If you see yourself as being a person of only having a certain amount of fitness, a certain amount of income and a certain type of relationship you are coaching yourself based on what is in your self concept. You are limited by your thoughts of you, your self concept.

If you want more than what you are currently experiencing in your life you need to change how you think about yourself. Then by enhancing your self concept you will experience more success and wellness.

Tools you can use that can help you nourish your self concept

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Use these Free Motivational Cards 

You can use the free mini motivational cards I offer to help build into your mind more confidence and belief in yourself daily. Download these free mini motivational cards and place them in your car, on your desk and in your wallet or purse.

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Use these Free Motivational Emails

Many of us use email daily at work and mostly the emails we receive are not inspiring they are typically just plain work. Embrace the possibility of a more fulfilling life by receiving once a day an inspirational and motivational email. Test out the daily free motivational emails I created by visiting this page.

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Use Inspirational Books

If you have a favorite book that inspires you when you read any piece of it this is the kind of book you need to read a few lines from each day. Read some of it first thing in the morning and last thing at night. If you don’t already have a favorite book check out this book or this selection of personal development books to help you find one book that helps you grow your self concept. Then you can achieve the life of your dreams.

If you are looking for more ideas take the time to check out other articles on this site or contact me for more recommendations.

Your friend on the journey,

David

But there is a key to language acquisition: You need deep motivation.

If you really want to create a relationship with somebody who speaks a foreign language or if you really want to create a successful business in a foreign country or live in a community of people who speak a different language you need to have more than desire. You need a deep motivation that will keep you practicing and open to learning daily. It is not easy. It can be frustrating and many times you may just want to give up unless you have the deep motivation.

My motivation came from the fact that I moved to a non-English speaking country, France, when I did not speak any French. If you know a little bit of my history I moved to France to help out a friend who needed assistance since she had a serious back injury.

When I arrived in France I learned that it is very difficult to function and keep working if you don’t speak the local language in France. Easy on vacation but not easy for long term living. But over time the pain of not speaking French was too great so I found the deep motivation to learn the language.

My approach was to expose myself to conversations where people only spoke French and to ask lots of questions when I was unsure and to listen lots.

The Good News: if someone like me who was told ‘you can’t learn a second language’ when I was in school actually can now converse in French, anything is possible.

Even Better News: Today you don’t even need to use tools like these to start, yes, I did use these tools. Today, you can find a basic yet valuable starting point for your new language fluency in a site I discovered that gives you for FREE basic phrases in audio in many languages. Check out this language center today.

Once you have the basics in place you can start to test yourself by entering into conversation with people who speak the language you want to learn. They will appreciate you have started by learning the basics and the rest is up to you.

I wish you continued success and wellness on your journey,

David

P.S. Speed up your language learning tip: when you are learning a new language choose something you like learning about in your native language. This technique will give you a way to connect and remember new words you are learning and give you a base in the new language. Once you have a base you will get confidence to continue.

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Like many people, my life have been filled with many challenges including cancer in my family, financial crisis and more I stress than I care to think about. I believe one of the best things that ever happened to me was when my Dad gave me a copy of a speech by Earl Nightingale’s The Strangest Secret. This one speech opened my mind to a new way of thinking more than any of the other personal development tools I had ever listened too.

I was a shy, reclusive person who was not aware of the power of seeing my mind like a garden that I could choose to grow either success or stress in. I did not know until I had listened to Earl’s words I had complete control over how happy I felt by how I directed my mind and how simple it could be to change my life.

When later in life I discovered I was extremely passionate about helping people improve their lives it is because of Earl’s words I created the inner courage for me to move from being shy to being a professional speaker.  You have to believe this was a big step for someone who was afraid to ask a question in class to being the one up front teaching and sharing in front of hundreds of people.

With over 100 professional speaking engagements on personal development now behind me I still continue to listen to Earl’s inspiring words to help motivate me before each time I present. His words are powerful and timeless.

I recommend you go to the source and invest in yourself by finding our more about and find out The Strangest Secret.

Enjoy a wonderful day,
David