Pursuit to Self Excellence

How it Works - The Law of Attraction

2010-03-30T02:35:00.000-07:00

Ever since the movie, "The Secret", was released, the Law of Attraction has become a household word. Unfortunately, while I believe the movie was made with the good intentions of educating the masses of people unfamiliar with the Law of Attraction, it did not go deeply enough into the actual mechanics of how it works and the best way to use it.

The Law of Attraction works in conjunction with at least 11 other supporting laws. Together, they form the basis of how we create the lives we then experience. Once we understand that these laws are always operating in our lives, we can use this information to manifest more of what we want, and less of what we do not want.

Stated as simply as possible, we live in a sea of conscious, responsive energy and according to our own conscious thoughts, we attract into our lives certain people, events, and experiences as opposed to others.

All of creation begins with the mental act of thought (mental imagery) and becomes, in a manner of speaking, a holographic universe. Within this holographic universe, every thought is actualized and every act is taken.

The possibilities for fulfillment are infinite; the requirement is the mental act of thinking, or creating images, in our minds as to what we want to experience.

Our minds are like a toolbox, and the thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to create our lives. Within this hologram of infinite possibilities, we have the full freedom to make our realities as we want them to be, or to hand the reins of our lives over to the 'race' or 'common' mind...in which case we will experience what everyone else believes is the norm.

Our thoughts possess an electromagnetic reality, and we think at least 60,000 thoughts over every 24-hour period.

The electromagnetic properties of our thoughts pull into our experience the people, places, and circumstances that can best align themselves magnetically with them.

The minute we decide to stop going along with what everyone else says are 'the facts', and we choose to start thinking, not on what seems to be, but on how we want things to be, our new thoughts begin pulling our new preferred situations into our lives.

The Law of Belief comes into play here, - because when we were young and not yet capable of critical thinking, we accepted many limiting beliefs, and these beliefs form the mold through which our thoughts flow.

We do have the power, however, to change those beliefs simply by recognizing them and discarding the ones that do not serve our purpose.

Remember, a belief is just an unquestioned way of thinking about the world around you and the life you are experiencing.

Think about what you want, enjoy the feeling you would have if it were already present in your experience, and the universal energy will respond to your new thoughts as your old beliefs quite easily fall away.

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Bea Magnan has been fascinated with anything and everything to do with Metaphysics, the mind, and the power of thought ever since someone gave her a copy of Claude M. Bristol's, "The Magic of Believing."

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Appreciate the Little Things in Life

2010-03-24T02:47:00.000-07:00

For many of us, life can get so busy that most days just pass us by so quickly. Looking back at my week, the past seven days seem like a blur. That should give you a hint about how I feel about the past month. I think that I feel this way because I am so busy so often and I that tend to keep my attention on the wrong things for the wrong reasons. For example, I was driving home today and could not help but think about the poor road conditions. I was focusing on the construction process that has been overtaking a local street for a few weeks, but has felt like months. Driving through slow traffic, I thought about the valve boxes and sewer grates that I drove over because they made my drive so bumpy.

The actual condition of the road is beside the point. I have so many other things in my life that could have occupied my mind. Rather than dwell on the negative details, I could choose to think about the positive things in life which will only help me to better enjoy my days. If we all try our best to think about the good things that are happening in our lives, we will be able to better deal with the somewhat unpleasant things in our lives whether it is a hectic day at work or driving home through road construction every day. Try to make a conscious effort to appreciate the little things in your life and, trust me, that will make your day seem so much better.

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Feng Shui Water Fountain - Improve Your Home With the Sound of Water

2010-03-11T01:30:00.000-08:00

The feng shui water fountain is a great tool that is known to attract good luck and prosperity. It can be placed in select locations both inside and outside of the home. Use a bagua map to locate specific areas related to wealth and select an appropriate fountain. Water fountains combine sound and movement as a cure to both retain and activate the 'qi' or energy of the space. If situated in the right spot, the constant stream of cascading water can harnesses the 'qi' in the area that needs it the most.

Water fountains come in a number of different materials, including metal, bamboo and ceramic. Each one of these materials represent an element that is the foundation of feng shui, namely metal, wood and earth. To determine which material to use, you have to look at how the five elements interact with each other and find out which element works best with water. If you take a look at the destructive cycle of the five elements, you will learn that earth destroys or dissolves water. This means that the element earth should not be combined with water, therefore you need to avoid using a ceramic water fountain in your home. If you take a look at the productive cycle of the five elements, you will learn that metal produces or carries water. This means that the element metal should be combined with water, the combination of the two actually makes the water more powerful as a feng shui remedy.

Water fountains also come in a variety of shapes and sizes. It should be obvious that smaller sized fountains are better suited for inside the home while larger ones are appropriate for the outside. There are tabletop options as well as wall mounted for the indoors. An outdoor fountain however, should be big enough to act as the centerpiece of a garden. Based on basic principles of the art of placement, round shapes are preferred although fountains are available in number of different shapes. You don't necessarily have to go with round, simply choose one that is fitting in your home.

The key to effectively using the sound and movement cures of water is to place the feng shui water fountain in an appropriate area of the home. This can be accomplished by locating them on a bagua map. Since the fountain represents the element water, it should be placed in areas of a room or an entire home that is associated with either water or wood. The fountain can only fully serve its purpose of enhancing the flow of 'qi' in places that can benefit from its presence. One place to be aware of is the bedroom. This room is tricky, because it is where you sleep. The constant flow of water can prove to be too distracting and cause restlessness in this particular room. That is not to say that it completely does not belong in the bedroom. In fact, there are certain situations that make it appropriate for that part of the house. Since water is a powerful remedy, it should be dealt with carefully. Seek the services of a professional if you are looking to use it correctly to help improve your life.

The feng shui water fountain is a powerful tool using sound and movement feng shui remedies. Use a map bagua or feng shui compass to find the proper location for placement.

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7 Ways to Find Happiness

2010-03-04T02:17:00.000-08:00

If you were to ask the average person what they want most, nine times out of ten the answer would be more money. It seems that our culture has been brainwashed into believing that having more - a new car, a new house, new TV - more 'stuff' brings happiness. There's nothing wrong with wanting to move ahead and have nice things but when our happiness depends on having it we will be let down. We all want happiness but sometimes we look in the wrong places. Looking to find happiness in the acquisition of possessions or hoping that another person will bring that to us is a pursuit in disappointment.

Authentic happiness comes from the inside. If you are already happy more money will make your life much more enjoyable but if you don't have happiness already more 'stuff' brings only temporary happiness. Look to find happiness first. How can you do that? Here are the first steps:

1. Decide: that this your time, your life and you are going to be happy. Never underestimate the power that comes from making a commitment.

2. Stay in the moment: most of our unhappiness comes from living in the future or living in the past. Your power is in the moment. When we worry about things that have not happened we are bringing in unhappiness or disappointment from the future. There is no guarantee that it will happen so living in the future is simply taking on disheartening moments that will bring you down. Living in the past, going over past failures and regrets only serves to make us feel bad. Just learn from it and put it behind you.

3. Get Rid of Negative Thinking: Become aware of your thoughts, keep a journal and write down all the negative thoughts you have. When you become aware of your negative thoughts you will more easily recognize them and get rid of them.

4. Do Fun Things: Instead of wallowing in your misfortunes find something fun to do.

5. Appreciate: Look around you focus on all the good things you have in your life. Everyone has something that they can be thankful for - their children, their home, fresh air, singing birds, sunshine, quiet music, etc.

6. Be Around Happy People: As they say, 'misery attracts company'. Be aware of this and choose to be around people who are cheerful. They will definitely improve your mood.

7. Don't take Life Too Seriously: Learn to laugh at yourself. Everyone makes mistakes - it's human. Life has a way of throwing us things we weren't expecting. When this happens, find a way around it and give yourself time to get over it and move on. Ask yourself, "Will I be thinking about this next year this time"?

P.S. Choose to be Happy

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Addiction and Alcoholics

2010-03-02T02:21:00.000-08:00

Is addiction new? No. It is thought that one of our ancestors may have discovered the effects of fermented fruit or grain by accident, or inadvertently inhaled smoke from herb leaves tossed on a fire. As a result, getting high or intoxicated-getting out of oneself in an artificial way-has been a goal or at least part of every culture. "Drunkenness" has been seen as a problem in various societies for a long time, and when it gets out of hand, it has been punished. Until fairly recently, however, most psychoactive drugs were legal. Nineteenth-century America has been called a "dope paradise," and it was only in the early 20th century that drugs began to be seen as sources of "abuse" that needed to be regulated by laws. Even alcohol was outlawed in the United States in the early 20th century. But laws have not stopped people from using alcohol or drugs.

When these substances were declared illegal, the whole process went underground and got otherwise complicated, with, for example, more people pointing fingers at the evils of drink and fewer potential professional hands available to help. In the second half of the 20th century, the drug scene got even more dramatic. In the 1960s, due partly to the "hippie" culture and partly to addictions fostered overseas during the Vietnam War, the use of drugs became more socially acceptable or at least widespread. During the same period, the pharmaceutical industry developed increasingly sophisticated prescription drugs, which started to be abused. Those scared away from criminally connected illegal drugs devised creative ways to use prescription drugs and other substances to alter their consciousness.

Statistics show that teens' use of such substances has grown as use of other substances has declined, but pharmaceuticals are potentially just as dangerous as other drugs. Though potions for "curing" drunkenness were on the market hundreds of years ago, the primary approach to dealing with alcoholism and addiction has historically been to make it illegal or shameful or both. Even with the advent of serious research in the 1930s, people addicted to drugs were thought to have a moral failing rather than a health problem, so approaches stressed punishment rather than prevention or therapy. The idea that alcoholism might be a disease spread in this country only around 1940, in part because of the popularization of Alcoholics Anonymous, and later by the acceptance of the disease concept by the American Medical Association. Today, thanks to scientific breakthroughs in brain studies, the approach to addiction has changed dramatically, showing that it is a disease that affects both the brain and behavior.

The path of nicotine illustrates the process by which substances move from popular fad to social outcast. Cigarettes were once used just by a small segment of society, but then they were marketed as a sign of sophistication and reached a wider slice of the population. As time passed, the facts about nicotine came to light, and people of all ages found ways to stop lighting up. The same can be true of any substance of abuse.

With new knowledge of how addiction works, you and your generation have the power to change the future, to take actions that will stop the history of addiction and alcoholism from repeating itself. Because the good news about substance use disorders is that they can be successfully treated, and the more that is known about the addictive properties of each substance, the more effectively they can be treated. The process of addiction is quite similar for most kinds of addictive drugs, but each type has its own characteristics. Though substances of abuse act on the dopamine pathway in the brain, alcohol and drugs can each affect different neurological circuits. Abuse of alcohol, for instance, may create changes in the brain that result in increased feelings of stress that may trigger further compulsive drinking.

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Head Versus Heart

2010-02-28T21:47:00.000-08:00

How do you make the important decisions in your life? Do you use your head? Are you a logical thinker? Or do you use your heart? Do you rely on your intuition and decide what to do by listening to that little voice in your gut?

Most of you have a propensity to one type of decision making over the other. That is, you either make important decisions on the basis of your intuition or on the basis of your head. But is there a more balanced way to make decisions?

If you merely rely on your head, your decisions will:

1. Lack the emotional components that are necessary to solve problems.
2. Lack integrity since it depends on your personality and character which is imbued in emotions and feelings.
3. Be too principled and cold, giving them an inhumane feel.
4. Cause a lot of discontent because your emotions and feelings will be lacking in such a
decision.

If, on the other hand, you merely rely on your heart to make decisions, your decisions will:

1. Be irrational and have no rational or objective components.
2. Rely on feelings and emotions only.
3. Lack level headedness.
4. Be too short-lived and temporary.

If you make decisions using both your head and heart, your decisions will:

1. Involve both rational deliberative components, and feelings and emotions.
2. Be objective and include some emotional elements.
3. Include both your personal and impersonal elements, making for a more balanced decision.
4. Be effective and efficient in solving your problem in a balanced manner.

So, the next time you need to make an important decision in your life, make sure that it involves both your head and heart. That way you will be making a balanced and rational decision that has emotional components. In this way, cognitive errors can be eliminated and you can feel more secure in your solution to your problem.

Irene S. Roth is a freelance writer for teens and tweens. She writes nonfiction articles in the areas of self-assertiveness and self-confidence. If you are interested in some of these issues, she also has a blog for girls at: http://www.adolescentgirlsblog.wordpress.com.

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Be Happy Inside and Live Life to the Fullest

2009-03-24T11:31:00.000-07:00

Never take advice on happiness from a person who is not happy. Why should you take advice from the wicked stepmother when you can ask from Cinderella who is supposedly the happy one? Aside from that, it is also best to seek the company of positive people. Like attracts like so if you are surrounded by positive people, more or less their happiness will rub of on you and more positive events will happen in your life.

So many people have asked how to be happy inside. The answer can only be found within them. If you are one of them and you do not have any clue as to how you should make yourself happy. It is time to be introspective. Take a look inside your heart. Feel your pain. Feel your happiness. Search for certain childhood memories that have made you happy. Concentrate on those. Search for things that you lack and try to give them to you one at a time. You will find yourself loving yourself even more. Avoid stress if you can. Manage your time wisely. Time mismanagement can be one of the leading causes of pain in your life. Talk to somebody, a therapist perhaps, if you have issues that you need to deal with that are causing you to be unhappy. You need to deal with it first before you can release it.

Do not get me wrong because sometimes even if we are experiencing pain, we are still happy and sometimes when we are laughing our hearts out we are in pain. This is the truth because the truth of the matter is we cannot be unhappy most of the time.

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So You Think You Have a Drinking Problem?

2009-03-24T11:23:00.000-07:00

So you think you might have a drinking problem? Or does someone you know struggle with their drinking? If so then you should figure out the extent of the problem so that you can take the proper course of action. It could be merely alcohol abuse, or it could be alcoholism or alcohol addiction. In order to properly treat someone you will need to know exactly which problem it is.

The first experiment you should do is to simply stop drinking for 30 days. If you can pull this off without any problems whatsoever then chances are good that you were only abusing alcohol and you were not really addicted to it. Another thing you can try is to limit the amount that you drink each day for the next month to only 1 drink each day if you are a woman or 2 drinks each day if you are a man. If you have no trouble with completing this experiment successfully then you are probably not an alcoholic. If there are any doubts about the outcomes of these two experiments then you should probably scratch the whole thing and start over again fresh with renewed enthusiasm. If you keep having problems with these challenges and really cannot make it through them successfully without any slip ups, then it is probably the case that your drinking problem is leaning towards alcohol addiction or alcoholism.

If that is the case then you are likely a true alcoholic. This means you are addicted to alcohol and, even if you do not drink every day, you still always return to alcohol eventually and it sometimes gets you into big trouble. There are alcoholics out there who are binge drinkers and do not drink every day, but once they start drinking they cannot stop. It might seem like these people are only abusing alcohol but in fact they are real alcoholics and therefore need a different kind of help.

So if you are not addicted to alcohol and are merely abusing the stuff, what should you do? The answer is that you need to stop or limit your drinking. You need to pattern your everyday life after one of the two experiments that we've discussed and do them for the rest of your life. Either abstain from alcohol or limit yourself accordingly. Either solution will work just fine if you are not really an alcoholic. Either solution will work for you and be no problem to follow if you are not alcoholic.

On the other hand, if you find it impossible to live that way, and cannot successfully limit yourself like this, then you are a true alcoholic and you need help of a different nature. Basically, you need to abstain completely and figure out a different way to live your life. This is no small order and you have to be prepared to invest a lot of time and effort into any solution that is going to help you in this case.

For example, many will go to rehab or treatment in order to stop drinking. Alcoholics who manage to find long term sobriety and success after treatment are those who follow up with a ton of action and after care plans. This generally means that they go to lots of meetings and network with others in recovery as a new way of life. Anything less than this tends to produce relapse.

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Reinvent Your Wheel of Life

2009-03-23T04:39:00.000-07:00

Sometimes life gets very comfortable, and you wake up each day and know what is in store for you. You follow your daily routine with the same movements and even thoughts. Perhaps you brush your teeth, feed your cats, start the coffee and check your email.

You wake up one day and life has changed. This could be for many reasons:

1. losing your job

2. moving to a new city

3. divorce

4. children leaving the nest

5. financial change in your life

You ask yourself, "what am I going to do with my life now?" First of all look at whatever happens in your life as opportunity to grow, learn, change and be inspired.

Take out a pen and paper and start writing. First start writing about all the things you would like to do, and include everything you can possibly think of. Take another sheet of paper and write all the obstacles you have which are preventing your having the perfect life.

Take out a third sheet of paper and write all the things you can do that are feasible to make your life be just as you want.

You can start writing a book that has been in your head for a long time. Perhaps you want to learn how to style hair. Maybe your dream is to be a web designer. You can easily find courses in your city or online. If you need to bring in dollars get a simple and no brainer job while studying for your new career.

If your kids have moved out why not start having fun? Take some classes, learn to paint, get in great shape. Whatever you wish to do with your time do it! There are so many ways to reinvent your wheel, and think how much fun you will have turning it.

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Can You Attract Abundance and Prosperity?

2009-03-23T04:38:00.000-07:00

When you turn on the news right now, it seems like all you hear about is how bad the economy is and you also hear so many tragic stories. From people losing their homes, their jobs and their savings, it may seem like there is no reason to think positive about your financial future. But, can you still attract abundance and prosperity in your life with all of the tragic things going on right now?

That seems to be a popular question right now. And the truth is that yes, you can attract abundance and prosperity in your life right now. There is still opportunity out there. And if you have not lost your job, this is as great a push as you can get to really start building up your savings and investments so that you do not ever have to worry about your financial future.

LESSONS FROM LIFE...

