Blog Carnival on Personal Power 21 June 2009
By · CommentsAnother blog carnival already. My oh my how time flies. This time, because the submission time was shorter, there is a smaller offering which is preferred. It gives each submission more prominence. After all, you want to have your articles read and studied. Not so easy when it’s a huge carnival.
We start with:
The people doing the guiding are generally called coaches and mentors. The two roles are similar in some ways but in fact are very different. Great Management Tips presents What’s the Difference Between Coaching And Mentoring? posted at Great Management Tips.
Easy Way Diets talks about the power of the human mind in You will succeed if you believe it to be found at Easy Way Diets
The power of human mind and confidence is inexplicable. So, self trust is very inevitable to succeed in one’s life. Job and Career Advice presents The Potentials of Confidence Factor! posted at Job and Career Advice.
Do you feel you lack confidence or self worth? It’s a hard thing to admit. Here is an awesome technique to boost self confidence in weeks! Fit Jerk presents Build Self Confidence In Mere Weeks! The Newbie Self Conscious Drill posted at FlawlessFitness..
Facing an interview can be interesting. You may have several interviews that will be a learning experience for you. nissim ziv presents How to face an Interview - tips and techniques posted at Job Interview Guide.
Life lessons from our animals. gp presents The Ingredients for Equine Success « Musings from Montana posted at Manely Montana.
Enjoy this HUGE list of some of my very best affirmations!! Glowing Face Man presents Examples of Positive Affirmations posted at Glowing Face Man.
Greg Frost presents Absorb Knowledge Better With Subliminal Learning posted at ChargedAudio Subliminal Success | Self Improvement.
Greg Frost presents How Brainwave Technology Can Boost the Power of The Human Mind posted at Deep Brain Stimulation | Mind Control Techniques | Mind Power.
Greg Frost presents Body Language: Standing Up Straight posted at Building Self Confidence | Confidence Tips | Build Self Esteem.
Robert Simmons presents How to make new habits posted at Personal Development.
Greg Frost presents Great Tips to Develop a Photographic Memory posted at Photographic Memory | Memory Loss | Memory Techniques.
Michael Haltman presents Where Did Nancy Pelosi Come From? posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator.
Ella Moss presents ABOUT HAPPINESS « Zodiac Times posted at Zodiac Times.
Douglas Manning presents Discover Your Life Purpose: Let’s Play 20 Questions | SuccessHound.com posted at SuccessHound.com.
Lucky Balaraman presents How To Find Happiness, Step 1: posted at Calm And Cool.
There are a number of diets that exist from starving yourself to death to eating prepackaged meals to only eating specific foods. But what diets work? Crystal Wells presents Finding the Best Diets that Work for You posted at The Best Diets That Work.
jim presents Five Life Lessons My Dog Has Taught Me posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
What Everybody Should Know About The Power of Positive Thinking … Does it sound simple? The power of positive thinking? Dawn Abraham Life Coach presents Power of positive thinking posted at Qualified Life Coach.Com.
When faced with the opportunity to give up, pass it by before your dreams pass you by. John Anyasor presents On the Act of Giving Up posted at HiLife2B.
What you give meaning to determines how you feel. You can choose to feel good and not be controlled by your experiences. Find out how…Alex - Unleash Reality presents Feeling Good is a Choice posted at Unleash Reality.
Have you ever become aware of an unseen direction? Paula Kawal presents What’s Choosing You? posted at Journey Inward | Your Highest Path and Purpose is NOW!.
Do you make it a point to attend conferences in fields you’re interested in? Erin Pavlina presents The Value of Attending Conferences posted at Erin Pavlina’s Blog.
Would you like to see some changes in your life? You can begin making these changes by building self-awareness. Nina presents Building Self-Awareness Is A Process posted at Metaphysical Teachers.
Wouldn’t it be nice if social interactions had obvious signs? Things that tell us whether we’re doing okay or not; something to look up when in doubt. Hning presents 5 Ways to Know Your Directions (and Your Blog’s) posted at Hning.
Nancy Miller presents The Top 50 Mormon / LDS bloggers posted at Online University Reviews.
Shauna Heathman presents Leaving a positive mark on others is crucial to self-confidence posted at Mackenzie’s Blog.
