Consistency Seems to Be a Boring Idea at First Sight .D. It Lacks Glamour and Excitement .D. But ,C, When You Look More Closely ,C, Consistency Is Anything but Boring .D. It Contains the Secret of Achievement and Success .D. It Is the Key to an Almost Magical Power Than Can Transform Lives .D.
consistency Means Repeating the Same Behaviors Regularly and Without Exceptions .D. Consistent Behavior Is the Opposite of Erratic Behavior .D. Skipping Workouts Is an Example of Erratic Behavior .D. Performing All or Most of Your Workouts Is an Example of Consistency .D.
consistency Creates Powerful Habits; Lack of Consistency and Exceptions Mean That You Have to Start Building the Habits All Over Again .D.
consistency Allows the Seeds to Grow and the Fruit to Arrive .D. Regular ,C, Patient ,C, Consistent Action Is Necessary to Achieve Good Results .D. Even Winning the Lottery Requires Buying a Ticket and Entering the Numbers .D.
a Woman Who Won the Us $162 Million Lottery Is Quoted As Saying ,C, That She Played the Same Numbers Consistently for Two Years .D. She Didn't Play It Once or Twice and Give Up As so May People Do .D.
she Steadfastly Believed That Her Dream of Winning the Lottery Would Be Realized .D. Consistency ,C, Then ,C, May Occasionally Work Even in the Notoriously Risky World of Gambling .D.
recently ,C, I Read an Outstanding Article by T .D. J .D. Walker ,C, The Public Speaking and Communication Expert .D. He Commented On How Often Communication Breaks Down On the Internet Because of a Lack of Consistency .D.
ezines ,C, Blogs and Podcasts Often Only Last for One or Two Issues and Then They Disappear .D. Either Their Creators Ran Out of Material or Foolishly Expected Success After One or Two Efforts and Gave Up When the Results of Their Efforts Were Disappointing .D.
most Marketing Gurus Insist That Sales Only Come After About Seven Email Messages Have Been Sent to a List of Potential Customers .D.
many Would Be Entrepreneurs Lack the Patience and Consistency to Send Out Even Seven Messages to Their Lists .D. They Are Unlikely to Succeed in Winning the Trust of Their Customers .D.
nearly Any Goal Worth Achieving Demands Regular and Consistent Efforts .D. If You Want to Achieve a Black Belt in a Martial Art ,C, You Need to Show Up to One Training Session After Another Whether You Feel Like It or Not .D.
i Know ,C, From Many Years of Experience ,C, That Students Who Show Up Regularly for Training Almost Always Achieve Their Goal of Becoming a Black Belt .D.
however ,C, I Have Had Some Very Talented Students Who Lacked Patience and Only Showed Up Sporadically .D. When Their Progress Up the Ladder of Success Seemed Too Slow to Them ,C, They Gave Up and Disappeared .D.
when I Examine My Martial Arts Students at Grading Sessions ,C, I Often Congratulate Them for Just Being There .D. I Tell Them That They Are Already Half Way Through the Grading Because They Have Shown Up and in the Famous Words of Woody Allen: "80% Of Success in Life Is Just Showing Up .D. "
by Showing Up ,C, My Students Have Shown That They Have Guts and Are Willing to Accept the Fact That They Might Look Foolish If They Forget Their Syllabus or Perform It Badly .D. Not Every One Can Face This Possibility and I Even Had One Student Give Up the Martial Art Because the Grading Seemed Too Worrying .D.
one Person Who has Never Failed to Show Up in the UK and About a Third of the Rest of the World Is Queen Elizabeth II .D. For Over Half a Century She has Shown Up at One Formal and Informal Occasion After Another in Good and Bad Times .D. She has Traveled Thousands of Miles Around the World to Achieve Her Goal of Being a Servant of Her Country and the Commonwealth .D.
today Was Her 80th Birthday and Most of the Country and Even the Media Showed Their Appreciation for Her Consistent Adherence to Duty .D. One Paper Actually Called Her "Elizabeth the Great" .D.
greatness Only Comes When Efforts Are Consistent .D. Champion Teams Win Championships Not Because They Win Every Match but Because They Consistently Play Well and with Determination and ,C, As a Result ,C, Win Most of Their Matches .D.
an Individual Loses Weight Because They Stick Consistently to Their Diet and to Their Exercise Regime .D. A Body Builder Adds Muscle Weight Because He Consistently Attends the Gym Whether He Feels Like It or Not .D. The Champions Do Not Give Up When They Feel Tired or Bored or When Results Seem Painfully Slow .D.
daily Efforts Create Habits and Habits Make It Easier to Make Those Daily Efforts but It Still Takes Hard Work and the Determination to Follow Through Every Single Day No Matter What .D.
to Achieve Your Goals Repeat Your Efforts Every Single Day .D. Turn Up in the Gym or Wherever You Need to .D. Don't Be Like My Step Brother Who Was Once Told: "You Won't Turn Up for Your Own Funeral!"
occasionally You Make Have to Make an Exception and Miss Out On the Desired Behavior .D. One Way to Avoid Exceptions Is to Perform the Behavior You Have Planned As Early As Possible in the Day Before the Rest of the Family and the Cat Start Demanding Your Attention!
another Way to Avoid Exceptions Is to Make a List of Your Most Important Daily Behaviors in Order of Importance .D. Stick It On Your Wall and Read It As Soon As You Get Up .D. This Way ,C, Your Consistency Will Not Falter Because of a Poor Memory .D.
repeat the Desired or Planned Behavior Daily and with As Few Exceptions As Possible and You Will Make Gradual but Certain Progress and Eventually Achieve Your Loftiest Goals and Dreams .D.
even If You Don't Achieve All Your Goals and Dreams ,C, You Will Have at Least Become a Great Character and a Person of Value Because You Did What You Planned to Do On a Daily Basis .D. That ,C, At Least ,C, Is a Goal Worth Achieving .D.
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Attracting Success
We All Wish to Be Successful and yet Somehow We Seem to Be Missing the Target .D. In This Article We Will Show You How to Become More Successful in All Your Endeavors .D.
success Often Eludes Many People .D. Like the Inevitable Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow ,C, People Set Their Hearts On Following Their Dreams Only to Wake Up Disappointed .D.
disappointment Can Be Crushing to People .D. They Sit and Wonder What On Earth They Did Wrong .D. They May Have a Strong Belief in That Pot of Gold ,C, But a Dream Alone Cannot Make Your Visions a Reality .D.
you May Have Read a Myriad of Books and Followed All the Rules and Imagined Yourself As the Successful Person That You Want to Be .D. Your Vision May Be Crystal Clear and That Is a Good Thing .D. The Bible Says ,C, “without a Vision the People Perish” .D. The Problem Remains That Envisioning Yourself As Successful Is Not Enough .D.
what Are Your Dreams?
what Are You Hopes for the Future?
have You Ever Written Them Down?
if You Could Be Anything That You Wanted to Be and Go Where You Wanted to Go ,C, Who Would You Be? What Would You Be Like? Where Would You Be Living?
i Want You to Take a Few Moments Now and Write Down the Answer to These Questions .D. Be As Specific As You Can so You Can Visualize These Things As Being True Today .D. Crystallize These Ideals in Your Mind .D.
don’t Cheat Here ,C, This Is an Important Exercise ,C, Now Go and Write the Answers Down On a Piece of Paper ,C, Or Better Still in a Book .D. You Can Call This Your Dream Book to Success .D.
now Ask Yourself This Question: What Do I Need to Do in Order to Live the Life I Dream Of?
what Do I Need to Do to Make My Dreams a Reality?
the First Step Is to Make Sure You Do Not Put Off the Vision Too Far in the Distance .D. Don’t Live On Tomorrow’s Sunshine .D. At the Same Time ,C, Don’t Expect to Have a Change Overnight .D. There Is No Magic Pill That Is Going to Bring About Your Dream .D. There Is No Easy Road That Will Bring You to the Emerald City .D.
someone Once Said “the Road to Success Is Filled with Hard Knocks” And This Is Reality .D.
you Can Achieve Your Dreams Only If You Systematically Prepare Yourself to Receive Them .D. You Also Must Believe That You Can Receive Them .D.