Every so often, we get a lesson from life about what we should be doing. When you take a look at the current financial situation, you can see that there are constant reminders of why you need to learn how to take control of your financial future. There are also countless reminders of why it is important to learn how to attract more of what you want in life so that you do not have to experience what you do not want.

No matter what you may hear, the world is still full of opportunity and there is still many ways that you can attract wealth and goodness into your life.

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Dream Big and Set Big Goals - Who Do You Want to Be? - Decide

2008-09-20T08:11:00.001-07:00

It's your life. And life is precious, though today, many people don't revere the blessing of actually being alive. Now, you can dream big dreams, you can set big goals, and become who you want to be. Success means different things for different people. For some it means a million dollars in savings, for others it means creating a happy home, fulfilling relationships, being with a partner to diamond anniversaries, etc. Your success like any other persons is determined by having that goal. Now, we find that success is not just about goals, but looking at an interesting equation. This equation is your potential verses your actual success. The closer you can get your actual achievements to your potential, the closer you are to be truly successful. You see, many people do set goals, even though I have found only 7% approximately set goals.

People do set goals, but it is the few who actually set goals, using a pen and paper, etc. And we find that bridge between potential and gross achievement happens only when fundamentals of goal setting are learned. Now is the time, and now is the time to dream big. Many people aim in life, and actually hit the destination, but so few people utilize such opportunities as right now to dream big dreams. Dream big dreams and realize that aiming for the Moon and missing is not a bad thing, because it means you have landed amongst the stars! Take time to dream big dreams.

Amplify them, and believe in them. A vision, an ideal, a big dream is something that must resonate with the core of your being. No, the riches wanted for the reason of boasting will not make success. It is the true vision of a life which benefits not just you, but others around you - that is a positive big dream, and one which every resource in the universe will be put to. So, who do you want to be? So be. Take your dream, and fashion it, work with it, be it. Let your dream take over you, and work to make it reality.

Most people will never go through the process from vision to reality, because the vision is not compelling. A man or woman who deeply desires a desire, a desire of a vision, an ideal, will attain it. Look at Microsoft, look at any success story that had a positive desire behind it, and you will see a big dream, and a big achievement. Decide, and so it will be with you too.

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How to Set Work Goals

2008-09-20T08:05:00.000-07:00

How do you set work goals? Work goals can be very different from a goal to go on a world cruise. A work goal can be mundane, it can be for small things, and it can be for big things. It can even mean totally different things than that, and we could find ourselves confused before long! End the confusion, and learn how to set work goals and move forward.

The reason for the confusion can be our definition. For example, an entrepreneur may have totally different types of work goals than an employee working in a day job - with work goals. They each could ask how to set work goals and have different aims and objectives.

One thing that unites the two is that they both have that desire for a certain achievement, and the work to get there. So now we have something to work with, and can utilize it to increase our performance and achieve more success whether we ask how to set work goals to increase our business or get us up the career ladder.

In essence whether you run the business or simply work there, the work goals you set will be similar. Most of the type of goals you set will usually be with tasks that are repetitive and can be simple.

This is the domain of systematization. You go from one task to the next. And here is where a goal setting strategy can go out the window, especially with all the repetition.

The solution then becomes to first stand back and look at what is trying to be achieved. This is why many coaches, including myself often ask whether you know your ultimate outcome.

Your ultimate outcome will be unique to you. For example, if it is your own business, then the outcome will likely be the reason why you got into business, in the first place. If you work for someone, and are setting these goals, then the ultimate outcome for you will be the pay rise, climbing up the career ladder or even being able to sustain or build on your lifestyle.

Having this ultimate outcome is essential, because it allows you to get maximum benefit whenever you ask yourself how to set work goals. Now you can look at what needs to be done in a new light.

For the most part, these mundane tasks we find on a day to day level are those tasks that need systematization. This is the domain of creating a process for the business. And even if you are an employee, you can still perform this task within your own job.

Finding the most important outcomes first and working to achieve them is the surest way to reach your ultimate outcomes. After all, when you perform 120% here, then your business increases, thus making your ultimate outcome reality. And it still works as an employee because 120% here means you have done the work to justify the pay rise.

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Creativity is A lot More Important Than You Think

2008-09-02T09:21:00.000-07:00

Creativity has often been thought of the domain of the artists and the musicians of this world. What Daniel Pink has to tell us though in his book "A Whole New Mind", is that creativity is about to affect all of us.

Mr. Pink talks about the scary phenomenon of outsourcing that has been taking away lots of jobs from us here in the States and that's where the whole new mind comes in. The old mind "the left brain" will not service us as well as it did for so many years.

All of our leaders up until now have been knowledge workers as Peter Drucker famous management guru says they have "The ability to acquire and to apply theoretical and analytic knowledge".

In our society test takers have always been rewarded. You need an SAT to get into college, a LSAT for Law school and GMAT for medical school. Of course the higher you score, the more likely you are to get accepted.

However, it's not enough anymore, outsourcing has ruined it for our society of left brainers. A salary of $75,000 can now be outsourced for a fraction of the cost, $15,000. To overseas workers that are overjoyed to get the work.

As a result our society now needs a new set of aptitudes and they have been turning to right brain activities to define those aptitudes.

There is new an emphasis on relationships, problem solving and yes, creativity.

As Tom Peters says "Any job that depends on routines, that can be reduced to a set of rules or broken down into a set of repeatable skill, is at risk"

As Mr Pink says 'We've moved from an economy built on peoples backs to an economy built on peoples left brains to what is emerging today as am economy and society built more on peoples right brains"

To prove this point Yale school of Medicine has been sending their students to an art museum to hone their powers of observation. They claim that students who study paintings, will notice more subtle differences and details in a patients condition.

Even those dyed in the wool left brainers, the Japanese, are remaking their educational system to include greater creativity, artistry and play.

As an educator, I feel that this has tremendous ramifications for young children. As my expertise is in art for young children , I have been launching a crusade against the traditional crafts for kids that is done is so many preschool classrooms and art programs.

If we are to listen to the voice of Mr. Pink don't you think we would be better served if we started giving our children real educational arts and crafts that really brings out the child's creativity as opposed to having them copy our copycat models.

If we start the children's creativity young, we will have a lot less to worry about when they face the big world out there as they grow into adulthood.

Faige Kobre a former preschool teacher and director for many years is a graduate of Bank Street College Of Education probably the foremost graduate school in the area of progressive education. Aside from her teaching and directing experience she also runs workshops for teachers specializing in non crafts art for the preschool classroom. She is also the creator of Creative Art Solutions for kids, teaching parents and teachers how to empower their children through art . (She is also the proud mother of 6 and grandmother of 1) To download FREE report on a wonderful non crafts art activity called "Tray Painting" go to http://www.educationalartsandcrafts.com she also has a blog specifically for preschool teachers at http://www.preschoolmusings.com

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Creating Resilience

2008-09-02T09:20:00.000-07:00

My friend and colleague, Sandy Davis, who lives in the northern reaches of the state of Maine, is an executive leadership coach. Among other things, he teaches people how to be resilient. He has a simple, effective formula that includes spending fifteen minutes each day in three different practices: a centering practice, an aerobic practice, and a creative practice. According to Sandy, along with some other basics like eating and sleeping well, if you consistently practice fifteen minutes daily in each of the three areas, you will develop and sustain a resilient mind, body and spirit.

I don't have difficulty with the centering or the aerobic practices. I make time for these easily every morning. I have always known that of the three resilience practices, my creative practice is the one I am most prone to let fall by the wayside.

While I am very creative in my work life, Sandy says that being creative at work (writing articles and creating workshops, for example) is not the same thing as a separate creative practice, like weaving, painting, or writing poetry. By the same token, if you are a poet and make your living that way, you would need a different creative practice that takes you out of the work arena.

Singing is my true creative practice, and sadly, I am not consistent.

In the past month, however, I've needed to sing nearly every day in preparation for a concert. As I practiced and rehearsed by myself and with my trio, I noticed that my energy was higher, my spirits lighter, and my attitude happier - not just during rehearsals but all the time. And this increased resilience seemed to radiate out into other domains of life. Singing always buoys me, but the songs I sang in this concert were particularly uplifting: "On A Wonderful Day Like Today," "Put On A Happy Face," and "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" to name a few.

This experience was a needed reminder of the benefits of a separate creative practice and has inspired me to sing at least fifteen minutes a day. How hard can that be?! What has kept me from it in the past is the interior dialogue: "I don't have time to practice; it takes too long to warm up and get ready to sing," -- stuff like that. What I noticed this time is that the warm-up IS singing and IS fun. So ...

I will sing fifteen minutes a day. Promise to myself.

What is your creative practice? Have you actually practiced it lately?

About the Author: Judy Ringer is the author of Unlikely Teachers: Finding the Hidden Gifts in Daily Conflict and the award-winning e-zine, Ki Moments, containing stories and practices on turning life's challenges into life teachers. Judy is a black belt in aikido and nationally known presenter, specializing in unique workshops on conflict, communication, and creating a positive work environment. She is the founder of Power & Presence Training and chief instructor of Portsmouth Aikido, Portsmouth, NH, USA. To sign up for more free tips and articles like these, visit http://www.JudyRinger.com

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Stressed Out at Work? - Try Stop

2008-08-08T07:50:00.000-07:00

You're beginning to have a panic attack at work - your breathing is strained, your chest is tight, and sweat is beading on your brow. You feel confused, scattered, your energy splintered in a million directions. Before you know it, you've misplaced a vital document which is needed at an upcoming meeting, had a disagreeable exchange with your boss, and snapped at someone on the phone. You seem to have lost your presence of mind, you feel disconnected to your body, and everything you do seems to be a brittle reaction to the challenges of your day.

At such moments - and we all have them -a simple exercise in awareness can totally shift the energy and change your perspective. STOP is a four-part exercise that anyone can do at any time. It takes about one minute to complete. It goes like this:

(S)top. Stop what you are doing - if you're reaching for the phone to call someone, stop. If you're about to walk down the hall, just stop. If you're reading a report, put it down. Just stop whatever it is that you're doing.

(T)ake a breath. If it feels comfortable, gently allow the eyes to close. Then follow your breath at the abdomen as it enters the body and as it leaves - breathing in and knowing that you're breathing in, and breathing out and knowing that you're breathing out. Do this for 30 seconds without trying to do anything else. Just breathe.

(O)bserve. Observe exactly how you are in this moment - notice how the breath is, whether it's tight or open, long or short, notice whatever physical sensations are most predominant, and notice what emotions might be present. It's very helpful to name the sensations and emotions - you can silently say to yourself, "tightness," "tense," or "anxiety," "anger", "frustration," etc. Whatever is present is totally okay -don't judge the experience, just acknowledge it honestly and with an attitude of kindness towards yourself.

(P)roceed. Now that you've acknowledged with complete honesty how your are in this moment, you have instantly reconnected yourself to the present moment, and body and mind have a closer connection. You feel more space surrounding your difficulties, and you are ready to face the next moment with more awareness, authenticity and effectiveness.

When we cultivate an attitude of spaciousness around our stress, we become free of the habitual thought patterns and emotional turmoil that trap us in negative reactivity - by simply acknowledging how we are and tuning in to the breath and body, we are aligning ourselves with a wider perspective that lets us relax our grip. With that broader perspective, we are also able to make wiser choices about how to respond 3/4 rather than react - to the challenges of the day. And the beauty of STOP is that you can do it throughout the day, whenever you notice stress building up or your presence of mind has diminished.

William Scheinman is a mindfulness meditation trainer and co-founder of Stress Reduction At Work, which provides mindfulness training at company worksites. http://www.stressreductionatwork.com

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Frustration - Let it Drive You

2008-08-08T07:48:00.000-07:00

Believe it or not we control our own frustration levels. We create our own frustration by our reactions to events and situations. We ask ourselves over and over again why does this keep happening to me? Many times when "things" happen to us , we believe it is because of other people. When it is actually our reaction and how we respond that creates the situations we find ourselves in. When someone cuts me off in traffic I can decide if I am "gonna get even!!" or if I am going to say to myself "better they are in front of me so that I can see what they are doing". We really can control our own frustration simply by the way we talk to ourselves.

Being locked into or attached to the outcome can be a big part of why we get frustrated. Sometimes we need to ask ourselves "Why am I so attached to this particular outcome?" I know for myself many times when I let go of my specific desired outcome and let other ideas in - the end result can be much better than I originally pictured.

If we use frustration wisely it can actually drive us. In my current efforts of building a home based business a huge part of my growth and personal development has come from using frustration to my advantage. Now I allow that frustration to drive me to do something different when things "just ain't going the way I want them to".

In the past when I was frustrated with a project or task I would walk away from it. Now I ask for help or assistance. Previously, I would go back to projects and tasks that I had walked away from, but in many of the cases, I only created the same frustration and would get myself into a vicious circle of frustration and walking away. The end result would be not completing the task or project. Now by asking for assistance I can learn a new way of doing something, apply it and "YAHOO" the project or task is completed.

We need to be clear in exactly what we want. Take a really close look at what you want. Are you doing the things you need to do on a daily basis in order to achieve what you really want? Make a list; keep it in front of yourself EVERY DAY. Because what we focus on is what we get.

Decide how you are going to use your frustration . Frustration creates energy, and we need to make a DECISION how we are going to use that energy. One of my first real success examples is when I quit smoking. At the time I had a 4 year old nephew he kept asking me "When are you going to quit smoking Auntie Carla?" then he would add the kicker "I don't want you to die." Now I know my sister and mother coached him on saying that but it still worked. People used to wrinkle their noses and move away from me in public arenas. Many of my friends had quit smoking and no longer invited me to all the social gatherings. My frustration with all of those different events happening in my life at the same time drove me to making the third and final attempt to quit smoking. I am happy to say that it was successful, not always easy but well worth it!!

What are you going to do to let frustration drive you? Send me an email let me know how the article has been beneficial for you and I would love to hear your success stories; even if you believe it is only a minor success. I believe that one small change now can change your future so please do send share with me about any and all of your success stories. Join Me For My Terrific Tuesday Teleclass
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Step by Step Stress Relief Methods

2008-08-08T07:30:00.000-07:00

Stress is a significantly rampant and dangerous phenomenon throughout the world. Stress can cause illness and most people are not aware of that. You can relieve stress by performing deep breathing. If you have to take classes such as yoga, then it would be recommended. Yoga relaxes you. Meditation is also another method of relieving stress and yoga also provides some form of mediation. You can do deep breathing on your own by breathing in and out through the nose. Close your eyes when you are doing so and this will give you a sense of meditation and relaxation.

Do something different and change your routine. You might be surprised how walking up to a stranger and striking up a conversation might be a great stress reliever because there are no inhibitions. You can just be yourself. You can even talk to the person about any issues you are having and they will listen to you without judging you so you can be yourself.

Appreciate the people in your life. Give them a hug and let them know how you love and appreciate them. Gratitude is the best stress reliever. You no longer think about what is going wrong, but what has been done right so far. Learning to be appreciative can be a great stress reliever.

Maintain clarity in your mind. Do not harbor any negative thoughts or negative people who burden you with their own stress. You can be a problem solver, but you don't have to make it your life's goal to solve everybody else's problem.

Walking is a good stress reliever. When you go for a walk, you can get to clear your head and be more aware of what is going on around you. You get time to think about whatever is challenging you.

Listen to soothing music. This is a great way to relax you. You can put on a CD in your car when you are traveling so that it will relax you before you get to your destination. If you make that a habit, then you will always be in a relaxing mood.

Laughter is also a good way to relieve your stress. Laughter is good for the heart and also relaxes you. Find friends that share jokes with you and who also love to laugh a lot. You would be surprised what this can do for you. Try having more fun with your life. Go out with your friends and enjoy life. Don't be serious all the time. There is a time and place for everything.

It is said that chamomile tea is good for relieving stress. Drink it at the end of the day and see if it works for you. Change your lifestyle, if you have a hectic life. Tone down a little. Drop some of the things that are not so important and simplify your life. Sometimes, it is our busy lives that cause us to be so stressed out all the time. You can change your own destiny by changing the things that you do.

Sharon Capehart, Empress of Empowerment makes it her mission to "wake up" women everywhere to the incredible potential they have long forgotten they possess. She is the author of "The Power 2 Be You!," creator of "A Woman's Path to Success" as well publisher of the FREE Power Up! ezine. Sharon will help you build a solid foundation of confidence, cultivate a success-oriented mindset, and walk with you on your journey to a life filled with Passion, Excitement and Personal Power. For more information and FREE (ezine, blogs, articles, etc) resources please visit http://www.positivelywomen.com

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Create and Design Your Life

2008-07-21T02:33:00.000-07:00

Try and ask yourself this question, "Are you going with the flow or making the flow as you go along?" Successful people tend to have an attitude of delayed gratification. Every action they made takes into consideration of short term and long term gain. Think wisely of any actions you made as some actions would lead to instant gratification but in the long term will cause negative outcome. For example, the attitude of buying the latest brand new car or the latest gadget available in the market. This are in the short term gratification as you only can enjoy it in a short term duration only. The misery of losing a huge chunk of money will cause negative consequences in the long run. The money spent can either wise be invested in a long term gain that will last much longer. Learn the attitude of the rich so that in return you will become one.

Are you an "I create my life" person? or are you a "Life happens to me" person? The "I create my life" person is a proactive person who does not wait for any favors. This type of person always believes that wealth will come by active action by their side. Misfortunes or problems arise from their own doing and it is up to them to resolve it without blaming on others. In a work environment, this type of person will always climb the corporate ladder fast as he does not blame others but only themselves in moving upwards in their career.

The "Life happens to me" person is a passive person who always tries to blame others for their misfortunes or problems. They believe that if they are poor, it is because it is destined that way. They always treat themselves as victims. In a work environment, this type of person will not move very far in their career. They will always complain about office politics or not being appreciated for their work. They will always have a victim mindset.

