tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29952237168488086992024-03-05T06:38:58.051-08:00Lucky School's goBIG! BlogNot Too Common Advice for Not Too Common Success!Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-63699063750223400532010-06-26T09:25:00.000-07:002010-06-26T09:25:41.992-07:00Feeling Blessed<small></small>It’s easy to get caught up in the pattern of thinking too much about what you don’t want. This includes noticing what you already have in your life but don’t like. If you think often about what you don’t want, it’s a safe bet you’ll make a mess of your life.<br />
Thinking about what you don’t want is a trap. Such thoughts can keep you stuck for a very long time. You can seriously blow years — even decades — of your life in the following vicious cycle:<br />
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<ol><li>Look around and observe what you’re experiencing.</li>
<li>Notice that you don’t like certain aspects of your life.</li>
<li>Feel fear, worry, sadness, disappointment, and/or other negative emotions.</li>
<li>Think about what it would take to change what you dislike.</li>
<li>Notice that it will probably take a huge amount of time and effort to change — and with no guarantee of success. Consider that you might even make things worse.</li>
<li>Feel frustrated, trapped, and/or depressed.</li>
<li>Do something that makes you feel better. Watch TV. Eat. Drink. Surf the web. Check email. Maybe do all of the above.</li>
<li>Feel some relief and comfort now that you’ve distracted and/or drugged yourself.</li>
<li>Allow some time to pass, and eventually repeat from step one.</li>
</ol>Do you ever run this pattern or something similar?<br />
There are many variations on the above, but you’ll probably recognize patterns like this running in your life right now.<br />
When do you run this kind of pattern? With your relationships (or lack thereof)? With your job/career? With your finances? With your living situation? With your physical body?<br />
Here’s a specific example of how you might run this pattern on your finances:<br />
<ol><li>Observe something that triggers negative thoughts about your finances. It could be a bank statement, a bill, a blog post about money, the sorry contents of your wallet, or the prices at the gas station. The stimulus could also be internal, perhaps triggered by a random thought about your money situation.</li>
<li>Notice that your finances aren’t where you want them to be. You don’t have enough cash, your income is too low, your expenses are too high, or you’re too deep in debt. Maybe it’s all of the above.</li>
<li>Worry about your financial situation. Be upset that things aren’t working. Worry that your situation may worsen.</li>
<li>Consider what you’d have to do to earn more money, pay off your debt, and/or reduce your expenses.</li>
<li>Notice that it will take a lot of hard work and some unpleasant changes to get your finances where you want them to be, and there’s a good chance you’ll fail anyway.</li>
<li>Feel frustrated, stressed, and overwhelmed. Conclude that this is too much to deal with right now.</li>
<li>Spend a few hours web surfing to comfort yourself. Watch a movie. Eat some food that makes you feel better, even though it may not be the healthiest choice for you.</li>
<li>Feel some temporary relief from your troubles. Ahhhh…</li>
<li>Go to bed, wake up the next morning, and run the same script again.</li>
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<strong>Think about what you don’t want -> Feel bad -> Comfort yourself</strong><br />
This pattern is very, very common. It’s also highly addictive. But it’s not very intelligent.<br />
The reason this pattern isn’t intelligent is that it never cures the underlying problem. You only treat the symptoms. You address the negative emotions by comforting yourself for a while, but the problem remains. The negative emotions will surely return to haunt you again and again.<br />
Whenever you notice that you’re comforting yourself as a way of dealing with negative emotions and the problems that gave rise to them, recognize that you’re guaranteeing that your problems will continue to bug you.<br />
Once you get stuck in this pattern for a sufficient length of time, it’s hard to quit. You’ll probably just keep running it over and over, perhaps every day for years to come.<br />
<strong>Breaking the pattern</strong><br />
So how can we break this destructive chain?<br />
It’s hard (but not impossible) to catch yourself thinking about what you don’t want and then to consciously shift your thoughts to something more positive. Usually this approach fails though. It’s hard to choose positive thoughts while you’re stuck in the pattern of thinking negative thoughts.<br />
It’s even harder to break out of the pattern when you’re already feeling bad. By that point you’ll feel an overwhelming urge to comfort yourself, and you won’t be motivated to do anything else.<br />
It appears that the easiest place to break the pattern is after you’ve comforted yourself. Now you’re feeling temporarily relieved. You’re more relaxed and not as stressed as you were earlier. You’re a bit more conscious too. You may be a bit tired, but you can muster a small amount of motivation to do something different here.<br />
Is this the time to start making changes? No, not yet. If you try to solve your problems with action at this point, you’ll probably just start the pattern over again. You’ll begin to notice how bad your situation is and how much work it will take to fix it, and then you’ll start feeling bad again. That approach keeps you stuck in the loop. It can work in some cases, but it usually requires a ton of self-discipline, and you’re very likely to fail.<br />
A better approach is to take your feelings of relief and extend them into feeling excited. I’ll explain how to do this.<br />
<strong>Think about what you want until you’re genuinely excited</strong><br />
Once you’re feeling relieved and comforted, even if you’ve had to drug yourself with food, wine, and mindless entertainment to reach this point, you’re in a reasonably good place to start thinking about what you want instead of what you don’t want.<br />
Don’t worry about action just yet. That will come later. Just start thinking about what you want. Dwell on it. Obsess over it. Imagine how you want things to be. Imagine everything in your life working out beautifully.<br />
Don’t worry about practicality. Just fantasize. But fantasize in a specific way. Sit on your couch (or a chair or park bench if people came and took your couch away), and imagine that what you want is actually becoming real. Put yourself in the frame of mind that it’s already happening.<br />
A realistic way to do this is to set aside 20 minutes every evening before going to bed just to dream. Do this sitting up so you don’t fall asleep. Close your eyes or stare off into space, and think about what you want to experience in each part of your life. Whatever you think about is fine, as long as it feels good to you.<br />
Imagine your ideal physical body. Think about your ideal relationships. Picture your ideal career. Imagine having your finances just the way you want them. Imagine living where and how you want to live. Be specific, and picture as much detail as you can. Don’t worry about getting the details perfect — just imagine details that seem attractive to you.<br />
Make sure these imaginings are fully associated. This means that you imagine seeing each scene through your own eyes. Generally you should avoid using a third-person perspective, although you can try it if you want to imagine things from a different angle. Usually the first-person perspective will create stronger emotions.<br />
You don’t have to say or affirm anything. But it’s crucial that you feel the feelings. If you feel neutral, you’re not there yet. How would you honestly feel if you were experiencing all of these wonderful things right now? If you’d feel totally neutral to have them right now, it’s safe to say you don’t really want them.<br />
Don’t project your dreams into some distant future. Imagine that whatever you want is happening right now this very moment. Imagine that it’s 100% real.<br />
If it takes you 10 or more minutes just to get a clear picture of some small part of your life getting better, then so be it. Put in the time. Deliberately thinking about what you want is a <em>very</em> important activity. This kind of visualization is an outstanding use of your time.<br />
If you think about what you want, and you imagine it as real, but you get very little emotional surge from it, then drop it for a while, and imagine something else. Go bigger. Go bolder. Go sexier. Involve other people. Involve the whole planet if that’s what it takes to stir your emotions. It’s your imagination. You don’t need anyone’s approval to choose the thoughts that feel good to you.<br />
Don’t spend much time thinking about what makes you feel relieved and comfortable. Think about what excites you. Imagine scenes that make you ooze with passion. If you have a hard time getting excited, then keep imagining different things. There’s no time limit.<br />
When you fantasize about having sex, notice how it affects your body. You should have a similar physiological (downright lusty) response when thinking about what you really, truly desire. If your body doesn’t respond, drop the visualization you’re doing, and think about something else. Explore your imagination to figure out what you really want. You may be surprised.<br />
Again, don’t worry about practicality. It doesn’t matter if you can actually have all the good things you’re visualizing. You can fantasize about having superpowers if you want, as long as you can get yourself to imagine yourself there right now in the present moment, feeling the feelings intensely.<br />
The most important part is to get yourself feeling really, really good, and that’s fairly easy to accomplish if you spend some time thinking deeply about what you truly want and imagining it as real.<br />
Bare minimum, do this exercise for 20 minutes at a time every day for a week. That’s seven days, not just five days. If you skip a day, start over from day one.<br />
When I do this for 20 minutes straight, I find it hard to stop. I usually end up going for about 45 minutes at a time. When I first started doing this, it would take me 10 minutes or longer to find a thought that really excited me. Now I can usually get there within 30 seconds or less.<br />
You might assume that sexual thoughts are a good place to start. I don’t recommend that because sexual thoughts can become too addictive and circular. They can cause you to feel a need to take care of yourself if you get too aroused, but in this case you want to retain the excitement instead of dissipating it. You want to be sure to cover all parts of your life. Search for thoughts that excite your whole being, not just your lower chakras. They may still have a strong sex energy component to them, but there will be other components too, such as a feeling of heart-centeredness and the desire for <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/09/stevepavlinacom-podcast-020-creative-self-expression/" target="_blank">creative self-expression</a>.<br />
<strong>When does action happen?</strong><br />
Within a few days of beginning this daily exercise, you’ll notice a shift in your focus, even while you’re engaged in other activities. You’ll notice that you spend even more time thinking about what you want and less time worrying about what you don’t want.<br />
Distracting and comforting yourself won’t seem as attractive as the excitement you build when thinking about what you want. Activities that used to comfort you will begin to seem dull and boring.<br />
Pretty soon fresh, creative ideas will be popping into your mind. Some of these will be partial solutions to your various problems. Other ideas will lead you down a different path. These ideas will often be more practical and realistic than your grand visualizations. Allow yourself to ponder these ideas, but don’t force yourself to act on them.<br />
Over time your excitement will build. Some of those new ideas will inspire and motivate you to get moving. You’ll find yourself wanting to write some of them down, or perhaps you’ll feel an urge to <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/the-journal/" target="_blank">journal</a> about them further. Maybe you’ll feel like doing a little brainstorming to expand these ideas.<br />
