No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, and disciplined
Henry Emerson Fosdick
You can't accomplish anything great unless you focus all your energies on it. If there are 10 rosebuds on a branch and they all share the available nutrients, water etc, they are all going to be fairly small. But if you only have one rosebud on a branch because you've got rid of all the others, then it gets all the available nutrients, water etc and grows to be much bigger and better. If you have 10 projects going on at the same time, then each of them will share in your available energy, time, and resources, and they are all going to turn out okay. But if you only have one project and it gets all of your energy, time etc, it will turn out to be something special.
If your life is not dedicated to one major purpose, then you won't be able to focus your time, energy and resources on that one thing. If your life is not disciplined, you will always be running around trying to respond to every little thing that life gives you and none of those projects will turn out to be very good or satisfying to you.
The only way to accomplish something great is to dedicate your life to a single purpose, focus on one project that fullfills that purpose, and be disciplined enough not to get distracted by anything else.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Plans
"Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success."
Stephen A. Brennan
It is not enough just to have a goal. We might have a goal to get to Hollywood, but unless we have a plan, (ie a map, a driving route and a vehicle), we aren't going to get there. It is not so much necessary to be able to see all the way there, but we do need to know what direction to point ourselves in. Just like with a car driving in the dark, the further we move forward the more unseen parts of the road become visible. We can drive all the way across the country even though we can only see a few hundred feet ahead of ourselves. All we have to do is to stay on the road, headed in the right direction.
It is true that plans are tricky. Even the best of plans get waylaid, because unforseen circumstances are always happening. Sometimes it feels like just as soon as you've made a plan, you need to change it. Some people say that it's not the actual plan that's important, it is the process of planning. It is the action of thinking about how you might reach your goals, that helps you to actually reach them. But you have to beleive that you have a good plan now, and you have to act on it now, even if it needs to be altered later. You can't wait until you have it perfect, because it never will be.
Once you've established a goal, you must plan how you will acheive it. You must beleive that your plan will work, based on your present information, and you must act on it quickly and vigorously. If you have to change it later, beleive in your new plan and start acting on that one. Keep moving forward. That is how you will be successful.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Stephen A. Brennan
It is not enough just to have a goal. We might have a goal to get to Hollywood, but unless we have a plan, (ie a map, a driving route and a vehicle), we aren't going to get there. It is not so much necessary to be able to see all the way there, but we do need to know what direction to point ourselves in. Just like with a car driving in the dark, the further we move forward the more unseen parts of the road become visible. We can drive all the way across the country even though we can only see a few hundred feet ahead of ourselves. All we have to do is to stay on the road, headed in the right direction.
It is true that plans are tricky. Even the best of plans get waylaid, because unforseen circumstances are always happening. Sometimes it feels like just as soon as you've made a plan, you need to change it. Some people say that it's not the actual plan that's important, it is the process of planning. It is the action of thinking about how you might reach your goals, that helps you to actually reach them. But you have to beleive that you have a good plan now, and you have to act on it now, even if it needs to be altered later. You can't wait until you have it perfect, because it never will be.
Once you've established a goal, you must plan how you will acheive it. You must beleive that your plan will work, based on your present information, and you must act on it quickly and vigorously. If you have to change it later, beleive in your new plan and start acting on that one. Keep moving forward. That is how you will be successful.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Friday, November 28, 2008
Gratitude
"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation."
Brian Tracy
Are you really grateful for everything you have. As I have said before, most of us take for granted most of the blessings God has given us. We tend to only pay attention to what we do not yet have. That just leads to frustration, anger, disappointment, jealousy and other negative emotions.
Are you really grateful for everything that happens to you? That can be difficult when something tragic happens, like you lose your job or someone close to you dies. It requires that we look at the event in a completely different way. Losing your job is scary, but at the same time, it does free you to find a more satisfying or better paying job or maybe it forces you to get a better understanding of what you have to offer others or learn how to live on less money. The death of someone close to you is very sad, but at the same time it may inspire you to do something great in memory of that person, or to remember all the good times you had with them or to understand better the importance of your relationships.
Whatever happens, whether it seems good or bad at the time, is moving you forward. It is enabling you to acheive something bigger or better than your current situation. Everything that happens is something to be grateful for, even if we can only see the value of it in our lives in retrospect. We also need to be grateful for everything that is in our lives already for it too is helping us move forward. And it is only when we are grateful for what we already have that God, or other people for that matter, will be inclined to give us even more. Always be grateful.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Brian Tracy
Are you really grateful for everything you have. As I have said before, most of us take for granted most of the blessings God has given us. We tend to only pay attention to what we do not yet have. That just leads to frustration, anger, disappointment, jealousy and other negative emotions.
Are you really grateful for everything that happens to you? That can be difficult when something tragic happens, like you lose your job or someone close to you dies. It requires that we look at the event in a completely different way. Losing your job is scary, but at the same time, it does free you to find a more satisfying or better paying job or maybe it forces you to get a better understanding of what you have to offer others or learn how to live on less money. The death of someone close to you is very sad, but at the same time it may inspire you to do something great in memory of that person, or to remember all the good times you had with them or to understand better the importance of your relationships.
Whatever happens, whether it seems good or bad at the time, is moving you forward. It is enabling you to acheive something bigger or better than your current situation. Everything that happens is something to be grateful for, even if we can only see the value of it in our lives in retrospect. We also need to be grateful for everything that is in our lives already for it too is helping us move forward. And it is only when we are grateful for what we already have that God, or other people for that matter, will be inclined to give us even more. Always be grateful.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Loss of Life
"Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways."
Stephen Vincent Benet
Do you really live your life. So many of us drag ourselves around, dealing with emergencies and doing our chores all day long. We go to work because we have to make money, not because we actually enjoy our work. We do whatever we think other people want us to do just to please them, and not the things that we ourselves would have chosen. Our lives lose their meaning.
People who really live their life know why they're here. They have a clear sense of their life's purpose, and everything they do supports that. Thay have no chores because they can see the larger picture of why they need to do those tasks. They enjoy their work so much they would do it for free. They only do what pleases other people when it pleases them too. They proactively deal with things before they become emergencies because they're forward thinking.
They say that people on their deathbed typically regret the things they didn't do much more than anything they did do. Most of us aren't doing enough of what we really want to do, of the things that support our purpose in life, of the things that make us happy. When the meaning of our life is lost, when we drag ourselves through life not caring about the things we do, then that is like a slow death. Find your purpose; find out what makes you happy, and spend your time doing it. Live your life!
