) will, indeed, separate the successful ones from the unsuccessful ones.
And one of the best ways to maintain your enthusiasm is to associate yourself with successful people – teachers, mentors and other gurus who’ve “been there and done that” and are already successful.
A superb starting point for obtaining all the knowledge about internet marketing that you will need is to sign up for the Online Success for Beginners classes.
Cats have been around far longer than humans and they know one thing we have not yet learned: how to welcome and adapt to new environments.
Some people have no plan on how to get through the recession. Just some of the kind of stuff you’ll see across the Internet and blogosphere is advice like:
- Protect your job
- Move while others are distracted
- build passive income
- Evaluate your mortgage
- Refinance high interest credit cards
- Plan expenses
- Barter your way to savings
- Be thrifty and reduce your energy bills
- Avoid taking on any unnecessary debts
We could continue until I get to 99 items, but we know that cat’s already bought the farm. I’m sure you have more productive things to do with you time. Of course, you can Google it all yourself and find out what the all time experts: Tom, Dick and Harry have to say.
I will get straight to the point.
With the abundance of ways to get rich, why is it not everyone does? Why is that even if you reduce your spending you still don’t get rich? Did you know that often those with lower or no degrees have the more educated working for them? Most businesses fail within the first 4 years, why is that?
Because the secret is in HOW you go about being rich, not what you do. If you want RESULTS, you can try skinning the cat 99 ways, but there is a RIGHT way that does work.
What is the formula for riches?
Bob Proctor knows. And he wants to tell you that there is a science — a formula — to get rich. There is a certain way of doing things that brings riches. For centuries this blueprint has been proven to make anyone know how to get rich.
There is a formula that works and will transform your financial future, or you can try 99 diffirent ways blindly.
There is a free teleseminar on the 11 Forgotten Laws of Success here.
Be Proactive
Dreams are great springboards to success, but only if they lead to action.
Action leads to success; procrastination doesn’t.
Becoming a success and achieving your dreams requires hard work – and action. Don’t let what others might say keep you from starting. Your dreams are important to you, and realizing them is entirely up to you.
Thomas Edison is remembered as a great inventor, but before he invented the things we remember, he invented a lot of things that failed. Abraham Lincoln is remembered as a great President, but before he became President, he failed in business multiple times. Before Babe Ruth set the record for home runs, he struck out many times.
Likewise, we must set up to the plate and take our best swing if we hope to succeed.
I’m sure Babe Ruth got free “walks” many times – but that was because he was such a great hitter that the pitchers were afraid to let him bat. If we want to realize our dreams, we’re going to have to take the initiative and do the work that is necessary.
Don’t Procrastinate!
How many times have you heard someone say, “Don’t rush me, I’ll get around to it”, when all they ever do is sit on the couch, snooze, or play golf (the “Round Tu-It” trap).
Taking action to realize their goals?
Oh, no, “I’ll get around to it.
“Don’t be one of those couch potatoes.
Your dreams are important to you, but the only way to realize them and achieve success in life that you both want and deserve is to get up off the couch and take some action.
What next step could you take in the next five minutes to move you closer to your goals?
The FREE MaxPro Report & CD can be your roadmap to financial security.
Don’t wait; do it now!
Reptiles don't Like Affirmations
Ever seen a reptile fall in love? Huh? Well, you have a reptile alive inside you now, so it is important to understand if it can. Yuck! This part of the brain is from our reptile ancestors, it’s called the “limbic system” or the stem brain.
Think like a reptile for a moment, what would you fear, what would you be interested in? How would you feel when you saw something new? I imagine most reptiles only feel reproductive pressure, hunger and fear.
Imagine you are still that reptile, and you see something new. What would that reptile do? If it moved we’d probably scamper away for fear of being eat, or try and eat it back.
Now step back into “you” again. Let’s be honest, our inner reptile has far more influence than we admit, wouldn’t you agree? We think that being a human is just one thing. But we are made up of thousands if not millions of different parts. Our brains are made up of three major parts, the stem or reptile brain, the mid-brain which deals with emotions and the rational brain. That’s just the brain. Even in our cells, our DNA needs something called RNA to interact with the rest of the body. In a way, this means that DNA is “foreign” to the body, since it needs RNA to communicate for it. Even our cells are made of parts that evolved from different animals or bacteria even. Over generations only the female genes in the something called the mitochondria get passed on. Think about that one for a bit!
Our being the sons and daughters of Eve is absolutely right. Go back through our ancestors, and a mere 6,000 generations ago we all were African from one single migration. In terms of human evolution, that’s just a blink of an eye, and we’re all really African. The difference genetically between any two humans is barely measurable. The chimpanzee, our nearest relative, is only 2-3% different from us genetically.