Bruno Vigneault presents Beyond The Secret movie-DVD posted at How To Make A Miracle Happen.
“Do You Read?” is an article which explores the benefits reading can play upon our lives, especially in a society so saturated with television and laziness. Travis presents Do You Read? posted at Personal Web Guide.
Donald presents The Joy of Living Today posted at Life Optimizer.
The ultimate way to keep the pen mightier than the sword. Relax presents How to improve your writing posted at The Wise Curve.
axel presents Consumed By Collective Fear posted at axel g.
Sometimes we focus on money and forget there’s other things that are also important to us. James Feudo presents There’s More to Success than Money | Overnight Sensation - Public Speaking, Communication and Personal Development posted at Overnight Sensation - Public Speaking, Communication and Personal Development.
What happens when our values are challenged? this article explores how decision making, having support in the community and education can help us stand up and be counted. isabella mori presents taking a stand: what does it take to make a difference? posted at change therapy.
Alvina Lopez presents 25 Scientifically Proven Ways to Make Yourself Smarter posted at Psychology Degrees.
Have you ever thought of introducing a good habit into your life, but never got around to doing it? Celes presents Cultivate Good Habits in 21 Days posted at EmbraceLiving.Net.
Peter Cantelo presents How To Make Sure Your Business Gives You Quality Of Life posted at vivavi.co.uk.
errte presents Singer Jai posted at singerjai.
Wally Bock presents What to do if your job search just isn’t working posted at Momentor.
For many women in our society, we have been trained from an early age that it is selfish for us to take time for ourselves. Catherine VanWetter presents To the Heart of the Matter - Creative Selfishness posted at To The Heart of the Matter.
Marisabel presents How to create your own miracles: Life on Canvas posted at Life on Canvas.
Broderick Allen presents Overwhelmed? posted at Personal Growth From the Bottom Up.
This article is about the concept of employment - how our worth is measured, and what we gain/lose through this process. Ram Raghavan presents What does your paycheck really represent? posted at ramraghav.com.
The purpose of this video is to show you how beliefs are formed and where they come from. This is an important step so that you can understand how to reprogram your unconscious mind and create new beliefs. Stephen Martile presents The Unconscious Mind Power Series 2 posted at FreedomEducation.ca by Stephen Martile.
Gerard presents The 5 Most Common Mistakes To Avoid If Wanting To Improve Your Self-Confidence And Self-Esteem posted at Solutions For Prosperity.
Andrew Heath presents On Starting Before We're Ready posted at Andrew Heath.
Celebrating the return of the human spirit in Iran
By · CommentsWhat is the human spirit made of? That is a really huge question isn’t it. There have been some recent shows of courage that have made me wonder whether the ordinary people were getting back into power.
You might object to that statement and think that the power has always been with the little folk. Not so in my view. Although I must say there haven’t been that many centuries that I can think of where the people had the power.
They had it every now and then for a short while such as the French Revolution, although whether the crowds weren’t just manipulated for political purpose is a question that I have had. However, I’m not a great historian. In fact I’m no historian. I can only reflect on the last hundred or so years.
Especially the last forty or so years, that I have been following world politics it has been very obvious that politicians on the whole are maneuvered into powerful positions by the people behind the throne.
It’s so bad, people in the developed world hardly go to the polls anymore. The turnout for the EU elections were pathetic. Nobody cares because they know their vote makes no difference to the outcome. A rare exception has been the last US election with Obama.
Even in the UK with Labour falling apart, supposedly the people’s party, people are wondering what the least harmful option beside Labour could be and the Tories don’t come up as first choice.
People are powerless in more than just their civic rights. The average person earns peanuts while the top echelon of big companies take home huge pay packages, even during the recession.
But it’s more the political arena where there have been some shifts and where there seems to be a reawakening of the people power. As an example of this the uprising in Iran has been a very strong indicator.
Whether this will achieve the results hoped for is another question entirely. What is surely promising though is that Obama has been quiet on the issue. Possibly a wait and see approach. Or maybe for once the US is not going to interfere and allow the people of Iran their voice.
I had had hopes that Burma’s Buddhist monks might have started a greater stand for political rights in 2007. But regrettably the people did not take hold of their human spirit sufficiently to make a difference.
