"Somewhere out past where you're now comfortable, there's a pleasant surprise. Beyond what you already know you can do, there are exciting and fulfilling and new things you'll be able to do."
"It's a very short distance between what you think you can do and what you don't think you can do. That distance is the size of just one thought.
Once you decide that it is possible for you, it is possible for you. Once you have the thought that it can be done, it can be done.
The world you experience is contained within the world you expect to experience. Expect more, and suddenly a whole new set of possibilities will open up to you.
Ask yourself what you would like to be able to expect. Then go ahead and bring your expectations in line with your desires.
Each day is an opportunity to grow beyond yourself while at the same time more fully expressing your authentic self. Touch your highest vision, expect it to happen, and you'll surely see your way there."
"Somewhere out past where you're now comfortable, there's a pleasant surprise."
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Are You In A Hurry?
Why do we hurry? Especially during these times? Slow down, enjoy life.
Read the quote again...Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. Life has it's own rhythm, it's own time. It's called the Law of Gestation, and it just takes time. When you plant a garden or a cornfield in spring, you don't expect to reap the harvest until fall, right? You aren't expecting to eat that corn in the summer are you?
Sometimes we plant something and expect immediate results...it usually doesn't work that way. When we try to speed things up, all we end up doing is creating stress for ourselves and others. If you are experiencing stress now, see if you created it by trying to hurry something or slow something down...everything has it's own time frame.
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Saturday, November 28, 2009
What Have You Decided?
What have you decided your life should be? Did someone else decide for you, or did you decide for yourself? Think about that...Many people just became what their parents wanted or what some other person suggested would be good for you to do.
Did you really decide what your life should be? If not, IT'S NOT TOO LATE!
"It's never too late to become who you were meant to be."
Too many people are unhappy in their lives because they never decided what their life should be. If that's you, realize that you can change any time you want. It might not be easy, it might be real painful, but if you really want to, you can change your life, now.
Do you feel stuck? If you are content in your discontent, then you will never be able to make a change. You have to become discontented with your discontent to want to make any change. Too many people settle, find little joys where they can and are content to live that way. don't be one of those people! I was...Not any more!
"The principle of life is that life responds by corresponding, Your life becomes the thing you have decided it should be."
Thursday, November 26, 2009
We Get Far More...
"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive far more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."~Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We do get so much more than we give...Especially as Americans, we have been blessed. The problem is that other than at Thanksgiving, we are not grateful as we should be.
Thanksgiving should be a daily process, not just one day on the calendar. Imagine what our country would look like if they were thankful for what we had as opposed to ungrateful because of what we don't have. Our society says that to be happy, you have to have the next wiz-bang technology, or the latest car, or the biggest house on the block.
Lose that thinking.
I'm grateful and thankful for everything that I have, especially friends, new and old, who make a difference in my life. You make a difference in my life and I thank you for it.
Play or watch football, eat until your stuffed but remember to be thankful for everything.
"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive far more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."
We do get so much more than we give...Especially as Americans, we have been blessed. The problem is that other than at Thanksgiving, we are not grateful as we should be.
Thanksgiving should be a daily process, not just one day on the calendar. Imagine what our country would look like if they were thankful for what we had as opposed to ungrateful because of what we don't have. Our society says that to be happy, you have to have the next wiz-bang technology, or the latest car, or the biggest house on the block.
Lose that thinking.
I'm grateful and thankful for everything that I have, especially friends, new and old, who make a difference in my life. You make a difference in my life and I thank you for it.
Play or watch football, eat until your stuffed but remember to be thankful for everything.
"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive far more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Want More? Be Thankful!
“There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.”~Jim Rohn
Our consumer society focuses our thinking on the wrong things. Instead of helping us focus on what we already have, it makes us focus on what we don't yet have...Think about it Very rarely does it allow us to think about ALL we have, especially here in America.
We are constantly bombarded with commercials of things that "we just can't live without." Things that will make our lives so much better, so much easier, make us so much cooler, hiper...
What would happen if for 1 day, every advertisement that was run on TV, radio, in newspapers, online, everywhere said "You already have enough, be thankful for what you have?" Wow, would that throw people for a loop!?!
We already do have everything we need...Our challenge is our wants. Deal with your wants as most of your needs have already been taken care of. We are so fortunate to live in America. Never forget that. Never.
Want more? Be thankful more often.
“There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.”