Razamith Sovereign is undergoing his Masters in Engineering Business Management in University of Warwick, United Kingdom. A General Manager in a technology company, he provide useful advice through his articles that he have found very useful in managing his daily life. To find more articles on self improvement, please visit http://motivasia.blogspot.com

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Finding Time Through Effective To-Do Lists - 3 Myths and 3 Tips

2008-07-21T02:23:00.000-07:00

Finding time is like finding treasure, right? The next question is how to spend it!

If time is money, then to-do lists are the smart budgets that ensure you pay your bills and still have cash left over for that special something. They're powerful and they'll work for you. If you hate them, lose them or never even start them, learn how to use them to your advantage.

It's easy, once you've decided you want to use your time well and will do whatever's necessary. Here are 3 common To-Do Lists Myths and 3 Tips to dispel those myths with Effective To-do Lists.

To-Do List Myth #1: "To-do lists don't work."

Reality: Effective To-do Lists are extremely successful if you construct them well and follow them! Make sure you construct to-do lists as realistic plans that align with your values. Then they're like mini-navigation systems, guiding you through your day and keeping you on track.

To-Do List Myth #2: "To-do lists will just make me feel rotten (or guilty or overwhelmed) at the end of the day."

Reality: Effective To-do Lists will make you feel powerful and accomplished at the end of the day! The secret? Make them short. Only put on what you can realistically do and are motivated to do. If a project can't get done today, don't put it on today's list. Or only enter the small portion you can accomplish. Anything else goes onto your weekly or monthly list, in doable chunks!

To-Do List Myth #3: "To-do lists will just remind me of what I hate in my life or what I'll never be able to get around to doing anyway."

Reality: If making Effective To-do Lists helps you face what you dislike and identify what you want and never find time for, that's a benefit. Examine what you have identified as necessary. If it's truly necessary, then clarify why you value it. Don't waste your time resenting it. If it's not necessary, omit it. If you feel a pang over a valued activity you never get around to, commit to reworking your time choices!

For reinforcement, print this out and post it prominently. Make Effective To-do Lists. Learn to plan and accomplish tasks in manageable increments.

You'll love how Effective To-do Lists help you find time!

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The Tragedy of Suicide

2008-07-21T02:08:00.000-07:00

Having someone that you love commit suicide is one of the most painful human experiences imaginable. It is a sort of grief that is hard to imagine unless you are aware of the victim's circumstances or know them personally. Even if you have experienced the loss of many other loved ones, even through tragic circumstances, dealing with the grief of someone who is gone because they took their own life is so much different. Regardless of your age or your gender, or that of the person who has passed away, dealing with suicide is never easy. It is a grief that seems more personal than any other kind, and leaves us wondering, sometimes for the rest of our lives, the true cause of their final act of desperation.

A Different Kind of Grief

Dealing with the loss of a loved one whose death was a result of suicide is very challenging. In addition to the immense feelings of loss and sadness you may also be experiencing shock, blame, anger, and trouble understanding what went wrong.A suicide is usually an unexpected death, so it is hard dealing with all of these feelings at the same time.Many people have described the grief process of someone who died of suicide as a terrible roller coaster that just won't end. There are many feelings that come with the death of someone that you love in this manner. Some of the feelings that are experienced are guilt, blame, anger, shame, confusion, relief, despair, betrayal, and of course abandonment. This mix of emotions is understandably overwhelming and as a result the grieving individual may feel that they are very disconnected from the person who has passed away as well as those that are still living. Many people who are grieving after a suicide become obsessed with the need to understand the person's reasons for their action.This can be an overwhelming need, and one that can never be fulfilled.Because of this, there may be a huge sense of responsibility for the death. Other people get angry and feel as though the deceased went about the suicide as a hateful act; to get back at them for something.

The Stigma Attached with Suicide

The stigma attached with suicide truly does affect the mourning process, more so than a lot of people realize. There are many cultural taboos and religious beliefs attached to suicide that can lead one to be unfairly judged by friends when they really need them the most. Many people avoid the subject of suicide altogether, not ever allowing themselves the time to deal with the grief that they are feeling. The stigma attached to suicide really does leave a lot of people feeling very isolated and stressed out which can make the grief process all the more difficult, and may leave some at risk for suicide or suicidal ideation themselves.

You're Not Alone

When you are coping with the loss of someone that you love and you are dealing with the mix of emotions and the compounded grief experienced by those touched by suicide, you should know that you are not alone. Annually there are 10 to 20 million people who attempt to commit suicide, and they are people of all ages, races, and social status. In fact, one in four people know someone who has passed away through this means. Men over the age of 70 are more likely to commit suicide though it is seen in people of all ages from the very young to the very old.

Coping with Your Loss

This can be a very difficult time but you need to remember that you are not alone. Coping with the loss is something that everyone does differently, but there are some things that you can do to help yourself move through the grief process. First and foremost, you need to acknowledge the suicide even though it may be against your religious or cultural belief. Next, you should recognize your feelings and the loss that you have experienced. Be sure to talk openly with your friends and family members about your grief, reaching out to your friends. Many people find that support groups specifically for those that have been affected by suicide are very helpful. There are groups of this type for every age group, so you'll be sure to find one where you fit right in.

Also give yourself permission to struggle with birthdays and anniversaries that are tied to the deceased, as these can be the most difficult times during the year. Try creating or perpetuating a familiar routine that will honor the person that you loved, and their life. Dealing with the loss of a loved one through suicide is difficult and if you are struggling and just need to talk to someone there is always someone you can reach out to. Even if you don't feel like you can talk to your friends and you don't want to burden your family members, there are still other resources.

Visit sites such as Befrienders Worldwide and you'll find that there are plenty of people who can help you through this very difficult time in your life.

Mike Vines, in association with GriefManagement.org, seeks to provide a safe and congenial home to those suffering from grief, along with the hope and understanding from a community of concerned individuals willing to share their own experiences to help others through the difficulties of life.

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You Gotta Play to Win - Even in Your Career

2008-07-15T20:47:00.000-07:00

Human beings have an infinite capacity to find ways of entertaining themselves. I recently heard about a South African sport called Kudu Spitting. A Kudu is a kind of antelope and participants collect the cherry-sized kudu droppings and see how far they can spit them. Yes, we are talking about kudu poop and yes, they spit it with their mouths.

Play is magic. It makes time seem to pass more quickly. No matter how strenuous or challenging the play is, we are motivated, energized and rejuvenated by it. Play inspires us to improve our performance. We strive to get better and better and when we are done, we look forward to the next opportunity to play.

Wouldn't it be nice if work could be as much fun as our favorite game? Imagine having fun at work all day long and coming home afterwards filled with energy and looking forward to going back the next day!

Play can be as physically challenging and mentally stressful as work. Yet, we thrive on play while work can be soul destroying. Why is that?

Philosopher Alan Watts identified the critical difference for us. When we feel compelled or obligated to perform a task, it feels like work. When there is no sense of obligation, whatever we are doing feels more like play. When we treat everything we do, including work, as play, a sort of miracle happens. It all becomes rather fun.

Now, among mundane and boring jobs, bagging groceries has to be in the top ten. A few years ago, I took a job at the local grocery store while recovering from two spinal surgeries. I just needed to get out of the house and do something physical. In order to inure myself to the lack of mental challenge, I created a number of little games. I mentally evaluated how healthy each order was and devised a ranking system. I also challenged myself to see how quickly and efficiently I could bag large orders using fewer bags. As I collected shopping cars from the parking lot, I worked toward increasing the number of carts I could manage and navigate without losing control of them.

According to Watts, the key to my ability to convert bagging groceries into pure play was the fact that I did not feel obligated to do it. I was in that job because I had specifically chosen to do that work for my own reasons. But, it is not difficult for me to apply the same standard to anything that I do. I have chosen my career. I choose my clients. When I commit myself to a particular project, I voluntarily sign the contract. I may make that choice because I want or need the money but the choice is mine all the same.

An on-going work-life balance survey by Integrity HPI indicates that 24% of survey participants feel trapped in their current job. Trapped...in other words, they feel obligated to continue. It might be difficult for those people to convert their jobs into play but they are the ones who would benefit most from doing so. It is possible that they are in the wrong job but I suspect that they are more likely in the wrong mind-set.

Even if we find ourselves "trapped" in a job because we don't see any alternatives, we have one critical choice to make and that is how we look at our job. As the saying goes, you gotta play to win. If a hunter working in the South African bush could think up Kudu spitting, you can creatively find ways to make your job fun and exciting. Give it a shot. Have a go. You're it!

You are invited to visit http://www.integrityhpi.com and subscribe to weekly Tips for a Balanced Life. Joseph Onesta, M.A. is a speaker, trainer and coach working in the field of Human Performance Improvement, consulting with organizations and individuals to improve their performance through focused strategies, enriched work/life balance and enhanced communication.

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When Life Happens

2008-07-15T20:31:00.000-07:00

Recently several clients and friends have experienced hardships from house foreclosures to job loss to health crisis. Unfortunately not all things in life are "good" but with the right tools, you can find your way through your own quagmire to peace...

1. Becoming a victim. Often when tragedy strikes our first response is, "Why Me?" A more realistic response would be, "Why not me?" No one will walk through this life without mishap or tragedy. Why? Because it is in our "hardships/mistakes" that we learn, not our perfect moves. I believe each of us is striving for wholeness, so we must grow - growing can hurt sometimes.

Years ago I was introduced to Wayne Dyer's idea that, "there is a valid reason for everything that happens." At first I rebelled against this idea - I was a victim - raised in an alcoholic, violent home; molested as a teen; divorced parents; had to work my way through college; chronic pain due to a car accident...on and on I could list why life was unfair and I was a victim.

Then I detached and looked again - all of these horrible events taught me and brought me closer to wholeness - in ways I never expected...The chronic pain from my car accident drove me to seek alternative approaches to healing as I had exhausted all the traditional medical avenues. By going down this alternative path, one I would have never walked without this unrelenting pain - I unlocked a whole new life, a new path to peace.

When you are a victim, it is impossible to see past traumatic events to, "What do I need to learn from this?" and "What is my body/soul trying to tell me?" i.e. "What do I need to learn from this experience so I don't find myself in these shoes again?" When you decide there is a valid reason for everything, you take back your power. Instead of being tossed about as a victim of circumstances, you own this experience and glean the knowledge to transcend tragic events. You grow into fullness.

Once I was able to shift from "poor me" to "What can I learn from this to empower my life today?" ("When have I felt this way before? Or is this a bad pattern I am in?") I was able to unlock the victim response from any experience. Thus I created a pocket of peace within whatever tragedy/difficult event occurred because I know, there is a valid reason for everything...even if today I can not see what that reason is.

2. Seek support. Ok, it is all well and good to know, "There is a valid reason..." but we still need support. Call friends, family and if need be, professional support. Even if we know somewhere inside, "there is a valid reason..." - we still are in pain and that must be attended to. Just because you know you are learning and growing in this process, it does not lessen the very real agony of the experience. The good news is - people do want to help, it's a natural response. When you see a friend or family member in acute pain, don't you want to help? - do something, anything.

Allow your friends and family to "be there" for you - you may even be surprised by someone you never expected to show up in a way that heals not only your heart, but theirs as well. Tragic/upsetting events often create opportunities for healing in ways you don't expect or think even thought possible before the events were put into motion. This is the "silver lining" we refer to after the tragedy passes.

3. Spiritual support. Yes, when need the support of people, but even more - spiritual support. It is a gift we chose to accept ourselves - in our own time. Out of sheer desperation I found God in my twenties.

I was absolutely broken-hearted after ending a six year relationship and in chronic pain from a car accident. Everyday would find me in tears, smoking too much pot and grasping for anyone/anything to make it better. One Sunday, I found my way alone to church. I was not raised in a church - in fact the opposite, as my Mom described herself as a "recovering catholic."

I had never been to this church before and I'm not sure what the service was about as, but I do remember I wept throughout. I couldn't stop. I just felt like somewhere inside I came home. As the pastor spoke, she silently invited each one of us to know God not only by the words she uttered, but by her very presence. This woman was peace - a beacon calling to a new life.

She spoke of a loving God who was with you always. The words were a balm for my hurts and I could feel myself calm from the inside. I breathed again. Then we sang hymns, ones I had never heard before and suddenly I was singing the words, "Resting in the palm of God's Hand," and I was.

In that moment, I understood - I am never alone. I looked at the shining faces around me and saw pure joy. "Joy," not pleasure derived from buying or attaining something, but joy - the glorious shimmering of your soul in the fullness of life. This was a place for me, resting in the palm of God's hand.

Today I still use this imagery over and over whenever I feel lost, or out of balance. Sometimes, as you grow up, you discover you have to release certain beliefs you were taught as a child. I know this lesson of "There is no God, you have to do it all," was taught to me with the best of intentions - survival. However, it crippled my life. I had become obsessed with control or truly, the illusion of control and the idea I had to do it all myself - I was alone.

I am not saying you have to go to church to find God or a higher power, however titled, what I am suggesting is to find connection to something greater then self. Maybe for you this happens in nature or art, but somehow to view yourself in partnership with the world around instead of in battle. Once you establish connection to something greater then self, you are able to detach and really witness the events - maybe I am supposed to be learning something here instead of beating myself up about the unfairness (yes, sometimes life isn't fair...) of it all?

4. Courage. I would love to be able to say something magical that could make all the bad things go away...Well, all I've got is a message of courage. Not condescending, "It will get better with time," or "I'm so sorry for your pain," but courage.

I say "courage" in the full knowledge that the answer you seek as you walk through this difficult time, already rests inside you now. Be still and listen, maybe even meditate. For in that stillness your strength will come, and manifest a change in your life. Be still and listen. So be it.
"If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill

Kelly Ballard is a workshop leader, Intuitive Guide and Healer. Through workshops, private sessions and guided meditations Kelly specializes in helping others discover positive solutions for immediate change/growth in their lives thus drawing their most abundant life into reality. Find out more information about her services and meditation CDs at http://www.kellyballard.com - Contact her directly at 720-984-4232 or email kelly@kellyballard.com - She lives in Boulder, CO.

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Change Your Life Change Your Mind

2008-07-14T01:34:00.000-07:00

All of us like or would like to live a happy, fulfilling and abundant life. I have read so many self improvement books, purchased many self help programs, just to change the quality of my life and also other people's lives around me. I have tried and tested many of these ideas.

The ultimate question arises, do these really work? My finding to this was YES! It absolutely works!

All the ideas about positive thinking, affirmations, visualizations, meditations etc, they all work wonders. Although all these techniques requires effort and self discipline. Practicing these techniques once or twice will not make much of a difference. It has to be practiced and repeated several times a day. You have to have the self discipline to keep up with the repetitions. For in some cases months on end. You need will power to make these techniques work for you.

Most people find this very hard due to most of us being naturally impatient. We all like quick visible results rather than waiting for the long term results. If you are like me, and like most people, that's exactly how you feel.

I know this because I am writing from my own experience. I struggled to make these techniques work myself.

The first time I heard about Brain Wave Entertainment, when I realized what it can do for me, I was almost in tears. It is truly amazing, brilliant technology.

No more continuous repetitions of visualizations, meditations, affirmations, no effort, just listen and let you brain do the rest.

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Happy Independent Thinking

2008-07-13T00:11:00.000-07:00

Most of you probably celebrated the Fourth of July, or Independence Day, with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, picnics, concerts, and various other events celebrating our history and traditions of the United States. It's our time to celebrate freedom by commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

The United States Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, announcing that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were no longer a part of the British Empire. The birthday of the United States of America-Independence Day!

Although celebrated upon publication, the Declaration was initially neglected following the American Revolution. Abraham Lincoln notably influenced the Declaration's symbolic stature as he viewed the Declaration an ideal for which the nation should strive, especially as expressed in Jefferson's famous preamble:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

I couldn't agree more with Thomas Jefferson's words. I think this is the perfect time to celebrate our freedom and right to independent thinking. Working as a coach has helped me truly appreciate how wonderful it is to be free to dream and think big. To create the life you desire with no limitations in the pursuit of happiness. This is truly a holiday worth celebrating!

While most of the news and discussions as of late has focused on all the problems in our country and what seems to be going "wrong", I'm going to ask you to pause a moment and appreciate what our country has to offer us.

We have freedom of choice, freedom of speech and more opportunities than ever before in our history to pursue our happiness in any and every way. We can take vacations, travel when we want, to where we want, purchase what we want, get a new job or start our own business without permission or approval, drive the car we choose, walk or ride a bike, take a bus, set our own goals and openly achieve them, hire a coach to help you grow, go to college or educate for free at our libraries, earn the income we desire or more, build a new home or buy one in the city or state of our choice, dress as we want, marry for love, start a family, go to a chiropractor, acupuncturist, for massage or personal training, need I go on? I am incredibly grateful to live in this country and have what I value most, my freedom to dream.

Just as our country's Father's intended for us, we have unalienable rights, a theoretical set of individual human rights that by their nature cannot be taken away, violated, or transferred from one person to another. These Rights are the most fundamental set of human rights, natural-not-granted nor conditional. They are the basic necessity of our survival. These rights are what keep our human spirit alive.

Through the course of my work I have met many fulfilled people. This has brought joy to my life and warmed my heart. People achieving and living their dreams, living their bliss! They have found their purpose and spend their days giving to others, sharing what they have learned and are best at.

I think one of my favorite stories is about my very first client Rob. (He's also my personal trainer!) Rob was working as a civil engineer and made a decision to go after his dream, he just wasn't sure quite what it was. Through our coaching sessions, he discovered his passion for fitness and is now the leading trainer at his gym. I am honored to have accompanied him on his journey and coach him as he transformed his life. Now he helps others do the same as they transform into a healthier, fit body and lifestyle. He also continues coaching even though he found his bliss, to keep him performing at his best. (He's a model client!)

On the flip side, what saddens me the most in my work is when I hear people tell me "they can't". They are on the path of self-destruction and they want out, but "they can't" do anything about it. They have stopped "independently thinking" and have taken on the poor concepts and beliefs of others and their own hardships so they choose to do nothing, which is really the same as giving up.

