"Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Good Morning,
Do you feel sluggish, tired as your day continues into the afternoon? Do you know why you feel that way? It's one of the worst feelings, especially when you have to work and your feeling tired and sluggish, no energy.
Most of the time this happens after you eat. So, the first thing you need to realize is, probably what your eating is making you feel this way. Obviously, if you are eating a heavy lunch and eating to much, your going to feel tired after you eat. The second reason why you probably feel this way, is your not getting any exercise.
Now, I know, exercise, not fun, who wants to do it. You must realize, even if you do some light exercise, like walking, stretching, practice yoga, there are many light exercises that you can incorporate into your daily routine. It will help you be more energetic thru out your day.
The next thing, eat a lighter, more healthy lunch. Think before you eat. Think of how your lunch is going to make you feel after you eat. Look into the future, about an hour after you eat. You pretty much know what food is going to make you feel tired and what food is light and healthy and will give you energy.
If you have a daily exercise program and eat a light healthy lunch, you will have energy and be way more productive at work. As "TONY" the tiger says, you'll feel great!! Know one likes to feel sluggish and tired in the afternoon, it makes the afternoon drag by slower, because your not concentrating on the tasks you need to do to be productive. Your just looking at the clock waiting to go home and go to bed.
So, start a healthier program today and get more energy that will carry you thru your day and make you more productive.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
There is more to life than increasing its speed." —Mahatma Gandhi
Good morning,
There is more to life than just working and making money. You must have balance. You must make time for family and Friends. You must make time to be alone with yourself. A great way to take advantage of being alone, reducing stress and contemplate on your day, is to start a meditation routine.
Meditation is a great way to put focus in your life. It reduces stress, it even helps with healing your physical body, gives you energy and so much more benefits. I learned about meditation when I started practicing Martial Arts. I practice meditation along side with Karate.
It helps me perform anything at a higher level, it improves reaction time, it lowers your blood pressure, it reduces headaches and so much more.
One way to meditate is to sit on the floor or chair. You can cross your legs if your sitting on the floor or rest both feet flat on the floor if your sitting in a chair. Just make sure you are in a relaxed position. Close your eyes, Relax every muscle in the body. Take three deep breaths in and out. One breath in and out count as one.
Then breath normally, count in your head "one" when you breath in, then "two" when you breath out and so on until you reach ten. You should only be concentrating on your breathing.
Then count every other breath in, until you reach ten. After the breathing exercises, you want to just sit still for about 10 - 15 minutes. When you first start out, 10 minutes seems like along time. It might seem harder than you think. But if you meditate consistently, you will work your way to doing it. While your sitting still, try to have a blank mind. Not thinking of anything. There will be thoughts that come up, but just let them go. If it helps you can think of one thing to concentrate on. Also while sitting still meditating, you might flinch every once in a while. That's pretty normal. That means your doing it right.
Try to incorporate meditation into your daily routine. Once in the morning and once in the evening. You'll notice yourself being able to concentrate better and be more productive and healthier. You'll feel more refreshed.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Good morning,
There is more to life than just working and making money. You must have balance. You must make time for family and Friends. You must make time to be alone with yourself. A great way to take advantage of being alone, reducing stress and contemplate on your day, is to start a meditation routine.
Meditation is a great way to put focus in your life. It reduces stress, it even helps with healing your physical body, gives you energy and so much more benefits. I learned about meditation when I started practicing Martial Arts. I practice meditation along side with Karate.
It helps me perform anything at a higher level, it improves reaction time, it lowers your blood pressure, it reduces headaches and so much more.
One way to meditate is to sit on the floor or chair. You can cross your legs if your sitting on the floor or rest both feet flat on the floor if your sitting in a chair. Just make sure you are in a relaxed position. Close your eyes, Relax every muscle in the body. Take three deep breaths in and out. One breath in and out count as one.
Then breath normally, count in your head "one" when you breath in, then "two" when you breath out and so on until you reach ten. You should only be concentrating on your breathing.
Then count every other breath in, until you reach ten. After the breathing exercises, you want to just sit still for about 10 - 15 minutes. When you first start out, 10 minutes seems like along time. It might seem harder than you think. But if you meditate consistently, you will work your way to doing it. While your sitting still, try to have a blank mind. Not thinking of anything. There will be thoughts that come up, but just let them go. If it helps you can think of one thing to concentrate on. Also while sitting still meditating, you might flinch every once in a while. That's pretty normal. That means your doing it right.
Try to incorporate meditation into your daily routine. Once in the morning and once in the evening. You'll notice yourself being able to concentrate better and be more productive and healthier. You'll feel more refreshed.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Law of Positive Expectancy
The following story illustrates how average people can perform at genius level — a simple technique anyone can use:
(This experiment was performed in a San Francisco Bay area school by Dr. Robert Rosenthal of Harvard University.)
At the beginning of the school year, the principal called three teachers into his office.
And to these teachers he said, "As a result of your teaching excellence over the last three or four years, we have come to the conclusion that you are the best teachers in this school. And as a special reward to you, we have identified three classes each with 30 of the brightest students in this school — the students with the highest IQs And we're going to assign them to you to teach for the entire year.
"Now, we don't want to be accused of discrimination, so it's very important that you do not tell these children in any way that you know that they've been selected for a screened class. And second of all, we're not going to tell their parents, because we don't want to cause any difficulties there. I expect you to teach exactly the same way you normally do and use exactly the same curriculum, and I expect you to get very good results with these students."
The results: At the end of the school year, these students led not only the school, but the entire school district in academic accomplishment.
Calling the three teachers into his office, the principal said:
"Well, you've had a very good year."
"Yes we have ... it was so easy," replied the teachers. "These children were so easy to teach.
They were so eager to learn; it was such a pleasure to teach them."
"Well, maybe I'd better tell you the truth," said the school principal.