Our consumer society focuses our thinking on the wrong things. Instead of helping us focus on what we already have, it makes us focus on what we don't yet have...Think about it Very rarely does it allow us to think about ALL we have, especially here in America.
We are constantly bombarded with commercials of things that "we just can't live without." Things that will make our lives so much better, so much easier, make us so much cooler, hiper...
What would happen if for 1 day, every advertisement that was run on TV, radio, in newspapers, online, everywhere said "You already have enough, be thankful for what you have?" Wow, would that throw people for a loop!?!
We already do have everything we need...Our challenge is our wants. Deal with your wants as most of your needs have already been taken care of. We are so fortunate to live in America. Never forget that. Never.
Want more? Be thankful more often.
“There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.”
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Are YouThankful For Your Friends?
“I awoke this morning with a devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Are you really thankful for your friends? Both new and old? Really? In our whiz-bang, technologically happy society, its really easy to send an email or a text and think that we are making a difference in the world...Why not just pick up the phone and talk to someone?
Think about how our society has progressed. In the early years, if you had never met someone, it wouldn't be until you did that you could create a relationship...The the telegraph came and then the telephone. You could talk to people and never have to meet them...Now we have Facebook and Twitter and we can have all kinds of "Friends" that we have never met!!
I'd like to add to Emerson's quote..."the old and the new and those soon to be." Our society is going back to where we were a fifty years ago, where relationships MATTERED! We kind of got away from that, but we realize now that "it's not what you know, but who you know and even more importantly, who knows you!
“I awoke this morning with a devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
Are you really thankful for your friends? Both new and old? Really? In our whiz-bang, technologically happy society, its really easy to send an email or a text and think that we are making a difference in the world...Why not just pick up the phone and talk to someone?
Think about how our society has progressed. In the early years, if you had never met someone, it wouldn't be until you did that you could create a relationship...The the telegraph came and then the telephone. You could talk to people and never have to meet them...Now we have Facebook and Twitter and we can have all kinds of "Friends" that we have never met!!
I'd like to add to Emerson's quote..."the old and the new and those soon to be." Our society is going back to where we were a fifty years ago, where relationships MATTERED! We kind of got away from that, but we realize now that "it's not what you know, but who you know and even more importantly, who knows you!
“I awoke this morning with a devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
Monday, November 23, 2009
What Are You Selling?
"We are our most important product."~George Foreman
Listen to the man who has sold over 150 million products since leaving the pugilism ring. Do you realize that you must always sell yourself before you sell your product or service?
How do you sell yourself?
Our economy, while becoming more technically advanced is moving back to a relationship economy. It used to be the best whiz-bang thing won, now people want to know more about who is selling them the stuff, want to know more about how you do, what you do and if you are worthy of their business.
Have you thought about that lately? I hope so, because if you haven't then the "economy" is going to be getting you down. A shift is happening and you need to be aware of it or it will pass you by and without knowing it, you'll blame the economy for your lack of success...And not know the real problem with your business.
"People don't care about what you know, until the know how much you care." It's an old saying that is coming back into vogue. Start caring about your customers. Start building those relationships. Start by selling yourself.
"We are our most important product."
Listen to the man who has sold over 150 million products since leaving the pugilism ring. Do you realize that you must always sell yourself before you sell your product or service?
How do you sell yourself?
Our economy, while becoming more technically advanced is moving back to a relationship economy. It used to be the best whiz-bang thing won, now people want to know more about who is selling them the stuff, want to know more about how you do, what you do and if you are worthy of their business.
Have you thought about that lately? I hope so, because if you haven't then the "economy" is going to be getting you down. A shift is happening and you need to be aware of it or it will pass you by and without knowing it, you'll blame the economy for your lack of success...And not know the real problem with your business.
"People don't care about what you know, until the know how much you care." It's an old saying that is coming back into vogue. Start caring about your customers. Start building those relationships. Start by selling yourself.
"We are our most important product."
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Are You Thankful?
"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but parent of all other virtues"~Cicero
Are you thankful? Why?? or Why not? How often are you thankful?
We forget in our "microwave society" to be thankful because we are so busy. Then the holidays come around and we put our 'thankfulness' mask on and we remember that this is the way we should always be. Or maybe we really are thankful and it's not just a mask, but after the holidays, we slip back into our regular thought patterns...
Cicero, 2200 years ago laid it out for us. Not only "the greatest virtue, but parent of all others!"
