"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."
Monday, November 9, 2009
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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