Feel free to do whatever feels good to you, but don’t force action. It will come eventually. As your good feelings and excitement continue to build, you’ll reach the point where you practically have to hold yourself back from taking action. It will feel unnatural and uncomfortable not to act. But until that happens, just continue the pattern of thinking about what you want for at least 20 minutes every day. If it takes a few weeks to get to the point where you’re positively compelled to act, that’s fine. That’s still superior to running the self-destructive loop for several more years.<br />
The positive cycle basically looks like this:<br />
<strong>Think about what you want -> Feel excited and motivated -> Take inspired action and get results</strong><br />
Usually when I start thinking about something new that I want (as described above), I feel compelled to act within the first few days. It’s hard to last a week without desperately wanting to dive in and do something about it, assuming I think about it every day.<br />
This kind of action is inspired. Although you may feel a desire to work hard at some point, it won’t feel like hard work. There may be a lot of activity, but it will feel like play.<br />
Imagine going to Disneyland (or your favorite amusement park) for a day. You’ll probably take a lot of action while you’re there. You may walk for miles, stand in lines, go on rides, buy food, etc. Do you consider that hard work? Probably not. When you’re enjoying inspired action, it feels the same as spending a day at Disneyland. You glide from one activity to the next with a feeling of positive anticipation. At the end of the day you may be tired from all the activity, but you wouldn’t consider it a work day. It’s too fun to think of it as work.<br />
This is how I feel when I get inspired by an idea. I may take a lot of action on the implementation side, but it doesn’t feel like work. I’m too excited and motivated to stop and think about the difficulty. I’m just soaking up the positive anticipation of the next step in the process.<br />
For example, Sunday afternoon I did an hour-long meditation. While I was in a fairly deep state, I asked my “spirit guides” for a good topic for my next article. One of them (the one I call my “wisdom guide”) suggested I write something about “blessings” or “feeling blessed.” I sensed that her intent was for me to write about how to shift our thinking towards what we want and away from what we don’t want. It wasn’t a topic I was originally planning to write about this week, but the idea felt good to me.<br />
While I was doing some physical tasks around the house, I thought about the article idea. I imagined how the final result might help people make positive changes and be happier. It felt good to imagine that. I started to get excited about writing on this topic, even though I had no idea how I’d write it or what I would say.<br />
I sat down at my computer and put on some Celtic music. Then I just started writing. No outline. I just started with the first line and kept typing until I got to the end. I didn’t know where it would lead or how it would end. About three hours later I was done. I enjoyed writing this article. It didn’t feel like work at all. It was a smooth and easy flow of ideas.<br />
<strong>Feeling blessed</strong><br />
When you develop the daily habit of kicking back and thinking about what you want, it soon becomes self-perpetuating. Your inspired actions lead to results that make you feel even better. This creates momentum that makes it hard not to think about all the great things that are coming up. For example, when your income keeps going up, it’s hard not to imagine how much more you’ll be earning a year from now. Positive action and positive feelings reinforce each other.<br />
Sure you’ll have some setbacks and failures now and then, but this pattern works much better than the comfort pattern in the long run.<br />
When you’re enjoying this upward spiral, you feel blessed. You feel like the universe is conspiring to make you happier and happier.<br />
It doesn’t matter where you’re starting from. It really doesn’t. Your current reality can be a total wasteland, and you can still take time out of each day to think about what you want.<br />
Many years ago when I was broke and deep in debt, and my monthly expenses were 10x higher than my income (not a good situation), I used to walk to the beach and look out at the ocean. I’d say to myself, “At least this is free!” That was something I did to comfort myself and to let go of some of the stress. But while I was there, I began to imagine how my life might someday be better. No more mountain of debt. No more mailbox stuffed with letters from creditors. No more feeling like I’d screwed up. At the time it seemed like pure fantasy to imagine what I wanted. But at least that kind of fantasizing made me feel good. It was better than comfort and relief. It was more exciting.<br />
Unfortunately, I made a mistake in doing my visualizations back then. I projected all those dreams into the future. I couldn’t imagine them becoming fully real because they were too far beyond my present reality. So I pushed them out into some distant future time. Although it may have seemed sensible, it was still a mistake because it dampened my positive emotions. I couldn’t get as excited about something in the distant future. Taking action remained a daily struggle, and I remained stuck in the trap of comforting myself to handle the stress.<br />
It was only when I stopped pushing those positive thoughts into the future that my financial situation began to change for the better in a big way. I started imagining things getting better right now instead of months or years down the road. That put me into a more motivated frame of mind.<br />
It wasn’t the thought of having more money that excited me. I was more excited by the thought of having the freedom to make a meaningful contribution to the world. I didn’t really care about money at all — I just needed to be in a situation where money wasn’t an obstacle. My best visualizations usually didn’t involve money. I felt more inspired by creating and sharing things than by acquiring stuff.<br />
I still feel this way today. Imagining myself having millions of dollars bores me. I just don’t see the point. My emotions respond, “We don’t care.” But when I think about expressing and sharing ideas with other people, that actually gets me excited. When I think about bringing people together, that excites me too.<br />
Your values may be very different than mine, and that’s fine. The point is that you may need to release some socially conditioned notions to get to the real truth. Don’t fall into the trap of obsessing over what society has taught you that you should want, such as lots of money, a cool car, or a model’s physique. You need to go deeper to figure out what you really want. And then you must accept that you want it, even if you think other people would consider you foolish for wanting it. If you really, truly want it, let that be enough.<br />
Initially I found it very difficult to get myself to imagine having what I wanted in the present moment. My logical mind rejected the notion because it was clear that I wasn’t anywhere close to having what I wanted. But I found a nice little trick that helped a lot. I imagined that I’d shifted to an alternate reality where there was another me who was experiencing exactly what I wanted right now. I just had to tune my thoughts to the right frequency to feel what he was feeling. My logical mind was okay with that; it’s funny that it could accept the idea of alternate dimensions, even though it couldn’t quite accept the idea of having what I wanted right this instant.<br />
The benefits I’ve received from deliberately cultivating the habit of thinking about what I want are downright disgusting. I feel very blessed.<br />
I get very inspired by thoughts of helping people grow. I love encouraging people to live a little more consciously. I like challenging people to consider different perspectives. I know that many people think such pursuits are lame, naive, or pointless. I don’t care. This path inspires me. The more I think about it, the better I feel. It wouldn’t matter if the whole world disagreed with me. I know that I’ve discovered something that means a lot to me. And that’s enough.<br />
It took many years, but I figured out that all I really need to be happy is to maintain the habit of thinking about what I want. I just need to carve a little time out of each day to think about what feels amazingly good to me. The emotional energy this creates is so strong that 20 minutes a day soon overpowers thoughts of stress, frustration, worry, or overwhelm.<br />
Please give this process a try. Do it for at least seven days in a row, 20 minutes minimum each time. After you’ve run your relief/comfort ritual at the end of your day, take 20 more minutes to run this excitement ritual. Allow yourself to feel blessed every single day, even if you have to mentally visit an alternate dimension to get yourself to accept it as real.<br />
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Article authored by Steve Pavlina of stevepavlina.comLucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-89411412019458066122010-06-26T08:59:00.000-07:002010-06-26T09:02:54.561-07:00Living Your Purpose“Simply give others a bit of yourself; a thoughtful act, a helpful idea, a word of appreciation, a lift over a rough spot, a sense of understanding, a timely suggestion. You take something out of your mind, garnished in kindness out of your heart, and put it into the other fellow’s mind and heart.” <br />
Charles H. Burr <br />
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Here is how you can live your purpose.<br />
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Once you’ve awakened to the many possibilities that exist for your life purpose, you might feel a bit overwhelmed by it all. So many choices! So many great ideas and not enough time to put them all into action! How do you know which one is the right one? Or are all of them equally right?<br />
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There is no easy answer to that question except to say that you’ll know it in your heart. The best choice for you will just “feel right.” You’ll be thrilled by the idea of doing it and you’ll be eager to get moving right away! <br />
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Again, remember that you don’t have to take on all of the possibilities right away. There’s nothing wrong with starting on one small aspect and then gradually branching out. In fact, I strongly encourage you to do that. <br />
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As exciting as it is to discover a new purpose for your life, you may still have fears and doubts you’ll have to work through, as well as physical actions that need to be taken in order to make it all come together. That will take time in most cases. <br />
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Work at your own pace and don’t try to rush the process of transformation. Remember that for every outer transformation you make, you’ll also be making some inner transformations! <br />
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This is especially true if your current life circumstances have moved you far away from your true life purpose. Whether due to external influences or inner fears, you may have created a life that doesn’t even come close to including your true passions and interests. In fact, that’s much more common than you might think! <br />
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Sometimes we don’t know what we want to do with our lives, so we allow others to direct us. Perhaps your parents or your high school guidance counselor chose your current career. Maybe you followed friends and modeled your activities and goals after theirs because you didn’t know what else to do. <br />
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No matter your unique situation, it’s possible to change it all – one step at a time. First, let’s talk about career and life purpose. <br />
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Does Your Purpose Have to Be Your Career? <br />