henry Ford Said ,C, “if You Think You Can You Can ,C, And If You Think You Can’t ,C, You Can’t”
if You Believe That You Can Achieve Your Dreams Then It’s Time for You to Start Planning On How You Are Going to Make Your Dreams of Success Come True .D. Don’t Let Fear Sabotage Your Thinking .D. If You Have Faith ,C, You Can Move Mountains! Sometimes Though a Mountain Must Be Moved a Piece at a Time .D.
this Takes Planning .D. No Amount of Wishful Thinking Will Get You What You Want .D. Your Vision May Be Crystal Clear but with Out a Plan It’s Just a Dream .D. You Need to Plan Your Life in Order to Get the Results You Wish for .D.
you Need to Set Goals for Yourself .D. I Know ,C, You Hate the Thought of Setting Goals ,C, But Unless You Put It Down in Writing and Give It a Date ,C, It Won’t Happen .D. I Can Guarantee It .D.
do You See Yourself As Slim and Sitting On a Beach Somewhere? Well If You Need to Lose Weight ,C, Dreaming Isn’t Going to Make It Happen .D. You Must Write Down Your Goal for Losing Weight .D.
in Order for My Dream to Come True I Must Lose Pounds .D. This Is a Good Start .D. Now Visualize Yourself Standing in Front of a Mirror Weighing Your Perfect Weight .D. Doesn’t That Feel Good?
this Is Your Target ,C, Your Dream ,C, Your Vision .D. Now Ask Yourself ,C, In Order to Reach That Goal ,C, What Steps Do I Need to Take Today .D. Is It Reasonable to Say to Yourself That You Could Lose 10 Pounds a Month? Too Much? How About 4 Pounds a Month? Can You Make a Decision to Yourself to Lose 1 Pound a Week .D. In a Year That Would Be 52 Pounds! If You Lost 2 Pounds a Week That Would Be 104 Pounds! See How Much You Can Do by Breaking Your Goals Down to Bite Size Pieces .D. Your Mountain Can Literally Be Moved Piece by Piece ,C, Or Pound by Pound in This Example .D. Voila ! Success!
there Is Nothing Mystical in Making Your Dreams a Success .D. In Every Situation You Can Do It Piece by Piece Until Your Mountain Is Moved and You Achieve Success .D.
5 Quick Stress Busters
How Do You React When Your Plans Fall Through? Do You Roll with the Punches? Or Does Anxiety Keep You From Enjoying Life? To a Great Extent ,C, Our Personality Determines How We Deal with Stress in Our Lives ,C, But Here Are 5 Things to Help Keep Your Stress Under Control:
1 .D. sleep More .D. It’s Very Common in Our Society to Exist On Less Than 6 Hours of Sleep a Night .D. But Experts Keep Telling Us We Need at Least 8 Hours .D. Not Just to Rest Our Bodies ,C, But to Rejuvenate Our Minds .D. “tired” And “cranky” Seem to Go Hand in Hand .D. Don’t Use Your Bedroom to Watch the News or Finish Up Some Work From the Office .D. Make That Room Your Haven ,C, A Place to Relax and Escape the Day .D. Have a Hot Cup of Tea ,C, Take a Warm Bath ,C, Or Read a Paperback to Help You Unwind .D.
2 .D. have Faith .D. Saying a Short Prayer in Times of Stress Can Give You a Sense of Calm ,C, Especially When the Situation Is One You Really Have No Control Over .D. Studies Have Shown That People Who Trust in a Higher Power Have Lower Blood Pressure .D. Being Able to Forgive People Also Can Affect Your Blood Pressure .D. Holding a Grudge Is Not Good for Your Health!
3 .D. turn It Off .D. The Convenience That Cell Phones Have Added to Our Lives Can Actually Be a Double-Edged Sword .D. We Depend On Them so Much It Seems We Can’t Live Without Them .D. This Increased Accessibility Means Not Only Can Our Loved Ones Reach Us at Any Time ,C, But so Can Work .D. If Your Employer Legitimately Needs to Have Your Cell Phone Number ,C, Make Sure You Set Clear Limits On When You Can and Cannot Be Reached .D. Your Time Off Is Yours .D.
4 .D. take a Holiday .D. It Doesn’t Have to Be a Fancy Vacation Resort .D. A Day at the Beach ,C, Or an Afternoon at the Park Will Do .D. Just Anywhere You Can Be and Not Think About the Bills ,C, Work ,C, Or Whatever Tensions You May Have .D. It’s Important to Take Time for Yourself ,C, So Do It! You’ll Feel Better with a Fresh Outlook .D.
5 .D. treat Yourself .D. Sign Up for a Yoga Class at Your Local Gym or Community Center .D. The Costs Are Nominal ,C, And You’ll Feel More Relaxed After Even Just One Session .D. A Monthly Massage or a Spa Treatment Is Also a Great Way to Recharge .D. You’ll Walk Out Feeling Like a Million Dollar Bowl of Jelly .D.
stress Is Unavoidable .D. But What We Do About It Is Up to Us .D. Experiment with These Suggestions and See What Works for You!
A Simple Tip for When You're Stressed
This Is a Fantastic Tip From Touch for Health to Help You When You're Stressed ,C, Angry ,C, Anxious or Upset .D. Try Holding Your Frontal Eminences .D. These Are Bumps On Your Forehead That Many People Hold Instinctively When They're Upset .D.
for Those of You Who Don't Do This Naturally ,C, Let Me Help You Locate Them .D. Feel Up From the Middle of Your Eyebrows Going Towards Your Hairline .D. Your Forehead Comes Outwards Before It Curves Back in Towards the Hairline .D. Hold Your Forehead at the Points Where It Is Furthest Out - About 3cms (1 .D. 25 Inches) Above the Middle of Each Eyebrow .D.
while You Hold These Points Think About the Stressful Event .D. It Can Be Something That has Already Happened ,C, Something That Is About to Happen ,C, Or Something You Fear May Never Happen! Gradually You Should Find That the Stress Lessens .D.
you Can Use It for Small Things ,C, But You Can Also Use It for More Traumatic Events Too .D. If the Thoughts/images Are Too Overwhelming Initially ,C, Imagine You Are Watching It On a TV - You Can Always Switch It Off If Becomes Too Stressful - You're the One in Charge .D. You Can Watch It in Black and White If That Feels Easier Too .D. Use It to Defuse Anything That You Feel Anxious ,C, Stressed ,C, Angry or Fearful About .D.
you May Want to Do It Several Times Covering Different Aspects of the Problem .D. You Can Do Them One After the Other ,C, Or at Different Times ,C, Whichever Feels Best for You .D.
as You Hold the Points and Think About/imagine the Event ,C, You Will Probably Start to Feel Calmer - You May Even Find That You Start to Feel a Little Bored Thinking About This Scenario That Previously Stressed or Angered You so Much .D.
why Does It Work?
these Particular Points On the Forehead ,C, Known As Frontal Eminences ,C, Are Reflex Points with Connections to the Central Meridian (Involved with the Brain) ,C, The Stomach Meridian (And Your Stomach Often Churns When You're Anxious or Angry) ,C, And the Bladder Meridian (Trips to the Loo/bathroom Are Often Necessary When We're Apprehensive) .D.
i Recently Explained This Self-Help Technique to a Business Colleague - A Keen Mountain Biker Who'd Had a Serious Bike Accident at 30 Miles an Hour and Had Broken His Skull and Collar Bone .D. His Bones Had Mended ,C, But He Was Now Sometimes Fearful of the Sport He Loved .D.
this Is What He Wrote to Me Later:
"I Don't Know How to Thank You Enough for the Technique You Described to Me Over the Phone the Other Day ,C, It Helped Me Enormously!"
the Following Week He Sent Me This Message:
"Your Tip Worked Once Again Last Night - Went Out (In the Pitch Black with My Light&Motion 'Daylighter' Light) And Did Some Serious Single-Tracking and Downhilling!!! I Never Thought I'd Be Doing That Again - Ever! Thank You so Much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It Was Brilliant!!!!!!!"
it May Be Hard to Believe That Something This Simple Could Be Effective in Removing Anxiety and Stress ,C, But Try It and See .D.
