tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630923304150960412024-02-08T07:54:03.959-08:00Motivation and Self ImprovementUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463092330415096041.post-27731151018397326522010-03-11T18:18:00.000-08:002010-03-12T21:08:23.610-08:00How To Overcome Failure In Life In 3 Simple Steps<div class="info">Author: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/author_1_88247.html">Michael Lee</a></div><div class="body">If you want to know how to overcome failure in life, you have to be ready to work at it. You don’t have a fairy godmother who can just make everything right again.<br />
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You have to do the work yourself; the good news is that it is easier than you might think. No matter how low you’ve gone, you can learn how to overcome failure in life. Just follow these 3 simple steps<br />
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<b>Step 1: Believe In Yourself.</b><br />
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The first thing you have to do is believe in yourself. Why? Well, if you’re such a failure, who else is going to root for you? If you have supportive friends and family, that’s great! But ultimately, the one who needs to believe in you is you yourself. <br />
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If you think you are beyond redemption or if you think that success will always elude you, then you’re just setting yourself up for another failure. <br />
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I know it’s tough to believe in yourself once again, especially after the things you have gone through; but believe me when I say that you can. You can rise up again. You can be great again. You can be whatever you want to be as long as you believe in yourself. <br />
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<b>Step 2: Don’t Be Afraid To Try Again.</b><br />
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If you want to learn how to overcome failure in life, you need to have the courage to try again. It is possibly the scariest step you’ll ever have to take, but it is one that will propel you to success.<br />
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Say you failed your bar exams. It’s not the end of the world. You can always try out for the next exam anyway. And since you have time to regroup, you can work even more diligently on your mission.<br />
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A wise person once said, “Failure is only delayed success.” No matter how many times you fail, if your heart is really into it, then what’s stopping you from trying again? Your fear? Listen to yourself. Basically, the only thing holding you back is yourself. <br />
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<b>Step 3: Learn From Your Mistakes.</b><br />
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The third step on how to overcome failure in life is to learn from it. Things happen for a reason. You may not like failing or losing, but there is wisdom to be had from the experience. <br />
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One day, you will need that wisdom again. There’s no room for regrets in this world. Learn from what happened and move on. <br />
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There are different ways on how to overcome failure in life. And with the help of your friends and family, you will be able to find success at your fingertips. Don’t let fear paralyze you. Be open to changes and learn from experience.<br />
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To help you overcome failure and <a href="http://www.20daypersuasion.com/goldaccess.htm">achieve your dreams</a> easily, I'd like to give you FREE instant access to some of the <a href="http://www.20daypersuasion.com/goldaccess.htm">best self-improvement eBooks</a> worth over $2,355.00! Download them free at <a href="http://www.20daypersuasion.com/goldaccess.htm">http://www.20daypersuasion.com/goldaccess.htm</a></div><div class="source">Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlealley.com/article_1443257_24.html">http://www.articlealley.com/article_1443257_24.html</a></div><div class="author"><div class="authorOccupation"><strong>Occupation:</strong> Author</div><div class="authorBio">Michael Lee is a master persuader, professional copywriter, self-improvement expert, and author of "How To Be An Expert Persuader... In 20 Days or Less." His persuasion course at http://20daypersuasion.com has helped tens of thousands of people to win more friends, captivate the opposite sex, instantly get liked and trusted, enjoy unlimited wealth, and easily persuade anyone to eagerly do anything they want.</div><div class="authorUrl"><a href="http://www.20daypersuasion.com/" target="_blank">http://www.20daypersuasion.com</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463092330415096041.post-60920725440684001672010-03-11T18:15:00.000-08:002010-03-12T21:44:41.562-08:00The Benefits Of Using A Life Coach<div class="info">Author: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/author_1_255550.html">Martin Biginelli</a></div><div class="body">At some point in their life, most people find that they have lost their direction and passion for some aspect of part of their life. They’re caught up in the day-to-day routines and the grind of trying to survive in a world that is increasingly stressful and artificial. If this sounds like you, a life coach can act as your guide to help find happiness, purpose, and passion again.<br />
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A life coach partners with you to realign existing goals or create new ones. They can clear obstacles and break patterns of destructive thinking. Your life coach holds you accountable for the actions and decisions you need to take and make to get your life going in a positive and self-affirming direction.<br />
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Personal coaching provides an objective view of your life, what you want out of it, and how to get there. If you want to make real changes, you have to be willing to step outside your comfort zone. Just as in athletics, where the coach pushes his team members past their self-imposed limitations, so your personal coach will hold you accountable for taking the measures needed to effect the changes you want.<br />
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Not everyone is ready to be coached. If you resist change and are not willing to learn and grow personally, you may be wasting your time and money. Being coachable is as important as choosing the right coach.<br />
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Before you invest your hard-earned money in life coaching, make sure you are ready to invest your time and energy as well. A coach will give you the tools you need, but you have to be willing to use them. You have to answer the hard questions. You have to do the work to reach your goals. Personal coaching only works if you work it.<br />
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Once you’ve committed to the process, your first investment of time and effort will be to find the right life coach. He or she should be someone you are comfortable confiding in – someone with whom you can be open and honest. No one can help someone who won’t be honest about his or her goals or who doesn’t want to know who they really are.<br />
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Your coach is your partner, so find someone who has successfully lived through similar challenges that you face. Are you bereaved of a parent or child? Look for a coach who has lost a parent or child and found peace and happiness on the other side. Are you struggling to make a blended family work? Look for a coach who has experience with blended families.<br />
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Interview at least three coaches and ask for referrals or client testimonials. Find out how many coaching hours they’ve actually accrued and what type of techniques they have successfully used.<br />
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The right life coach can help in so many ways and with so many personal issues: self-esteem, bad habits like procrastination, relationship issues – whatever causes uneasiness or the sense of things not right in your life. Life coaches are trained to help you determine your goals and give you the tools to attain them. If you’re ready to make real changes, don’t put off finding your life coach any longer. Now is all you have and there is no time like the present.<br />
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About Author :Martin Biginelli is a UK based <a href="http://www.coachingfoursuccess.com/">life coach</a> who also provides <a href="http://coachingfoursuccess.com/professional-business-coaching.html">professional business coaching</a> to small businesses and corporate clients. You can find out more about these services, as well as life skills coaching by visiting his website at www.CoachingFourSuccess.com. </div><div class="source">Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlealley.com/article_1444037_24.html">http://www.articlealley.com/article_1444037_24.html</a></div><div class="author"><div class="authorOccupation"><strong>Occupation:</strong> Professional Life and Business Coach</div><div class="authorBio">Martin Biginelli is a personal and business life coach based in Barry, South Wales, in the United Kingdom. <br />
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As well as providing clients with personal life coaching and professional executive coaching, he can also provide support, coaching and diagnostics to all types of businesses and at all levels.</div><div class="authorUrl"><a href="http://www.coachingfoursuccess.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coachingfoursuccess.com</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463092330415096041.post-23390965999495971112010-03-11T18:11:00.000-08:002010-03-12T21:45:02.300-08:00Personal Change: 4 Conditions that Transform Us<div class="info">Author: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/author_1_126335.html">Next Chapter New Life</a></div><div class="body">Copyright (c) 2010 Dorothy Tannahill Moran<br />
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Sometimes terminology gets tossed around and we all nod our heads like we understand what's being said, when we don't. I thought I would take a few steps back and take a simplistic look at what personal change is, to ensure we're all nodding our heads in understanding.<br />
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When I speak about personal change, I'm describing something personally transformative. The personal transformation can be large or small but somehow you change a bit of who you are. Personal transformation can be driven by external and internal events. These events can be prompted by something you control and others "happen to you". I use the word event because often times, there is some very real event that occurs and a series of internal changes follow. Let's examine these situations, look at examples and why that creates personal transformation.<br />
