Dear Readers,
In keeping with the tradition of taking inventory of what lessons have been learned during the past year, I would like to offer my year end thoughts:
First: Know that the sun rises every single day even after the darkest night. Decide to be there to watch the sunrise.
Second: Remember that the Creator is benevolent. Look to this day for all the gifts brought to you that are seldom acknowledged. An exquisite flower, a crisp breeze, a star twinkling in the midnight blue sky, the scent of a pine tree, a purring senior cat, a bonfire to gather around, fresh sheets and pillowcases, water to refresh, and the ability to look and appreciate all the extraordinary beauty the world has to offer.
Third: Be in the moment. Stay in the moment, moment by moment. The present is all we have. Longing for the past and worrying about the future are fruitless endeavors.
Fourth: Cherish hellos and goodbyes. Neither is long enough, so make the most of each one.
Fifth: Welcome change even if it's an uninvited guest. Know that you could be entertaining "angels" unaware. Change is the one constant. Make friends with it.
Sixth: Embrace the real you. There is no one else like you in the Universe. You are truly one of a kind and put here for a higher purpose.
Seventh: Learn to love the mundane task. By polishing your skills through repetition, repetition, repetition you will shine with the stars.
Eighth: Allow others to speak and you simply listen. Good exercise in self-control and personal development.
Nine: Accept the inevitable because it always is.
Ten: Express gratitude daily for the acquaintances, friends, and loved ones the Universe has gifted you with in your life. These are your true priceless treasures.
Eleven: Memorize the following statement: Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things are changing. God alone is changeless. Patience attains the good. –St. Teresa of Avila
And, a good thought to follow every day by Henry Drummond states:
I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not deter or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Be Your Very Best Always,
Judy Williamson
Director of the Napoleon Hill World Learning Center at Purdue University Calumet
Friday, December 31, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
101 Questions that Empower You
Are you asking the right questions? Inspiring minds want to know. The right question can be just the right prompt to inspire you to action, gain better perspective, or help you make the most of any situation.
Here is a set of 101 of my favorite questions that I draw from whether it’s to shape my day, solve a problem, figure out next steps, or get “on path.”
1.What’s the way forward?
2.What do you want your life to be about?
3.Who do you want to be and what experiences do you want to create?
4.How does that serve you in terms of who you are and who you want to be?
5.Are you giving your best where you have your best to give?
6.What do you want to accomplish?
7.What do you want to do more of each day? … What do you want to spend your time doing more of?
8.What do you want to spend less time on?
9.If this situation were to never change, what’s the one quality I need to truly enjoy it?
10.If not now, when?
11.If not you, who?
12.What’s right with this picture? (if you always ask, “What’s wrong with this picture?”, this is a nice switch)
13.How can you make the most of the situation? … If there are no good options, what’s the best play I can make for this scenario?
14.Who else shares this problem? … Who would solve this problem well? (a great way to find models and learn from the best)
15.What woulddo?” … How would I respond if I were Bob Hope? … Leonardo da Vinci? … Guy Kawasaki? … Seth Godin? … etc. (this is a great way to come up with new ideas or plays for your situation)
16.What are you pointing your camera at? (a simple way to direct your day on a scene by scene basis)
17.What’s good enough for now?
18.What can you be the best at in the world?
19.What’s the most effective thing for me to focus on?
20.Are you asking the right question? … Is that the right question?
21.How is that relevant?
22.What’s that based on?
23.What’s the goal? … What are the goals?
24.What would success look like?
25.What do you need to be successful? … What do you need to be successful in this situation?
26.Is it working? … Is it effective?
27.What do you measure? … What are the metrics?
28.What are the tests for success?
29.How do you know it’s working?
30.How do you know when you’re done?
31.What did you expect?
32.Are you creating the results you want?
33.Does it matter?
34.Will it matter in 100 years?
35.Is it worth the effort?
36.What actions have I taken? … What steps have I tried? ( a great sanity check when you’re testing your ability to take action)
37.What’s next?
38.What do you want to do?
39.What’s best for you?
40.What’s the best thing for now?
41.What’s your next best thing to do?
42.Is that a good idea?
43.So what? Now what?
44.What’s the problem?
45.What’s the threat?
46.What’s the concern?
47.When do you want it by? … You want what by when?
48.Who needs to do what when?
49.Who needs to do what differently?
50.Who should do what when?
51.What would you have them do differently?
52.What’s wearing you down?
53.What’s lifting you up?
54.Why do you get up in the morning and come to work?
55.What do you want to experience? … What do you want to experience more of?
56.What are you trading? … What are you trading up for?
57.What did you learn that you can use next time?
58.What would you do differently next time around?
59.Where’s the growth?
60.What would people pay you for?
61.Do you want to run towards or away from the problem?
62.How big is the pie, how big is your slice?
63.Does it make business sense?
64.Is it business critical?
65.What’s our capacity?
66.What’s our constraint?
67.What are the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)?
68.What’s our core business?
69.What does the market want?
70.Is it push, pull or indifferent?
71.What’s the trend?
