"It's not what you look at that matters; it's what you see."~Henry David Thoreau
What are you looking at? Do you really see what you are looking at or are you just looking? When you go to a store to buy something, when the clerk says "May I hep you," why do we say, "Oh, I'm just looking?"
Because of the way that our brain works, we don't often find what we are looking for. Unless we have already put what we are looking for into our RAS (Reticular Activating System) we will just walk right by what we are looking for. When you think about buying a car, the model and color of the car, you start seeing that car all over the highway, when the day before you never noticed them.
What are you putting into your RAS. Is it helping you or hurting you? Are you able to SEE instead of LOOK? Allow your brain to work for you and start putting into your RAS the things that you want out of life. The more that you think about them, the sooner they will appear in your vision (both visually and thought wise).
"It's not what you look at that matters; it's what you see."
Stop looking and start seeing!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Life is Easy...Or it's Hard. It's Your Choice
"Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is."
What do you think about that? Do you agree or disagree?
I tend to see it as true. I know that when I focus on certain things, I get more of those things, or at least the opportunity to get more of those things. Either good or bad what we focus on we bring about. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR LIFE! Whether you believe it or not.
"You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need." With apologies to the Rolling Stones, sometimes you get what you need, but you ALWAYS get what you EXPECT.
Ultimately, the world treats you as you expect to be treated! Do you expect great things to happen to you? Or do you expect bad things to happen to you? You're in charge and it all takes place in between your ears. You can blame no one else when you realize that you get to make it all up!
"Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is."
It's also as easy as you expect or as hard as you expect it to be.
What do you think about that? Do you agree or disagree?
I tend to see it as true. I know that when I focus on certain things, I get more of those things, or at least the opportunity to get more of those things. Either good or bad what we focus on we bring about. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR LIFE! Whether you believe it or not.
"You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need." With apologies to the Rolling Stones, sometimes you get what you need, but you ALWAYS get what you EXPECT.
Ultimately, the world treats you as you expect to be treated! Do you expect great things to happen to you? Or do you expect bad things to happen to you? You're in charge and it all takes place in between your ears. You can blame no one else when you realize that you get to make it all up!
"Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is."
It's also as easy as you expect or as hard as you expect it to be.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Uncompleted Tasks
"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task." ~William James
How right is that? That one thing that you've been putting off and it's just hanging there, bugging you and the more you ignore it the more it bugs you...
How stress-free would we be if we only worked on one project at a time and worked on it until we completed it? Multi-tasking is a myth and anyone who tells you they are good at it are only kidding themselves and others. When you "multi-task" it takes you on an average about 20% longer to complete each task, so instead of getting things done, you are spending 40% longer doing them than if you would have done them one at a time...Something to consider:
*The next time you put one project down to start another...
*The next time that you don't feel like finishing that report now...
*The next time you don't want to call you client and give them the bad news...
Think back to the last time that you left a task uncomplete. How did that feel?
"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."
How right is that? That one thing that you've been putting off and it's just hanging there, bugging you and the more you ignore it the more it bugs you...
How stress-free would we be if we only worked on one project at a time and worked on it until we completed it? Multi-tasking is a myth and anyone who tells you they are good at it are only kidding themselves and others. When you "multi-task" it takes you on an average about 20% longer to complete each task, so instead of getting things done, you are spending 40% longer doing them than if you would have done them one at a time...Something to consider:
*The next time you put one project down to start another...
*The next time that you don't feel like finishing that report now...
*The next time you don't want to call you client and give them the bad news...
Think back to the last time that you left a task uncomplete. How did that feel?
"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."
Wisdom
"The doors of wisdom are never shut."~Benjamin Franklin
Only we can shut the doors of wisdom. With the 3 most damaging words in language, "I know that."
How many times a day do you say "I know that"? One of my earliest mentors told me that you can hear something 99 times and the 100th time, you get it. Or maybe you just weren't in a position to understand it yet although you'd heard it 99 times before.
How many times have YOU shut the doors of wisdom? If you really "knew it" you would already be doing it, right? It is never too late to open the doors of wisdom again and let it flow over you.
Be a learner, be open to things new and old and the the doors of wisdom will never be shut!
Only we can shut the doors of wisdom. With the 3 most damaging words in language, "I know that."