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Many people do choose to turn their life purpose into a career, but you don’t have to. Maybe you already have a job that pays well and you enjoy it, but you also feel a need for something more. Maybe you are retired or financially independent and don’t want a job or business but you want to serve others in meaningful ways. <br />
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The form your purpose takes is completely up to you, whether you turn it into a paying career or use it as a vehicle to serve others freely. <br />
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The Steps that Lead to Fulfillment of Your Purpose <br />
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Once you’re clear on the form you want it to take, you’ll need to begin planning and preparing for action. This is where many people stall. They know what they want to do, but putting it all together seems like a monumental task. <br />
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Living your purpose is no different than achieving any other kind of goal. You need a detailed PLAN to put it into action. With most goals, there are clear steps that lead to the final outcome. <br />
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Let’s look at some possible steps that would be needed to put this life purpose into motion: <br />
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• Receive training and certification for dietician/personal training <br />
• Write the book(s) that will be published <br />
• Decide on a location (will it be done from a home office, leased space, etc.) <br />
• Create a website, blog or newsletter <br />
• Learn marketing and promotion <br />
• Network with others in the industry <br />
• Secure financing for business start up <br />
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Depending on the form you choose for your purpose, there will be specific tasks that need to be completed before the desired outcome can take place. <br />
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The same will apply to your own purpose. You don’t have to complete everything at once – you simply take one step at a time and move each puzzle piece into place. Gradually, the whole picture becomes visible and before you know it, you are living your purpose. <br />
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Success!<br />
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This write-up is inspired by a book I read recently by whitedovebooks.Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-19190577147408574502010-06-26T08:28:00.000-07:002010-06-26T08:30:42.905-07:00Questions to Ask Yourself As You Start Each Day!<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cppke%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C06%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stephen Vincent Benét<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Morning… ugh… is another wonderful day, isn’t it? And how you start this day will not only determined how you end it, it will also show in your achievements in life at the long run. The good thing is that you can decide how you live it. Living with purpose and passion is based upon decision. You may choose to live day after day, one after another, in a completely ordinary existence. OR you can choose to greet each day with a positive mindset and make the best of it.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: small;">You can decide to make everyday of you’re a wonder full of great achievements. Start each day with these questions and you will be amazed how this can help shape your life for the better. Actually, someone pass those questions to me sometime ago, and I have used them everyday to focus on the things I do.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreoHjigsqQsPTdDXGwDx8Vo7B4KWRsGlgS7MHxQbyNpeNYpFOwrpZXLyaEzdd57MzddN66VceAZjuknd4TAO17Rv7FkfSOqaYGOJ23yohZwV4yFUq62YGxsw0ywNCff-Enjm1TVr9_fs/s1600/start.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreoHjigsqQsPTdDXGwDx8Vo7B4KWRsGlgS7MHxQbyNpeNYpFOwrpZXLyaEzdd57MzddN66VceAZjuknd4TAO17Rv7FkfSOqaYGOJ23yohZwV4yFUq62YGxsw0ywNCff-Enjm1TVr9_fs/s400/start.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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1. Why is it important for me to engage myself in my work passionately and purposefully each day?<br />
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2. How will I choose to allow my attitude effect how I address stressful situations at work today? How can I be more affective and proactive in regards to stress and attitude?<br />
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3. When am I most likely to react with the most passion and purpose today? Meeting with clients? Working on my computer? Following up on a lead? Take note of what makes your passion come alive, so you can use it to better your work performance.<br />
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4. Where within the organization am I best able to express my passion and purpose? Is it working with my peers? My supervisors? Clients? Interdepartmentally? Where physically do I perform the most purposefully?<br />
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5. With whom do I need to spend time in order to maintain balance as I pursue my passion and purpose? Within the organization, who best supports me?<br />
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6. What choices will I make today that align my purpose and passion with the tasks at hand at work?<br />
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7. Who am I called to be today as an expression of my passion for living?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ask those questions with passion, they will help you focus on doing only things that add value to your life.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Success!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-44165190301968488462010-06-26T07:31:00.000-07:002010-06-26T07:31:52.721-07:00Do Not Look Where You Fell But Where You Slipped.Do not look where you fell but where you slipped. – Proverb<br />
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Advice, most excellent.<br />
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Have you ever found yourself thinking, “I can’t believe I said that?!” – or, maybe, “I can’t believe I made such a mistake!” If you’re human, you’ve been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. I have my own collection of regret-tees. They never fit that well, do they?<br />
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If we were to stop looking at the mistake and search out the root of the mistake (or as our proverb says, the place we slipped), not only would we understand the fall better, we’d be better equipped to watch out for the next banana peel.<br />
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Personally, I’m convinced that it all begins in the mind, with a single unexpected thought.<br />
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We’re going about our daily life, probably minding our own business, when an uninvited, negative, and completely unwelcomed thought enters our head. It catches us at a weak moment, so we don’t shut the door in his face – we actually invite him in. We even allow him to have his say while we sit and listen. This is, of course, the point where we seal our own fate.<br />
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Once its been given the floor, the thought grows and grows. The longer we allow it to stick around, the more we feed and nourish it. It’s like an unwanted house guest – if we keep feeding it and giving it a warm place to sleep, it’ll never leave! A few of the most common Slip-Inducing thoughts are:<br />
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1. “It’s not fair!” – This one plays on our ego and our sense of self. It’ll crop up just when it knows we’re vulnerable. Right around the time the boss pats someone else on the back, we’ll start thinking, “I’m as important around here as she is, where’s my pat?” The thought will grow in size and become, “Where’s my *$&# ?!” It isn’t long before total resentment sets in with a “fall” in its wake. The setting is ripe at this point for words to be said that you’ll regret. The trick is to cut that first thought off at the knees. When it shows up with its pity party in a box, stop it in its tracks by saying you’re happy for your co-worker and plan to even give her a pat on the back, yourself.<br />
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2. He’s not good enough for my daughter! / She’s not good enough for my son! Okay, who is? In all seriousness, this type of thought causes more friction and disharmony in families than we could even get into. No one is a winner when one family member decides to close their mind against another. It’s a no win situation that will only lead to fall after fall after fall. Guess what, we don’t ALL have to like ALL of our family or in-laws, but if we keep harping on negative thoughts and comments, we’ll be the one that isn’t liked. By anyone. Replace the negative thoughts with positive ones. Instead of, “He doesn’t make enough money…” – focus on how me makes your daughter laugh. If she doesn’t mind the money, why should you?! (When we were first married and money was as sparse as the hair on Elmer Fudd’s head, I honestly can’t remember ever caring! They were some of the funnest days of my life.)<br />
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3. I remember when he said… Not good. Not even remotely good. If anyone has so much time on their hands that they go back in the past to stir up trouble, it’s PAST time to get a hobby or two or twelve. When you catch your mind trying to dial into a “Somebody Done Me Wrong” song, change the channel. Bitterness hurts you far more than it does the person you think wronged you. Let go of it before it leads to a fall that’ll hurt far worse than the original scratch.<br />
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Always look at where you slipped in the first place. Then do everything in your power to avoid another slip and another fall.<br />
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About the Author:<br />
The article above was written by Joi Sigers of Self Help Daily – a web site dedicated entirely to helping people bring out the best in life by bringing out the best in themselves.Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-48552126447736042942010-06-26T07:07:00.000-07:002010-06-26T07:10:32.158-07:00Norman Vincent Life Changing Quotes<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cppke%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C03%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">One of my motivations for starting this blog is to share with you great ideas and advice by some of the successful people that ever lived. And Norman Vincent Peale is one of such people living today. One of the world’s finest speaker and co-author of the best selling ‘Chicken Soup for The Soul,’ Peale is himself a great inspiration. Here are a few of his quotes that will inspire the success you are already made to be. Enjoy!</div><a name='more'></a><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="body">Change your thoughts and you change your world.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="body">Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="body">Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.</span> <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="body">If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">Imagination is the true magic carpet.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">It's always too early to quit.</span> <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span class="body">Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.</span> <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span class="body">Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.</span> <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="body">The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.</span> <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="body">Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">We tend to get what we expect.</span> <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="body">We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.</span> <br />
