"The future depends on what we do in the present." -Mahatma Gandhi
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
"You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side." -William Gladstone
"There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job." -George Crane
"The best thing about future is that it comes only one day at a time." -Abraham Lincoln 65
"My interest is in the future, because I am going to spend the rest of my life there." –Charles F. Kettering
"I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world for mankind....I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living, even after my death!" -Anne Frank
"One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us." -Michael Cibenko
"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose." –Lyndon B. Johnson
"Even the longest journey begins with the first step." -Chinese Proverb.
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." -William Jennings Bryan
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Overcome your FEAR
"You must be willing to let go of your fear of losing control and learn to delegate tasks and projects so that you can have more time for yourself." -Stephanie Culp
"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."- Bertrand Russell
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." Mark Twain
"There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear." -Jawaharlal Nehru
"I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him." -Eleanor Roosevelt
"Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth." – Pema Chodron, from her book, When Things Fall Apart
"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."- Bertrand Russell
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." Mark Twain
"There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear." -Jawaharlal Nehru
"I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him." -Eleanor Roosevelt
"Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth." – Pema Chodron, from her book, When Things Fall Apart
CHANGE - is all you need
"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee." – Marian Wright Edelman
"Life is like a dogsled team. If you aint the lead dog, the scenery never changes." -Lewis Grizzard
"The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress." –George Kettering
"To exist is to change; to change is to mature; to mature is to create oneself endlessly." -Henri Bergson
"There is nothing permanent except change." –Greek proverb
"Life is like a dogsled team. If you aint the lead dog, the scenery never changes." -Lewis Grizzard
"The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress." –George Kettering
"To exist is to change; to change is to mature; to mature is to create oneself endlessly." -Henri Bergson
"There is nothing permanent except change." –Greek proverb
Anger - Control your Anger
"Anger is a brief madness." -Horace
"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." -Ambrose Bierce
"Always forgive your enemies -nothing annoys them so much." -Oscar Wilde
"To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is, in fact, the consuming illness of our time." -H. A. Overstreet
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor." -Mark Twain
"Anybody can become angry -that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy." -Aristotle
"No matter how well you nurse a grudge, it will never get better." -Joyce Smith
"The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others." -Carl Rogers
"Insults should be written in the sand, and praises carved in stone. -Arab proverb
"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." -Ambrose Bierce
"Always forgive your enemies -nothing annoys them so much." -Oscar Wilde
"To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is, in fact, the consuming illness of our time." -H. A. Overstreet
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor." -Mark Twain
"Anybody can become angry -that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy." -Aristotle
"No matter how well you nurse a grudge, it will never get better." -Joyce Smith
"The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others." -Carl Rogers
"Insults should be written in the sand, and praises carved in stone. -Arab proverb
HELP SELF
Confidence HELP SELF - So many times we limit ourselves because we think we simply can’t do something.
No truer words were ever spoken in regards to improving confidence help self than by Benjamin Disraeli, “Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.”
Use the help self technique of singing your own praises even if no one else will. Regardless of whether or not you have individuals in your inner circle who will tell you how wonderful you, you can become your own personal fan club. Take a few moments everyday to remind yourself of your strengths and what you have previously accomplished. One help self technique that can come in handy with this technique involves journaling your successes, taking an account of your strengths and achievements.
No truer words were ever spoken in regards to improving confidence help self than by Benjamin Disraeli, “Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.”
Use the help self technique of singing your own praises even if no one else will. Regardless of whether or not you have individuals in your inner circle who will tell you how wonderful you, you can become your own personal fan club. Take a few moments everyday to remind yourself of your strengths and what you have previously accomplished. One help self technique that can come in handy with this technique involves journaling your successes, taking an account of your strengths and achievements.