Nothing ever stays the same, so when you do nothing you move closer to pain, dis-ease and even death. When you make empowered decisions and begin to make the right changes in your thinking and feeling, you move toward joy, health and bliss.

When I see someone's human spirit fading away because they have forgotten their unalienable Rights it's because they have stopped using their freedom to choose a better way, a brighter path on their journey called life. They feel trapped, helpless and hopeless, not realizing that the choice is all theirs to feel that way. Sadly it happens every single day in our beautiful country of freedom. So many people waste time and energy they can never get back.

I work with people that find themselves in debt, divorced or on the verge, their mind, body and spirit sick with dis-ease and depression, they are overweight, eating poorly, sleepless and tired, overwhelmed and usually on medication to cover up what's gone wrong with their health. As a coach, this fuels my fire and together we turn things around. Health or dis-ease stems completely from your emotions. Emotional hygiene to prevent dis-ease is as necessary as brushing your teeth to prevent decay.

I'll say it again, we live in a fabulous country full of choices that allow us to live our bliss. You may want a companion at this point of your journey guiding you to make the right choices that lead you on the path to your passion. I'd be honored to walk with you as I did with Rob.

I always tell people that I get hired for one of two reasons... inspiration or desperation. Which one are you or are you somewhere in the middle? Remember, your choices are either moving you closer to inspiration or desperation as nothing ever stays the same.

Happy Fourth of July! Continue to celebrate your right to think independently and freedom of choice each and every day! I know I will!

Nicole is an accomplished Motivational Speaker and Success Coach. She has over 17 years of experience helping people achieve incredible levels of personal and professional success, health and prosperity. Her extensive training in the areas of mind-body synergy and verbal / non-verbal communication coupled with extensive self improvement, sales and time mastery skills have provided many clients with unparalleled success. She focuses her efforts on working with clients and organizations using a synergistic approach to solving complex issues resulting in substantial bottom line improvements. Focusing on up to date methods such as tele-classes, seminars, workshops and web based services, Nicole uses a variety of techniques and tools to deliver and teach necessary life-skills and business-skills to her varied clients. Nicole is a certified professional who has a passion for coaching others to find happiness and achieve a balance in every aspect of their life.

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How to Attract Happiness Into Your Life?

2008-07-13T00:00:00.000-07:00

Do you know the universe is ready to give you anything you want? The only thing, in order to get what you want, is to have a prolonged thought about your goal. And that goal could be a happy life. Other requirements are that, your thoughts should be attached with your feelings. You should feel happy about what you want from life.

Why is it important to feel happy and joyful? You need to understand that we are living in a universe which has given the birth to all of us. And that should be a living universe. And in reality, this universe is a living universe. And the only language this universe knows is the communication through feelings. If you feel bad, it will assume that you want to feel bad. As well as if you feel good it will assume that you want to feel good. And the universe will ensure that you have experiences which give you good and pleasant experiences in your life.

Then, if it is that much important to feel happy, is there any method to achieve that feeling on a continuous basis. And the answer is yes. When you are feeling any negative thoughts you can change in an instant by singing a song or playing with your pet or anything you like the most. You can have your list of emotion changers.

Keep only those thoughts in your mind and block everything else. This will change how you feeling at that moment and that feeling will bring you in a state where you can be as close to the universe to get what you are feeling and that includes things related to wealth, health and happiness.

One other thing related to happiness is to understand your human nature, that human beings are not perfect. So you are allowed to do mistakes as well as your friends and relatives. You have to forgive yourself whenever any mistake done by you as well as by others. Have a big heart.

Apply these principles in your life and achieve happiness in your life.

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Most Seductive Intoxicating Addictive Drug

2008-07-12T23:57:00.000-07:00

Do you know the most seductive intoxicating addictive drug? Is it the opium, LSD, marijuana, cocaine or etc etc... I think it is none of these. I believe it is pain. The drug is all around us. Only thing is we see everywhere but fail to observe it anywhere. Let's look at it more closely.

Why do all of us talk of adventure like how we scaled the heights, swam across the ocean, trekked whole day and night, bungee jumped, sky dived, went to six flags and sat on every ride and the list is endless. We speak of the pain that is involved, how much we toiled, how much we struggled to reach or destiny, our goal and the satisfaction that we got on top. What are these things that we are speaking of? Adventure sports! Or is it intoxicated controlled pain that the body has been nurtured to in order to reach the body's physical limits. Is it not addiction? Sport men and women speak of endurance. Is it not the addictive doses of pain pill that they are consuming? Again I say this addictive because of some observations. People into adventure sports always challenge the limits. When the limits are reached, they set their limit higher. It happens with each one of us. When we walk on treadmill for 1Km, we decide that next time it should be 2Km. We raise the bar. And this happens in and out, sub consciously throughout our life and we enjoy it even though it involves pain and more pain.

When we come down to basics, we can observe it even better. The children who have been exposed to controlled parental scolding and punishment are much more attached to their parents when they grow up unlike the ones who have never been scolded or punished. The employees given controlled liberty are much more active and operational than those given complete liberty. The painful forms of sex starts off from clips and whips and people are yet to find their extremes. A person on a pilgrimage which tires his physical and mental stamina still peruses and finds it divine towards the end. Why? The pain pill stimulates the maximum at its threshold. The pilgrimage drives him till that point. But then there is a limit, the line between the divine and insanity.

All of us have an instinct for survival. That is precisely why we have all kinds of protection in the high adrenaline rides. Those who choose higher forms of adventure still venture out with protection. A very few dare to stare death in its eye. And those who do, we call them insane. 'Seppuku' of stomach cutting practice observed originally by the samurais of Japan doesn't narrate any episode of trauma. Rather it speaks of soldiers falling smiling after performing the act. Do you think the pain that such a person goes through is any different from you and me, had we performed the same act. No. It is the tolerance limits that change. Is it supreme sacrifice or social rewards and benefits or the fear of pain crossing the threshold? We never know. What I feel it that the beauty of pain that these people got exposed to allowed them to these limits.

With lot of talking I still cannot prove anything, so let's get real. Let's look at some things that we might have done. If you have a habit of going to bed at about a fixed time, say 11PM, you would have observed that once you have overcome the next half an hour without sleeping say till 11:30 you can carry on as you have just come from bed in the morning for at least 2 hours. What made things change all of a sudden? Why was there a complete turnaround? Why do we suddenly feel fresh all of a sudden? Similarly those guys who have gone trekking and felt extremely exhausted but continued their journey suddenly feel relieved and full of new confidence of energy after crossing a limit. What is this? Where did the tiredness go? Where did new source of energy come from? This is what I would call is the most seductive intoxicating addictive drug. Pain. Perhaps it has more scientific explanations but this is what my normal eyes can see.

Sandeep Sudhakaran
[any thing that beats my heart is music]

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Energized the Way Nature Intended

2008-07-06T06:13:00.000-07:00

"The world belongs to the energetic"
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Without energy, there is no life. We were born with energy, we are energy. We use our own energy constantly so it's important to take measures to refuel and recharge. Energy can be acquired and that's good because there's plenty in life that can drain your energy.

Energy is everywhere in nature - in sunlight, in the wind, in the forest, in the rainfall. Most of us are incredibly busy, confined almost every moment to the indoors at work, and on weekends so burdened with chores that we are becoming more and more disconnected from the natural world. Take note that you simply can't get outdoors enough!

How do you feel when you spend hours inside a cubicle in an office surrounded by fluorescent lighting, wall-to-wall carpeting and artificial paint? Dull, tired, tense and drained by day end? Have you ever worked in a room with no windows? Perhaps you felt groggy after only a short time in the room.

Have you ever spent time in an environment that invigorated your body and mind, calmed your nerves and inspired you to think clearly and creatively where you felt completely in the moment and like anything was possible? Chances are that you were in nature or a room filled with elements of nature.

Nature provides things we need, like fresh air and sunlight, but there's an energy within living things that we connect with when we're outdoors. Nature is abundant, giving and constantly growing and changing. Being in nature is therefore vital to your well-being. Just moving around in nature makes your body feel good and you actually get an endorphin rush. (The chemicals called endorphins, are a mixture of the two words endogenous, meaning from within the body, and morphine, a powerful pain fighting drug and work as the body's internal pain killer.)

Nature really has healing effects. Spending even a few minutes of quality time in nature each day can have a profound effect on both your psyche and your physical health.

• Spending time in nature helps you sleep better.
• Going outside when you feel a cold coming on seems to make cold symptoms vanish.
• You don't need to consume vitamin D if you get about 10 to 15 minutes of sunlight on your hands, face, and/or arms several times a week. (There is evidence that vitamin D helps inhibit the growth of some types of cancer cells and their spread.)

No wonder people don't seem to get sicker when they're outdoors, only better!
Spending time in nature also makes people feel more purposeful. When we connect with nature, we connect with our place in the universe. We are reminded of where we came from and where we return to. We realize that we're just one of many species and that we're connected to other forms of life. It refreshes our outlook on life and creates a higher sense of being and what really matters in life.

How can you spend more time in nature when your schedule is so busy? Make nature during the workday a priority.

1) Doing work like paperwork, reading, and laptop computer work outside can be extremely productive, especially if you're trying to stimulate creativity. Want to liven up your next meeting or training session? Move it outdoors. You'll be amazed when everyone comes back to the office energized and ready to get to work again! I've taken many meetings to the park and come back with exceptionally creative ideas to implement. Nature has no limits, so it's only "natural" that your ideas are more creative and free flowing!

2) Take a walk during your lunch hour no matter what the weather. Why do we wait for the weather to get better before going outside? All weather (except for extremes) can be enjoyable if you prepare. Bring rain gear or warm clothes if you have to. People seem to complain when it rains, but actually it's really beautiful. Our lives depend on rain. The other night I sat and watched and listened as it poured outside. I felt so refreshed after only a few minutes. Next time it rains, open the window so you can hear the rain. If you can't open the window, stand by it and watch the running water. I'm sure you'll soon notice birds dancing in the puddles as they bathe themselves. Bring on the rain! When you first step out of your door for your walk, pause for a minute and close your eyes. While your eyes are closed, allow your hearing and sense of smell to heighten and leave your workday behind. Open your eyes and remain still for a few more moments. Listen for birds singing nearby, breathe deeply and notice any scents of the season. As you walk, take note of nature at "work"!

3) If you can't get outside often enough during the day, try using full-spectrum light bulbs which mimic sunlight in the light fixtures in your home. You can buy them in many health food and home improvement stores. Full spectrum lights are the closest to real sunlight. You'll notice benefits like improved mood, enhanced mental awareness, concentration and productivity, superior visual clarity and color perception, better sleep at night, a super-charged immune system, more energy, reduced eye strain and fatigue and a greater learning ability. All that from a light bulb!

4) Real plants bring life to any work environment. Fill your office corners with plants and trees. The beauty of nature is that energy is either stored, transformed or transferred - but cannot be destroyed. This principle is illustrated in the life of plants. The light initiates a process of photosynthesis whereby green plants convert energy from the sun to transform carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen. Plants are our best air purifiers so place them close to equipment and machines where emissions can be absorbed. Most effective are indoor palms, English ivy, ficuses, peace lilies, and chrysanthemums. But certainly most leafy indoor plants are fine. It never ceases to amaze me when someone notices and comments on a plant about to bloom or when it has grown significantly. Plants awaken our spirit. Just as plants grow toward the light (notice your plants in the office leaning toward the light) we do as well. We can benefit greatly from having plants in our work space as a reminder of that.

5) Having a vase of fresh flowers is certainly healing and energizing. Be sure to have a vase of seasonal flowers at your entrance for all to see and admire. Everyone loves color and flowers are the best way to make your workplace more vibrant. Keep a small bouquet on or near your desk. The aroma and colors keep your right brain awakened and helps your creativity flow. You can't help but feel cheerful when you look at flowers. Want to surprise a client? Send them flowers just because you want to brighten their day. They will appreciate the thought for sure.

6) Windows are key for city dwellers and for people who are physically unable to get outside easily. Just being able to look at a tree outside your window for a few moments can make you feel better. Place a bird feeder outside your window for free entertainment.

7) Fill our office walls with photos of nature scenes. Looking at the photography will make you feel more connected to nature and it will build your energy. You'll be able to visit nature all day long.

8) Tune into Nature. Nature creates the most relaxing sounds. Play nature sounds accompanied to music during the day. Imagine you're working on the beach as the waves crash, or perhaps you're out in the woods with the birds during a rainstorm. Your mind will not get bored with that kind of background "noise". You'll feel invigorated all day long!

Take a tour of your work environment and note where you can add elements of nature. Try rearranging your plants for a change of scenery. Go out at lunch today and bring back some fresh flowers. Plan your next meeting outdoors. Find a buddy to walk with at lunch time. Have everyone share a nature story to open your next meeting. See how you can connect your workday with nature.

Appreciating nature and spending time outdoors is important, in fact it's vital. Without it you won't function as well, just the same as skipping a meal or exercise, or not getting enough sleep at night. There's always so much to do, and spending time in nature seems to be the activity we skip. Block time in your day to get outdoors, enjoy nature, or at least bring nature inside until you can! Enjoy the natural energy around you!

Nicole is widely acknowledged as a uniquely talented and energizing speaker and Success Coach who brings the art and science of Positive Thinking to innovative and animated life. In fact, some people say she's like a "Happy Fairy" because of her infectious positive attitude and her playful outlook on life. Nicole uses a variety of techniques and tools to deliver and teach necessary life-skills and business-skills to her varied clients all while entertaining them at the same time. Nicole is a passionate, certified professional who helps women have personal breakthroughs so they can enjoy more fun and excitement in their life by creating harmony in their health, wealth and relationships. Nicole created You Can Fly Coaching, LLC so she could help individuals, small groups, companies and corporate teams create personal and professional maps that lead to dreams come true. Nicole's clients kiss their fears good-bye and soar beyond current limitations. That's why they call her The "You Can Fly" Coach. Contact Nicole if you're ready to fly at (262) 436-0445 or nisler@youcanflycoaching.com

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Reading - A Positive Attitude Adjuster

2008-07-06T06:04:00.000-07:00

Life can be tough. Sometimes the daily pressures of everyday life are overwhelming. And when pressures are bombarding us from all sides, our attitudes are usually affected... UNLESS we have a bag of attitude-rescue tricks. Attitude-rescue tricks are personal and can range from a yoga class to visiting the elderly, and even to reading. I'll focus on one that I feel is the easiest to incorporate into our lives. Maybe we feel we don't have time to take a class or run three miles or serve others when we don't even have time to serve ourselves. But can't we each steal fifteen minutes -- when we're looming on a depressing precipice -- to pick up a positive book and infiltrate our minds with positive messages. This works for me -- amazingly -- and can lead me from the depths of despair to a renewed sense of hope. Our lives at times can be inundated with negative messages, from direct attacks from people with their own problems, to being cut off on the highway. Most of the television programs are not exactly uplifting; they thrive by pulling us into the drama of revenge and betrayal. I'm not saying watching T.V. or a good revenge flick is bad, but rather sometimes with the harshness of life itself, we need a more counterbalanced approach. Reading can do that, if we choose wisely.

I have to admit, sometimes I"m reading five books at the same time. My husband is puzzled by me; he reads one at a time, very sequentially, but mine all depend on my mood. Do I need a change in attitude? Do I merely want to read a well-written story with an intriguing plot for the sake of good entertainment?

Besides all my personal philosophies of why reading is wonderful, it is a proven productive activity. Here are the benefits in a nutshell:

Attitude Adjuster
Increases your Knowledge
Improves your Vocabulary, thus improving your conversational skills
Enhances Creative Imagination
Encourages Attentiveness
Boredom is far less frequent when there's a love for reading

Time is precious, let's choose our free-time wisely. The more positive we are, the more productive we can become and reading can be a stepping stone in this process. If we start when our children are young -- encouraging a love of reading -- then they too may find that reading can be a tool to uplift their souls and redirect their thoughts to a more positive outlook on life.

Jaycee Fox writes on subjects with the goal of achieving a balanced life. She has a Bachelors in Psychology and a Masters degree, and is the mother of three busy children. If you're interested in finding that balance, and the many resources that can help you achieve it -- especially her recommended books -- then check out Jaycee's website at http://jayceeliving.com/

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Your Best Life Yet

2008-07-04T23:22:00.000-07:00

These days it seems that just about everyone has the right formula to improve your life. Bookstores and libraries abound with hard and soft back publications on how to become the kind of person you were meant to be and want to be. Often the authors make grandiose claims, touting their path to success as something new, a mystery of the ages never before revealed. The truth is, as the ancient King Solomon wrote, there is very little new under the sun including principles of personal management. Most if not all of the values set forth inside brightly designed book covers are regurgitated ideas wrapped up in new packages. One ancient source for writers of modern wisdom literature continues to be the Bible.

Next to the Apostle Paul, Simon Peter was perhaps the most influential follower of Jesus Christ. In fact, the papacy of the Roman Catholic Church traces its commission and authority back to him. Many years after the Christian movement had spread out of Jerusalem to Asia Minor and Southern Europe, Peter wrote a letter to some fellow believers struggling with persecution. Today, the letter is referred to as Second Peter. Interestingly, it was the last writing accepted into the Bible's canon or official list of books.

After a brief salutation to his readers, Peter claims that in the good news of Jesus Christ, God has given his disciples everything necessary for life and godliness. In the next few paragraphs he outlines nine principles that when followed will render your life both effective and productive. Furthermore, the Apostle promises that the one who applies these principles in earnest will never stumble and will receive a rich welcome into God's eternal kingdom. Peter also writes that those who ignore these qualities are short-sighted and blind and doomed to failure. Even though Peter's primary audience was followers of Jesus the ideals he outlines apply to everyone.

