"If you don't know where you are going, you'll wind up somewhere else."
~Yogi Berra
Do you know where you are going? No, do you really know or are you just headed to where ever life takes you? You need to be specific because otherwise you could be headed to Los Angeles and end up in San Francisco (Boy, wouldn't that freak you out)
Most people don't plan their future at all, they just take it as it comes. That's too bad, because we can create the life that we want if we just PLAN IT.
Spend a little time each day making sure that you are headed in the direction that you want to go, not just following life as it takes you here and there.
It takes a YOGI to remind us that:
"If you don't know where you are going, you'll wind up somewhere else."
Friday, August 7, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Opportunities
"You create opportunities by asking for them."
~Shakti Gawain
Are you asking for opportunities or are you just waiting for them to jump into your lap? Or maybe you are out there looking for opportunities?
But are you ASKING for them?
When you ask for opportunities your brain starts looking for them. You start to see new things where old things were. Why does this work that way? AWARENESS. By asking for opportunities, you become more aware of what it is that you want. Most people don't know what they want but when you ask, you become more aware.
Your Reticular Activating System (RAS) wants to know what to look for and what to be aware of. By asking for opportunities, your RAS starts the process of looking for what you want and helps you find it.
"You create opportunities by asking for them."
~Shakti Gawain
Are you asking for opportunities or are you just waiting for them to jump into your lap? Or maybe you are out there looking for opportunities?
But are you ASKING for them?
When you ask for opportunities your brain starts looking for them. You start to see new things where old things were. Why does this work that way? AWARENESS. By asking for opportunities, you become more aware of what it is that you want. Most people don't know what they want but when you ask, you become more aware.
Your Reticular Activating System (RAS) wants to know what to look for and what to be aware of. By asking for opportunities, your RAS starts the process of looking for what you want and helps you find it.
"You create opportunities by asking for them."
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
A New Look at Defeat
"Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus." ~Robert South
How do you view defeat? How do you react? Are you discouraged or revived with a feeling of "I can do it better next time?"
What would happen if everyone looked at defeat as "a learning experience?" How much further would we be in our businesses, our relationships, our life?
The challenge here is to get away from the thought patterns that defeat means that we can't do what we attempted? Thomas Edison was defeated 10,000 time in trying to make a light bulb work but he viewed it as 10,000 ways that it wouldn't work, not as he was defeated.
When you suffer a defeat, give yourself 5 minutes to "hash, re-hash, and bitch." Then take the time to see what went wrong so the next time you will do it better.
Remember that there is no defeat until you give up. That is defeat. But just as there is no failure, only feed back, there is no defeat, only learning experiences.
"Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus."
How do you view defeat? How do you react? Are you discouraged or revived with a feeling of "I can do it better next time?"
What would happen if everyone looked at defeat as "a learning experience?" How much further would we be in our businesses, our relationships, our life?
The challenge here is to get away from the thought patterns that defeat means that we can't do what we attempted? Thomas Edison was defeated 10,000 time in trying to make a light bulb work but he viewed it as 10,000 ways that it wouldn't work, not as he was defeated.
When you suffer a defeat, give yourself 5 minutes to "hash, re-hash, and bitch." Then take the time to see what went wrong so the next time you will do it better.
Remember that there is no defeat until you give up. That is defeat. But just as there is no failure, only feed back, there is no defeat, only learning experiences.
"Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus."
Monday, August 3, 2009
Thinking and Acting
"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought."~Henri Bergson
Do you think like a man/woman of action or do you allow your brain to think what it wants? Do you act like a man/woman of thought? Your actions are always in line with your thinking, so just what were you thinking??? Really, because your actions didn't show that you were thinking that way...
Thinking is the beginning of the process, then you have to take action. Without action, nothing happens except good discussion, and sometimes not even that.
Most people never even bother to think, but act based on history and habits. Is your history explicit enough to allow you to just act without thinking? For most of us, that's a NO.
We are judged by our actions - not our intentions, so act yourself into feeling because you can't feel yourself into action.
You know what you need to do, but most people don't do it anyway and come up with all kinds of reasons that they can't. Why is that? Ask me, and I will tell you...
"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought."
Do you think like a man/woman of action or do you allow your brain to think what it wants? Do you act like a man/woman of thought? Your actions are always in line with your thinking, so just what were you thinking??? Really, because your actions didn't show that you were thinking that way...
Thinking is the beginning of the process, then you have to take action. Without action, nothing happens except good discussion, and sometimes not even that.
Most people never even bother to think, but act based on history and habits. Is your history explicit enough to allow you to just act without thinking? For most of us, that's a NO.
