"There are always plenty of possibilities, with new ones being born every moment. On a regular basis, pick a new possibility and explore it fully. Turn down a road you've never traveled before, and find out what's there. Be curious, and let your curiosity lead you in the direction of new discoveries.
Step out of your comfort zone once each week and create over 50 additional opportunities for excitement, challenge and possibility each year. What a great goal or resolution!
Inject some fresh, new experiences into your life. Challenge yourself and add richness to your life by stepping outside your regular routine. Surprise your senses with things you've never experienced before. Wake up your spirit by uncovering previously hidden treasures in your world.
The good things in your life are yours now because there was a time when you chose to find them. Explore some new possibilities, and there is much new value you can find."
Thursday, December 31, 2009
See Things As They Could Be
“Imagination is seeing things, not as they are, but as they could be. Think about it: Everything that has ever been invented in the history of the world began as an idea in one person’s mind.” ~Mac Anderson
How is your imagination? Really? Are you using it the way it was intended or are you using it the way you were taught?
How often do you allow yourself to think of the way that things could be? As opposed to the way they are now? Do you let that happen or are you too 'realistic?' I once heard Zig Ziglar say that "a realist is really a pessimist in disguise." Think about that. How many times have you had a great or even zany idea and someone close to you said "be realistic" thereby shutting your idea down without a thought...
As we talked about yesterday, everything began as an idea in someone's head. It first needs to be created in our mind before it can be created in the external world.
Tonight as you write out your New Year's Resolutions try seeing things as they could be, not as they are. I think you'll find that seeing things as they could be gives you new insight into who you are and who you could become.
“Imagination is seeing things, not as they are, but as they could be. Think about it: Everything that has ever been invented in the history of the world began as an idea in one person’s mind.”
How is your imagination? Really? Are you using it the way it was intended or are you using it the way you were taught?
How often do you allow yourself to think of the way that things could be? As opposed to the way they are now? Do you let that happen or are you too 'realistic?' I once heard Zig Ziglar say that "a realist is really a pessimist in disguise." Think about that. How many times have you had a great or even zany idea and someone close to you said "be realistic" thereby shutting your idea down without a thought...
As we talked about yesterday, everything began as an idea in someone's head. It first needs to be created in our mind before it can be created in the external world.
Tonight as you write out your New Year's Resolutions try seeing things as they could be, not as they are. I think you'll find that seeing things as they could be gives you new insight into who you are and who you could become.
“Imagination is seeing things, not as they are, but as they could be. Think about it: Everything that has ever been invented in the history of the world began as an idea in one person’s mind.”
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Start At The End
“’Begin with the end in mind’ is based on the principle that all things are created twice. There’s a mental or first creation and a physical or second creation to all things.”~Stephen Covey
Do you realize this and understand this? Do you think this way?
As we are coming to the end of this year and we are looking forward to next year, start out 2010 by beginning with the end in mind. 'How do you do that,' you ask. Glad you asked. Take the time to envision yourself coming to the end of 2010 and you were able to do everything that you planned to do this year. What would that feel like? Where would you be? What would you be doing to celebrate your successes?
Stay in the moment and write everything that you are feeling and experiencing down as this will become part of the process. How are you different from last year? How are you the same? What new habits have you developed? What old habits did you drop? Who are you hanging around with? What are you reading?
The more you "begin with the end in mind," the more the physical creation creates it. Start using that incredible super-computer that you have called a brain. You'll be shocked at what it can do for you.
“’Begin with the end in mind’ is based on the principle that all things are created twice. There’s a mental or first creation and a physical or second creation to all things.”
Do you realize this and understand this? Do you think this way?
As we are coming to the end of this year and we are looking forward to next year, start out 2010 by beginning with the end in mind. 'How do you do that,' you ask. Glad you asked. Take the time to envision yourself coming to the end of 2010 and you were able to do everything that you planned to do this year. What would that feel like? Where would you be? What would you be doing to celebrate your successes?
Stay in the moment and write everything that you are feeling and experiencing down as this will become part of the process. How are you different from last year? How are you the same? What new habits have you developed? What old habits did you drop? Who are you hanging around with? What are you reading?
The more you "begin with the end in mind," the more the physical creation creates it. Start using that incredible super-computer that you have called a brain. You'll be shocked at what it can do for you.
“’Begin with the end in mind’ is based on the principle that all things are created twice. There’s a mental or first creation and a physical or second creation to all things.”
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Reaction or Response?
“A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.”~Rita Mae Brown
Do you react to life or respond to life? Really? Have you thought about it before? We have been so programmed to respond that it takes a big change to respond rather than react.
What is your first thought when someone cuts you off in traffic? Is it to bless them? Is it to curse them? Is it to understand that they are more important than you are so they can do that? (that's my favorite)
What is the difference between reacting and responding? Good question! Reacting is when you don't even think about what you are doing, you just do it. Responding is taking a pause, thinking about the appropriate response and then responding.
Stimulus - Pause - Response. Stimulus - Pause - Response.
Try it today and see if you day goes any better...
“A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.”