"This has been an experiment, and those 90 children were chosen out of the school population at random. When I assigned them to your class at the beginning of the year, I had no idea what their IQs were at all."
"That's incredible!" exclaimed the teachers. "But how could it be that they scored so high? They did so well. They got such good grades. Ah hah! Yes! It must be because we are such excellent teachers."
At which the principal said, "And I think I should also tell you the other side of the experiment. At the beginning of the school year, we put all the teachers' names in a hat, and yours were the first three names that were drawn."
The Law of Positive Expectancy — The Secret to Achieving More
These average students did so well because of the Law of Positive Expectancy. This law states that you achieve what you expect to achieve and what others expect you to achieve.
Since the principal expected a lot, so did the teachers. And, sensing that the teachers expected a lot, the students did too. Dr. Rosenthal repeated this experiment 300 times — each time getting identical results.
"To achieve more, you have to expect more. And, to get more from the people who work for you, expect more from them." It really is that simple. But the opposite is also true.
That's why so many bright and capable people never perform up to their abilities. For too long, they've been dumped on by people around them — destroying their self-confidence:
If you expect to fail, you will fail — saying, "See, I never win ... the cards are stacked against me." Even if by chance you happen to succeed, you'll say, "It was a fluke ... it'll never happen again." People are failures because deep down they see themselves as failures. We all achieve what we expect to achieve.
The story I just told you comes from Brian Tracy's The Psychology of Achievement. I could not have said it better myself.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
(This experiment was performed in a San Francisco Bay area school by Dr. Robert Rosenthal of Harvard University.)
At the beginning of the school year, the principal called three teachers into his office.
And to these teachers he said, "As a result of your teaching excellence over the last three or four years, we have come to the conclusion that you are the best teachers in this school. And as a special reward to you, we have identified three classes each with 30 of the brightest students in this school — the students with the highest IQs And we're going to assign them to you to teach for the entire year.
"Now, we don't want to be accused of discrimination, so it's very important that you do not tell these children in any way that you know that they've been selected for a screened class. And second of all, we're not going to tell their parents, because we don't want to cause any difficulties there. I expect you to teach exactly the same way you normally do and use exactly the same curriculum, and I expect you to get very good results with these students."
The results: At the end of the school year, these students led not only the school, but the entire school district in academic accomplishment.
Calling the three teachers into his office, the principal said:
"Well, you've had a very good year."
"Yes we have ... it was so easy," replied the teachers. "These children were so easy to teach.
They were so eager to learn; it was such a pleasure to teach them."
"Well, maybe I'd better tell you the truth," said the school principal.
"This has been an experiment, and those 90 children were chosen out of the school population at random. When I assigned them to your class at the beginning of the year, I had no idea what their IQs were at all."
"That's incredible!" exclaimed the teachers. "But how could it be that they scored so high? They did so well. They got such good grades. Ah hah! Yes! It must be because we are such excellent teachers."
At which the principal said, "And I think I should also tell you the other side of the experiment. At the beginning of the school year, we put all the teachers' names in a hat, and yours were the first three names that were drawn."
The Law of Positive Expectancy — The Secret to Achieving More
These average students did so well because of the Law of Positive Expectancy. This law states that you achieve what you expect to achieve and what others expect you to achieve.
Since the principal expected a lot, so did the teachers. And, sensing that the teachers expected a lot, the students did too. Dr. Rosenthal repeated this experiment 300 times — each time getting identical results.
"To achieve more, you have to expect more. And, to get more from the people who work for you, expect more from them." It really is that simple. But the opposite is also true.
That's why so many bright and capable people never perform up to their abilities. For too long, they've been dumped on by people around them — destroying their self-confidence:
If you expect to fail, you will fail — saying, "See, I never win ... the cards are stacked against me." Even if by chance you happen to succeed, you'll say, "It was a fluke ... it'll never happen again." People are failures because deep down they see themselves as failures. We all achieve what we expect to achieve.
The story I just told you comes from Brian Tracy's The Psychology of Achievement. I could not have said it better myself.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Becoming A Successful Communicator
Good Morning,
Today we are going to discuss different ways to become a great communicator. Great communication will open many doors of opportunity in your life. You can achieve great results by having outstanding communication skills.
If you are a salesman, than you need great communication skills. There are three steps in initiating a positive result in getting someone to say yes.
1. Open the conversation with an "open-ended question". In other words, do not open a conversation with a yes or no question. An example: A customer walks in your store, you greet the customer and say, "good morning, can I help you?" The customers first response to this is to say, "No, just looking." A better way to start a conversation with a customer might be, "Good morning, what brings you into out store today?" Now, by asking this question, it wouldn't make sense for the customer to say NO! They have to respond in some way. Now, at this point they could respond by saying, "We just came in to look around." But, that's better than saying NO. You then can keep responding with open ended questions. "Oh, OK. What type of furniture are you looking for?" Again a "NO" or "Yes" response would not make sense. So, that's number one, start conversations with open-ended questions that make people talk instead of just saying YES or NO.
2. Listen with complete understanding. If your asking open-ended questions and your not really listening to what they are saying. That would not be good. You must listen to what they are saying and let them know that your listening. "Oh, OK, I understand." This is also called "Active Listening."
3. Offer a solution, and end it with a question. "Well, I have this furniture over here, this sounds like what you are looking for. We can go ahead and get your order now, how does that sound?" Now, you want to offer solutions that meet there needs. If you were asking the right open-ended questions you should have an idea of what will meet there needs. If they told you they were looking for a black sectional, don't offer the solution of getting a blue one!
These three steps can help start and end conversations successfully. Not just in sales, but in everyday conversations. Do you think you would communicate better with your spouse if you started using the power of "Open-Ended Questions?" You bet it would, because they would have no choice but to open up. "Open People Up by Using Open Questions" When you Open people up, they will enjoy a great conversation. Enjoying a great conversation, makes an enjoyable relationship.