The nine principles put forth by the Apostle Peter are:

• Hard work
• Faith
• Integrity
• Knowledge
• Self-control
• Perseverance
• Devoutness
• Kindness
• Love

When setting these principles down in his letter Simon Peter uses the phrase "add to." He does so in order to show each trait to be intertwined and necessary to accomplish your best life possible. The following is a brief explanation of the nine qualities:

Diligence - Essentially diligence means giving an earnest and consistent effort. It includes the notion of industriousness or hard work. In order to achieve your greatest potential you must be intentional about making it happen through hard work.

Faith - Faith is an abiding confidence in you and your support network as well as an enduring conviction that the journey and the outcome will be worth all the blood, sweat and tears. Peter's support network included God.

Integrity - Integrity is an unwavering attitude to be honest and ethical in the midst of the pursuit. It is a desire to do things the right way all the time, graciously and without pretense or any hint of self-righteousness.

Knowledge - This fourth trait includes acquiring information and mastering skill sets in order to be the best at whatever you are led to do. A carpenter must learn how to use the tools of a carpenter; a professor must be an expert on the subject(s) he/she is attempting to teach. Since developments and technologies are being updated continuously, the knowledge trait includes maintaining a teachable attitude until the journey comes to an end.

Self-control - Self-control means having the discipline to say no to attractive but incompatible alternatives. The world is rife with temptations for instant gratification. While rest and relaxation are important to any balanced lifestyle, you must be willing to reject any activity or action that will derail or disqualify you from attaining your very best. A well-nurtured faith combined with a greater knowledge and understanding will make it easier for you to exercise self-control.

Perseverance - Perseverance is the fortitude to stick it out regardless of the pain involved. It is your determination to overcome any obstacle no matter how ominous it may appear. Consistently exercising self-control will give you greater capacity to persevere in the tough times.

Devoutness - To be devout is to be fully dedicated and consecrated to a cause. Often, the all out pursuit of a cause can leave you to deeper conviction or biting cynicism. If the quest has yielded nothing but a treasure chest of empty promises, you may be left with a heart of bitterness and wrath. If on the other hand the fruit has been worth your ardent labor then you will be even more committed to the effort. Perseverance leads to more devoutness.

Kindness - Human capital is the most important commodity on the planet. No doubt that in outlining these principles Simon Peter had his readers' relationship with God most in mind. He knew that when disciples of Jesus become more devout in their faith and practice they will be concerned with what God is concerned with. Peter knew that God is most concerned with people. Regardless of whether you believe in God or not, it is essential that you see and treat those around you as valuable. You must dedicate yourself to treat all others with honor and respect. You are not an island nor are you a self-made man. You did not grow or pick the fruit in the produce section of the supermarket. You probably did not make the computer you are using to read this article. Society grows and progresses when its members lock arm in arm and walk into the future together.

Love - Regardless of the amount and depth of pain we have endured at the hands of others, we all want to be loved. Kindness begets kindness, perhaps not immediately but eventually. When you become the person you really want to be and choose to fully enjoy the people around you, you will be possessed by a deep and abiding affection for yourself and those others. Then you will be guided by the most important principle of all - love.

Everyone everywhere wants to live the best possible life. They want to be productive and effective in their pursuits. The nine principles outlined by the Apostle Peter are time tested and universal. If you put them into practice you will experience your best life yet.

Eric Coggins;
http://www.advantagegreenfurniture.com
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The Positive and Negative Uses of Anger

2008-04-19T09:33:00.000-07:00

Our emotions are like the weather. The weather changes constantly. A day can start out with the most beautiful sunrise, and by noon the skies can go from blue to gray and cloudy with thundering and lightning. We have emotions that are like the bright shiny days and we have some that are like dark clouds of thunder and lightning. We have seen weather forecasts that suggest weathers are triggered by warm temperatures or cold temperatures etc. The bottom-line is that weather is triggered by something. It does not just happen.

Thus there are obviously good and bad emotions, just like there is good and bad weather. Fortunately we can detect when bad weather is heading our way [most of the time]. Using this information we take certain precautionary measures to deal with bad weather, either through avoidance or should we need to remain out in the elements, use protective gear.

Anger

We should be able to forecast our emotions as well, based on the environment. Remember the weather triggers. We can usually tell when our emotions are changing, depending on what is going on around us. The emotion that most people try to avoid is that of anger. This is like the thundering and lightning weather. We can deal with anger by taking notice of the things that trigger this emotion in us. If we notice the triggers, then we can take steps to avoid it by removing ourselves from the situation or, if it is something we need to 'weather', e.g. a necessary confrontation, then we need to take measures to not let that emotion get out of control.

Anger is not necessarily a bad emotion, but it is often not channeled correctly. Anger can be used to move people into action. Most people who have heard of Jesus Christ may have heard of the time He angrily turned over tables in the temple. The reason? He saw the poor being taken advantage of by greedy businessmen in the house of God out all places! This behavior triggered the emotion of anger in Him and He moved to action.

In dealing with Anger, we must pay attention to the triggers to either avoid the emotion, or if we need to weather the storm of this emotion, develop ways to channel it correctly. Loosing control with anger as the stimulus never produces good results. Loosing control in anger can be likened to the dark clouds of thunder and lightning with tornadoes.

You can find many ways to handle anger correctly, taught by experts. However here are some methods that I have employed:

Not going over the confrontation or event before hand in your head in a negative light. So do not anticipate what others are going to say or do negatively and how you are going to react negatively. Think of this as not taking gasoline with you to deal with a fire.
If the event happens suddenly then obviously you do not have much time to prepare. However, remember the 'triggers' we discussed earlier. You should know when you are in an environment that is conducive to an anger outburst. So spend time thinking about how positively you can respond to a situation.

If you spend time imagining positive responses vs. negative reactions, you will soon begin to develop proper ways of handling anger. It requires programming your mind. So if you have an anger problem, spend some time each day imagining how positively you can respond to situations. It will manifest outwardly.

Mark A. Singh
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Moving Beyond Anger With Emotional Freedom Techniques

2008-04-19T09:31:00.000-07:00

Quite often, we get angry; and we deal with it in different ways.

Some of us react; some suppress; some show indifference; some walk away fuming inside; some of us believe it is "wrong" to feel anger and hence suppress or 'by-pass' angry feelings; and some of us bring it all out on other people.

Science is proving the link between heart disease and anger as the underlying emotional cause. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)has been extremely useful and efficient in healing anger and it is amazing to see how a person has a new understanding of the same situation that unfolds naturally; often, much to their own surprise and relief. With the new perspective that emerges, they have clarity on dealing with the situation with more positive choices in hand.

Identifying globally:

Firstly, here is a brief list of common reasons why we feel angry towards someone/ ourselves. Replace 'they' to someone specific (in a specific event/situation), or to ' I ' if the anger is towards yourself.

When others do not agree with me

When they do not understand me

When they obstructs me from satisfying my needs.

When they do not respect me

When they think they are superior

When they try to control or suppress me

When they criticize me

When they tell lies or gossip about me

When they harm me or someone close to me.

When they have evil intentions or ulterior motives

When they are negative, complaining, whining, criticizing etc

When they think they know it all

When they give me advice I have not asked for

When they play the role of the victim, the "poor me," and want attention

When they do not take care of themselves or carry their share of the load

When they make mistakes

When they do not keep their promises or appointments

When they are weak and dependent

When they act in an egotistical and selfish ways, disregarding my or others' needs

When they use me or others

When they are cold and insensitive

When they are not responsible to their word or responsibilities

When they are lazy

When they ignore my needs

When they reject me

When the traffic is too heavy

Being Specific:

Think/connect to the situation/ person in your mind that bring these feelings in you. Tune into a specific event or incident where you have felt this way and use the Movie Method approach of EFT and review your feelings after a couple of rounds of tapping.

Beliefs

Our beliefs become part of us from childhood much of which is learned from those around us. When we think/act as a reflex and feel uncomfortable with those thoughts/ actions, it is a good idea to review the beliefs and make positive, productive changes that fit into who you are.

Anger belief EFT statements

Here is a list of anger belief EFT statements. Practice them tapping along everyday while brushing your teeth in the morning, in the mirror, in small groups or anytime you feel your negatives coming to the surface and in few weeks, you will experience a new and different you..

Even though I am afraid of anger, I choose to acknowledge all of my feelings. It is safe for me to recognize and release my anger. I completely love and accept myself.

Even though if I get angry, I will lose control, I choose to express my anger in appropriate places and ways. I completely love and accept myself.

Even though I have no right to be angry, I choose to know that all my emotions are acceptable. I completely love and accept myself.

Even though anger is bad, I choose to know that anger is normal and natural. I completely love and accept myself.

Even though when someone is angry, I get scared, I choose to comfort my inner child and we are safe. I completely love and accept myself.

Even though it is not safe to be angry, I choose to know that I am safe with all my emotions. I completely love and accept myself.

Even though my parents did not allow me to express my anger, I choose to now move beyond my parents' limitations. I completely love and accept myself.

Even though I won't be loved if I get angry, I choose to know that the more honest I am, the more I am loved. I completely love and accept myself.

Even though I have to hide my anger, I choose to express my anger in appropriate ways. I completely love and accept myself.

Even though stuffing anger makes me sick, I choose to express my anger in appropriate ways. I completely love and accept myself.

Even though I have never been angry, I allow myself freedom with all my emotions, including anger. I completely love and accept myself.

Even though if I get angry I will hurt someone, I choose know that healthy expressions of anger keep me healthy. I choose to know that everyone is safe with me when I express my emotions. I completely love and accept myself.

'Using' anger in a healthy manner: How?

Ask yourself "What do I want here (from this person) that I am not getting (and which is making me angry)

Once you know what it is that you 'want' or 'need' is, express it to the person in a positive manner.

Here, we have gone beyond anger by taking a couple of steps backward!

This will lead to less reaction that stems from anger, to more clear and productive communication; better understanding; more joyous experiences in relationships.

And of course, a much healthier heart!

And, do remember..

Even though I was told anger is not good, I give myself permission to acknowledge my feelings...!

I give due credit to Robert Najemy and Louise Hay for their teachings on the subject.

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Overcoming Emotional Anger

2008-04-19T09:24:00.000-07:00

Feelings and emotions are basically the essence of our lives, but anger is one feeling that can destroy us. Coping with anger is not an easy task to achieve, but it is not impossible. We see that, with enough will power, we can climb large mountains, so we need to think that anger is just a mountain that we can climb to the top of with simple anger management techniques.

Anger can sometimes become the dilemma of our lives. As it tries to take control of our minds, our whole being can be subjected to different changes. As a consequence we can find we are no longer in control of ourselves and anger has ultimately taken charge.

Emotions of anger can arise when we are afraid of something. Fear is always the underlying root cause of anger, and in the surge of these emotions we may act out violently to protect ourselves. By acting out violently we are not ,in fact,protecting ourselves or practicing good anger management skills, but in reality we are creating more problems for ourselves.

When we feel threatened we are likely to react to feelings of fear and anger every time we do not have the power to decipher the underlying cause that actually made us angry. If we are incapable of getting to the underlying reasons of our anger then the result is not going to be a good one. Our lack of anger management will undoubtedly only cause more problems.

Consider yourself in a situation where you are threatened by some people. Now there are two basic ways to deal with this situation, as follows:

1. First of all you get an anxiety and panic attack, but you need to contain yourself and think how you can get out of this problem. You must try to calm yourself down however difficult this may appear to be at the time. When you feel a bit more relaxed, talk with the people who are offending you. Find out what they actually want, and try to explain and discuss what is bothering you. If you are successful in engaging them in a conversation then you are likely to find the solution to the problem. This is a great anger management tip.

2. The person with anger management problems will deal with this situation in a very different manner. The person will be frightened first of all, and then this fear could lead them to act violently. If this happens they will inevitably make the situation worse because of their anger and their uncontrolled emotions. The uncontrolled and overwhelming emotions can lead to fighting with the people who threatened us.This will obviously not help the situation at all , in fact , it will most likely result in a far more hazardous situation. This is certainly not displaying any kind of anger management.

The best way to deal with any situation is to stop and think whether it really is worth getting angry and emotional and possibly depressed about. If yes, then try to use your anger in a positive way. Use it creatively to think it through and find a solution to the problem. Talk to the people who are irritating you rather than becoming violent and possibly inflicting injuries on them or abusing them verbally. By law you are certainly given the right to protect yourself, but you certainly have no right whatever to harm or abuse anyone, either verbally or physically.

There is no doubt that there are some situations where you are going to find yourself with no option left other than defending yourself physically from the other person or persons. But even if you find yourself in such a situation always remember to stay in control mentally. You should always use anger management techniques to keep yourself in control. The moment you lose control mentally and let your anger take over you will then have lost all sense of self control.

Do not do this to yourself, because when anger takes over it will lead you into doing things that you would never ever normally choose to do. Your lack of anger management will make you prone to do things which you would ,under normal circumstances, find totally unacceptable.

In summary , always use your will power and self control when you find yourself in a confronting situation. This can certainly prevent you from becoming a victim of negative anger. Use your anger management strategy. Use your emotions of anger in a positive way. Don't let your anger take charge of your life.

Article written by Norman Holden editor and owner of http://www.AngerManagementNow.com a website about Overcoming Emotional Anger

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Believe That You Have Whatever You Want

2008-04-17T17:09:00.001-07:00

Words can be very tricky things at times.

The trouble is that certain words that are used a lot get loaded up with extra meanings and associations, so that they have to be used with great care, if they can even be used at all. For example, if I start talking about God, I may well be pretty sure what I mean, but, since you have a lot of things associated with the word, you may well hear something quite different from what I intend. A word like "God" tends to have some very powerful and emotive associations, so as to make it almost useless for any meaningful discussion, unless there is a clear agreement about exactly what it means to the people in the discussion.

Advertisers use this phenomenon of word association to help sell their product. They call it "branding."

I mention it because if I say something like, "If I pray to God in faith, then God will certainly give me exactly what I pray for," I've already lost at least half the audience, who now probably think I'm some kind of religious nut. But that's just the word associations of the highly charged words I'm using.

So if I say this instead, "If I ask the Universe to supply me with something that is on my list of desires, and I put the focus of my thoughts into vibrational alignment with that desire being fulfilled, then the Universe will respond to my vibration by the Law of Attraction to bring me what I ask for."

Putting it in this way is still quite highly charged, but less so. It is much easier to get the actual meaning of it, rather than the "branded" meaning.

But, and this is the point, both sentences mean the same thing!

So why is it important? For two reasons. One, you need to be able to put your requests in a way that feels comfortable for you. Two, you need to put your requests in such a way as not to introduce any shadow of doubt that they will be fulfilled.

So if you want something amazing to happen to you, or to the world, it is essential that when you ask for it, you believe and do not doubt. It is your doubt that prevents it from happening.

"If you want to change the world, change yourself first."

The author writes for "Success is not just about Money" the blog dedicated to helping a million people to learn how to create their own reality. Visit http://positivehighenergy.blogspot.com

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4 Simple Steps To Visualization Success

2008-04-17T17:08:00.001-07:00

Whatever it is you want to do, have, or be can be yours through the magic of visualization. Visualization is the key to living life on your own terms and in your own way -- exactly as you have envisioned it.

When you want something so bad you can almost taste it, that's when it's physical manifestation is right around the corner. Anything you sincerely want can be yours and in surprisingly short order. That promise is yours for the taking when you master and practice the 4 simple steps to visualization success.

Sincere desire is the starting point of physical manifestation. Whatever you want begins with a thought. Visualize it again and again and your desire becomes a dominant thought that changes your focus and energy level.

If your desire is weak, if it is only a passing interest, there won't be enough energy behind it for its manifestation. If your attitude is, "That would be nice, but what I really want is ____" (fill in the blank) than you must shift your focus to what you really want. When your desire is so intense that you can actually feel it -- than manifestation is the next logical step. When you can see yourself enjoying the subtle ocean breeze and azure blue waters while sipping a rum punch from your beach-front lounge in sun-drenched Antigua, you're already on the way towards bringing your desired vacation towards you. Make it your dominant thought and it will indeed become your reality.

Desire gives you an advantage. When you know what it is you want and you know in your heart that you're actually moving towards it, you've already placed your order with the universe. And as long as you stick with the same goal that you enhance with visualization, the universe will collaborate to ensure you manifest your dream. But most people can't decide. They never settle on one definite objective to pursue. So they seldom get what they really want.

If you let your deepest desire be your guide and you stay the course, visualizing your goal and feeling its presence, manifestation is a given.

So the first ingredient to visualization success is to begin with a desire. If it's merely a wish, you need to examine it more closely to see if it's something you really want. If you can turn up the intensity and shape it into a burning desire, then it's something that's within your capability to manifest. If you want it badly, you'll be more inclined to use the visualization success formula often.

Now repeatedly think about the desire you want to materialize. Repetition is the second key ingredient to visualization success. Think about it in the morning. Think about it at lunch. Think about it before dropping off to sleep at night. And think about as often as you can at any time of day.

Use triggers like a goal card, or post-it note with your objective clearly and succinctly described. Add it as a target to your pocket Day Timer, or place a simple note on your nightstand. Repetition is important to drive that desire deep into your subconscious where the magic begins to happen.

Next, intensify your thoughts. Think long and hard about what it is you want to do... want to have... or want to be. Concentrate on it. Examine it in complete detail so you can describe it thoroughly and precisely. Get a clear mental image of the precise result you want.

If it's something you want to do, see yourself doing it. If it's something you want to have, look at such things as color, size, texture and the finish. If it's something you want to be, see yourself in your new role in the exact environment that will surround you as your objective comes to fruition.

Ingredient number 3 to visualization success is to use your imagination to create a vivid image. Your intense thoughts and images are the map that uncovers your buried treasure.

Feelings are ingredient number 4. It's your feelings that act as fuel. You can think about your goal all you want. And you can have your favorite car pointed in the right direction to take you to your chosen destination. But without the fuel, it would be a long and frustrating journey. Add real feelings to your visualized image and it is like filling up the gas tank. Feelings are the secret power of manifesting whatever it is you want.