Do you react to life or respond to life? Really? Have you thought about it before? We have been so programmed to respond that it takes a big change to respond rather than react.
What is your first thought when someone cuts you off in traffic? Is it to bless them? Is it to curse them? Is it to understand that they are more important than you are so they can do that? (that's my favorite)
What is the difference between reacting and responding? Good question! Reacting is when you don't even think about what you are doing, you just do it. Responding is taking a pause, thinking about the appropriate response and then responding.
Stimulus - Pause - Response. Stimulus - Pause - Response.
Try it today and see if you day goes any better...
“A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.”
Monday, December 28, 2009
Stop. Look. Listen.
“Just stop it. Seriously. Whatever it is. Just stop it. If only for an hour, a day, a week. Stop doing it long enough to get a glimpse of what the change would actually look like.”- mary anne radmacher
Are you able to stop what you are doing to notice what change would look like or are you so busy with life that you can't or won't...
Change is the only thing that is constant but yet we fight against it with all our might and what happens? Change still happens, but it is the change we didn't want rather than the change that we really wanted.
What would happen if you were to stop long enough to get a glimpse of what that change would mean? Would you be able to make a better decision about the change, would you still want to make the change or would you run to make the change?
If you are not changing, you are stagnating and when you stagnate, you are moving in the wrong direction. We should always move forward or at least when we take 1 step back, we are able to take 2 steps forward.
What needs to change in your life, your business, in you?
Stop doing what it is that you are doing and see what change would look like.
“Just stop it. Seriously. Whatever it is. Just stop it. If only for an hour, a day, a week. Stop doing it long enough to get a glimpse of what the change would actually look like.”
Are you able to stop what you are doing to notice what change would look like or are you so busy with life that you can't or won't...
Change is the only thing that is constant but yet we fight against it with all our might and what happens? Change still happens, but it is the change we didn't want rather than the change that we really wanted.
What would happen if you were to stop long enough to get a glimpse of what that change would mean? Would you be able to make a better decision about the change, would you still want to make the change or would you run to make the change?
If you are not changing, you are stagnating and when you stagnate, you are moving in the wrong direction. We should always move forward or at least when we take 1 step back, we are able to take 2 steps forward.
What needs to change in your life, your business, in you?
Stop doing what it is that you are doing and see what change would look like.
“Just stop it. Seriously. Whatever it is. Just stop it. If only for an hour, a day, a week. Stop doing it long enough to get a glimpse of what the change would actually look like.”
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Appreciate Today - This Day
“Appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic good of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even excitement, however stale these experiences may have become to others.”~Abraham Maslow
Do you appreciate the basic good of life? With awe, pleasure and wonder? Really, or are you more caught up in the day-to-day life that only allows you to see the challenges? In our 'microwave society' it seems to always be about the next thing that we have to have or our life won't be complete with out...
Paul Coelho said "You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle." Are you paying attention to the daily miracle in front of you? Do you see it? It might be a new flower, a new friend, a new opportunity to serve others...
Realize that good is present in your life right now and more will be added to you. We have become a society of whiners, complainers and generally grumpy people because we don't see everything as a miracle.
“Appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic good of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even excitement, however stale these experiences may have become to others.”
Do you appreciate the basic good of life? With awe, pleasure and wonder? Really, or are you more caught up in the day-to-day life that only allows you to see the challenges? In our 'microwave society' it seems to always be about the next thing that we have to have or our life won't be complete with out...
Paul Coelho said "You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle." Are you paying attention to the daily miracle in front of you? Do you see it? It might be a new flower, a new friend, a new opportunity to serve others...
Realize that good is present in your life right now and more will be added to you. We have become a society of whiners, complainers and generally grumpy people because we don't see everything as a miracle.
“Appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic good of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even excitement, however stale these experiences may have become to others.”
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Your Dreams
"The moment of enlightenment is when a person's dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities"~Vic Braden
What are your dreams? Do you allow them to grow or do you stomp them down so you don't really have to think about them? Do you think about them hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly? Do you do more than think about them? Do you do an action that brings them one step closer to probability?
Most people will say, "Sure, I have dreams. They are over there, in the 3rd drawer of my desk." That's not having a dream, that's really not even having a wish, because you aren't working towards it at all. That's just having one to say that you have one...
What is keeping you from going after your dream? Fear? Money? Family? Why are you not going after your dream? If you think about all the reasons you are not going after your dream, do any of them really hold water? You may be convincing yourself that that they are valid but isn't that just another story you're telling yourself...so that you don't have to really reach for them???
Forget 'enlightenment.' When your dreams of possibilities become images of possibilities, how do you feel? I'm sure you've felt that way before. It feels GREAT! It makes you feel that you can do anything. Remember that feeling.
"The moment of enlightenment is when a person's dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities"
What are your dreams? Do you allow them to grow or do you stomp them down so you don't really have to think about them? Do you think about them hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly? Do you do more than think about them? Do you do an action that brings them one step closer to probability?
Most people will say, "Sure, I have dreams. They are over there, in the 3rd drawer of my desk." That's not having a dream, that's really not even having a wish, because you aren't working towards it at all. That's just having one to say that you have one...