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Stephen Vincent Benet
Do you really live your life. So many of us drag ourselves around, dealing with emergencies and doing our chores all day long. We go to work because we have to make money, not because we actually enjoy our work. We do whatever we think other people want us to do just to please them, and not the things that we ourselves would have chosen. Our lives lose their meaning.
People who really live their life know why they're here. They have a clear sense of their life's purpose, and everything they do supports that. Thay have no chores because they can see the larger picture of why they need to do those tasks. They enjoy their work so much they would do it for free. They only do what pleases other people when it pleases them too. They proactively deal with things before they become emergencies because they're forward thinking.
They say that people on their deathbed typically regret the things they didn't do much more than anything they did do. Most of us aren't doing enough of what we really want to do, of the things that support our purpose in life, of the things that make us happy. When the meaning of our life is lost, when we drag ourselves through life not caring about the things we do, then that is like a slow death. Find your purpose; find out what makes you happy, and spend your time doing it. Live your life!
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Happiness
The happiest heart that ever beat was in some quiet breast that found the common daylight sweet, and left to Heaven the rest.
John Vance Cheney
Gratitude is so important. We take so much for granted in our lives. As the song goes "You don't know what you've got till it's gone". We tend to define what we want as those things that aren't already in our lives. We focus on what we are lacking. We often don't even pay any attention to many of the blessings in our lives. On Thanksgiving, many of us bake a huge turkey dinner for our extended family as just a ritual we go through, never really appreciating just how lucky we are to be able to do that. We don't realize what a blessing it is to not be hungry every day.
How often do we stop and think about how lucky we are to be living in our own home, or even our own apartment (and one that is clean and well-built at that)? How often do we stop and appreciate the freedom to attend the church of our choosing without having to worry about bombs etc? Part of the problem is that most of us have no idea how the rest of the world lives. We don't know how lucky we are compared to others. We think everyone lives the way we do.
Even to breathe easily is a blessing. So is the ability to the ability to walk, or just to get outside in the sunshine. Just to be alive and well is a blessing, but how many of us truly appreciate that?
To appreciate all the blessings that surround even the poorest of us, is the key to happiness. If we can understand just how sweet the common daylight is (how much of a blessing it is), and expect (learn to trust)the Universe to keep bringing us more wonderful things, we will find true joy, and that is the key to real success.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
John Vance Cheney
Gratitude is so important. We take so much for granted in our lives. As the song goes "You don't know what you've got till it's gone". We tend to define what we want as those things that aren't already in our lives. We focus on what we are lacking. We often don't even pay any attention to many of the blessings in our lives. On Thanksgiving, many of us bake a huge turkey dinner for our extended family as just a ritual we go through, never really appreciating just how lucky we are to be able to do that. We don't realize what a blessing it is to not be hungry every day.
How often do we stop and think about how lucky we are to be living in our own home, or even our own apartment (and one that is clean and well-built at that)? How often do we stop and appreciate the freedom to attend the church of our choosing without having to worry about bombs etc? Part of the problem is that most of us have no idea how the rest of the world lives. We don't know how lucky we are compared to others. We think everyone lives the way we do.
Even to breathe easily is a blessing. So is the ability to the ability to walk, or just to get outside in the sunshine. Just to be alive and well is a blessing, but how many of us truly appreciate that?
To appreciate all the blessings that surround even the poorest of us, is the key to happiness. If we can understand just how sweet the common daylight is (how much of a blessing it is), and expect (learn to trust)the Universe to keep bringing us more wonderful things, we will find true joy, and that is the key to real success.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Monday, November 24, 2008
Fun
"Fun is fundamental. There is no way around it. You absolutely must have fun. Without fun, there is no enthusiasm. Without enthusiasm, there is no energy. Without energy, there are only shades of gray."
Doug Hall
What is fun, anyway. To me, fun is proving to yourself that you can do something that you didn't think you could do before. It is surprising yourself with your own capabilities. It is discovering new things about yourself. How much fun do you have in your own life?
What motivates you to do things, to have the energy to get up and go and accomplish something new and exciting? It is the desire to prove to yourself that you can do it. It is the desire to have fun. It is the desire to grow. Life is always encouraging you towards growth.
What gives you enthusiasm and excitement? It is the chance to prove to yourself that you are capable of doing more than you thought you could. It is the desire to show yourself what a wonderful person you are becoming. It is the desire to prove to yourself that you are growing.
If you are to accomplish anything significant in life, you must have fun. You must enjoy doing it; even the parts of it that would normally just be dull or annoying must be fun because they help you move ever onwards towards you goal. Put more fun in your life. Search out fun things. Prove to yourself that you are capable of greatness.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Doug Hall
What is fun, anyway. To me, fun is proving to yourself that you can do something that you didn't think you could do before. It is surprising yourself with your own capabilities. It is discovering new things about yourself. How much fun do you have in your own life?
What motivates you to do things, to have the energy to get up and go and accomplish something new and exciting? It is the desire to prove to yourself that you can do it. It is the desire to have fun. It is the desire to grow. Life is always encouraging you towards growth.
What gives you enthusiasm and excitement? It is the chance to prove to yourself that you are capable of doing more than you thought you could. It is the desire to show yourself what a wonderful person you are becoming. It is the desire to prove to yourself that you are growing.
If you are to accomplish anything significant in life, you must have fun. You must enjoy doing it; even the parts of it that would normally just be dull or annoying must be fun because they help you move ever onwards towards you goal. Put more fun in your life. Search out fun things. Prove to yourself that you are capable of greatness.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Nobility
"The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our ego is always searching for a way that we can be superior to someone else. That is the only way it can live and grow, and it is terrified of death. That is why we would rather be "right" than happy. We defend our beleifs to the end, even when they are not supportive to our own happiness. We make up reasons why we must be better than others, even if they are as trivial as our skin color. There was a fascinating lesson with striking results that a teacher did once by seperating the class into two groups based on eye color and saying that brown eyed people were better for a period of time, and then saying that blue eyed people were better for a period of time. My ego loves to hear that I am better than you, and any reason will do. But there is no nobility in that stance.
Since we are all children of God, none of us are better than the others, any more than blue eyed people are actually better than brown eyed people. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, and we're much more alike than we are different. So there's no point in comparing yourself with someone else "for there will always be greater and lesser people than yourself" (from Desiderata)in any given trait.