72.What to cut back on?
73.What does the pro know that you don’t? (this is a good way to figure out if knowledge or insight can make a difference)
74.Now what are you going to do about it?
75.Can you teach it to someone else?
76.How can I use this?
77.What do you want to say?
78.What’s the right thing to do?
79.Is now the right time?
80.Is this the right forum?
81.How much time do you have?
82.What are you making time for?
83.How much time should you make for it?
84.What can you do all day long?
85.What are you spending the bulk of your time on?
86.Does your schedule reflect your priorities?
87.If you had all the time in the world, how would you spend your time?
88.If you had all the money in the world, how would you spend it?
89.Where are we on the map?
90.What would make life more wonderful for you?
91.How can you chunk it down?
92.How fast can you do it?
93.What’s the impact?
94.What would you like to have happen? … What would you like instead?
95.What’s the opposite of that?
96.How might that be true?
97.What are you seeing that I’m not?
98.What did you see, what did you hear?
99.What’s the writing on the wall?
100.What’s their story?
101.Who’s stopping you? … What’s stopping you? … What’s holding you back?
http://sourcesofinsight.com/2010/10/11/101-questions-that-empower-you/
Here is a set of 101 of my favorite questions that I draw from whether it’s to shape my day, solve a problem, figure out next steps, or get “on path.”
1.What’s the way forward?
2.What do you want your life to be about?
3.Who do you want to be and what experiences do you want to create?
4.How does that serve you in terms of who you are and who you want to be?
5.Are you giving your best where you have your best to give?
6.What do you want to accomplish?
7.What do you want to do more of each day? … What do you want to spend your time doing more of?
8.What do you want to spend less time on?
9.If this situation were to never change, what’s the one quality I need to truly enjoy it?
10.If not now, when?
11.If not you, who?
12.What’s right with this picture? (if you always ask, “What’s wrong with this picture?”, this is a nice switch)
13.How can you make the most of the situation? … If there are no good options, what’s the best play I can make for this scenario?
14.Who else shares this problem? … Who would solve this problem well? (a great way to find models and learn from the best)
15.What would
16.What are you pointing your camera at? (a simple way to direct your day on a scene by scene basis)
17.What’s good enough for now?
18.What can you be the best at in the world?
19.What’s the most effective thing for me to focus on?
20.Are you asking the right question? … Is that the right question?
21.How is that relevant?
22.What’s that based on?
23.What’s the goal? … What are the goals?
24.What would success look like?
25.What do you need to be successful? … What do you need to be successful in this situation?
26.Is it working? … Is it effective?
27.What do you measure? … What are the metrics?
28.What are the tests for success?
29.How do you know it’s working?
30.How do you know when you’re done?
31.What did you expect?
32.Are you creating the results you want?
33.Does it matter?
34.Will it matter in 100 years?
35.Is it worth the effort?
36.What actions have I taken? … What steps have I tried? ( a great sanity check when you’re testing your ability to take action)
37.What’s next?
38.What do you want to do?
39.What’s best for you?
40.What’s the best thing for now?
41.What’s your next best thing to do?
42.Is that a good idea?
43.So what? Now what?
44.What’s the problem?
45.What’s the threat?
46.What’s the concern?
47.When do you want it by? … You want what by when?
48.Who needs to do what when?
49.Who needs to do what differently?
50.Who should do what when?
51.What would you have them do differently?
52.What’s wearing you down?
53.What’s lifting you up?
54.Why do you get up in the morning and come to work?
55.What do you want to experience? … What do you want to experience more of?
56.What are you trading? … What are you trading up for?
57.What did you learn that you can use next time?
58.What would you do differently next time around?
59.Where’s the growth?
60.What would people pay you for?
61.Do you want to run towards or away from the problem?
62.How big is the pie, how big is your slice?
63.Does it make business sense?
64.Is it business critical?
65.What’s our capacity?
66.What’s our constraint?
67.What are the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)?
68.What’s our core business?
69.What does the market want?
70.Is it push, pull or indifferent?
71.What’s the trend?
72.What to cut back on?
73.What does the pro know that you don’t? (this is a good way to figure out if knowledge or insight can make a difference)
74.Now what are you going to do about it?
75.Can you teach it to someone else?
76.How can I use this?
77.What do you want to say?
78.What’s the right thing to do?
79.Is now the right time?
80.Is this the right forum?
81.How much time do you have?
82.What are you making time for?
83.How much time should you make for it?
84.What can you do all day long?
85.What are you spending the bulk of your time on?
86.Does your schedule reflect your priorities?
87.If you had all the time in the world, how would you spend your time?
88.If you had all the money in the world, how would you spend it?
89.Where are we on the map?
90.What would make life more wonderful for you?
91.How can you chunk it down?
92.How fast can you do it?
93.What’s the impact?
94.What would you like to have happen? … What would you like instead?
95.What’s the opposite of that?
96.How might that be true?
97.What are you seeing that I’m not?
98.What did you see, what did you hear?
99.What’s the writing on the wall?
100.What’s their story?