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<span class="body">When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.</span> <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="body">You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.</span> <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<a name='more'></a>So, what did I do? I did a research on google and amazon for the top self-help books. And I settle for Think and Grow Rich. I read that book again and again. Since then I have read hundreds of books on self-help. Some of them are awesome, some are indifferent and some are positively harmful. So, how do you chose out of all the self-help books on offer? Here are my personal top 10 pick to help you get started on building your own reading list.<br />
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<div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> #1. <b>Empire of Mind by Denis Waitley</b></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Denis Waitley did a great work with this book. Motivational speaker-consultant-psychologist Waitley in this book intend to inspire the leader that is in all of us, defining and analyzing the qualities that we need to expressed if our goals are to be realized. This book offers answers anyone interested in "re-engineering" themselves as well as their carrier. Providing specific techniques and tools that will help you maximize your personal potential, the author focuses on the qualities essential to each of us in every profession. </div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">#2. <b>Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P.</b></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Dr. Seligman in this book explains how not give up on your dreams, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting your behavior, and experience the benefits of a more positive interior dialogue.This groundbreaking book shows you how to choose optimism - gaining an essential new freedom to build a life of real rewards and lastingfulfilment.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">#3. <b> Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill</b></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span class="promotxt">This book was published decades ago but is still one of the best-ever book written on self-help.</span> This book was compiled by Napoleon Hill, who learned his lessons from great people like Andrew Carnegie and Henry Ford. I have lost count of how times I have read this book. I will recommend this for any one starting out on himself. </div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">#4. <b>Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl </b><br />
This book records Viktor's experiences in a Nazi concentration camp during world war two, and the psychology of the prisoners with whom he shared months upon months of horror and destruction. This is a fascinating, sophisticated, and very human book that will teach you a lot of lesson about human survival.<br />
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#5.<b> How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie</b><br />
<b></b> I have read this book over 10 times. This book isn't based on dry theory, but on the experiences of students in Dale Carnegie's courses who applied the ideas to find out what really works in more effective human relations. And many other things may have changed, but human nature hasn't changed over all these years. If your people skills are lacking, this book will teach you all the basic skills you need to deal with other people.<br />
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#6. <b>Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers</b> <br />
This book is one of my favorite self-help book for women. It address the issue of fear, and how it can hold us back. This book shows you how to build your confidence, think positive and overcome low self-esteem. Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway is the ideal book for anyone who wants to master his fears and achieve something with his life.<br />
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#7. <b>Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Physical and Financial Destiny! by Tony Robbins</b><br />
Awaken The Giant is a great book. It will unleash the giant sleeping inside of you and help you reach whatever goals you can realistically set and go for. If you read and understand this book, it will change your life.<br />
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#8. <span id="lm_asinlink95" style="line-height: 14px;"><b> <b>Eat That Frog: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time </b></b></span><b><span id="lm_asinlink95" style="line-height: 14px;"><b></b>by Brian Tracy</span></b><b><span id="lm_asinlink95" style="line-height: 14px;"></span></b><br />
<span id="lm_asinlink95" style="line-height: 14px;">This is one the most powerful book on the subject of procrastination you find out there</span><span id="lm_asinlink95" style="line-height: 14px;"></span><b><span id="lm_asinlink95" style="line-height: 14px;">. </span></b><span id="lm_asinlink95" style="line-height: 14px;">I</span><span id="lm_asinlink95" style="line-height: 14px;">nside are </span> 21 effective methods and strategies for conquering procrastination and accomplishing more. It's a simply and straight forward book on how to avoid procrastination and achieve more with your life.<br />
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#9. <b>A View from the Top by Zig Ziglar </b><br />
<span class="CynsStyle">Drawing on his forty-plus years as a world-class motivational speaker, Zig in this book identifies and shows you precisely how to achieve what you want most from life - to be happy, healthy, reasonably prosperous, secure, to have friends, peace of mind, a firm spiritual foundation, good family relationships, and - most important - hope. I recommend this book for anyone who want to create a new spark in his life.</span><br />
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</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tip # 1 Everything starts and ends with the self.<i><o:p></o:p></i></b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If someone said to you that you were a procrastinator, your immediate<o:p></o:p> reaction would be to defend yourself. “It’s his fault”, “My mother was<o:p></o:p> like that too”, “I was forced to do something I didn’t want to do”. Some people like to blame their misfortunes on others. But the truth<o:p></o:p> is, you are equally at fault. You procrastinate because you yourself<o:p></o:p> choose to procrastinate. The sooner you accept that, the better you’ll<o:p></o:p> be able to overcome procrastination.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tip # 2 I want NOT to procrastinate anymore<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In line with tip # 1 above, once you accept that procrastination is your<o:p></o:p> weakness, the next step is to eliminate this weakness. Your desire not<o:p></o:p> to procrastinate anymore should be sincere. You need to demonstrate<o:p></o:p> that determination through small daily gestures.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tip # 3 Take Responsibility<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You’ve accepted the fact that (a) you’re a procrastinator, and (b) you<o:p></o:p> have a sincere desire to change. Now tell yourself that if you fail to<o:p></o:p> achieve a particular goal or a given task, it’s because you procrastinated. Admitting guilt is a giant step. Note, however, that there is a huge difference between admitting guilt and being too hard on yourself. Admitting guilt is taking ownership of your actions. Being too hard on yourself is unjustified self-blame. Continue from where you left off.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tip # 4 Ask: In what ways do I procrastinate?<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ask yourself, “In what ways do I procrastinate?” Sit down with pen<o:p></o:p> and paper. Writing them will help you focus and identify them more<o:p></o:p> clearly. Here are some ways where people procrastinate:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• paying bills<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• not discussing the complaints you’ve received about a member<o:p></o:p> of your team for fear of hurting his/her feelings<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• repeatedly postponing a dental appointment because you’ve got<o:p></o:p> better things to do<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• not returning the call of your son’s teacher because you know<o:p></o:p> what the problem is and you’re fed up<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• not discussing your resentment about your husband spending<o:p></o:p> too much time at work or with his buddies<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• not getting that hair cut, that dress dry-cleaned, that donation<o:p></o:p> mailed<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• not visiting a sick relative in the hospital<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• not telling your significant other you no longer love her/him<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• not calling your doctor about that persistent numbness in your<o:p></o:p> right arm or not fixing a colonoscopy exam date<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• not having the car’s squeaking brakes checked<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• not going to confession because you never know what the<o:p></o:p> priest’s schedule is<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• not sending that overdue thank you note or making that overdue<o:p></o:p> call to your mother-in-law<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tip # 5 Goals not met because of procrastination<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After listing the ways in which you procrastinate, make a second list of<o:p></o:p> goals that you failed to achieve because you procrastinated.<o:p></o:p> Let’s take two typical examples: you promised your editor you’d get<o:p></o:p> that article done by a certain due date. On the day the article was<o:p></o:p> due, the editor calls you. You tell her sheepishly that you didn’t have<o:p></o:p> time to do it, and you say something like, “My son was sick for days<o:p></o:p> and I couldn’t concentrate” knowing full well your editor was generous<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">with a deadline date.<o:p></o:p> Result? You took one step farther away from your goal of becoming a<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">professional writer, and two steps farther away from developing a<o:p></o:p> good relationship with an editor who picked you from the 25 writers<o:p></o:p> who applied for the assignment. You can be sure your name has been<o:p></o:p> taken off her address list.<o:p></o:p> Second example: you delayed lobbying for your colleague’s promotion<o:p></o:p> even if he was the best man for the job.<o:p></o:p> Result? The job went to someone less deserving; second, your<o:p></o:p> colleague resigned to take up another offer.<o:p></o:p> When you measure the consequences of a missed opportunity because<o:p></o:p> you procrastinated, ask if the consequence was worth the delay.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tip # 6 Taking the hint from tips 4 and 5: what is the dollar<o:p></o:p> value of missed opportunity?<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In fast-paced societies, people tend to think of time as precious and<o:p></o:p> valuable. Expressions such as “time is of the essence,” “time means<o:p></o:p> money,” “you missed the train”, “you missed a window of opportunity”<o:p></o:p> reinforce the value of time.<o:p></o:p> When wheelers and dealers on the stock exchange take time off to<o:p></o:p> whisper sweet nothings to their better half, those three minutes can<o:p></o:p> mean hundreds, even thousands of dollars in missed transactions.<o:p></o:p> So, install a permanent calculator in your brain and calculate how<o:p></o:p> much that missed deal meant in terms of dollar value.