Do your other virtues grow from thankfulness? They should. He is saying that we can have no other virtues unless we first have thankfulness.
For those of us who live in the United States, we forget how great we have it here. We are in the top 3% for income and possessions. Even those who don't have a lot, or have lost a job, even the homeless are better off than 97% of the rest of the world! If that isn't enough to make you thankful, you need to have your head examined...by a witch doctor in Africa!
Take some time this week and write down all the things that you are thankful for, especially those things that we take for granted...Like running water and indoor plumbing, like a roof over our heads, like transportation (even if its not a BMW or Mercedes).
"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but parent of all other virtues"
Are you thankful? Why?? or Why not? How often are you thankful?
We forget in our "microwave society" to be thankful because we are so busy. Then the holidays come around and we put our 'thankfulness' mask on and we remember that this is the way we should always be. Or maybe we really are thankful and it's not just a mask, but after the holidays, we slip back into our regular thought patterns...
Cicero, 2200 years ago laid it out for us. Not only "the greatest virtue, but parent of all others!"
Do your other virtues grow from thankfulness? They should. He is saying that we can have no other virtues unless we first have thankfulness.
For those of us who live in the United States, we forget how great we have it here. We are in the top 3% for income and possessions. Even those who don't have a lot, or have lost a job, even the homeless are better off than 97% of the rest of the world! If that isn't enough to make you thankful, you need to have your head examined...by a witch doctor in Africa!
Take some time this week and write down all the things that you are thankful for, especially those things that we take for granted...Like running water and indoor plumbing, like a roof over our heads, like transportation (even if its not a BMW or Mercedes).
"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but parent of all other virtues"
Friday, November 20, 2009
Be Yourself
"Being yourself lets you operate out of your strengths."~Chris Widener
Who are you?
This is a question I ask everybody when I'm networking. I usually get and answer that sounds like this, "I'm a banker, I'm a mortgage broker, I'm a SEO specialist... I have to stop them and say "that's what you DO, I asked, WHO are you." Then I get a blank stare. Sometimes they are quick enough to come up with something. but most of the time, people can't tell me who they are. That's a sad story about our culture today, we've lost who we are and we're all just playing roles..."all the world's a stage..."
GET OFF THE STAGE, STOP PLAYING SOMEONE ON TV, BE YOURSELF!
People say to me "what if people won't like the real me?" How do you really know that they like you now? If you are on the stage, what's to say they aren't on the same stage. Maybe they're just acting like the like you now...
If you are not being authentic, you are giving away your strength and power. Are you operating out of your strengths? Why not?
"It's far better to be a first-rate version of yourself, than a second-rate version on someone else."
Be authentic be who YOU are. Just YOU.
"Being yourself lets you operate out of your strengths."
Who are you?
This is a question I ask everybody when I'm networking. I usually get and answer that sounds like this, "I'm a banker, I'm a mortgage broker, I'm a SEO specialist... I have to stop them and say "that's what you DO, I asked, WHO are you." Then I get a blank stare. Sometimes they are quick enough to come up with something. but most of the time, people can't tell me who they are. That's a sad story about our culture today, we've lost who we are and we're all just playing roles..."all the world's a stage..."
GET OFF THE STAGE, STOP PLAYING SOMEONE ON TV, BE YOURSELF!
People say to me "what if people won't like the real me?" How do you really know that they like you now? If you are on the stage, what's to say they aren't on the same stage. Maybe they're just acting like the like you now...
If you are not being authentic, you are giving away your strength and power. Are you operating out of your strengths? Why not?
"It's far better to be a first-rate version of yourself, than a second-rate version on someone else."
Be authentic be who YOU are. Just YOU.
"Being yourself lets you operate out of your strengths."
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Limited Targets
Do you have too many targets? Why is it that we are always chasing after the big "new" thing? What is it that your business really does? Are you doing it or are you chasing all these other targets thinking that will work for you?
What do your clients really want from you? Are you giving it to them? Really?
Think about how much power your life would have if you just concentrated all your energies on a few things, instead of trying to do 100 things at the same time and feeling proud of ourselves that we are great "multi-taskers." (See previous post on multi-tasking)
How good could you become concentrating all your energies on a few things? How many more people could you serve? What would it add to your life?
Something to think about...
"Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets."