The only relevant person to compare yourself to is yourself, as you were in the past. The only relevant measurement of success, or acheivement or even happiness, is whether you are better now than you used to be, in whatever way you are measuring. To have improved upon yourself is the only real nobility.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our ego is always searching for a way that we can be superior to someone else. That is the only way it can live and grow, and it is terrified of death. That is why we would rather be "right" than happy. We defend our beleifs to the end, even when they are not supportive to our own happiness. We make up reasons why we must be better than others, even if they are as trivial as our skin color. There was a fascinating lesson with striking results that a teacher did once by seperating the class into two groups based on eye color and saying that brown eyed people were better for a period of time, and then saying that blue eyed people were better for a period of time. My ego loves to hear that I am better than you, and any reason will do. But there is no nobility in that stance.
Since we are all children of God, none of us are better than the others, any more than blue eyed people are actually better than brown eyed people. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, and we're much more alike than we are different. So there's no point in comparing yourself with someone else "for there will always be greater and lesser people than yourself" (from Desiderata)in any given trait.
The only relevant person to compare yourself to is yourself, as you were in the past. The only relevant measurement of success, or acheivement or even happiness, is whether you are better now than you used to be, in whatever way you are measuring. To have improved upon yourself is the only real nobility.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Enthusiasm
"Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice."
Arnold Joseph Toynbee
Are you apathetic. I beleive apathy is a result of depression, and depression has been shown to be the result of a thought that one is powerless to change the world. Scientists have been able to induce depression in animals just by preventing them from being able to control their environment. As someone who has suffered depression most of my life, I know that apathy is as much a major component of it as feeling sad is.
Apathy can only be overcome by enthusiasm. Enthusiasm, of course, comes from the realization that you do have the power to change your environment. This comes from knowing what you want to change your environment into, and knowing (or at least having a plan) how you will be able to do that.
You must know exactly what you want. You must be so clear about what you want that you get excited about it because you can imagine it actually happening. Most importantly you can imagine how wonderful you will feel when it comes. That spurs your desire for it.
Finally you must have a definite intelligable plan for reaching that ideal. Otherwise you have just a wish for something. You won't take action until you can think of a good action to take in order to move towards your goal. Sometimes you won't see the whole road but at least you'll find a way to get started. The more action you take, the more enthusiastic you'll be because you'll be able to see your progress.
Banish apathy. Generate some enthusiasm for your goals. Make them crystal clear. Then figure out a plan of action to get you started,and you're on your way.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Arnold Joseph Toynbee
Are you apathetic. I beleive apathy is a result of depression, and depression has been shown to be the result of a thought that one is powerless to change the world. Scientists have been able to induce depression in animals just by preventing them from being able to control their environment. As someone who has suffered depression most of my life, I know that apathy is as much a major component of it as feeling sad is.
Apathy can only be overcome by enthusiasm. Enthusiasm, of course, comes from the realization that you do have the power to change your environment. This comes from knowing what you want to change your environment into, and knowing (or at least having a plan) how you will be able to do that.
You must know exactly what you want. You must be so clear about what you want that you get excited about it because you can imagine it actually happening. Most importantly you can imagine how wonderful you will feel when it comes. That spurs your desire for it.
Finally you must have a definite intelligable plan for reaching that ideal. Otherwise you have just a wish for something. You won't take action until you can think of a good action to take in order to move towards your goal. Sometimes you won't see the whole road but at least you'll find a way to get started. The more action you take, the more enthusiastic you'll be because you'll be able to see your progress.
Banish apathy. Generate some enthusiasm for your goals. Make them crystal clear. Then figure out a plan of action to get you started,and you're on your way.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Friday, November 21, 2008
Stumble Upon Something
"Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something,
perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever
stumbling on something sitting down."
Charles Kettering
This is one of the biggest reasons why it is so important to be taking action towards your goal, and to keep taking action until you finally acheive your goal. If you wait until you know the perfect action to take, then you will never get started. That's called procrastination.
It is unrealistic to expect that we will know exactly what to do before we actually do anything. Nobody does. As we know, the most important thing is just to get started, as soon as we have a clear enough understanding of the situation to think of a way that we just might be able to move towards our goal.
The first step of a journey is always the hardest. The truth is that once you are out there doing things, making mistakes and learning from them, then you will be stumbling upon things that will help clarify the next step you should take, or even that make clear what the pathway ahead will be like. You will be noticing things that you didn't notice before. You will feel more and more confident that you are moving towards your goal. You just can't get all of this from just sitting there and visualizing success. There's no substitute for action. Keep going and watch out for the things you'll be stumbling upon.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever
stumbling on something sitting down."
Charles Kettering
This is one of the biggest reasons why it is so important to be taking action towards your goal, and to keep taking action until you finally acheive your goal. If you wait until you know the perfect action to take, then you will never get started. That's called procrastination.
It is unrealistic to expect that we will know exactly what to do before we actually do anything. Nobody does. As we know, the most important thing is just to get started, as soon as we have a clear enough understanding of the situation to think of a way that we just might be able to move towards our goal.
The first step of a journey is always the hardest. The truth is that once you are out there doing things, making mistakes and learning from them, then you will be stumbling upon things that will help clarify the next step you should take, or even that make clear what the pathway ahead will be like. You will be noticing things that you didn't notice before. You will feel more and more confident that you are moving towards your goal. You just can't get all of this from just sitting there and visualizing success. There's no substitute for action. Keep going and watch out for the things you'll be stumbling upon.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Decisions
"It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions."
Jim Rohn
Do you have a hard time making decisions? Are you afraid of making the wrong decision? Many people are. As one person commented" I feel like the proverbial donkey between two bales of hay- unable to decide which one I want, and, in the meantime, starving to death" But by not choosing, we are choosing to deprive ourselves of what makes life a delicious feast.
Our fear of making the wrong decision is tied closely to our fear of making mistakes. It comes from our need to be perfect and our need to control the outcome of the events in our lives. We need to look at making decisions differently. We need to understand that there is always something to gain, no matter which decision you make.
Regardless of which decision you make, there will be opportunities to experience life in a new way, to learn and grow, to find out who you are and who you would really like to be and what you would like to do. Even if you choose to stay in the position you are in now, you can still take advantages of opportunities in that position that you didn't see before. There is no such thing as a situation that has absolutely nothing good in it and can't be improved.