11 Great Ways to Relieve Stress .D. .D. .D.
In Our Lives Today ,C, We Often Find Ourselves so Busy Taking Care of the Home ,C, The Children ,C, Our Businesses ,C, Our Social Life ,C, Our Children's Social Life ,C, Our Bills and Just Life in General That We Often Forget to Take Care of Ourselves .D.
with Us Wearing so Many Hats in Life ,C, We Often Find Ourselves Stressed and Worn Out .D. But There Are Remedies for This .D. For Me Personally ,C, I Find That by Making Myself Indulge in at Least One of the Following During My Week ,C, I Am Much Happier and a Lot Less Stressed .D. I Find Myself Enjoying This "My Time" But I Also Sometimes Try to Get My Family Involved so That We All Can Lead a More Stress Free Life .D.
1 .D. ) Try to Live Simply
2 .D. ) Take a Nice Long Scenic Walk ,C, Perhaps the Beach or the Lake .D. (Even Invite a Friend)
3 .D. ) Put On Your Favorite Music ,C, Turn It Up Loud and Dance
4 .D. ) Light Up Your Electric Simmering (Aroma) Pot with a Softly Scented Aroma .D. This Allows Your Senses to Relax ,C, Thus Allowing You to Relax .D. Then Curl Up On the Sofa with a Good Book
5 .D. ) Sink Into Your Tub for a Long ,C, Luxurious Soak at the End of the Day .D. Light a Few Nicely Scented Candles ,C, Turn Off the Lights and Let the Glow and Scent of the Candle Relax Your Mind ,C, Body and Soul .D.
6 .D. ) Splurge Just a Little and Go in for a Professional Massage at Your Local Day Spa
7 .D. ) Go Have a Manicure and Pedicure Done .D. (And I Truly Suggest the Spa Pedicure – Ohh La La!)
8 .D. ) How About Your Favorite Movie? You Know the One That Just Made You Laugh ,C, Cry and Smile .D.
9 .D. ) Another Great Idea Is Your Local Coffee Stop .D. This Is Especially Nice If It has a Book Store Inside .D. Grab a Cup of Coffee or Cappuccino and a Magazine and Just Relax with the Latest Hollywood Gossip or a Wonderful Romance Book
10 .D. ) Got a Best or Very Dear Friend You Haven’t Talked to in Awhile? Pick Up the Phone and Call Her and Reconnect .D.
11) The Number One Stress Reliever: Take a Vacation!!!
10 Methods You Can Use Today to Fight Insomnia
1 .D. Drink Warm Milk - Drinking Warm Milk 15 Minutes Before Bed has Been Known to Soothe Your Nervous System .D.
2 .D. Take a Warm Bath - Taking a Warm Bath Can Be a Great Way to Relax Your Body .D. Don't Exhaust It However .D. Staying Too Long in Hot Water Can Drain Your Body of Vitality .D. Throw in a Cup of Baking Soda or Bath Salts to Drive the Toxins Out of Your Body .D.
3 .D. Eat a Bedtime Snack - Foods with Large Amounts of the Amino Acid L-Tryptophan Helps Us Sleep Better ,C, According to a Study .D. This Includes Eggs ,C, Cottage Cheese ,C, Chicken ,C, Turkey ,C, Cashews and Warm Milk As I Talked About Before .D.
4 .D. Avoid Caffeine ,C, Alcohol and Tobacco in General - Most People Think Coffee Is the Only Beverage Which Contains Caffeine .D. Wrong .D. Non-Herbal Tea Such As Black Tea ,C, Cola Beverages and Even Chocolate Are High in Caffeine .D. Research has Shown That Alcohol Upsets Sleep .D. This Is the Same with Tobacco .D.
5 .D. Sleep On Your Back - Some People Sleep the Opposite Way .D. Sleeping On Your Stomach Causes Pressure On All of Your Internal Organs .D. This Can Also Cause a Stiff Neck .D. Try Sleeping On Your Back .D. It Is the Best Sleeping Position to Allow Your Internal Organs to Rest Properly .D. If You Are Used to Sleeping On Your Side Though ,C, Sleep On Your Right Side and Not Your Left .D.
6 .D. Sleep in a Well Ventilated Room - A Room Temperature Between 60-65 Degrees in Fahrenheit Is the Optimum Temperature for Sleeping .D. Use More or Fewer Blankets to Adjust Your Body to the Room Temperature .D.
7 .D. Drink Herb Tea - If You Have to Avoid Drinking Warm Milk or Any Other Dairy Products ,C, Try a Cup of Herb Tea (Camomile ,C, Catnip ,C, Anise or Fennel Tea) .D. This Will Help You Sleep Better .D.
8 .D. Get Some Exercise During the Day - White Collar Workers (Office Workers ,C, Non-Manual Workers) Are More Known to Have Insomnia Than Blue-Collar Workers ,C, Who Get Physical Exercise During Their Work .D. 15 Minutes of Exercise or at Least 30 Minutes Before Going to Bed Will Give Your Body Work and Oxygen It Needs to Get Your Body to Relax and Sleep Better .D.
9 .D. Avoid Naps - Skip Naps If You Take Them .D. If You Can't Get Yourself to Sleep at Night ,C, Naps Will Stop You From Sleeping Properly .D. By Skipping Naps Your Body Will Be Tired to Fall Asleep at Night .D.
10 .D. A Reflexology Technique : Toe Wiggling - Lie On Your Back ,C, And Wiggle Your Toes Up and Down for About 12 Times .D. This Will Relax Your Body ,C, Both Inside and Out .D. "Meridians" Are Channels of Energy Treated by Acupuncture .D. The Meridians in Your Feet Connect with Every Organ and Every Part of Your Body .D. Toe Wiggling Helps to Bring About a Relaxing Energy Within Your Body .D.
now There They Are ,C, 10 Ways to Fight Insomnia .D. Have a Good Night's Sleep!
Avoid Too Much Stress ,C, Help Yourself to Manage It
Stress Is the Manner On How Your Body React to Some Changes ,C, May It Be Internal or External .D. It Is Also Some Elements From the Nature Which Affects an Individual .D.
because of the Accumulation of Stress in Our Lives ,C, We Usually Treat Stress Negatively .D. However ,C, Stress Can Be Both Positive and Negative .D.
almost 75 Percent of the American Population Experiences Stress and Suffer the It’s Level for Every Two Weeks .D.
it Is Also Believed That Stress Contributes to Heart Diseases ,C, High Blood Pressure ,C, Strokes ,C, And Many Other Diseases .D. In Addition ,C, This Affects Our Immune System ,C, The System That Protects Us From Other Serious Diseases .D.
many Circumstances May Cause You to Be Stress .D. You Just Have to Identify Them so You Can Create Steps in Order to Adapt the Situation .D. These Causes Are Called Stressors .D. They Can Be Physically ,C, Emotionally ,C, Internal or External Produced Stressors .D.
an Example of This That Can Cause Stress Is Your Physical Condition ,C, Like If You Are Experiencing Pain ,C, Hot or Cold Temperature .D. Stressful Environment Like Poor Working Condition or Foul Relationships Can Also Be a Cause of Stress .D.
other Factors That May Cause Stress Are the Following:
- Uneven Noise
- Crowded Room
- Loneliness or Separation From a Partner
- Hunger
- Infection
now ,C, If Stress Is the Result of the Changes That Happening in Our Body Then We Cannot Avoid It .D. But What Can We Do? One Very Important Thing Is That We Should Know It's Symptoms .D. You Will Never Know You That You Are Already Suffering From It If You Do Now What Are It's Indications .D.
listed Below Are the Symptoms of Stress .D.
physically You Will Experience:
- Heart Pounding
- Headache
- Sweating and Sweaty Palms
- Stiff Neck
- Indigestion
- Backache
- Skin Break Out
- Upset Stomach Such As Nausea or Diarrhea
- Shortness of Breathing
- Sleeplessness/sleeping Too Much
- Fatigue
- Cold Hands
emotionally You Easily:
- Become Moody and Irritable
- Lose Your Temper Very Often
- Feel Depressed
- Lack of Sense of Humor
- Feel Nervous
- Feel Inferior of What You Have
- Worry Too Much About Unimportant Matters
and Mentally You Are:
- Forgetful
- Confused
- Having Poor of Judgment
- Disorganize
- Unclear Perceptions
knowing That We Cannot Really Avoid Stress It Is Important That We Know the Symptoms .D. Now ,C, In Order to Lessen Our Stress We Should Learn How to Manage It .D. Here Are Some Tips in Reducing Stress .D.