<o:p></o:p> The article you didn’t submit could have cost you $150.00.<o:p></o:p> Your colleague’s resignation from the company wiped off an important<o:p></o:p> asset from your human resources ledger.<o:p></o:p> If we make it a practice to tag a dollar sign for each of our<o:p></o:p> procrastinations, we’d probably resolve to procrastinate less.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tip # 7 What kind of information do you need in a hurry?<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We spend half our lives on the phone. We spend an equally big chunk<o:p></o:p> of time looking for phone numbers and names. The directory is<o:p></o:p> cumbersome. Putting them on your outlook means you have to reboot<o:p></o:p> your computer.<o:p></o:p> Here’s a neat trick: tear out sheets from your notepad and label each<o:p></o:p> as <i>kitchen, bedroom and living room</i>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Kitchen sheet: jot down the following telephone numbers:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• supermarket<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• butcher’s<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• pastry shop<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• utensil stores<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• take out pizza and other delivery shops<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• drug store<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Oriental grocery</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• dry cleaner’s<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• doctors and dentists<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• walk-in clinic<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• shoe repair shop<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• alteration shop<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• department store<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Catalog order stores, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tip # 8 Filtering the essential from the petty</b><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Procrastination is the opposite of action. When you decide which of<o:p></o:p> your tasks need immediate attention and those that can be done later<o:p></o:p> in the week, you’ve just learned the fine art of prioritizing. So decide<o:p></o:p> – once and for all – which should be assigned top priority, and then<o:p></o:p> act.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tip # 9 Better in black and white than dreaming in<o:p></o:p> technicolor<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That’s just our way of saying that when you read things on paper,<o:p></o:p> you’re able to act logically; this is much more effective than just<o:p></o:p> thinking out how to avoid procrastination.<o:p></o:p> Putting down things in black and white is even better than<o:p></o:p> brainstorming with another person. Here’s the reason: if you write<o:p></o:p> down what needs to be done, you’re the only one who knows what’s<o:p></o:p> urgent and important.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You focus on this task from the implementation to completion. Once<o:p></o:p> it’s completed, you take it off your list. There’s that sense of<o:p></o:p> accomplishment, no matter how small the accomplishment is.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You go on to the next task, until you actually get used to the idea of<o:p></o:p> doing, rather than procrastinating.<o:p></o:p> Brainstorming with a friend, on the other hand, can be viewed as a<o:p></o:p> positive, but can be a form of procrastination. You’ll say to yourself,<o:p></o:p> “what she said makes sense”, so you mull over it, leaving the task<o:p></o:p> nundone.<o:p></o:p> Thinking about your tasks yourself and then doing them – without<o:p></o:p> anyone’s feedback – is much more productive.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Success! </span></div>Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-32234546429910619282010-06-22T04:26:00.000-07:002010-06-22T04:29:32.939-07:0021 Inspiring Life Ideas for Living<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">To achieve success in life is the goal of everyone. The desire to live our goals rule our life’s from childhood to old age. We all will like to attain our goals in life. Here are some common principles and ideas of all men and women who achieve success in life that will help you in releasing your own goals. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">1. Think BIG.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> It been said again and again,’ As a man thinks in his mind, so is he.’ You can’t grow bigger than what you think of yourself. To achieve big results for your life, you first must learn to think big.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">2. Have Sense of Direction.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> Learn and develop a powerful goal-setting exercise that can change your life. Set goals for yourself that gives direction to your life.<br />
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<b>3. Take Charge of Your Life</b>. It’s your life and you need to be in charge not someone else. Take complete control of your career and financial life.<br />
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<b>4. Do Thing That Makes You Happy</b>. Discover the things that interest you and create your business around that interest. </span><br />
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<b>5. Commit to Excellence</b>. Always strive to be the best in whatever you do. Excellence in anything is the key that guarantee success.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> 6. Learn to Work Smart. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> Develop a strategy that helps you to organize your time and recourses so you get more done and contribute more value.<br />
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<b>7. Dedicate Yourself to Learning</b>. Continually improve your talents and abilities by developing a strong desire for learning.<br />
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<b>8. Become the Expert</b>. Strive to become the one who people call when they need help. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">9. Invest In Yourself. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">It’s simply the best investment you will ever make in life.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">10. Serve Others</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">. It’s the first step to all success.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">11. Be Absolutely Honest With Yourself and Others.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> Continually remind yourself that honesty goes hand in hand with success.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b>12.</b> <b>Have Focus.</b> To achieve success in life demands that you learn to focus on the things that are most important in your life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">13. Learn to Focus More.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> It gives you a winning edge in everything you do.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">14. Be Self- Discipline </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">in All Things</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">. Develop the most important quality for personal financial success.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">16. Use Your Creativity</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">. Get anything you want using you creative instincts.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">17. S</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">urround Yourself With Winners. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Get around successful people that can inspire you.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">18. Health Matters.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> Success without a good health is a failure. Start taking care of your health.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Starting your own business can be the smartest and most rewarding thing you will ever do. The benefits of starting and running your own business can never be over emphasis. Little wonder the most successful people all over the world own their own businesses. But starting and running your own business isn’t all fun and game. To be successful with your own business, you will need a lot of work before you get started. If you're already thinking about starting your own business or maybe you are motivated by this tittle and now you are considering the idea of starting your own business, this piece will help provide you with a few tips to get you started. Here are some important considerations you need to think about before starting your business.</span></span><br />
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<ol start="1" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Show yourself the money- first. Ensure you have the necessary resources you will need for your business. If the need be, live frugally and begin saving up money for starting your business. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Learn everything you need to know about your intended business before you open you shop for business. You can consider working for someone else in the same business first. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Consider the advantage of starting a moonlight business. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Think of the benefits of operating a family business. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Objectively measure your skills and training against potential competition. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">You probably may not be able to do it all alone, consider partnering with others in the same industry.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Do your own market research. Test market your product or service before starting.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Make "for" and "against" list describing the specific business you are considering. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Consider consulting with other people in your intended business for advice. </span></li>
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<ol start="1" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Don’t quite you your day job if you already have one, before you have completed start-up plans. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Starting a business in a field you do not enjoy. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Don’t risk all the family assets. Limit your liabilities to a predetermined amount. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Competing with your employer in a moonlight business. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Hurrying to select a business. There is no penalty for missed opportunities. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Selecting a business that is too high a risk or hurdle. Go for the two-foot hurdle. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Selecting a business in which you must have the lowest price to succeed. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Ignoring the negative aspects of an intended business. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Permitting self-confidence to outweigh careful diligence. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Allowing the promise of a conceptual high reward deter reality testing first</span></li>
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</div>Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-62986253732942878402010-06-22T03:34:00.000-07:002010-06-22T03:35:58.393-07:00Developing Your Leadership Skills<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is a saying, that leaders are made not born. And this is true. Great leaders have to learn to be leaders. If your goal in life is to become a leader in whatever you do, this pieces may help. Here are a few tips that will help you become the great leader you’ve always want to be.</span><br />