Happiness is the KEY
"People whose sole aim is to be happy turn out to be self-centered, discontented, and restless. But if your goal is to create something beautiful, achieve something worthwhile, or provide some service, and if you work toward such a commitment, happiness is a by-product." –Eugenie G. Wheeler
"Remember this - that very little is needed to make a happy life." -Marcus Aurelius
"For yesterday is but a dreamAnd tomorrow is only a visionBut today well lived makesEvery yesterday a dream of happinessAnd every tomorrow a vision of hopeLook well, therefore to this day."-Sir William Osler
"Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want."--Jim Rohn
"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." -Abraham Lincoln
"Action does not always lead to happiness, but there is no happiness without action." -Benjamin Disraeli
"It's good to be just plain happy; it's a little better to know that you are happy; but to understand that you're happy and to know why and how and still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss." -Henry Miller
"Remember this - that very little is needed to make a happy life." -Marcus Aurelius
"For yesterday is but a dreamAnd tomorrow is only a visionBut today well lived makesEvery yesterday a dream of happinessAnd every tomorrow a vision of hopeLook well, therefore to this day."-Sir William Osler
"Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want."--Jim Rohn
"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." -Abraham Lincoln
"Action does not always lead to happiness, but there is no happiness without action." -Benjamin Disraeli
"It's good to be just plain happy; it's a little better to know that you are happy; but to understand that you're happy and to know why and how and still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss." -Henry Miller
The Power of Positive Feelings
You feel powerful and strong. You feel an energy inside you that says "I am here to do something great!" You feel yourself walk into any situation, confident and at peace. You feel successful.
Ah, how good it feels!
Have you ever noticed that we ask each other, "How are you feeling today?" I have never met anyone who asked me, "How are you thinking today John?"
Why is this?
Perhaps it is because how we feel is how we live. If I feel miserable, my life reflects that misery. If I feel confident, then I act confident and I attract into my life that which I desire because I feel I deserve it.
In every moment, you and I feel something. And these feelings we have shape our destiny. Notice I write "these feelings we have". Feelings do not have us; we have feelings.
Most personal development focuses on thinking. Change your thinking and you change your life. I agree, but thinking arises from feeling. If I am holding tension in my body, if I feel tense, then my thinking is shaped by tension. And I react accordingly.
That tension is the result of accumulated thoughts and feelings. And the more thoughts that accumulate, the greater the tension (also known as stress) until ultimately I make myself ill; both physically and mentally.
Positive thinking is a great idea, but it has limitations, does it not? Can you tell me what your next thought will be? Not without thinking about it! And by the time you have come up with an answer your mind has already moved on to something else.
Plus all thoughts are found in the past. One cannot think in this moment. One can only experience this moment and it is this moment and the succession of this moment that make your life. Right now, plus right now, plus right now, equal your life and the results you create.
To make a change in how you experience and what you do with "right now" you must act on the feeling level to make true changes. And by changing how you feel right now, you change your destiny.
We all know of this power. It is a power we are born with that becomes discarded when we are told to stop feeling and start thinking. All limitations exist only in our thinking, yet that is exactly what everyone is telling us to do! Get an education and learn your limits!
If you have ever watched a young child develop, you will notice how they do not accept "no" for an answer. Failure does not stop us until we learn that failure means something bad. We then spend the rest of our life trying to reprogram our mind with clichés about how failure is the foundation of success, but do we really believe it? As children we fall, we hurt, we let the feeling go and we take off running again. As adults we fall, we hurt, and we tell stories about it for the rest of our life to anyone who will listen!
If you want to achieve a breakthrough in any area of your life, stop trying to reprogram your mind and notice how you feel. When you set a goal, notice the feelings that arise for you. Fear? Anxiety? Doubt? They are nothing more than feelings; electro-chemical impulses.
The good news? You can learn to let these feelings go and when you do, your potential has new life and it expands beyond the limits of thought. You feel a new energy when you realize all that prevents you from having all that you desire are these feelings which you have chosen to hold on to because you think, yes you think, they serve you in some way.
No analyzing is necessary, nor programming or re-programming, nor words; just feelings. Powerful feelings.
Ah, how good it feels!
Have you ever noticed that we ask each other, "How are you feeling today?" I have never met anyone who asked me, "How are you thinking today John?"
Why is this?
Perhaps it is because how we feel is how we live. If I feel miserable, my life reflects that misery. If I feel confident, then I act confident and I attract into my life that which I desire because I feel I deserve it.
In every moment, you and I feel something. And these feelings we have shape our destiny. Notice I write "these feelings we have". Feelings do not have us; we have feelings.
