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My name is Neil Ellis and welcome to Be 4 Success. This site stems from my desire to do more for humanity and to be more successful myself. With the birth of my son, I realized that I desired to be a better father, husband, and human being. I wanted
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Accountability
This week a reader sent me an Email that read: I actually read your blog, and I’m waiting for your next post! Btw, I think you are doing a great job, it has actually inspired me to get off my lazy butt and get started on my own blog. Take ca...
Take Flight
Tess at The Bold Life recently released an ebook. I took the opportunity to give it a read this weekend and was impressed with what I read. I’m a big fan of The Bold Life and Tess’ writing. She always manages to find a way to challenge an...
Money Monday’s
photo credit: foundphotoslj How do you make money? When this blog was first started I thought it would be an interesting way to earn some passive income. Over that last couple of months I’ve learned that I was sorely mistaken in this thought. N...
Let Jason Slash Your Valentine’s Budget
photo credit: azrainman Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. It’s the mushy feel good, buy stuff for that other person in your life holiday. Let’s be honest though, it’s expensive. I mean it can be really expensive; dinner, a show, a ...
Weekly Resolutions
2009 is well underway and it’s around this point that people fail with their New Year’s Resolutions. This can lead to depression, disappointment, and stress. Some generally unpleasant emotions. So what can you do to improve things? The ...
100 Pushups Day 1
Yesterday I took the initial test for the One Hundred Pushup Program. I topped out at 21 pushups. Not bad, but not great. I was hoping to do more, but I felt my back start to bend and realized I didn’t have good form so I stopped. The workout h...
One Hundred Pushups
I recently stumbled upon the One Hundred Pushups site. I have to say I’m rather glad that I did. The challenge is simple, commit to a six week program and by then end of it be able to perform 100 consecutive pushups. The program requires about ...
I Can’t Believe In A God Who…
Have you ever heard that one before? I know I have and I find the statement frustrating. Many people are quick to turn their back on God. They blame God for the problems they have in their life. The blame God for all war, strife, and poverty that is ...
9 More 2009 Predictions
Today we have a final round of predictions for 2009. Unlike the previous round this set won’t focus on financial matters, rather I’ll rattle off some personal growth predictions. I hope you enjoy them and will give them appropriate consi...
If It’s Not Scottish, It’s Crap!
photo credit: striatic Have you ever noticed how much crap there is on the Internet? I’m sure you have, just as I’m sure my mentioning it isn’t an earthshattering piece of information. Recently a reader on the blog commented: ̶...
Don’t Take It Personally: Develop Thick Skin
photo credit: TheLizardQueen Blogging is an interesting medium. We bloggers put ourselves out there, offering opinions, thoughts, advice to those who care to read. As bloggers we don’t know what reaction our writing with have. It may be receive...
Lest We Forget
photo credit: striatic To those who have fought for freedom that I might know a life of peace, I thank you. To those who continue to serve to bring peace around the globe, I thank you. To those who will serve one day in the future, I pray for ...
Dealing With Mr. Cranky-Pants
While at work yesterday I had a rather unpleasant experience. I was making a series of calls to clients to invite them in to the office to discuss their investments. These weren’t necessarily clients I had dealt with in the past as I’m n...
Public Speaking
photo credit: Arbron The fear of public speaking is ranked as the top fear that most people have. It actually ranks higher than death. Think about that for a minute. At a funeral the individual saying those kind words, there’s a good chance he&...
How Have You Grown Today?
photo credit: Jasmic From day to day I often find that I do the same activities. I seem to be living yesterday all over again. My routine doesn’t vary, there is nothing new or exciting going on. I find to my dismay that as an individual I’...
Movember, the Fight Against Prostrate Cancer
I‘ve joined the Movember movement! This is a fund and awareness raising campaign for Prostrate Cancer. The task, grow the Mo over the course of a month. If you would like to sponsor me you can visit the Movember site. To donate to me directly r...
Managing Stress
photo credit: Arturo J. Paniagua Stress. It gets to all of us. The trick is in learning how to manage it. Stress can cause a loss of productivity, depression, and health problems. It turns us into people we don’t want to be. We aren’t our...