Whether the people of Iran can is another question. Let’s hope that if the elections were rigged, and one doesn’t know this for sure, and the people gather to dispute this, that the human spirit will have shown itself in its true colours and the outcome will celebrates this.
If you don’t succeed at first, try again
By · CommentsI set myself this challenge or goal to work through 30 days of self-praise. It’s supposed to take 30 days for a new habit to become part of you. I have to admit that it took three days for me to drop off the program.
That would not rate as a hugely successful experiment, well not in my books anyway. Whatever happened?
Life happened. I just got too busy to even think of this 30 day project of mine.
How many times have you had this happen to you? You set up a goal which looks really easy to do and then you bomb out within a few days.
I really thought that praising myself for thirty days was not going to be difficult. I would think of something good I had done during the day. consider a personal victory or two, pat myself on the back and move on.
It should have taken a minute or two, at the most, of my time. Yet I couldn’t even spend this amount on myself. Makes me think of all the articles and books I’ve read where the advice is to treat yourself. I’ve always wondered why one would need to spell that out. Surely we all treat ourselves. Not it seems. Or at least not in my case.
So what to do here. Start over again I think. But instead of trying to write an article a day on this topic, I’m going to go back to old habits, in the hope they work better for me, and write my daily pat on the back in my paper based diary. Creating a written journal of this trip might just be the solution.
Anybody else set themselves a 30 day goal and bombed out within three days? Tell me about it. Go on. It’ll make me feel better! Oh wait. It’s self-praise time. I’m praising myself that I’m going to give it another go. That sounds better than kicking myself for giving up on a project within three days.
It’s all in the words.
Some things we need not know
By · CommentsReading the newspapers about David Carradine’s death in a Bangkok hotel makes me ponder about why the media seems to think that all details whether good or as in this case gory really need to be made public.
Is it really necessary for us to hear how he was tide up and whatever the speculations might be as to the cause of his death. It was the same when Heath Ledger died. The news was full of details that should really have been left unsaid.
Is this really what we are all about? It is always said that the media prints what the people want to read. So does that mean that we as people want to loiter around these kinds of personal tragedies and we the people want to know all the horrible details?
I find that hard to believe. I certainly feel that in this case, as with Ledger, the boundaries of decency have been overstepped. We really don’t need to know any further than the fact that this fine actor died. How, is between him and his god or belief system. None of our business.
The world is not a place where we need to know everybody’s secrets especially when the people being discussed are dead. Some things are really best left alone and untold. Surely we can let that happen, allowing folk to take those secrets into the grave.
In fact, I don’t even think it’s good for us to know those kinds of sordid details. It somehow puts us at the same level. It’s almost by having to share this information it’s as if we would want to behave in a similar way.
Not really! It takes the ‘wanting to see the gruesome details of a car wreck’ to a whole new level. I can’t imagine we would want to stoop so low. So let’s call on the media to show some respect to people.
Some things really don’t need to get shared. The way that David Carradine died is one of those. And I see that his ex-wife has to jump on the bandwagon and get some time in the headlines. Whatever for.
Shall we try and get some moral code back? First one. Let’s allow everybody some dignity.
Have you tried an Article Writing Service?
By · CommentsIt’s always surprising how much pain we absorb in our lives. We just sit there taking it all in. Day after day. One of those pains for some people is article writing. But as every internet marketer knows, it’s a compulsory chore.
Internet marketing depends on having good content as well as constant fresh content. It’s something of a tread mill. If you don’t write, then there’s no traffic. And you need that traffic to increase your list, your popularity, your guru status and all the other requirements for a successful online business.
This is something I have experienced myself. Often. Every time I have a gap in posting to my blog, as for instance last week, my traffic figures plummet. It’s as if I have never written before. Groan. But then I’ve neglected this blog for so long that I can’t really complain that there’s little movement.
That’s the other thing isn’t it. You have to be at it all the time. You can’t just give it a year’s break as I did with this blog. Sure I posted a Blog Carnival once a month. And that got some folk visiting. But I didn’t write anything myself. It was like the ground opened and swallowed up the blog. Never to be seen again.