So what’s with the evolutionary tour? Back to the brain, the limbic system is aware in a very vague way of other parts of the brain and frankly all it really cares about is survival. It does not care or even understand being rich, happy or fulfilled. Survival. That’s it baby.
The subconscious is where the action is though. No one really knows which part of the brain it lives in, but it really does exist and much more importantly, it is where your accumulated beliefs live. Also, the subconscious does not understand negatives or have a sense of humor and is VERY literal in its interpretation of what you feed it.
The mid-brain has a richer emotional life and is aware far more than the limbic system, but it views life through an emotional lens. We were taught that our brains are completely rational and machine like. They absolutely are not. In fact, our thoughts often cause us to not take action, because we come up with so many reasons not to.
Want an example, when you are at a store and the attendant comes over and starts to sell to you, if you are marginally keen, what’s the most common phrase people use? I’ll t____________ it.
Notice that interesting second word? No emotions there. Thought tends to lead to more thought. If you forgot the phrase, would you like it? I’ll think about it.
So in the end, we usually make emotional decisions and then justify them afterwards. Think what would happen if you asked someone why they bought product X over product Y. In the end, they liked one more than the other. The decision was not made on the features of the product but on how it made us feel. Our beliefs about one product being a better “fit” for us made the choice for us, not the product itself or its actual features, we focused on the ones that mattered to us. Guess what happened next? Suppose that someone walks in just after you and to them, product Y was just so much better, no one in their right mind would choose X. Who’s right? Neither or both. Take your pick. The beliefs prompted the action and also stopped the opposite choice being made.
So what about our larger lives? How are our lives shaped by our beliefs? If beliefs can prompt us to take action, they can also stop us from taking action too. Let’s pretend you have a strong belief you can’t swim, well, you weren’t born with that belief, you developed it either because of an experience of yours or someone close to you, this in turn will stop you from learning to swim, because you believe you can’t. Of course, since you believe you can’t swim you wont!
Now let’s apply that to money. Goodness! The dreaded “M” word. Not marriage guys, money. There are few subjects on which there are more experts than around money. Remember how “literal” minded the subconscious is. Just about everyone has lots of opinions on how to make money, who deserves it and who doesn’t. Frankly, there are probably more opinions about money than sex.
Why? Well, because money is an essential ingredient to living in the 21st century, it is the means by which we can live our large dreams and achieve the kind of freedom deep down we all believe we can have. But up pop our beliefs and either say we do not deserve that life, or cannot have it because there is not enough to go around, or the rich are greedy bastards (and hey, who wants to be labeled a greedy bastard). What about the phrase “filthy rich”? In that belief world you have to be filthy to be rich. Who deep down really wants to be filthy if that’s what it takes to be rich. Does filthy sound like something you want to be? You have to be that before you can be rich.
How about “money is the root of all evil”? That’s another common one. Bad is one thing, but evil is a whole different thing altogether. Bad is more of an attitude thing with a bit of non-conforming going on. Evil is deliberately and consciously setting out to harm others. It’s probably scary just reading that sentence. Whew! Imagine how your reptile brain is reacting to that one! If that doesn’t say “danger”, what does?
It is our deepest, hidden beliefs that are guiding our lives. These beliefs are so familiar to us, that we are unaware of them. These beliefs act like a laser targeted bomb, they just zoom in on the target. Will the result be success or failure? Whether your beliefs are explosive or not will show up in the results in your life, around money, relationships and health for instance. If you are interested in changing those beliefs for more productive ones, The Science of Getting Rich is about wealth in more than just financial terms. You can also check out The Power of Simplicity.
You see, our reptile brain is alive and well, so are all the other parts of us. In our emotions, in our feelings, our thoughts and above all in our subconscious beliefs. They are all operating, but if they are all working with different goals and agendas, is it likely that you’ll get to where you consciously want to go?
The process of clearing out and harmonizing these parts of us is called spiritual growth. Since spirit is perfect already, that is entirely another post.
Goal Setting Gear
While technology is at its most advanced state nowadays, there remains to be a lot of things to juggle for a typical friends-oriented woman. For most family-oriented men, there is the burden of juggling work, career, family and other factors involved in one’s social life.
You can read more on Time Management & Goal Setting
The answer is Goal Setting. Many highly successful women are often asked about their secret of success. And more often than not, they have the same response, and that is Productivity. However, although this is almost an expected response, many are still baffled at how Goal Setting really works.