101.Who’s stopping you? … What’s stopping you? … What’s holding you back?
http://sourcesofinsight.com/2010/10/11/101-questions-that-empower-you/
Thursday, December 23, 2010
101 Most Inspiring Quotes• ~http://celestinechua.com/blog/101-most-inspiring-quotes-of-all-time/
101 Most Inspiring Quotes•
Quotes on Life (21 quotes)
•Quotes on Change (3 quotes)
•Quotes on Past, Present and Future (14 quotes)
•Quotes on Purpose (3 quotes)
•Quotes on Dreams and Passion (27 quotes)
•Quotes on Imagination & Creativity (2 quotes)
•Quotes on Goals (7 quotes)
•Quotes on Attitudes and Mindsets (40 quotes)
Quotes on Life
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1.“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein
2.“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
3.“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell
4.“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” – Steve Jobs
5.“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
6.“We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.” – T. S. Eliot
7.“There’s no next time. It’s now or never.”
8.“For every effect there is a root cause. Find and address the root cause rather than try to fix the effect, as there is no end to the latter.”
9.“When you don’t get what you want, you suffer. If you get it, you suffer too since you can’t hold on to it forever.” – Peaceful Warrior, on the fallacy of attachment
10.“There are no ordinary moments. There is always something going on.” – Peaceful Warrior
11.“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
12.Every moment you get is a gift. Spend it on things that matter. Don’t spend it by dwelling on unhappy things.
13.Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive energy.
14.Don’t put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you’re ever living is in this moment.
15.Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. – Mark Twain
16.Life is a gift. Never forget to enjoy and bask in every moment you are in.
17.The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced – Art Van Der Leeuw
18.“My life is my message.” – Gandhi
19.“If wrinkles must be written upon our brow, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old.” – James A. Garfield
20.“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
21.“In the beginning you will fall into the gaps in between thoughts – after practicing for years, you become the gap.” – J.Kleykamp (Regarding meditation)
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Quotes on Change1.“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama
2.All great changes are preceded by chaos. ~ Deepak Chopra
3.Change is not pleasant, But change is constant. Only when we change and grow, We’ll see a world we never know. ~From Wisdom of The Orange Woodpecker
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Quotes on Past, Present and Future1.“Don’t let the past steal your present” – Cherralea Morgen
2.“One has to live in the present. Whatever is past is gone beyond recall; whatever is future remains beyond one’s reach, until it becomes present. Remembering the past and giving thought to the future are important, but only to the extent that they help one deal with the present.” – S.N. Goenka
3.“We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.” – Robin Sharma
4.The more you take responsibility for your past and present, the more you are able to create the future you seek.
5.“Be present – it is the only moment that matters.” Peaceful Warrior
6.“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.” – B. Olatunji
7.“Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.” ~ Ann Landers
8.“Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever”. – Deepak Chopra
9.Don’t put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you’re ever living is in this moment.
10.“There’s no next time. It’s now or never.”
11.“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.” – Dale Carnegie
12.“Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.” – Doug Ivester
13.“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” ~ Albert Einstein
14.To create more positive results in your life, replace “if only” with “next time”.
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Quotes on Purpose
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1.“Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life… Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.” – Viktor Frankl
2.“Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.” – Buddha
3.“One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests.” – John Stuart Mill
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Quotes on Dreams and Passion1.“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
2.“If what you’re doing is not your passion, you have nothing to lose.”
3.“At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable.” – Christopher Reeve
4.“Do what you love and the money will follow.” – Marsha Sinetar
5.“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” – Richard Bach
6.“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.” – Howard Thurman
7.“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
8.“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” – Henry David Thoreau
9.“No matter where you are in life right now, no matter who you are, no matter how old you are – it is never too late to be who you are meant to be.” – Esther & Jerry Hicks
10.“There’s nothing capricious in nature, and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feels it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
11.“Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.” – Belva Davis
12.“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
13.“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.” – Les Brown
14.“Make no small plans for they have no power to stir the soul.” – Niccolo Machiavelli
15.“No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big.” – Anonymous
16.“Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.” – Doug Ivester
17.“You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.” – Pursuit of Happyness (Movie)
18.“History shows us that the people who end up changing the world – the great political, social, scientific, technological, artistic, even sports revolutionaries – are always nuts, until they are right, and then they are geniuses.” – John Eliot
19.“You will not do incredible things without an incredible dream.” – John Eliot
20.“Instead of thinking about what you are going to do when you retire, think about how you can do that now and make a living from it.”
21.“Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.”
22.“Everything you want should be yours: the type of work you want; the relationships you need; the social, mental, and aesthetic stimulation that will make you happy and fulfilled; the money you require for the lifestyle that is appropriate to you; and any requirement that you may (or may not) have for achievement or service to others. If you don’t aim for it all, you’ll never get it all. To aim for it requires that you know what you want” ~ Richard Koch
23.“I am not my memories. I am my dreams.” ~ Terry Hostetler
24.“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – Les Brown
25.“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” ~ Albert Einstein
26.“Every second you spend thinking about someone else’s dreams you take time away from your own.” – Yogi Ramen
27.“What the mind can conceive, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
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Quotes on Imagination and Creativity1.“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein.