1 .D. Do Yourself a Favor and Buy Something That Will Give You Comfort .D.
2 .D. Make Yourself Busy Doing More Enjoyable Activities .D.
3 .D. Learn to Moderate Your Physical Reactions to Stress .D.
4 .D. If Necessary ,C, Have Some Nature Tripping That Will Really Help You Feel More Relaxed .D.
5 .D. After Busy Working Days ,C, Treat Yourself On a Vacation .D.
6 .D. Take a Short Break Every After Meal to Relax .D.
7 .D. Always Wear Clothes That Are Comfortable to You Whenever Possible .D.
8 .D. Express Yourself ,C, Avoid Being Too Secretive About What You Feel .D.
9 .D. Eat Well-Balanced and Nutritious Meal .D.
if You Feel You Are Experiencing Stress ,C, Do Not Be Afraid to Follow the Above Tips .D. They Are Not Risky; Instead ,C, They Can Help with Your Condition .D.
and Bear in Mind; Take Care of Yourself Because You Are the Only Person Who Will Suffer If You Abuse Yourself From Too Much Stress .D. Remember Stress Can Be a Cause of Many Life-Threatening Diseases .D. So ,C, In Order to Avoid That ,C, Please Be Gentle with Yourself .D.
7 Steps to Take the Stress Out of Homework
Homework Is at Best a Chore for Most Children and ,C, Unless They Are Very Committed ,C, They Find Homework Difficult ,C, Often Because They Are Not Motivated .D. Consider the Following Questions .D.
when Your Child Does Homework to What Degree Is He or She Comfortable ,C, Focused and Relaxed or Is Doing Homework a Battle and a Struggle Every Night?
if So:
do You Have to Give Homework Help Regularly?
have You Spoken to His or Her Teachers?
have You Tried Gentle Pep Talks?
do You Resort to Harsh Reprimands?
rarely Will Any or These Work in Isolation and Pep Talks and Reprimands Are the Last Things You Should Use As They Will Simply Build Up Resistence to School and Homework .D.
the Struggle with Homework Can ,C, However ,C, Be Eased by "Re-Programming" Your Childs Attitude and Approach to Homework .D.
here Is a Seven Step Approach to Curing the Homework Struggle:
step 1 .D. Stop Discussing Doing Homework with Your Child .D.
instead Discuss How He or She Is Approaching Homework .D. As Part of This Solution Guide Your Child to Step Back and Really Explore the Way They Are Approaching Their Studies .D.
step 2 .D. Find Out What Pressure You Child Is Under with Regard to Homework .D. Ask Him or Her:
are You Worried What Your Friends Will Think If You Do or Don't Do Your Homework?
do You Find the Homework Difficult and Believe That You Are Not Clever Enough?
do You Enjoy Struggling with Your Homework ,C, Or Do You Want to End This Struggle?
step 3 .D. Discuss Their Answers Openly .D.
never Dismiss Their Opinions or Feelings - Even If You Strongly Disagree with Them .D. These Feeling Are Theirs and Are Valid Whatever You Think .D. Dismissing Them Only Reinforces Them .D.
step 4 .D. Acknowledge That Homework Is Not Easy .D.
show Your Child That Resisting It Makes It a Bigger Problem and Creates an Obstacle to Enjoying the Rest of Their Free Time .D.
when You Change Their Negative Attitude They Will Work More Positively and Creatively and with Less Pressure .D. Positively Approaching Homework Gets It Out of the Way Quicker and Removes the Stress .D.
step 5 .D. Make Yourself Available As a Tutor:
offer Assistance On How to Approach Problems but Don't Give the Answers .D. If You Don't Know Something Say so and Work with Them so You Learn .D. Praise Them for the Level of Work They Are Achieving .D.
don't Be Afraid to Make Yourself Look Foolish - It Provides Motivation for Them to See the Work Is Difficult ,C, And When Thay Have Completed It They Get a Greater Sense of Achievement .D.
step 6 .D. "Reprogramming" Should Be Done While Your Child Is Doing Homework ,C, But Not When There Is Any Time Pressure .D.
they Should Be Able to Stop and Start the Studying Many Times to Discuss Any Problems .D. Initially Try It at the Weekend but Not When They Are Rushing to Go Out .D.
don't Introduce It As a Special Time .D. Your Child Should Just Regard It As a Normal Homework Session .D. You Should ,C, Talk to Them and Focus On Their Resistance to Homework .D. It May Not Work Immediately .D. It Is a Process and Eventually They Will Drop or Reduce Their Resistance and Find a More Positive Attitude Towards Their Homework .D.
step 7 .D. Be Aware That "Getting Work Done" Is Not the Main Focus of Your Time Using This Approach .D.
there Will Be Many Purposeful Stops and Starts ,C, As You Both Explore the Best Way to Approach Homework .D. Let Your Child Express His or Her Feelings .D. Discuss and Expose All Their Limiting Beliefs and Feelings and Encourage Them to Find Their Own Solution .D.
children and Homework Is a Difficult Mix at the Best of Times but Tackling the Real Cause of Their Resistance Will Lead the a More Positive Approach and Better Grades .D.
A Brief Glimpse Into “welcome to the Nhk!”
The Willingness to Deal with Even Unpleasant Aspects of One's Culture in a Humorous-Yet-Serious Manner Is Something That has Been Ever-Present in the Media .D. Social Issues ,C, Along with the Occasional Political Issue ,C, Can Suddenly Be the Focal Discussion Point of Episodes of Popular Shows ,C, With Some More Prominent Ones Becoming the Focus of Entire Series .D. The Japanese Hikikomori Problem ,C, Along with the Standard Social Anxiety and Hints of Schizophrenia That Being a Hikikomori Entails ,C, Has Become the Premise of a Fairly Recent Franchise Consisting of an Anime ,C, Comic ,C, And Novel Series Known Simply As “welcome to the Nhk .D. ”
The Show Focuses On the Lives ,C, Trials ,C, And Tribulations of Sato Tatsuhiro ,C, Who Is Essentially a Hikikomori .D. This Means He Exhibits Extreme Moments of Social Anxiety ,C, Going so Far As to Avoid His Parents (Whom He's Living With) As Much As He Can .D. Besides Being a Social Shut-In ,C, He Is Also Frequently Seen to Exhibit Another Japanese Sub-Culture-Turned-Problem: That of Being an Obsessive Anime Otaku .D. For the Unfamiliar ,C, The Japanese See the Otaku Sub-Culture As a Potential Social Problem ,C, Mainly Because Most of These People Have a Slightly Compromised Grip On Reality ,C, Preferring to Focus Their Time ,C, Effort ,C, And Attention On Various Forms of Entertainment .D. Usually ,C, The Obsessive Nature Targets a Single Media Form ,C, Such As Music or Anime ,C, And Focuses Exclusively On That .D. The Sub-Culture Exhibits Signs That Are Interpreted As Social Anxiety ,C, Though They Sometimes Appear to Have Somewhat Normal Social Interactions On the Rare Occasions Where Large Numbers of Otaku Gather .D.
Sato Firmly Believes That His Status As Both Hikikomori and Otaku ,C, Along with the Social Anxiety ,C, Poor People Skills ,C, And General Paranoia ,C, Are All Caused by a Massive Conspiracy .D. This Conspiracy ,C, Known As the Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai (The Japanese Hikikomori Association) ,C, Is the Source of the “nhk” In the Title ,C, Rather Than the Real-Life Japanese Television Network Nhk .D. His Belief in This Theory has Developed Into an Elaborate Delusion ,C, Which Includes Nhk Agents in the Form of Cute ,C, Attractive Young Girls Being Sent to Prospective Targets to Allow the Conspiracy to More Directly Influence Their Targets .D. It Is Notable That While Sato Initially Believes the Female Lead ,C, Misaki Nakahara ,C, To Be One of These Agents ,C, He Never Actually Takes the Time to Detail What the Nhk Hopes to Achieve by Turning the Entire Male Population of Japan Into Socially-Inept Shut-Ins .D.