The most important thing is that you make a decision. Know that you can't go wrong. Even if your decision leads to problematic circumstances, you can always make a new decision to change them into something better. If your decision leads to wonderful circumstances, however, just think of how much better you'll feel.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Jim Rohn
Do you have a hard time making decisions? Are you afraid of making the wrong decision? Many people are. As one person commented" I feel like the proverbial donkey between two bales of hay- unable to decide which one I want, and, in the meantime, starving to death" But by not choosing, we are choosing to deprive ourselves of what makes life a delicious feast.
Our fear of making the wrong decision is tied closely to our fear of making mistakes. It comes from our need to be perfect and our need to control the outcome of the events in our lives. We need to look at making decisions differently. We need to understand that there is always something to gain, no matter which decision you make.
Regardless of which decision you make, there will be opportunities to experience life in a new way, to learn and grow, to find out who you are and who you would really like to be and what you would like to do. Even if you choose to stay in the position you are in now, you can still take advantages of opportunities in that position that you didn't see before. There is no such thing as a situation that has absolutely nothing good in it and can't be improved.
The most important thing is that you make a decision. Know that you can't go wrong. Even if your decision leads to problematic circumstances, you can always make a new decision to change them into something better. If your decision leads to wonderful circumstances, however, just think of how much better you'll feel.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Greatness
"The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it."
Wilfred A. Peterson
We all would like to be great. We often think there must be some reason why people become great that has to do with their character, or intelligence, or resources. But none of these are the determining factor. Many people have become great when they started with nothing. They became great just because they did better work than anyone else in their field, and they never gave up. They had the burning desire to succeed.
How do you do better work than any other man in your field? It comes down largely to being clear about exactly what kind of work you want to accomplish, and determining the best way to do that, often through trial and error. If you really want to do great work, you will find a way. If you keep focusing on your goal of providing your best work to as many people as possible, you will get to the point when you expect to do that. This will give you the persistance you need to not quit when obstacles and roadblocks happen, which they will.
We all have the ability to be great. People do great things because they convince themselves that they can do better work than their competition. People do great things because they never give up trying. You too can be a great success, as long as you dream big and never give up.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Wilfred A. Peterson
We all would like to be great. We often think there must be some reason why people become great that has to do with their character, or intelligence, or resources. But none of these are the determining factor. Many people have become great when they started with nothing. They became great just because they did better work than anyone else in their field, and they never gave up. They had the burning desire to succeed.
How do you do better work than any other man in your field? It comes down largely to being clear about exactly what kind of work you want to accomplish, and determining the best way to do that, often through trial and error. If you really want to do great work, you will find a way. If you keep focusing on your goal of providing your best work to as many people as possible, you will get to the point when you expect to do that. This will give you the persistance you need to not quit when obstacles and roadblocks happen, which they will.
We all have the ability to be great. People do great things because they convince themselves that they can do better work than their competition. People do great things because they never give up trying. You too can be a great success, as long as you dream big and never give up.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Mistakes
"When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."
Hugh White
When you make a mistake do you analyze what you possibly could have done wrong and why you may have done it? Do you ponder over all the possibilities of why it could have happened? Do you study it? The mistake you're making is to look back at it, and focus on it. You are essentially focusing on all the bad things that could happen, so that, according to the Law of Attraction, that's what you'll have more of.
When you make a mistake, what you need to do is quickly learn the lesson from it, forgive yourself, and then forget about it. Quickly identify what didn't work (and why, if that's clear) but avoid ruminating on it for a long time. All you really need to learn is how to avoid making the same mistake next time. Don't run around being upset that you did something. That's a waste of time and energy because the past is over with. Nobody can change the past, no matter how much they'd like to.
You need to forgive yourself. Mistakes aren't the end of the world.We all make mistakes, as long as we are living and growing, and are out there taking action. We're supposed to make mistakes, that's how we learn. That's how we attain wisdom.
The future is yet in your power. Learn the lessons from your mistakes and use them wisely. Then just let your mistakes go. There is no more reason to think about them, or to beat yourself up over them.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Hugh White
When you make a mistake do you analyze what you possibly could have done wrong and why you may have done it? Do you ponder over all the possibilities of why it could have happened? Do you study it? The mistake you're making is to look back at it, and focus on it. You are essentially focusing on all the bad things that could happen, so that, according to the Law of Attraction, that's what you'll have more of.
When you make a mistake, what you need to do is quickly learn the lesson from it, forgive yourself, and then forget about it. Quickly identify what didn't work (and why, if that's clear) but avoid ruminating on it for a long time. All you really need to learn is how to avoid making the same mistake next time. Don't run around being upset that you did something. That's a waste of time and energy because the past is over with. Nobody can change the past, no matter how much they'd like to.
You need to forgive yourself. Mistakes aren't the end of the world.We all make mistakes, as long as we are living and growing, and are out there taking action. We're supposed to make mistakes, that's how we learn. That's how we attain wisdom.
The future is yet in your power. Learn the lessons from your mistakes and use them wisely. Then just let your mistakes go. There is no more reason to think about them, or to beat yourself up over them.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Monday, November 17, 2008
Time
"Until we can manage TIME, we can manage nothing else."
Peter F. Drucker
How well do you manage time? Do you try to do everything yourself, even those tasks that you aren't very good at? Do you multitask? Neither of these things are good time management.
Think about how much money you could make in an hour. If you had a job doing what you're doing, how much would they pay you? Let's say you figure you were worth 10$ an hour. If you had to go and mow the lawn, you could hire some neighborhood kid to do that for maybe 7$ an hour. If you do it yourself, then you are are essentially wasting 3$ an hour (the difference between the value of your best activity and the value of mowing the lawn). Obviously, when looked at this way, it would be better to hire someone to mow the lawn while you spend your time doing what you do best. And that neighborhood kid might to a better job of mowing the lawn than you could have.
Most of us think that we can get more done by trying to do several different things at the same time. But research shows that we actually get less done that way because we aren't concentrating on any one thing well enough to do a good job of it. It is much more constructive to do one thing at a time whenever possible. It is better to do one thing really well than to do ten in a sloppy, half-hearted way.
It is crucial to learn good time management strategies. Time is the only resource we have that is finite. We can get more learning, acquire more energy, find more opportunities. But we can never get more time. We can only make better use of the time we do have.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Peter F. Drucker
How well do you manage time? Do you try to do everything yourself, even those tasks that you aren't very good at? Do you multitask? Neither of these things are good time management.