What is keeping you from going after your dream? Fear? Money? Family? Why are you not going after your dream? If you think about all the reasons you are not going after your dream, do any of them really hold water? You may be convincing yourself that that they are valid but isn't that just another story you're telling yourself...so that you don't have to really reach for them???
Forget 'enlightenment.' When your dreams of possibilities become images of possibilities, how do you feel? I'm sure you've felt that way before. It feels GREAT! It makes you feel that you can do anything. Remember that feeling.
"The moment of enlightenment is when a person's dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities"
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Secret Of Your Future
"The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine."~Mike Murdoch
How does your routine change? Or does it always go a certain way and you are just hoping for different results? Einstein called that insanity.
If you future is hidden in our daily routine, how would you change yours? What would you stop doing and what would you do instead? Why? Oh, you realize that what you're doing isnt working, but just haven't changed it yet...hmmm. Why?
You know that you want to achieve more but you just can't put your finger on what to do...
Start with analyzing your daily routine. See what you are doing that no longer serves any purpose for you and replace it with something that does serve you. The more things you do that serve you, the better chance you will have of creating the future that you want.
Maybe it's something as simple as making coffee at home instead of paying $5 bucks for Starbucks, or maybe it something as difficult as getting up and hour earlier to work out or take a walk. Maybe it's something as difficult as not eating those donuts or maybe it's something as easy as spending an hour reading more things about how to improve your networking...(maybe those should be turned around...).
Analyze your daily routine and make sure that everything you do is serving you. Not anyone else, but you.
"The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine."
How does your routine change? Or does it always go a certain way and you are just hoping for different results? Einstein called that insanity.
If you future is hidden in our daily routine, how would you change yours? What would you stop doing and what would you do instead? Why? Oh, you realize that what you're doing isnt working, but just haven't changed it yet...hmmm. Why?
You know that you want to achieve more but you just can't put your finger on what to do...
Start with analyzing your daily routine. See what you are doing that no longer serves any purpose for you and replace it with something that does serve you. The more things you do that serve you, the better chance you will have of creating the future that you want.
Maybe it's something as simple as making coffee at home instead of paying $5 bucks for Starbucks, or maybe it something as difficult as getting up and hour earlier to work out or take a walk. Maybe it's something as difficult as not eating those donuts or maybe it's something as easy as spending an hour reading more things about how to improve your networking...(maybe those should be turned around...).
Analyze your daily routine and make sure that everything you do is serving you. Not anyone else, but you.
"The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine."
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Change
“I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.”~Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
We don't know what change will bring, but we know that without change, they will remain the same, they won't get better but they could get worse.
You do realize that don't you? If you are not moving forward you are falling behind. If you are not growing, you are shrinking...(now this would be a great diet, but it doesn't work that way).
Things MUST change if you are to continue to grow. What happens when most people retire? They stop doing things, then they feel really old and stop doing more things, and then they die.
We were meant to grow, always grow. When we stop growing, then we die, even if it's a little at a time. Look at nature, things grow without thinking, they just grow until they die. We need to grow like nature.
“I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.”
We don't know what change will bring, but we know that without change, they will remain the same, they won't get better but they could get worse.
You do realize that don't you? If you are not moving forward you are falling behind. If you are not growing, you are shrinking...(now this would be a great diet, but it doesn't work that way).
Things MUST change if you are to continue to grow. What happens when most people retire? They stop doing things, then they feel really old and stop doing more things, and then they die.
We were meant to grow, always grow. When we stop growing, then we die, even if it's a little at a time. Look at nature, things grow without thinking, they just grow until they die. We need to grow like nature.
“I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.”
Monday, December 21, 2009
Your Expectations
“Our limitations and success will be based most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.”~Denis Waitley
What are your expectations for your future? Are they good, bad, indifferent? Too often in life we just go from event to event without ever thinking about what our expectations are and what they should be.
If our limitations and success are based on our expectations, we better get them right, right away. What are your expectations for today? Will it be a good day? Did you get out of bed on the wrong side, so is it going to be a bad day, or have you not given it any thought at all and are just operating on cruise control?
What are your expectations for the new year? Are you expecting to have a great year or are you expecting to just get by, because of the economy. I sure hope that you are expecting to have a great new year, because then you will have one. By the same token, if you are just hoping to get by, then guess what...that's what you will get.
Think about your expectations today...Go ahead, take 5 minutes to create them. Good, now go and live them.
“Our limitations and success will be based most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.”
What are your expectations for your future? Are they good, bad, indifferent? Too often in life we just go from event to event without ever thinking about what our expectations are and what they should be.
If our limitations and success are based on our expectations, we better get them right, right away. What are your expectations for today? Will it be a good day? Did you get out of bed on the wrong side, so is it going to be a bad day, or have you not given it any thought at all and are just operating on cruise control?
What are your expectations for the new year? Are you expecting to have a great year or are you expecting to just get by, because of the economy. I sure hope that you are expecting to have a great new year, because then you will have one. By the same token, if you are just hoping to get by, then guess what...that's what you will get.