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External Events - An external event is something that happens in your environment. Examples of external events can be things such as moving, the death of someone, getting hired or fired, starting or finishing school, or children moving out of the house. On the surface these external events look just that: external to us. Yet, despite their external nature the internal impact is always there. The internal impact is not always in portion to the event itself. This is because we all process the impact in different ways. I'll discuss our internal reactions later.<br />
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The reason why an external event, even something as simple as moving has an impact on us internally is because it forces us into making changes to accommodate that event. If you look at moving, you not only have your personal living arrangements completely impacted for a period of time, but you have new neighbors and are leaving old ones, new businesses to learn about and a new place to hang your toothbrush. You are changing habits and that creates anxiety or discomfort. You may also be creating a new social network and the dynamics of a new group of people will redefine who you are as well. Good or bad, you will change who you are even if it is only slightly. Other events mentioned could change you substantially such as a death of someone close or a job change.<br />
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Internal Events - An internal event is something that happens within you. Examples of internal events can be things such as falling in love, changing an attitude, or coming to the realization you want to change your life. Usually when an internal event takes place there is something going on in your life creating enough tension or concern that it gets your attention to do something. Just like an external event, you will go through some discomfort because any time you make a change of habit; you have to be fully conscious of your behavior until a new habit has formed.<br />
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In our control or someone else's - We feel best when a change is our idea but we don't always have the luxury of that choice. When we are in control of a change such as moving or changing jobs, we pursue it with the full knowledge that went into that decision. We moved through the various emotional stages to make the decision and now we're good to go. When someone else has made a decision that impacts you, you have not had the benefit of going through the rationalization of the change and the time to process the emotional impact. You are behind. While moving through the transition can have its own challenges, it's more challenging when you are changing because someone else is causing it. Things like death, divorce and job loss fall in this category. Grief usually follows and many times anger. The anger can be a reaction to the loss of control. When we become adults the primary "right" we gain is control. We are now in control of making decisions for ourselves and affecting them. When we perceive our control is usurped, we're ticked.<br />
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Our internal reactions - In all situations I've sited, there is a common process we go through internally. The reaction has three parts: part 1 - you lose something, part 2 - you exist neither where you were nor where you are headed, part 3- you start something new. These parts are not separate distinct steps and will overlap at times. If you look at any of the external or internal changes, your internal reactions will contain the same 3 parts. Example if you move: part 1 - you are not part of the old neighborhood - you have lost that part of your life, part 2 - even if you have your boxes unpacked at the new place, you go through a stage where you neither truly part of this new place and you are definitely no longer part of the old, part 3 - over time and with effort, you emerge into a new definition of who you are in your new place. Each part has its impact on you. You can feel excitement and a sense of loss at the same time. You can feel confused and question the decision, even if it made sense. You could shake your self confidence wondering if you will ever make new friends or "fit in". Eventually, you start seeing glimmers of your new life emerging and the excitement grows. Change. It's all personal.<br />
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Dorothy Tannahill-Moran is a Career Coach and expert on helping her clients make change and achieve their goals.What difference would it make if you were confident that you could master the next personal change that would come your way? Check out this unique downloadable product: 6 KEYS TO MAKING PERSONAL CHANGES EASY AND PAINLESS FOR LIFE <a href="http://nextchapternewlife.com/products/6keysproductpage.html">http://nextchapternewlife.com/products/6keysproductpage.html</a><br />
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Enjoying a good life is common to us all. We all want the same things, good health, positive relationships, fulfilling career, and enough money to live comfortably. But, there are others that want a life of abundance and prosperity. These are the ones that have dreams of doing great things, having successful businesses, visiting interesting places, meeting extraordinary people, and having the ability to help others financially.<br />
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If you are going to enjoy a life of abundance and prosperity it will require some action. This should be obvious. But, sometimes the obvious is frequently overlooked.<br />
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You didn't get to where you are today without taking some sort of action. So, it makes sense that if you have a vision in your head about where you would like to be in the future, it will require action.<br />
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The problem with most people is, even though they may have the knowledge to do some particular thing, they lack putting the necessary action behind that knowledge.<br />
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We often hear that "knowledge is power." But, knowledge is really only power in reserve. It remains useless if it's not tapped into by applying action. Knowledge that is not put to action remains just knowledge in your head and provides no benefit. It's completely wasted.<br />
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To accomplish results, we must couple our knowledge with the necessary action to attain results. The formula for achieving results is: Knowledge x Action = Result. If you were to apply massive action to your knowledge, it would have a faster, and even greater impact on your life.<br />
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Why is it that most people find it difficult to put the necessary action behind their knowledge? I believe it is nothing more than a lack of belief.<br />
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Your belief system is the driving force behind your behaviors and your results. If you can change your beliefs, you will change your behaviors. When you change your behaviors, you will change your results. Then, when you change your results, you will change your life.<br />
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It all starts with your belief system. Jesus said, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes" (Mark 9:23).<br />
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Now, many things can keep one from believing. But, I think the biggest factor that keeps one from believing is fear. It is a fact that it takes courage to succeed. But, keep in mind that courage isn't the absence of fear, it's the ability to press on despite the presence of fear. Many times, the solution to any fear is simply to do the thing you fear. It's amazing how the fear will disappear!<br />
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The smallest of actions, even the ones that seem trivial and insignificant, can lead to great success. It's been said that, "Actions, like pictures, are worth a thousand words."<br />
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Without action, you could have the greatest idea and the greatest plan in the world and you would still fail. Whereas a modest idea and an incomplete plan often produces success when accompanied by enough action.<br />
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You just got to get moving. Sir Isaac Newton's principle that states a "body at rest tends to remain at rest and a body in motion tends to remain in motion," definitely applies to the action principle. Once you've taken the first step, the next steps seem easier to take.<br />
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It's a natural law that if you do nothing, nothing will happen; if you take minimum action, results are going to be minimal; but, if you take massive action, then you will be rewarded with massive results.Hugely successful people, the kind who go from mediocre to millions almost overnight, know that the major key to their success was taking massive action.<br />
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If you want to become hugely successful you must start at the beginning. Most beginnings are small, and appear trivial and insignificant, but in reality they are extremely important.<br />
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It's not only the right beginning that is important, it's beginning in the first place. It's about applying that powerful little six-letter-word called "action."<br />
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Daniel N. Brown is an entrepreneur and teacher of biblical success principles. Get your FREE report entitled, "How to Receive from God" when you sign up for your FREE weekly newsletter. <a href="http://www.secretplaceonline.com/">www.SecretPlaceOnline.com</a><br />
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Many of the circumstances in a person's life are often produced by him, or her self.<br />
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I believe we each create our own luck, whether it be good or bad. Consciously, or unconsciously, we may have at some time or another, produced our own conditions, desirable, or undesirable, either in our bodily health or other circumstances.<br />
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Many of these conditions in our lives, whether they be favorable or unfavorable, are largely determined by our beliefs.<br />
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You may not accept that. You might be like a lot of people that I have encountered that make excuses. Making excuses and casting blame only make us out to be the victim. There is absolutely no power in playing the part of a victim.<br />
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I know we each experience our own individual successes and failures because of our beliefs.<br />
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Our beliefs definately determine the quality of our lives. The amount of money we earn is determined by our beliefs. We each earn the income we do today because of the beliefs we maintain. Simply because it is the amount we have limited ourselves to earn. We possibly could earn five, ten, twenty times, or more if we did not limit ourselves through our beliefs.<br />