Think about how much money you could make in an hour. If you had a job doing what you're doing, how much would they pay you? Let's say you figure you were worth 10$ an hour. If you had to go and mow the lawn, you could hire some neighborhood kid to do that for maybe 7$ an hour. If you do it yourself, then you are are essentially wasting 3$ an hour (the difference between the value of your best activity and the value of mowing the lawn). Obviously, when looked at this way, it would be better to hire someone to mow the lawn while you spend your time doing what you do best. And that neighborhood kid might to a better job of mowing the lawn than you could have.
Most of us think that we can get more done by trying to do several different things at the same time. But research shows that we actually get less done that way because we aren't concentrating on any one thing well enough to do a good job of it. It is much more constructive to do one thing at a time whenever possible. It is better to do one thing really well than to do ten in a sloppy, half-hearted way.
It is crucial to learn good time management strategies. Time is the only resource we have that is finite. We can get more learning, acquire more energy, find more opportunities. But we can never get more time. We can only make better use of the time we do have.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Problems
"We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems."
Margaret Mead
When was the last time you were stuck with a problem? You probably tried to analyze how it happened. You wondered what you did to cause the problem, or what you should have done differently. You may have thought "Why does this always have to happen to me?" You probably got pretty frustrated, and quit. That's how most people look at problems. But there is another way to look at them. It's a matter of attitude.
You could choose to see problems as opportunities to learn, grow, and succeed. You could realize that problems are there to teach you first of all what you want (which is the opposite of the problem) and also help you find a way to get there. Problems are there to help you, not to hinder you. But you may not even see the opportunities for you if you view all those annoying events as something to be avoided whenever possible. Be grateful for your problems. See them as challenges which you can win with the right attitude. Don't give up. Choose to see your problems as a blessing in disguise.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Margaret Mead
When was the last time you were stuck with a problem? You probably tried to analyze how it happened. You wondered what you did to cause the problem, or what you should have done differently. You may have thought "Why does this always have to happen to me?" You probably got pretty frustrated, and quit. That's how most people look at problems. But there is another way to look at them. It's a matter of attitude.
You could choose to see problems as opportunities to learn, grow, and succeed. You could realize that problems are there to teach you first of all what you want (which is the opposite of the problem) and also help you find a way to get there. Problems are there to help you, not to hinder you. But you may not even see the opportunities for you if you view all those annoying events as something to be avoided whenever possible. Be grateful for your problems. See them as challenges which you can win with the right attitude. Don't give up. Choose to see your problems as a blessing in disguise.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Friday, November 14, 2008
Luck
"Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it
and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else:
Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't."
Lucille Ball
Do you feel like a lucky person? Or perhaps an unlucky person? What is luck anyway? We've been brought up with superstitions like "if a black cat crosses your path, you'll have bad luck". Can that really be true? If you win the lottery, did that happen because you were lucky? Or was it just chance?
Luck is about being aware, and making associations. Nothing happens in our lives by chance. The person with good luck is simply the person with good success habits. First of all, you need to have a goal and work hard towards it. You won't get anywhere unless you take action. If you always focus on your goal, then you will acquire a good idea of the actions you need to take in order to get to it.
Of course, a lot of taking the right actions involves being aware of what is going on around you, and especially the opportunities that present themselves. If you are aware, you will know what opportunities to choose, because you will know what is most important to you. If you are out there taking action, you will gain a better understanding of what is necessary in order for you to reach your goal. You will learn, from making mistakes, what opportunities are most likely to work out. And you will be more likely to be around when those opportunitys do show up.
Don't rely on luck. Luck is just taking action and thus becoming better prepared for when a great opportunity presents itself. It is being aware of those great opportunitys when they show up, and working to take advantage of them. Luck is what happens when you do the things necessary for success.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else:
Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't."
Lucille Ball
Do you feel like a lucky person? Or perhaps an unlucky person? What is luck anyway? We've been brought up with superstitions like "if a black cat crosses your path, you'll have bad luck". Can that really be true? If you win the lottery, did that happen because you were lucky? Or was it just chance?
Luck is about being aware, and making associations. Nothing happens in our lives by chance. The person with good luck is simply the person with good success habits. First of all, you need to have a goal and work hard towards it. You won't get anywhere unless you take action. If you always focus on your goal, then you will acquire a good idea of the actions you need to take in order to get to it.
Of course, a lot of taking the right actions involves being aware of what is going on around you, and especially the opportunities that present themselves. If you are aware, you will know what opportunities to choose, because you will know what is most important to you. If you are out there taking action, you will gain a better understanding of what is necessary in order for you to reach your goal. You will learn, from making mistakes, what opportunities are most likely to work out. And you will be more likely to be around when those opportunitys do show up.
Don't rely on luck. Luck is just taking action and thus becoming better prepared for when a great opportunity presents itself. It is being aware of those great opportunitys when they show up, and working to take advantage of them. Luck is what happens when you do the things necessary for success.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Confidence
"In all thy undertakings, let a reasonable assurance animate thy endeavors; if thou despairest of success, thou shalt not succeed."
Akhenaton (d. c.1354 BC)
Egyptian king
Nothing is more valuable than self-confidence. You must beleive that you can succeed. Even if you don't have the talent or know-how, if you think you can succeed, then you convince other people that you can succeed too. If you are trying to succeed at something that requires the help of others, which most big goals do, that can make all the difference.
Even if you are trying to do something you could do by yourself, self-confidence gives you the courage to attempt what you want to do. Success is next to impossible if you don't take action to get what you want. If you don't expect success, then you may not try in the first place; but even if you do you will quit at the first setback, and setbacks are likely to happen in any endeavour. Success requires perseverence, and perseverence requires confidence that you will eventually reach your goal.
Be bold. Be confident. Convince others you can do whatever it takes to get the job done. Go for what you want. Believe that you can reach your goals. That's your assurance of success.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Akhenaton (d. c.1354 BC)
Egyptian king
Nothing is more valuable than self-confidence. You must beleive that you can succeed. Even if you don't have the talent or know-how, if you think you can succeed, then you convince other people that you can succeed too. If you are trying to succeed at something that requires the help of others, which most big goals do, that can make all the difference.