This 4-step visualization success formula takes on a whole new dimension when you inject emotional energy into it. Feel what it's like to already have whatever it is you most desire. Get a sense of it and make it real. Embody those feelings and you'll gain a deep sense of exactly how having the result you want feels on every level.

Allow your enthusiasm to soar. Powerful feelings combined with targeted, one-directional thoughts are an unstoppable force of creative power. In other words, follow this recipe and you'll soon be enjoying an abundant feast of your own choosing.

Now that you understand the basics, here's how to make Visualization Success work for you automatically. To help you get to wherever it is you want to go the quick and easy way, visit http://www.visualizationfx.com today.

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Daily Affirmations - Improve Your Life

2008-04-16T18:27:00.000-07:00

Daily affirmations help people to focus on the divine Presence in the universe that we are all tied into. By focusing our intention to these daily affirmations, we can begin to experience the kind of life we truly desire to be living.

Find a quiet place, preferably in the morning, to devote at least fifteen minutes of quiet time to read a daily affirmation statement, letting it envelope you. By keeping out the clutter of other thoughts and dwelling in the affirmation, you are letting your thoughts become lighter and engaging the higher presence to hear you clearer.

Positive affirmations can sound like a waste of time to some people, but the individuals that practice affirmations on a daily basis feel more uplifted and calmer with more purpose for their day.

The people that use daily affirmations in their lives do so because these affirmations make a difference in their outlook on life, their health and stress. When we affirm to our own well being, we are consciously engaging a very powerful force that is a part of us to help keep us well balanced.

It is no secret that many people fighting life threatening illnesses are encouraged by many in the medical profession to use daily affirmations to help our bodies get better. Many studies done throughout the years cannot deny that the use of positive affirmations will make significant changes in not just our health, but also our whole outlook on life.

There is a lot of stress in the world today. Stress not only puts us on edge, it leads to high blood pressure and other illness when stress begins attacking the body. Stress is one of the major factors that can lead to addiction and alcoholism. Positive daily affirmations play a large role in relieving the stress that can build up.

Within the area of quantum physics, many scientists have proven that the world we all live in is one of intent. We seem to create our own realities by what we think about. When we dwell on the negative things that happen in our lives, we seem to attracted more of the same. We begin to perceive our lives in negative ways because the Law of Attraction will support this view.

What breaks this negative, stress-filled cycle in our lives is to use the positive daily affirmations to engage the Law of Attraction so we can experience more abundance and happiness. Like attracts like, this is the way the world turns. When we begin using positive affirmations, then we begin manifesting more positive things in our lives.

In fact, you do not have to believe daily affirmations will work at all for you. You only need to have a willingness to try. If you were to begin using daily affirmations, within a couple of short weeks you would have to notice more positive changes in you and the life around you taking place.

Think of your daily affirmations as meditations. All you need to do is focus on your affirmation statement, letting it become you. Repeat the statement, focus with intent on it. Many people that use their affirmations in the morning almost plan their days by them.

About the Author: Kaylie L Holbrook has the secrets you need to change your life immediately with daily affirmations. Experience amazing changes in your life at my website: http://www.dailyaffirmationsonline.com.

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Never Let Go Of Your Dreams!

2008-04-16T18:22:00.000-07:00

There are so many dreams that I have had throughout my life. While many of my dreams have come true, there are still a multitude of magnificent dreams that surround me, and dance like breathtakingly beautiful silhouettes. They are formed within the depths of my heart and soul inspiring me to run this race of life ever forging ahead, allowing nothing to stop me from achieving every last thing that I know is mine for the taking!

As a little girl I remember believing that I could do absolutely anything that I could imagine. As I grew older, I realized that the dreams I once aspired to achieve were thwarted by poor choices and wrong thinking. Then it occurred to me! If my dreams were to ever become a reality it would have to be simply because of my faith! I would have to believe that others would be drawn to me and that my vision would inspire them to take chances that they normally would never take, and together we would hold hands, reach up to the stars, and see the once unattainable dreams and visions become a reality.

I hold fast to the belief that vision attracts vision, and dream attracts dream. I like to think about the Law of Magnetic Resonance. An illustration of the Law of Magnetic Resonance is this: picture that you have two pianos in one room. One is at one end of the room and the other piano is at the other end of the room opposite of the first piano. You then strike a key on the first piano to hear the sound come forth, but then if you were to walk across the room to the second piano, and lift up the top, you would find that the same key that you struck on the first piano would be vibrating on the second piano that you never laid a finger on! In the same way dreams and visions attract like or similar dreams and visions.

There may be many elements involved within achieving a dream. You may have a spectacular dream, but don't know how to run a business, and you don't have the funding to pursue your dream, or know the people who can assist in making your dream come to fruition. BUT...

With passion you begin to share your dream with others and you inspire someone with your dream who knows a person who knows how to do exactly what you are dreaming of and want to accomplish, and that person magically knows someone who can procure the funding that you need to get started, and almost miraculously you are then introduced to someone who knows exactly how to market your dream, and voila your end result is that you have a plethora of resources to accomplish your dream.

Magnificently it all flowed together so quickly (kind of like a snowball effect) that you almost forgot why. Because you passionately believed in your dream and shared it with another person, you began the process of attracting all of the people and abilities necessary to bring your vision and dream come to pass!

If you have a dream that is big enough for you to accomplish on your own then I say your dream isn't big enough yet! You have to dream bigger than yourself and that takes amazing faith! Faith won't let you give up or let you let go of your dream. Even when things look on the outside as if they are always going to be the same and that there isn't an end in sight, your faith will hold you and guide you into the endless possibilities that are only available to those who aren't willing to let go of their dreams.

I can tell you that I have dreams that I see so clearly in my mind, and they are so vivid to me as if they already are! My faith allows me to see a parallel universe. One I can touch with my hands and see with my eyes, and the other I see with my hearts eyes as if I already have it. No matter how much time goes by I don't give up or become discouraged simply because I can't deny what my heart already sees. My dreams exist and they are much more than just dreams, they are my hearts deepest desires only made possible by continued faith and the pursuance of my belief in them.

My vision is clear and my purpose is great. I will live with absolute passion and yield my heart to faith while patiently and expectantly awaiting my dreams to come true. Along the way I know that my dreams will give way to igniting the passion in others that I hold dear to my life and heart, and together we will ignite the burning desires within our intricate dreams which ultimately hold the key to our destinies.

I live a passionate and determined life! I live my life on purpose! I take things as they come and rise to a greater level of ability to overcome and achieve more than my wildest dreams, and if you don't do that on purpose I have found that most of the time you won't do it at all.

I dream bigger than myself. I've realized the desires within our hearts are most often abilities that we possess and don't even know it. Our desire to do something gives way to pursuing that dream, and our dreams create the level of our abilities!

I live a life led by faith and am not moved by what I see in circumstances that present themselves in my life. I live fearlessly and my mission in life is to touch the lives of everyone that I come into contact with by demonstrating the true power of love in everything I do and say.

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GOALS - Seeking Excitement And Adventure

2008-04-16T02:31:00.001-07:00

Our world offers a nearly endless variety of experiences. In addition, each person born is a unique individual, with his or her own likes and dislikes, preference and priorities. Putting together these two facts gives us a virtually infinite range of combinations (which the science guys call permutations).

What represents exciting adventure to one person can seem like mind-numbing boredom to the neighbor on her right, and terrifying recklessness to the person on her left. Fortunately, everybody gets to choose their own experience most of the time, so we can each custom-make our own life to suit our personal tastes.

There's nothing wrong with enjoying adventure and excitement. It's a great way to keep zest in your life. But there are two reservations.

First, when you're engaged in exciting pastimes, do you insist on dragging others along who don't enjoy the same things you do? Drag-alongs are cruel. Ask anybody who's ever been a "drag-ee."

I once dated a girl who loved opera. At that time I was not capable of hearing the beauty and majesty of a great performance. So sitting through a Verdi with her was sheer torture for me. Years later, as my tastes widened and deepened, I was finally able to appreciate the beauty of such things.

Mike, a friend of mine back in high school days, loved to drive fast and get the police to chase him. That's the way he got his kicks. One day (not knowing his taste for thrills) I got in the car with him, and he decided to give me a fun ride.

I was uneasy when the reckless driving started, but when the cops got behind us, I was screaming for him to stop and let me out. Fortunately, he really was an excellent driver. I survived, but I never got back in the car with Mike again.

If you have friends who'll never come back after one "fun experience" with you, that might be a sign that you're dragging along people who are not suited to your kind of fun.

Another problem comes when you're not as skillful as you think you are. Being careless can endanger other people's lives. Drinking, for example, may be fun for you. Okay. But do you drive while drunk? No matter how good a drunk driver you think you are, you're still a drunk driver, and that IS a no-no.

Adventure and excitement are wonderful. They're great. But be sure you don't drag anybody along who doesn't want to be there, and make sure also that you're not putting anybody else in danger.

Otherwise, go have a ball. Life is to be enjoyed.

For more information on how to shape your future, download the free PDF report "It's All Good Luck - Five No-Fail Tips for Turning Bad Luck into Good... Every Time" at http://www.more-luck.com/luckyreport/

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Suits Me - Following Your Dream

2008-04-16T02:24:00.000-07:00

When I was 10, my great dream was to land a job where I could carry a briefcase and wear a power-suit. I was a good girl and worked hard to make it happen. At 23, I thought that all my dreams had come true when I landed a position as Marketing Manager in a multinational company with silver cufflinks and a briefcase full of decisions to make. It was great for a while, the job certainly had its benefits. But I felt unsettled and my moods directly mirrored what was going on at work. A naturally happy person, I couldn't work out why I was so miserable.

I wish I could remember the name of the book that spelled it out for me in simple print. It had something to do with being aware of every decision you make and the reasons for making it. I took action and it occurred to me that I never chose my profession based on a conscious decision. My career did not align with my wants, needs or passions, rather I was simply good at it. After great soul searching I realised that I was becoming increasingly dependent on material things and other people for my happiness. The answer was inside me, not in my wallet or quarterly performance review. I wrote my lists and realised that what is most important for me is to have control over my time and to have the ability to help others. So I quit the corporate rat race and started my own health website. I don't make the money I used to, but I have complete control over my time and I help a lot of people learn about how to stay healthy and treat their health conditions naturally.

Thanks to some soul-searching, I can say with pride that I'm entirely accountable for my own happiness and I no longer rely on a good day at work or a pay rise to feel content. Ironically, my childhood dreams have taken a 180 degree turn. At 24, my great dream is to work in my pajamas and never carry a briefcase again.

Kristy Lee is webmaster of Australia's independent vitamin information website http://www.healthycomparisons.com.au

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To the Next Level of Success

2008-04-14T21:30:00.000-07:00

You have declared that you are ready to be in business on your own. No more bosses. No more relying on other people to do it their way. You have known how to do it for a long time and are finally ready to commit yourself to just that. Financially you have designed a situation that will enable you to begin and through lengthy planning, you have created a situation that seems like it works, at least on paper. But what will it take to get to the next level? To create a business that will be as successful on paper, as it is in reality.

Create a system that is realistic and allows some time for you.

Write down exactly what you want each day to look like. Be specific. How many hours do you want to work? How many hours are you willing to work? How long can you work on certain tasks for a sustained period of time?

In other words, if on paper, you are planning to make 100 cold calls a day, but know that after an hour in one place, you get stir-crazy, then you will not be effective with this design.

In order to be truly successful, you need to work within your own boundaries. Create a system that works with your strengths, not against it.

As a business owner, there will be jobs you have to do that do not fall into your comfort zone. It helps to create a list of tasks that are challenging and ones that are easy. Then create a balance of the two so that you can be effective on any particular day. For instance, if you know you can only sit for an hour, write that in your schedule and reward yourself with the task that comes more naturally to you, right after that. It will not only keep you in motion, but you will be less inclined to procrastinate on the jobs that are more challenging.

Creating a way to hold yourself accountable.

The best part of being your own boss is that you are in charge and no one is checking up on you. The hardest part is that you are in charge and no one is checking up on you. Yes, it is bitter sweet. While it is nice to be able to design your day the way you want it, it is just as easy to let the day get away from you without doing what you needed to do. After all, who will know? To avoid hours or days going by without forward movement, you will need to hold yourself accountable. The best way to do that is to write the tasks that need to be done in your day timer as if they are scheduled appointments that can't be cancelled. Be specific about what needs to be done and how long it will take for it to be accomplished.

Taking it to the next level.

So now you have a routine that works, scheduled appointments and a path to follow. Now how do you get to that next level that actually will make the difference of just making it, to real success? Here is where you will have to challenge yourself a little by creating a game of it. Look carefully at the to-do list you have set for the day. Task by task, rate the level of difficulty, giving a 10 to tasks that are really challenging, and a 1 to the ones that are simple. Now circle all the ones that fall into 5 or below and ask yourself how you could make them higher on the scale. For instance: Let's say that the task today is to email 10 prospective clients. Since it is relatively a passive task, you may have rated it pretty low. What would it take to be more of a challenge? Could you also set the objective of all of them being followed up with a phone call? Perhaps an even bigger challenge would be to commit yourself to actually speaking with 5 prospective clients and then turning one of them into a new client. More challenging? Definitely, but that is what you will need to do to reach the next level of success.

If you want to make it even more successful, recruit someone to hold you accountable for the goals that you set. There is nothing like the action you will create when you know that someone will be checking in on you. Even if it just a friend doing you a favor.

If you truly want to become a risk-taker, though, hire a Business Coach. You will be amazed at how often you are in action and making things happen!

Lesley Geller is a Business Coach. She helps successful professionals exceed their expectations of growth. She works with small business owners, as well as individuals in large corporations looking to reach the next level. Lesley graduated from the University of Maryland is certified as a Coach through the Coach Training Alliance, which is recognized by the International Coach Federation. She is also a Freelance Writer and co-author of: 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life. For more information about how to reach the potential you're capable of, visit her website at http://www.LesleyGeller.com or e-mail her at Lesley@LesleyGeller.com

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Obstacles or Opportunities?

2008-04-14T21:27:00.000-07:00

I am going to tell you this now, "Your field of focus will establish what you stumble on in life." I hear you saying, "Well, what does that have to do with obstacles or opportunities?" I hate to tell you, but it is EVERYTHING! Simply, if you focus on all the obstacles that happen in your business life, what do you think you will find? More obstacles, and likewise, by focusing on opportunities, you will come across more opportunities.

The problem is that the majority of us focus on the obstacles. You come home from work and you wife, or husband, asks you, "How has your day been?" And you reply, "Well this, this and this happened and..." You know the drill. We generally focus on our obstacles, but why? Why don't we focus on the opportunities that happened throughout the day? Just imagine the growth that we could experience if we focused on all of our opportunities, and when things do go bad, see it as an opportunity to learn. So remember, if you focus on your failures you will more than likely come across more failure. Focus on your successes instead, and EXPECT to experience greater successes.

Another little secret that will work wonders in your life, it is a little word called 'intention'. What is your true intention in life? You might say, "Well, of course it is to live a comfortable and secure life and earn enough money to pay the bills and..." There you have it! If you want to be extremely successful, wealthy or whatever else you desire, but your intention is to live a 'comfortable and secure life', do you think you are going to achieve that? Don't underestimate the power of your intentions. If you want to be extremely successful, INTEND IT! It all starts with the mind. When you have that right, everything just falls into your 'lap'.

I will leave you with this little exercise. Sit down for a few minutes and write down what your dreams are in life. Then write down what your current intentions are. Do they harmonize with your dreams? If they don't, that is why you are not achieving you dreams. Change your field of focus and INTEND TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS. The results will astound you!

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Using Your Creativity To Find Satisfaction In Life

2008-04-13T18:37:00.000-07:00

You make your life happen

So many people live their lives as though it is something that just "happens" to them. This is very sad because they are unaware that they are creating their own life and so they live their lives by default usually ending up with disappointment, depression and fear. Every single person on the earth has the power to create their own lives. Using that power brings us the greatest satisfaction and happiness that life has to offer. One of the ways we create our own lives is to use our creativity. Our creativity can be expressed in many different ways. Some people express their creativity by writing stories or poetry. Other people express their creativity with artistic expressions ranging from painting or drawing to sculpting to sewing or other types of crafts. Still for other people their creativity is expressed through interior design, make-up artistry or hairdressing. There are countless ways a person can express their creativity and each one of them brings intense satisfaction, happiness and fulfillment to the persons who allow themselves to fully use the capacity for creativity that exists within them.

Designing your own life

In some cases a person can use their creativity to literally design their life the way they want it to be. They use all the power of their imagination to see themselves being successful in their relationships, their careers and even in their spiritual lives. As they create these realistic impressions in their minds they begin to receive inspirational thoughts on how to manifest their desires into reality. As they take action on the inspiration they receive, their lives begin to take the shape they had imagined in their minds. According to Napoleon Hill, author of "Think and Grow Rich", this is exactly how all great successes have ever been created. Even a person who doesn't consider themselves the "creative type" can use their hidden creativity to design a successful life for themselves and their families.

Developing your talents

Most people have a variety of talents that they can express their creativity with and become successful at. It is important to explore all of your talents and take the time to develop and perfect them as much as possible. If Rembrandt had spent all of his time working in a factory and then sat in front of a television set for hours each day after work, you would never have heard of him and the world would have been cheated out of some amazing works of art. Don't cheat yourself or the world by wasting your life away on unimportant things, take the time to develop your creativity and see where it leads you.

Summary

Your life is whatever you decide to make of it. Each person has their own unique talents and creative abilities that they can use to shape the outcome of their lives. Talents are not developed in front of a television screen, so it is important to use your time wisely and discover or hone your special creative skills and abilities. As you use your creativity wisely you will discover greater satisfaction in life.