Think about your expectations today...Go ahead, take 5 minutes to create them. Good, now go and live them.
“Our limitations and success will be based most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.”
Friday, December 18, 2009
Learned Optimism
“Learned optimism is not a rediscovery of the ‘power of positive thinking.’...Changing the destructive thing you say to yourself when you experience the setbacks that life deals all of us is the central skill of optimism.”~Martin Seligman
Have you learned optimism or are you just faking it. Learned optimism is the best thing that you could do for yourself and your self-talk. It is not just the power of positive thinking, it is much deeper than that.
Would you like to change the destructive things you say to yourself? Would you hang around a friend/person who talked to you the way you talk to yourself? Think about that for a minute...Would you? I used to until I realized that I didn't need that kind of self talk and I could change my habits of thinking.
The central skill of optimism (not polly-anna ish thoughts) is changing the destructive things we say to ourselves when things go wrong. Try it sometime and see the difference that it makes.
You can change the habit of your thinking, right now. Do it.
“Learned optimism is not a rediscovery of the ‘power of positive thinking.’...Changing the destructive thing you say to yourself when you experience the setbacks that life deals all of us is the central skill of optimism.”
Have you learned optimism or are you just faking it. Learned optimism is the best thing that you could do for yourself and your self-talk. It is not just the power of positive thinking, it is much deeper than that.
Would you like to change the destructive things you say to yourself? Would you hang around a friend/person who talked to you the way you talk to yourself? Think about that for a minute...Would you? I used to until I realized that I didn't need that kind of self talk and I could change my habits of thinking.
The central skill of optimism (not polly-anna ish thoughts) is changing the destructive things we say to ourselves when things go wrong. Try it sometime and see the difference that it makes.
You can change the habit of your thinking, right now. Do it.
“Learned optimism is not a rediscovery of the ‘power of positive thinking.’...Changing the destructive thing you say to yourself when you experience the setbacks that life deals all of us is the central skill of optimism.”
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Your Habits of Thinking
“Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way they think.”~Martin Seligman
Did you realize that? Habits of thinking need not be forever! How freeing is that statement? What new thought could you be thinking right now?
You can choose the way you think! You don't have to listen to the thoughts that are in your mind right now, unless you want to...If you choose to stay stuck in the negative thoughts that surround you, you can...but IT IS YOUR CHOICE!
Here's the challenge: 80% of the thoughts that we have today are the same thoughts that we had yesterday. That can be a little depressing until you realize that you can choose to think what you want to think, not just what comes into your mind! Of those repeat 80% of our thoughts, 85% of those are NEGATIVE! Wow, we are thinking the same thing day after day and most of the things that we are thinking are negative!!!
But there is a way out of this negative Merry-go-round. You can choose your thoughts. You can choose your thoughts. You can choose your thoughts. Choose new thoughts, NOW! You have the power! Choose.
“Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way they think.”
Did you realize that? Habits of thinking need not be forever! How freeing is that statement? What new thought could you be thinking right now?
You can choose the way you think! You don't have to listen to the thoughts that are in your mind right now, unless you want to...If you choose to stay stuck in the negative thoughts that surround you, you can...but IT IS YOUR CHOICE!
Here's the challenge: 80% of the thoughts that we have today are the same thoughts that we had yesterday. That can be a little depressing until you realize that you can choose to think what you want to think, not just what comes into your mind! Of those repeat 80% of our thoughts, 85% of those are NEGATIVE! Wow, we are thinking the same thing day after day and most of the things that we are thinking are negative!!!
But there is a way out of this negative Merry-go-round. You can choose your thoughts. You can choose your thoughts. You can choose your thoughts. Choose new thoughts, NOW! You have the power! Choose.
“Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way they think.”
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Danger and Opportunity
"Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity. Wherever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together."~Earl Nightingale
Are you stuck looking at the danger instead of the opportunity? Or do you only see opportunity and not the danger?
It all depends on your perceptions. Because "the reality of life is that your perceptions - right or wrong - influence everything else you do." Do you realize that? Your perceptions influence everything else that you do...So what are your perceptions?
Have you ever examined them or do you just go about your day having them and reacting to them? If you have examined them, how often to you go back and examine them again? this needs to be a constant examination, but most of us prefer to just live life without thought or examination.
I can hear you saying, 'An examination was something we had to take in school, I'm done with that stuff.' If that's the case, then there will be no growth, no stretching beyond where you are now. You'll get to stay in your comfort zone and simply react to life rather than responding to life.
"Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity. Wherever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together."
Are you stuck looking at the danger instead of the opportunity? Or do you only see opportunity and not the danger?
It all depends on your perceptions. Because "the reality of life is that your perceptions - right or wrong - influence everything else you do." Do you realize that? Your perceptions influence everything else that you do...So what are your perceptions?
Have you ever examined them or do you just go about your day having them and reacting to them? If you have examined them, how often to you go back and examine them again? this needs to be a constant examination, but most of us prefer to just live life without thought or examination.