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Success That Doesn't Matter
"Our greatest fear shouldn't be failure, it should be succeeding at something that doesn't matter."~D. L. Moody
Are you succeeding at something that doesn't matter? Are you succeeding? Does it matter? To whom does it matter? Why does it matter?
Wow, what a thought. When was the last time that you gave it any attention, to see if what you were working towards really mattered?
We need to constantly analyze what we are working towards and see if it matters, to whom it matters and why it matters. After you have answered those questions, the and only then can you make the determination that the success you are working towards matters.
To be able to answer those questions, you must be able to answer the most important question that there is...Who are you? When you can answer that question, then everything else falls into place.
"Our greatest fear shouldn't be failure, it should be succeeding at something that doesn't matter."
Are you succeeding at something that doesn't matter? Are you succeeding? Does it matter? To whom does it matter? Why does it matter?
Wow, what a thought. When was the last time that you gave it any attention, to see if what you were working towards really mattered?
We need to constantly analyze what we are working towards and see if it matters, to whom it matters and why it matters. After you have answered those questions, the and only then can you make the determination that the success you are working towards matters.
To be able to answer those questions, you must be able to answer the most important question that there is...Who are you? When you can answer that question, then everything else falls into place.
"Our greatest fear shouldn't be failure, it should be succeeding at something that doesn't matter."
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The Undiscerning Mind
"The undiscerning mind is like a root of a tree-it absorbs equally all that it touches-even the poison that would kill it.”~Master Po, from Kung Fu
Your associations are the most important part of your life and business. Do you constantly evaluate them? Why not? Those associations are influencing you whether you know it or not. Are they influencing you for the better or for worse...
Here are some questions to ask yourself about your associations:
1. Who are you around?
You've got to evaluate everybody that you are around and their influence on you.
2. What are these associations doing to me or for me?
Are you listening to them? What do they have you thinking about yourself? How are you talking when you are around them? How do they make me feel?
3. Is that ok?
Maybe everyone you associate with is lifting you up, only concerned about your highest good, only looking out for your best interests. If so, that's great. Congratulations in picking the best associations, then again there might be some bad apples in that bunch. Take the time to take a second look at your associations.
It's really easy to dismiss the influence of others in our lives. Everything matters! You've got to keep checking to make sure the associations that you allow yourself to have are positive and uplifting for you.
"The undiscerning mind is like a root of a tree-it absorbs equally all that it touches-even the poison that would kill it.”
Your associations are the most important part of your life and business. Do you constantly evaluate them? Why not? Those associations are influencing you whether you know it or not. Are they influencing you for the better or for worse...
Here are some questions to ask yourself about your associations:
1. Who are you around?
You've got to evaluate everybody that you are around and their influence on you.
2. What are these associations doing to me or for me?
Are you listening to them? What do they have you thinking about yourself? How are you talking when you are around them? How do they make me feel?
3. Is that ok?
Maybe everyone you associate with is lifting you up, only concerned about your highest good, only looking out for your best interests. If so, that's great. Congratulations in picking the best associations, then again there might be some bad apples in that bunch. Take the time to take a second look at your associations.
It's really easy to dismiss the influence of others in our lives. Everything matters! You've got to keep checking to make sure the associations that you allow yourself to have are positive and uplifting for you.
"The undiscerning mind is like a root of a tree-it absorbs equally all that it touches-even the poison that would kill it.”
Monday, November 16, 2009
Just Getting Started
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning."~Louis L'Amour
Wow, how many times has that happened to you? Just when you think that you've done everything, you realize that there is so much more to do...What happens then? Do you continue on "doing it" or do you quit? Once the initial passion wears off, can you keep going?
Most people fly out of the gates on a new project but hit a wall when the excitement and enthusiasm starts to ebb. Is that you? Can you relate? Are you a starter or a finisher?
Starters usually need someone to help them finish, while finishers usually need someone to get them going. Where do you fit in? There are a few people who both start and finish and they are the ones we call "successful."
It's usually easier to be a starter than a finisher. A finisher needs to have the ability to work through long stretches of drudgery and do the work that needs to be done, but isn't as fun.
Here's the key: Figure out which one you are and align yourself with someone who has the opposite talent. Or find a group of people who can help you do the part where you struggle.
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning."
Wow, how many times has that happened to you? Just when you think that you've done everything, you realize that there is so much more to do...What happens then? Do you continue on "doing it" or do you quit? Once the initial passion wears off, can you keep going?