2.“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” Albert Einstein
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Quotes on Goals
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1.“In life, as in football, you won’t go far unless you know where the goalposts are.” – Arnold H. Glasgow
2.“When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.” – Greg Anderson
3.“The most important thing about goals is having one.” – Geoffry F. Abert
4.“The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” – Bill Copeland
5.“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn
6.“Everything is always created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.”
7.“You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.” – Zig Ziglar
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Quotes on Attitudes and Mindsets1.“If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” – Thomas A. Edison
2.“How you think is as important as as what you think”
3.“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” —Lao-Tze
4.“The only limits in your life are those that you set yourself.”
5.“Every second you spend thinking about someone else’s dreams you take time away from your own.” – Yogi Ramen
6.“The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.”
7.“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” – Viktor Frankl
8.“Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” – William James
9.“Whether you think you can or think you can’t – you are right.” – Henry Ford
10.“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
11.“The degree of responsibility you take for your life determines how much change you can create in it.”
12.“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” – Seneca
13.The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.
14.“A man can do all things if he will.” — Leon Battista Alberti (1404–72)
15.“You can’t get to a place that you don’t believe exists.”
16.“There is always room in your life for thinking bigger, pushing limits and imagining the impossible.” – Tony Robbins
17.“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” – Albert Ellis
18.“(Tool+Training+Experience) x Mindset = Goal/Success. BUT if your mindset is zero then equation is (100 + 100 +100) x 0 = Failure”
19.“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” – Mahatma Gandhi
20.“Sometimes you have to lose your mind before you can come to your senses.” – Peaceful Warrior
21.“When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.” ~ H. Jackson Brown
22.“If you believe you can, you can. If you believe you can’t, then, well you can’t.”
23.“Our life experiences often create a limited worldview of what is and what is not possible. Thus to maximize your experience of life, base your dreams outside of your life experiences.”
24.“To create more positive results in your life, replace “if only” with “next time”.”
25.“Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.” – Sir James Dewar
26.“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.” ~Ernest Holmes
27.“When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.” –John Ruskin
28.“There is no teacher who can teach anything new. He can just help us to remember the things we always knew.” – Odyssey of the Mind, Enigma
29.“You have to ‘Be’ before you can ‘Do’ and ‘Do’ before you can ‘Have’.” – Zig Ziglar
30.“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” -Vince Lombarde
31.“Instead of thinking outside the box, just get rid of it.”
32.“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” ~Winston Churchill
33.“You see things and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were and I say ‘Why not?’” ~ George Bernard Shaw
34.“Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities” – Terry Josephson
35.“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn
36.“If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.” -Norman Vincent Peale
37.“The sky has never been the limit. We are our own limits. It’s then about breaking our personal limits and outgrowing ourselves to live our best lives.”
38.“If the grass is greener on the other side, maybe that’s because you’re not taking good care of your grass.”
39.“One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests.” – John Stuart Mill
40.“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
http://celestinechua.com/blog/101-most-inspiring-quotes-of-all-time/
Quotes on Life (21 quotes)
•Quotes on Change (3 quotes)
•Quotes on Past, Present and Future (14 quotes)
•Quotes on Purpose (3 quotes)
•Quotes on Dreams and Passion (27 quotes)
•Quotes on Imagination & Creativity (2 quotes)
•Quotes on Goals (7 quotes)
•Quotes on Attitudes and Mindsets (40 quotes)
Quotes on Life
© rebecca-lily
1.“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein
2.“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
3.“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell
4.“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” – Steve Jobs
5.“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
6.“We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.” – T. S. Eliot
7.“There’s no next time. It’s now or never.”
8.“For every effect there is a root cause. Find and address the root cause rather than try to fix the effect, as there is no end to the latter.”
9.“When you don’t get what you want, you suffer. If you get it, you suffer too since you can’t hold on to it forever.” – Peaceful Warrior, on the fallacy of attachment
10.“There are no ordinary moments. There is always something going on.” – Peaceful Warrior
11.“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
12.Every moment you get is a gift. Spend it on things that matter. Don’t spend it by dwelling on unhappy things.
13.Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive energy.
14.Don’t put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you’re ever living is in this moment.
15.Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. – Mark Twain
16.Life is a gift. Never forget to enjoy and bask in every moment you are in.
17.The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced – Art Van Der Leeuw
18.“My life is my message.” – Gandhi
19.“If wrinkles must be written upon our brow, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old.” – James A. Garfield
20.“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
21.“In the beginning you will fall into the gaps in between thoughts – after practicing for years, you become the gap.” – J.Kleykamp (Regarding meditation)
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Quotes on Change1.“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama
2.All great changes are preceded by chaos. ~ Deepak Chopra
3.Change is not pleasant, But change is constant. Only when we change and grow, We’ll see a world we never know. ~From Wisdom of The Orange Woodpecker
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Quotes on Past, Present and Future1.“Don’t let the past steal your present” – Cherralea Morgen
2.“One has to live in the present. Whatever is past is gone beyond recall; whatever is future remains beyond one’s reach, until it becomes present. Remembering the past and giving thought to the future are important, but only to the extent that they help one deal with the present.” – S.N. Goenka
3.“We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.” – Robin Sharma
4.The more you take responsibility for your past and present, the more you are able to create the future you seek.
