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

In the hopes of learning something new today, I’m going to discuss the Sixteenth (16th) Amendment to the United States Constitution. WHAT DOES THE 16th AMENDMENT DO? Many people may not know this, but as originally written, the United States government could NOT impose an income tax on the people, because it was prohibited under [...]

You Say You Want Something, BUT Will You Do What It Takes To Get It? (Stanley Bronstein) Background Last night, at 8:00 PM, my hot water heater in my garage broke. When I say broke, it didn’t stop working, BUT it started leaking water. When a hot water heater starts leaking water, that is usually [...]

Here’s a post that’s sure to stir up a little controversy. I was at the local Fox News station in Phoenix, Arizona last night watching the entire first US Presidential Debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. I was there in support of a friend of mine from the National Speakers Association, H. Celeste Linguere. [...]

Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality. (Alfred Painter) Current Status Report At the very beginning, I want to say Thank You. Thank you for being supportive and paying attention to my Vision Quest Project. Thank you for those of you who have joined me with your own personal development [...]

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you. (Zig Ziglar) Current Status Report Day 6 might have been my toughest day so far. I spent a lot of time outside the house today and temptation was all around me. I’m pretty hungry right now, PLUS my wife and [...]

The Undiscerning Mind Is Like The Root Of A Tree. It Absorbs Equally All That It Touches, Even The Poison That Would Kill It. (Kung Fu TV Episode) Current Status Report Day 5 was easy until about 2:00 PM, then I started getting hungry. It’s now 9:00 PM and I’m still hungry. Life goes on [...]

A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others. A loser wants to be considered an expert by others, before he has learned enough to know how much he does not know. (Sydney J. Harris) Current Status Report Day 4 was a piece of cake. [...]

Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with each unit of effort. (Charles J. Givens) Current Status Report Day 3 was much easier than Days 1 and 2. My stomach is shrinking and I’m not as hungry as I [...]

To remove a mountain, begin by carrying away small stones. (Author Unknown) Current Status Report Well, my past experience has continued to be true in the case of this current fast. Day 2 hasn’t been fun. HOWEVER, on the bright side, the first 2 days of this fast have probably been easier than any fast [...]

Everyone has a success mechanism and a failure mechanism. The failure mechanism goes off by itself. The success mechanism only goes off with a goal. Every time we write down and talk about a goal we push the button to start the success mechanism. (Charlie “Tremendous” Jones) Current Status Report Anyone who has ever fasted, [...]