Here is another great talk from TED: It a 3 minutes answer to the question "What leads to success?". It can be summarize by the picture below:

The full video description followed by the YouTube link is below:

Why do people succeed? An unmissable 3-min. talk from the TED Conference on the real secrets of success (Hint: […]

On ThemBid.com’s blog, Elmer Thomas reproduced a timeless success formula created by Benjamin Franklin and described by Napoleon Hill. This is a list of virtues reproduced below and a formula to enact them in your own life:

THE THIRTEEN VIRTUES
1. Temperance
Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
2. Silence
Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid […]

Forbes published a slideshow listing the 15 world’s Top-Earning models. Here is the top 5 list:

Gisele Bundchen: $33 million
Kate Moss: $9 million
Heidi Klum: $8 million
Adriana Lima: $6 million
Alessandra Ambrosio: $6 million

Of course all these girls except Kate Moss have a WHR around 0.7.

Bnet offer a very good introduction to GTD: How to Get Started with Getting Things Done. First the site design is very good: There is the Web 2.0 style that make the site pleasant. Then the GTD process is summarized in 5 steps (Goals are defined for each steps): 

Clear the Decks: GOAL: Record all your […]

hugh macleod of gapingvoid wrote a very long and interesting post with some tips to be creative. I reproduce below the summary and some cartoons that I found insightful:
1. Ignore everybody

2. The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to change the world.
3. Put the hours in.
4. If your biz plan depends on […]

Mindtools has a summary of the book written by Steven Covey in 1990:  The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.  First they recall the 3 distinct stages of personal growth:

Dependence: This is where we start, dependent on other people. And without personal development, we would stay stuck at this stage. People who are dependent are inclined […]

I found via Juice Analytics, a very good education web site called Habits of Mind. The web site provides resources for Educators and teachers. The “Habits of Mind” concept has been developed by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick:“A Habit of Mind is knowing how to behave intelligently when you DON’T know the answer.” So it’s the […]

Anthony Robbins presents in “Unlimited Power” what he calls the seven lies of success. Those ‘lies’ are empowering beliefs that help us to have better reactions in everyday life. They are listed below with some comments:

Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it must serve us. You might think about this ‘lie’ if […]

An article from “San Francisco Chronicle” based on a Walter Mischel experiment, states  that Selt-control is the key to success. For this experiment 4 years old children are left in a room with a marshmallow and a bell. If they rang the bell, the scientist would come back and they could eat the marshmallow. If however […]