Together with a Variety of Other Characters ,C, Some of Which Seem to Be Representatives of Other Socially-Challenged Japanese Sub-Cultures ,C, Misaki and Sato Come Together in the Most Unusual Ways .D. Part of the Interaction Between the Two Leads Stems From Misaki's Contract with Sato ,C, Which States That Once Every Evening ,C, She Is to Lecture Him On How to Overcome His Social Anxiety and Become a Normal ,C, Functioning Member of Society Again .D. Of Course ,C, To Provide Entertainment Value ,C, Not Everything Goes As Planned ,C, With Sato Experiencing Everything From Panic Attacks Due to Being Outside His Apartment ,C, To Having Misaki Pretend to Be His Girlfriend to Fool His Visiting Mother .D.
Aside From the Aforementioned Subcultures ,C, The Show Also Briefly Touches Upon Other Aspects of Japanese Culture .D. This Includes the Thriving Independent Gaming Circuit ,C, The “internet Suicide Pacts” Problem ,C, And Other Japanese Social Idiosyncrasies .D. It Should Be Noted That ,C, Despite the Title of the Show ,C, The Network Nhk Never Actually Aired “welcome to the Nhk .D. ” Thus ,C, Unlike the Novels ,C, The Show Does Not Explicitly Link the Nhk Conspiracy to the Nhk Television Network .D.
Best Leadership Advice: Business Success Secrets From 7 Top Leaders
Fortune Magazine Once Published an Article Entitled "The Best Advice I Ever Got .D. " It Was a Great Article That Offered Wit and Wisdom About Achieving Business Success .D. I Liked It so Much ,C, That It Motivated Me to Produce My Newest Book ,C, Leadership:best Advice I Ever Got ,C, Which Describes the Best Leadership Advice 136 Successful Ceos ,C, Coaches ,C, Consultants ,C, Professors ,C, Managers ,C, Executives ,C, Presidents ,C, Politicians ,C, And Religious Leaders Received That Most Helped Them Become Effective and Successful Leaders .D.
here Are 7 Secrets to Leadership Success:
1 .D. Leadership Is About Making Things Happen
if You Want to Make Something Happen with Your Life ,C, In School ,C, In Your Profession or in Your Community ,C, Do It .D. Perceived Obstacles Crumble Against Persistent Desire .D. John Baldoni ,C, Author ,C, Leadership Communication Consultant and Founder of Baldoni Consulting Llc ,C, Shared This Advice That Had Come From His Father ,C, A Physician .D. He Taught Him the Value of Persistence .D. At the Same Time ,C, His Mother Taught Him Compassion for Others .D. Therefore ,C, Persistence for Your Cause Should Not Be Gained at the Expense of Others .D. Another Bit of Leadership Wisdom!
2 .D. Listen and Understand the Issue ,C, Then Lead
time and Time Again We Have All Been Told ,C, "God Gave Us Two Ears and One Mouth for a Reason" .D. .D. .D. Or As Stephen Covey Said .D. .D. .D. "Seek to Understand ,C, Rather Than Be Understood .D. " As a Leader ,C, Listening First to the Issue ,C, Then Trying to Coach ,C, Has Been the Most Valuable Advice That Cordia Harrington ,C, President and Ceo of Tennessee Bun Company has Been Given .D.
3 .D. Answer the Three Questions Everyone Within Your Organization Wants Answers To
what the People of an Organization Want From Their Leader Are Answers to the Following: Where Are We Going? How Are We Going to Get There? What Is My Role? Kevin Nolan ,C, President & Chief Executive Officer of Affinity Health Systems ,C, Inc .D. Believes the More Clarity That Can Be Added to Each of the Three Questions ,C, The Better the Result .D.
4 .D. Master the Goals That Will Allow You to Work Anywhere in Today’s Dynamic Business World
debbe Kennedy ,C, President ,C, Ceo and Founder of Global Dialogue Center and Leadership Solutions Companies ,C, And Author of Action Dialogues and Breakthrough Once Shared This Piece of Advice That Was Instrumental in Shaping Her Direction ,C, Future and Achievements .D.
she Was a Young Manager at Ibm Just Promoted to Her First Staff Assignment in a Regional Marketing Office .D. For Reasons She Can’t Explain ,C, One of Her Colleagues Named Bookie Called Her Into His Office While She Was Visiting His Location .D. He Then Began to Offer Unsolicited Advice ,C, But Advice That Now Stays Fresh in Her Mind .D. He Mentioned That Jobs ,C, Missions ,C, Titles and Organizations Would Come and Go As Business Is Dynamic-- Meaning It Is Always Changing .D. He Advised Her Not to Focus Your Goals Toward Any of These ,C, But Instead Learn to Master the Skills That Will Allow You to Work Anywhere .D.
he Was Talking About Four Skills:
- the Ability to Develop an Idea
- effectively Plan for It's Implementation
- execute Second-To-None
- achieve Superior Results Time After Time
with This in Mind ,C, Kennedy Advises Readers to Seek Jobs and Opportunities with This in Mind .D. Forget What Others Do .D. Work to Be Known for Delivering Excellence .D. It Speaks for Itself and It Opens Doors .D.
5 .D. Be Curious
curiosity Is a Prerequisite to Continuous Improvement and Even Excellence .D. The Person Who Gave Mary Jean Thornton ,C, Former Executive Vice President & Cio ,C, The Travelers This Advice Urged Her to Study People ,C, Processes ,C, And Structures .D. He Inspired Her to Be Intellectually Curious .D. He Often Reminded Thornton That Making Progress ,C, In Part ,C, Was Based Upon Thinking .D. She has Learned to Apply This Notion of Intellectual Curiosity by Thinking About Her Organization’s Future ,C, Understanding the Present ,C, And Knowing and Challenging Herself to Creatively Move the People and the Organization Closer to It's Vision .D.
6 .D. Listen to Both Sides of the Argument
the Most Valuable Advice Brian P .D. Lees ,C, Massachusetts State Senator and Senate Minority Leader Ever Received Came From His Mentor ,C, United States Senator Edward W .D. Brooke III .D. He Told Him to Listen to All Different Kinds of People and Ideas .D. Listening Only to Those Who Share Your Background and Opinions Can Be Imprudent .D. It Is Important to Respect Your Neighbors’ Rights to Their Own Views .D. Listening to and Talking with a Variety of People ,C, From Professors to Police Officers ,C, From Senior Citizens to Schoolchildren ,C, Is Essential Not Only to Be a Good Leader in Business ,C, But to Also Be a Valuable Member Within Your Community .D.
7 .D. Prepare ,C, Prepare ,C, Prepare
if You Fail to Prepare ,C, You Are Preparing to Fail .D. If One has Truly Prepared and Something Goes Wrong the Strength of the Rest of What You've Prepared for Usually Makes This Something Easier to Handle Without Crisis and Panic .D. One of the Best Pieces of Advice Dave Hixson ,C, Men’s Varsity Basketball Coach at Amherst College has Ever Received and Continues to Use and Pass On Is This Anonymous Quote ,C, "Preparation Is the Science of Winning .D. "
along with This Are Two Expressions From Rick Pitino's Book Success Is a Choice ,C, Which Speaks to Preparation .D. Hixson Asks His Teams Every Year: "Do You Deserve to Win?" And "Have You Done the Work?" This Speaks to the Importance of Preparation Toward Achieving Your Final Goal .D. If You Haven't Done the Work (Preparation) The Answer to the Second Question Is an Easy "No!"
great Advice Comes From Many Sources: Parents ,C, Other Relatives ,C, Consultants ,C, Bosses ,C, Co-Workers ,C, Mentors ,C, Teachers ,C, Coaches ,C, And Friends .D. The Important Point to Remember Is to Stay Open ,C, Listen to Everyone ,C, But Also Develop Your Own Leadership Style .D.
12 Quick Scrapbooking Ideas to Add Interest to Your Page Layouts
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Sometimes All a Scrapbooking Page Needs Is Just a Simple Accent or Element to Add Interest to the Layout or to Enhance the Photographs .D. Here Are a Few Quick and Easy Ideas You Can Use On Your Scrapbook Pages Today .D.