Time Management is simply the proper allocation of time for certain important tasks. First, the important tasks have to be arranged in a certain way where it is clustered into sectors and listed according to urgency and importance. For example, the important parts of your life are friends, your daughter, your home, your art, and your family. You have to know which one to drop first whenever you need to do something.
After that, you will need help from some Time Management Tools designed to aid you in the right process of prioritization AND remembering that order.
Quick-and-Easy Reminders
Goal Setting Tools & Time Management Techniques
There are a lot of persons who need lots of reminder when it comes to taking care of home based businesses. Often, they are too home based that they are disregarded as unimportant. If you are one of them, buy some quick-and-easy Reminders. What’s good about science is you can probably put a reminder just about everywhere! Cellular phones nowadays have built-in organzing device of your choices, post-its are available in different variants, and even the good old refrigerator door magnets have come in a lot of forms.
What is important is that the frequency of the reminding is now being increased. This is good for Productivity because it keeps you aware of the things which you have to do especially if they’re urgent.
The organzing device of your choice + Watch Tandem
These are staples for just about every busybody from the college beadle to the corporate leader. The organizer is something that holds your appointments and it’s also a tiny little space for some writing. People who are busy all the time usually have contact numbers of random women they meet, gifts for a not-so-relevant birthday party that he has to go to or some sudden brilliant ideas that come to mind. For these and more, you will need an organziing device of your choice. It has to be a little notebook, just enough to fit in a handbag, and should be made of durable material. You must bring your organzing device of your choice with you every day, in case you need to list something down as a reminder.
Moreover, the perfect addition to an organizer is a high-quality watch. You may have experienced running late for an appointment just because your watch didn’t work well. What’s worse is that the person you’re meeting wouldn’t even believe you. This blunder can easily be avoided. Just get a high quality watch. Having a good sense of time is practically the first step in Goal Setting.
The Perfect manner of thinking
It’s pressuring to know that you have a lot of things in your hand and it seems like you can’t even do anything about it. Don’t tip over.
Moreover, keep a be on your toes kind of manner of thinking as you maneuver your way into your busy life. Sure, there are times when you distance yourself from your organizing device of your choice. For some, it is a painful reminder of the busy life they lead. It’s perfectly alright to feel some form of eternal urgency but take some time off once in a while. You must never forget yourself in your list of priorities.
More on how to get more done
Have you considered starting an Ebay Business? In the United States more than 430,000 people are working full or part time on Ebay. It may be easier to start an Ebay business than you may think.
Maybe you feel as if Ebay is just a low value trinket type outlet or one that only sells novelty items, you will want to take another look. Anything from trinkets to antiques and automobiles, can be sold on an Ebay business. The five highest categories were automobiles and auto supplies, consumer electronics, computers, clothes and accessories, books, movies and music.
Ebay was started in 1995 and has become the worlds largest online auction place selling every kind or product and service you can imagine. There is about 1,000 dollars in sales every second.In 32 countries there are 135 million registered users. You can see your Ebay business will have a large audience and exposure.
Before you start with an Ebay business you should consider if you want to be a full time business or just a part time hobby. Do you want to work from your home or set up an outside office to work from? Do you want to work on your own or do you want to have employees? Do you want to become a Trade Assistant or a Power Seller?
Practicing a little bit is a good idea before officially opening your Ebay business. You can try different headlines and descriptions on a smaller scale. Practice taking pictures and try different listing formats. To get comfortable and confident,first try to sell one or two items at a time. When you decide to take your Ebay business to the next level this will greatly improve your chances of success.
Getting set up with an Ebay business just takes a few minutes. You will need to supply them with your name, address, telephone number, a credit card and or a checking account. This is used for identification and payment of fees purposes. You should also consider opening up a PayPal account when setting up your Ebay business. This service is owned by Ebay and allows people to use credit cards or their checking accounts to make payments. Having a costly merchant account is also eliminated.
When you set up your Ebay business remember to set up your “About Me” page, which is a free ebay technique that gives you the ability to to promote your business and yourself.
When you begin your Ebay business you may want to register with Federal, State, and local tax authorities. You also may want to form a corporation or LLC to protect yourself from any legal liability.
Your Ebay business now requires something to sell. This can be the most difficult challenge you will face with your Ebay business. You need to pick something that you know about, has a profit potential, and is not difficult to photograph or ship. Before you offer merchandise up for sale take a look at what similar items sold for and ask yourself, can I make money with this? A key point to remember what ever it is you offer is that it will fill a need.
Your chances of success in you Ebay business are greater if it is convenient for you to buy. This means your Ebay business should sell similar products. If you sell CD’s then having CD racks or players would be an excellent combination. The more compatible items you have on sale the better your chances of success. People would much rather purchase what is needed at one store.