So, try it today. Talk to your spouse or significant other. Don't just ask, "Did you have a good day today?" Ask instead, "So what was good that happened today?" Stay away from YES and NO questions and enjoy a great conversation.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Today we are going to discuss different ways to become a great communicator. Great communication will open many doors of opportunity in your life. You can achieve great results by having outstanding communication skills.
If you are a salesman, than you need great communication skills. There are three steps in initiating a positive result in getting someone to say yes.
1. Open the conversation with an "open-ended question". In other words, do not open a conversation with a yes or no question. An example: A customer walks in your store, you greet the customer and say, "good morning, can I help you?" The customers first response to this is to say, "No, just looking." A better way to start a conversation with a customer might be, "Good morning, what brings you into out store today?" Now, by asking this question, it wouldn't make sense for the customer to say NO! They have to respond in some way. Now, at this point they could respond by saying, "We just came in to look around." But, that's better than saying NO. You then can keep responding with open ended questions. "Oh, OK. What type of furniture are you looking for?" Again a "NO" or "Yes" response would not make sense. So, that's number one, start conversations with open-ended questions that make people talk instead of just saying YES or NO.
2. Listen with complete understanding. If your asking open-ended questions and your not really listening to what they are saying. That would not be good. You must listen to what they are saying and let them know that your listening. "Oh, OK, I understand." This is also called "Active Listening."
3. Offer a solution, and end it with a question. "Well, I have this furniture over here, this sounds like what you are looking for. We can go ahead and get your order now, how does that sound?" Now, you want to offer solutions that meet there needs. If you were asking the right open-ended questions you should have an idea of what will meet there needs. If they told you they were looking for a black sectional, don't offer the solution of getting a blue one!
These three steps can help start and end conversations successfully. Not just in sales, but in everyday conversations. Do you think you would communicate better with your spouse if you started using the power of "Open-Ended Questions?" You bet it would, because they would have no choice but to open up. "Open People Up by Using Open Questions" When you Open people up, they will enjoy a great conversation. Enjoying a great conversation, makes an enjoyable relationship.
So, try it today. Talk to your spouse or significant other. Don't just ask, "Did you have a good day today?" Ask instead, "So what was good that happened today?" Stay away from YES and NO questions and enjoy a great conversation.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Finding Your Life's Purpose
"A person's main task in life is to give birth to oneself." — Erich Fromm
Good Morning,
Today we are going to discuss finding your purpose in life. Most people want to live a life were they contributed something to make a better world for everyone else. They want to make a difference. They want to be well known. They want to find there true purpose.
I found my true purpose in helping people, young and old. I travel around the country giving motivational speeches to our young people in junior and high schools. I do not charge any money for doing this. So, I volunteer my time to go and speak. I touch peoples lives. I speak to them about motivation, goal setting, making sure they understand that they are in control of there decisions when it comes to drugs or alcohol. I believe I make a difference in many of there lives. I'm happy making a positive impact on our young people.
I'm successful, because even though I volunteer my time and make great impacts on young people, I've learned that giving is receiving. I become known for what I do, I'm promoting my self when I speak. When you make your lives purpose to give, to help other people, you will get noticed and you can actually build a career around it. Maybe you can start an organization which helps people in some way. Starting out small will lead to becoming big. Look at some biographies of some well known people who got were they are today, all because they started out giving. Then built a career around it. For example, John Walsh. He's known for speaking at different events and hosting the T.V. show, Americas Most Wanted. But, do you know how he got to were he is today?
Sadly, his career started when his little boy got abducted, later found dead. But, he used that terrible thing that happened in a positive way. He started taking a positive action to help other parents. He did not want what happened to him to happen to anyone else. He had a deep passion about it.
You can think of different organizations that started the same way. D.A.D.D. (Dads Against Drunk Drivers). A father started this organization when a drunk driver killed one of his children.
You can have the same outcomes in your life if you choose to be passionate about a cause and go out there and volunteer your time in making a difference. This won't work unless you are really passionate about a certain cause and really want to make a difference. Don't wait to have a passion about something when something bad happens in your life, like the couple of examples above. Find the one thing you can really care about and start working to make a difference.
When you do that, your purpose in life will be revealed and you will be happy.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Good Morning,
Today we are going to discuss finding your purpose in life. Most people want to live a life were they contributed something to make a better world for everyone else. They want to make a difference. They want to be well known. They want to find there true purpose.
I found my true purpose in helping people, young and old. I travel around the country giving motivational speeches to our young people in junior and high schools. I do not charge any money for doing this. So, I volunteer my time to go and speak. I touch peoples lives. I speak to them about motivation, goal setting, making sure they understand that they are in control of there decisions when it comes to drugs or alcohol. I believe I make a difference in many of there lives. I'm happy making a positive impact on our young people.
I'm successful, because even though I volunteer my time and make great impacts on young people, I've learned that giving is receiving. I become known for what I do, I'm promoting my self when I speak. When you make your lives purpose to give, to help other people, you will get noticed and you can actually build a career around it. Maybe you can start an organization which helps people in some way. Starting out small will lead to becoming big. Look at some biographies of some well known people who got were they are today, all because they started out giving. Then built a career around it. For example, John Walsh. He's known for speaking at different events and hosting the T.V. show, Americas Most Wanted. But, do you know how he got to were he is today?
Sadly, his career started when his little boy got abducted, later found dead. But, he used that terrible thing that happened in a positive way. He started taking a positive action to help other parents. He did not want what happened to him to happen to anyone else. He had a deep passion about it.
You can think of different organizations that started the same way. D.A.D.D. (Dads Against Drunk Drivers). A father started this organization when a drunk driver killed one of his children.
