MasterMind Matrix 4.0 is finally here and available for download. This chart has undergone development over a period of 10 years. I initially created an outline of this chart back in 2006, and every year since then the chart has evolved and expanded. This article provides you with an overview of how the chart has changed and evolved over the years.
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This article will help bring to mind key career skills you must work on developing to become more valuable to your organization. The first step, is, of course, to identify the key skills that you will need to work on for your chosen career. The article presents you with a series of questions that can help you identify those skills. The article then breaks down the five critical career skills you may choose to develop that will almost guarantee your success along any chosen career path. The skills you will want to develop include effective thinking, enhancing memory, accelerating your reading, improving your writing, and upgrading your public speaking and communication skills. Take time to work on developing your proficiency in these areas and you will make the most of the career opportunities that come your way.
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This article explores what it takes to live life to your highest potential. This article is based on the 2011 film Limitless starring Bradley Cooper. In the film, Bradley’s character (Eddie Morra) is facing unemployment and a very bleak future. However, everything changes when an old friend offers him a drug that produces enhanced mental acuity. With the help of this drug, Eddie suddenly acquires uncanny mental abilities that instantly give him more clarity of mind, superior memory and recall, an unlimited supply of energy, and a profound level of self-confidence. He essentially becomes limitless. This article explores what it takes to become limitless in exactly this same way without the need for drugs. Specifically, the article breaks down how to gain mastery over your mindset, over your actions, over your growth, over your influence (on others), and over your body.
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This article explores two types of mindsets and how they tend to interact with the world. The article is based on the book Mindset: The Psychology of Success written by Carol S. Dweck. Within the book Carol describes two contrasting ways people think about the world, their life, and their circumstances. On the one hand we have the Fixed Mindset, and on the other we have the Growth Mindset. This article breaks down the habitual traits, beliefs, and behaviors of both types of mindsets and how they impact our lives and influence the choices and decisions we tend to make. Working through this article will highlight the value of adopting a growth mindset. This is of particular value if you seek to become a lifelong learner.
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This article explores what it takes to join the ranks of the highest achievers in the world. High achievers are Go-Getters. They know what they want and they do everything within their means to ensure they get everything they go after. These people don’t get sidetracked by problems, rejection, criticism or failure. They instead thrive when faced with problems and setbacks. They allow absolutely nothing to stand between them and their desired objectives. And, often, they get exactly what they want or better. Some, will, of course, call them lucky. And on the surface, it might seem that way. Go-Getters are lucky. However, this ain’t dumb luck. They have learned how to generate their own luck as they pursue their goals. This article breaks down the various habits, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of high achievers. It walks you through the mindset Go-Getters consistently bring to every situation. And it also outlines all the things that high achievers avoid doing that the average person often falls prey to.
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The Law of Opposites states that if you do what the majority of other people do, then you will inevitably become what the majority of people already are. In other words, if you follow the masses and do what they do, then you will end up getting very ordinary results. This ultimately translates into a less than fulfilling life. Most of us though, expect that we will one day experience a better life. We naively anticipate that we’ll eventually achieve all our goals and aspirations. However, the unfortunate truth is that most people never get there. They don’t get there because of a culmination of poor choices they have made over a lifetime. This article highlights the choices that the average person tends to make that result in an unsatisfying existence. From there, all you need is to do the opposite. Use the law of opposites to create a better life for yourself and for the ones you love.
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This article explains how much easier things get and how much luckier you can become when you develop the habit of asking for help. When you ask for the right kind of help at the right time, your whole life changes. You solve problems faster, you save time, you gain better insights, you get luckier, and you create deeper connections and emotional bonds with other people. However, asking for help in the wrong way can, of course, be quite detrimental to your success. The article explores the numerous benefits of asking for help. It goes through the consequences of not asking for help. It outlines a six-step process you can use to ask for help in the right way. And it provides you with numerous guidelines for getting the most from other people.
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This article will help you master the process of attracting what you want most into your life through simple visualization strategies and affirming techniques. The article outlines several visualization strategies you can use to master new skills, to enhance your perceptions, to help you relax, to plan your day, to set goals, to improve self-esteem, and much more.