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1. Learn Self-Control. Great leaders have self-discipline and the will power that help them focus on their responsibility as leaders. If you don't have a goal and the drive to achieve it, you simply can't lead others to attain theirs. As challenging as it may be, you need to be disciplined enough to be where you need to be, when you need to be there, whether you want to or not. Becoming a leader take a a strong mind. Sometimes you'll need to let go of your inner thoughts when they're not appropriate in order to set a positive example.<br />
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2. Communicate Your Goals. If the people you're leading don't completely understand the<br />
goals, they won't share your vision or work ethic. Communicate with your team to make sure they're know what you want achieve as a team. Get everybody in your team involve in the planning <span style="color: black;">and implementation of your ideas. This will get everyone more committed to achieving the desire goal.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: black;">3. Praise highly and criticize constructively. </span><span style="color: black;">Praise and criticize others</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">the world mean nothing unless you have a true sense of the people you're working</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">with.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Have a talk with everyone in your team and get to know them</span><i><span style="color: black;">.</span></i><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i><span style="color: black;">Getting to know each other on a</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">personal level will strengthen the bond between you. They'll want to do better for you</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">because you're more than just a "boss." you are more of a friend.</span><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i><span style="color: black;">You're their leader and that means</span><br />
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Success! </span> </div>Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-76102313777417215482010-06-21T10:50:00.000-07:002010-06-21T10:50:14.876-07:00You Are What You ThinkBrain Tracy on the power of thinking BIG. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugorof99Vj0&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugorof99Vj0&feature=related</a>Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-7098494307998354542010-06-19T10:40:00.000-07:002010-06-22T03:37:13.303-07:00Inspiring Brain Tracy QuotesBrain Tracy, motivational speaker and international best selling author is arguably one of the most inspiring personality of our generation. His writings have inspire people all over the world , and here are a few of his quotes that have over the years helped me both in business and my personal life. I hope those quotes inspire something great in you.<br />
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All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.<br />
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Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all. <br />
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Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.<br />
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Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor. <br />
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I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often. <br />
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If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.<br />
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If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.<br />
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Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future. <br />
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It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going. <br />
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Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance. <br />
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Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new. <br />
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Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true. <br />
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No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals. <br />
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Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars. <br />
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People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine. <br />
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Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed. <br />
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Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?"Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-64116955540324162452010-06-17T06:34:00.000-07:002010-06-22T04:32:04.293-07:00Tips for Achieving Your Goals<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Setting your goals is just one thing, getting yourself to work on the goals is another thing and actually the most important thing. Setting goals is great but until you work on those goals, merely setting them is not worth the time it took you to set them. Developing the ability to work on your goal is what give life to your goals and turn them into reality. So, here are a few tips that will help motivate and focus your energy on working your goals.</span></span><a name='more'></a><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Make your goals tangible and visible. Most of us already know that it is vitally important to write your goals down. Writing down your goal put life into it.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It’s no longer just a thought! It’s becomes a commitment. Now, here is something you need to do that will help you to want to work on your goal. Make your goals tangible and visible.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When writing down your goal, describe what you to achieve in complete details. Make your goals as specific as you can. After writing your goal down in complete details find a way to make it visible. You can have it printed and paste in somewhere you always see it. You can also print it on your business card and put it in your wallet. Or better still, you can print it so it would fit a picture frame, then frame it and put it on your desktop. This will help you to stay focused on your goal and create a clear mental image of what you want.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Ask your, why do I want to achieve your goal? This important because if you have a strong why you want to reach your goal, you’ll be most likely willing to work on achieving them. The truth is that, the stronger your reason for achieving your goals, the stronger will be your motivation towards achieving the goal.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once you’ve defined your reason for wanting to achieve your goal, write it down and find the time to read it daily. This will help keep you focused and motivated.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Have a plan. The most difficult thing about achieving your goals is getting started on the goals. Develop a simply plan that helps you work your goals. Here is how to develop a plan that will focus your energy and help to motivate you to work your dream. Every night write down a small task for the next day, this will help make working your goal easier. The trick is to set small goals that you work on daily that leads to achieving your overall goals.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let’s say your goal is to write a book and you decided to write a page every day. Your small task will read: “Write a page of my new book.”</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes, just one page, everyday. It would take you a few hours. And once you get started you will actually find out that you won’t mind even doing more than you planned.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. Start working. A powerful idea that will help you work your goal is to tell yourself: “Now is the time to work!” And actually get started on working your goals. Most people waste their entire life waiting for perfect conditions or perfect opportunity before they began working on their goals, unfortunately, such things don’t exist, and so they end their life never doing anything. If you are going to achieve your goals, this very second is the only perfect moment to start working</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">towards your goals. No, it’s not tomorrow or next week or the first day of the</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">month. Right now is the time to start, so start working your goals.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. Make working your goals fun. Are you the person who always puts things off and promises himself to do it later? Here is an idea that will help you. Make a game out of working your goals.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Challenge yourself! Set a record how many words you can write in an hour. Then try to beat your own record. Or you can time yourself to see how long it takes you to</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">write a page of your new book. And beat your record again!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Turn your goals into fun game. Just use a little imagination!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">6. Write a success journal. Finally, a wonderful tip for achieving your goals is to keep a success journal. Unfortunately very few of us recognize the benefit of having a success journal as it relate to achieving our goals. It takes only a few minutes a day to write down your achievements and the tasks you’ve accomplished. But these few minutes a day have the power to transform all your life. Here are three things have a success journal will do for you.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">-Success journal motivates you. Writing down your achievements helps you feel the progress. You will see how by small steps you’re moving closer and closer to your</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">goals, and this will motivate you to want keep working your goals.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">-Success journal keeps you focus. The very fact that you know you will have to write down your achievement at the end of the day helps focus your attention on achieving something for the day.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Success journal simplifies your life. Things become much simpler when they are written down. A journal makes you more organized and focused.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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To take time to think is to gain time to live.<br />
Nancy Kline<br />
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Most of us use less than only 10% of our brain potential although we have access to the rest. We use more than 10% when we have a moment of creativity and inspiration.<br />
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We have approximately 50,000 - 60,000 thoughts per day. Unfortunately, 95% of those thoughts we had today are the same ones we had yesterday! That would make only 5% of thoughts we think are new each day.<br />
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In everything that is supposed to be scientific, Reason must be awake and reflection applied. To him who looks at the world rationally the world looks rationally back. The relation is mutual.<br />
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German philosopher<br />
Reason in History<br />
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My thought is me: that is why I can't stop. I exist by what I think...and I can't prevent myself from thinking.<br />
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980)<br />
French philosopher, playwright, and novelist<br />
Nausea<br />
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Many people would sooner die than think. In fact they do.<br />
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)<br />
British philosopher and mathematician<br />