5.“Be present – it is the only moment that matters.” Peaceful Warrior
6.“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.” – B. Olatunji
7.“Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.” ~ Ann Landers
8.“Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever”. – Deepak Chopra
9.Don’t put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you’re ever living is in this moment.
10.“There’s no next time. It’s now or never.”
11.“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.” – Dale Carnegie
12.“Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.” – Doug Ivester
13.“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” ~ Albert Einstein
14.To create more positive results in your life, replace “if only” with “next time”.
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Quotes on Purpose
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1.“Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life… Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.” – Viktor Frankl
2.“Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.” – Buddha
3.“One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests.” – John Stuart Mill
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Quotes on Dreams and Passion1.“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
2.“If what you’re doing is not your passion, you have nothing to lose.”
3.“At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable.” – Christopher Reeve
4.“Do what you love and the money will follow.” – Marsha Sinetar
5.“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” – Richard Bach
6.“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.” – Howard Thurman
7.“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
8.“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” – Henry David Thoreau
9.“No matter where you are in life right now, no matter who you are, no matter how old you are – it is never too late to be who you are meant to be.” – Esther & Jerry Hicks
10.“There’s nothing capricious in nature, and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feels it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
11.“Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.” – Belva Davis
12.“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
13.“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.” – Les Brown
14.“Make no small plans for they have no power to stir the soul.” – Niccolo Machiavelli
15.“No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big.” – Anonymous
16.“Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.” – Doug Ivester
17.“You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.” – Pursuit of Happyness (Movie)
18.“History shows us that the people who end up changing the world – the great political, social, scientific, technological, artistic, even sports revolutionaries – are always nuts, until they are right, and then they are geniuses.” – John Eliot
19.“You will not do incredible things without an incredible dream.” – John Eliot
20.“Instead of thinking about what you are going to do when you retire, think about how you can do that now and make a living from it.”
21.“Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.”
22.“Everything you want should be yours: the type of work you want; the relationships you need; the social, mental, and aesthetic stimulation that will make you happy and fulfilled; the money you require for the lifestyle that is appropriate to you; and any requirement that you may (or may not) have for achievement or service to others. If you don’t aim for it all, you’ll never get it all. To aim for it requires that you know what you want” ~ Richard Koch
23.“I am not my memories. I am my dreams.” ~ Terry Hostetler
24.“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – Les Brown
25.“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” ~ Albert Einstein
26.“Every second you spend thinking about someone else’s dreams you take time away from your own.” – Yogi Ramen
27.“What the mind can conceive, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
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Quotes on Imagination and Creativity1.“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein.
2.“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” Albert Einstein
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Quotes on Goals
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1.“In life, as in football, you won’t go far unless you know where the goalposts are.” – Arnold H. Glasgow
2.“When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.” – Greg Anderson
3.“The most important thing about goals is having one.” – Geoffry F. Abert
4.“The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” – Bill Copeland
5.“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn
6.“Everything is always created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.”
7.“You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.” – Zig Ziglar
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Quotes on Attitudes and Mindsets1.“If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” – Thomas A. Edison
2.“How you think is as important as as what you think”
3.“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” —Lao-Tze
4.“The only limits in your life are those that you set yourself.”
5.“Every second you spend thinking about someone else’s dreams you take time away from your own.” – Yogi Ramen
6.“The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.”
7.“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” – Viktor Frankl
8.“Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” – William James
9.“Whether you think you can or think you can’t – you are right.” – Henry Ford
10.“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
11.“The degree of responsibility you take for your life determines how much change you can create in it.”
12.“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” – Seneca
13.The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.
14.“A man can do all things if he will.” — Leon Battista Alberti (1404–72)
15.“You can’t get to a place that you don’t believe exists.”
16.“There is always room in your life for thinking bigger, pushing limits and imagining the impossible.” – Tony Robbins
17.“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” – Albert Ellis
18.“(Tool+Training+Experience) x Mindset = Goal/Success. BUT if your mindset is zero then equation is (100 + 100 +100) x 0 = Failure”
19.“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” – Mahatma Gandhi
20.“Sometimes you have to lose your mind before you can come to your senses.” – Peaceful Warrior
21.“When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.” ~ H. Jackson Brown
22.“If you believe you can, you can. If you believe you can’t, then, well you can’t.”
23.“Our life experiences often create a limited worldview of what is and what is not possible. Thus to maximize your experience of life, base your dreams outside of your life experiences.”
24.“To create more positive results in your life, replace “if only” with “next time”.”