You can have the same outcomes in your life if you choose to be passionate about a cause and go out there and volunteer your time in making a difference. This won't work unless you are really passionate about a certain cause and really want to make a difference. Don't wait to have a passion about something when something bad happens in your life, like the couple of examples above. Find the one thing you can really care about and start working to make a difference.
When you do that, your purpose in life will be revealed and you will be happy.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Understanding How To Achieve Goals
Good Morning,
The answer to achieving any of your goals are all around us. The shirt your wearing has the answer. So does that book on the shelf. The computer your using has the answer. Do you know what it is?
Everything around you was made by small parts that come together to make what you see. Your shirt is made up from small strands woven together. That book on the shelf is made from one page at a time, put together to make the whole book. Same thing with the computer, it's made from a bunch of small things put together to make the computer your using today.
So, to achieve your goals, you must make small steps, put them all together to achieve your ultimate goal. An example might be, you want to start a business and have it be successful.
Well, to achieve that goal, it just doesn't happen overnight. You have to start by taking many small steps and every step you take brings you closer to your goal. Does that make sense?
First, you must start by having a goal. Then start listing steps that you must take to achieve your goal. As you go through steps you might have to evaluate your step and delete or add steps as you go along. Once you do that, make a commitment to do at least one step or more everyday. By doing at least one step, you will be closer than you were the day before.
So go out there and take your steps that you need to take to achieve what you want!
Until next time, be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
The answer to achieving any of your goals are all around us. The shirt your wearing has the answer. So does that book on the shelf. The computer your using has the answer. Do you know what it is?
Everything around you was made by small parts that come together to make what you see. Your shirt is made up from small strands woven together. That book on the shelf is made from one page at a time, put together to make the whole book. Same thing with the computer, it's made from a bunch of small things put together to make the computer your using today.
So, to achieve your goals, you must make small steps, put them all together to achieve your ultimate goal. An example might be, you want to start a business and have it be successful.
Well, to achieve that goal, it just doesn't happen overnight. You have to start by taking many small steps and every step you take brings you closer to your goal. Does that make sense?
First, you must start by having a goal. Then start listing steps that you must take to achieve your goal. As you go through steps you might have to evaluate your step and delete or add steps as you go along. Once you do that, make a commitment to do at least one step or more everyday. By doing at least one step, you will be closer than you were the day before.
So go out there and take your steps that you need to take to achieve what you want!
Until next time, be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Monday, January 14, 2008
Master Your Beliefs
"As we increasingly master our perceptions, beliefs, and thought/feeling patterns, we magnetically attract that which we most desire." —Luanne Oakes
Good Morning,
One of my earlier blogs discussed "making decisions" and how decisions shape your destiny. This is very true. You also need to align your beliefs along with your decisions. If you make your decisions based on your beliefs, that's the most powerful decision.
In other words, you can make a decision to do something, but, if you really don't have the belief you can do it, than your just sabotaging yourself. Lets say you make a decision to go to the moon. You can find out what you need to do to become an astronaut. An start making the decisions that are going to lead you down that path. But, do you really believe that you will go to the moon? That's what will make your decisions a reality or just a dream. Now, I'm not saying, if that is your dream, and you make a decision to do that and you really believe you can accomplish that dream. Than by all means, go for it. But, you must have a strong belief that you can accomplish a goal. Don't make decisions based upon shaky beliefs. Make decisions based on concrete beliefs. A believe that is very strong, that you have no doubt in your mind that you will make the decision and achieve it.
Once you make a powerful decision and have a very strong belief that it can be accomplished, you will start to see a bunch of resources that will help you accomplish your goal. It's like, when you buy a car, you start to drive it, it's a part of your everyday life. What happens? You all of a sudden start seeing your car all over the place. You start noticing other cars that are the same model as yours, even though they have always been around you! So, if you constantly believe and are making decisions towards your goal, you will start seeing so much resource that you can use to help you accomplish your goal, you will not even believe it.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Good Morning,
One of my earlier blogs discussed "making decisions" and how decisions shape your destiny. This is very true. You also need to align your beliefs along with your decisions. If you make your decisions based on your beliefs, that's the most powerful decision.
In other words, you can make a decision to do something, but, if you really don't have the belief you can do it, than your just sabotaging yourself. Lets say you make a decision to go to the moon. You can find out what you need to do to become an astronaut. An start making the decisions that are going to lead you down that path. But, do you really believe that you will go to the moon? That's what will make your decisions a reality or just a dream. Now, I'm not saying, if that is your dream, and you make a decision to do that and you really believe you can accomplish that dream. Than by all means, go for it. But, you must have a strong belief that you can accomplish a goal. Don't make decisions based upon shaky beliefs. Make decisions based on concrete beliefs. A believe that is very strong, that you have no doubt in your mind that you will make the decision and achieve it.
Once you make a powerful decision and have a very strong belief that it can be accomplished, you will start to see a bunch of resources that will help you accomplish your goal. It's like, when you buy a car, you start to drive it, it's a part of your everyday life. What happens? You all of a sudden start seeing your car all over the place. You start noticing other cars that are the same model as yours, even though they have always been around you! So, if you constantly believe and are making decisions towards your goal, you will start seeing so much resource that you can use to help you accomplish your goal, you will not even believe it.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Finding Inspiration
Good Morning,
Today we are going to discuss ways of getting inspiration. Inspiration to get motivated to achieve what you want to achieve in your life.
There are many ways, especially in to days world to get inspired. One of my favorite ways is to read about people who have succeeded in there goals. Especially the people who have attained the same goals that I'm looking to achieve. The greatest stories, that I enjoy are the rags to riches stories. I like reading about how people turned nothing into something. There the greatest, inspirational stories.
Now, you can find a lot of these types of stories about successful people at a website :
http://www.biography.com/ . You can read biographies about many people here. This is a great resource.
Another way I like to get inspired is to read motivational articles. My site here, provides a good amount of motivational, personal development articles. But, there are many other sites out there that have a ton of motivational content. Just type in the search bar, motivational, personal development, etc.
