{"id":4206,"date":"2009-06-17T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.AchieveMax.com\/blog\/?p=4206"},"modified":"2013-07-01T15:25:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T19:25:37","slug":"broaden-your-horizons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achievemax.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/17\/broaden-your-horizons\/","title":{"rendered":"Broaden Your Horizons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been known forever that the key to success is to change your <em>actions<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also common knowledge that the key to changing your actions is to change your <em>thinking<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it&#8217;s obvious that the key to changing your thinking is to put new and positive information in your mind.<\/p>\n<p>By taking\u00a0one hour per day for independent study,\u00a0seven hours per week, 365 hours in a year, you can learn at the rate of a full-time student. In three\u00a0to five years,\u00a0you can become an expert in the topic of your choice, by spending only one hour per day.<\/p>\n<p>Another important element in broadening your horizons is knowing the best resources for finding your new and positive information. We&#8217;re indeed fortunate today that we can access a vast array of information within seconds without ever leaving our desks. Newspapers and magazines can now be read online, saving a great deal of time, money and energy in today&#8217;s busy world. Search engines can quickly provide us with vast amounts of accurate information within seconds, and wire services constantly update critical information from all corners of the world.<\/p>\n<p>While these resources are critical to broadening our horizons and enhancing our organizations,\u00a0we must, of course, close the knowing-doing gap by utilizing each and every resource available to us. Listed below are just a few resources you may want to copy and post in a convenient location.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Magazines Online<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Business Week &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/\">www.businessweek.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fortune &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/magazines\/fortune\/\">money.cnn.com\/magazines\/fortune\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Forbes &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/\">www.forbes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fast Company &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/\">www.fastcompany.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Money &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/\">money.cnn.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Inc. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/\">www.inc.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Time &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/\">www.time.com\/time\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Newsweek &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/\">www.newsweek.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>US News &amp; World Report &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/\">www.usnews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Harvard Business Review Magazine &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.harvardbusiness.org\/\">hbr.harvardbusiness.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Business 2.0 Magazine &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/magazines\/business2\/\">money.cnn.com\/magazines\/business2\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Entrepreneur Magazine &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/\">www.entrepreneur.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Newspapers Online<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>USA Today &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/\">www.usatoday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wall Street Journal &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\">www.wsj.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News Wires Online<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Associated Press Wire (AP) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ap.org\/\">www.ap.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>United Press International (UPI) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/\">www.upi.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/thomsonreuters.com\/\">thomsonreuters.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bloomberg &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/index.html?Intro=intro3\">www.bloomberg.com\/index.html?Intro=intro3<\/a><\/li>\n<li>strategy + business &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strategy-business.com\/\">www.strategy-business.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Search Engines<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20SEARCH &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.20search.com\">www.20search.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alta Vista &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altavista.com\">www.altavista.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AOL Search &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.aol.com\">search.aol.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ask &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ask.com\">www.ask.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dogpile &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dogpile.com\">www.dogpile.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Excite &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.excite.com\">www.excite.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gigablast &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigablast.com\">www.gigablast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Google &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\">www.google.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Joeant &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joeant.com\">www.joeant.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lycos &#8211; search.lycos.com<\/li>\n<li>MSN &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msn.com\">www.msn.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Webcrawler &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crawler.com\">www.crawler.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yahoo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yahoo.com\">www.yahoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been known forever that the key to success is to change your actions. 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