And the other bit of a nuisance was that Google decided to knock one of my page ranks off. Yip. Nasty bots. That took me three months of writing to get back up again.
Every blogger has my sympathy. You see, the big thing is that I really enjoy writing. So writing articles is not necessarily a huge chore for me. Yet even I find it a burden sometimes. Now imagine how bad it is for folk who don’t really like writing.
It’s like trying to become a swimming sensation, but you hate water. Or it’s equivalent to being a bus driver but you are scared of traffic. Or what about an astronaut but your have a fear of heights. I could go on and on!
Yet, it’s the one thing you really have to do in the internet business. You have to have content on your site. And you have to have decent stuff for people to read and enjoy and think you know what you are talking about.
With all that pain and agony of trying to write, when you absolutely hate it, wouldn’t it be a good idea to take the pain away?
So here’s the deal. Why not try an article writing service? Never occurred to you has it? Try this one. The articles are good. How do I know? Because I’m the writer for this service. If you go back and read this blog, or if you’ve been reading it for a while you will know that I’m not bad!
And now for some unashamed self-promotion - well, I think I’m actually reasonably good. In fact I think I could provide a great article writing service. What do you think?
But don’t take my word for it. Go here and try out five articles for free. One a day. Then check out the ridiculous low monthly subscription and you might just want to get rid of the burden of article writing forever. Just as a hint. It will cost you less per month than a Tall Latte at Starbucks. Just one.
So what are you still lurking around here for. Get thee over there!
Blog Carnival of Personal Power for 31 May 2009
By · CommentsThis is a huge Carnival. Read and enjoy the varied entries.
Consider including an appropriate quotation in your cover letter. It will pack a punch, give the hiring manager something fresh and motivating to read, and elevate you in his or her mind. Job and Career Advice says: “Season” Your Cover Letter With A Great Quote!
According to research fear, stress and unhappiness is at an all time high and 93% of illness is stress related.How many issues, hassles, problems do you have to deal with in a normal day? Great Management Tips asks: The Recession - How are you feeling?
A tiny seed of disappointment or negativity can snowball into self-doubt or self-defeating beliefs that can kill our dreams and goals. I have a way of halting that process before it gathers any momentum. David Cain presents : Protect Your Dreams From Contamination
8 words that summarize an achievement. Cody Butler presents: Success In 8 Words
Lessons from living the country life. GP presents: She’s gone country
Ten question quiz meant to help you define what characteristics and preferences you have that align with the four basic elements. New Quiz
Ben Jenkins says that Graduating from College doesn’t mean you can’t party!
Have you ever chased passion to the threshold of sanity? Followed your soul to the dungeons gate or experienced a delirium so sweet that it defies verbal expression? Paula Kawal writes about Beautiful Monsters and other Fine Things.
Lionel Ebrahim presents: Finding Direction In Life - Career
I love Bill Gate’s response to the question, “What advice would you give to any young people who would like to follow in your footsteps?” WD Favour writes about: Discover Yourself! » How To Discover Yourself And Achieve Your Own Personal Success.
The SpyMaster says: Human Lie Detector | Be The Spy
Lucy’s Planet Happiness - finding happiness through self-awareness. Lucy Lopez writes: The man who fished at Walden Pond | Lucy’s Planet Happiness
Have you ever wondered how important that little voice inside is? The one that seems to give great guidance and insights…when we listen. Kathleen Gage writes: The quiet voice speaks loudly - when you listen
Lana Kravtsova presents: How to Use The Law of Attraction
Why it’s important to be very careful HOW you bring the message. Carole Gold writes about: Christ Consciousness
Jim states: Augment Yourself, Not Your Résumé
Broderick Allen writes: The Different Areas of Life Support Each Other.
Positive Attitude is key to a better life. MoneyNing says: The Secret Power of Positive Attitude.