Most people fly out of the gates on a new project but hit a wall when the excitement and enthusiasm starts to ebb. Is that you? Can you relate? Are you a starter or a finisher?
Starters usually need someone to help them finish, while finishers usually need someone to get them going. Where do you fit in? There are a few people who both start and finish and they are the ones we call "successful."
It's usually easier to be a starter than a finisher. A finisher needs to have the ability to work through long stretches of drudgery and do the work that needs to be done, but isn't as fun.
Here's the key: Figure out which one you are and align yourself with someone who has the opposite talent. Or find a group of people who can help you do the part where you struggle.
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning."
Sunday, November 15, 2009
New Thoughts
Are you thinking new things? Research says no. They've found that 85% of the thoughts that you think today, were the thoughts that you thought yesterday...Wow, talk about being stuck in "Groundhog Day!"
At least Bill Murray realized it and took advantage of his situation in the movie, do you realize it? Do you see how your thought patterns repeat over and over?
And now for the really bad part...80% of those repeated thoughts are NEGATIVE! And you wondered why it was so difficult to maintain a positive attitude. Make a change today and think wildly outrageous thoughts, thoughts you never would have imagined, thoughts that challenge your way of thinking and beliefs. I challenge you to try...
If you are wanting to create big life changes, you will have to start with your thoughts. Everything starts with a thought, nothing can happen without thought. Think about it.
"Thinking brand new thoughts that you've never thought before is wildly more conducive to creating big life changes than just thinking different varieties of the same old thoughts."
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Your Full Attention
"Anything worth doing is worth your full attention."~Michael Masterson
Do you multitask? Why?? It just takes you longer to do the things you are doing. Think about it.
In our "microwave" society, we put value on being able to do 100 things at the same time, but doesn't that just take away from each individual thing that we do? Doesn't it just let us get away with doing the work half-ass? Are you really giving each of those 100 things your FULL attention?
I say no, and it is doing harm to you and everyone who tries to multitask and even the people who we are multitasking for. We have become a society of "average is good enough." We have become a society that doesn't celebrate excellence but only quantity.
Part of the problem is also that we have lost the understanding of what is worth doing. Most high school students now say that what is important to them is "getting rich." Wow, have we lost our way or what?
Think about it, are the things that you are doing worth your full attention, or can you just do them and get by without a lot of thought...
"Anything worth doing is worth your full attention."
Do you multitask? Why?? It just takes you longer to do the things you are doing. Think about it.
In our "microwave" society, we put value on being able to do 100 things at the same time, but doesn't that just take away from each individual thing that we do? Doesn't it just let us get away with doing the work half-ass? Are you really giving each of those 100 things your FULL attention?
I say no, and it is doing harm to you and everyone who tries to multitask and even the people who we are multitasking for. We have become a society of "average is good enough." We have become a society that doesn't celebrate excellence but only quantity.
Part of the problem is also that we have lost the understanding of what is worth doing. Most high school students now say that what is important to them is "getting rich." Wow, have we lost our way or what?
Think about it, are the things that you are doing worth your full attention, or can you just do them and get by without a lot of thought...
"Anything worth doing is worth your full attention."
Friday, November 13, 2009
What Have You Committed To?
"How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow that I've committed to?"~Anthony Robbins
Great question! Does that change your thinking? What have you committed to for your future?
See, we often make these commitments to ourselves and then continue living life the old way, without changing how we live. "If you keep doing the same thing, you're going to get the same result," so something needs to change. What needs to change in order for you to create the tomorrow that you've committed to?
If you've committed to losing weight or eating healthy but don't change your habits, you've not made a commitment, you've made a wish. You can make all the wishes you want but the big genie in the sky won't make you skinnier or eat better without action from YOU!
Are you making commitments or wishes? Who's holding you accountable?
"How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow that I've committed to?"
Great question! Does that change your thinking? What have you committed to for your future?
See, we often make these commitments to ourselves and then continue living life the old way, without changing how we live. "If you keep doing the same thing, you're going to get the same result," so something needs to change. What needs to change in order for you to create the tomorrow that you've committed to?
If you've committed to losing weight or eating healthy but don't change your habits, you've not made a commitment, you've made a wish. You can make all the wishes you want but the big genie in the sky won't make you skinnier or eat better without action from YOU!
Are you making commitments or wishes? Who's holding you accountable?
