Your Belief Becomes Your Reality

By: Brian Tracy

The Determinant of Your Success
Perhaps the most powerful single factor in your financial success is your beliefs about yourself and money. We call this the Law of Belief. It says simply this: Whatever you believe, with feeling, becomes your reality. Whatever you intensely believe becomes your reality. That we have a tendency to block out any information coming in to us that is inconsistent with our reality.

What Successful People Believe
What we've discovered is that successful people absolutely believe that they have the ability to succeed. And they will not entertain, think about, or talk about the possibilities that they'll fail. They do not even consider the possibility of failure.

Positive Thinking Versus Positive Knowing
You always act in a matter consistent with your beliefs. The most important belief system you can build is a prosperity consciousness where you absolutely believe that you are going achieve your financial goals. We call this positive knowing versus positive thinking. Positive thinking can sometimes be wishing or hoping. But positive knowing is when you absolutely know that no matter what, you will be successful.

The Foundation of Willpower
Another principle related to your beliefs is willpower. We know that willpower is essential to any success. Willpower is based on confidence. It's based on conviction. It's based on faith. It's based on your belief in your ability to triumph over all obstacles. And you can develop willpower by persistence, by working on your goals, by reading the biographies of successful people, by listening to audio programs, by reading books about people who've achieved success. The more information you take into your mind consistent with success, the more likely it is that you will develop the willpower to push you through the obstacles and difficulties you will experience.

Beat the Odds on Success
Remember that success is rare. Only one person in one hundred becomes wealthy in the course of a lifetime. Only five percent achieve financial independence. That means that the odds against you are 19-to-1. The only way that you're going to achieve your financial goals is if you get really serious. To succeed, you must get serious. You must get busy. You must get active. You must get going. Remember, everything counts.

Resolve to Achieve Greatly
Self-mastery, self-control, self-discipline are essential for anyone who wants to achieve greatly. And control over your thoughts is the hardest exercise in self-mastery that you will ever engage in. See if you can talk and think about only what you desire and not talk or think about anything that you don't want for 24 hours. Then you'll see what you're really made of. It's a hard thing to do but with practice, you can reach the point where you are thinking about your goals and desires most of the time. Then, your whole life will change for the better.

Action Exercises
Here are two things you can do to build a belief system consistent with the financial success you desire:

First, continually repeat to yourself the words, pictures and thoughts consistent with your dreams and goals. Whatever you repeat often enough, over and over, becomes a new belief.

Second, set a goal for yourself to think and talk only about the things that you want for the next 24 hours. This will be one of the hardest things you ever do. But if you can keep your mind on what you want and off of what you don't want for 24 hours, you can begin to change your entire future.

March's 2011 WTS (Workshop, Training, & Seminar

- "Motivation for Preparation of National Exam"
Outline : knowing "self", make d'dream, efficacy, motive, time management, support system
Time & Place: Aula SMAN 1 Rembang, March, 3, 2011
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo
Trainee : 12nd grade, students of SMAN 1 Rembang

- Seminar & Training: "Jobhunting"
Outline : know & simulating how to writing CV & application letter, handling interview & psychological testing
Time & Place: Aula FISIP Unsoed, March, 17, 2011
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo
Trainee : Students of FISIP Unsoed

- "Motivation for Preparation of National Exam"
Outline : knowing "self", make d'dream, efficacy, motive, time management, support system
Time & Place: Aula SMAN 1 Bukateja, March, 11, 2011
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo
Trainee : 12nd grade, students of SMAN 1 Bukateja

- Training: "Disaster Management"
Outline : Understand about what is disaster, and how to manage the disaster from mitigation untill rehabilitation steps by contijention
Time & Place: Aula Surya Yudha Bank, Banjarnegara, March, 21-24, 2011
Trainer : Haryanto, Ugung DA Wibowo, & Naibul Umam
Trainee : Beurocrat of Pemkab Banjarnegara

- Seminar & Training: "Jobhunting"
Outline : know & simulating how to writing CV & application letter, handling interview & psychological testing
Time & Place: Ruang D-201 FE Unsoed, March, 31, 2011
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo
Trainee : Students of FE Unsoed

7 Simple Steps for Achieving Your Dreams

By Scott Armstrong

I want to share with you seven simple steps to achieve any dream that you desire. These are the same seven steps I used to achieve the biggest dream of my life, qualifying for and running in the Boston Marathon.

While reading please keep in mind I have used these same steps time and time again to attain goals, ranging from record sales, becoming an accomplished speaker via Toastmasters or transforming myself from a steak lover to a strict vegetarian.