25.“Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.” – Sir James Dewar
26.“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.” ~Ernest Holmes
27.“When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.” –John Ruskin
28.“There is no teacher who can teach anything new. He can just help us to remember the things we always knew.” – Odyssey of the Mind, Enigma
29.“You have to ‘Be’ before you can ‘Do’ and ‘Do’ before you can ‘Have’.” – Zig Ziglar
30.“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” -Vince Lombarde
31.“Instead of thinking outside the box, just get rid of it.”
32.“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” ~Winston Churchill
33.“You see things and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were and I say ‘Why not?’” ~ George Bernard Shaw
34.“Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities” – Terry Josephson
35.“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn
36.“If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.” -Norman Vincent Peale
37.“The sky has never been the limit. We are our own limits. It’s then about breaking our personal limits and outgrowing ourselves to live our best lives.”
38.“If the grass is greener on the other side, maybe that’s because you’re not taking good care of your grass.”
39.“One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests.” – John Stuart Mill
40.“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
http://celestinechua.com/blog/101-most-inspiring-quotes-of-all-time/
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Motivational Poems
Motivational Poems
Here are some motivational poems. Some will get you thinking. Some will motivate you to take action. If you find a poem that resonates with you, save it. Enjoy these motivational poems!
Why Not You?
By Steve Maraboli
Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you?
Today, many will open their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them. Why not you?
Today, many will choose to leave the ghost of yesterday behind and seize the immeasurable power of today. Why not you?
Today, many will break through the barriers of the past by looking at the blessings of the present. Why not you?
Today, for many the burden of self doubt and insecurity will be lifted by the security and confidence of empowerment. Why not you?
Today, many will rise above their believed limitations and make contact with their powerful innate strength. Why not you?
Today, many will choose to live in such a manner that they will be a positive role model for their children. Why not you?
Today, many will choose to free themselves from the personal imprisonment of their bad habits. Why not you?
Today, many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. Why not you?
Today, many will find abundance in simplicity. Why not you?
Today, many will be confronted by difficult moral choices and they will choose to do what is right instead of what is beneficial. Why not you?
Today, many will decide to no longer sit back with a victim mentality, but to take charge of their lives and make positive changes. Why not you?
Today, many will take the action necessary to make a difference. Why not you?
Today, many will make the commitment to be a better mother, father, son, daughter, student, teacher, worker, boss, brother, sister, & so much more. Why not you?
Today is a new day!
Many will seize this day.
Many will live it to the fullest.
Why not you?
___________________________________________
It's The Journey That's Important
By John McLeod
Life, sometimes so wearying
Is worth its weight in gold
The experience of traveling
Lends a wisdom that is old
Beyond our 'living memory'
A softly spoken prayer:
"It's the journey that's important,
Not the getting there!"
Ins and outs and ups and downs
Life's road meanders aimlessly?
Or so it seems, but somehow
Leads us where we need to be,
And being simply human
We oft question and compare...
"Is the journey so important
Or the getting there?"
And thus it's always been
That question pondered down the ages
By simple men with simple ways
To wise and ancient sages...
How sweet then, quietly knowing
Reaching destination fair:
"It's the journey that's important,
Not the getting there!"
http://www.motivational-well-being.com/motivational-poems-5.html
Here are some motivational poems. Some will get you thinking. Some will motivate you to take action. If you find a poem that resonates with you, save it. Enjoy these motivational poems!
Why Not You?
By Steve Maraboli
Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you?
Today, many will open their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them. Why not you?
Today, many will choose to leave the ghost of yesterday behind and seize the immeasurable power of today. Why not you?
Today, many will break through the barriers of the past by looking at the blessings of the present. Why not you?
Today, for many the burden of self doubt and insecurity will be lifted by the security and confidence of empowerment. Why not you?
Today, many will rise above their believed limitations and make contact with their powerful innate strength. Why not you?
Today, many will choose to live in such a manner that they will be a positive role model for their children. Why not you?
Today, many will choose to free themselves from the personal imprisonment of their bad habits. Why not you?
Today, many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. Why not you?
Today, many will find abundance in simplicity. Why not you?
Today, many will be confronted by difficult moral choices and they will choose to do what is right instead of what is beneficial. Why not you?
Today, many will decide to no longer sit back with a victim mentality, but to take charge of their lives and make positive changes. Why not you?
Today, many will take the action necessary to make a difference. Why not you?
Today, many will make the commitment to be a better mother, father, son, daughter, student, teacher, worker, boss, brother, sister, & so much more. Why not you?
Today is a new day!
Many will seize this day.
Many will live it to the fullest.
Why not you?
___________________________________________
It's The Journey That's Important
By John McLeod
Life, sometimes so wearying
Is worth its weight in gold
The experience of traveling
Lends a wisdom that is old
Beyond our 'living memory'
A softly spoken prayer:
"It's the journey that's important,
Not the getting there!"
Ins and outs and ups and downs
Life's road meanders aimlessly?
Or so it seems, but somehow
Leads us where we need to be,
And being simply human
We oft question and compare...
"Is the journey so important
Or the getting there?"
And thus it's always been
That question pondered down the ages
By simple men with simple ways
To wise and ancient sages...