Most personal development focuses on thinking. Change your thinking and you change your life. I agree, but thinking arises from feeling. If I am holding tension in my body, if I feel tense, then my thinking is shaped by tension. And I react accordingly.
That tension is the result of accumulated thoughts and feelings. And the more thoughts that accumulate, the greater the tension (also known as stress) until ultimately I make myself ill; both physically and mentally.
Positive thinking is a great idea, but it has limitations, does it not? Can you tell me what your next thought will be? Not without thinking about it! And by the time you have come up with an answer your mind has already moved on to something else.
Plus all thoughts are found in the past. One cannot think in this moment. One can only experience this moment and it is this moment and the succession of this moment that make your life. Right now, plus right now, plus right now, equal your life and the results you create.
To make a change in how you experience and what you do with "right now" you must act on the feeling level to make true changes. And by changing how you feel right now, you change your destiny.
We all know of this power. It is a power we are born with that becomes discarded when we are told to stop feeling and start thinking. All limitations exist only in our thinking, yet that is exactly what everyone is telling us to do! Get an education and learn your limits!
If you have ever watched a young child develop, you will notice how they do not accept "no" for an answer. Failure does not stop us until we learn that failure means something bad. We then spend the rest of our life trying to reprogram our mind with clichés about how failure is the foundation of success, but do we really believe it? As children we fall, we hurt, we let the feeling go and we take off running again. As adults we fall, we hurt, and we tell stories about it for the rest of our life to anyone who will listen!
If you want to achieve a breakthrough in any area of your life, stop trying to reprogram your mind and notice how you feel. When you set a goal, notice the feelings that arise for you. Fear? Anxiety? Doubt? They are nothing more than feelings; electro-chemical impulses.
The good news? You can learn to let these feelings go and when you do, your potential has new life and it expands beyond the limits of thought. You feel a new energy when you realize all that prevents you from having all that you desire are these feelings which you have chosen to hold on to because you think, yes you think, they serve you in some way.
No analyzing is necessary, nor programming or re-programming, nor words; just feelings. Powerful feelings.
Boast Up Your Confidence Level!
Help Low Self Esteem!
There is nothing to be ashamed of about having low self esteem. Most people do.
In order to raise your low self esteem you must first understand what help low self esteem is and how critical it is to your lifelong happiness and success. While raising your self esteem can oftentimes seem very complex and difficult, the idea that lies behind it is actually quite simple.
Your self esteem involves how you view yourself, your abilities and how others view you and your accomplishments. When an individual thinks poorly of themselves, believes they will always fail at whatever they set out to do and/or believes other people surrounding them thinks ill of them and their accomplishments, there is low self esteem.
There is nothing to be ashamed of about having low self esteem. Most people do.
In order to raise your low self esteem you must first understand what help low self esteem is and how critical it is to your lifelong happiness and success. While raising your self esteem can oftentimes seem very complex and difficult, the idea that lies behind it is actually quite simple.
Your self esteem involves how you view yourself, your abilities and how others view you and your accomplishments. When an individual thinks poorly of themselves, believes they will always fail at whatever they set out to do and/or believes other people surrounding them thinks ill of them and their accomplishments, there is low self esteem.
Got Goals ??
Successful Goal Settings
One of the most critical aspects to the process of goal settings is to establish and define your goal. The truth of this very clear in a statement once made by Lee Iacocca: "The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen."
It is quite one thing to say you want to accomplish something, but without a clear and defined plan; few goal settings are rarely accomplished. It is too easy to get sidetracked without a plan to keep you on the path to your goal.
The first step in your goal settings plan to set a goal is to write the plan! Commit the goal and yourself to paper and you are more invested in the process and therefore much more likely to succeed. "Life Will Not Go According to Plan, If You Do Not Have A Plan!"
The Plan.Success is not an accident. It begins with a well-conceived plan.
Action.Just do it!
Believe it.If you can dream it, you can achieve it.