How many times a day do you say "I know that"? One of my earliest mentors told me that you can hear something 99 times and the 100th time, you get it. Or maybe you just weren't in a position to understand it yet although you'd heard it 99 times before.
How many times have YOU shut the doors of wisdom? If you really "knew it" you would already be doing it, right? It is never too late to open the doors of wisdom again and let it flow over you.
Be a learner, be open to things new and old and the the doors of wisdom will never be shut!
Monday, July 27, 2009
It's Never Too Late
"It is never too late to be what we might have been."~George Eliot
What did you want to be when you were a kid? Why? Is it too late for you to be that NOW? For me, I wanted to be a professional ballplayer, first a pro basketball player and then when the NBA decided that they didn't need vertically challenged, slow white guys, I wanted to play pro baseball.
I had my chance there but after a couple of years, I lost the heart, will and desire for that. Do I regret that decision, not really. My life has been filled with great things and while I'm still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up, I KNOW that it is never too late to become that!
I know that I can do almost anything that I want (other than the pro ball stuff). I can be almost anybody that I want to be.
What about you? Do you KNOW that you can become who or what you want? Do you realize that we are each give something to be and do? What were you given to do?
Are you doing what you are SUPPOSED to be doing, or are you just doing what you CAN to pay the bills? Are you living the life you were MEANT to live?
Deep thoughts for a hot July day but only when you realize that:
"It is never too late to be what we might have been."
What did you want to be when you were a kid? Why? Is it too late for you to be that NOW? For me, I wanted to be a professional ballplayer, first a pro basketball player and then when the NBA decided that they didn't need vertically challenged, slow white guys, I wanted to play pro baseball.
I had my chance there but after a couple of years, I lost the heart, will and desire for that. Do I regret that decision, not really. My life has been filled with great things and while I'm still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up, I KNOW that it is never too late to become that!
I know that I can do almost anything that I want (other than the pro ball stuff). I can be almost anybody that I want to be.
What about you? Do you KNOW that you can become who or what you want? Do you realize that we are each give something to be and do? What were you given to do?
Are you doing what you are SUPPOSED to be doing, or are you just doing what you CAN to pay the bills? Are you living the life you were MEANT to live?
Deep thoughts for a hot July day but only when you realize that:
"It is never too late to be what we might have been."
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Learning Equals Prosperity
"Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest."~Paul Zane Pilfer
What new things are you learning? Are you learning them fast or does it seem like it's a struggle to learn?
Learning takes place when what you hear is put into action. Just because you know something doesn't mean that you have learned it. I'm sure that you've heard thousands of ways to market your business, but learning the best way doesn't happen until you put one of them into action!!
This puts RWE's quote "What have you learned since we last met?" in a new light, doesn't it.
"Learning takes place when what you hear is put into action."
What new things are you learning? Are you learning them fast or does it seem like it's a struggle to learn?
Learning takes place when what you hear is put into action. Just because you know something doesn't mean that you have learned it. I'm sure that you've heard thousands of ways to market your business, but learning the best way doesn't happen until you put one of them into action!!
This puts RWE's quote "What have you learned since we last met?" in a new light, doesn't it.
"Learning takes place when what you hear is put into action."
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Settling vs. Wanting
"The space for what you want is currently being occupied by what you've settled for."
Do you want something but seem to not have any room for it? Then you need to get rid of what you've settled for first! Want new clothes? Get rid of your old clothes. Want a new car? Get rid of your old clunker.
We fill up our lives with all kinds of stuff that we settle for. Why? Do we think that we aren't good enough to have what we want, or do we feel that's all we deserve?
Are you striving for what you want or are you settling for what you can get? Why?
If you're settling, stop right now, get rid of the junk in that space and go after what you deserve!
Do you want something but seem to not have any room for it? Then you need to get rid of what you've settled for first! Want new clothes? Get rid of your old clothes. Want a new car? Get rid of your old clunker.
We fill up our lives with all kinds of stuff that we settle for. Why? Do we think that we aren't good enough to have what we want, or do we feel that's all we deserve?
Are you striving for what you want or are you settling for what you can get? Why?
If you're settling, stop right now, get rid of the junk in that space and go after what you deserve!
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