Keith A. Shaw (2006 "Your attitude directly affects your altitude" attitude affects altitude what does that mean attitude towards altitude confidence can take one to any altitude how your attitude affects your altitude who said your dreams and your attitude will determ Your altitude is determined by your attitude your attitude determine your altitide your attitude not your attitude will determine you brain rot does reality tv really rot your brain does t.v rot the mind how does people rot how tv causes people to be less creative keith shaw new jersey the world is out to get you world out to get you

Wait A Moment? Never! It seems no matter who I talk to lately, they are either existing "dangerously" in the past or wishing and hoping for "something" tomorrow. While it is always a sound strategy to have a well thought out and documented plan for the future, you must... ( added 30 days 16 hours ago.)

Is Your "Altitude" Determined By Your Attitude? Are you currently where you want to be in life? Do you have control over your life? Are you getting what you want out of life? Are you winning, (or losing)? If you can not answer "YES" to any of the four questions above then perhaps you need to... ( added 75 days 10 hours ago.)

Television And Brain Rot - Perfect Pals I'm talking about the wasted time watching the endless stream of mindless drivel that comes out of your television set. And, it really doesn't matter if it is a jumbo 50" plasma screen with surround sound or whether you stream it online from your... ( added 98 days 12 hours ago.)

Take Years From Your Life By Multitasking Everyday I see more and more people trying to do multiple things at once. Case in point, the guy in the car next to me: 1) driving at 65 mph, 2) and talking on his cell phone, 3) while smoking a cigarette, and 4) drinking his coffee and 5) fixing... ( added 118 days 1 hour ago.)

Eliminate Stress With These Stress Busting Tips In my last article in March 2009, "Stressful Times", I shared with you how stress can lead to a number of negative health and emotional problems, such as relationship issues, needless arguments, weight gain, high-blood pressure, sleep disorders... ( added 206 days 11 hours ago.)

Why Do Some Succeed Where Others Fail? In Part One, I shared my 5-step attitude adjustment plan. In this follow up, I'll share more on why the power of concentration is so potent and I include an inspirational story that I hope will get you off of your behind and working on taking... ( added 216 days 4 hours ago.)

Tough Times Means Concentration - Part One Men and women come to me who just can not seem to accomplish their goals, no matter what written or oral direction or counsel they have received in the past. Perhaps you are in the same predicament right now! Maybe there is currently a crisis in... ( added 231 days 22 hours ago.)

What Has Happened To Patience? Perhaps there is aperson who rides your rear bumper in traffic, honking their horn, or other people who loudly (and rudely) complain because the line that they are standing in is moving too slowly for them, there are some pretty impatient people... ( added 253 days 12 hours ago.)

Talk Is Cheap - What About Change? What is all this discussion about change? Lately, we see on T.V. and the internet and hear everywhere "that change is coming". The U.S. White House website even says that "Change Has Come To America". There are numerous other websites that are... ( added 280 days 1 hour ago.)

Only 3% Of People Achieve Their Goals One life strategy that I recommend and reinforce, time and time again with my clients and the readers of my world-wide newsletter, is to have a written list of well-thought-out goals for everything and anything that they want to accomplish in... ( added 1 year 31 days ago.)

The Secret To Happiness In Today's Stressed Out World You were born into the world with an innocent mind, heart and a pure, unblemished, open spirit. You had no prejudice, no preconceived notions, no anger, fear, anxiety or stress. However, over the course of your life, the pressures of society and... ( added 1 year 46 days ago.)

The World Is Out To Get Me I'll bet you have at least one or two colleagues, friends, acquaintances, clients or a spouse that is chronically miserable, gloomy and cheerless. Regardless of whom it is this person has something to whine about every day of the week. Correct? Or... ( added 1 year 56 days ago.)

You Are Your Own Worst Enemy You interact with them every day - at work, at school, at the supermarket, in the newspapers and tabloids, everywhere it seems. Who am I talking about? For example, you may have recently observed someone at the office complaining to everyone... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

Are You Ruled By Your T.V.? It's Not Too Late To Change! In a 2007 program on National Public Radio (NPR), Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discussed how in the U.S., people know more about "events" like the results of the "American Idol" show(on the 10 or 11 p.m. news!) and celebrity "gossip" (insert name of... ( added 1 year 77 days ago.)

Your Heroes And How You Can Find Motivation From Them A few years ago, I wrote down this quote in my journal... "Everyday of your life, from the cradle to the grave, you will face challenges and obstacles. It's a law of the universe in which we live!" - Keith A. Shaw It IS a fact of life that every... ( added 1 year 80 days ago.)

Failure Is Not Final "Failure is not an option" was the tag line for the popular film, "Apollo 13". As you may recall the Apollo 13 mission was the one that, if not for the quick thinking and action of the Mission Control team and the astronauts on board the space... ( added 1 year 87 days ago.)

How To Make A Powerful Impression Making a powerful impression is critical for setting the right tone - during a job interview or even when you are introduced to someone for the first time. And, in the far majority of cases, the first impression is the only impression you may make... ( added 1 year 114 days ago.)

The Word That Is Like An Anchor Around Your Neck In prior motivational and inspirational stories I showed how your choice of words, such as "Can't" and "But" disempower you, contradict what you really mean to say and in some cases also demoralize others. In short, they will knock you off your... ( added 1 year 115 days ago.)

Big BUT? Here's How To Lose It In one of my prior motivational stories, I talked with you about getting rid of the word "CAN'T" from your vocabulary. You see to me, "can't" is the one of the most disempowering words known to humankind. In this story, I'd like to inspire you to... ( added 1 year 136 days ago.)

Is The World Out To Get You? Albert Einstein once defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Yet, many of you have done this time and time again. You unfortunately bring your past knowledge and beliefs into every situation... ( added 1 year 140 days ago.)

Why Do Some People Always Get The Job Done? All the things in life fit together, much like pieces of a puzzle. These pieces fit together to form the complete picture of who you are - what your current situation in life is, how you spend your time (whether work or play), your level of joy... ( added 1 year 141 days ago.)

Make Decisions Quickly And Get More Of What You Want An inherent weakness that we all have, in both our personal career lives, is S-L-O-W decision making. You know you that need to do something that will take you closer to your goals, but for unknown reasons, you procrastinate. Maybe it is less... ( added 1 year 197 days ago.)

Ride Your Way To Success Remember one of your first big challenges growing up when your were young? I'll bet one of them was learning how to ride a bicycle. As a child, how many of you learned to ride a bicycle? Hey, that's quite a lot of you. Now, close your eyes and... ( added 1 year 198 days ago.)