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This article explores how saying YES more often can provide you with the exposure you need to unlock new experiences, perspectives, and opportunities that can dramatically enhance the quality of your life. However, for this to happen you need to stop resisting change. It’s just easy to say NO. But, what is easy is not always better. When you say NO there is often no progress, no forward movement, and no lasting change. On the other hand, when you say YES, the world becomes full of possibilities, which can dramatically alter the course of your life forever. This article breaks down all the things you should be saying YES to. It outlines the underlying reasons why you tend to say NO to certain things. It walks you through the excuses that people tend to use to avoid saying YES. It provides you with a list of questions you should be asking yourself to ensure you are saying YES to the right things. The article concludes with a few words of caution about saying YES to dangerous and reckless acts that could lead to trouble.
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This article provides you with various guidelines that will help you cultivate a humble heart in all aspects of your life. The article defines what it means to cultivate a humble heart. It breaks down the advantages of humility and the qualities you must learn to cultivate. It presents you with a series of self-assessment questions that help you measure your level of humility. It presents you with several guidelines and suggestions for cultivating more humility in your life. And it explores the things you must do and say in social situations to live a humble life. As you work through this article you will progressively develop the necessary habits, beliefs, and behaviors of humble individuals. As a result, you will gain more honor, respect, and admiration from others, which will over time help you gain more influence over those you serve.
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This article explores how to take a more experimental and practical approach to life, to solving problems, to overcoming adversity, and to achieving your goals. The article breaks down how to take a scientific approach to living your life. This is, of course, all about experimentation. It’s about adopting key scientific habits and learning how to ask experimental questions that can move your life forward in optimal ways. You will learn how simple life experiments can make life more fun, rewarding, and fulfilling. The article breaks down what it means to approach life as a scientist. It highlights key scientific habits to adopt. It outlines essential experimental questions you should be asking yourself that will lead to deeper insights and understandings. And it guides you through the process of trial and error. Working through this article will help you to work through your personal struggles and problems in a fun experimental way that will lead to deeper insights, understandings and greater opportunities for progress.
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This article outlines how a commitment to lifelong learning will give you the edge you need to achieve your life’s goals and objectives. The article explores the idea of constant and never-ending improvement and the value it can bring to your life. It breaks down the fundamental universal laws of lifelong learning and the benefits of following them. It highlights the skills, mindset, and behaviors you will need to adopt to become a lifelong learner. And concludes by presenting you with a series of guidelines and questions to help you make lifelong learning a transforming daily practice.
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This article explores how developing an empowering morning ritual can positively impact your life and improve your chances of success. Time and again high achievers are asked what are their keys to success. And at the core of what makes these people successful, we often find comes down to the consistent habits and rituals they partake in. This is what makes all the difference. High achievers do very specific things before work, during their workday, and after work that helps them optimize their results. And what you will find is that these high achievers almost always have an empowering morning ritual that gets their day started on the right track. This article outlines the value of developing a morning ritual. It then breaks down six empowering morning rituals you can use that will put you in the right frame of mind to work more productively throughout the day. These rituals include meditation, learning, exercise, journaling, visualization, and affirmations. Put these rituals into practice to improve your results as you work toward your goals.
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This article explores the little things you can do each day that will help improve your output and results. It is, after all, very often the little things that make the most difference. Have a think about all the small actions you take and the seemingly insignificant decisions you make throughout the day. What if these things were not as insignificant as they seem? What if these things were pulling you away from the life you would like to live? And what if you could make small tweaks that could help enhance your life in immeasurable ways? All this is possible as long as you are willing to adopt several new empowering rituals. This article takes you through an assessment of your daily rituals. It then walks you through empowering rituals you can adopt in the morning, during your workday, and in the evening. It concludes with a break down of rituals that high achievers often partake in. Adopting these rituals into your life will help keep you motivated, focused, and on track as you work toward your goals.