1 .D. One of the Easiest Scrapbooking Techniques to Learn Is Paper Tearing .D. Paper Tearing Adds a Soft Edge to Your Cardstock and Texture to Your Pages .D. You Can Choose to Tear Just One Edge of a Paper or Tear Completely Around a Mat or Frame .D. Try Tearing the Bottom Edge of a Tag or Mount a Sticker to Cardstock and Tear Around the Ends .D.
2 .D. Matting Highlights Photos and Page Elements .D. Double or Triple Mat a Special Photo On the Page .D. Match the Mat Color to Enhance the Photo .D. Photos Aren’t the Only Page Elements That Can Be Matted .D. Mat a Sticker or Dimensional Embellishment .D.
3 .D. Add Metal Embellishments to Your Pages .D. Scrapbooking Isn’t Just About Paper .D. Use Brads ,C, Paper Clips ,C, Eyelets and Staples As Accents On Your Pages .D. You Can Also Use Them to Attach Other Embellishments ,C, Like Ribbons and Tags ,C, To Your Page .D.
4 .D. Ribbons Can Be Used As Borders On Your Layouts .D. Take Both Ends of a Ribbon Piece and Tie Them Together .D. Now Cut the Ribbon so the Knot Will Be Positioned As an Accent On Your Page .D.
5 .D. Add Something Extra to Your Paper Accents .D. Run Your Paper Edges and Frames Along an Ink Pad to Add Some Additional Depth to Your Page .D.
6 .D. Take Out the Sandpaper .D. Distressing Your Page Elements Is Quick and Easy .D. Just Rub the Sandpaper Along the Edges of Your Chipboard .D. You Also Can Sand Some Cardstock Paper Giving It a Different Effect .D.
7 .D. Keep Journaling Simple .D. The Important Thing Is to Document the Photograph .D. Use Bullet Lists for Journaling or Just Stick with Who ,C, What ,C, Where ,C, How and When .D.
8 .D. Use Your Own Handwriting .D. Instead of Printing Out Journaling From Your Computer ,C, Try Using Your Own Handwriting .D. It Is Much More Personal ,C, And Future Generations Will Appreciate Seeing Your Handwriting .D.
9 .D. Tags Are One of the Most Versatile Page Elements Available .D. Put Your Page Titles On Tags .D. Photos or Journaling Blocks Can Be Mounted Onto Tags As Well .D.
10 .D. Scrapbooking Page Kits Keep Everything Coordinated .D. Using Page Kits Makes Putting Together a Scrapbooking Layout Fast and Simple .D. All the Paper and Page Elements Work Together ,C, And Most Kits Have Instructions and Ideas for Layouts .D.
11 .D. Use a Rubber Stamp to Create Your Own Patterned Page .D. For Example ,C, Stamp a Leaf Image Randomly On a Piece of Cardstock to Make Your Own Autumn-Themed Patterned Paper .D.
12 .D. Make Your Pages Interactive .D. By Adding Envelopes and Pockets to Your Pages ,C, You Can Involve Others in Your Scrapbook Album .D. Hide Little Journaling Notes in Envelopes ,C, And Try Tucking Memorabilia Into Pockets .D. You Can Also Create Mini Scrapbook Albums On Your Pages That Fold Out with More Photos .D.
These Scrapbooking Ideas Are Quick and Easy ,C, And They Can Inspire You to Get More Pages Done .D. Keep Your Layouts Simple ,C, And Try One of These Ideas to Add Interest to Your Next Scrapbooking Page .D.
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8 Greatest Fears to Achieving Transformation Success
Have You Ever Had Difficulty Keeping a Simple Commitment to Yourself? Sure .D. Nearly Everyone I Know has ,C, Sometime or Another ,C, Found Him or Herself "Trapped"—wanting to Do Something yet Not Acting On Their Intentions .D.
so Why Don't We Do Some of the Things We Want to or Know We Should—like Improving Our Health and Building a Better Body?
let's Say You Keep Putting Off That New Fitness Program .D. You Can Even Imagine What It Might Mean to You: Having a Firm ,C, Strong ,C, Healthy Body; Feeling an Abundance of Energy; Newfound Confidence and Sex Appeal .D. .D. .D. Still ,C, You Don't Do It .D. So Why Do You Keep Putting It Off? What's Preventing You From Taking Those First Steps?
consider This .D. .D. .D.
my Observation Is That Our Minds Tend to See the Obstacles First—those Barriers That Lie Between Where We Are Now and Where We Want to Be or Who We Want to Become .D. Just As Fast As You Conceive of Achieving Your New Body ,C, Your Mind Begins to Spout Out Every Excuse It Can Come Up with Why You Can't Attain Your Goal .D. So Even Before We Can Initiate Any Action ,C, We Literally Paralyze Ourselves .D.
and Once Your Head Begins to Fill with All the Obstacles That Could Potentially Keep You From Achieving Your Newfound Goal ,C, Suddenly Your Desire to Even Try Is Crushed .D.
but What If All the Obstacles Were Removed?
think About It for a Moment: If Whatever Deterred You From Attempting to Build Your Very Best Body Suddenly Vanished ,C, You'd Have No Fear to Stop You ,C, Right?
what If I Showed You How to Take Those Obstacles and Instantly Transform Them Into Strategies for Achieving Success .D. .D. .D. Would You Consider Starting ,C, Or Sticking to ,C, Your New (Or Current) Fitness Plan Then?
" .D. .D. .D. We Can Choose to Transform Those Circumstances That Oppose Us Into Specific Decisions and Actions That Can Lead Us to Our Goals .D. "The Truth Is ,C, We Can Choose to Transform Those Circumstances That Oppose Us Into Specific Decisions and Actions That Can Lead Us to Our Goals .D. True Empowerment You Can Use to Your Advantage!
let Me Explain .D. .D. .D.
the Breakthrough Technique
so How Can We Break Through Our Fears ,C, Smash Those Barriers ,C, And Transform Those Obstacles Into Strategies for Achieving Our Fitness Goals? It's Really Quite Simple—allow Me to Introduce You to the Breakthrough Technique .D. Here I've Taken the Eight Most Feared Obstacles That Potentially Stand in the Way of Your Success ,C, Followed by a Very Specific Success Strategy to Blast Through Them and Help You Reach Your Fitness and Physique Development Goals .D.
are You Ready? Great .D. .D. .D. Let's Get Started!
obstacle #1: I Don't Have Enough Time .D.
believe or Not ,C, Individuals Who Achieve Extraordinary Levels of Success Have Days Just As Hectic As Ours .D. They've Got Obligations: Commitments to Work ,C, Friends ,C, And Family .D. And Let's Face It ,C, We're All Confined to an Equal Amount of Time—the Same 24 Hours .D. Yet Some People Find the Time to Continually Make Exercise a Part of Their Daily Routine .D.
so How Do They Do It? Simple—they Create It .D. You Can Instantly Create Time If You Begin to Plan ,C, Plan ,C, And Plan Some More .D. That Means Planning Your Days Ahead ,C, At Least a Day in Advance ,C, Sometimes Even a Week in Advance .D. One of the Best Time-Creating Techniques Is to Make a List of Your Daily "To-Dos" And Schedule When You're Going to Exercise .D. (This Is a Common Challenge—we Forget How Important It Is to Schedule an Appointment with Ourselves to Exercise .D. )
then Divide Your "To-Dos" Into Things You Must Do and Things You Would Like to Do ,C, So You're Less Likely to Confuse Urgency with Importance .D. You See ,C, Getting to the Gym Is Important ,C, Whereas Getting Your Haircut May Seem Urgent When You're Running Late but Can Certainly Be Rescheduled .D. And Before You Do Anything ,C, Always Ask Yourself What You Could Be Doing That Would Be More Productive .D.
success Strategy #1: Plan Ahead .D. Creating the Time You Need to Exercise Is Easy! Plan Your Days in Advance by Creating Action Lists of the Most Important Things to Accomplish Each Day .D.
obstacle #2: I Don't Know What to Do .D.
don't Know What Exercises to Do to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Workouts? Not Sure What to Eat ,C, When ,C, To Help You Put On Muscle and She'd That Unwanted Bodyfat? And Supplements ,C, Well ,C, These Can Be Downright Confusing!
that's All Understandable: There Are Just so Many Techniques ,C, Recommended by so Many "Fitness Experts .D. " So ,C, Whose Advice Can You Trust? It Can Become Paralyzing .D. So Instead of Trying to Sort Through All the (Mis)Information ,C, Stop Right Now: Keep Yourself From Chasing Every Exercise Theory or Latest Diet Craze .D. But This Doesn't Sound Like It Will Do Us Any Good ,C, Does It?
so How Do You Find the Answers? It's Simple—model the Success of Others .D. For Example ,C, Try Our Free Programs Like Maximum Growth ,C, The Lean System Success Plan ,C, Or the 21-Day Energy Plan .D.
the Greatest Thing About Success Is That It Leaves Clues ,C, And If We Pay Close Attention ,C, We Can Pick Up Those Clues and Model the Actions and Behaviors to Produce Similar Results .D. Find People ,C, Whether in Person or in a Magazine ,C, Who Have Achieved the Type of Extraordinary Success You Wish to Achieve ,C, And Find Out What They Did .D. It's Really As Easy As That .D.