"How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow that I've committed to?"
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Dwelling On Misfortunes?
"The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."~Voltaire (aka Francois-Marie Arouet)
Are you dwelling on misfortunes? Why? You can create a new life right this very minute. You just have to let go of your past. That means really letting go, really.
"You can't change the past, but you can start now and create a new future." You can also "reframe" the past so that you can deal with it better and let it go. I'm dealing with that right now and although it isn't easy, I am moving forward to creating a new future.
Most people are getting some benefit out of holding on to their past misfortunes, whether it's sympathy, empathy or some other benefit, why are you holding on to those misfortunes. The longer that we hold on to these thoughts, the greater their power to harm us is.
Someone who I consider a mentor said this this morning "Don't "catastrophize"—exaggerate negative consequences of an event. Keep perspective." That was Alan Weiss. Too often we "Catastrophize" our past events. Wow, is that powerful or what???
"The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."
Are you dwelling on misfortunes? Why? You can create a new life right this very minute. You just have to let go of your past. That means really letting go, really.
"You can't change the past, but you can start now and create a new future." You can also "reframe" the past so that you can deal with it better and let it go. I'm dealing with that right now and although it isn't easy, I am moving forward to creating a new future.
Most people are getting some benefit out of holding on to their past misfortunes, whether it's sympathy, empathy or some other benefit, why are you holding on to those misfortunes. The longer that we hold on to these thoughts, the greater their power to harm us is.
Someone who I consider a mentor said this this morning "Don't "catastrophize"—exaggerate negative consequences of an event. Keep perspective." That was Alan Weiss. Too often we "Catastrophize" our past events. Wow, is that powerful or what???
"The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Everything You Do Matters
"Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world."~Andy Andrews
Do you realize this? EVERY SINGLE THING YOU DO MATTERS. There are no throw-away moments, no moments of it's not important what I do or think about, no moments that it doesn't matter what you do.
Think about that today. There are no throw-away moments...
How often do you allow yourself to have those throw-away moments? All the time, often, sometimes, never? Think about your day yesterday, how many throw=away moments did you allow yourself to have? Why?
You have been created to be one of a kind! There's no one else in the world that is like you! Fearlessly be yourself. The world gets nothing from you playing small...
You have been created to make a difference. Are you making a difference? Really? Or is that your ego saying that you make a difference?
You have the power to change the world. "He who would change the world, must change himself first." Are you ready for that change or have you made that change already???
"Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world."
Do you realize this? EVERY SINGLE THING YOU DO MATTERS. There are no throw-away moments, no moments of it's not important what I do or think about, no moments that it doesn't matter what you do.
Think about that today. There are no throw-away moments...
How often do you allow yourself to have those throw-away moments? All the time, often, sometimes, never? Think about your day yesterday, how many throw=away moments did you allow yourself to have? Why?
You have been created to be one of a kind! There's no one else in the world that is like you! Fearlessly be yourself. The world gets nothing from you playing small...
You have been created to make a difference. Are you making a difference? Really? Or is that your ego saying that you make a difference?
You have the power to change the world. "He who would change the world, must change himself first." Are you ready for that change or have you made that change already???
"Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world."
Monday, November 9, 2009
Are You Truly Living?
"Every man dies. Not every man truly lives."~Braveheart
Are you truly living or just existing? Why?
Most people aren't living, they are existing, just getting by with little hope of anything more in their lives. Don't let that be YOU.
Truly live, experience, learn, feel, LIVE-today. Don't feel like Henry David Thoreau who feared that he might die and "Discover that he never truly lived." LIVE!
Jonathan Swift said "May you live every day of your life." Wow, can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone lived every day of their life? How would your life change if you truly lived every day? Think about that for a while.
"Every man dies. Not every man truly lives."
Are you truly living or just existing? Why?
Most people aren't living, they are existing, just getting by with little hope of anything more in their lives. Don't let that be YOU.
Truly live, experience, learn, feel, LIVE-today. Don't feel like Henry David Thoreau who feared that he might die and "Discover that he never truly lived." LIVE!
Jonathan Swift said "May you live every day of your life." Wow, can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone lived every day of their life? How would your life change if you truly lived every day? Think about that for a while.
"Every man dies. Not every man truly lives."
Saturday, November 7, 2009
What Actions Are You Taking?
