When I returned from Vietnam some years ago, I re-started my martial arts training. I had already achieved a black belt in Karate, but when I decided to enter Taekwon-Do, it meant starting over from the beginning as an adult. It was difficult. Not only was I recovering from Vietnam injuries, but I kept focusing Read More

Every now and then something really good appears on the TV screen. Last week while watching a sporting event, a commercial came on that struck me as being very important. It starred Michael Jordan and he was relating how he had lost over 8000 games in his career and taken 26 game-winning shots…and missed. He Read More

Once while being interviewed for a radio program, the interviewer asked me, in light of all the adversity I’ve faced in life, what, if anything, am I afraid of? Without the slightest bit of hesitancy, I responded, “My only fear in life is that I won’t continue to like myself enough to keep doing the Read More

Several years ago a young man came up to me after a workshop and said, “Mr. Newton, you have reputation as hard worker, just how many hours do you put in everyday?” I replied, “I simply work a half day, everyday…12 hours!” In my study of human achievement, I’ve found that all things are positively Read More

I have a crystal clear mental image of this scenario…I was standing in the courtyard of the apartment complex where I rented a small 1-bedroom apartment, retrieving my mail from the mailbox. The complex manager saw me and came out to carrying a small white envelope, which she handed to me. I opened it and Read More

I had a great job in sales in 1971 for a large corporation in Chicago. They had promoted me to a managerial position and I was in charge of sales for the western portion of Illinois. The job used a lot of my talents and I was very successful at it. Within two years I Read More

We are now living in a golden age. An era we’ve worked towards for thousands of years. America presents endless opportunity for everyone living here. Let’s take 100 men and women starting even at the age of 25. All of them want to be successful. If you ask them they would tell you that they Read More

The ability to form and realize goals is the Number One achievement skill. Goals are essential to your happiness and success in life. Without clear goals, you just drift and live your life without purpose. Without goals, change becomes unpredictable and a source of anxiety. Goals become a way to control the direction of change Read More

We’ve all heard the saying, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” This is very, very true. At least 80% of all new business start-ups in America fail due to one of two reasons, being undercapitalized and lacking a detailed business plan. Once you have the detailed plan of action, get started! Accept Read More

William James of Harvard University said: “Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. Our fires are dampened, our fires are checked, we are making use of only a small part of our mental and physical resources.” The psychologist and philosopher wrote those words over 50 years ago and they are Read More