Even if you are trying to do something you could do by yourself, self-confidence gives you the courage to attempt what you want to do. Success is next to impossible if you don't take action to get what you want. If you don't expect success, then you may not try in the first place; but even if you do you will quit at the first setback, and setbacks are likely to happen in any endeavour. Success requires perseverence, and perseverence requires confidence that you will eventually reach your goal.
Be bold. Be confident. Convince others you can do whatever it takes to get the job done. Go for what you want. Believe that you can reach your goals. That's your assurance of success.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Monday, November 10, 2008
Obstacles
"We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve."
Maxwell Maltz
What do you really enjoy? Chances are that it's not sitting around doing nothing. Personally, I think that being bored is the single worst thing that could happen to me. I am bored when I am not doing anything, and that means I am not learning and I am not growing.
If I never have obstacles to conquer or problems to solve, then I never learn that I have the ability to conquer obstacles or solve problems, and so I become afraid of what might happen in my world. If I never acheive goals, I never learn that I can get what I want, so I become frustrated. Frustration and fear just make us miserable. We know, at some level, that we are wasting our precious lives when we are not taking action. We know that we aren't living up to our potential. We aren't getting anything accomplished, so we never get to be proud of ourselves. We never learn about who we really are, let alone about who we really want to be.
We are not meant to sit around doing nothing. The Universe is pushing us to grow to reach our full potential. We are only happy or satisfied when we are going along with that push towards growth. We must conquer obstacles and acheive goals. This is what gives our lives meaning.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Maxwell Maltz
What do you really enjoy? Chances are that it's not sitting around doing nothing. Personally, I think that being bored is the single worst thing that could happen to me. I am bored when I am not doing anything, and that means I am not learning and I am not growing.
If I never have obstacles to conquer or problems to solve, then I never learn that I have the ability to conquer obstacles or solve problems, and so I become afraid of what might happen in my world. If I never acheive goals, I never learn that I can get what I want, so I become frustrated. Frustration and fear just make us miserable. We know, at some level, that we are wasting our precious lives when we are not taking action. We know that we aren't living up to our potential. We aren't getting anything accomplished, so we never get to be proud of ourselves. We never learn about who we really are, let alone about who we really want to be.
We are not meant to sit around doing nothing. The Universe is pushing us to grow to reach our full potential. We are only happy or satisfied when we are going along with that push towards growth. We must conquer obstacles and acheive goals. This is what gives our lives meaning.
For ideas about how to acheive true success, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Happiness
Most people are searching for happiness. They're looking for it. They're trying to find it in someone or something outside of themselves.That's a fundemental mistake. Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think."
Wayne W(alter) Dyer
Do you look for happiness in outside things? Do you think that owning a waterfront condo in a gorgeous location, or a mansion next to a world-class golf course, will make you happy? Maybe it's having a cook and a maid. Or it's winning the lottery. Hey, we all want to win the lottery, don't we. So often, we think that if we could only have everything we want, that we would be happy. But life doesn't work like that. Many people we admire, who have all the riches and fame anyone could want, are miserable. You can't buy happiness at any price.
Yet happiness is available to everyone, even those who financially have nothing. Lots of very poor people are very happy. This is because your happiness does not depend on what you have. It depends on the way you think. It depends on your attitude towards the world. Looking for happiness outside ourselves is a waste of time. We were meant to be happy. Happiness is our natural state of mind. The only reason that we don't feel happy is that we have got in our own way.
We want other things instead of appreciating the things we have. Life is full of blessings. Small children are very aware of that. They see the world in a state of wonder and awe. But we have forgotten.
We think that the approval of other people will make us happy. We think we will be happy if our spouse did more work around the house (or if we had a spouse). But things don't work out that. way. People resent knowing that you will only be happy if they changed their behavior in some way. They resist doing it. If you date somone for the first time and they pick up that you are imagining what "our children" are going to be like, they are likely to run. People don't want that kind of responsibility, at least until they have made up their own mind that they want the same thing that you want. The best thing to do is to just appreciate the person's good points and then they will decide on their own that they want to please you.
You can't find happiness outside yourself. Change the way you see the world that you already have so that you feel good about it.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Wayne W(alter) Dyer
Do you look for happiness in outside things? Do you think that owning a waterfront condo in a gorgeous location, or a mansion next to a world-class golf course, will make you happy? Maybe it's having a cook and a maid. Or it's winning the lottery. Hey, we all want to win the lottery, don't we. So often, we think that if we could only have everything we want, that we would be happy. But life doesn't work like that. Many people we admire, who have all the riches and fame anyone could want, are miserable. You can't buy happiness at any price.
Yet happiness is available to everyone, even those who financially have nothing. Lots of very poor people are very happy. This is because your happiness does not depend on what you have. It depends on the way you think. It depends on your attitude towards the world. Looking for happiness outside ourselves is a waste of time. We were meant to be happy. Happiness is our natural state of mind. The only reason that we don't feel happy is that we have got in our own way.
We want other things instead of appreciating the things we have. Life is full of blessings. Small children are very aware of that. They see the world in a state of wonder and awe. But we have forgotten.
We think that the approval of other people will make us happy. We think we will be happy if our spouse did more work around the house (or if we had a spouse). But things don't work out that. way. People resent knowing that you will only be happy if they changed their behavior in some way. They resist doing it. If you date somone for the first time and they pick up that you are imagining what "our children" are going to be like, they are likely to run. People don't want that kind of responsibility, at least until they have made up their own mind that they want the same thing that you want. The best thing to do is to just appreciate the person's good points and then they will decide on their own that they want to please you.
You can't find happiness outside yourself. Change the way you see the world that you already have so that you feel good about it.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Problems
"We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems."
Margaret Mead
When was the last time you were stuck with a problem? You probably tried to analyze how it happened. You wondered what you did to cause the problem, or what you should have done differently. You may have thought "Why does this always have to happen to me?" You probably got pretty frustrated, and quit. That's how most people look at problems. But there is another way to look at them. It's a matter of attitude.
You could choose to see problems as opportunities to learn, grow, and succeed. You could realize that problems are there to teach you first of all what you want (which is the opposite of the problem) and also help you find a way to get there. Problems are there to help you, not to hinder you. But you may not even see the opportunities for you if you view all those annoying events as something to be avoided whenever possible. Be grateful for your problems. See them as challenges which you can win with the right attitude. Don't give up. Choose to see your problems as a blessing in disguise.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Margaret Mead
When was the last time you were stuck with a problem? You probably tried to analyze how it happened. You wondered what you did to cause the problem, or what you should have done differently. You may have thought "Why does this always have to happen to me?" You probably got pretty frustrated, and quit. That's how most people look at problems. But there is another way to look at them. It's a matter of attitude.