Discover and identify your passion. If you had all the money and time in the world, what would you still do? Erin Pavlina writes: How To Choose a Career That Will Make You Happy
I’ve recently started to think about emotions. I’m not a very emotional person. I guess I’m just like many other men. I admit that I’m stereotyping here so I hope you don’t mind. Brain Blogger writes about: Emotions and the Brain
Sonia Gallagher presents: Meditation for Dealing with the Recession
Kaushik Chokshi writes about: The power of intention — how to stop the cycle of madness
bryan presents: Motivate Yourself To Succeed
Learn how to get things done even when you don’t feel like doing anything. Vincent says: How To Get Things Done Even When You Do Not Feel Like Doing Anything
When I was in my teens I might go to a social or party and meet a dozen new people. And at the end of the night I may remember one or two names - if I was lucky. Stephen Martile presents: How to Improve Memory Quickly
The bedroom is one of the most important rooms for Feng Shui. You spend one third of your life in bed, and a restful sleep is important for your general energy level. Pat Doyle tells you: How To Arrange Your Bedroom For Good Feng Shui
From the childhood we are trained to seek the approval of others. Parents, teachers, lecturers, employers… So many people to please. No wonder it is so easy to forget your true self. Simona Rich presents: Courage To Be Yourself
I just had a laser surgery enhancement done on my right eye. Using only very light Self Hypnosis I was able to go through the entire process with no painkillers or Valium. I’m still amazed. Joshua Seth presents: Hypnosis for Pain
Jacob Duchaine presents: The Nonverbal Language of Power - Part 1
Over the last few years, something profound, usually relating to crossing a threshold, has “coincidentally” happened to me this date, so I’ve decided to celebrate today by writing this poem about the preciousness of life. Byteful Travel presents: See Failure Enough to Succeed poem
Jai presents: Singer Jai
Kris “The Roxstar” presents: Friends to Lovers - Part 1 of 4
Sean Reynolds writes about: Resentment
So, what is adversity to the entrepreneur? Once understood, it can be used to inform our goals and visions. Misunderstood, it will feed our excuses and lingering doubts about what we want for our business and our life. Aditi Walsh presents: Turning Adversity into Opportunity
Joe Caterisano presents: How To Attain Success
Self confidence is required in so many fields of life but another quality that is a must in business is leadership. If you run your own business or head a department, even manage a large organisation, the people beneath you in the chain of command will look to you for leadership, inspiration and self confidence. Will Edwards presnets: The Meaning of Success. How to be a Great Leader
Do you or a loved one have to hit bottom or crash and burn before alcohol treatment can be effective? This article has some answers. Bill Urell writes about: Is It Necessary To ‘Hit Bottom’ In Order To Get Sober?
It Is A Busy Day Today! Michael Haltman presents: Is It Terrorism, Or Is It A Man Made Disaster?
The dramatic story of a True Blue Mormon’s trail to questioning Mormonism, Christianity and the basis for religion itself. Brent presents; The Early Roots of Doubt
Your subconscious learns behavior through repetition and practice. Just as it learned to control your footsteps when you learned to walk, it also controls your footsteps in your life’s journey based on what you’ve reinforced throughout your life. Nina presents: Four Methods To Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind
This surprisingly simple approach can turn your inner most critic into your best supporter. Chris Cade presents: It’s All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An I
Erika Collin presents: 25 Celebrity Commencement Speeches That Were Surprisingly Good
Anna Farmery presents: 10 Lessons For Life
This is the best piece of advice I have ever been given, and I swear it is the single, best bit of advice I will ever give you or that you will ever read on this blog. Ross presents: The Best Advice I Will Ever Give You
axel writes about: Cultivating Patience
ananga presents: Present Moment Awareness: Lessons from Dogs on Being Here Now
Fitting in and appeasing the demands of others become less of a priority as the souls hunger to express itself begins to rise to the surface. Freeing Your Soul! Online Wellness Association presents: Freeing Your Soul
A story about how living freely and from the heart has a ripple effect on society. Karen S Murphy presents: The story of the cat who did things differently
Is it necessary for us to get into red alert mode to combat the flu? Or is it just another overrated mass media hoo-haa to influence people’s emotion? Relax presents: Should we worry about the recent flu pandemic?
Robert Simmons presenst: How to make new habits
Simple Jess writes about how her garden and an encounter with a praying mantis completely changed her day. The inspiration available from this article is about simplicity, gratitude and reverence. Jessica Nagel writes about: Spring is in the air.