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Don't believe that's true? Surely you know people who earn much more than you who don't have your education, your skills, or your intelligence. So why do they earn more than you?<br />
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It is a fact that one's belief system is ultimately responsible for whether they live a successful life or not. So, it would do each one of us good to get an understanding of our individual beliefs.<br />
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It starts with our thoughts. Our thoughts are what our belief system is composed of, and it is our beliefs that ultimately dictate the outcome of every area of our lives.<br />
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Your true beliefs are a sum total of all of your accumulated experiences over the course of your life. They create your expectations for future experiences, and your expectations are really nothing more than your current pattern of thought.<br />
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Your thoughts have brought you to where you are right now. But, you are not limited to the life you now live. It has been accepted by you as the best you can do at this moment. Any time you're ready to go beyond the limitations currently in your life, you're capable of doing that by choosing different thoughts.<br />
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Since there are tremendous reservoirs of potential within you, you are quite capable of doing anything you set your mind to (as long as it's within God's will for you). All you must do is decide that you can. And once you have made your mind up that you can do it, it's amazing how your mind begins to figure out how.<br />
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The "how" is the easy part. It's the "believing" part that trips up most people.<br />
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Jesus said in Mark 9:23, "All thing are possible to him who believes."<br />
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You are only limited by your beliefs, and it is your thoughts that make up your beliefs. Therefore, it makes sense to choose better thoughts. It's completely within your control. Choose thoughts that contribute to success and not failure, or a "settle for" attitude.<br />
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If you sincerely want to move on with your life, you can if you decide to.<br />
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Make a decision today to take full responsibility for where you are. Decide from this moment on that you will choose thoughts that contribute to a life of success and dismiss all thoughts of doubt, fear, and unbelief. God's Word says, "Whatsoever things are just, honorable, pure, lovely, good report, virtue, and praise, think on these things" (Phil 4:8).<br />
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Your thoughts are critical to the quality of your life! Jesus said in Matthew 9:29, "According to your faith, let it be done unto you." <br />
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Daniel N. Brown is an entrepreneur and teacher of biblical success principles. Get your FREE report entitled, "How to Receive from God" when you sign up for your FREE weekly newsletter. <a href="http://www.secretplaceonline.com/">www.SecretPlaceOnline.com</a><br />
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Choices abound. Sometimes choices confound us, while at other times, certain choices are rather obvious. Any way you approach the subject, choices present opportunities to either excel or hinder. As human beings, we were endowed by our Creator with the power of choice. It is one of the factors that differentiate persons from animals. Some people make these choices or decisions more easily than others.<br />
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Each day, we must decide how we will spend our precious twenty four hours and deal with all that the world presents to us. We choose how we will be affected by both everyday occurrences and those that are much more extraordinary. Whether consciously or unconsciously, we choose to either react or respond. These are not the same, for one is negative and one is positive. Which we choose may have a significant impact on our life and possibly those close to us.<br />
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Reacting to outside influences, usually beyond our control is generally a negative choice. Reacting implies that we have given charge of the situation to someone or something else. We surrender our input and any control in the matter. We are now at the mercy of the situation and are forced to be in reaction mode where we are constantly dodging bullets and expending great amounts of energy just to stay afloat. In reacting to a situation, we do not anticipate that which is to come because we are too busy handling the present. The future then surprises us and the whole mess begins again.<br />
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Responding to a situation is a positive choice. It is the opposite of reacting. It is proactive and anticipates that which is yet to come. Responding is preceded by thought and often prayer. In responding, we take charge and have command over how the situation impacts us. We also have control over how it affects us internally. We decide upon the level of personal impact.<br />
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Our lives, families, careers and other everyday activities and interests are operating at breakneck speeds and appear at times to be accelerating. One thing is for certain, the old days of sitting around on the front porch each evening listening to Mother Nature are gone for many of us. The pace of life in Mayberry, as healthy and tranquil as it would appear, is unfortunately a thing of the past. We live life on the fast track.<br />
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A major news weekly magazine is currently featuring material devoted to stress and distress in our lives and their effects on our cardiovascular health. Although not totally surprising, this information is disturbing. How did we ever get to this point? Witness the number of television commercials and magazine advertisements for gastric distress, acid reflux, anxiety, depression, headaches and other ailments that are increasing in frequency. There are millions of prescriptions written each day for these medical conditions, most of which will find their roots in internalized stress and distress.<br />
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People spend many hours of their lives worrying. Worry is a senseless, energy robbing activity that has engulfed many. No one has ever benefited from worry, yet countless people engage in it. Worry is the opposite of faith. Worry is negative while faith is positive. There is no mystery here. Many books have been written on the subject. The conclusions are the same: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and "Stop Worrying and Start Living" are among the many themes presented. Good advice indeed.<br />
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Most areas of life present us with choices. We must choose either to respond or react to circumstances. We choose whether or not to worry. Learn to be aware that you have a choice in these matters. Learn that there are ways that you can deal with everything either positively or negatively. Learn that your choices may influence your very health, both physical and mental. Learn that there will be costs associated with poor choices, worrying and negativity in general. These may include social, monetary, peace of mind and time costs. Certainly, the total cost associated with negative choices is too high.<br />
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Learn that positively responding to circumstances in life will significantly reduce or eliminate worry and contribute to your overall good health and well being. Find joy in life. Be happy.<br />
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Daniel Sitter is the author of the popular, award-winning e-book, Learning For Profit. Designed for busy people, his new book teaches simple, step-by-step accelerated learning skills, demonstrating exactly how to learn anything faster than ever before. Learning For Profit is currently available at the author's web site <a href="http://www.learningforprofit.com/">www.learningforprofit.com</a> and from numerous online book merchants. Mr. Sitter, having expertise in sales, marketing and personal development, is a frequent contributor to several publications.<br />
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What is an ego?<br />
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Well, in case you didn't know it, we all have one. The ego is the logical rational part of your mind that allows you to separate yourself from other people. You use it each and every day to weigh up situations, people and circumstances in the process of making rational decisions. When I say "I am Sonia Devine", I am identifying with this part... MY ego.<br />
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Sometimes the Ego is associated with an inflated sense of pride or arrogance. As an example, when we talk about a person who is behaving arrogantly, people often say this person has a "huge Ego".<br />
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But it's a lot more than that. It has a definite purpose. It is responsible for organizing the different elements of the Self to create some wholeness and integration. All of us require this to function effectively as human beings.<br />
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So how does this fit in with your self esteem? When we focus too much on this part, we begin to become separated from the rest of humanity, and outside forces have more control over us.<br />
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For example, does the quality of your self image rely on any of the following?<br />
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If you are defined by what you do for a living, then your self esteem is at the mercy of this factor. So if you lose your job, where does this leave you? Would you still like and respect yourself if you were broke?<br />
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It is within your nature to be conditioned to go after these superficial achievements, but I'll let you in on a secret; <br />
<b><em>they have absolutely nothing to do with who you are!</em></b> You're so much more than your physical body. Your soul is perfect just as it is, and it will continue to live on after you exit the Earth.<br />
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All of us are connected by collective consciousness. When you are able to see past the ego, you learn to cultivate true self-reliance. You accept yourself as the perfect being that you are AT THIS VERY MOMENT- not for who you will be once you have had your hair fixed or gotten in with the right crowd.<br />
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When you can get past the ego, you experience true self love - and this comes from your higher wisdom. Your knowledge, your compassion, your strength are perfect - and these things are permanent.<br />