How sweet then, quietly knowing
Reaching destination fair:
"It's the journey that's important,
Not the getting there!"
http://www.motivational-well-being.com/motivational-poems-5.html
Monday, December 20, 2010
5 Sure-Fire Ways To Enjoy Every Day Of Your Life
There was a time in my life where I wasn't enjoying it very much. I was so stressed in the pursuit of success that I had in fact lost the joy of living. I spent so much time on the road endeavoring to build a future for my family that I didn't have time for them. In fact, I was so wrapped up in the pursuit of my future that I was in fact missing out on the present.
So as the years went by, and my children and I weren't getting any younger, I paused, just for a split second, and did a review. What I saw wasn't pretty. In fact it utterly disgusted me.
So that is when I gave myself a stern talking to. You need to do that on occasions - and it works really well when you’re looking straight back at yourself in a mirror.
I said, 'Peter, you’re so caught up in the pursuit of success that you’re actually living as a failure. You’re failing yourself. You’re failing your family, and you're setting yourself up for failure in some of the most important areas of your life because of your obsession for success in business. So what's the point of doing the journey, if you don’t take time out to smell the roses? Begin to enjoy every day of your life starting today - and don't forget the ones you love.'
From that day forward I have been on a mission to enjoy the journey- because yes you do have to constantly work at it. I suppose that's one reason I ended up in business with my kids as they have grown up into adults - because I just love spending time with them.
So let me share with you five ways that have helped me to enjoy every day of my life - and I know that if you apply them to your life that you will find yourself in the enviable position(yes I have to pinch myself sometimes) that I find myself in today.
1.Learn to laugh
Laughter is the healer of all ills. Smiling is the balm that soothes and settles. Both are the medicine that sustains a life of joy. Laugh in the face of problems. Laugh in the path of insurmountable odds. Guffaw in the depths of the valleys, and celebrate with wide beams of sunshine streaming from your mouth when standing on the mountaintops.
Learn to laugh at yourself. Laugh when you triumph, and laugh when you trip. But don't laugh at the expense of others. Share jokes that lift. Watch clean comedies that lighten the load. See the funny side, and search for it if you have to, to discover another reason to always laugh.
2.Stop taking yourself too seriously
Why so serious? Stop it today. Lighten up. So many people are so tightly wound that they will either crack up or blow up. Loosen the bonds of seriousness and be free.
There was an actor that appeared on the film scape a number of years back and he called himself ‘Yahoo Serious’. Now the very name, let alone the way he presented himself - well can I simply say this - it was hard to get serious when he was around.
So loosen the screw. Let down your hair. Find a reason to celebrate - for whatever reason - and be free at last from serious seriousdom - the land of the deadly serious - seriously!
3.Surround yourself with winners
I don't keep the company of losers. I'm at a loss why anyone would. The fact is that if you want to win in life, then you need to build around you a company of winners - in your field of endeavor and then others who are winners in their respective fields.
Winners commit winning acts. Winners speak winning words. Winners have winning ways. Winners sometimes lose, but don't stay down. They get up, dust themselves off and go again.
Fill your world with winning books. Watch winning movies. Listen to winning speakers, but most of all associate with winners.
True winners won't compete with you - but will join your cheer squad - cheering you on in your winning pursuit.
4.Make it your daily habit to express gratitude
Gratitude is of vital importance if you wish to remain fresh and vibrant in all your ways. Never take anything for granted. Always say thank you, and in everything you do, enter with an attitude of gratitude.
Show gratitude for another day to breathe, to dream and to fulfill the vision for your life. Hug and kiss your family. Embrace your friends. Cherish your clients. Adore your associates. Write cards. Send positive email communications. Distribute social media comments that lift.
With every moment that you live - make your life an overwhelming expression of thankfulness for being given the most awesome privilege to become the ‘best you’ possible throughout your lifetime here on planet earth. For you were born for a time such as this. It is no mistake. You have a divine appointment with destiny.
5.Pursue your passion with 111% enthusiasm
We're all passionate about something. Trouble is that most of us are so focused on earning a living that our passions are often brushed aside.
But to truly enjoy your life's journey it is imperative that you take time out to identify your strengths and invest time in the pursuit of your passions - the projects, the desires, and the sparks that lights you up on the inside. Then go pursue them with 111% effort and focus.
Don't allow the distractions of life to detract you from your life mission.
P is for progress, power, productivity, profitability, purposefulness, and it's all wrapped up into living a life filled with the pursuit of your passion
Written on 12/18/2010 by Peter G. James Sinclair . Peter is in the 'heart to heart' resuscitation business and inspires, motivates and equips others to be all that they’ve been created to become. Receive your free inhalation of 'motivational' life by subscribing to his Motivational Memo Blog today
So as the years went by, and my children and I weren't getting any younger, I paused, just for a split second, and did a review. What I saw wasn't pretty. In fact it utterly disgusted me.
So that is when I gave myself a stern talking to. You need to do that on occasions - and it works really well when you’re looking straight back at yourself in a mirror.