"Everything that you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it."~Jack Canfield
What actions are you taking? Are they working for you or are you doing them because you have always done them??? How are you measuring your actions and their effectiveness? ARE YOU ASKING FOR EVERYTHING YOU WANT or do you feel unworthy of getting what you want?
Everything you want is waiting for you to ask! How powerful is that statement? It's just waiting for you to ask, and as long as you take action. Everything you want also wants you. Really, can that be true? Sometimes I wonder...
Lots of people have seen "The Secret" and wonder why it doesn't work for them. The reason is, the movie only briefly touched on the fact that actions must be taken. You can't just ask, you have to take action to get what you want.
Are you attracting what you want by your thoughts AND ACTIONS? Or just trying to do it with your thoughts? Thinking is great, but without action, nothing happens. There's a famous quote out there that says "Knowledge is power." It's wrong. "Applied Knowledge is power."
Start applying your knowledge. NOW!
"Everything that you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it."
What actions are you taking? Are they working for you or are you doing them because you have always done them??? How are you measuring your actions and their effectiveness? ARE YOU ASKING FOR EVERYTHING YOU WANT or do you feel unworthy of getting what you want?
Everything you want is waiting for you to ask! How powerful is that statement? It's just waiting for you to ask, and as long as you take action. Everything you want also wants you. Really, can that be true? Sometimes I wonder...
Lots of people have seen "The Secret" and wonder why it doesn't work for them. The reason is, the movie only briefly touched on the fact that actions must be taken. You can't just ask, you have to take action to get what you want.
Are you attracting what you want by your thoughts AND ACTIONS? Or just trying to do it with your thoughts? Thinking is great, but without action, nothing happens. There's a famous quote out there that says "Knowledge is power." It's wrong. "Applied Knowledge is power."
Start applying your knowledge. NOW!
"Everything that you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it."
Friday, November 6, 2009
Are You Creating Your Own Legend?
"You are the storyteller of your life and you can create the legend or not."~Isabel Allende
Are you creating your own legend? Why not? What's holding you back? You ARE the storyteller of your life, not any one else. Create you own legend and live it! Too many people think that their lives are laid out for them and they can't change them. It's their fate...WRONG!
"The world is full of abundance and opportunity but far too many people come with a sieve instead of a tank car." Why? We are here to create everything we have ever wanted, why limit yourself to only what you think that you can get? Who told you that story and why do you believe it?
Create you own story, starting today! You get to decide, you get to choose, you get to pick. Don't allow your life to be led and lived for others. You can live your life with the goal of helping others, but don't live it FOR others. Live for YOU! Expect more and you will get more. Expect little and that's what you will get.
"You are the storyteller of your life and you can create the legend or not."
Are you creating your own legend? Why not? What's holding you back? You ARE the storyteller of your life, not any one else. Create you own legend and live it! Too many people think that their lives are laid out for them and they can't change them. It's their fate...WRONG!
"The world is full of abundance and opportunity but far too many people come with a sieve instead of a tank car." Why? We are here to create everything we have ever wanted, why limit yourself to only what you think that you can get? Who told you that story and why do you believe it?
Create you own story, starting today! You get to decide, you get to choose, you get to pick. Don't allow your life to be led and lived for others. You can live your life with the goal of helping others, but don't live it FOR others. Live for YOU! Expect more and you will get more. Expect little and that's what you will get.
"You are the storyteller of your life and you can create the legend or not."
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Are We The Fantasy Nation?
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."~Albert Einstein
Wow, even back then, Albert got it! Think about our society today and how many ways we have done this...
Our government schools train people to be factory workers, robots, all with the same viewpoint. "When everybody is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking." Yet that is the way we are teaching children today, still. We stifle creativity out of kids, make them sit still and memorize answers so they can pass a test that tells us how "smart" they are.
Think about that for a while...
Our society celebrates celebrities simply for being a celebrity. I mean really, how has Paris Hilton affected your life? Really? What about Perez Hilton? Why is this guy a celebrity? What about all these "reality shows?" Reality??? They are the farthest thing from reality!
Maybe we've become the "Fantasy Nation." Remember Fantasy Island with Ricardo Montolban and Herve Velasquez? We've become Fantasy Island on steroids, we are the Fantasy Nation.
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."
Wow, even back then, Albert got it! Think about our society today and how many ways we have done this...