1. SET GOALS (Tetapkan Cita-cita Anda, & Mimpi-mimpi Anda)
One of the key steps in achieving your dream is to set goals on a consistent basis. You need to create goals both for the long term and the short term, and put them in writing! Studies have shown that when you write down a goal the chances of achieving it are a thousand times greater. Here are some goal setting strategies that have helped me along my journey to achieving my dreams:
1. Goals must be specific, measurable, attainable and realistic.
2. Goals must have a time limit.
3. Goals must be positive, personal, and in the present tense.
4. Rewrite, review and visualize the achievement of your goals on a daily basis. "It is a psychological law that whatever we wish to accomplish we must impress on the subjective or subconscious mind." - Orison Swett Marden

2. VISUALIZE (lakukan visualisasi mimpi Anda)
Make a habit of visualizing your dream on a daily basis. Training for my twelfth marathon, I visualized obtaining a sub 3:10 qualify time required to run in the Boston Marathon. I saw each mile marker along the 26.2 mile course with the time I needed. I pictured myself, at the end of that race, celebrating with my wife and calling my coach to tell him the good news that I qualified for Boston ! These visualization techniques worked extremely well for me and I guarantee they will work for you! "Without a vision people perish (Binasa)."

3. BE PERSISTENT (Gigih lah dengan apa yg Anda perjuangkan)
Now that you have your goals written down and you are doing your daily visualization exercises you need to have persistence! It took me twelve years and twelve marathons to achieve my dream. There were many times I wanted to give up, yet I never wavered in my goals or my ultimate dream. Never, never, never give up!

4. HAVE FAITH (Mempunyai keyakinan.... Yakinlah)
I have a favorite quote that says "The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief". I've learned, along several of my own journeys, the importance of having an uncompromising faith in myself which has been a critical component in accomplishing my goals. "Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." -Napoleon Hill

5. EXHIBIT DISCIPLINE (Tunjukkanlah kedisiplinan Anda)
Discipline is a key component required to achieve your goals and dreams. When working toward your dream think of discipline as having the ability to flick the little doubting man off your shoulder who says "can you really do this?" You need to have the "I can do it!" attitude. Holding the vision or experience that inspired you in the forefront of your mind will help you stay disciplined. Remember - self doubt destroys! "With every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward." -Jim Rohn

6. FIND a MENTOR or COACH (Dapatkan Mentor Atau Coach Untuk Membantu Anda)
The ability to seek out and learn from others, specifically those who have already accomplished similar goals and dreams, is an invaluable resource for your success. In my case, I hired
a former Olympic marathon runner, turned coach to support and inspire me. With his help I achieved a dream that had escaped me during the twelve long years I tried to do it alone!

7. HAVE GRATITUDE (Berterimakasih lah, Bersyukurlah)
One of the most important qualities one can have on one's journey to obtaining a dream is "an attitude of gratitude". Every morning I make a habit of spending a minimum of five minutes reflecting on the many things I am truly grateful for in my life. When you are grateful for life's gifts, you are truly rich.

February's WTS (Workshop, Training, & Seminar)

- Inhouse & Out Class Training: "Motivation-Spiritual Leadership (MSL)"
Outline : knowing self-SWOT, making a dream, self efficacy, & building motivational-spiritual leadership (ASQ & CSQ building)
Time & Place: UMP, February, 14-15, 2011
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo & MSL
Trainee : 12nd grade, students of SMA Muhammadiyah Cilacap

- Short Training: "Positive Living"
Outline : how to live in positive psychology paradigma.
Time & Place: CIMB Niaga Office of Purwokerto, 23 February, 26, 2011
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo & CIMB Team
Trainee : CIMB Niaga Customers

- Training: "Motivation at Work"
Outline : Understanding how to build self-motivation and build support system.
Time & Place: Garuda Room DYNASTY, February, 26, 2011
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo & BKP UMP
Trainee : employee of Dynasty

- Workshop: "Smart Parenting: Healthy Parent - Healthy Children" (pending)
Outline : learn skill, knowlegde & attitude to be an smart parent about family health system
Time & Place: Aula SDIT Al Irsyad Purwokerto, February, 26, 2011
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo & dr. ...?
Trainee : Parents

- Open Discussion: "Character Building"
Outline : learn skill, knowlegde & attitude to be an smart parent about character building
Time & Place: SMPIT Al Irsyad, January, 29, 2011
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo
Trainee : Parents of Students of SMPIT Al Irsyad