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Sonia Devine is a qualified professional hypnotherapist and success coach with a caring and committed approach to healing, who lives in Melbourne, Australia. You can find more of her information on attracting wealth, self image, love, relationships, phobias and much more on her website<br />
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I spoke to a close friend today and he said something that greatly disturbed me. Okay it made me so upset I had to write this while thinking, "What the F@#K?!"<br />
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I was looking at a catalogue of upcoming seminars given by some VERY famous and successful people.<br />
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I called one of my best friends and asked him if he wanted to go. His answer, to say the least Pissed Me Off!<br />
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He said, "Oh, I'm not gonna' waste my money on that seminar, that guy just got lucky. Dude, some people just get lucky!" Well, why did he have to go and say that to ME of all people???<br />
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I said, "Listen Bro, I came from being a homeless runaway to pretty successful AND I'm marrying the girl of my dreams!" Am I lucky? Nope, I've earned everything I own and have. I'm no millionaire but I WILL be.<br />
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The person he didn't want to go see at the seminar is a VERY successful, famous, multi-millionaire entrepreneur. In addition to that the fee was pennies in comparison to the opportunity to meet and speak to this man. When I say pennies, I mean that people spend more on a pair of jeans!<br />
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So, what IS the truth about luck?<br />
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The truth is that luck is not a random event and it can be proven many different ways. Many very successful entrepreneurs may say that they were lucky but, they as well as I, know better.<br />
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What many call luck is really what I call a statistical occurrence that only happens after a specific action is taken. This action may not have been a calculated decision but it is an action towards a desired result.<br />
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I recently wrote about this in an article called How Thoughts Creates Matter that mentions how "Luck Like" things tend to happen when people take action towards a specific goal or objective.<br />
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Even Lottery winners are not lucky. They took a specific action in choosing or not choosing the numbers on their ticket and then purchasing it. Their prize is a statistical occurrence. Nothing more or nothing less.<br />
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The real truth of the matter is that most people get so caught up in their own distaste for their own "self determined" situation that they believe that there is some unanswerable reason for the success of others.<br />
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Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)<br />
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I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson<br />
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To get "Lucky" here's what you should do.<br />
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Decide what you want, create a plan to get it and then DO IT!<br />
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Once you keep at it for a while success, Ahem, I mean Luck will occur. Not only that but Uhhh, Luck will begin to snowball in your favor!<br />
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Then and only then my friend, you will have the privilege of being called a "Lucky" person who "Just Got plain Lucky!"<br />
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Rasheed Ali was once homeless and penniless on the streets of New York and is now helping to change the lives of THOUSANDS of people around the world with his innovative coaching, mentoring and newsletters. You can learn more about him and his newsletters at <a href="http://www.rasheedali.com/">www.RasheedAli.com</a><br />
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What's really important is how you choose to deal with that baggage, <b><em>because what you do here will determine the success or failure of your future relationships.</em></b>. Now, there is another very important point I want to make:<br /><p><br /><center><b><em>People come into our lives to teach us lessons</em></b></center><br /><p><br />It's what you do with these lessons that determines how your future will be. Think of all the people you have encountered in your life. Isn't it funny to look back and think about the last time you saw a particular person; it may have been several years ago, and it's quite possible that you will never again see him/her in this lifetime!The reason? Because this person has served their purpose in your life. So now that you know this, think about this; <b><em>what did this person teach you?</em></b> Some relationships or encounters that we have with other people last only a few days, and some last a lifetime. But either way, each experience serves a specific purpose and is extremely relevant to your life!.<br /><p><br />Now, given that every experience we have is a lesson for us, think about the people who have hurt you in the past. Have you allowed yourself to forgive them? Or are you still holding into the emotional pain? Do you find yourself conjuring up scenes of "sweet revenge" in your mind, or worse still, acting out those scenes? Are you able to forgive and let go? If you are not, then who holds the power - you or them?<br /><p><br /><center><b><em>Don't let people who have hurt you in the past have any control over your future!</em></b> </center><br /><p><br />When you make a choice to forgive others, you are NOT lying down and becoming a doormat, nor are you admitting that person who hurt you is in the right. Forgiveness is about taking back control of your life and not allowing your negative emotions to rule you. And forgiveness is also about letting go of all those debilitating emotions that <b><em>could be responsible for sabotaging your current relationships!</em></b> So ask yourself this question: Do you want to feel good? If you are still carrying feelings of resentment and anger towards someone who hurt you, then <b><em>what are you getting out of it?</em></b><br /><p><br />Hanging on to feelings of resentment, hatred or anger, will ensure that these destructive feelings WILL spill over into your current life and stop you from enjoying positive, successful relationships with other people.<br /><p><br />The fact is, your subconscious mind never ignores negative energy and emotions. It will remind you every day that you need to deal with them, and until you do, it will manifest your unresolved emotional pain through insomnia, chronic physical pain and in extreme cases, through life threatening illness. So there it is; make a decision today to take back your life by practising forgiveness. Your energy is extremely precious so don't allow yourself to give it away to those who don't deserve to have it it! Move on with your life today, and you will experience miracles.<br /><p><br /><strong>Author Bio</strong><br><br />Sonia Devine is a qualified professional hypnotherapist and success coach with a caring and committed approach to healing, who lives in Melbourne, Australia. You can find more of her information on attracting wealth, self image, love, relationships, phobias and much more on her website<br /><a href="http://www.manifest-your-success.com" target="new">Manifest Your Success</a><br /><p><br /><em>Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlegeek.com">http://www.ArticleGeek.com - Free Website Content</a></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463092330415096041.post-34769177812766231332008-10-20T07:11:00.001-07:002008-10-20T07:11:52.188-07:00What Makes Emotional Healing So Hard?<div style='font-style: italic'>By: Mark Myhre</div><p><br />When I was 5 years old our family moved to Starkville, Mississippi. My dad had secured a position as a research scientist at Miss. State Univ. that was simply too good to pass up.<br /><p><br />Starkville was a small town like many other small towns across America. Life was slow and safe and predictable. All in all, not such a bad place to live.<br /><p><br />For the next 12 years I was a Starkvillian. Like so many other young boys I spent most of my free time exploring the world from the comfort of a bicycle seat.<br /><p><br />Life was full of adventures. Looking back now, it resembled a series of Norman Rockwell paintings.<br /><p><br />But it wasn't always so idealistic. In fact, for over 20 years after leaving that small town I hated everything to do with Starkville. I called it a nightmare existence in a God-forsaken town.<br /><p><br /><strong>So why do you suppose I hated it?</strong><br><br /><p><br />I Focused On The Negative<br /><p><br />Like children everywhere, my wonder years consisted of good events, bad events, and many mediocre and neutral events. Good times that made me feel good. Bad times that made me feel bad. And many events stirred little emotional reaction at all.<br /><p><br />However, my problem was that I discounted the good events, while elevating the bad ones.<br /><p><br />The painful events on my past became like anchors - the pillars of the past. The defining moments of my life.<br /><p><br />Certain events would happen, and rather than simply feeling the pain and moving on, I would suppress and repress those painful emotions.<br /><p><br />Paradoxically, while I denied the feelings, I elevated the events. I would take a painful situation and make it much worse than it really was.<br /><p><br /><strong>I Embellished My Past</strong><br><br /><p><br />How do you embellish a painful past? Intentionally exaggerate its stature and importance. Like a playwright constructing a play, I would add drama for the effect it created.<br /><p><br />I would set the stage. Get the lighting just right. Play suspenseful music in the background. Create a prologue -<br /><p><br />"The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent..."<br /><p><br />Like one of those old Dragnet TV shows!<br /><p><br />I built it up any way I could. I made it sacred.<br /><p><br />And no matter what, I could *NOT* feel the feelings of those past events and let them go! I needed those unresolved emotions to breathe life into an otherwise-dead past.<br /><p><br />I spent way too much of my time giving CPR to a corpse of the past. Ever given CPR? It'll wear you out! It's hard to do it for very long; it's just too much work.<br /><p><br />Imagine doing it for decades.<br /><p><br />I defined my life by those highly selective events of the past that were being kept alive ONLY by my emotional energy.<br /><p><br /><strong>I Was Giving My Power To The Past</strong><br><br /><p><br />Thoughts and feelings are the very source of your power. Your power - your ability and willingness to act - comes about because of the constant stream of your thoughts and feelings.