You can visit this recommended site for more exercises and tips on goal settings: Goals guy
"When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life." -Greg Anderson
Establish and define your goal.First decide what it is you want or desire to do with your goal settings. Perhaps your goal is to obtain something tangible, such as your dream home or a new car. Or your goal may be something that is less tangible, but will reward you with either tangible benefits or intrinsic rewards. Maybe you want to finish your college education or obtain a job in a specific field. When you define your goal settings, be as specific as possible. "I want to purchase a home by next summer." Or "I want to finish my undergraduate degree in Elementary Education and graduate by next spring."
After you have established and defined your goal settings, remember that while it is written on paper it isn’t written in stone. You may need to make adjustments as you go through the process of obtaining your goal, but at least you’re now on the road to getting there!
What will be the significance of achieving your goal-what will be the outcome?What will be the benefits of obtaining your goal? What is the purpose of goal settings for you? Purchasing a new home might enable you to have more independence or give you and your family more space or more security. Completing your education will allow you to work in a field you truly enjoy or give you more earning power.
Envision accomplishing your goal and believe that you can achieve it.It’s easy to say you’re going to do something and quite another to actually believe you’re going to do it. Success of any action greatly depends on how much you believe in yourself and your ability to achieve. If you need to, tape a picture of your goal settings on your refrigerator, your bathroom mirror and anywhere else you can see it everyday. Okay, maybe you don’t even know what exactly what your dream house looks like, but you probably have a good idea. Browse real estate brochures and when you find the house that jumps out at you, clip that picture. Having a visible reminder in front of you everyday will help to keep you motivated.
ResearchResearch what you will need to do in order to complete your goal. Be specific. Find out exactly what steps or tools will you need to achieve your goal. Perhaps it’s saving enough money for a down payment and closing costs for that dream home or enrolling in college and completing a certain number of classes. Write down every step, no matter how small. Also write down what tools you might need to accomplish your goal settings. Necessary tools could be anything from the amount of money you will need for the down payment to school supplies.
Barriers and How to Overcome Them.
So far everything is sounding pretty good. You have a goal and a step by step plan on how to accomplish, now it’s time to get to work, right? Wrong. Plans rarely go precisely as you intended. You must leave room for errors and hurdles and how to get beyond them. Maybe you calculate you will need $10,000 for a down payment on that dream home. You plan to put aside $200 out of every weekly paycheck for the next year. By the end of that time, you should have your down payment. Unless an emergency expense pops up you didn’t plan on. Then what? Plan for the unexpected when planning goal settings.
Once you have your plan committed to paper, barriers and all, it’s time to get to work. On the days when you feel discouraged or feel it’s just too hard, go back over your plan. Make adjustments if necessary. Make a point to glance at the picture of your goal settings at least twice a day; morning and night. Most importantly, believe you can do it.
One of the most critical aspects to the process of goal settings is to establish and define your goal. The truth of this very clear in a statement once made by Lee Iacocca: "The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen."
It is quite one thing to say you want to accomplish something, but without a clear and defined plan; few goal settings are rarely accomplished. It is too easy to get sidetracked without a plan to keep you on the path to your goal.
The first step in your goal settings plan to set a goal is to write the plan! Commit the goal and yourself to paper and you are more invested in the process and therefore much more likely to succeed. "Life Will Not Go According to Plan, If You Do Not Have A Plan!"
The Plan.Success is not an accident. It begins with a well-conceived plan.
Action.Just do it!
Believe it.If you can dream it, you can achieve it.
You can visit this recommended site for more exercises and tips on goal settings: Goals guy
"When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life." -Greg Anderson
Establish and define your goal.First decide what it is you want or desire to do with your goal settings. Perhaps your goal is to obtain something tangible, such as your dream home or a new car. Or your goal may be something that is less tangible, but will reward you with either tangible benefits or intrinsic rewards. Maybe you want to finish your college education or obtain a job in a specific field. When you define your goal settings, be as specific as possible. "I want to purchase a home by next summer." Or "I want to finish my undergraduate degree in Elementary Education and graduate by next spring."
After you have established and defined your goal settings, remember that while it is written on paper it isn’t written in stone. You may need to make adjustments as you go through the process of obtaining your goal, but at least you’re now on the road to getting there!