Praveen presents: Lessons and Inspiration From Obituaries
Tushar Mathur presents: Oldest Cafe in Europe and other discoveries in Venice
Attractiveness, male or female, provides a golden reflection of your shimmering inner essence. Jim DeSantis presents: 7 Ways To Develop Your Magnetic Attraction
Steve Faber presents: Success - It Really Can Be Who You Know
Mike King presents: The Key to Personal Development. Belief
Lucky presents: How I Got Bad Advice from a Cartoon Character
What’s on your Bucket List? John Murphy writes about: When’s your luck going to run out?
Humorous and about relationships. cranky writes about: About Dating and Getting Married
Peter Bayreuther explains how you can realize that you are an eternal being. George L Smyth presents: One Minute How-To - How To Believe In Eternal Life
Discover why you never get anything done and how to change it to become who you want to be and live limitless. Alex presents: Why You Never Get Anything Done
It is important to watch the words that you use and the thoughts that may be ruminating around in your head. It is believed that we have between 60,00 to 80,00 thoughts per day and most of them are repeats from yesterday. This article provides helpful tips to become aware of your words. Catherine VanWetter presents: To the Heart of the Matter - The Power of Words and Thoughts
Greg Frost writes about: The Wonders Of Binaural Beats
Erika Collin presents: 100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything
Two classic pieces of wisdom, but which one is correct? Warren Davies presents: “You can do anything you set your mind to” Vs “Stick to your strengths”
Do brain games actually make you smarter? Find out. Jon Beebe presents: Brain Games Don’t Make You Smarter!
It’s been my experience, more often than not, that many people aren’t necessarily afraid of failing per se but are really afraid of the perceived stigma of failure. In other words, they fear the perceived societal backlash of failure. Dean L. Forbes presents: What’s Worse Than Failure?
Toward the end of April I noticed that the Dalai Lama would be visiting the United States for a short tour of Boston and New York. I later read about his visit to Harvard and began to ask myself what I really knew about this ubiquitous figure on the world stage. Britannica Blog presents: ¤ Just Who is the Dalai Lama?
Unless you’ve got an MBA or a lot of well-educated friends, you might think to yourself, “What the Heck is the Pareto Principle!!??” James talks about: Make the Pareto Principle Work for You!
Having a hard time setting goals? Are you feeling stagnant, or apathetic? Do you have some pain you can’t seem to let go of? Asmoday presents: Collage to Your Center
Greg presents: 3 Signs That Tell You It’s Time To Get On With Life
Frost writes about: Fear of losing a friend or loved one
Greg Frost presents: I just HAD to share this with you
How to stop self sabotage. Joe Tichio writes about: 5 Signs of Self Sabotage
Great article detailing how I am taking conscious action to build courage and be even more action-oriented. Inthon Blog presents: Choosing Action over Comfort
What are you running away from? Many people are running away from many things in their lives - sometimes unconsciously so. Celes presents: What Are You Running Away From?
Gayathri Moosad presents: 7 tips to deal with criticism - The Personality Development Workbook
If you’re an individual who struggles during group conversations, here are 5 simple tips that may help you out! Capt. Benjamin presents: 5 Tips to Improve Your Social Skills
Donald writes about: How to Make More Money
No pains, no gains. Some struggles are what we need to grow fully in life. Jade Meng presents: Pain is a Wealth of Life
How your mindset can help you win a game of poker and a whole lot more! Amit presents: Life, Poker, And All That Jazz…Part 3
If you are sure your partner is cheating, then being unfaithful in return does not help matters any. Sunny presents: Two Cheaters Don?t Make One Right
HappySeeker presents: Why You Should Start Being More Selfish
Rick Foreman writes about: What to Wish on Your Worst Enemy
Arin Vahanian presents: Why Life is About Choice
Ben writes about: Teaching Kids About Money
4 powerful tools for helping you develop your psychic powers and ablitities. Anmol Mehta writes about: Developing Psychic Powers and Abilities | A Comprehensive Guide
Caring about others makes you better. How can you improve anyone’s day? Hint: don’t make it worse. First, do no harm. Josh Hanagarne and: How To Make Anyone’s Day Better
The Smarter Wallet and: 5 Free Online Calendars and Personal Planners To Organize Your Life
Silicon Valley Blogger: 5 Of The Youngest Entrepreneurs On Their Path To Success And Riches
A cheer-you-on article about maintaining positive emotions. Dianne M. Buxton: Maintaining Positive Emotions
If the interplay of interpersonal relationships and trust interest you I hopeyou will enjoy my new free ebook, The Trust Matters Primer Volume 3. Charles H. Green: Trust Matters Primer vol. 3
Creating a road map for success is the best way to achieve your goals. Setting goals is vital to accomplishment and success, learn the fastest ways to achieve your goals. Brian Maxwell: Achieve Your Goals ~ 10 Ways to Get More Done
Carl Bond: Want to Get a Job? Be willing to Work.