<br /><p><br />Thoughts and feelings are constantly and consistently springing forth into your consciousness.<br /><p><br />A stream of thoughts. A stream of feelings. Together they are the source of your power.<br /><p><br />If you're using those thoughts and feelings to hold onto the past, then you'll have less power available to you now. Power that could be used to heal your emotions instead becomes diverted into holding the past in place.<br /><p><br /><strong>I Built My Past Into A Frankenstein's Monster</strong><br><br /><p><br />Out of that handful of painful events I created a backbone. From the backbone I grew a skeleton. Surrounding the skeleton I grew muscles and skin and internal organs. I gave it a heart. I gave it a voice.<br /><p><br />All that growth required conscious effort on my part. I had to keep reminding myself of those painful events.<br /><p><br />"I really was wronged."<br /><p><br />"I really was shamed."<br /><p><br />"I really was abused."<br /><p><br />Building them up and fleshing them out took a lot of my power. But it was worth it. I got to feel like a victim. I got to hide in my self pity. I was entitled. Hey, I EARNED the right to engage in any errant behavior I chose!<br /><p><br />I earned the right to blame, to struggle, to manipulate and punish anybody I wanted. I earned my righteous arrogance because of my embellished pain of the past.<br /><p><br />I was powerless as a result, but that's okay. I earned the right to be weak by all the effort I was expending to try to keep the past alive.<br /><p><br />***<br><br />I took the best of me and gave it to a past that didn't even exist.<br /><br>***<br /><p><br />It takes constant effort to keep the past alive. You can't just set it and forget it - like a thermostat on the wall. You have to keep remembering it. You have to keep using today's power to reinforce the imprisonment of yesterday's power.<br /><p><br /><strong>We Invest In The Past</strong><br><br /><p><br />The past is over, yet so often our power remains trapped in the emotional investment we've made in certain painful events of that dead past.<br /><p><br />The past is over.<br /><p><br />But the very power we need to break free of those memories is instead being diverted into a much more sinister goal. We invest a lot of time and energy creating a Frankenstein's monster of the past, and it's become too big to handle.<br /><p><br />The power you need to heal the past is instead being used to try to keep it alive. It becomes a tangled mess.<br /><p><br />You can't heal the past until you get more power.<br /><p><br />You can't get more power until you heal the past.<br /><p><br />So what's the answer? First you heal a little bit, and you retrieve a little power. Then, in your empowered state you heal a little more and get back a little more power. It happens layer by layer.<br /><p><br />And it all begins with a willingness to change.<br /><p><br /><strong>Author Bio</strong><br><br />Mark Ivar Myhre, The Emotional Healing Wizard, author of the highly acclaimed - Emotional Healing Quick Start Guide - what to do right now to feel better. Go to <a href="http://www.join-the-fun.com">www.join-the-fun.com</a><br /><p><br /><em>Article Source: <a href='http://www.articlegeek.com'>http://www.ArticleGeek.com - Free Website Content</a></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463092330415096041.post-7926174768942026072008-10-20T07:09:00.000-07:002008-10-20T07:10:05.908-07:00What To Do When You Feel Stuck In A Life You Don't Love<div style='font-style: italic'>By: Melissa Quiter</div><p><br />When you read the title of this article, did you immediately think, "That is me?" Does your life feel like you have two legs submerged in a pit of quicksand and the more you push and pull and attempt to "get out," the more submerged you get and the more tired you feel?<br /><p><br />You are not alone. In fact, the next thing I tell you may sound less than inspiring. But read on, as you will soon find, the most challenging truths are actually the greatest opportunities for amazing joy.<br /><p><br />The truth is that humans are destined to feel stuck at various points in their lives. There is no way to avoid it and no way to ignore it. Feeling stuck is an absolute given condition of human beings.<br /><p><br />So, you may be asking, "Why is being stuck a given?" It is because humans are always growing, always changing and always evolving. There is never a moment when your body, mind or spirit stops recreating itself. Humans are always desiring (wanting something) - even if it is simply a breath of air. When you achieve a goal you have strived toward for years, that goal ceases to be a goal the minute it is attained. And just like you don't get rid of bad thoughts or bad habits-you replace them with better thoughts or better behaviors - what you desire is constantly being replaced by what you desire next. This doesn't mean you are not momentarily happy with where you are. However, your mind seeks expansion. There is only so long that humans can stay satisfied with where they are before new desires pop into their heads. Desiring is what continually evolves the universe and the human spirit.<br /><p><br />Another thing to be aware of is that you have multiple areas of your life that are happening simultaneously. I call these the Nine Environments of Holistic Living. In each of these environments you have different goals and different intentions. You may be focused heavily on one or two areas, and after achieving amazing things in those areas, "suddenly" become aware of another area that is lacking in some way. You are now focusing on that neglected area. Regardless of how satisfied you are in the other areas, the neglected area, you are now focused on, feels stagnate and stuck. For example, a person who achieves a long-worked-for goal in her career may then shift her focus to relationships and feel stuck in a bad relationship or stuck in not having a relationship. It doesn't take away from her career achievements, but the feeling is still there because the focus has shifted.<br /><p><br />The feeling of being stuck is simply you telling yourself that there is more that you desire in a given area or areas. The frustration of being stuck, and what may create negative emotions around it, is often caused when you aren't sure how to make the changes you want to get unstuck. Thus, being stuck may create a panic inside of you that the situation will never change. The degree to which you feel the stuck-ness and how quickly you respond to this feeling often determines how being stuck affects you.<br /><p><br />First, I think it useful to define what being stuck really means. Being stuck may not mean what you think it means, which can be what makes being stuck feel so hopeless and frustrating. Being stuck is not a destination. It is not a life sentence. It is also does not define who you are, just where you are at any given moment. Being stuck is simply a notification-a sign if you will-that it is time to start making something new and different happen in your life. When you are feeling stuck, it is simply another part of you tapping you on the proverbial shoulder saying, "Hey, I am no longer satisfied with where I am or what I have in a particular area and I need something else."<br /><p><br />Just like if you have ever driven a car and you stop at a red light. When the light turns green, that is your sign to get moving. Being stuck is a simply a green light-a sign saying, it is time to get moving. The key is knowing how to get moving. This is where being stuck can feel like a horrible condition, a limiting circumstance and a trap. If you don't know that pushing on the gas pedal will get you moving in your car, you can't move. If your car is in the wrong gear, you can't move. And if you resist that the light is green, you cannot move. If you resist that you feel stuck (which means you don't welcome the emotion, but instead get caught up in the feelings of being trapped and hampered), you actually put your focus on the being stuck, instead of your focus on the sign to get moving. If you embrace that the sign is there, you then have the freedom to explore the options for how to get moving. When you have the freedom to explore, you can usually create change pretty quickly.<br /><p><br />This may sound a bit confusing, so let me be as clear as possible given this is a critical piece for allowing yourself to get unstuck. By acknowledging that you are in a place you don't want to be, but not delving into the emotions of being there, you free up your energy to focus on where you do want to be. You free up your energy to focus on what you do want, not what you don't want. This is the foundation of the Law of Attraction, which says that which you focus your energy on is what you attract to you-wanted or unwanted. Learning to use being stuck as a positive sign that you are desiring more, opens you up to asking how to get it, instead of delving into the emotions of being where you don't want to be, and fearing you are always going to be there.<br /><p><br />No matter what question you ask yourself, you will get an answer. If you ask yourself-Why am I stuck here? What did I do to deserve this? Why does this always happen to me? Am I going to be here forever?-you will get an answer. And, most likely, you will get an answer that won't assist you in pushing on your gas pedal or figuring out you are in the wrong gear. If you ask empowering questions, like-What do I want that I don't have? How can I get it? What have I been doing and what can I do differently?-you begin focusing on answers that will propel you forward.<br /><p><br />Getting unstuck can be an easy and smooth process. The key is using the proper tools to assist you. Using tools-questions, exercises, programs, processes, other people, etc.-is the number one way for re-directing your focus. Tools are how humans create in the universe. Learning and using the tools of notes and instruments are what allow you to make music. Learning and using hammers, nails and engineering are what allow you to construct buildings. Learning and using the alphabet, grammar and paper or computers are what allow you to write novels and poetry. Getting unstuck, changing your life, manifesting your desires is done by learning and using the natural tools of creating-the Law of Attraction, the Nine Environments of Holistic Living, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, the Process of Deliberate Creation, the Prosperity Process, the Power of Intention, the Universal Laws, Law of Attraction Coaches, Messages from Abraham or Seth, etc.<br /><p><br />No one has to stay stuck. No one has to live a life they don't love. It is simply recognizing the sign that it is time to make a change. Then, assessing what tools will assist in making that change, and beginning the process. Embrace the feeling of being stuck so you can get moving, seek out the tools you need and start today.<br /><p><br />Here is to your freedom!