- Workshop: "Smart Parenting: Understanding PLS" (pending)
Outline : learn skill, knowlegde & attitude to be an smart parent about personal learning system
Time & Place: Majalengka, February, 3, 2011 (pending at March)
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo
Trainee : Parents & Teacher

- Training: "Jobhunting" (pending)
Outline : Know how to write good application letter and ideal CV, and how to handle interview test and psychological test.
Time & Place: STIKES Al Irsyad Cilacap, February, 26, 2011
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo
Trainee : students (pre graduated) of STIKES Al Irsyad Cilacap

Introduction to Learning Styles

by Marcia L. Conner

You may realize that people learn and process information in different ways, but can you describe what those differences are or improve the unique ways that you learn? For decades, education researchers designed models that differentiate how people learn, yet the results are often harder to understand than the people they describe.

This introduction puts learning styles information into easy to understand language and provides sources where you can learn more. I also offer a Learning Style Assessment that you can use to gauge your dominant learning style and techniques you can use to benefit from your individuality.

Overview of learning styles

Learning styles classify different ways people learn and how they approach information.
If you feel like you can't learn something important - even after you use a method a friend, a parent, a colleague, or a teacher suggested - you might have a different learning style than that person and their approach might now be the best approach for you. You learn and processes information in your own special way, though we all share some learning patterns, preferences, and approaches. Knowing your own style can also help you realize that other people may approach the same situation in a way that's different from your own.
I meet learners of all ages who think they're dim, dumb, lazy, or crazy because they can't understand materials the way the others do. When these learners can match the way they approach information with the way they learn, they see dramatic improvements in understanding, meaning making, self-image, and for students - grades.
Learning style assessments provide you an opportunity to learn how you are likely to respond under different circumstances and how to approach information in a way that best addresses your own particular needs.

Perceptual Modalities
The learning styles assessments I find most helpful examine how you take in information through your senses. Researchers call these sorts of assessments "perceptual modality assessments." They look at how you see, hear, feel, and move through the world. Those perceptions deeply affect your ability to learn. Whether you tend to rely more or less on one sense than another has a tremendous influence on how you interpret new experiences and succeed in whatever you work with each day. Take a perceptual modality assessment now.

Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner asserts there are at least seven modalities (referred to as intelligences) that can be used to describe your individual style. His work encourages everyone to think about learning in new and creative ways. On this site I link to several multiple intelligences assessments.
This work suggests people can be:
1. Verbal-linguistic: sensitive to the meaning and order of words
2. Musical: sensitive to pitch, melody, rhythm, and tone
3. Logical-mathematical: Able to handle chains of reasoning and recognize patterns and order
4. Spatial: perceive the world accurately and try to re-create or transform aspects of that world
5. Bodily-kinesthetic: able to use the body skillfully and handle objects adroitly
6. Interpersonal: understand people and relationships
7. Intrapersonal: possess access to one's emotional life as a means to understand oneself and others.

Mind Styles
According to Anthony Gregorc, there are four basic learning styles. Gregorc's Mind Styles model categorizes learners as Concrete Sequential (CS), Abstract Sequential (AS) Abstract Random (AR) and Concrete Random (CR).
1. Concrete Sequential (CS) learners are hardworking, conventional, accurate, stable, dependable, consistent, factual, and organized.
2. Abstract Sequential (AS) learners are analytic, objective, knowledgeable, thorough, structured, logical, deliberate, and systematic.
3. Abstract Random (AR) learners are sensitive, compassionate, perceptive, imaginative, idealistic, sentimental, spontaneous, and flexible.
4. Concrete Random (CR) learners are quick, intuitive, curious, realistic, creative, innovative, instinctive, adventurous.

Learning Styles Indicator
David Kolb's Learning Style Model classifies learners as having a preference for 1) concrete experience or abstract conceptualization (how they take information in), and 2) active experimentation or reflective observation (how they internalize information).
1. Type 1 (concrete, reflective). A characteristic question of this learning type is "Why?" Type 1 learners respond well to explanations of how course material relates to their experience, their interests, and their future careers. To be effective with Type 1 students, the instructor should function as a motivator.
2. Type 2 (abstract, reflective). A characteristic question of this learning type is "What?" Type 2 learners respond to information presented in an organized, logical fashion and benefit if they have time for reflection. To be effective, the instructor should function as an expert.
3. Type 3 (abstract, active). A characteristic question of this learning type is "How?" Type 3 learners respond to having opportunities to work actively on well-defined tasks and to learn by trial-and-error in an environment that allows them to fail safely. To be effective, the instructor should function as a coach, providing guided practice and feedback.
4. Type 4 (concrete, active). A characteristic question of this learning type is "What if?" Type 4 learners like applying course material in new situations to solve real problems. To be effective, the instructor should stay out of the way, maximizing opportunities for the students to discover things for themselves.