You could choose to see problems as opportunities to learn, grow, and succeed. You could realize that problems are there to teach you first of all what you want (which is the opposite of the problem) and also help you find a way to get there. Problems are there to help you, not to hinder you. But you may not even see the opportunities for you if you view all those annoying events as something to be avoided whenever possible. Be grateful for your problems. See them as challenges which you can win with the right attitude. Don't give up. Choose to see your problems as a blessing in disguise.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Finding What You Want
"Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish."
Ovid
Many people cast their hook in a pool, and then, when there are no fish biting, give up and decide that fishing doesn't work for them. It doesn't occur to them that maybe they just picked a pool where there are no fish, and if they tried the next one over, it might be teeming with hungry fish. I'm not talking literally just about fishing here, the same idea applies in many areas, from marketing and sales to finding a mate. Whenever you are searching for something, whether it's customers or fish or a soul-mate, you must search in as many different places as possible, and you must keep doing so until you find what you were looking for.
Life has a way of always surprising us (which is good because it keeps us always interested to find out what will happen next). Situations usually don't go the way you planned. Things are often not where you expected to find them. If you really want something, then you have to go out and look for it in every place it could possibly be. You never know which of those places it could be hiding in, unless you look there.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Ovid
Many people cast their hook in a pool, and then, when there are no fish biting, give up and decide that fishing doesn't work for them. It doesn't occur to them that maybe they just picked a pool where there are no fish, and if they tried the next one over, it might be teeming with hungry fish. I'm not talking literally just about fishing here, the same idea applies in many areas, from marketing and sales to finding a mate. Whenever you are searching for something, whether it's customers or fish or a soul-mate, you must search in as many different places as possible, and you must keep doing so until you find what you were looking for.
Life has a way of always surprising us (which is good because it keeps us always interested to find out what will happen next). Situations usually don't go the way you planned. Things are often not where you expected to find them. If you really want something, then you have to go out and look for it in every place it could possibly be. You never know which of those places it could be hiding in, unless you look there.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Friday, November 7, 2008
Change
"Change. It has the power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open new doors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life. Certainly it is worth the risk."
Leo Buscaglia
Many of us are frightened of change. We assume that change means that the things that we love in our lives will disappear and be replaced by things we don't like much. This is just an assumption. What it really boils down to is that your ego is scared of losing itself, since it is defined by those things that have been around you in the past. Your ego will do anything it can to keep itself intact, and to keep you the way you have been in the past. It is terrified of change because to the ego, change means death.
But there is another way to look at change. It may be that the things in our life that we hate will disappear and be replaced by things that we enjoy or love. That is equally likely to happen. Change is frequently a good thing. It indicates that we are growing and nothing is more exciting than that. At the very worst, it teaches us valuable skills for adapting and coping. At it's best, it opens up whole new worlds of exploration and growth for us. It can heal us of our dis-ease. It can give our life new meaning and new purpose. Change is definately worth the risk.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Leo Buscaglia
Many of us are frightened of change. We assume that change means that the things that we love in our lives will disappear and be replaced by things we don't like much. This is just an assumption. What it really boils down to is that your ego is scared of losing itself, since it is defined by those things that have been around you in the past. Your ego will do anything it can to keep itself intact, and to keep you the way you have been in the past. It is terrified of change because to the ego, change means death.
But there is another way to look at change. It may be that the things in our life that we hate will disappear and be replaced by things that we enjoy or love. That is equally likely to happen. Change is frequently a good thing. It indicates that we are growing and nothing is more exciting than that. At the very worst, it teaches us valuable skills for adapting and coping. At it's best, it opens up whole new worlds of exploration and growth for us. It can heal us of our dis-ease. It can give our life new meaning and new purpose. Change is definately worth the risk.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Worry
"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy."
Dr. (Felice) Leo(nardo) Buscaglia
Do you worry about what the future will bring? Are you worried about the economy and about whether you'll have enough money to retire on? Are you worried that we'll have a depression like the one in the "30's? Are you worried about not being able to pay the mortgage and losing your house? Most of us are. But being worried about all these things is not going to stop them from happening. Because of the Law of Attraction, it is actually going to make them more likely to happen.
Worrying is like having faith that terrible things are going to happen. It happens because your ego is projecting bad things that happened in the past out in to the future. But in reality, the future is like an empty book, just waiting for you to write upon it. Nobody can foretell the future, least of all your ego.
If you focus all your energy on thinking about a bad future, you are ignoring all the good things about right now. And right now is the only time that is real, the only time that matters. The only true joy of life happens in the present. And if you are not paying attention to the good things in life, to the present, then you are missing out on what is really important in life; which is to feel joy.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Dr. (Felice) Leo(nardo) Buscaglia
Do you worry about what the future will bring? Are you worried about the economy and about whether you'll have enough money to retire on? Are you worried that we'll have a depression like the one in the "30's? Are you worried about not being able to pay the mortgage and losing your house? Most of us are. But being worried about all these things is not going to stop them from happening. Because of the Law of Attraction, it is actually going to make them more likely to happen.
Worrying is like having faith that terrible things are going to happen. It happens because your ego is projecting bad things that happened in the past out in to the future. But in reality, the future is like an empty book, just waiting for you to write upon it. Nobody can foretell the future, least of all your ego.
If you focus all your energy on thinking about a bad future, you are ignoring all the good things about right now. And right now is the only time that is real, the only time that matters. The only true joy of life happens in the present. And if you are not paying attention to the good things in life, to the present, then you are missing out on what is really important in life; which is to feel joy.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Election
Well, finally the big day is here. America has a new president. Admittedly, this guy is wading into an enormous mess, and it would be completely unreasonable to expect him to wave some sort of magic wand and make it go away by next year. Nobody could do that. Chances are that things are going to stay uncomfortable for all of us for perhaps years to come.