Another way to get inspiration is through audio / video motivational tapes, CD's, Audio books, etc. There are thousands upon thousands of these available. You can pick up some at your public library or buy them at your favorite book store or on the web.
You can also read books! What a concept. Your public library has tons of books you can check out and read on all sort of subjects. I'll tell you, I love the library!!! You have access to so much information and resources. And best of all it's totally FREE !!
There are so many great ways to get inspired. These are a few that hopefully put you in the right direction. But, most of all, inspire yourself.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Today we are going to discuss ways of getting inspiration. Inspiration to get motivated to achieve what you want to achieve in your life.
There are many ways, especially in to days world to get inspired. One of my favorite ways is to read about people who have succeeded in there goals. Especially the people who have attained the same goals that I'm looking to achieve. The greatest stories, that I enjoy are the rags to riches stories. I like reading about how people turned nothing into something. There the greatest, inspirational stories.
Now, you can find a lot of these types of stories about successful people at a website :
http://www.biography.com/ . You can read biographies about many people here. This is a great resource.
Another way I like to get inspired is to read motivational articles. My site here, provides a good amount of motivational, personal development articles. But, there are many other sites out there that have a ton of motivational content. Just type in the search bar, motivational, personal development, etc.
Another way to get inspiration is through audio / video motivational tapes, CD's, Audio books, etc. There are thousands upon thousands of these available. You can pick up some at your public library or buy them at your favorite book store or on the web.
You can also read books! What a concept. Your public library has tons of books you can check out and read on all sort of subjects. I'll tell you, I love the library!!! You have access to so much information and resources. And best of all it's totally FREE !!
There are so many great ways to get inspired. These are a few that hopefully put you in the right direction. But, most of all, inspire yourself.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Friday, January 11, 2008
Live For Today !!
"Better three hours too soon, than one minute too late." — William Shakespeare
Good Morning,
Today we are going to talk about procrastination. Most people do not have a sense of urgency to do anything until it's too late. People wait until a doctor tells them that there health is in danger before they quit smoking, exercising or dieting. People start doing better at work when they realize they are about to lose there job. People start to try and make the relationships better when they fear they are about to lose it. Why do we wait to do things when it's to late?
You must not live your life in the past. You can learn from the past, but, don't stay there. You must live your life in the present to the best of your ability. What you do in the present, lays the foundation for the future. Your present becomes your past and your future becomes your present. Does that make sense? In other words, you only live in the present. You can't live your life in the future, you can't live your life in the past. You only have the time here and now.
You must live today! Don't wait until it's to late to set goals and start working on them. Time goes so quickly, that before you know it, it will be too late. Don't fall in this trap. Set your goals, work on accomplishing them and set more goals. Always strive to do your best everyday at whatever it is you do. Give it your all. Stand out from the crowd. Take chances, conquer your fears, live positive, live with passion, do not take the important things in your life for granted. Life is short, it really is. The average age is about 75 years. That's not very long. Do you want to just live your life and go with the flow? Think about it it, 75 years !!
People get so wrapped up in what other people think and do. Break out of the mold, be different, be adventurous, be outrageous, be daring, do as much as you can everyday! What's the worst that can happen? When your time is up, do you think anything at that point is going to matter? You are one person among millions and millions of people. The earth is like a speck of dust among the solar system. Does that put your life in perspective? You need to enjoy every second, every hour, every day of your life! Don't wait to do something tomorrow, because it may never come.
Here is something I learned from my Martial arts training. You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success! The clock is running. Make the most of today.
To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who has failed a grade.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who has given birth to a pre-mature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE DAY, ask a daily wage laborer who has kids to feed.
To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who has missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who has avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLI-SECOND, ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Treasure every moment that you have!
And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time. .... and remember that time waits for no one.
Yesterday is history
Tomorrow a mystery
Today is a gift
That's why it's called the present!
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Good Morning,
Today we are going to talk about procrastination. Most people do not have a sense of urgency to do anything until it's too late. People wait until a doctor tells them that there health is in danger before they quit smoking, exercising or dieting. People start doing better at work when they realize they are about to lose there job. People start to try and make the relationships better when they fear they are about to lose it. Why do we wait to do things when it's to late?
You must not live your life in the past. You can learn from the past, but, don't stay there. You must live your life in the present to the best of your ability. What you do in the present, lays the foundation for the future. Your present becomes your past and your future becomes your present. Does that make sense? In other words, you only live in the present. You can't live your life in the future, you can't live your life in the past. You only have the time here and now.
You must live today! Don't wait until it's to late to set goals and start working on them. Time goes so quickly, that before you know it, it will be too late. Don't fall in this trap. Set your goals, work on accomplishing them and set more goals. Always strive to do your best everyday at whatever it is you do. Give it your all. Stand out from the crowd. Take chances, conquer your fears, live positive, live with passion, do not take the important things in your life for granted. Life is short, it really is. The average age is about 75 years. That's not very long. Do you want to just live your life and go with the flow? Think about it it, 75 years !!
People get so wrapped up in what other people think and do. Break out of the mold, be different, be adventurous, be outrageous, be daring, do as much as you can everyday! What's the worst that can happen? When your time is up, do you think anything at that point is going to matter? You are one person among millions and millions of people. The earth is like a speck of dust among the solar system. Does that put your life in perspective? You need to enjoy every second, every hour, every day of your life! Don't wait to do something tomorrow, because it may never come.
Here is something I learned from my Martial arts training. You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success! The clock is running. Make the most of today.
To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who has failed a grade.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who has given birth to a pre-mature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE DAY, ask a daily wage laborer who has kids to feed.
To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who has missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who has avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLI-SECOND, ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Treasure every moment that you have!
And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time. .... and remember that time waits for no one.