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To know how to say what others only know how to think is what makes men poets or sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think makes men martyrs or reformers – or both.<br />
Elizabeth Charles (1828 - 1896)<br />
British writer<br />
Chronicle of the Schönberg-Cotta Family<br />
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The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.<br />
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)<br />
French writer and philosopher<br />
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The brain is the means by which we think we think.<br />
Julian Tuwim (1894 - 1953)<br />
Polish poet<br />
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A man's life is what his thoughts make it.<br />
Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)<br />
Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher<br />
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We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.<br />
José Ortega y Gasset (1883 - 1955)<br />
Spanish writer and philosopher<br />
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He never is alone that is accompanied with noble thoughts.<br />
John Fletcher (1579 - 1625)<br />
English playwright<br />
"Love's Cure"<br />
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Success!Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-62402254175886477382010-06-11T03:16:00.000-07:002010-06-19T10:38:34.554-07:00Making Winning ChoicesThe choices you make in life determine the quality of life you live. We make hundreds of choices every, single day! Why, we even make a lot of them automatically, without even thinking about it. THAT is our problem! Stop and think about this for a minute...we are who we are and we are where we are, today, because of the choices we have made in our lives! Don't you think something that important would require a little contemplation rather than a snap decision? <br />
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How much trouble would we have spared ourselves, and others, if we had just thought about our choices before we made them? How much better would our circumstances be today if we had just done something different? How much money would we have today if we had thought about it before we made those impulse purchases? <br />
The fact is, you should never waste your time regretting the past. Learn from it and use it to make it better in your present. Instead of regretting those choices, start thinking about your decisions BEFORE you make them.<br />
Here are 5 steps to help you make better decisions... <br />
1. Look at each choice in terms of its positives and negatives. What will be the consequences of either decision? What are the pros and the cons? <br />
2. List your choices. What are your options? <br />
3. Base each choice on FACT, not myth. What are the actual facts? Don't make up things that won't happen. <br />
4. Look at the choices from different perspectives. Put yourself in someone else's shoes. Ask for input from someone else, if needed. You could very well have a biased point-of-view. <br />
5. Never, never, never make a choice based on emotion. One of the main things that have led people to make bad choices was when they made the choice while they were emotional. Choices should be made rationally! <br />
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Learn to give some thought to every choice you make! Live life proactively instead of re-actively.Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-21463676479339345762010-06-10T05:45:00.000-07:002010-06-19T10:39:11.459-07:00Tips for Everyday LivingActually this is a piece I found in The Household Cyclopedia of General Information published in 1881, a handbook of practical and domestic art that where practice in America at that time. And I think a few of those tips are insightful.<br />
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1.Rise early, and never sit up late.<br />
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2. Wash the whole body every morning with cold water, by means of a large sponge, and rub it dry with a rough towel, or scrub the whole body for ten or fifteen minutes with flesh brushes. <br />
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3. Drink water generally, and avoid excess of spirits, wine, and fermented liquors. <br />
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4. Keep the body open by the free use of the syringe, and remove superior obstructions by aperient pills. <br />
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5. Sleep in a room which has free access to the open air. <br />
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6. Keep the head cool by washing it when necessary with cold water, and abate feverish and inflammatory symptoms when they arise by persevering stillness. <br />
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7. Correct symptoms of plethora and indigestion by eating and drinking less per diem for a few days. <br />
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8. Never eat a hearty supper, especially of animal food, and drink wine, spirits, and beer, if these are necessary, only after dinner.Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-7923158082668742892010-06-08T09:42:00.000-07:002010-06-22T04:15:28.503-07:00Achieve Your Goals!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Everyone greatest joy comes from being able to fulfilled his dreams. We all like the feeling that comes from achieving our goals. And while you can easily set your goals, working towards achieving them could turn out to be a demanding task some of the times. But with some little bit of planning, accomplishing a your goal is a reality. Cary Graint put it just well when he said,' I believe people can do practically anything they set out to do if they apply themselves diligently and learn.'<br />
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Yes! You can achieve all of your goals in life if you will simply made up your mind to be committed to working them into reality.<br />
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After setting your goals, ask yourself,' which is the the best option for me to achieving my goal?' Do you need some training? Will achieving your goals demands you leaving your home? Maybe you will need to negotiate a loan facility with your banker. Evaluate your goals and immediate get started on them.<br />
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Now, this isn't a joy ride. There will be obstacle that will distract you on the way to realizing your dreams. And this where your strength is really needed. You have to develop a strategy that help keep you working your goals.' The message from the moon is that no problem need any longer be consider insoluble,' said Norman Cousins. You can walk through any obstacle and achieve your goals. Any time it looks like its not working, always remind yourself their is a solution that will help you move on some where within your reach.<br />
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If there is problem that needs to be solve , find a quit place and calmly consider the situation. Tap into your yourself and encourage positive actions. Believe your goals are achievable and find out ways to solving your problems.<br />
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What can you learn? Do you need a coach to help you? Can you attend a seminar that will help you in realizing your goals? Read other article on success principle on this blog. Find someone who is a success himself to help coach you to achieving you goals.<br />
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'Anyone who stop learning is old, weather at twenty or eighty,' said Henry Ford. Never stop learning. Keep looking out for resources that will you achieve you goal and you will realize them.<br />
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Success!Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-43424537152216340362010-06-08T05:07:00.001-07:002010-06-19T10:39:58.055-07:00How to Develop a Winning GoalIf a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind. <br />
-Seneca<br />
People who set goals achieve much more in life that their peers of equal ability and education. Goal setting is a productive process that helps you focus on your ideal future and motivates you to achieving that ideal future.<br />
Goal setting helps you decide where you want to go in life. By setting your goals and knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you can focus your resources on achieving your purposes in life. <br />
Now, for some people, setting a goal and working it, is a whole lot too much process for them. Someone even told me point black recently that he does not know how to set goals.<br />
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And true, setting a goal may be easier said than done. Setting a winning goal like everything required for living a successful life is a process that needs to be learned. <br />
So, how do you set winning goals for your self? This is advice may help you. Here are five things to consider when setting your goals.<br />
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1. Be specific. What exactly do you want? Ensure the goal you set is very specific, straightforward and emphasize what you want to achieve. If you want to get in shape, don’t just say I want to loss weight, instead, your goal should be something like I want to join a health club and work out 2 times in a week <br />
2. Your goal should be measurable. Set a goal with measurable progress, so you will know when it is achieve. Goals that you can’t measure will only cause you frustration. Having measurable goals keeps you on track, and seeing the your progress helps keep you motivated and focus on your achieving your goals<br />
3. Set attainable goals. Have goals that are reachable so you can be committed to achieving them. Goals that are too far out of your reach will only cause you unnecessary sleepless night and they are not worth the effort. But this does not in any way means that you should set only small goals for yourself. Actually, you should have BIG goals, don’t just intentional set goal you know you can achieve.<br />
4. Have realistic goals. Your goals must be realistic in the sense that they must represent desires which you are both willing and able to work toward achieving. Set goals you truly believe you can achieve. You goals need to be realistic for you and where you are at the moment. Make your realistic. <br />
5. Give yourself a dateline for achieving your goals. By setting a date for achieving your goals, it help force you to work and drives you toward it achievement by give you a sense responsibility. Set your goal with dates for their achievements.<br />
If you can simply master these easy to follow tips above and focus on working your goals everyday, you'll soon find yourself achieving you life desires one after another, and inspire your life for the better. <br />
If you like this article, please leave a comment. I like reading from you. <br />
Success!Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-65717450633144769662010-06-07T06:12:00.001-07:002010-06-07T06:12:08.965-07:00Go for BIG Goals!<title>Goals Quotes</title><link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></link><script async="true" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js" type="text/javascript">
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1. Start the day with cheers and smiles. Your whole day depends on how you greet the morning. Therefore, as long as you welcome it with energy and high spirits, everything will go okay. You don’t want the rest of the day to get ruined, do you? Come on, smile! It doesn’t cost anything but is worth everything.<br />
2. Know yourself. There is no other person in the world who can tell who you really are. Know your passions, favorites, and principles. Spend some quality time by yourself - reading, listening to music, day dreaming, and the likes. If you know yourself completely, you will be aware of how far can you go physically, mentally, and emotionally.<br />