What I have been continually reminded of in the days leading up to the election is that ultimately it doesn't matter who wins because they aren't going to make all your problems go away. The only person who can do that is you. It is up to you to take charge of your life. It is up to you to become wealthy. It is up to you to do the things you need to do to protect yourself from the recession. You are responsible for your life, not some politician. And you have the power to make it all happen, just as long as you believe in yourself.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
What I have been continually reminded of in the days leading up to the election is that ultimately it doesn't matter who wins because they aren't going to make all your problems go away. The only person who can do that is you. It is up to you to take charge of your life. It is up to you to become wealthy. It is up to you to do the things you need to do to protect yourself from the recession. You are responsible for your life, not some politician. And you have the power to make it all happen, just as long as you believe in yourself.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Money
"Money is not my god or my devil. It s a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving"
Dan Millman
If you won a million dollars tomorrow, do you think you will be a changed person? Now that you can buy anything you want, will you want different things? Probably not. We've all heard that "the love of money is the root of all evil". We have all heard that people with a lot of money are selfish. But that's not true.
If you suddenly had all the money you could use, wouldn't you use it to buy what you already wanted to buy. You would use it to produce more of the things you value, or perhaps to get rid of things you don't want. If you valued education, for ex, you might want to use it to build schools in Afghanistan. If you valued art, you might want to use it to support the arts in some way. If you valued white supremacy, you might want to use it to put black people down (and this is the kind of place where perhaps money got its bad reputation). The point is that when you have a lot of money, it tends to illuminate your values and make them very clear to the world. It tends to make you more of who you already are.
Another problem with our ideas about money is that we tend to see it as the solution to all our problems so we become desperate to have it. Sometimes we will compromise all our goodness in order to get it. In this way, the love of money often really is the root of evil. Look at all the scams out there, for example. We haven't learned yet that we all have the capability to attract money while doing things that are good for other people too. We don't need to compromise who we are. We need to know the powerful and good person we really are and celebrate that.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Dan Millman
If you won a million dollars tomorrow, do you think you will be a changed person? Now that you can buy anything you want, will you want different things? Probably not. We've all heard that "the love of money is the root of all evil". We have all heard that people with a lot of money are selfish. But that's not true.
If you suddenly had all the money you could use, wouldn't you use it to buy what you already wanted to buy. You would use it to produce more of the things you value, or perhaps to get rid of things you don't want. If you valued education, for ex, you might want to use it to build schools in Afghanistan. If you valued art, you might want to use it to support the arts in some way. If you valued white supremacy, you might want to use it to put black people down (and this is the kind of place where perhaps money got its bad reputation). The point is that when you have a lot of money, it tends to illuminate your values and make them very clear to the world. It tends to make you more of who you already are.
Another problem with our ideas about money is that we tend to see it as the solution to all our problems so we become desperate to have it. Sometimes we will compromise all our goodness in order to get it. In this way, the love of money often really is the root of evil. Look at all the scams out there, for example. We haven't learned yet that we all have the capability to attract money while doing things that are good for other people too. We don't need to compromise who we are. We need to know the powerful and good person we really are and celebrate that.
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Sunday, November 2, 2008
Health
"The first wealth is health."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What would you say is the very most important area of your life? You'd probably think of whatever area you were lacking in. People with no money think that finances are the most important part of life. People with money but no freinds would disagree; they would think that relationships are the most important part of life. But the truth is that the most important part of life is really your health.
If you are sick or in pain all the time, it is really difficult to enjoy anything else. We are aware of nothing more than the state of our physical body. We think about it all the time, since it is always with us no matter where we go. And it turns out that your attitude about almost every subject is influenced by your attitude about your body. When your body feels good, and you feel good about your body, then you will feel good about the rest of your world.
It is a snowball effect. If you feel good physically, you will feel better about the world around you, and enjoy it more. If you feel good about the world around you and enjoy it more, you will feel better physically. Disease is really dis-ease. Do whatever it takes to get your body to feel its best. Your most important wealth is your health.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What would you say is the very most important area of your life? You'd probably think of whatever area you were lacking in. People with no money think that finances are the most important part of life. People with money but no freinds would disagree; they would think that relationships are the most important part of life. But the truth is that the most important part of life is really your health.
If you are sick or in pain all the time, it is really difficult to enjoy anything else. We are aware of nothing more than the state of our physical body. We think about it all the time, since it is always with us no matter where we go. And it turns out that your attitude about almost every subject is influenced by your attitude about your body. When your body feels good, and you feel good about your body, then you will feel good about the rest of your world.
It is a snowball effect. If you feel good physically, you will feel better about the world around you, and enjoy it more. If you feel good about the world around you and enjoy it more, you will feel better physically. Disease is really dis-ease. Do whatever it takes to get your body to feel its best. Your most important wealth is your health.
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Saturday, November 1, 2008
"It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get"
Elbert Hubbard
We know from the Law of Attraction that we can get everything we want. The biggest reason that we don't get everything we want is because we beleive that we cannot get it. We play the lottery, but we don't really beleive we have any chance of winning it. The odds are too high. We cope with this by telling ourselves that it won't be the end of the world if we don't win the lottery. We can manage without it. We are talking ourselves into doing without the things that we want but don't think we can get. We should, perhaps, be doing this more often. It would force us to be more grateful for what we already have.
If you do succeed in talking yourself out of missing those things that you don't think you can get anyway, what is left? It will be those things that you wanted and expected to get. Of course it will also be those things that you didn't want but expected to get but hopefully you can get rid of those somehow. But that's how you get everything you want. There is a wisdom in being happy with what you already have, because it makes you expect to get more good things. It raises your expectations, which in turn makes you get more of what you want (perhaps even winning that lottery).
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
Elbert Hubbard
We know from the Law of Attraction that we can get everything we want. The biggest reason that we don't get everything we want is because we beleive that we cannot get it. We play the lottery, but we don't really beleive we have any chance of winning it. The odds are too high. We cope with this by telling ourselves that it won't be the end of the world if we don't win the lottery. We can manage without it. We are talking ourselves into doing without the things that we want but don't think we can get. We should, perhaps, be doing this more often. It would force us to be more grateful for what we already have.
If you do succeed in talking yourself out of missing those things that you don't think you can get anyway, what is left? It will be those things that you wanted and expected to get. Of course it will also be those things that you didn't want but expected to get but hopefully you can get rid of those somehow. But that's how you get everything you want. There is a wisdom in being happy with what you already have, because it makes you expect to get more good things. It raises your expectations, which in turn makes you get more of what you want (perhaps even winning that lottery).
For ideas about how to be truly successful, visit http://www.reachingmypotential.com
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