Effortless Abundance: Feeling good and the Law of Attraction
All it takes to accomplish your dreams is five minutes of your time. Vera Nadine: Five Minutes For Progress
GeekMBA360: Are there diamonds in your backyard?
A general introduction to the practice of written positive affirmations. Glowing Face Man: Positive Affirmations
Start using more of your talents today and experience a richer, more fulfilling life and lifestyle as your reward. Yetti Chiu: Talents Used = Success in Life
Nancy Miller: 100 Best Spirituality Blogs
Bruno Vigneault: Expect a Miracle With the Law of Attraction by Letting Go of the HOW.
JD Bell presents MP3 Relaxation Programs: Portable Stress Relief posted at Manage My Stress.
Mikkal Travvis presents How To Survive A Flu Pandemic posted at Bird Flu Pandemic.
Jon Chambers presents The Pedestal Illusion (Article) posted at The Mind Of Jon.
We need to redefine what we mean by success
By · CommentsMany people will have heard of Richard Branson, the maverick businessman who amassed a fortune of about £3 billion in his short life time. A fair number will also know who Barack Obama or Oprah Winfrey are.
Then there are the famous footballers, actresses and actors and of course just the bland career celebrities who we know by name and even know what they are up to.
Many of these folk are known only because they have made an inordinate amount of money.
Now how many of us will know the names of the top scientists currently producing serious new research, the best teachers and doctors around, the most humanitarian people and the greatest artists and composers currently delivering their magic?
Not that many. Yet the western world makes heroes out of ’successful’ people. And to be a successful person you have to have a fair amount of money in the bank. Nothing else seems to count.
It would be a good idea to bring some balance into the famous people line-up. Why not give those others some time in the spotlight. Why only believe we have succeeded if the bank balance boils over.
Surely success may be counted in other ways? Making a small difference by looking after endangered animals counts as being a success in my eyes. Creating beautiful art should be called successful as well.
Singing, dancing, writing, painting, sculpting surely being good at these activities may be considered successful? Why does it always have to be money. An artist is only successful if he can sell his art at exorbitant prices.
But an artist is surely successful if somebody wants to hang his work on a wall because they love to look at it and not only because somebody is prepared to part with a large sum of money for it?
The western world seems to have such a skewed perspective on success. It’s only money or the control of money that translates into being considered a success. It’s a real pity because lots of money is surely the least meaningful in our lives.
Which is why the people who have it always want to make so much more. Madonna with all her money still goes on tour to make even more. All these hyper successful online marketers who have made their supposed millions still push their next product down your throat.
It’s never enough.
We need to rethink our idea of success so that every person can claim their rightful place in the success hall of fame. We are all successful in one way or another. In fact we could celebrate successes every day whether it’s planting new seedlings or performing an act of kindness to somebody.
My sister brought up an autistic child who now works a regular job as a baker, drives a car and in general lives a healthy and happy life. I think her life has been a huge success.
What have you done that could be entered into the hall of fame for success? Much, I’m sure of it. So make your own hall of fame and pin up those successes on the wall. Celebrate them for the achievements they are.
Just to add to this as a footer, coincidentally Fast Company has come out with a list of 100 most creative people in business and they have some folk on there because of their talents and abilites rather than because they are wealthy. Good one. Check the list here.
There was no post reflecting on my second day of self-praise on the actual day. I’m playing catch-up. I just didn’t have time to reflect on this challenge or to write about what I had or hadn’t done about it.
Our daily trials and tribulations take our minds and focus away from what is often more important. I forgot the self-praise challenge I set myself. And that’s on day two with 28 to go. Oh my!