3. Love yourself. Before you expect for other people to love and adore you, it is always you who needs to love yourself first. Make a positive commitment to yourself, to learning, work, family, friends, nature, and other worthwhile causes. Praise yourself as much as you praise others once in a while. When you start feeling confident about yourself, positive thoughts will naturally flow to your mind.<br />
4. Laugh. Enjoy. Have fun. Looking at the brighter side of life starts with entertainment and pleasure. Laughter is the best medicine, so they say. Whether your illness is physical or emotional, a few laughs and giggles can help you throw away heavy baggage such as anxiety, disappointment, or nervousness.<br />
5. Associate with positive people. In every classroom, work place, or simply anywhere you go where there are groups of people, look for optimistic ones. There are lots of them, I’m sure. Associate with them, hang-out, discuss matters. They can help you build self-confidence and self-esteem.<br />
6. Forgive and forget. Mistakes and failures are the root causes of negative thinking. If we somehow learn to let go of all the pain, agony, and fear we try to keep inside our hearts and minds, then there will be nothing more to block our clear thoughts from being expressed. Forgive yourself for committing mistakes and forget these mistakes.<br />
7. Kiss your worries goodbye. At the end of everyday, before going to sleep, there is no need to keep bad experiences and unhappy moments that had happened in the day within you. Let them go, throw them out of the window and kiss them goodbye. Dream sweetly. As a new day unfolds, new hope arises. Keep believing. Always have faith.<br />
8. Keep a list of your goals and actions. Familiarize yourself with things you want to accomplish and with the ways you must undertake to complete them. By the time you are certain of what you want to do and carry out in your life, a stronger mind and will power will exist within you.<br />
9. Keep your mind focused on important things. Set goals and priorities for what you think and do. Visualize practicing your actions. Develop a strategy for dealing with problems. Concentrate on things that need to be taken seriously, but at the same time, take time to relax and enjoy. This way, favorable results may take place.<br />
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Ask for guidance. Only God knows what we will be having on the day ahead of us. He will surely appreciate a few minutes of praying and asking for guidance from Him. Also, have faith on Him that He is more than willing to grant our requests as long as it is for our own good. With God as our guide, we don’t have any reason not to say and believe in the thought that I can do this. I can make it through this day. Nothing is impossible. After all, God is with me.Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995223716848808699.post-2123288499333312022010-05-11T16:55:00.000-07:002010-06-19T10:41:23.308-07:0010 Simple Ideas To Keep You MotivatedSometimes we all need a little push in life. Whether we’re itching to pursue the dreams we’ve held in our heart since childhood or we simply need the willingness to tackle mundane chores, we can often find ourselves mired in a rut of inertia and feel like it’s the most difficult task to rise out of it.<br />
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The e-book you are about to read is packed full of helpful tips and techniques that are designed to give you the boost you need! There are 101 tips listed in the following pages, but don’t be surprised if you find yourself coming up with other creative ideas just by skimming through them. There are many more ways to motivate yourself than I could possibly list in a book, but those listed should be enough to get your creative juices flowing and get some great motivation building.<br />
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Some of the tips are deceptively simple, but can be very effective indeed. Please keep in mind that they may vary in their effectiveness depending upon your mood and your current state of mind. These factors can fluctuate widely from day to day, so a tip that worked for you yesterday may not be as effective today.<br />
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Therefore, be willing to try something new if you’re feeling uninspired by some of the suggestions. If you try a tip and it doesn’t work, try another, or perhaps alter one of the tips to better suit your needs.<br />
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Most importantly, remember that “motivation” is simply something that causes the desire to act. While positive motivators are usually more pleasant, don’t be surprised to discover that I’ve included one or two “negative” motivators in this book. What makes them negative or positive, however, is the context in which they are used. Though they may seem negative at first glance, they are for a positive result, so be willing to keep an open mind about them if you think they might work for you.<br />
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There are many reasons why we become unmotivated, and I touch on many of them throughout the pages of this book. Your reasons may be in alignment with these, or they may be completely different.<br />
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When it comes right down to it, the reasons for your lack of motivation aren’t as important as your decision to take control of it and move forward again. If this book can help you accomplish that, then our time together has been well-spent.<br />
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Here’s wishing you all the motivation you desire, and a hefty dose of inspiration for variety. <br />
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Tip #1 - Drink a glass of cold water.<br />
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Dehydration can result in fatigue and mental fogginess, which sure doesn’t help your motivation. Before doing intensive mental or physical work, try drinking a glass of ice cold water and watch how it refreshes you. Also be sure to keep drinking plenty of water throughout the day. One glass of water won’t be enough for a body that is more than mildly dehydrated.<br />
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Tip #2 - Meditate.<br />
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Scattered thoughts can make any task seem more confusing or burdensome. Before beginning work on your objective, take 15 minutes to sit quietly and focus on nothing. Keep your mind as blank as possible and attune to the stillness within you. You may have to gently pull back your focus when it begins to wander, but avoid becoming frustrated about it. Simply keep readjusting your focus and stay calm, and you should feel centered and refreshed in just a few minutes.<br />
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Tip #3 - Create a worry box.<br />
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Nothing is more aggravating than trying to work productively and being nagged to death by worries! Instead of letting your worries take over your mind, create a worry box to keep them in. You can use any kind of box, from an empty shoe box to a decorative wooden or glass box. Write all of your current worries on a sheet of paper (or you can use a fresh sheet for each worry). When you can’t think of any other worries, put the sheet(s) of paper into the box, close it and store it away on a high shelf nearby. If worries begin to nag at you again while you’re trying to stay focused, glance at your worry box and remind yourself that you don’t have to worry about anything right now because you’ve placed your<br />
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worries in that box. Affirm that you can pick up your worries again later if you really want to.<br />
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Tip #4 - Empty your mind with free writing.<br />
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Similar to the worry box described above, you may have nagging thoughts that aren’t exactly worries but nevertheless irritate and distract you. Start your day by “pouring” all of them onto a sheet of paper. As you write your thoughts down (don’t worry about making them neat or orderly, just scribble them out), affirm that you are setting them aside so you can better focus on the task at hand. If you notice random thoughts nagging at you again later while working on your objectives, take another sheet of paper and repeat the process. Eventually you will train your mind to focus on the task at hand and let go of unnecessary random thoughts.<br />
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Tip #5 - Chronicle your journey.<br />
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Begin keeping a journal about your goals and dreams, or whatever you’re working on at the time. Be sure to write down your achievements, brainstorm ways to overcome obstacles, and record solutions that worked for you. When you feel in need of some motivation, go back and read a few pages of this chronicle and let it inspire you! It’s easy to forget how good a certain achievement made you feel at the time, and this is a good way to remind yourself that you are capable of more than you realize.<br />
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Tip #6 - Drink some tea or coffee.<br />
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While caffeine shouldn’t be relied upon for long-term energy, it can often help in a pinch because it has proven to be a mental stimulator. If you’re feeling foggy or sluggish, try drinking a cup<br />
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of tea or coffee and see if it helps (unless you have a condition that is aggravated by caffeine, obviously). However, try to avoid adding sugar, or drinking those sugar-laden caffeinated beverages. They may seem to help at first, but too much sugar will cause an energy crash later which can put you in a worse spot than you started in.<br />
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Tip #7 - Fuel your body.<br />
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Starting the day with a healthful breakfast can go a long way in providing your body and mind with adequate energy. Try to stick with lean protein and high-fiber complex carbohydrates, vegetables and fruit, along with limited amounts of healthy fats. Likewise, keep fueling your body throughout the day by eating small meals and snacks. This will help keep your blood sugar more level and contribute to more stable energy – which can give you the stamina to keep moving forward!<br />
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Tip #8 - Take a break.<br />
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Nothing results in burnout faster than pushing yourself too hard, too often, for too long! Sometimes we feel unmotivated simply because our bodies and minds are telling us “enough is enough!” Assess whether you need to motivate yourself, or if you simply need some downtime to recharge. If you’ve been burning the midnight oil too often lately, take some time off. Even a few hours of relaxation and fun will renew your motivation more effectively than any motivational techniques.<br />
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Tip #9 - Take a nap.<br />
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In today’s busy world, we often get far less sleep than we really need for optimal performance. If you’re feeling sleepy and heavy and can’t seem to concentrate, allow yourself 15-30 minutes for a cat nap. Not only can this renew your physical energy, it can clear your head and improve your concentration so you’ll get more done in less time.<br />
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Tip #10 - Smell something yummy.<br />
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Aromatherapy is a good way to stimulate your mind and body, or simply create a rush of pleasant feelings associated with certain scents. Try sniffing stimulating essential oils like peppermint, rosemary, cinnamon, lemon, or orange. If you don’t want to carry bottles of oil around with you, try putting a few drops of your favorite oil onto a handkerchief and keep it in a sealed zip baggie. When you need a little stimulation, simply open the bag, put your nose inside and inhale deeply. Yum!Lucky Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063701609900441203noreply@blogger.com0