"If You Follow a Proven Approach to Exercise ,C, Nutrition ,C, And Supplementation ,C, You Will Achieve Similar Success .D. "Success Strategy #2: Study a Successful Formula—and Follow It .D. Seek Someone Who has Achieved the "Extraordinary" Results You Desire and Learn From His or Her "Winning" Actions .D. If You Follow a Proven Approach to Exercise ,C, Nutrition ,C, And Supplementation ,C, You Will Achieve Similar Success .D.
obstacle #3: I Don't Have Enough Energy .D.
do You Wake Up Every Morning Feeling Energized ,C, Powerful ,C, And Ready to Take On the Day? Or Do You Rise Feeling As Tired As the Night Before ,C, Resenting That a New Day has Presented Itself so Soon? Do You Fear Your Current Energy Levels Would Never Allow You to Participate in a Fitness Program?
this Is a Great Example of the Perceived Problem—your Lack of Energy to Exercise—being the Ultimate Solution .D. We Might Believe We're Too Exhausted to Exercise ,C, But in Reality ,C, We Lack Energy Simply Because We Don't Exercise!
it's Been Scientifically Proven That Incorporating Exercise Into Our Lives Actually Gives Us More Energy .D. Moderate Levels of Exercise Can Even Help Us Sleep Better at Night ,C, So We Wake Up Renewed .D.
how Else Can You Bolster Energy Levels?
as Long As We Feed Ourselves with Properly Balanced Protein- And Carbohydrate-Rich Meals ,C, We Feel an Immediate Impact On Our Energy Levels .D. The More Closely We Keep to Our Preferred Eating Strategy ,C, The Better We Feel ,C, Period .D. Feeding Our Bodies Every Two to Three Hours Throughout the Day Provides Us with a Stable ,C, Constant Supply of Nutrients Required to Be More Energetic .D.
success Strategy #3: Give Your Energy a Boost .D. Exercise and Proper Nutrition Play a Vital Role in Our Energy Levels and Allow Us to Perform at Peak Levels Daily .D.
obstacle #4: I Hate Setting Goals .D.
goals Come From Having a Clear Vision of What You Want .D. Knowing You Want to Build Your Very Best Body Is Great Start ,C, But You Need Something More Than That—a Statement so Compelling It Literally Pulls You ,C, Like a Magnet ,C, In the Direction of It's Achievement .D.
so ,C, Maybe You're Not Certain How to Set Effective Goals? If That's You ,C, Then Don't Worry ,C, Everyone Starts Off This Way .D. .D. .D. To Really Set Effective Fitness Goals and Ensure You'll Reach Them ,C, You're Going to Have to Learn What I Call the S .D. M .D. A .D. R .D. T .D. Goal-Setting Technique .D. Not Only Will This Technique Enable You to Set the Most Effective Goals ,C, It Will Help Focus Your Efforts On Exactly What You Want to Achieve .D.
s .D. M .D. A .D. R .D. T .D. Stands For:
specific—you Must Be Specific About What You Want to Achieve ,C, Creating Your Goal in the Present Tense .D. That Means Using "I Am in the Process of .D. .D. .D. " To Start Your Goal Statement .D.
measurable—how Do You Measure "Better Shape" Or "Slimmer Waist"? You Can't .D. So Scale Your Goal to a Specific Number (E .D. G .D. ,C, 10% Bodyfat ,C, A 33-Inch Waist ,C, Or a Size Six) .D.
action-Oriented—you Must Be Able to Create an Action List of Things You Must Do to Achieve Success .D.
realistic—make Certain Your Goal Is Realistic yet Stretches You ,C, Given Your Expectations and Timeframe .D.
time-Conscience—a Date Forces Us to Give It Priority and Puts Positive Pressure On You to Achieve It .D.
success Strategy #4: Transform Your Fitness Goals .D. Using the S .D. M .D. A .D. R .D. T .D. Technique Will Ensure You've Set an Effective and Commanding Goal and Will Not Only Clarify Your Path to Success but Will Compel You to Achieve It .D.
obstacle #5: There's Too Much Risk .D.
the Physical Transformation That Takes Place On Your Outside (Your Body) Is Really a Metaphor for the Mental (Inner) Transformation That Takes Place On the Inside .D. You See ,C, Not Only Should Your Chosen Program Change the Way You Look ,C, It Is Just As Important That It Change the Way You Feel About Yourself .D.
" .D. .D. .D. Not Only Should Your Chosen Program Change the Way You Look ,C, It Is Just As Important That It Change the Way You Feel About Yourself .D. "Every Time We Purchase the Latest Miracle Pill ,C, Workout Gadget ,C, Or Eight-Minute Solution ,C, We're Just Avoiding the Process of a True Transformation and Trying to Find a Quick Fix .D. This Is Nothing More Than Treating the Symptoms and Not the Causes .D. It Does Nothing to Improve Our Self-Esteem ,C, Confidence ,C, Or Personal Power .D.
let Me Share a Little Secret with You and Save You Time ,C, Money ,C, And Frustration: This Approach Never Works .D. And You'll Never Feel a True Sense of Fulfillment When You Try This Type of "Magic Bullet" Approach .D. Unless You Start From the Inside ,C, You're Sure to Find Yourself Right Back Where You Started ,C, Only More Disappointed .D.
we Must Challenge Ourselves to Find a Solution That Involves Total Balance—a Complete Solution That Integrates Some Very Essential Elements ,C, Such As Proper Nutrition and Supplementation ,C, Cardiovascular and Weight-Training Exercise ,C, And Most Importantly ,C, Strengthening Our Inner Self ,C, Our Minds .D.
your Chosen Program Should Help You Set Commanding Goals ,C, Transform Your Old ,C, Self-Defeating Beliefs Into New ,C, Empowering Beliefs ,C, And Transform Your Patterns so You're Continually Producing Results That Take You Closer to Your Goals .D.
remember ,C, You Can't Transform a Lifetime of Poor Habits in Matter of Days .D. It Takes Time—a Couple of Months at Best .D. Rest Assured ,C, Following a Solution That Allows You to First Transform Your Inside and Then Your Outside Is Sure Plan for Long-Term Success .D.
success Strategy #5: Follow an Inside-Out Approach .D. To Successfully Transform Your Physique and Achieve Your Fitness Goals ,C, Follow an Approach That Focuses First On Increasing Your Self-Esteem and Building Confidence ,C, Before You Concentrate On Your Physique ,C, And You'll More Likely Be Able to Create Extraordinary Results That Will Last a Lifetime .D.
obstacle #6: I Can't Stay Committed .D.
there's a Huge Difference Between Intentions and Action .D. And the Difference Is Commitment .D.
our Commitment to Our Goals Leads Us to Achievement ,C, Even During the Toughest Times .D. There Is a Direct Relationship Between Motivation and Commitment .D. And If You're Really Committed to Making a Change Now ,C, The Only Way to Make It Happen Is to Create a Sense of Immediate Importance .D.
you Can Do This by Attaching Reasons That Are so Compelling and so Intense You Must Follow Through .D. So Right Now ,C, Ask Yourself the Following Questions and Come Up with at Least Three Intensely Compelling Reasons You Must Commit to Your Transformation Goals .D.
what Will This Cost Me If I Don't Change Right Now?
what has This Cost Me so Far ,C, Concerning My Health ,C, Physical Condition ,C, Self-Confidence ,C, And Energy Levels?
if I Do Change Now ,C, How Will I Feel About Myself?
how Will This Impact My Life?
what Will I Gain As a Result?"
your Answers to These Questions Will Help You Gain an Immediate Understanding of What You're Committed to and Why!
success Strategy #6: Identify Your Reasons .D. Clearly State Your Reasons for Wanting to Change and Make Them so Compelling You Become Truly Committed to Achieving Your Fitness Goals .D.
obstacle #7: I Lack the Confidence to Succeed .D.
sometimes the Accomplishment of Our Goals Might Seem so Overwhelming ,C, The Immediate Temptation Is to Give Up Before We Even Start—which Diminishes Our Self-Confidence Even Further .D. It's True .D. We Can't Gain Confidence Until We Take Action .D. Yet ,C, We Don't Want to Take Action Until Our Confidence Levels Are Raised Sufficiently .D. See the "Catch"?
take ,C, For Example ,C, The Intimidating Obstacle of Your Entire Fitness Goal Needing to Be Achieved in a Giant ,C, Single Step .D. Now That's Paralyzing ,C, Isn't It?