We are judged by our actions - not our intentions, so act yourself into feeling because you can't feel yourself into action.
You know what you need to do, but most people don't do it anyway and come up with all kinds of reasons that they can't. Why is that? Ask me, and I will tell you...
"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought."
Mission Planning
"Outstanding people all have one thing in common, a absolute sense of mission." ~Zig Ziglar
What is your absolute sense of mission? How did you get it? Oh, you don't have one yet? How come? What is holding you back from creating the life that you want? Do you believe that you CAN create it, or do you just believe that you have to take what is dealt to you by the game of life?
Become outstanding, find your mission NOW! Are you still waiting to decide what you want to be when you grow up? What is it about NOW that is holding you back? Waiting...waiting...waiting. Guess what? Your mission WILL NOT jump into your lap and say "Here I am." You have to search for it, but when you find it, you will say, "I knew it all along!"
Trust yourself to know what is best for you. Are you living your own life or are you living the life that your parents, or your teachers or your family want/wanted you to live? Don't allow the pain of change to keep you where you don't want to be.
"Outstanding people all have one thing in common, a absolute sense of mission."
What is your absolute sense of mission? How did you get it? Oh, you don't have one yet? How come? What is holding you back from creating the life that you want? Do you believe that you CAN create it, or do you just believe that you have to take what is dealt to you by the game of life?
Become outstanding, find your mission NOW! Are you still waiting to decide what you want to be when you grow up? What is it about NOW that is holding you back? Waiting...waiting...waiting. Guess what? Your mission WILL NOT jump into your lap and say "Here I am." You have to search for it, but when you find it, you will say, "I knew it all along!"
Trust yourself to know what is best for you. Are you living your own life or are you living the life that your parents, or your teachers or your family want/wanted you to live? Don't allow the pain of change to keep you where you don't want to be.
"Outstanding people all have one thing in common, a absolute sense of mission."
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Plan Your Future
"We all have a future. Some people plan theirs."
Why is it that some people spend more time planning their vacations rather than their life? Who sold them that bill of goods that said you just have to deal with life and that you couldn't create your life just the way you create your vacations? Why have they bought into the "Life's hard, then you die" mindset?
Have YOU bought into that mindset?
Why or why not. Think about that and then see how it affects your day, your week, your month.
Spend some time every day creating your future. If you don't, then you are going to have to live with the reasons. In life, there are only Results and Reasons. Wouldn't you rather live with the results than the reasons?
"We all have a future. Some people plan theirs."
Why is it that some people spend more time planning their vacations rather than their life? Who sold them that bill of goods that said you just have to deal with life and that you couldn't create your life just the way you create your vacations? Why have they bought into the "Life's hard, then you die" mindset?
Have YOU bought into that mindset?
Why or why not. Think about that and then see how it affects your day, your week, your month.
Spend some time every day creating your future. If you don't, then you are going to have to live with the reasons. In life, there are only Results and Reasons. Wouldn't you rather live with the results than the reasons?
"We all have a future. Some people plan theirs."
Saturday, August 1, 2009
How Happy Are You?
"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
~Abraham Lincoln
How happy are you? It really is your choice to be happy or not. Why are you unhappy? Did you give someone else the power to make you unhappy? Why? When you realize that EVERYTHING in life is a choice, and YOU get to choose how to react to it, life becomes easier.
Eleanor Roosevelt said that "Nobody can make you feel anything without YOUR permission."
We often forget that WE have to power to react or act any way we desire. Just because someone flips you off for driving slow doesn't mean that you need to react the same way. In fact, we should bless them because they are so important...
Aristotle said that "Nothing is good or bad, except our thinking makes it so."
Think about that for a while. We get to decide what is good and bad. We decide, not someone else, not your boss, your teachers, your mom, not me. YOU GET TO DECIDE!
"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
DECIDE today to make up YOUR mind to be happy!
~Abraham Lincoln
How happy are you? It really is your choice to be happy or not. Why are you unhappy? Did you give someone else the power to make you unhappy? Why? When you realize that EVERYTHING in life is a choice, and YOU get to choose how to react to it, life becomes easier.
Eleanor Roosevelt said that "Nobody can make you feel anything without YOUR permission."
We often forget that WE have to power to react or act any way we desire. Just because someone flips you off for driving slow doesn't mean that you need to react the same way. In fact, we should bless them because they are so important...
Aristotle said that "Nothing is good or bad, except our thinking makes it so."
Think about that for a while. We get to decide what is good and bad. We decide, not someone else, not your boss, your teachers, your mom, not me. YOU GET TO DECIDE!
"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
DECIDE today to make up YOUR mind to be happy!
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