Remember try not to get complacent after you have gotten comfortable with all the auction formats, and other aspects of your Ebay business. You will want to read about any new features, keep in touch with your customers, and also be aware of what your competitors are doing. If you are not growing and adapting your not taking your Ebay business to its full capacityand maximizing you’re earning potential. You will not only be more successful with your Ebay business but you will have more fun. Now get to it.
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I know from experience, and from talking with other business colleagues that we are all serious about improving their business, sometimes just don't have the time to read and take courses.
And this is right where audio books have now started to play an incredible important role in our lives.
I'm assuming that if you're reading this, you're a businessman or woman, interesting in improving your business acumen - and now you can! Just use the amazing value inherent in listening to audio books. You won't have to worry about not having the time or will to flip through the pages of a book.
You can get the same, if not more, enjoyment from listening to a business audio book, than you can from reading one, especially if you use your time effectively - listening on your commute to and from the office.
If you are at loose for the specific business audio books to go for, below are 5 of some of the best that any business person shouldn’t do without listening to:
1. How to win friends and influence people – by Dale Carnegie
I don't know about you, but the most important aspect of my business is PEOPLE. It is vital that you understand the importance of the people - they are the life blood that keeps your business going.
Not just the people that bring us sales, but also the people that make the sales possible. To be able to succeed at this, we all need to know "how to win friends and influence people".
This book has worldwide acclaim and has received many, many accolades. It really is the "must have" book for anyone who has a business, or is interested in improving themselves in their business.
With the power of the information contained in this book, you can learn not just how to influence people to bring in more sales for your business, but most importantly how to win your friends and staff that will help you make the sales possible.
Now in audio book, you can enjoy this book from the comfort of your car while commuting to and fro your job.
2. It’s not the big that eat the small… it’s the fast that eat the slow – by Jason Jennings and Laurence Haughton
In today's business, one of the single most common words that we need to embrace is "CHANGE". In a constantly "updated" world, we need to be ready to embrace and implement changes to our businesses.
This audio book by Jason Jennings and Laurence Haughton, provides you with all the information on how to keep your company afloat, despite the ever-changing nature of business today.
Asserting that the fastest organizations in the world today will be those that will thrive, this audio book shows you how to make your company or business among these fastest, using the power of commerce, deployment of resources and good management of people.
3. Management Challenges for the 21st Century – by Peter F. Drucker
As you probably already know, in a gathering of experts on the subject, one name stands way above all the rest when it comes to business management and leadership. That name is Peter F. Drucker.
Being an expert of the industry and writing about it for a staggering 80 years, Drucker is not just talking from theory. I don't think anyone could possibly have more experience in the field of business and management.
This audio book thoroughly examines how business people can handle the management challenges that the 21st century ushers.
4. Jack: Straight from the Gut – by Jack Welch
There's no denying the fact that Jack Welch is one of the world's most successful CEOs ever.
This audiobook will follow Jack Welch's steps through his career to where he is today, one of the most successful businessmen ever.
5. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap – by Jim Collins
You can't argue with the fact that "without the techniques and strategies, no company or business can excel beyond a few days, weeks or even months".
Companies that have been around for years and years, are still around for a reason, they know what to do, and they have done it right.
The author has taken quite some time to collate the results from his extensive studies of companies who have had business success for many, many years - looking into what they are doing so right, that their counterparts are not.
The power of the information contained within this business audio book can help any business person to succeed.
I can guarantee that the five audio books I have selected (and have listened to in-depth myself) can really boost both your career and your business if you are willing to apply what you learn from them.
An excellent source that I have found for audio book downloads is Spoken Network. You can find them at:
www.spokennetwork.com?cam=ama0027
Of course, I was taught French during my school days but never took it seriously. As far as I was concerned, it wasn't important to be and would never be.
After all, English was more popular and I could get along anywhere in the world with my knowledge of English language, right?
How dead wrong I was.
It really became apparent how wrong I had been when I was sent to France for an assignment through my work. I was like a real fish out of water.
Everywhere I went to, everyone was speaking French. Locating someone who could speak English was like locating someone in England who could speak Chinese.
Whew, I really felt lost.
Even after the experience I had in France, I still wasn't really interested in learning the language, as I probably wouldn't ever be going back to France.
But on getting back home, my boss told me I would be going back in 3 months. This time I would stay longer.
I argued, begged and pleaded, but she was having none of it.
There and then I made a commitment to myself to learn French before the 3 months was up.
Being a lover of audio books, I went right ahead and bought some “Teach yourself French” foreign language audio books which I played while preparing for work in the morning, while exercising, during my commute to and from work and any other time when my hands were busy but my mind was free.