<br /><p /><br /><h1>Author Bio</h1><br />Melissa Jean Quiter is an inspirational life and business strategist with Provocative Communications. She is the author of the 4-phase, life and business-changing program, "Being Spiritual Doesn't Mean Being Poor! How to remove what blocks you from making money & creating happiness," based on the Law of Attraction and the three required elements (the universal laws, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Nine Environments of Holistic Living) to ensure your success 100% of the time. To get started, visit: <a href="http://www.ProvocativeCommunications.com/takingcontrol.html">www.ProvocativeCommunications.com/takingcontrol.html</a>. Melissa also teaches a simple, yet profound, daily process for deliberately creating your life in her book, "My cat made me a millionaire… (and how yours can too!)," available here: www.ProvocativeCommunications.com/cat.html. E-mail: Quiter@Texas.net or call: (512) 341-0556.<br /><p><br /><em>Article Source: <a href='http://www.articlegeek.com'>http://www.ArticleGeek.com - Free Website Content</a></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463092330415096041.post-75612528312508012922008-09-20T07:14:00.000-07:002008-10-20T07:14:55.573-07:00How to Gain Respect and Support for Yourself and Your Business<div style='font-style: italic'>By: Olakunbi Korostensky</div><br /><p><br />"He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce"<br /><br>- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.<br /><p><br />To gain respect from others, you have to respect yourself first. People will give you their undying respect as long as they recognise that you portray these 3 key attributes: trustworthiness, integrity and mindfulness. Because having these qualities demonstrates your level of consciousness and maturity.<br /><p><br />When people respect you, it is easier to get their support. Getting people to give you continuous support, also requires you to apply yourself. Here are ways to help you make an impact on people whom you want respect and support from.<br /><p><br />1. Be exuberant and passionate about what you do and your life.<br>People love those who exude vibrancy and passion about their life, particularly about what they do. Think of this: how stimulating do you find people who are forever talking about their "great ideas" and what they want to do and yet, never starting anything? Now that's a damper!<br /><p><br />2. Be unique and individualistic in your views and opinions. <br>Are you unique and stand out with your own style and personality? If you are afraid to voice your opinion, and would rather fit in, I can assure you that it will be difficult to command respect from others. And without respect, no support. This doesn't mean that you have to constantly come up with new innovations. It simply implies that you don't suck up to people, just because you want validation. The best validation is to be true to yourself.<br /><p><br />3. Be a great listener. All great listeners are magnetic and charismatic. <br>There is no charm that equals that of a good listener. Here is an experience I had in a restaurant with my husband not too long ago. I noticed that my husband was fascinated by a woman sitting a few tables way from us.<br /><p><br />When I asked him what got him so fascinated about her. He replied that the woman was just fascinating to watch, because she was listening so intently to her partner. Her eyes were on him, as she leaned forward, giving him her feedback, and at the same time not interrupting him. While she let him know that she was hearing him, she also held up her end of the conversation.<br /><p><br />Then my husband said something remarkable: "She's the kind of woman I normally wouldn't pay attention to on the street, but while sitting there, listening and being interested the way she's doing now, makes her attractive."<br /><p><br />True listening embodies careful attention, patience and honestly wanting to understand what the other person is saying. It also fosters good relationship.<br /><p><br />4. Be a life long student. Let people know that you're willing to learn from them and be genuine about it. <br>Learning is growing, and growing is learning. You cannot learn all by yourself. To truly grow, you need others along the way. And when you show people your willingness and enthusiasm to learn from them, you'll be amazed how helpful and happy they will be to support you.<br /><p><br />Be open and get to know people who are different from you. If you're interested in something, never be afraid to ask questions. You won't be ridiculed for showing real interest.<br /><p><br />Do you know people who have stopped learning? Do you find them interesting to have around? Probably not! So do yourself the favour of becoming an avid learner.<br /><p><br />5. Be authentic and reliable.<br>Before you make a promise, make sure you can deliver. Keeping your word is very crucial to building trust and credibility. There's nothing more detrimental to your image, than having people believing in you and letting them down.<br /><p><br />There are times you may genuinely try to fulfil your promise and it just doesn't work out. In that case, be honest about it and apologize. No one will hold that against you.<br /><p><br /> 6. Be generous. <br>A generous heart gives freely without having any expectactions. Don't try to buy people's loyalty or support. It will backfire on you! You will reap more benefit and reward from giving truly from your heart, rather than being calculating. Even if you don't get something in return, the eternal laws of reciprocity will find a way to balance things out for you and give you your dues.<br /><p><br />7. Be direct and have boundaries.<br>When you have something to say, just say it and let people know where you stand. Letting people know what you want and don't want, liberates you and those around you. Don't allow people to walk all over you. Let them know your boundaries.<br /><p><br />For instance, to avoid lying about a proposition which may not interest you, an appropriate answer could be: "I'm sorry that doesn't work for me right now". This is a straightforward and truthful answer making it easy for you and for others to move on.<br /><p><br />In conclusion, do you trust and respect yourself? If you don't, no one else will. This especially means be true to yourself and what you believe in. Just as Ralph Waldo Emerson said "Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves".<br /><p><br /><strong>Author Bio</strong><br><br />Kunbi Korostensky, N.D., Psychotherapist and Certified Life Coach is specialised in supporting people in transition, turn the changes in their lives into invigorating joy and happiness. View her ebooklet Top 10 holistic Questions to Embrace Change and Grow at: <a href="http://www.embracingchanges.com/Books-and-Tools-to-facilitate-Changes.html">www.embracingchanges.com/Books-and-Tools-to-facilitate-Changes.html</a> or email: kunbi@embracingchanges.com.<br /><p><br /><em>Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlegeek.com">http://www.ArticleGeek.com - Free Website Content</a></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463092330415096041.post-41853290988884818972008-08-20T07:23:00.000-07:002008-10-20T07:24:46.141-07:00First Things First<div style='font-style: italic'>By: Kathy Paauw</div><br /><p><br />"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."<br /><br>-Stephen Covey<br /><p><br />Managing our time requires tough choices. That means that sometimes we may have to say NO to important activities in order to attend to even more important activities that will enable us to accomplish higher priorities.<br /><p><br />When we embark on a journey and we aren't sure how to get there, we typically jot down travel directions. So why are we so resistant to jotting down personal or professional goals or choices that would provide a road map - or at least a compass -- for our lives?<br /><p><br />I work with a lot of small business owners and professionals including coaches, consultants, doctors, lawyers, and CPAs. For those in the service industry, time IS money. To be profitable in their work, they must learn to limit their investment of time if there will be a limited return on that investment.<br /><p><br />Of course, money is just one way to measure the returns. A "return on investment" of time may also yield an emotionally healthy and well-adjusted child, a deeply satisfying marriage, or a beautiful garden. The key is to get clear about what's most important to you, and then march forth!<br /><p><br />Several years ago I was talking with someone at a business luncheon, and at the end of our conversation he wished me a happy March Forth. I considered this to be a bit odd at the time, but I didn't give it much more thought. A couple days later -- on March 4th -- I received a homemade card from him. The cover of the card contained a picture of a beautiful waterfall. The inside of the card read, "Thunderous and powerful, yet oh so beautiful! May your power within thunder out, as you march forth and realize all your dreams. Happy March Fourth ." It wasn't until I received his card that I caught the literary ploy.<br /><p><br />Today, as I think about those words - march forth! - I also think about something my colleague, Harold Taylor, says: "Major projects will never be finished if they are never started. The key to getting things done is to get things started. Pick a date and time and stick to it." In other words, march forth!<br /><p><br />We offer a tool to help you take inventory of all the things on your procrastination list. Check out our RAM Dump at http://www.orgcoach.net/pdf/ram_dump.pdf , which will help you unload all of the sticky notes from your brain onto paper, and then provides four choices -- Do, Defer, Delegate, Dump -- for what to do with it all.<br /><p><br />Once you are clear about what you want to DO, you may benefit from creating some structure to your workday to keep you focused on what's most important. Take a look at my sample weekly template if you are looking at how to create some structure: http://www.orgcoach.net/weeklyschedule.html<br /><p><br />Author and coach, Cheryl Richardson, shares a technique that has made an enormous difference in both the success of her company and the quality of her life. Here's the technique:<br /><div style='padding-left:20px'><br /><p><br />In the morning when you start your workday, begin with the following question: What action do I most want to avoid doing today?<br /><p><br />Once you have an answer to that question, do these two things:<br /><p><br />1. Identify the cause of your resistance. For example, does the task feel too tedious or difficult to complete? Is it related to a goal that no longer serves you? Or, are you simply afraid?<br /><p><br />2. If you are convinced that a task is, in fact, important, take this action right away.<br /><p><br /></div><br />I've always subscribed to the idea of tackling the most important tasks first. Cheryl Richardson's approach has a slight twist to it. Instead of asking what is most important, she suggests that we ask ourselves what we most want to avoid. By looking at what you most want to avoid, it will challenge you to consider whether or not the items on your "to-do" list are truly designed to move you toward an important goal. It will also keep you focused on the actions you really need to take rather than all the "busy work" you may otherwise get caught up in when trying to avoid something that feels uncomfortable or risky. If you determine that the task is indeed important, by doing it first you accelerate your progress.