I can hear you saying, 'An examination was something we had to take in school, I'm done with that stuff.' If that's the case, then there will be no growth, no stretching beyond where you are now. You'll get to stay in your comfort zone and simply react to life rather than responding to life.
"Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity. Wherever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together."
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
What Are You Waiting For?
"Do not wait, the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."~Napoleon Hill
"Are you waiting for things to get better before taking action? The fact is that things will not get better until you go ahead and get yourself moving forward. The best time to start is always now. For no matter what the outside circumstances may be, the most effective strategy is to get your inner strength revved up and rolling right away.
As a recovering perfectionist, I was always waiting for things to be perfect.
My excuses for delaying were very reasonable and impressive, but those excuses didn't move me forward. Circumstances improved when I made the effort to improve them.
Even the smallest effort was much better than doing nothing. And small efforts that bring results motivated me to take bigger, more effective steps.
You know from your experiences that you can do what you set your mind to do. START NOW! STOP WAITING. THE TIME WILL NEVER BE JUST RIGHT!
"Do not wait, the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."~
"Are you waiting for things to get better before taking action? The fact is that things will not get better until you go ahead and get yourself moving forward. The best time to start is always now. For no matter what the outside circumstances may be, the most effective strategy is to get your inner strength revved up and rolling right away.
As a recovering perfectionist, I was always waiting for things to be perfect.
My excuses for delaying were very reasonable and impressive, but those excuses didn't move me forward. Circumstances improved when I made the effort to improve them.
Even the smallest effort was much better than doing nothing. And small efforts that bring results motivated me to take bigger, more effective steps.
You know from your experiences that you can do what you set your mind to do. START NOW! STOP WAITING. THE TIME WILL NEVER BE JUST RIGHT!
"Do not wait, the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."~
Monday, December 14, 2009
Are You Dreaming or Wishing?
"Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and your reality. If you can dream it you can make it happen."~Belva Davis
Are you afraid of that space? Is that what is holding you back? Afraid of the space between your dreams and your reality?
There's nothing to fear in that space. It's all just a story that you are telling yourself.
If you are dreaming it, you've already been given everything that you need to make it happen, did you realize that or are you still focused on the 'space?' Do you believe that you can create your reality? Really?
Do you believe in your dream or is it just a fantasy, a place where you can go and wish? Too many people who say they have dreams, just have wishes, never working on them, just wishing for them.
What is your dream? Start focusing on it now and take the first step toward attaining it. Without taking the steps to attain it, it's just a wish.
Are you dreaming or are you wishing?
"Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and your reality. If you can dream it you can make it happen."
Are you afraid of that space? Is that what is holding you back? Afraid of the space between your dreams and your reality?
There's nothing to fear in that space. It's all just a story that you are telling yourself.
If you are dreaming it, you've already been given everything that you need to make it happen, did you realize that or are you still focused on the 'space?' Do you believe that you can create your reality? Really?
Do you believe in your dream or is it just a fantasy, a place where you can go and wish? Too many people who say they have dreams, just have wishes, never working on them, just wishing for them.
What is your dream? Start focusing on it now and take the first step toward attaining it. Without taking the steps to attain it, it's just a wish.
Are you dreaming or are you wishing?
"Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and your reality. If you can dream it you can make it happen."
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Are You Reaching High?
"Reach high, for stars lay hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."~Pamela Vaull Starr
Are you reaching high? Why not? Whats holding you back?
Fear? Don't let fear hold you back. Most people "live lives of quiet desperation." Is that you? Why? It doesn't have to be that way. What lays hidden in your soul? Take some time to look at your soul and see what's hidden there...It might surprise you! It might scare you! It might make you feel good about where you're at! But take a look, now.
Are you dreaming deep? Without the dream, no goal can be accomplished...you know that don't you? Some people don't realize this. They think that they can just have goals without the WHY behind them. You can try that, but then you will find that the goal has no power and you will think that goal setting is a waste of time.
What are the goals that you have for the coming new year? What? You haven't started to work on them yet? That's ok. START NOW! Start dreaming of what you want to make happen in the coming year and write it down. If you don't write your dream down, it's just a wish, you know that don't you? Write it down now in all of its detail. DO IT NOW!
"Reach high, for stars lay hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."
Are you reaching high? Why not? Whats holding you back?
Fear? Don't let fear hold you back. Most people "live lives of quiet desperation." Is that you? Why? It doesn't have to be that way. What lays hidden in your soul? Take some time to look at your soul and see what's hidden there...It might surprise you! It might scare you! It might make you feel good about where you're at! But take a look, now.
Are you dreaming deep? Without the dream, no goal can be accomplished...you know that don't you? Some people don't realize this. They think that they can just have goals without the WHY behind them. You can try that, but then you will find that the goal has no power and you will think that goal setting is a waste of time.
What are the goals that you have for the coming new year? What? You haven't started to work on them yet? That's ok. START NOW! Start dreaming of what you want to make happen in the coming year and write it down. If you don't write your dream down, it's just a wish, you know that don't you? Write it down now in all of its detail. DO IT NOW!