Yesterday is history
Tomorrow a mystery
Today is a gift
That's why it's called the present!
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Why We Do What We Do
Good Morning,
Today, we are going to discuss, WHY we do what we do. Everything we do in life has a reason or reasons behind it. Does that make sense?
Think about this, why do you go to work everyday? There's a reason why you go to work everyday, even though you might not even like your job. You still do it everyday. The reason you do it is probably because you earn money to live. That's a very powerful reason. By understanding the powers of reason, you can use that knowledge to your advantage. How? By simply putting great reasons behind your goals.
If you put better reasons behind your goals you would be more likely to achieve them. We all make reasons why we do the things we do. They could be good or bad, pain or pleasure. We all seek pleasure out of life and try to avoid pain. So you need to come up with reasons that lead you to pleasure. Does that make sense?
You make a living working were you work, because the reason is more pleasurable than painful. If you didn't work, it would cause pain. Mostly financial pain. You might not like your job, so that's pain. But, in most cases the pleasure out weighs the pain. If you tip the scales and make going to work more painful than pleasurable, you would probably quit your job. Then you would look for another job that's more pleasurable.
I think you get the point. The bottom line is, that what ever your goals are you must tip the scales to link more pleasurable reasons to achieve your goal rather than painful ones. If, for example you want to lose weight. What are some pleasurable reasons you want to achieve that goal. Because if you don't have good enough reasons, you won't take action to do it. If you want to quit smoking, why do you continue to smoke? You just don't do it for nothing. You have a reason. You must identify the reason and realign it in a way that links more pleasure in quiting.
My exercise to you today is, to come up with three good reasons why you must achieve your goal or goals. The better the reason, the better the outcome.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Today, we are going to discuss, WHY we do what we do. Everything we do in life has a reason or reasons behind it. Does that make sense?
Think about this, why do you go to work everyday? There's a reason why you go to work everyday, even though you might not even like your job. You still do it everyday. The reason you do it is probably because you earn money to live. That's a very powerful reason. By understanding the powers of reason, you can use that knowledge to your advantage. How? By simply putting great reasons behind your goals.
If you put better reasons behind your goals you would be more likely to achieve them. We all make reasons why we do the things we do. They could be good or bad, pain or pleasure. We all seek pleasure out of life and try to avoid pain. So you need to come up with reasons that lead you to pleasure. Does that make sense?
You make a living working were you work, because the reason is more pleasurable than painful. If you didn't work, it would cause pain. Mostly financial pain. You might not like your job, so that's pain. But, in most cases the pleasure out weighs the pain. If you tip the scales and make going to work more painful than pleasurable, you would probably quit your job. Then you would look for another job that's more pleasurable.
I think you get the point. The bottom line is, that what ever your goals are you must tip the scales to link more pleasurable reasons to achieve your goal rather than painful ones. If, for example you want to lose weight. What are some pleasurable reasons you want to achieve that goal. Because if you don't have good enough reasons, you won't take action to do it. If you want to quit smoking, why do you continue to smoke? You just don't do it for nothing. You have a reason. You must identify the reason and realign it in a way that links more pleasure in quiting.
My exercise to you today is, to come up with three good reasons why you must achieve your goal or goals. The better the reason, the better the outcome.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Self Disipline
"In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves ... self-discipline with all of them came first." — Harry S. Truman
Good Morning,
To me, self discipline is the act of taking action consistently. Many people are what I call coach dreamers. They sit around and dream about things they want to accomplish. They set goals, but never take any type of action to achieve them. Most of them know exactly what they must do to achieve the goals. So, why don't they just do it?
The formula: Dreaming it + Knowing It + Doing It !! = SUCCESS
Doing it is the hard part for everyone. Let's say you want to lose weight. It's easy to dream about it, you know what you must do to achieve it (eat healthy, exercise). Then the final part of the equation, doing it.
To get the self discipline to take action, you must use some kind of leverage. An extreme example of leverage would be, some one pointing a gun at you, telling you, you start exercising or I will shoot you in the leg. Do you think you would start exercising if this were the case? You bet you would!
There's different ways to use leverage to your advantage. Maybe find a partner and make a bet who ever sticks to the exercise program the longest wins. Make it a pretty substantial amount of money, you'll want to win, not lose. That's leverage. Maybe tell people about what you are going to do, will these people make fun of you and give you a hard time if you fail? That's leverage. The more extreme it is, the better the leverage. I'm sure you can thing of many examples. Let's say you love to play online games. Well, tell your spouse, parent, etc., that if you fail and don't take action, they can block you from getting online for a month. Will that be leverage for you? You bet if you love getting online. Leverage something that will bother you if you don't accomplish your goal. You can think of many creative ways to use leverage. But, the key is to really care about that one thing your going to use for leverage.
Until next time, always be aware of the decisions you make that shape your destiny!
Good Morning,
To me, self discipline is the act of taking action consistently. Many people are what I call coach dreamers. They sit around and dream about things they want to accomplish. They set goals, but never take any type of action to achieve them. Most of them know exactly what they must do to achieve the goals. So, why don't they just do it?
The formula: Dreaming it + Knowing It + Doing It !! = SUCCESS
Doing it is the hard part for everyone. Let's say you want to lose weight. It's easy to dream about it, you know what you must do to achieve it (eat healthy, exercise). Then the final part of the equation, doing it.
To get the self discipline to take action, you must use some kind of leverage. An extreme example of leverage would be, some one pointing a gun at you, telling you, you start exercising or I will shoot you in the leg. Do you think you would start exercising if this were the case? You bet you would!
