Remarkable – Being able to be remarked upon. This is such a simple word but so often ignored and misused. Remarkable does not mean nice. It is being able to make a remark about.

Seth Godin talks about being remarkable and what it means and how to become remarkable.

Check out more about the Purple Cows and how to be remarkable. Seth Godin and couple of other authors have published a book together called The Big Moo, wonderful compilation of being remarkable. Absolutely must have for anyone who want to be remarkable.

Have you tried to be remarkable? What have done to become remarkable?

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Some people are very concerned about scope. This is in my scope, that is out of my scope.

Madoff made lot of money, but being truthful and honest was out of scope.

General Motors was number one car company in the world, but maintaining the number one position was out of scope.

Flickr is determined to act upon take down notices, but verifying violations was out of scope, maintaining reliability was also out of scope.

Amazing how many things are out of scope and how those decisions are made.

What is out of scope when it comes to your personal growth?

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Internet can do a lot of things. Unless you have been living a mile under a big rock, you know that you can do almost anything with help of internet. You can manage your money, and do other 30 things that you didn’t know you could. Add one more - you can turn your bedroom lights off from internet and another one changing your life. Read on to find three such websites that can bring personal change just by browsing them. 

Guy McDowell at Makeuseof.com blog present a decent list of websites that will help you in personal change as you browse the internet. He mentions three websites:

1. Livingorsurviving.com
2. TheCircle.org
3. EverydaySystems.com

Read the entire article by Guy on MakeUseOf.com

Any other websites that you know of? Tell us in the comments below.

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5. 6 Success Factors (or Rules of Success) from Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Arnold Schwarzenegger gave a speech at the Graduation Ceremony of University of Southern California. He talks about how he became successful and what were his success factors. He shares 6 rules of success that he found helpful in his life and how they can help anyone to succeed.

Doctor Schwarzenegger’s 6 Rules

This is video from Graduation ceremony of University of Southern California and speaking to the graduating students is Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Below are some thoughts from the video about the 6 Rules of Success from “Dr. Schwarzenegger.”

1. Trust Yourself

Trust yourself no matter what anyone else thinks.

2. Break the Rules

“Well behaved women rarely make history.” Arnold talks about breaking rules and how he broke rules to enter the rules of Hollywood to become a successful actor.

3. Don’t Be Afraid to Fail

If you are afraid, you were never try. If you never try you won’t ever succeed.

4. Ignore (Don’t Listen to) the Naysayer

Don’t pay attention to naysayer. People will say it can’t be done, people will give 100 reason why this can not be done. Do not take No for an answer.

5. Work Your Butt Off

You never want to fail because you did not work hard enough and don’t leave any stone unturned. There is no escape to hard work.

6. Giving Something Back

Whatever path you take in life, always find time to give back to the community.

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