Stanley F. Bronstein – Personal Development BlogPersonal Development Blog of the Founder of the Achievement IQ Movement and Creator of the Laws of Positioning

I went for a 4 1/2 hour walk today.  A few things happen when you walk for that long of a period of time.  Among them are: Your head clears; You watch people; You notice things others do not notice. One thing I observed several times today (and have been noticing for the past few [...]

During a 3 1/2 hour walk today, I came up with a thought I wanted to share. Say No To Others And Yes To Yourself No – (a negative used to express dissent, denial, or refusal, as in response to a question or request). Yes – (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark [...]

Everybody wants business, but few are willing to do what it takes when it actually walks in the door. Case In Point The air conditioner in my wife’s car went out this afternoon, about 2:00 PM on July 3, 2009 (the day before the July 4th US holiday). We took my wife’s car to our [...]

This is a podcast containing dated, Saturday, June 20, 2009 that contains my thoughts about my birthday experiences at Canyon Ranch, specifically my thoughts about the Spirit Lodge experience from this past Thursday night. It took me a little time to sort everything out and put it into words.  You can hear that I”m a [...]

Well, here it is, my 50th birthday. KEEPING ON SCHEDULE As I’ve been saying I was going to do for about 3 months, I woke up at 4:00 AM and got ready for my LONG pool walk.  Normally, the pool doesn’t open at the Canyon Ranch Spa until 6:00 AM.  Because I’m so “focused” on [...]

Law of Positioning #3 states that we must Position Ourselves to be Appreciative With that in mind, I’ve decided to try something new in my daily routine.  I want to start taking 10 minutes at the beginning of each day and sit back and think of some of the things I should appreciate in my [...]

I’VE HAD A GOOD DAY AND I APPRECIATE IT I had a good day today.  Even though it was a “work” day, I sort of took time off. Today was my wife’s birthday, so we both decided to go visit a place in Arizona known as Canyon Lake.  Canyon Lake is basically a “mini” version [...]

Constraints are limitations and restrictions. SOURCES OF CONSTRAINTS Personally, I find that there are 2 broad categories of constraints that are placed upon us as individuals. INTERNAL – These are limitations and restrictions we place on ourselves.  Some examples would be our thoughts.  Have you ever caught yourself saying things such as: I can’t do [...]

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LOSE THE MOST BASIC OF CONVENIENCES? As you no doubt know if you’ve been following my recent posts, I’ve been talking about modern day conveniences. Well, here’s another even more basic convenience that I forgot to mention. ELECTRICITY How’s that for a basic convenience?  It is probably one of the most [...]

I heard a very interesting lady this morning on C-SPAN.  Her name is Susan Jacoby and she was talking about a book she wrote a few years back called The Age of American Unreason. I’m not going to speak about her book, BUT I am going to expand upon something she brought out during her [...]