There's different ways to use leverage to your advantage. Maybe find a partner and make a bet who ever sticks to the exercise program the longest wins. Make it a pretty substantial amount of money, you'll want to win, not lose. That's leverage. Maybe tell people about what you are going to do, will these people make fun of you and give you a hard time if you fail? That's leverage. The more extreme it is, the better the leverage. I'm sure you can thing of many examples. Let's say you love to play online games. Well, tell your spouse, parent, etc., that if you fail and don't take action, they can block you from getting online for a month. Will that be leverage for you? You bet if you love getting online. Leverage something that will bother you if you don't accomplish your goal. You can think of many creative ways to use leverage. But, the key is to really care about that one thing your going to use for leverage.
Until next time, always be aware of the decisions you make that shape your destiny!
Monday, January 7, 2008
In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy. -- Karl Reiland --
Good Morning,
Today we are going to discuss, the way to true happiness is giving. What you give you get in return. They go hand and hand together. You need to find something to give back to people. Let me tell you about a story I read in a book before, that illustrates this point.
An older man, he was about 70 years old. He was retired. He decided to do something with his remaining years that would give happiness to a bunch of people. One morning, he went outside to the curb on a busy intersection and started hopping around waving and shouting, "have a great day!!" His wife thought he was nuts and told him to get back inside. But, he did not listen. Every morning he continued going to the curb and displaying his happiness. People driving by start waving back, they started honking there Horn. People started going out of there way just to pass by this old man. People just started feeling better and it would make there morning more enjoyable. News crews started doing stories about him. He was on a national morning show. He became a kind of celebrity overnight just by giving back, by making a difference.
You really do get back what you truly give. Another story about a teenager in Philadelphia. He would see the homeless people lying on the steel grates in the sidewalk trying to get warm from the freezing weather. One night he took a couple of blankets off his bed and asked his dad to drive him downtown so he could give a couple of blankets for the homeless people to try and keep warm. On the way, he heated his blanket by the heat vent in the car to get it warm. When he saw a man laying on ground, they stopped the car, he got out and gave the homeless man a warm blanket. The homeless man looked up and said, god bless you, son. The young man felt great that he did a great thing. He start collecting donations, food, blankets, anything that would help the homeless. Eventually, he started an organization that grew and today he continues to help the homeless not only in his hometown, but is starting to expand in other cities as well.
So these two stories are just a couple of the great things people do to give back. And by doing these thing they truly do receive.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Good Morning,
Today we are going to discuss, the way to true happiness is giving. What you give you get in return. They go hand and hand together. You need to find something to give back to people. Let me tell you about a story I read in a book before, that illustrates this point.
An older man, he was about 70 years old. He was retired. He decided to do something with his remaining years that would give happiness to a bunch of people. One morning, he went outside to the curb on a busy intersection and started hopping around waving and shouting, "have a great day!!" His wife thought he was nuts and told him to get back inside. But, he did not listen. Every morning he continued going to the curb and displaying his happiness. People driving by start waving back, they started honking there Horn. People started going out of there way just to pass by this old man. People just started feeling better and it would make there morning more enjoyable. News crews started doing stories about him. He was on a national morning show. He became a kind of celebrity overnight just by giving back, by making a difference.
You really do get back what you truly give. Another story about a teenager in Philadelphia. He would see the homeless people lying on the steel grates in the sidewalk trying to get warm from the freezing weather. One night he took a couple of blankets off his bed and asked his dad to drive him downtown so he could give a couple of blankets for the homeless people to try and keep warm. On the way, he heated his blanket by the heat vent in the car to get it warm. When he saw a man laying on ground, they stopped the car, he got out and gave the homeless man a warm blanket. The homeless man looked up and said, god bless you, son. The young man felt great that he did a great thing. He start collecting donations, food, blankets, anything that would help the homeless. Eventually, he started an organization that grew and today he continues to help the homeless not only in his hometown, but is starting to expand in other cities as well.
So these two stories are just a couple of the great things people do to give back. And by doing these thing they truly do receive.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Friday, January 4, 2008
"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs." — Henry Ford
Good morning,
This morning we are going to look at breaking down goals into smaller mini goals. This is a great tactic to use on long term goals. When you set a long term goal, it's long term because your not going to be able to achieve it over night.
You must learn to have mini goals within the long term goals. Let's take Henry Ford for example. Here is a man that needed to continuously produce not only one automobile but thousands of automobiles as quickly an efficiently as possible. So, how did he do it? He came up with the assembly line. What this did was to break the task of making an automobile into smaller segments. They would start from the beginning, and at the end of the line, wa la, your finished automobile.
That's what we have to learn to do. We have to design our own assembly line for building our goal. Start with the goal in mind. The goal in mind should be your end result. What you want to achieve. Now, you need to design your assembly line on paper, in steps, in small segments. When you are done with your assembly line, you just start from the beginning and work your way to the end. Now, as your moving thru the assembly line, you must have some quality control to inspect what your doing. You might find that you might have to add another part or even remove a part for your assembly line to be productive as you go along. So always monitor your assembly line and add or remove parts as needed.
People usually know how to achieve a goal, but they just don't ever take the action to go for it. So learning to break it down into smaller steps is easier to handle than wondering how your going to achieve the big goal. Break it down, build your assembly line and you shall succeed.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Good morning,
This morning we are going to look at breaking down goals into smaller mini goals. This is a great tactic to use on long term goals. When you set a long term goal, it's long term because your not going to be able to achieve it over night.
You must learn to have mini goals within the long term goals. Let's take Henry Ford for example. Here is a man that needed to continuously produce not only one automobile but thousands of automobiles as quickly an efficiently as possible. So, how did he do it? He came up with the assembly line. What this did was to break the task of making an automobile into smaller segments. They would start from the beginning, and at the end of the line, wa la, your finished automobile.
That's what we have to learn to do. We have to design our own assembly line for building our goal. Start with the goal in mind. The goal in mind should be your end result. What you want to achieve. Now, you need to design your assembly line on paper, in steps, in small segments. When you are done with your assembly line, you just start from the beginning and work your way to the end. Now, as your moving thru the assembly line, you must have some quality control to inspect what your doing. You might find that you might have to add another part or even remove a part for your assembly line to be productive as you go along. So always monitor your assembly line and add or remove parts as needed.