"Reach high, for stars lay hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Encouragement
"There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through the encouragement of someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or how successful a person may be, each hungers for applause."~George M. Adams
Think about the 'high spots' in your life and the person who encouraged you to get there. Have you thanked them? Have you let them know the impact that they had in your life? Do you do this on a regular basis or just at certain times...or not at all?
A smile may only be a smile to you, but it may mean the world to someone else. Are you liberal with your smiles, or are you stingy with them...
Do you think about the effect that you have on others?
Tell someone the effect that they have had on your life. It might impact their life even more than they affected your life.
We are all looking for that applause, that encouragement, that recognition. Let them know.
"There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through the encouragement of someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or how successful a person may be, each hungers for applause."
Think about the 'high spots' in your life and the person who encouraged you to get there. Have you thanked them? Have you let them know the impact that they had in your life? Do you do this on a regular basis or just at certain times...or not at all?
A smile may only be a smile to you, but it may mean the world to someone else. Are you liberal with your smiles, or are you stingy with them...
Do you think about the effect that you have on others?
Tell someone the effect that they have had on your life. It might impact their life even more than they affected your life.
We are all looking for that applause, that encouragement, that recognition. Let them know.
"There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through the encouragement of someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or how successful a person may be, each hungers for applause."
Friday, December 11, 2009
Education - Jim Rohn
"Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune."~Jim Rohn
We've all had some formal education, but how often are you educating yourself? Really??
Most people will say, 'oh, I learn all the time.' But are you really learning if you're making the same mistakes over and over? Or doing the same thing in your business every day and expecting different results?
What was the last seminar you went to? What was the last book you read? How often are you trying to learn more about your business or do you think that you know everything about your business and you just need to do it?
If you want to become a master at anything, you need to spend 5000 hours working on that thing. Not working IN that thing, but working ON it. If you sell a product, do you kow everything about that product? Really? If you sell a service, do you know every benefit that the service can provide?
Start working ON your business instaed of just in your business.
"Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune."
We've all had some formal education, but how often are you educating yourself? Really??
Most people will say, 'oh, I learn all the time.' But are you really learning if you're making the same mistakes over and over? Or doing the same thing in your business every day and expecting different results?
What was the last seminar you went to? What was the last book you read? How often are you trying to learn more about your business or do you think that you know everything about your business and you just need to do it?
If you want to become a master at anything, you need to spend 5000 hours working on that thing. Not working IN that thing, but working ON it. If you sell a product, do you kow everything about that product? Really? If you sell a service, do you know every benefit that the service can provide?
Start working ON your business instaed of just in your business.
"Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune."
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Silently Wondering - Jim Rohn
"The worst thing one can do is not to try, to know what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing."~Jim Rohn
How many ideas have you had that you never went after for "some reason???"
Everyday we get great ideas and then we talk ourselves out of doing them because of "some reason."
The 'some reason' is fear. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of change, fear of loss, fear of gain, fear of what other people will think...fear, fear fear. Why do we allow fear to control our lives? I wish I knew, but we sure let those fears dictate our lives.
We've all heard the acronym for FEAR: False, Evidence, Appearing, Real. But to us, we allow it to become real just by allowing it to cloud our mind. What do you do when you are confronted by those fears?
Think about all those ideas that were never pursued. The next time you get one of those ideas, don't allow 'SOME REASON' or FEAR dictate how you will proceed. Take the chance, break through the fear, find out so that you won't have to wonder for the rest of your life.
"The worst thing one can do is not to try, to know what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing."
How many ideas have you had that you never went after for "some reason???"
Everyday we get great ideas and then we talk ourselves out of doing them because of "some reason."
The 'some reason' is fear. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of change, fear of loss, fear of gain, fear of what other people will think...fear, fear fear. Why do we allow fear to control our lives? I wish I knew, but we sure let those fears dictate our lives.
We've all heard the acronym for FEAR: False, Evidence, Appearing, Real. But to us, we allow it to become real just by allowing it to cloud our mind. What do you do when you are confronted by those fears?
Think about all those ideas that were never pursued. The next time you get one of those ideas, don't allow 'SOME REASON' or FEAR dictate how you will proceed. Take the chance, break through the fear, find out so that you won't have to wonder for the rest of your life.
"The worst thing one can do is not to try, to know what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing."
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Planning - Jim Rohn
"I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.”~Jim Rohn
How true is that statement? If you don't have a plan for your life, someone else will, and guess what? They really don't care about you!!
Most people spend more time planning their vacations than planning their work and personal life. Jim also said "You should never start your day until you've finished it on paper." I'm sure that he would allow for PDA's or mobile tech stuff as well. But the question is, 'How often to you start your day with no idea of what is in store for you?
I started planning my day the night before a long time ago and it's amazing how during sleep, answers and thoughts leading to issues that were to be faced that day would come to me. I don't know how it works, I just know that it works.
If you haven't started planning your days, what are you waiting for? Permission? I GIVE YOU PERMISSION!
"I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.”
How true is that statement? If you don't have a plan for your life, someone else will, and guess what? They really don't care about you!!
