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Success & Motivation – 2009
This is the year of WTF. Yep, What the F&&&. It doesn’t matter what got you to the point of saying it. I’m here to give you your WTF To Do List. 1. It doesn’t matter where you live. 2. If you are living cheap, and ready to find out where your future lies, now is the time to try anything. Creating opportunities means looking where others are not. In this kind of economy, it really is a numbers game. Then when you do find a job, remind yourself again that you are winging it. 3. Its really easy to know if you are in the right job. 4. Once you have found out what you love to do, there is only one goal. 5. You are going to screw up. Its your choice.
88 Ways To Make A Stranger Smile
post written by: Marc Chernoff Email Don’t wait for people to smile. Let your guard down. Remember, your best friend was once a stranger too. Love whoever is around to be loved. Smile often.Hold a door open for someone.Pay for the person in line behind you.Send a hand-written thank you card to someone who assisted you with something.Clean out all your old clothes and donate them to someone in need.Give a compliment about a waiter, waitress, sales clerk, etc. to his or her manager.Compliment a stranger’s appearance. And above all, live proudly. Photo by: Thomas Hawk If you enjoyed this article, check out our new best-selling book. And get inspiring life tips and quotes in your inbox (it's free)...
Overcoming Bias: Make an Extraordinary Effort
Followup to: Trying to Try, Tsuyoku Naritai "It is essential for a man to strive with all his heart, and to understand that it is difficult even to reach the average if he does not have the intention of surpassing others in whatever he does." —Budo Shoshinshu"In important matters, a 'strong' effort usually results in only mediocre results. Whenever we are attempting anything truly worthwhile our effort must be as if our life is at stake, just as if we were under a physical attack! It is this extraordinary effort—an effort that drives us beyond what we thought we were capable of—that ensures victory in battle and success in life's endeavors." —Flashing Steel: Mastering Eishin-Ryu Swordsmanship "A 'strong' effort usually results in only mediocre results"—I have seen this over and over again. There is a level beyond the virtue of tsuyoku naritai ("I want to become stronger"). In the West, there is a saying: "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." The second virtue is also more dangerous.
Matt's Musings » Top 7 Timesaving Tips For Entrepreneurs
By James Adams Successful entrepreneurs are busy. That is just a fact. For most of us success is forged with hard work and long hours that are very full of activity. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Entrepreneurs who succeed point to their time saving/time usage skills as a major contributor to achieving their goals. Author Information James Adams works at an online ink supplies store where he covers the latest tech releases, reviewing products such as the T0715 and posting on his favoured topics of art and design on their blog. Be Sociable, Share!
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Fix Bad Habits: Insights from a 7-Year Obsession
We all have lousy habits. Things we’d like to do, or know we should, but just don’t seem to happen: exercise, diet, productivity or flossing longer than a week after the visit to the dentist. In that sense, I’m like most people – still a work in progress.But, unlike most people, I’ve had on ongoing obsession with figuring out how to fix those lousy habits. I’ve spent thousands of hours being an experimental guinea pig, uncovering surprising findings, such as: Implementing a daily exercise plan is easier than exercising 3 times per weekChanging 10 meals will change 90% of your eating habitsLearning a new skill or language can be accomplished with 5 minutes a day I don’t expect most people to replicate my, perhaps unhealthy, obsession with self-experimentation. Why Bother Changing Habits? My obsession came from a simple idea: with the right conditioning, you could automatically do what you normally need willpower for. Many people make a commitment every January to start exercising. 1. 2. 3.
Procrastination & You Are Not So Smart
The Misconception: You procrastinate because you are lazy and can’t manage your time well. The Truth: Procrastination is fueled by weakness in the face of impulse and a failure to think about thinking. Netflix reveals something about your own behavior you should have noticed by now, something which keeps getting between you and the things you want to accomplish. If you have Netflix, especially if you stream it to your TV, you tend to gradually accumulate a cache of hundreds of films you think you’ll watch one day. This is a bigger deal than you think. Take a look at your queue. Psychologists actually know the answer to this question, to why you keep adding movies you will never watch to your growing collection of future rentals, and it is the same reason you believe you will eventually do what’s best for yourself in all the other parts of your life, but rarely do. A study conducted in 1999 by Read, Loewenstein and Kalyanaraman had people pick three movies out of a selection of 24. Sources:
60 Small Ways to Improve Your Life in the Next 100 Days
Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to make drastic changes in order to notice an improvement in the quality of your life. At the same time, you don’t need to wait a long time in order to see the measurable results that come from taking positive action. All you have to do is take small steps, and take them consistently, for a period of 100 days. Below you’ll find 60 small ways to improve all areas of your life in the next 100 days. Home 1. Day 1: Declutter MagazinesDay 2: Declutter DVD’sDay 3: Declutter booksDay 4: Declutter kitchen appliances 2. If you take it out, put it back.If you open it, close it.If you throw it down, pick it up.If you take it off, hang it up. 3. A burnt light bulb that needs to be changed.A button that’s missing on your favorite shirt.The fact that every time you open your top kitchen cabinet all of the plastic food containers fall out. Happiness 4. 5. 6. How many times do you beat yourself up during the day? 7. Learning/Personal Development 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
5 Ways to Focus on Success
When you first set a goal it’s pretty easy to stay on track. You’ve got a plan, you’re working the plan and your motivation is strong. As time goes on, however, there exists the possibility of losing steam and getting off-track. 1) Belief. To avoid this possibility, be sure to keep your vision strong and clear in your mind. 2) Confidence. In fact, you will find it helpful to write these reasons down when you first set a goal, and then keep reading them back to yourself when you feel your confidence starting to fade. 3) Determination. Keep your determination strong by refusing to be held back by obstacles, and reminding yourself daily how important your goals are to you. 4) Motivation. Nine times out of ten, motivation requires a simple decision to stay optimistic and inspired. 5) Awareness. Trust that you can accomplish amazing things You are capable of success in every area of your life. Setting goals is something we do naturally. Become an advanced student in the school of life
