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Where is your next breakthrough going to come from?

Updated June 2013

By Jim Connolly | May 3, 2013

Today, I want to talk with you about your next breakthrough and where / when it will come to you. I also want to share some advice, which may help you reach your breakthrough faster.

Fog lifter

Fog lifters

One of my colleagues used to call coffee, her ‘early morning fog lifter’. She said that a cup of coffee in the morning would lift the fog, help her think more clearly and get her brain working. She claimed that many of her breakthroughs followed a cup of coffee. I pointed out once, that she tended to read great books when she drank her coffee. She smiled and said yes, but that it was the coffee that opened her mind to the book.

Where are your fog lifters?

Part of our personal and professional development, is to actively seek out our own fog lifters. I’m talking about the books, seminars, teachers and audio products, etc, which give us the clarity required to see what was previously hidden from us.

I can’t tell you where or when you will find your next fog lifter. All I do know, is that the fog tends to lift more often, when you feed your mind with rich, mental protein. For me, that’s when the ideas flow and the breakthroughs come.

IMPORTANT: If you want to make more sales, boost your profits and grow an amazing business, this will help you!

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