People usually know how to achieve a goal, but they just don't ever take the action to go for it. So learning to break it down into smaller steps is easier to handle than wondering how your going to achieve the big goal. Break it down, build your assembly line and you shall succeed.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak." — Hans Hofmann
Good Morning,
Today we are going to discuss eliminating unproductive actions. My question to you is, if you could pick one productive action you can take everyday to help you reach your goal, what would that be? Think of something that you currently are not doing. Maybe you think you don't have the time to do it.
Now, my challenge to you is to add this one activity to your daily routine. You must manage your time and simplify your tasks. Maybe your one activity you want to add is exercise for 45 minutes, 5 days a week. But, you think you don't have the time to fit that activity in your daily routine. Well, I am here to tell you that your using time as an excuse. If you really want to fit an activity in your routine, you need to make time.
You might have to look at your daily routine and cut some unproductive activities out of your daily life to make the time to exercise. An example, you might wake up every morning, drink coffee and spend about two hours surfing the web before you get ready for work. Well, what you need to do is simply cut your web browsing down to an hour. Than you have a whole hour to exercise or do what ever your activity is.
Now, that's a simple example, but the bottom line is you can cut and shift things around to fit that activity into your schedule. You have 24 hours everyday. Cut eight hours out for sleep. That leaves you 16 hours. Cut, let's say 10 hours for your job. That leaves you 6 hours. 6 hours left!! That's a good amount of time everyday. You can surely cut some unproductive activity and replace it with a productive one. You CAN find the time. So STOP using time as an excuse. Because that is what it is. An EXCUSE !!!
Until next time, be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Good Morning,
Today we are going to discuss eliminating unproductive actions. My question to you is, if you could pick one productive action you can take everyday to help you reach your goal, what would that be? Think of something that you currently are not doing. Maybe you think you don't have the time to do it.
Now, my challenge to you is to add this one activity to your daily routine. You must manage your time and simplify your tasks. Maybe your one activity you want to add is exercise for 45 minutes, 5 days a week. But, you think you don't have the time to fit that activity in your daily routine. Well, I am here to tell you that your using time as an excuse. If you really want to fit an activity in your routine, you need to make time.
You might have to look at your daily routine and cut some unproductive activities out of your daily life to make the time to exercise. An example, you might wake up every morning, drink coffee and spend about two hours surfing the web before you get ready for work. Well, what you need to do is simply cut your web browsing down to an hour. Than you have a whole hour to exercise or do what ever your activity is.
Now, that's a simple example, but the bottom line is you can cut and shift things around to fit that activity into your schedule. You have 24 hours everyday. Cut eight hours out for sleep. That leaves you 16 hours. Cut, let's say 10 hours for your job. That leaves you 6 hours. 6 hours left!! That's a good amount of time everyday. You can surely cut some unproductive activity and replace it with a productive one. You CAN find the time. So STOP using time as an excuse. Because that is what it is. An EXCUSE !!!
Until next time, be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Think About This !!
"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently."
— Warren Buffett
Good Morning,
You can build a great reputation, which essentially, does take years. People always have there own ideas, thoughts and feelings about who you really are. It's true, that you can be the most stand up person on the planet, but you do one thing that attacks your integrity and everyone will look at you different, even though you have years of building your reputation.
That's pretty sad, people tend to remember the bad things and not the good. You can do thousands of great things, but, if you do one bad thing, there whole outlook changes.
The best way to avoid this ever happening is to first, always treat people the way you would want to be treated. It sounds simple, but alot of people do the opposite. They talk of treat other people in ways that they would not want to be talked too. But, if you always live by this rule, you'll have a better reputation. Some managers (bosses), are great at not living by this rule. They are the un-popular ones. They do not have a good reputation around there workplace. There employees might even try to sabotage there boss just to get rid them. Now, that's bad.
Second, if you find yourself wanting to do something, but your questioning if it's right or wrong, odds are, it's not right. So, always listen to your inner voice. Your inner voice is very wise.
My exercise to you today, is to think about how other people view your reputation. How do your friends view you? How does your family view you? How does your co-workers, employees and even your boss view you?
Really think about it. Because it could be that some of them view your reputation one way and others view it differently. The thing you really want is for everyone to have a positive view of your reputation. Maybe you have to make some changes, so that everyone is on the same page.
Until next time, be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny. !!
— Warren Buffett
Good Morning,
You can build a great reputation, which essentially, does take years. People always have there own ideas, thoughts and feelings about who you really are. It's true, that you can be the most stand up person on the planet, but you do one thing that attacks your integrity and everyone will look at you different, even though you have years of building your reputation.
That's pretty sad, people tend to remember the bad things and not the good. You can do thousands of great things, but, if you do one bad thing, there whole outlook changes.
The best way to avoid this ever happening is to first, always treat people the way you would want to be treated. It sounds simple, but alot of people do the opposite. They talk of treat other people in ways that they would not want to be talked too. But, if you always live by this rule, you'll have a better reputation. Some managers (bosses), are great at not living by this rule. They are the un-popular ones. They do not have a good reputation around there workplace. There employees might even try to sabotage there boss just to get rid them. Now, that's bad.
Second, if you find yourself wanting to do something, but your questioning if it's right or wrong, odds are, it's not right. So, always listen to your inner voice. Your inner voice is very wise.
My exercise to you today, is to think about how other people view your reputation. How do your friends view you? How does your family view you? How does your co-workers, employees and even your boss view you?
Really think about it. Because it could be that some of them view your reputation one way and others view it differently. The thing you really want is for everyone to have a positive view of your reputation. Maybe you have to make some changes, so that everyone is on the same page.
Until next time, be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny. !!
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