Our government schools train people to be factory workers, robots, all with the same viewpoint. "When everybody is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking." Yet that is the way we are teaching children today, still. We stifle creativity out of kids, make them sit still and memorize answers so they can pass a test that tells us how "smart" they are.
Think about that for a while...
Our society celebrates celebrities simply for being a celebrity. I mean really, how has Paris Hilton affected your life? Really? What about Perez Hilton? Why is this guy a celebrity? What about all these "reality shows?" Reality??? They are the farthest thing from reality!
Maybe we've become the "Fantasy Nation." Remember Fantasy Island with Ricardo Montolban and Herve Velasquez? We've become Fantasy Island on steroids, we are the Fantasy Nation.
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Are You Synergistic?
"Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people."~Stephen Covey
Are you synergistic? Are you using the highest activity in life? Why not? It's all about relationships and nothing else. Do you realize that?
Are you searching for untapped alternatives? Do you realize that they are only and relationship away? All the searching that you've done...only a relationship away. What a great thought! Everything that you have ever wanted is only a relationship away.
Warren Buffett has said that "Everything is relationships." If it works for him, it should work for the rest of us, don't you think?
Make it a goal for you everyday to meet 1 new person. You can do that. 1 new person. That would mean that over the course of a year, you will have met 365 new people. How will that impact your life? What do you think about that?
Are you searching for untapped alternatives? Do you realize that they are only and relationship away? All the searching that you've done...only a relationship away. What a great thought! Everything that you have ever wanted is only a relationship away.
Warren Buffett has said that "Everything is relationships." If it works for him, it should work for the rest of us, don't you think?
Make it a goal for you everyday to meet 1 new person. You can do that. 1 new person. That would mean that over the course of a year, you will have met 365 new people. How will that impact your life? What do you think about that?
"Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people."
Monday, November 2, 2009
Are You Taking Short Cuts?
"It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity."~Publilius Syrus
Are you trying to bring excellence to maturity too quickly? Taking short cuts? Don't.
You need to experience things before they can become part of your learning. In today's microwave society, the "I want it now" crowd may get to where they want, but they won't be able to stay there long...
"Amateurs do it until they get it right, while professionals do it until they can't do it wrong."
What a great thought! Don't just work on it until you do it right, but work on it until you can't do it wrong. Are you doing that? Are your skills honed so well that you can't do them wrong? Why not? We are taught to do something until we get it right, not to work on it until we can't get it wrong.
Think about how things would change in your life if you worked on them until you couldn't do them wrong...and go out there today and work on those things that you can until you can't do them wrong.
"It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity."
Are you trying to bring excellence to maturity too quickly? Taking short cuts? Don't.
You need to experience things before they can become part of your learning. In today's microwave society, the "I want it now" crowd may get to where they want, but they won't be able to stay there long...
"Amateurs do it until they get it right, while professionals do it until they can't do it wrong."
What a great thought! Don't just work on it until you do it right, but work on it until you can't do it wrong. Are you doing that? Are your skills honed so well that you can't do them wrong? Why not? We are taught to do something until we get it right, not to work on it until we can't get it wrong.
Think about how things would change in your life if you worked on them until you couldn't do them wrong...and go out there today and work on those things that you can until you can't do them wrong.
"It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity."
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Do You Take Responsibility?
"Action springs not from thought but from a readiness for responsibility."~Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Are you ready for the responsibility that will be required with the action you want to take?
Is that holding you back? Why? There are consequences to every action we take and we must be ready to take the responsibility for those actions. Our current society will allow us to shirk that responsibility. You bought a house you can't afford? That's ok. You've spent more money than you make? That's alright.
Maybe the quote should read "Correct action springs from a readiness for responsibility."
This wasn't as big a problem in the early 19th century. It was an understood value. We seem to have lost that value today.
Are you ready for the responsibility that will be required with the action you want to take?
"Action springs not from thought but from a readiness for responsibility."
Are you ready for the responsibility that will be required with the action you want to take?
Is that holding you back? Why? There are consequences to every action we take and we must be ready to take the responsibility for those actions. Our current society will allow us to shirk that responsibility. You bought a house you can't afford? That's ok. You've spent more money than you make? That's alright.
Maybe the quote should read "Correct action springs from a readiness for responsibility."
This wasn't as big a problem in the early 19th century. It was an understood value. We seem to have lost that value today.
Are you ready for the responsibility that will be required with the action you want to take?
"Action springs not from thought but from a readiness for responsibility."
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