<br /><p><br />I'll share a real-life example of how this works. I know the president of a major company who is looking for a consultant. I have a friend who does the kind of consulting work this company is looking for. I told the president about her, and he expressed interest in talking with her. I contacted my friend and told her that the president of the company wanted to talk with her. She had never worked with a company this size, so she was very nervous about placing the call. Each time she thought about making the call, she felt nervous and excited at the same time. She recognized that this was a task she most wanted to avoid, and she also knew it was the one task that could be most significant in terms of moving her closer to her goal. (My friend recently bought a new car and is very motivated to attract more consulting work so she can make the car payments.)<br /><p><br />Many of us procrastinate around the things that matter most because of the anxiety they cause. Using this method requires some vulnerability on your part. There will be, on occasion, times where you are disappointed with the outcome. But would you rather waste time doing things that don't matter, or are you willing to take a risk! Cheryl Richardson reminds us of this: "Since there's a good chance that you'll live through disappointment or rejection, why not face your fears head on? You have far more to gain than you 'think' you have to lose!"<br /><p><br />Putting first things first, what's the next action you will take to help you march forth?<br /><p><br /><strong>Author Bio</strong><br><br />Wouldn't you love to stumble upon a secret library of ideas to help you de-clutter your life so you can focus on what's most important? Kathy Paauw offers simple, yet powerful ideas, on how to manage your time, space, and thoughts for a more productive and fulfilling life. Visit <a href="http://www.orgcoach.net">www.orgcoach.net</a><br /><p><br /><em>Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlegeek.com">http://www.ArticleGeek.com - Free Website Content</a></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463092330415096041.post-66646839967695633902008-08-20T07:19:00.000-07:002008-10-20T07:20:45.175-07:00The High Cost of Doing Nothing<div style='font-style: italic'>By: Daniel Sitter</div><p><br />Cost is sometimes a difficult term to define. Here, we are not simply discussing cost as it relates to selling price, but rather opportunity cost. The web site, "Mentors, Ventures and Plans" defines opportunity cost as "The loss of the next best alternative whenever a decision is made involving two or more options". "Investing in Options" defines it as "Choosing the best alternative means that you can't choose the next-best alternative. Opportunity cost is the next-best alternative that must be sacrificed in order to get something else you want. Opportunity cost can be thought of as the road not taken." Inactivity, or doing nothing, is usually the highest price paid and is often associated with great opportunity cost. Inaction is usually the worst decision one can make, made from a base of fear.<br /><p><br />Many of us freeze when facing decisions. For some reason, decision making becomes complex, paralyzing and even painful for many people. It should not be this way. Making a decision is simply the act of choosing between alternatives. You must learn to weigh the implications of each possible decision and choose the outcome that is best for you and all others involved. For example, when your telephone bill comes due, you may choose to pay it or not. There are real obvious consequences for both actions. The situation becomes more complex however, when our human emotions enter the picture. For instance; you are offered a new job and must decide to leave your current position and move your family to a new location, hundreds of miles away..<br /><p><br />What we often fail to realize, is that delaying important decisions or simply not making a decision at all, are actions that often impact us with the highest opportunity costs and worst case scenarios. Inactivity, or the lack of a decision, is actually a decision made, although one seldom made in our best interests. In this case, we unfortunately transfer over control of our lives to external forces and circumstances. We are now positioned to be at the mercy and decision-making of others. This is not your best scenario. There are often unusually high costs associated with doing nothing.<br /><p><br />Decision making is actually a skill set that can be learned and refined. Like all skills, entering into a new area as a novice requires practice and application in order to improve. Keep in mind that you will indeed improve! Start small, with less important decisions involving less than crucial outcomes and gradually make more decisions on matters of greater importance. Soon, you will have few if any issues with making decisions. Learn to start small and work your way up, gradually extending your comfort zone in this area. A by-product of learning these new skills is that your confidence will surely improve as well.<br /><p><br />Decision making need not be frightening. Think of it as a process that is your own, shedding any external pressure that others may be applying. Take your time, get your facts and choose the outcome that works best for you. Do not allow yourself to fall victim to the high cost of doing nothing.<br /><p /><br /><strong>Author Bio</strong><br><br />Daniel Sitter is the author of the popular, award-winning e-book, Learning For Profit. Designed for busy people, his new book teaches simple, step-by-step accelerated learning skills, demonstrating exactly how to learn anything faster than ever before. Learning For Profit is currently available from the author's web site <a href="http://www.learningforprofit.com">www.learningforprofit.com</a> and a variety of online software and book merchants. Mr. Sitter is a contributing writer for several online and traditional publications. His expertise includes sales, marketing, self-improvement and general business topics.<br /><p><br /><em>Article Source: <a href='http://www.articlegeek.com'>http://www.ArticleGeek.com - Free Website Content</a></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463092330415096041.post-27013015610988636672008-07-20T07:25:00.000-07:002008-10-20T07:26:19.958-07:00How Gratitude Can Be Your Partner in Life<div style='font-style: italic'>By: Sonia Devine</div><br /><p><br />Are you constantly struggling with life? If so, you might be focusing on all the wrong things. Practising daily gratitude will help you to turn your life around. Want what you have and what you want will come to you!<br /><p><br />Gratitude is one of the most important things you can practise if you want to manifest unlimited wealth. One of the best ways to keep abundance and wealth flowing into your life is to give thanks for what you have today. By focusing on what you already have, you allow yourself to receive <b><em>even more</em></b>, so it is really vital to practise true gratitude.<br /><p><br />We live in a world that focuses on instant gratification. If we don't have the money for something that we want to buy right now, then all we have to do is go to the bank and they are more than happy to loan us the money. As a result, many people are inundated in debt, and they become trapped in a never ending cycle of wanting, buying, and then spiralling deeper in debt.<br /><p><br />When we get stuck in this cycle, we are constantly wanting things that we don't have, and in the process, we forget to appreciate what we DO have; Every day, we remind ourselves of what we are missing in our lives, and we can't begin to grasp the concept of gratitude. Instead, we say:<br /><p><br /><b><em>"When I have everything I want...THEN I'll be grateful!"</em></b><br /><p><br />But that is not the way the Universe works....<br /><p><br />Are you always comparing what you have with what others have, or wishing you could have what is advertised on TV? Or perhaps the people who live next door have a better car, a nicer house and more "things to play with" than you. Of course, it doesn't help when pictures of the "perfect family" with the "perfect life" are right on that TV screen in front of you every day. Do you feel deprived, frustrated or angry because you don't have what seems to be on offer to everybody else?<br /><p><br /><b><em>Whatever your situation is, focusing on what is lacking in your life is the single most effective way to ensure that you remain in a<br> state of scarcity.</em></b><br /><p><br />You might ask this question: <b><em>But How Can I Show Gratitude When I Don't Have What I Want Yet?</em></b>. And that IS a good question; so here's a good answer: <b><em>Make A Habit Of It.</em></b><br /><p><br />Now, if you have become accustomed to only seeing scarcity all around you, then my guess is that gratitude will be the last thing on your mind. So the suggestion I am going to make may be difficult for you at first; I would even go as far as to say that you may feel a bit resentful about having to do it.<br /><p><br />Some people don't want to take responsibility for the fact that they are not doing well financially. It's so much easier for us to blame other people and outside circumstances for our lack of wealth; because if it's all other people's fault, <br><b><em>then we don't have to do anything ourselves in order for "things to change".. right??</em></b><br /><p><br />Well Okay, that's fine if you're happy for things to remain exactly as they are now. But if not, why not give this a go? You have everything to gain and nothing to lose! So make a commitment to change the way you see your life. Take stock of everything you have. You might be surprised and even amazed at all of the little things that you forgot are so special to you.<br /><p><br />Begin by writing of all the positive things you have in your life. Who loves you? Who are your friends? What about your children. How do they light up your life? These are just a few things that we forget about that add so much value and joy to our lives.<br /><p><br />Practising gratitude each day will remind you of the good things in your life. Now, I don't want to sound like a Pollyanna, but this is worth a try! If nothing else, it will help you feel better about your current life circumstances. Add something new to your gratitude list each day, and you'll be amazed at how many great things you will be able to think of once you develop this skill!<br /><p><br />When you are grateful for everything you already have, you open yourself up to attract more great things. The Law Of Attraction always makes sure that this will happen. Thank the Universal Source for everything you currently have, and you will invite and allow even more prosperity to come to you. Make gratitude a part of your daily routine....and witness miracles in your life!