At first I didn't pay too much attention to what was being said in the "Teach yourself French" audio books because it was a strange language.
As the time wore on, it all started to sink in and make sense to me. What really helped was the translations to English for any word spoken in French.
It definitely confirmed the theory I had read some time ago about how powerful listening can really be. No wonder God gave us 2 ears and just one mouth. You can learn virtually any language from just listening - it really is that powerful.
I couldn't believe it, but I gradually started to pick up the language and was able to master quite an large amount of French just six weeks after I had started.
You can imagine the surprise on the face of my boss when, 10 weeks later, I spoke French to her without mixing it with a single word in English!
She was amazed by my achievement and wanted to know exactly how I'd done it. So I told her my secret - it was audio books!
My superior was so amazed and impressed that I had taken the time to learn the language, that she promoted me to the head of delegation for the next trip we had planned to France. I was going to represent our entire company.
She made sure every other member of my team got their foreign language audio books and did exactly what I had done.
Three months later, on my return to France, nobody would mistake me for the "a fish out of water" I had been on my initial visit.
It was fantastic, and I was amazed that I had been able to do this without hiring a tutor, going to college or night school, or even reading any French tutorial books.
All of this was possible within 3 months just listening to French audio book lessons.
Do you know what was most intriguing about this? All of this I did in my "free" time. I didn't commit any special time to this, but the same time I had wasted in the past.
If I could do this within 3 months, I am very certain anyone can do it too.
I can honestly say that if there is any foreign language that you are itching to learn, do exactly as I did and you'll be amazed by the results in just three months, simply from the power of audio books.
There are several audio book versions of many books on learning foreign languages that you can get on the Internet.
You can begin searching from SpokenNetwork.com direct, or through the many search engines. You just need to type in the phrase or title of the book that you are interested in, and you'll be given a whole host of results… within seconds.
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Like everyone, French lessons were compulsory during my school days, but I never really took them seriously. As far as I was concerned, it wasn't important to be and would never be.
After all, English was more popular and I could get along anywhere in the world with my knowledge of English language, right?
How dead wrong I was.
I realized my mistake when I was sent to France for an assignment. I was like a real fish out of water.
Everywhere I went to, everyone was speaking French. Locating someone who could speak English was like locating someone in England who could speak Chinese.
Whew, I really felt lost.
That experience nonetheless, I still made a silent resolve not to learn the language, since I wasn't going to be coming back to France.
But on getting back home, my boss told me I would be going back in 3 months. This time I would stay longer.
I protested, but she didn't bulge.
There and then I made a commitment to myself to learn French before the 3 months was up.
Being a lover of audio books, I went right ahead and bought some “Teach yourself French” foreign language audio books which I played while preparing for work in the morning, while exercising, during my commute to and from work and any other time when my hands were busy but my mind was free.
To be honest, I didn't really pay too much attention to the "Teach yourself French" lessons in the beginning, because it was all very strange to me.
But as time went on, it all started to make sense. What was really beneficial, and what really helped me to grasp the language in the end, was the translations to English for any of the words spoken in French.
This really confirmed what I had read sometime ago about the power of listening. No wonder God gave us 2 ears and just one mouth. This means just listening is powerful enough to learn virtually any language.
I couldn't believe it, but I gradually started to pick up the language and was able to master quite an large amount of French just six weeks after I had started.
Can you just imagine the look on my superior's face, when I spoke to her completely in French without even mixing it a little with English!
She was amazed by my achievement and wanted to know exactly how I'd done it. So I told her my secret - it was audio books!
Not only was she very impressed, she made me the head of the delegation she was sending to represent our company in France.
She made sure every other member of my team got their foreign language audio books and did exactly what I had done.
When I eventually got back to France 3 months later, I was no longer "a fish out of water".
It was incredible, but I was able to achieve this without taking any classes, without hiring any private French tutor, without reading any "French tutorial" books.
And it was all done in three short months, just from listening to my foreign language audio lessons.
Do you know what was most intriguing about this? I did this all in my "free" time. I didn't commit any special time to this, but the same time I had wasted in the past.
Now, if I could do this within just three months, I am absolutely certain that anyone else can do it too.
If there is any language you would love to learn, follow my footsteps and you will be pleasantly surprised what can happen in just 3 months, with the power of audio books.
There are several audio book versions of many books on learning foreign languages that you can get on the Internet.
You can start your search from SpokenNetwork.com direct, or through the many search engines. Simply type in the phrase or particular title you are interested in and you will be presented with the best results… within seconds.
www.spokennetwork.com?cam=ama0026