Most people spend more time planning their vacations than planning their work and personal life. Jim also said "You should never start your day until you've finished it on paper." I'm sure that he would allow for PDA's or mobile tech stuff as well. But the question is, 'How often to you start your day with no idea of what is in store for you?
I started planning my day the night before a long time ago and it's amazing how during sleep, answers and thoughts leading to issues that were to be faced that day would come to me. I don't know how it works, I just know that it works.
If you haven't started planning your days, what are you waiting for? Permission? I GIVE YOU PERMISSION!
"I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.”
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Change - Jim Rohn
“I used to say ‘I sure hope that things will change.’ Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change.”~Jim Rohn
Do you hear yourself saying 'I sure hope that things change for me?' I know that I have. And then I go back to this great quote from Jim and I realize that I'm in charge of changing me. No one else is going to come up to me and change me. It's up to me and it's my choice!
How have you changed this week? This month? This year? Have you changed? Have you grown or have you remained stagnant? How's that working for you?
How do you feel about change? Do you embrace it or do you fear it?
Most people say, 'Oh yea, I love change. I change all the time.' I hope that they are talking about more than their underwear, but sometimes it seems maybe that's all they are changing...
Winston Churchill said "We must take change by the hand or rest assuredly, change will take us by the throat." Are you taking change by the hand or does change have you by the throat? Think about that for a few minutes...
“I used to say ‘I sure hope that things will change.’ Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change.”
Do you hear yourself saying 'I sure hope that things change for me?' I know that I have. And then I go back to this great quote from Jim and I realize that I'm in charge of changing me. No one else is going to come up to me and change me. It's up to me and it's my choice!
How have you changed this week? This month? This year? Have you changed? Have you grown or have you remained stagnant? How's that working for you?
How do you feel about change? Do you embrace it or do you fear it?
Most people say, 'Oh yea, I love change. I change all the time.' I hope that they are talking about more than their underwear, but sometimes it seems maybe that's all they are changing...
Winston Churchill said "We must take change by the hand or rest assuredly, change will take us by the throat." Are you taking change by the hand or does change have you by the throat? Think about that for a few minutes...
“I used to say ‘I sure hope that things will change.’ Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change.”
Monday, December 7, 2009
Success And Failure - Jim Rohn
"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines practiced every day, while failure is simply a few errors in judgment repeated every day."~Jim Rohn
What are your simple disciplines? Are you practicing them every day, or maybe just every other day?
Here's the thing; we each have our own simple disciplines! You just can't say do this and you will be successful. You have to find what works best for you and the only way to do that is to try and fail and realize that the failure was just an error in judgment, nothing more, nothing less.
We've been taught that it is wrong to fail, that failure is bad and we should never do it...
What a bunch of crap! Would we ever learned to walk if after the first time we tried and failed, we stopped because failure is bad??? What about learning to ride a bicycle? What about playing sports?
As usual, Jim Rohn was right:
"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines practiced every day, while failure is simply a few errors in judgment repeated every day."
What are your simple disciplines? Are you practicing them every day, or maybe just every other day?
Here's the thing; we each have our own simple disciplines! You just can't say do this and you will be successful. You have to find what works best for you and the only way to do that is to try and fail and realize that the failure was just an error in judgment, nothing more, nothing less.
We've been taught that it is wrong to fail, that failure is bad and we should never do it...
What a bunch of crap! Would we ever learned to walk if after the first time we tried and failed, we stopped because failure is bad??? What about learning to ride a bicycle? What about playing sports?
As usual, Jim Rohn was right:
"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines practiced every day, while failure is simply a few errors in judgment repeated every day."
Jim Rohn, Thought Leader
With the passing of Jim Rohn this past Friday, the world lost one of its true "thought leaders."
He has influenced millions, notably Tony Robbins and me. This week my posts will be a tribute to the amazing way that his mind worked and how he thought about things.
Jim used to say at the end of every one of his programs this:
"I go with you in all experience we've had. But I promise you this as we leave here: I will not leave you behind. I'll take you with me in my thoughts and in my heart."
Wow, what a way to close an event! Jim Rohn hasn't left us behind. He's left behind a legacy of changed lives, improved lives and a whole generation that he influenced.
Jim, than you for making a difference.
He has influenced millions, notably Tony Robbins and me. This week my posts will be a tribute to the amazing way that his mind worked and how he thought about things.
Jim used to say at the end of every one of his programs this:
"I go with you in all experience we've had. But I promise you this as we leave here: I will not leave you behind. I'll take you with me in my thoughts and in my heart."
Wow, what a way to close an event! Jim Rohn hasn't left us behind. He's left behind a legacy of changed lives, improved lives and a whole generation that he influenced.
Jim, than you for making a difference.
Friday, December 4, 2009
What Makes You U-nique?
"Discover your Uniqueness and exploit it in the service of others, and you are guaranteed success, happiness and prosperity."~Larry Winget
What makes you U-nique? Not just different, but U-nique?
Think about it...
It's easy to be different. It's a whole other thing being U-nique. What makes you U-nique? Why are people attracted to you? Is it the way you think? Is it the way you talk? Is it the way you look? Why?