Andrea R. Lucas is the leading expert in the area of Life-Scripts, the blueprints by which we all live our lives. She is the founder of the DYSALA Method, which identifies the seven steps necessary to change a negative Life-Script to a positive one, and to live the life of happiness and abundance you have always wanted. Andrea is the author of "7 Steps To Personal Fulfillment" and numerous articles on this fascinating subject.

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IQ Test Or IA Test?

2008-04-13T18:34:00.000-07:00

An IQ test is supposed to measure one's "intelligence quotient," to provide a basic rating of how smart a person is. When we try to measure people in this way, we hope it will predict how well they will perform in either their profession or academic work. Of course we know that this doesn't work very well. We can all think of examples of highly intelligent people who are less successful than those with "weaker" minds.

In the world of academics, studies have shown that a student's habits of self discipline are far more likely to predict high grades than the score on an IQ test. Obviously the usefulness of the latter kind of testing is limited, but what is the alternative? On possibility is the "intelligence application," or "IA test."

The IA Test

The idea here is not to measure how well you can use your brain on "paper problems." This measuring of "brain potential" is what the IQ test is about. An IA score would be a rating of how well you actually apply your intelligence in your life. As far as I know, nobody has yet developed a systematic test of this sort. What would it consist of, then?

Most likely it would start with a standard IQ test of some sort. That measure of "what you have" would then be used in conjunction with a measure of "what you do with it" to come up with an IA score. The first number (your IQ score) might be added to or subtracted from according to measures of "application." But what would we use for these? There are many possibilities.

If we used income as an "intelligence application measure," we might start with zero for an average income for that particular IQ level, and add or subtract points for being above or below that. This is based on the idea that being more intelligent should lead to a higher income if one is applying that intelligence well. We could divide IQ scores into ten levels, and for each, find the average income or create a scheme for what ones income "should be." Then we could add a point for each level a person is above their "presumed" income, or subtract one for each level below.

Of course, this measure assumes that higher income is either an objective value, or at least a goal of the person being tested. That brings up the first serious problem with this new kind of test. Do we want to use an objective set of values against which to measure how well people apply their intelligence, or should we measure according to the person's own stated goals? There are tough challenges with both approaches. The first requires some agreement on what is universally valuable. The second assumes that people really know what they value.

This is the problem with the all the possible measures. We can create measures of some sort to see how well a person does in relationships, health maintenance, creative output, and even happiness, but we cannot so easily say what the value of those things is, or how much the person being tested really desires those things. At first this problem of standards and measurements may make it seem that we cannot develop an intelligence application test. But we can choose a standard (or develop two tests). As for the measuring, we already do it.

If you've ever said about a person, "He doesn't use what he's got," or "She's so smart, but she doesn't do anything with it," you were measuring. You can't say such things without having some idea of what a person could be doing better. These kinds of comments are a measuring of performance against that idea or standard. Granted it isn't precise, but it acknowledges that such things are measured.

The IA test would simply make it more precise. A statistician will tell you that when things are difficult to measure, you don't give up: You just measure more. For example, if all you have is flawed rulers to measure a door with, you don't use one once. You can get closer to a true measurement by using them all several times and taking the average. If you are measuring the relative happiness of people in various groups, whether the groups are determined by country of residence or IQ level, you can to some extent overcome the flaws in measurement by making enough of them. When a group consistently scores higher after thousands are tested using many methods, the data becomes more accurate and useful.

At the level of the individual, then, we would also want to measure many things in many ways, because of the uncertainty of any one measurement. We might measure income, as noted, but then measure again according to what income the person thinks would be ideal. We could also adjust this for age. We might measure success in relationships in six different ways, and the application of intelligence to household chores in several ways. Using all of these various measures, we might arrive at a IA test which can assign a score that actually means something. Or maybe not.

Perhaps the idea of "intelligence application" is most useful not for developing a new test, but for pointing out how flawed some kinds of tests can be. I've seen the same man score 70 on one IQ test and 140 on another, and I know of a millionaire who can't read. If after generations of these tests being used they cannot be more accurate or predictive than that, there may not be too much hope for an IA test either. Life itself is the real "IA test," and perhaps for a long time to come the closest measurements we'll get will be the intuitive ones that lead to the comments, "He sure knows how to use what he's got," or "She just isn't living up to her potential."

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Health, Wealth, and Wisdom Tips

2008-04-12T23:07:00.000-07:00

GOOD HEALTH TIPS. To live a long and healthy life the first step is to eat right. Here is what that means in 2 short sentences. First, eat all the fresh vegetables that you want, as often as you want each day. Second, eat all the fresh fruits that you want, as often as you want each day. That's it, period! Any deviation from this is heading you away from living a long and healthy life. Notice that cooking your fruits and vegetables was not mentioned because cooking kills most of the valuable nutrients that they contain. If you want more protein for your body, eat more Broccoli. Broccoli also has as much or more protein as steak. Three bananas, two apples, one orange, and several handfuls of red or grape colored grapes (not green) will easily get you through middle morning, lunch, and middle afternoon meals.

Here is a great healthy breakfast idea. Blend one cup of old fashioned rolled oats with one banana or one apple, or some grapes until totally smooth, then drink it all. Add more filtered water for thinner consistency. That's it.

Make your healthy lunch and take it to work. This way, you control what you eat, not a restaurant.

WISDOM TIPS. Choose your friends and associates wisely. You become like those you associate with. If they have good character traits, those will rub off on you. If they have bad character traits, those will also rub off on you. Studies show that our incomes tend to equal the average incomes of our five best friends or closest associates.

Refrain totally from discussing with others what you want to forget. Not doing so simply allows you to refresh those negative events in your mind making them just that much more difficult to forget. It is a form of complaining. Complaining is like rocking in a rocking chair. It give you something to do but it does not get you anywhere!

Make a list, one hour before you go to bed every night, of the top six things that you want to achieve tomorrow. Why? First of all, it will give you direction and purpose as you start each day instead of thinking of things that you should do. By making the list before you go to bed each night, your brain can work all night while you sleep to come up with great ideas as how you can best achieve those items. Once you start doing this (try it for 30 days) you will not believe the great results that you will get. It's a great step in working smarter rather than harder. Also, remember to check off each item on the list as you successfully complete it. These mini successes are huge self portrait and self confidence builders.

WEALTH TIPS. As soon as possible, like right now, start working each day on achieving your dreams instead of the dreams of your boss. How? Make a list of the top 3 things that you really want that affordability is keeping you from having. Next, start your own, fun to run, Online, home-based business. Part Time, Full Time.Not only will this be a fun lifetime experience but the icing on the cake will be the wonderful tax advantages you will qualify for.

Lastly, decide that you are going to take action right now to do what it takes to turn your dreams into realities starting right now and believe that it will happen. Put your pride on a shelf because you cannot do everything by yourself. Ask and you will receive the help that you need. Remember, beginning is half done. (See Author Bio)

God bless you with an overflowing abundance of good health, love, happiness, success, prosperity, and a bright new future and lifestyle that you will allow yourself to have.

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The Power of a Name

2008-04-12T22:56:00.000-07:00

It is given at birth and typically carried around like a proud personal banner throughout our lives. Men and women pay millions of dollars to see it lavishly displayed on hospital walls or the doorways and park benches of cities. Speak it and you will create the sweetest musical note to the recipient. I speak of the extraordinary power of a person's NAME.

Part of maximizing YOUR life will inevitably be about enriching the lives of others. When you enrich the lives of others with love and care, you begin to build a network of individuals who will befriend you, love you, and can even bring you an abundance of wealth. I have been the type of person that is "bad with names." I would meet someone and instantly forget his or her name. At times this habit could be down right embarrassing. I recall being in a situation in which I had to repeatedly call on a customer I was doing a large amount of business with and not being able to remember her name. Each time I would call her on the phone I would once again introduce myself instead of being able to reach out to her and make that vital personal connection. The sale was nearly lost, when the customer eventually said those terrible words we have all heard before, "do you even remember my name?"

Classical theories on motivation have shown that after basic survival needs have been met, one of the greatest human motivators is the need for recognition. People want to feel IMPORTANT! Imagine the network of people you could build if you were able to put your own ego on check and tap into this amazing principle of human behavior. Although not necessarily easy, one of the simplest ways of making people feel important is calling them by their name. To be a great leader, follow the example of great leaders before you like Theodore Roosevelt. His ability to remember names left a lasting impression on an entire nation.

The reason why many of us fail to capture another's name is that we are very caught up in our own self-consciousness. The ability to comprehend what another individual holds important is an asset of unspeakable value. Here are a few tips to help you recall another's name.

1. Associate the name with the face. Many of us are able to recall a face, but have trouble putting a name to it. Consciously associate a person's name to their face, the minute you are introduced.

2. Repeat the name in the conversation. Here is an example. "Great to meet you Bob, what is it that you do Bob?" That may be a little obvious, but people generally don't notice (they like hearing their name). Here is another example if that is too obvious, "Great to meet you Bob, what is it that you do?" Bob- "Oh, I am an arms dealer." You - "Oh that's great Bob, how did you get into that?"

3. Give your full attention to the person. Would you agree with me, that knowing a great amount of people would be a valuable asset? Imagine each person you meet as a possible asset for building wealth (monetary or otherwise) in your life. I realize this next technique may seem a little impersonal, but think of it as a game. If you could know x amount of people by first name, how much would that be worth to you? Imagine each person you meet and remember their name and face is worth five dollars to you. While this may seem ridiculous there is a monetary and social value to every person you meet.

Jesse Sherer is an entrepreneur and specializes in helping others achieve their goals and dreams. Read other articles about entrepreneurism, and self-improvement http://www.jmsherer.blogspot.com

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My Name is Hope!

2008-03-06T18:25:00.000-08:00

In a world of constant change, instant everything, I need a tool to help me remember the cyclical nature of life and personal growth. Time is a flowing river that I travel through, in order to remember who I am. Caught in one part of the river called linear time, I see life as a challenge that has a beginning and an end. I live in the middle part of this river and live only what I can feel through my five senses. Unaware of other aspects of the river I feel separated from the source of its energy. I find myself paddling harder and harder to get to the end where there is a beach of perfection, forgetting that I don't need to paddle at all to find what I'm looking for; it is right where it has always been, within me.

Digging through the sand of my river I discover many things that help me on my journey; there are all sorts of remedies to ease the pain I experience and feel most of the time. Usually I use something that quickly puts my mind in a better thought and I go on with my travels acting like I am complete. Off course there is that faint voice that keeps calling me to remember something that seems so near yet so far away. I avoid it, because it does not fit into the suitcase of beliefs I acquired traveling down my linear branch of the river. I ignore it until at one point, the river changes and I'm face with a choice that will alter the course I take and what I will experience.

This change throws me out of the boat and my suitcase of beliefs is opened and they sink to the bottom of the river. I am in a state of fear and I reach for the nearest branch to pull me to safety. The branch breaks and I find myself with nothing but my inner voice that is softly whispering to me: "My name is Hope, and I am your boat."

Suddenly I stop struggling and listen to Hope and the current of the river takes me to a bank of reality where I step on the shore of perfection. This shore is not perfection meaning final, the end, or the greatest; it is the shore of appreciation. I start to see myself as more than human; more than matter, I see my true self and a beam of light warms my body and mind in a magical way. I look up and down, side to side and see the other parts of the river that were hidden from my perspective by my thoughts of fear. The river has so many parts, each one waiting for me to experience when I'm ready.

Sitting on the bank with my feet soaking in the river of life, I remember something that Hope whispered to me when I feared for my linear life:

I bathe myself in generosity,
Appreciation,
Praise and gratitude for my fellow beings and all life,
Self-acceptance for my thoughts in life,
With enlightened understanding of my life experiences.
Each experience brings me closer to the bank of love
Where I never left
I just forgot where it was.

So my travels continue and my experiences bring me generosity, appreciation and love. I no longer feel alone or separated. Hope is with me; so are all the angels that journey with me. I now know I am here to be a grander version of a spirit having a human experience and I do it with gratitude and respect for all consciousness.

Howard (Hal) Thomas Manogue, was born in Philadelphia, and is a forerunner to the Indigo children, a now age term for misfit with an intuitive nature, a desire to know his truth with a gift of giving and sharing. Hal retired from the shoe industry after 35 years of sole searching, and discovered his real soul.

He enjoys art, music, philosophy, psychology, nature and people.

His poems have been published by: Mystic Pop Magazine, Children Of The New Earth Magazine, New Age Tribune, Seasons Of The Soul Newsletters, Lightship News and Writers In The Sky Newsletters. His essays can be found on Hal's Blog and Website: http://halmanogue.blogspot.com/

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He lives in Franklin Tennessee.

Hal's new book Short Sleeves Insights: Live A Ordinary Life In An Non-Ordinary Way will be in print in April. Visit any bookstore or Hal's website to get a copy. Hal's third Collection Of poetry: Short Sleeves A Book For Friends will also be in print in April.

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Your Success Depends On Your Motivation

2008-03-06T18:23:00.000-08:00

No matter where life takes us, we all need to be positively motivated in order to succeed. This is particularly true when things are not quite going our way and when we have undertaken business projects that do not seem to work out as we would have expected. It is at this point that fear can move stealthily into our way of thinking and a little irritating voice says that this is not going to work.

So, what can be done? Well, for the most part, it is important that you steer clear of negative people. These people can, at times, be your own flesh and blood. However, this is not the time to disclose any doubts and fears that you may have in them. Positive and enthusiastic people should be sought out from your acquaintances, family and friends. Assume the positive and confident outlooks on life that they have. Locate a good motivational book. Return and re-tackle the issues that are holding your scheme back, whilst you are thinking about success. It is very often a case of needing to tweak certain aspects of the operation in order to get it moving.

If research has been undertaken by yourself correctly, then there must be a reason as to why things are not going so well. Determination will pay in the long run. If you are yearning to succeed, this will without a doubt provide the inspiration and energy that is required to get you off on the right foot and where you need to go. This is personal motivation in action. Positive results will be achieved when your energy and desire work together.

When things are not going your way, it is easy for you to become down and depressed. It is simple to just give up and give in to fear and misery. However, it is this approach that leads you to less success. Depression and loss of motivation can be increased when communicating with unenthusiastic people. In a sense, we are in actual fact what we deem ourselves to be, and we need to motivate ourselves in order to achieve.

In one way, it is more difficult to remain positive since is requires a great deal of energy. However, on the other hand, being negative takes your energy away, whilst being positive will produce energy. Motivation is produced when we remain positive, and results are produced from enthusiastic motivation. Nothing is a lost cause. It is just necessary to undertake thoughtful restructuring in the worst cases, or minor tweaking at best. All that is required to carry this out is the motivation and enthusiasm.

Life can be difficult. However it is imperative that you search for the positives in everything, including situations that prove to be difficult. It is important that you enjoy life and mix with positive, energetic people. It is simple for their enthusiasm and motivation to break through the shell of depression that is blocking up your life. Goals need to be developed, followed by you gaining the amount of motivation needed to drive in your life.

Kevin Sinclair is the publisher and editor of Be Successful News, a site that provides information and articles on how to succeed in your own home or small business.

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The Science of Getting Rich - Your Action Plan for Success

2008-03-03T22:47:00.000-08:00

Although "The Secret" sounds as if all you have to do is envision what you want and then send happy thoughts out into the universe to get it, it's a little bit more complicated than that.

Although I do believe in the Law of Attraction, I also believe that there is another "law" at work here, and if you really want to succeed, you have to follow this law, the "Law of Action."

Another pitfall to avoid is wanting things for the wrong reasons. The unfortunate truth is that there are many successful people in the world who seem to have it all, and yet they are miserable and unhappy with what they have. You can avoid this by taking certain steps first.

To have what you want in life, to be what you want and then enjoy it when you get it, you need an action plan. You can start on th road to success by asking yourself these five questions:

(Write your answers down. This will help you more effectively clarify your answers.)

1. What do you want?

If I had to pick one question that probably stumps most people, this one would be it. Most people really don't know what they want out of life, and so they just drift through life.

If you really want to get what you want out of life, then you need to know exactly what that is. To be rich and famous is simply not enough. You need to be as specific as possible about what you want.

2. Why do you want it?

If you want to be rich and famous because you want to teach the kids from high school that they were wrong about you, then that's the wrong reason.

If you want to be [fill in the blank] because you genuinely want to help others, now you're on the right track. Wallace Wattles says we can only give others what we have. Giving will only bring you more of what you want.

3. What's holding you back?

Do you have any attitudes you need to get rid of, like you'll never succeed because: you're the wrong color, wrong, sex, wrong size, wrong this, wrong that, you [fill in the blank]?

Get rid of them. Attitudes like that will only hold you back, and they'll only be unnecessary obstacles. Why punish yourself like that?

4. What do you need to make it happen?

Are there skills you need to develop? Do you need to go back to school, etc.? Before you take such drastic steps, consider talents you already have. You may need to do nothing more than to start taking action, and if you look at your talents, you may just realize what you really want to do with your life.

5. What action steps will you take?

Although there are many ways to do this, my favorite way, and the easiest way I know of, is recommended by Mark Joyner of Simpleology. It's called The Backward Planner.

Basically, all you have to do is write down the end result of what you want to achieve and then write the steps you need to take, backwards, to get what you want.

For example, if you want to earn $10,000 a month, that's your end state. Now, write down the steps you'll take to achieve that. It could be something like doing 10 joint ventures. Write down each step involved in making that step happen.

Look, the bottom line is this: only you get to decide who you will be and what you will do with your life unless you decide to listen to those who don't have your best interests at heart. Is that what you really want for your life?

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Emotions & Law of Attraction

2008-03-03T22:44:00.000-08:00

The Law of Attraction involves our emotions. Our emotions provide the universe with valuable source information about us. Call it our "emotional guidance system". One of the most powerful influences we have to engage the Law of Attraction is our emotional feelings as a primary mode of experiencing our reality.

The universe is governed by universal laws. These universal laws are not something we created, they have been in force since the beginning of time and maybe even before this. These laws apply to everything there is and cannot be broken, or changed.