<br /><p><br /><strong>Author Bio</strong><br><br />Sonia Devine is a qualified professional hypnotherapist and success coach with a caring and committed approach to healing, who lives in Melbourne, Australia. You can find more of her information on attracting wealth, self image, love, relationships, phobias and much more on her website<br /><a href="http://www.manifest-your-success.com" target="new">Manifest Your Success</a><br /><p><br /><em>Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlegeek.com">http://www.ArticleGeek.com - Free Website Content</a></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463092330415096041.post-64878342973906279482008-06-20T07:28:00.000-07:002008-10-20T07:31:01.315-07:00Ditch Clutter to Tune In Your Intuitive Vision<div style='font-style: italic'>By: Vickie Milazzo RN, MSN, JD</div><p><br />Without even realizing it, we wake up daily to clutter pouring in-constant television or the Internet at home, talk radio in the car, TV news programs at the airport and loud music in restaurants. Soon our senses become dulled and our vision turns lusterless. How can a person connect with their intuitive vision and goals while being constantly bombarded by thousands of outside messages?<br /><p><br />Vision is essential to success. Yes, you can stumble on a great idea without knowing where you're going, but in my experience mentoring thousands of people, it rarely happens that way. Successful people look ahead, imagine the future they want, then make it happen through a combination of passion, commitment and intuitive vision.<br /><p><br />To conceive any vision you must first get quiet. Remove the clutter and turn down the volume. When you consciously eliminate pervasive noise, silence arouses your imagination. Make it a goal to eliminate clutter from your mind, your day and your life.<br /><p><br />I started with my physical environment, which is the easiest to control. I successfully created an uncluttered house and an uncluttered office. Next I uncluttered my mental environment. While I rarely watch TV or listen to talk radio, and I don't crave an hourly update on current events, I have my own clutter addiction to battle-movies. My addiction got so bad for a while that I found myself going to really bad movies, wondering later why I wasted that time and money. I still love going to good movies, but now I'm more selective.<br /><p><br />I appreciate that these activities are some of the most common ways to relax. But you cannot wake up to clutter, be bombarded with it all day, go to bed with that same level of intrusion and still have the mental space to connect with your intuitive vision. Choose renewing ways to relax, such as strolling through a park, soaking in the tub or reading a great book.<br /><p><br />As with most ambitious endeavors, eliminating all the clutter in your life can be overwhelming at first. The trick is to start small:<br /><p><br /><strong>1. Clear your space.</strong><br><br />Unclutter your physical environment at home and work. Take 10 minutes every day to file that stack of papers that's been sitting on your credenza for months. Devote 15 minutes a day to cleaning out a closet or a room that's only slightly less attractive than the city dump. Don't tackle the whole attic. Start with one corner, then move on to another until it's done.<br /><p><br /><strong>2. Unclutter your mind.</strong><br><br />Eliminate one outside stimulus, one TV show or one chatty phone call. Then eliminate another. Instead of reading three newspapers or magazines, read one. While driving, replace talk radio with inspirational CDs or music that stimulates ideas and opens a space for success. Meditate as you fall asleep or read something relaxing that brings you peace, not agitation.<br /><p><br />Be equally selective about how you spend time with friends and family. You might not think of a relationship as clutter, but it can be. Are casual, unsatisfying relationships keeping you from your vision? Would fewer, more meaningful relationships be more helpful? Assess whether a relationship is one that you value. If not, eliminate it or, at minimum, reduce the exposure. Uncluttering is about making choices in all the areas of your mind, space and time.<br /><p><br /><strong>3. Put off procrastination.</strong><br><br />Procrastination leads to worry and anxiety, which is mind clutter. You're anxious about the upcoming meeting because the report due is still rough at best. You worry about overdrafting your bank account because you've put off balancing your checkbook. Instead, just put off procrastination.<br /><p><br />Eliminate one area of procrastination each week. Schedule it in your calendar, as you would any important appointment, and when that time arrives, do what needs to be done. Your mind will feel refreshingly alert and uncluttered.<br /><p><br />Yet, procrastination is not always bad. I hear people say, "finish what you start" or "you had that idea, where did you go with it?" Every day I wake up with new ideas, but like you I have only 16 waking hours a day in which to do it all. Misplaced stubbornness, as in, "I started it, I have to finish it," can exhaust you as you plow onward in the wrong direction. Selective-intuitive-procrastination allows the best ideas to rise to the top and keeps you focused.<br /><p><br />In the emergency room all nurses learn the value and skill of triage. When several patients come in at once, nurses treat the sickest ones first. That's triage. You can triage ideas. All ideas are not equal, so match your ideas to your intuitive vision to determine which to develop first.<br /><p><br />Selective procrastination also eliminates unnecessary busyness. Imagine a low-priority task-perhaps starting a routine project or writing a letter. You procrastinate, and at the end of the day, or the week, that situation resolves itself. The project is canceled or the topic of the letter gets resolved with a two-minute phone call. Selective procrastination, or triage, combined with your intuitive vision can eliminate the clutter of unnecessary tasks.<br /><p><br />Ditching clutter enables you to tune in your intuitive vision and connect with future success. In turn, your newly awakened senses arouse your passion. You not only see the future you want, you're ready to implement the goals and strategies to make it happen.<br /><p /><br /><strong>Author Bio</strong><br><br />Inc. Top 10 Entrepreneur Vickie L. Milazzo, RN, MSN, JD is the founder and president of Vickie Milazzo Institute. She is credited by The New York Times with creating the <a href="http://www.LegalNurse.com/">legal nurse consulting</a> profession in 1982. She is the recipient of the Nursing Excellence Award for Advancing the Profession and the Stevie Award (business's Oscar) as Mentor of the Year. Vickie has revolutionized the careers of thousands of RNs. She is the author of (www.InsideEveryWoman.com) Inside Every Woman: Using the 10 Strengths You Didn't Know You Had to Get the Career and Life You Want Now, coming March 2006 from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Order this top 5 Amazon.com bestseller now. Reprinting and republishing of this article is granted only with the above credit included. Permission to reprint or republish does not waive any copyright or other rights.<br>Copyright © 2006 Vickie Milazzo Institute, a division of Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Inc., Houston, Texas.<br><br />All Rights Reserved.<br /><p><br /><em>Article Source: <a href='http://www.articlegeek.com'>http://www.ArticleGeek.com - Free Website Content</a></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463092330415096041.post-28405382031050970462008-06-20T07:27:00.000-07:002008-10-20T07:28:01.445-07:00Where DO you get the time?<div style='font-style: italic'>By: Stephanie Foster</div><p><br />Why does it so often seem like you turn around and it's midnight when you're raising your kids? It seems like no matter what you do sometimes, there's still a lot more work to do by the time you are ready to go to bed. What can you do? <br /><br /><br /><br />The first thing you need to do is figure out where your time is going each day. Try making notes one day about what you do and how long it takes. If you're feeling really ambitious, you can try this for a week, since every day is going to be different, but even one day will give you an idea as to where you're using up all your time. It may feel like you're wasting time writing these things down, and they will slow you down a bit for that day, but it can be a big help. <br /><br /><br /><br />Take a look at what you spent your day doing. Now assign a priority to each. How much time would you prefer to spend on each? <br /><br /><br /><br />Now if you add all these up, you'll probably find out your day is more than 24 hours long if you include time to sleep. That's how it is being a parent. <br /><br /><br /><br />The first thing you need to do is figure out what items can be done less often. Can you stand a little mess in the house? Can everyone else? Can you get more help from your spouse and the kids in keeping the house clean? You'll have to decide which solution is right for you. <br /><br /><br /><br />What about time spent surfing the internet or watching TV? Give yourself time limits on each of these. If you have a Tivo or a VCR, try recording your favorite shows and watching them a little later, skipping the commercials. Not only does this allow you to choose the time you watch your shows, it can cut down their length. <br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes it can be hard finding enough time in your day to be with your kids, yet most parents will call this a priority. Just remember that time with your kids isn't just about having fun. Even small children can help out with making dinner, which can be a great time for talking with kids of any age. My three year old daughter has been helping make salads since she was two. The lettuce ends up in either rather large or very small pieces, but she has fun helping and we get some great time together. Older kids may or may not appreciate this time, but it's good for them to help out. <br /><br /><br /><br />I definitely do not recommend cutting back on whatever meals you insist on eating as a family. This is a great thing to do as a family, and if you aren't making time for family meals, find a way to do so! Even if it's just dinner one night a week together, no activities or sports to run off too, your family needs the time to relax together. <br /><br /><br /><br />Finally, are there things you can cut out all together? If you feel as though you've been pushed into doing things for others because you're at home and "have time," don't feel guilty about telling people that you do not have the time to do things they want you to do. Your family comes first. If you really want to volunteer, think about either cutting back the number of hours when you need more time for yourself or your family, or volunteering for something you can do as a family. <br /><br /><br /><br />There are only so many hours to a day, and so many things you'd love to get done. Take a good look at what you need to do, want to do and don't really need to do, and you can find ways to feel a little less overwhelmed most of the time. You'll go through times where there just aren't enough hours in the day even when you know your priorities, but you can cut down on the less important stuff and relieve a lot of your stress.<br /><p /><br /><strong>Author Bio</strong><br><br />Stephanie Foster is the owner of Home with the Kids, a site for stay at home parents. If you want to learn more about time management as an at-home parent, please visit <a href="http://www.homewiththekids.com/time-management/">www.homewiththekids.com/time-management/</a><br /><p><br /><em>Article Source: <a href='http://www.articlegeek.com'>http://www.ArticleGeek.com - Free Website Content</a></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0