What will be the significance of achieving your goal-what will be the outcome?What will be the benefits of obtaining your goal? What is the purpose of goal settings for you? Purchasing a new home might enable you to have more independence or give you and your family more space or more security. Completing your education will allow you to work in a field you truly enjoy or give you more earning power.
Envision accomplishing your goal and believe that you can achieve it.It’s easy to say you’re going to do something and quite another to actually believe you’re going to do it. Success of any action greatly depends on how much you believe in yourself and your ability to achieve. If you need to, tape a picture of your goal settings on your refrigerator, your bathroom mirror and anywhere else you can see it everyday. Okay, maybe you don’t even know what exactly what your dream house looks like, but you probably have a good idea. Browse real estate brochures and when you find the house that jumps out at you, clip that picture. Having a visible reminder in front of you everyday will help to keep you motivated.
ResearchResearch what you will need to do in order to complete your goal. Be specific. Find out exactly what steps or tools will you need to achieve your goal. Perhaps it’s saving enough money for a down payment and closing costs for that dream home or enrolling in college and completing a certain number of classes. Write down every step, no matter how small. Also write down what tools you might need to accomplish your goal settings. Necessary tools could be anything from the amount of money you will need for the down payment to school supplies.
Barriers and How to Overcome Them.
So far everything is sounding pretty good. You have a goal and a step by step plan on how to accomplish, now it’s time to get to work, right? Wrong. Plans rarely go precisely as you intended. You must leave room for errors and hurdles and how to get beyond them. Maybe you calculate you will need $10,000 for a down payment on that dream home. You plan to put aside $200 out of every weekly paycheck for the next year. By the end of that time, you should have your down payment. Unless an emergency expense pops up you didn’t plan on. Then what? Plan for the unexpected when planning goal settings.
Once you have your plan committed to paper, barriers and all, it’s time to get to work. On the days when you feel discouraged or feel it’s just too hard, go back over your plan. Make adjustments if necessary. Make a point to glance at the picture of your goal settings at least twice a day; morning and night. Most importantly, believe you can do it.
Positive Thinking
Change your thoughts you will change your life, that is positive thinking!
So, what exactly is positive thinking? Ever heard "You are what you eat?" The same can be said for what you think. What goes in your mind has the power to shape what you think, what you believe and ultimately how you behave. Subliminal motivation, the act of repeating the same affirmation over and over, has the ability to generate amazing changes.
Positive quotes
"Joy is the sweet voice, joy the luminous cloud -We in ourselves rejoice!And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, All melodies the echoes of that voice,All colors a suffusion from that light." -Coleridge
"Today, a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it." -Anne De Lenclos
"Do all the good you can,By all the means you can,In all the ways you can,In all the places you can,At all the times you can,To all the people you can,As long as ever you can." -John Wesley
"Everything that is happening at this moment is a result of the choices you've made in the past." -Deepak Chopra
"Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life." - Harvey Mackay
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -Albert Einstein
"Be wise in the use of time. The question in life is not how much time do we have? The question is what shall we do with it." -Anna Robertson Brown
"Love What You Do. Do What You Love." -Wayne Dyer
"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." -Henry Ford (1863-1947)
So, what exactly is positive thinking? Ever heard "You are what you eat?" The same can be said for what you think. What goes in your mind has the power to shape what you think, what you believe and ultimately how you behave. Subliminal motivation, the act of repeating the same affirmation over and over, has the ability to generate amazing changes.
Positive quotes
"Joy is the sweet voice, joy the luminous cloud -We in ourselves rejoice!And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, All melodies the echoes of that voice,All colors a suffusion from that light." -Coleridge
"Today, a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it." -Anne De Lenclos
"Do all the good you can,By all the means you can,In all the ways you can,In all the places you can,At all the times you can,To all the people you can,As long as ever you can." -John Wesley
"Everything that is happening at this moment is a result of the choices you've made in the past." -Deepak Chopra
"Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life." - Harvey Mackay
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -Albert Einstein
"Be wise in the use of time. The question in life is not how much time do we have? The question is what shall we do with it." -Anna Robertson Brown
"Love What You Do. Do What You Love." -Wayne Dyer
"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." -Henry Ford (1863-1947)
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