The most powerful law in the universe is the Law of Attraction. This law makes the universe alive and real. "Like attracts like." You get what you think about and feel, even if this is unwanted. You receive what you put your energy into. You are a living, breathing magnet that is always attracting more of what it is you are sending out.

Your emotions provide powerful information that creates a vibrational signature that is uniquely your own. This vibrational signature is broadcast out to the universal consciousness. It will respond and give you more of what your vibrational signal sends to it. This is the Law of Attraction at work. Yes, it works all of the time.

When we begin to pay attention to our feelings as an emotional indicator, we can become clearer of intention to attract to us what it is we truly desire in life. When we are emotionally uplifted, our vibrational signal resonates at a higher frequency in a more positive way.

When we feeling frustrated, angry and depressed, these emotions are broadcast on a lower vibrational frequency. This is a clear emotional indicator that we are not connected to our higher source and are experiencing unwanted things that are coming into our life.

By paying attention to our emotional indicator, we can become more consciously aware of when we are slipping into emotional states that lower our positive energy field.

Believe it or not, we exert more energy into resistance when we are in the lower spectrum field trying to resist all the things we don't want. We gain more higher energy by being emotionally connected to what it is we do want in our lives. This is the universal path of least resistance.

Feeling good, being emotionally connected to ourselves in a positive way allows the Law of Attraction to work for you. A positive, uplifted emotional state of grace is just what the universal doctor intended for us to live in. When we allow ourselves to be co-creators of the universe and consciously use the power of the Law of Attraction, this is truly to be alive!

Don't let your negative emotions keep you stuck in a reality you do not deserve. Begin to focus on things in your life that are positive and meaningful to you. This might sound easier said then done but it does take more of your energy away from you to feel angry, depressed or stuck in a past that is not serving you any longer.

Turn on your emotional indicator and begin using it to stay in the positive, higher vibrations that you can sending out. We are all made of this energy, we all can use this with intent to allow the Law of Attraction to bring us lives that we all were meant to experience.

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Emotional Intelligence - Views Of Daniel Goleman On Its Effect On Us!

2008-03-01T02:56:00.000-08:00

Emotional intelligence constitutes one particular side of your personality. It revolves around you being yourself. Specialist concur that with the exception of your intellectual quotient, how well you do in the future is considerably determined by emotional quotient. It is true that we arrive at our conclusions by means of our intellect. This is precisely what we avail of in cranial analysis as well as for retaining information critical to generating the answers with regard to the circumstances that we confront.

Since a long time, a vast majority believed that IQ was the sole factor, which tends to give us directions in life.

At one time, people did not take into account that emotions played a major role in giving rise to vital decisions. In addition, they have looked upon emotions as a nuisance that prevents us from enjoying life to the fullest. Emotions were often deemed as irritants that hindered right thinking.

But, the passage of time necessitated that we modify our opinions and persons were born to pass on our perspective. One such person is the precursor of emotional intelligence, Daniel Goleman, a psychologist and writer.

We are continuously carrying on a conversation with the person seated close by. During this process of interface, a whole host of skills is required to ascertain if it is effective or unfavorable to the concerned person. We require thorough analysis, social skills, abilities to express ourselves in a proper manner as well as the capability to direct things into fruitful means of interface. Apart from these, there are many other critical facets of living, which we need to discover.

Any setbacks with regard to any of these will tend to bring about what is termed the domino effect regarding the way in which we carry on our lives and also in developing friendly relations with not only ourselves but also with the persons whom we know on a personal level.

Emotional intelligence covers all of the above.

People with elevated levels of emotional intelligence tend to be prominent even if they are facing a challenge from persons whose IQs are equally high. It is not a bad sign to be considered intelligent. It is simply that where everything is concerned, we need to strike a balance and agreement.

Since a long time, the sole deciding factor of contended living is the capability to think properly. However, due to studies Daniel Goleman developed as well as the book on Emotional Intelligence, people's opinions on right living underwent a drastic transformation.

Both Daniel Goleman as well as his book titled Emotional Intelligence rerouted our single-mindedness from a higher IQ to that of a higher EQ. Specialists have today recognized that individuals who carry out their tasks effectively are not just those considered book smarts. Actually, there are several scenarios when those that are street smart plus emotionally intelligent persons garner the fruits of success.

Now, we can ascertain emotionally intelligent persons by means of their exhibition of different behaviors that separate them from persons with higher IQ but unstable emotions.

There are many people blessed with the aptitude to persist, empathize, and restrain themselves. Then there are persons capable of resolving issues by employing their finest decisions as well as those capable of connecting with people. In addition, there are people who can restrain their inclinations and those capable of maintaining relationships. They come in several faces and every one of them has traits vastly dissimilar from each other.

Now, all these aptitudes are derived from their abilities to be conscious of their very own feelings as well as the sentiment expressed by others. They perfectly understand how and why they respond in the manner, they do. Perhaps, they have a higher level of social intelligence and intrapersonal intelligence, which are useful in arriving at decisions and knowledge of themselves as well as the people with whom they are interfacing.

While there is no possibility that everyone is blessed with greater IQs, all males have equal prospects of developing emotional intelligence because this constitutes an extremely dynamic facet of personality.

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Unleash Your Inner Genius

2008-03-01T02:51:00.000-08:00

Let's say you are wrestling with a tough issue - maybe at work, at home, with your children or in your social life. You have been stuck for a while and you can't seem to make a breakthrough. You want to come up with some really creative ideas. What can you do? Here are ten great practical ways to boost your inventiveness and to crack the problem:

1. Ask why, why? Ask, 'why has this issue arisen?' Come up with six different reasons and for each of them ask, 'why did this happen?' Keep asking why for each cause. This helps you to better understand the different reasons why this is a problem and so in turn you will see different possible solutions.

2. Sleep on it. Ponder the issue and all its aspects for some time and then put it out of your mind. Get a good night's sleep. The subconscious mind goes to work and often you come up with great ideas the next day.

3. Talk it over with someone who has nothing to do with the situation. They will often ask basic questions or make seemingly silly suggestions that prompt good ideas. Two heads are better than one but people who are too close to the issue will often come up with the same ideas as you, so try an outsider.

4. Ask how some celebrity would tackle the issue - what would Steve Jobs do? Or Bob Geldof , or Richard Branson, or Salvador Dali or Margaret Thatcher or Madonna or Sherlock Holmes? Take each individual's approach to its extremes and it will likely give you some radical solutions.

5. Pick up any object at random and say to yourself, 'this item contains the key to solving the problem.' Then force some ideas. Try this with several different objects and you will have a selection of radical and inventive ideas.

6. Use similes. Try to think of a different problem in another walk of life that is like your problem. Say you want your staff at work to try new ways of working. You might imagine that this is like getting your children to eat vegetables. List various methods you might use with your children to encourage or persuade them to try vegetables. Then go through the list and then see if any of the ideas can be converted into things you can try at work.

7. Imagine an ideal solution in a world where there are no constraints -e.g. you can use any resource you want. Now work back from that ideal and challenge each of the constraints that is holding you back from achieving it. Many of the obstacles can be overcome when you take this approach.

8. Open a dictionary and take any noun at random. Write down six attributes of that noun - so for tree you might write - root, branch, family, apple, trunk and tall. Then force some links between the word or its attributes and the problem in order to come up with fresh ideas. You will be surprised at how well this works - for individuals or in a group.

9. Ponder the issue and then go for a walk around an art gallery or museum. The range of external stimuli will help you conceive plenty of new ideas.

10. Draw a picture of the situation showing the people and the issues in simple cartoon style. Put it up on the wall and then imagine how the story could develop. Think of it as a cartoon strip. Many people's brains work better in images than in words or numbers so this can lead to fantastic ideas.

These methods work for individuals and for groups. Try them and see what suits you best. Above all keep reminding yourself - there are some great solutions for my problem - I haven't found the right one yet but I will!

Paul Sloane is the founder of Destination Innovation (http://www.destination-innovation.com). He writes and speaks on lateral thinking and innovation. His book, The Innovative Leader, is published by Kogan-Page.

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5 Things You Can Do TODAY To Get Happier!

2008-02-29T00:58:00.000-08:00

Studies show that money can buy happiness, but only until the point where you have enough to cover expenses for food, shelter, health care, and transportation. After that, more money brings diminishing returns. So, where to put your energy and resources if you want to maximize your happiness?

1. INVEST IN YOUR HEALTH - Health is a prerequisite to happiness. In other words, You can't be happy if you're unhealthy. Eating wisely and moving naturally are the best way to get fit

2. CREATE QUALITY FRIENDSHIPS - When it comes to a social network, quality is more important the quantity. Having two good friends who care about you - whether your chips are up or down - is more important than a huge network. We often forget that friends rarely come on their own accord: they require effort, time and nurturing.

3. EXPLORE YOUR RELIGION - World surveys show that religious people are more happy than non-religious people. Religious people are more likely to have a strong social network and to be at peace with their lives and mortality. What to do: if you have a religion, make and effort to reconnect with it. If not, visit four new religous communities in the next three months and see if any of them align with your values.

4. SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOUR HOBBY - Build a model, knit a sweater, climb a cliff, cook a gourmet meal. The point is to spend time engaged in activities wherein you are optimally challenged, you get immediate feedback, you lose sense of time and you do it because it's intrinsically rewarding. Psychologist Mihaly Csíkszentmihályi identifies this state as the state of flow. It is perhaps the best way to achieve authentic sustainable happiness.

5. IF YOU'RE UNHAPPY, MOVE - Where you live has a bigger impact on your happiness than your marital status, income, or even education level. If you are not happy where you are, consider moving. World-wide studies show that the happiest places on earth are not tropical islands but place where you feel secure, people around you have the same level of status as you do and it's easy to find a job that is interesting.

Dan Buettner is a world explorer who for the past seven years has been studying the longest lived regions in the world, or Blue Zones. Buettner's work on longevity and happiness has been featured on CNN, Good Morning America and 20/20. His new book The Blue Zone will be released by National Geographic in March of 2008.

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Are You Happy?

2008-02-29T00:55:00.000-08:00

When someone asks you if you are happy, your response could either be ironic or philosophical, but deep inside your heart you know that you are not as happy as you wish you were...

You may think that you are very happy on weekends and holidays and never again think about this matter. You may say that you are very happy, and thank everyone a lot for their concern when they ask you so, but are you really satisfied with your life? Your personality? The world where you live?

Perhaps your answer to this question may be straightforward and you may say that you are not happy at all. You are depressed and you don't believe in happiness.

The answers to the same question vary a lot according to everyone's experiences and character.

Is there a map that anyone could follow to ensure the achievement of happiness? Is happiness a treasure that anyone can find? Will it last forever? Will it be real and wonderful?

I have been a philosopher and writer since I was 7. I have tried to find the answer to these questions since the time I started to think and write. I would write my thoughts and compare them as time passed.

My poetry was special; I won many prizes. Everyone who knew me was aware that I was an excellent writer. When my works were part of any competition, they always received the first prize. Once, I even won a car, when I wrote a small story for a magazine, only because a friend had asked me to. I wrote it on the last day (even though the competition had permitted 2 months to write it) because I didn't like the subject and I was studying for exams at the University during that time. However, my friend called me up asking if I had written it on the last day of submission, and I could not refuse. So, I wrote it in half an hour and it was the best one, a real work of art!

My teachers and the rest of my college admired my writing, and I was sure that I would someday be a great writer, and perhaps win the Nobel Prize in literature. This was my dream, and it did not appear impossible. I wanted to see my books translated in all existent languages...

However, my destiny was completely different from what I had imagined it to be. Instead of being a writer, I became a psychologist because I pursued the hidden meaning of my own literature. I received magical inspiration from the unconscious that produces our dreams and regulates the functioning of our body. The unconscious is wise and saintly and it tries to save the conscience from the attacks of the wild side of the conscience (anti-conscience), which is very violent and evil and tries to destroy our conscience through craziness.

I interpreted the mysterious meaning of my own literature just as we interpret dreams. I discovered the big illusion of human existence, our anti-conscience, which is demoniac and too powerful. This is our primitive, animal conscience, which can think but is totally insensitive. It is a wild beast that belongs to us, and is part of our personality.

This discovery made me abandon my ideals of fame and glory and strive for humility instead, because I clearly saw the signs of schizophrenia reflected in my own literature. I had the characteristics of a dictator who wanted to impose her selfish desires on everyone.

The unconscious revealed several things, including the fact that we can find true happiness after completely developing our conscience and eliminating all mental illnesses.

If you completely develop your human conscience, you can eliminate your anti-conscience and become a genius because you are not using the biggest fraction of your conscience, since it belongs to your primitive conscience. This is the anti-conscience that has to be transformed into the conscience: you cannot kill it, because it is a part of you.

There is really a map by which you can find real happiness, and this is the scientific method of dream interpretation. By following this method of dream interpretation, you can transform the monster into a conscious part of yourself and you'll then be able to use this part of your conscience, which will make you far more intelligent than what you are now that you are using only a tiny part of your conscience.

In order to be happy, you need mental health and wisdom.

If you are wise, your happiness doesn't depend on your external reality, because you have inner peace. Further, if you are wise, you do everything perfectly and you always have the best results in your daily reality as well. You don't make any mistakes or waste your time with what is not good for you.

Therefore, when someone asks you if you are happy, you will say that you are always happy with yourself because you recognize all the good things that you have, but that you are always sad because not everybody in this world can be happy like you.

You must have a burning desire to help everyone find happiness, since everyone requires it very much. Only then will you be able to say that you are completely happy. Your happiness should not be the selfish and absurd kind: it will be a healthy happiness that will not be threatened by any danger.

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Easy Steps to Accomplishing Any Goal

2008-02-28T03:20:00.000-08:00

Do you have a big goal or project you want to accomplish but are too overwhelmed to even get started? Perhaps you have already started it but are stuck and can not get it to move forward. Whatever you want to do, start a business, change careers, or take a quantum leap forward with your income, you can do it. Just let go of your feeling of being overwhelmed, bogged down, or not knowing where to start and follow this simple process that will help you accomplish your goals

The secret to accomplishing major goals is to take your project and break it down into small steps. The size of the steps will depend on what you are comfortable with. The important thing is to keep taking steps toward your goal. As you move closer you will find your steps will get larger and faster - the momentum will carry you along. A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, but you must keep taking those steps one at a time!

Start with the end in mind. You first need to know where you are going so you can map out a plan to get there. Decide what you want and then set the goal or goals that will be required to get you there.
Make a time frame and determine the actions you need to take - break them down into small steps and do them one at a time.
Determine what the most important things are you need to do to reach your goal and put your time and energy into accomplishing those actions.
Keep focused and make a daily to do list with the six most important actions to take that will keep you moving forward. If six actions make you feel overwhelmed then pick a number that you feel comfortable with but take the time to determine what are the most important actions you need to focus on everyday. Plan to focus your actions on what is going to have the most impact.
Keep the end in the forefront of your mind! As you move through the steps keep your thoughts on the final out come you desire.

Patty Tolar is a professional coach living in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. She helps her clients move forward in quantum leaps teaching them how to skyrocket their incomes and manifest the life they dream of living. She also teaches work shops and teleseminars on The Law of Attraction and Visions Boards. She operates a blog that is all about creating more money, success, and abundance in your life! Patty loves to give away FREE stuff and is now giving away Free memberships to her newsletter. Sign up now - it is all Free. More information at http://www.moneysuccessandabundance.com

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Goal Setting Sets the Energy in Motion - Launching Law of Attraction

2008-02-28T03:16:00.000-08:00

Traditionally, January tends to be a time for goal setting. However, many of you have learned that with Law of Attraction you can have goals and desires ALL year long -- waiting until New Year's to set goals is so seventies! The 'deciding-what-you-desire' part of goal setting is the most important. You have to think about what you DO want and then articulate it, making sure you are clear about what you want. You now have your goals! All of that attention, energy and focus on your desire launches Law of Attraction by setting the energy in motion. Giving attention to anything ALWAYS sets the energy in motion (Law of Attraction).

Goal setting sets the energy in motion.

Deciding you desire something sets the energy in motion.·
Daydreaming about your goals and desires sets the energy in motion.·
Writing your goals on a 'yellow-sticky note' sets the energy in motion.·
Telling others about your goals and dreams sets the energy in motion.
The point I want to emphasize is that we are good at setting the energy in motion. Can you feel the emotion when you say, "I've decided"? Deciding sets the energy in motion yet many people never say it. The challenge in goal setting is that, not only are you asked to state your goal, you are asked when it is that you want it. Here is an example:

Setting the Energy in Motion in Your Life

Goal: To have ten new clients by the end of this month. (Your goal is clear, measurable and specific.)

Challenge: Mid-month comes around and you've only attracted three new clients. Towards the end of the month, you start noticing that you are "not there' yet. Now a bit of panic or doubt (both negative vibrations) kicks it. You may start telling yourself, "I've only got three clients and I wanted ten." In your observation of NOT having the full ten, you send out a negative vibration of NOT having what you want.

Keeping score of what you have NOT attracted maintains a negative vibration towards your goal. Disappointment sets in.

Solution: Continue to set the energy of your goals in motion. Be deliberate about what you are paying attention to. Continue to pay attention to what you HAVE attracted so far- reminding yourself that LOTS can happen before the end of the month. In other words, celebrate and acknowledge what HAS happened. By practicing gratitude for all that has happened so far, you will be resetting your vibration to the way you want things to be and as always, Law of Attraction responds and matches your vibration.

Michael Losier, a Law of Attraction Trainer and author, supports people in understanding and practicing the Art of Deliberate Attraction, so they can have more of what they want and less of what they don't. Michael has been applying the principles of Law of Attraction for many years and enjoys a wonderful and rewarding life in the city of Victoria, BC, Canada. He facilitates a number of in-person Law of Attraction seminars as well as Teleseminars to a worldwide audience.

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