"You are Unique, just like everybody else." There is no one else like you, hasn't ever been, won't ever be. You are a U-nique creation! What makes you U-nique?
When you discover your U-niqueness and exploit it in the service of others, success is yours. How are you exploiting your U-niqueness in the service of others? Or are you just going through life without ever knowing your U-niqueness?
This may require some actual thinking...
"Discover your Uniqueness and exploit it in the service of others, and you are guaranteed success, happiness and prosperity."
What makes you U-nique? Not just different, but U-nique?
Think about it...
It's easy to be different. It's a whole other thing being U-nique. What makes you U-nique? Why are people attracted to you? Is it the way you think? Is it the way you talk? Is it the way you look? Why?
"You are Unique, just like everybody else." There is no one else like you, hasn't ever been, won't ever be. You are a U-nique creation! What makes you U-nique?
When you discover your U-niqueness and exploit it in the service of others, success is yours. How are you exploiting your U-niqueness in the service of others? Or are you just going through life without ever knowing your U-niqueness?
This may require some actual thinking...
"Discover your Uniqueness and exploit it in the service of others, and you are guaranteed success, happiness and prosperity."
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Will Your Fate Be High And Great?
"I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas is thy fate. I only know it will be high, it will be great."~Richard Hovey
Are you living life to its full potential? Really?
Most people are living at 50-75% of their life's potential and thinking they are living it full out. Take a couple of minutes to think about it...
Here's the thing, if you only give life 75% effort today, you can't give 125% tomorrow to make up for it. You can't give more than 100% at any time.
So what are you giving life today? Imagine your life giving 95% every day...WOW, would that be a huge change! What more could you do if you gave your life that extra % every day instead of just coasting and drifting? How many more people could you serve? What more could you give to the world around you?
You don't have to be stuck only giving your life 50% effort. Start by giving just 1% more today and then another 1% more the next day. The gradual change in who you are and what you give to the world will allow you to keep improving to reach that 95% every day.
"I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas is they fate. I only know it will be high, it will be great."
Are you living life to its full potential? Really?
Most people are living at 50-75% of their life's potential and thinking they are living it full out. Take a couple of minutes to think about it...
Here's the thing, if you only give life 75% effort today, you can't give 125% tomorrow to make up for it. You can't give more than 100% at any time.
So what are you giving life today? Imagine your life giving 95% every day...WOW, would that be a huge change! What more could you do if you gave your life that extra % every day instead of just coasting and drifting? How many more people could you serve? What more could you give to the world around you?
You don't have to be stuck only giving your life 50% effort. Start by giving just 1% more today and then another 1% more the next day. The gradual change in who you are and what you give to the world will allow you to keep improving to reach that 95% every day.
"I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas is they fate. I only know it will be high, it will be great."
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Are You Enthusiastic?
"What is the difference between enthusiasm and motivation? Enthusiasm is the outward representation of motivation."~David Hepburn Jr
Are you enthusiastic? Daily? Why or why not?
There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. Are you mediocre or are you accomplishing the goals you set for yourself? If you're not getting what you want, you might want to check your enthusiasm.
“Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.”
Feel stuck? Get the drive to help you out of that rut by adding enthusiasm to your life. Remember, a rut is just a coffin with the ends kicked out. Without motivation, you can't have enthusiasm. What are you motivated to do?
“Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.” Want to get noticed? Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will flock to you.
"What is the difference between enthusiasm and motivation? Enthusiasm is the outward representation of motivation."
Are you enthusiastic? Daily? Why or why not?
There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. Are you mediocre or are you accomplishing the goals you set for yourself? If you're not getting what you want, you might want to check your enthusiasm.
“Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.”
Feel stuck? Get the drive to help you out of that rut by adding enthusiasm to your life. Remember, a rut is just a coffin with the ends kicked out. Without motivation, you can't have enthusiasm. What are you motivated to do?
“Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.” Want to get noticed? Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will flock to you.
"What is the difference between enthusiasm and motivation? Enthusiasm is the outward representation of motivation."
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
What's Your Perception of the World?
"Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is there an adequate perception of the world."-Hans Margolius
What are your perceptions of the world? Are they undistorted? Most likely not.
"The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place."
How do you get a proper perspective? You still your mind to allow yourself to see the reflection of the world, undistorted. The challenge that most of us face is that we can never get to that "stilled mind." We have too many other things running through there and we haven't learned to simply "Be Still."
What are our perceptions anyway? Are they truth or are they lies? How do you know? How often do you ask yourself why you have that perception of something or someone? Not often enough, we just go on thinking based on that perception, be it right or wrong.
"Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is there an adequate perception of the world."
What are your perceptions of the world? Are they undistorted? Most likely not.
"The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place."
How do you get a proper perspective? You still your mind to allow yourself to see the reflection of the world, undistorted. The challenge that most of us face is that we can never get to that "stilled mind." We have too many other things running through there and we haven't learned to simply "Be Still."
What are our perceptions anyway? Are they truth or are they lies? How do you know? How often do you ask yourself why you have that perception of something or someone? Not often enough, we just go on thinking based on that perception, be it right or wrong.
"Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is there an adequate perception of the world."
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