I said, 'Peter, you’re so caught up in the pursuit of success that you’re actually living as a failure. You’re failing yourself. You’re failing your family, and you're setting yourself up for failure in some of the most important areas of your life because of your obsession for success in business. So what's the point of doing the journey, if you don’t take time out to smell the roses? Begin to enjoy every day of your life starting today - and don't forget the ones you love.'
From that day forward I have been on a mission to enjoy the journey- because yes you do have to constantly work at it. I suppose that's one reason I ended up in business with my kids as they have grown up into adults - because I just love spending time with them.
So let me share with you five ways that have helped me to enjoy every day of my life - and I know that if you apply them to your life that you will find yourself in the enviable position(yes I have to pinch myself sometimes) that I find myself in today.
1.Learn to laugh
Laughter is the healer of all ills. Smiling is the balm that soothes and settles. Both are the medicine that sustains a life of joy. Laugh in the face of problems. Laugh in the path of insurmountable odds. Guffaw in the depths of the valleys, and celebrate with wide beams of sunshine streaming from your mouth when standing on the mountaintops.
Learn to laugh at yourself. Laugh when you triumph, and laugh when you trip. But don't laugh at the expense of others. Share jokes that lift. Watch clean comedies that lighten the load. See the funny side, and search for it if you have to, to discover another reason to always laugh.
2.Stop taking yourself too seriously
Why so serious? Stop it today. Lighten up. So many people are so tightly wound that they will either crack up or blow up. Loosen the bonds of seriousness and be free.
There was an actor that appeared on the film scape a number of years back and he called himself ‘Yahoo Serious’. Now the very name, let alone the way he presented himself - well can I simply say this - it was hard to get serious when he was around.
So loosen the screw. Let down your hair. Find a reason to celebrate - for whatever reason - and be free at last from serious seriousdom - the land of the deadly serious - seriously!
3.Surround yourself with winners
I don't keep the company of losers. I'm at a loss why anyone would. The fact is that if you want to win in life, then you need to build around you a company of winners - in your field of endeavor and then others who are winners in their respective fields.
Winners commit winning acts. Winners speak winning words. Winners have winning ways. Winners sometimes lose, but don't stay down. They get up, dust themselves off and go again.
Fill your world with winning books. Watch winning movies. Listen to winning speakers, but most of all associate with winners.
True winners won't compete with you - but will join your cheer squad - cheering you on in your winning pursuit.
4.Make it your daily habit to express gratitude
Gratitude is of vital importance if you wish to remain fresh and vibrant in all your ways. Never take anything for granted. Always say thank you, and in everything you do, enter with an attitude of gratitude.
Show gratitude for another day to breathe, to dream and to fulfill the vision for your life. Hug and kiss your family. Embrace your friends. Cherish your clients. Adore your associates. Write cards. Send positive email communications. Distribute social media comments that lift.
With every moment that you live - make your life an overwhelming expression of thankfulness for being given the most awesome privilege to become the ‘best you’ possible throughout your lifetime here on planet earth. For you were born for a time such as this. It is no mistake. You have a divine appointment with destiny.
5.Pursue your passion with 111% enthusiasm
We're all passionate about something. Trouble is that most of us are so focused on earning a living that our passions are often brushed aside.
But to truly enjoy your life's journey it is imperative that you take time out to identify your strengths and invest time in the pursuit of your passions - the projects, the desires, and the sparks that lights you up on the inside. Then go pursue them with 111% effort and focus.
Don't allow the distractions of life to detract you from your life mission.
P is for progress, power, productivity, profitability, purposefulness, and it's all wrapped up into living a life filled with the pursuit of your passion
Written on 12/18/2010 by Peter G. James Sinclair . Peter is in the 'heart to heart' resuscitation business and inspires, motivates and equips others to be all that they’ve been created to become. Receive your free inhalation of 'motivational' life by subscribing to his Motivational Memo Blog today
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
questions...
"Your questions are much more revealing about yourself than my answers will be about me."
Monday, December 6, 2010
a man's reach should exceed his grasp
“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?”
-robert browning
Slow Dance
Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You’d better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.
Time is short,
The music won’t last.
Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask "How are you?"
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores running
through your head?
You’d better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won’t last.
Ever told your child, "We’ll do it tomorrow?"
And in your haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time to call and say "Hi?"
You’d better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won’t last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift…
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before your song is over.
~David L. Weatherford
Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You’d better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.
Time is short,
The music won’t last.
Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask "How are you?"
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores running
through your head?
You’d better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won’t last.
Ever told your child, "We’ll do it tomorrow?"
And in your haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time to call and say "Hi?"
You’d better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won’t last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift…
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before your song is over.
~David L. Weatherford
Thursday, December 2, 2010
4 hour work week.
"Learn to slow down. Get lost intentionally. Observe how you judge both yourself and those around you. Chances are that it's been a while. Take at least two months to disincorporateodl habits adn rediscover yourself without the reminder of a looming return flight."
exerpt from 4hww
exerpt from 4hww
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