Myers-Briggs
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, based on the work of Carl Jung identifies 16 personality styles based on:
How you relate to the world (Extravert or Introvert)

Extraverts try things out, focus on the world around

Introverts think things through, focus on the inner world of ideas.
How you take in information (Sensing or iNtuiting)

Sensors (practical, detail-oriented, focus on facts and procedures)

Intuitors (imaginative, concept-oriented, focus on meanings and possibilities)
How you make decisions (Thinking or Feeling)

Thinkers are skeptical, tend to make decisions based on logic and rules

Feelers are appreciative, tend to make decisions based on personal and humanistic considerations
How you manage your life (Judging or Perceiving).

Judgers set and follow agendas, seek closure even with incomplete data

Perceivers adapt to changing circumstances, resist closure to obtain more data.
For example, one learner may be an ESTJ (extravert, sensor, thinker, perceiver) and another may be an INFJ (introvert, intuitor, feeler, judger). On this site I include links to several temperament assessments.

Others
There are other ways to organize learning style models. These fall into general categories such as information processing, personality patterns, and social interaction.

Information processing distinguishes between the way you sense, think, solve problems, and remember information. You have a preferred, consistent, distinct way of perceiving, organizing, and retaining information. Kolb's Learning Styles inventory, Gregorc's Mind Styles Model, and Keefe's Human Information Processing Model.
Personality patterns focus on attention, emotion, and values. Understanding these differences allows you to predict the way you'll react and feel about different situations. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter are two of the most well-know personality pattern assessments. A lesser known assessment is Dellinger's Psycho-Geometrics.
Social interaction looks at likely attitudes, habits, and strategies learners will take toward their work and how they engage with their peers when they learn. Some learners are independent, dependent, collaborative, competitive, participant, and avoidant. Reichmann and Grasha as well as Baxter Magolda have developed assessments.

Learn to Design, not just Deliver Mr/Ms Trainer!

SREE NIDHI S K
Director - Oscar Murphy International, Singapore & India

Many trainers struggle with their training not knowing what goes into designing a quality program. A top trainer understands that he / she is not just a courier boy. Since a top trainer knows the design process, he/she takes additional interest at the preparation phase itself. That’s how his / her ability to deliver a highly effective training becomes relatively easy.

The trainer, who learns to design the training, surely has an advantage to deliver better. The good design is the foundation of any good program but many trainers are not fully equipped in the art and science of training design. The design phase needs to be integrated with the development phase. The trainers learn to work from training goals and objectives to design a training methodology that can be implemented effectively to meet the learning goals and program expectations.

The design phase also includes identifying key learning objectives that helps in reaching the learning goals. So what goes into course content, lessons and the sequence of lessons, the flow, design of activities to suit different audience groups becomes highly relevant. The right approach to run the pilot program during the development and testing phase, to ensure the content is able to meet with program objectives. Design phase includes identifying evaluation criteria to evaluate if course content is understandable by learners.

The more complex the training, the more the effort needed during the design phase of preparation. The design pays particular attention to different learning styles, personality traits, multiple intelligence, communication patterns, leadership attributes and more.

You cannot go to war without adequate preparation likewise the design is the preparatory phase of the training delivery. Learn to prepare for your training by learning to design effectively and efficiently.

Decembers 2010 WTS (Workshop, Training, & Seminar)

- Outclass Training: "Organization Commitment"
Outline : building loyality & commitment for institution/organization and OCB
Time & Place: Baturraden Adventure Forest, December, 18, 2010
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo and Grand Java Team
Trainee : Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) Purbalingga



- Workshop: "Sizzling Powerpoint for Presentation & Training"
Outline : know how to sizzling the interesting powerpoint for effective presentation and training delivery
Time & Place: Aula FT UMP, December, 30, 2010
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo & Prima Indramajid
Trainee : public


- Workshop: "Jobhunting Training"
Outline : can writing excellent application letter & CV, and know how to handle psychotest & interview test
Time & Place: Aula FISIP Unsoed & Aula D-202, December, 16 & 22, 2010
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo
Trainee : Students of FISIP Unsoed & FE Unsoed

- Training: "Motivation"
Outline : Knowing SWOT of self, building the big dream, self efficacy
Time & Place: SMPN 1 Purbalingga, December, 12, 2010
Trainer : Ugung DA Wibowo
Trainee : Student of SMPN 1 Purbalingga

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