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This article explores how to live life with more gratitude and appreciation. Living with gratitude will not only make you feel better about yourself, it will also help put things into perspective. No longer will you be focused on all the things you don’t have or on all the things that are going wrong. You will, instead, come to appreciate what you have and the value you can bring to the world. Gratitude is one of those rarely discussed habits of mind that lie at the core of all long-term success and achievement. This article explores what it means to live with gratitude and how it can help shift your perspective about your life and circumstances. It describes the differences between a person who lives with gratitude and a person who constantly criticizes and complains. It then walks you through how to be more grateful. And concludes by providing you various reasons why you should be more grateful starting today.
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This article explores how to develop your ability to focus more effectively on your goals, tasks, and routines. As you improve your mental focus, this will naturally enhance your output and productivity throughout the day. This article identifies various ways to improve your mental focus as it relates to setting and achieving your goals. It outlines a six-step process you can use to stay focused on your highest priority activities throughout the day. It explores your environment and how to modify it to improve your focus and concentration. It delves into daily and weekly routines and how to improve them to stay focused for longer. And the article concludes by breaking down the mindset we must cultivate to become more focused and driven as we work toward our goals. Working through this article will significantly help improve your ability to focus while working on tasks and activities.
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This article explores how taking consistent action over an extended period of time is more valuable than short bursts of massive undertaking. Success in any field of endeavor comes down to dedicating yourself to the development of critical habits that will help you attain your desired objectives. And, of course, these habits are built upon the regular actions you take and the activities you partake in over an extended period of time. By developing the habit, you create consistency, and with consistency, you produce your desired results over the long-run. If there was a secret to success — and to generating more luck — then this might very well be it. This article explores what it means to consistently apply yourself to something. It shows you how to develop the habit of consistency. It breaks down how to take consistent action toward a desired goal. And it provides you with suggestions on how to stay consistent over time. This, of course, requires commitment and sacrifice.
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This article explores the value of taking full responsibility for your life’s choices, decisions, and actions. Whether something is your fault or not, it’s always helpful to take responsibility. That way you always have options and some semblance of control over what will happen next. However, typically, most people will often choose to shy away from taking responsibility. They will instead end up making excuses, complaining and/or blaming people and circumstances for their problems and predicament. This literally saps their personal power and leaves them in a very vulnerable state where they feel powerless and helpless and unable to control their fate. On the other hand, when we accept full responsibility, this naturally empowers us to take positive and proactive action toward our desired aims. This article breaks down what it means to take responsibility for your life. It explores how to start taking responsibility for everything that happens to you. It goes through the requirements for taking responsibility. And walks you through a five-step process to help you develop the habit of taking responsibility.
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This article explores how to stop complaining and start taking responsibility for your life and circumstances. When things don’t pan out as expected it’s easy to throw our hands up in the air and complain about what did or didn’t happen. Complaining gives us a sense of control. However, that control is fleeting as complaining often doesn’t solve our problem or help push things forward. This article examines how we tend to complain and the kinds of complaints that people typically make. It presents you with a set of self-analysis questions to help track your complaints. It breaks down the reasons why you tend to complain. It highlights the consequences of complaining and the impact it has on your life and other people. The article then provides you with a list of suggestions on how to get out of the habit of complaining and start taking responsibility for your life and circumstances. Working through this article will help you develop the mindset and skills that will eradicate this habit from your life.
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This article explores the effort and work it takes to achieve a goal. Many people have big goals and aspirations. However, most people never achieve their goals because of a lack of action. It’s not talent, knowledge or skill that will help you achieve your goals. It’s rather how much effort and energy you’re willing to put in each day into accomplishing your goals. The more effort you put in, the more you will accomplish, learn, grow and experience. And, as a result, the more luck you are likely to generate in the pursuit of your goals. Doing what the average person does will create average results. You must begin doing more — much more than you ever thought was possible. Only in this way will your goals be realized. This article walks you through the requirements for taking massive action. It breaks down a six-step process for taking massive action toward a goal. It explores the mindset of high achievement. And it provides you with additional guidelines for taking massive action as you work toward the attainment of your goals.
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