But then I suppose it was also good that I forgot because I didn’t have time to run myself down either! Maybe there’s a lesson there. When we don’t have time for self-reflection we also don’t have time for self-criticism.
Maybe that is something to remember when we hit those periods of self-absorption and angst. We just have too much time to think and mull over stuff. It ends up being an opportunity to wallow around in all sorts of emotional stale bath water.
Once that sort of milling around in dark emotions takes hold it is incredibly difficult to get out of it and get back into a lighter side of life. Maybe a possible anti-depressent isn’t medication but action. Doing stuff, getting involved, joining society with whatever activity might amuse and entertain you.
Get too busy for emotional trauma. That might work a lot better than medication.
The long and lonely road
By · CommentsIt’s good to read some success stories every now and then. I’ve been following Chris Guillebeau for a short while now. His story is truly fascinating in that it’s all about following your own road to success.
Those kinds of stories are always inspiring. We often watch them with a smidgen of envy. We wish we could do our own thing just like this person. Wouldn’t we just be so much happier.
Yet when one looks at the successes of this writer and adventurer there are also many hurdles he has had to overcome and things didn’t always look as positively as they do now.
It’s been hard work and tenacity that has made this person reach some quite stunning achievements. Not only that but it’s taken a few years to get where he is. Read his story on his blog and get his feed. It’s worth reading about his life and physical travels.
Besides hard work and persistence the other characteristic that distinguishes him from other people, and this is just my opinion here, is that he is able to step outside of his comfort zone.
Almost all of us work hard and persist in maintaining our living standards and striving towards our goals. Yet we don’t reach the same heights as this person. I think the great distinguisher is the amount of risk we are prepared to take.
When we are young and still growing up we generally face life fairly fearlessly. We happily walk on cliff edges, jump into pools from a tree, try a new hobby, play a new sport, take a backpack trip through Asia and many more times we totally step out of our comfort zone.
We seem to lose this ability as soon as we step over the 20 year threshold. Sometimes it lasts into our early thirties but not much further. It’s the risk averseness that puts our dreams to rest and kills off lofty ideals.
Pity isn’t it. We limit ourselves and our experiences by being afraid. Afraid of what? Maybe if we find out what we are so scared off we can get rid of it and re-instate our dreams? Fear of failure? Could it be just that?
Day 1 of 30 days of self-praise
By · CommentsMy thirty days of self-praise kicked off yesterday. As with all new things, it was really easy to stick with it. Every bit of mind talk got re-directed and re-written to become self-praise.
It ended up being quite fun. Driving along from my monthly shop which had cost what I had expected but of course much more than I had hoped for I stopped just in time from chastising myself about the perceived overspend.
Instead I spent the next few seconds praising myself over a jolly good shopping expedition. After all I hadn’t backed off shopping when I realised I had to park at the far corner which could only mean many many shoppers to have to contend with.
Not discouraged by masses of people it ended up being quite comfortable after all. No major trolley accidents, no having to fight over the last bunch of fresh artichoke or cut price chicken thighs.
In fact, there was no stress to be had. Even the check-out was speedy. So what could I complain about? Nothing. Besides that I stuck to my shopping list and kept to a frugal load of groceries.
Wasn’t my fault that the tab got to be about what I thought it would be and that I didn’t manage to save half of the final bill! No miracles today then.
Maybe the whole experience, which could have been one of those nasty bun-fight type patches in ones life, was so easy because I walked into the supermarket expecting to be a star.
I was riding in on my white stallion. Ready and able to conquer all in my way. I was the hero of Saturday shopping to end all heros. I walked in with a smile on my face.
It worked. So we’ll see how I go on day two. So far so good.
The question is of course whether the momentum will disappear and I will forget my quest and end up getting back into old and bad habits. But that’s why I am forcing myself to write about it every day. A reminder.
So how are you doing with this? Have you decided to give it a go? Or are you just going to sit back and observe me making an idiot of myself. Oh no. You can’t do that surely? Come and join up. It’s free and it’s definitely going to be good for you.
See you all in the morning.
PS. Be good to yourself. Get a load of self-praise going. Go on. You deserve it.