" .D. .D. .D. To Gain Confidence ,C, You Must Break Your Fitness Goal Down Into Measurable Steps .D. "That's Why ,C, To Gain Confidence ,C, You Must Break Your Fitness Goal Down Into Measurable Steps .D. For Example ,C, If You Wanted to Lose 12% Bodyfat Within 12 Weeks ,C, Then You Could Realistically Set Your Increments for One Percent of Bodyfat Reduction Per Week .D. This Way ,C, You Don't Have to Focus On the Whole Goal at Any Given Time ,C, Nor Do You Notice All That You Have Not yet Accomplished; Instead You Can Focus Entirely On the Smaller ,C, Manageable Steps Ahead .D. This Gives You a Tremendous Sense of Control and Achievement .D. Building Your Confidence ,C, Each Step of the Way .D.
by the Time You Are Nearing the End of Your First Couple of Weeks of Your Fitness Program ,C, Despite the Ups and Downs in Progress ,C, You Will Begin to Feel More Confident .D. You Will Be Determined to Advance One More Step and Make the Effort to Complete Your Fitness Program and Build Your Very Best Body .D.
suddenly ,C, As the Fear Dissipates ,C, You Will Discover Newfound Confidence .D. And Best of All ,C, You Will Have Achieved What You Once Thought Was Impossible—one Increment at a Time .D.
success Strategy #7: Measure Your Progress .D. Success Is Accomplished Only Through Measuring Your Progress ,C, Always From Where You're Coming From (Backwards) .D. This Way ,C, You Will Never Lack a Sense of Accomplishment ,C, And You'll Build Your Confidence with Each and Every Step .D.
obstacle #8: I Don't Have Enough Motivation .D.
so You Need a Source of Motivation in Your Life—something to Get You Out of Bed in the Morning and Carry You Through the Day?
one Way Is to Continually "See" What You Want to Become by Finding a Picture of Someone's Physique You Would Most Like to Emulate (Probably in Your Favorite Fitness Magazine) ,C, Cut It Out ,C, And Hang It Someplace You're Likely to See It Over and Over Again Throughout the Day .D. You Might Even Write Down Your Reasons for Wanting to Achieve This Goal with the Photo .D.
by Seeing the Body You Want to Achieve in Front of You All the Time ,C, You'll Be Pointing Your Subconscious Toward the Realization of These Results .D. This Constant Source of Inspiration Is a Reminder of Where You Are Going .D. It's Called Bringing Focus to the Center of Your Awareness .D.
success Strategy #8: Find an Inspiration .D. Discover Your Inspiration ,C, Someone Who has Turned His or Her Body and Life From Ordinary to Extraordinary ,C, And Use That As Your Source of Daily Fuel .D. Look for Inspiration in Our Success Stories ,C, Such As David Silbaugh ,C, Marina Popelka ,C, And Mark Harden ,C, Who Have Each Reached Their Goals and Are Now Helping Others Do the Same .D.
final Thoughts
remember ,C, Building a Better Body Does Not Follow an Absolute Straight Line .D. Life Doesn't Work That Way .D. But Now That You've Found the Principle of Turning Literally Any Obstacle Into a Stepping Stone for Your Success ,C, You Can Create the Fitness and Physique Results You so Desire .D.
by Committing to Turning These Once Fearful Obstacles Into Powerful Success Strategies ,C, You Will Begin to Create Extraordinary Results in Your Physique and Ultimately Achieve Your Fitness Goals .D.
if There Are Any Other Obstacles I Overlooked ,C, Please Email Me (At Stephen@realsolutionsmag .D. Com ,C, And I Will Gladly Help You Create a Success Strategy to Blast Through It .D.
18 Similarities Between Women and Computers
Before You Read Any Further ,C, Please Note That This Is Not a Piece Out to Damage or Cut Down the Important Role of Women in Our Society .D. Read Below Only As Humour and Nothing More .D. These Are Intended Solely for a Good Laugh .D.
Women Are Unique in Many Ways (And by This I Mean Different Than Men) And It's This Specific Uniqueness or Certain Traits That I Refer to When Likening a Woman to a Personal Computer .D. Do Not Get Offended; It Is Intended to Create a Smile .D.
1) A Woman Is Like a Computer in That She Costs More Than You Thought It Would .D.
2) A Woman Resembles a Personal Computer in That She Will Not Do Exactly What You Thought It Will .D.
3) After a While ,C, You Simply Cannot Do Without Both: Your Computers and Your Woman .D.
4) Computers Are Just Like Women: After You Have Gotten Used to Them and Cannot Do Without Them ,C, You Discover That One Is Not Enough .D.
5) Some Computers ,C, Like Some Women ,C, Serve Many People .D.
6) You Can Work Miracles with Both by Gently Using Your Fingers If You Only Know the Proper Code .D.
7) If You Are Inactive with Them for More Than Fifteen Minutes ,C, They Go Off .D.
8) Just Like a Computer ,C, The One Who Runs Her has More Privileges Than Just Anyone Else Who Is Just Running Her .D.
9) When There Are Short-Circuits of Electricity ,C, They Shut You Off and Then You Cannot Always Return to What Was Before the Short-Circuit .D.
10) Normally ,C, They Are Available and Receptive in the Night ,C, But It’s a Lot Better When They Are Available and Receptive in the Morning .D.
11) When You Are ,C, At Last ,C, Sure That They Will Do What You Wanted ,C, They Go Off and Do Something Else .D.
12) The Only Thing That You Predict About the Future with Them Is That They Will React Unpredictably .D.
13) Just Like Women ,C, So Too for Computers: Every Year a New Model Is Released That Is Younger ,C, More Advanced and Gives a Lot More .D.
14) A Woman Is Just Like a Computer: You Are Happy with What You Have but When You See What Your Friends Have Got ,C, You Are Sure You Want What They Have .D.
15) Women Are Like Computers in That No Matter How Much You Improve and Put Into Them ,C, They Only Improve for a Short Time and Then Go Back to Their Same Old Pace .D.
16) Women Are Like Computers in That Every Day a New Program Comes Out Promising to Revolutionize Your Knowledge and Use of Them ,C, But After Spending a Lot More Cash You Realize That None of Them Work Better Than the Old One You Had Before .D.
17) Women Are Like Computers: You Always Want What Others Have and They Want What You Have but You Cannot Switch Even for a Trial Basis .D.
18) Women Are Like Computers in That When You Get Them You Are Sure That They Are the Best .D. But When the Days Go Back ,C, You Wonder Why You Did Not Get Them with a Replacement Note .D.
All Successful People Do This .D. .D. .D. And You Too Can Do It
Did You Know That by Applying a Simple Strategy You Can Become Successful Beyond Your Imagination?!
success Is Not Dedicated for a Certain Category of Lucky Talented People and Hence Anyone Can Become Similar to Those Success Gurus .D.
success Doesn’t Depend On Your Environment ,C, Circumstances ,C, Level of Education ,C, Financial Situation ,C, .D. .D. .D. Etc .D.
all Successful People Faced a Lot of Negative Circumstances and Failures Before They Achieve What They Want .D. They Were Poor ,C, With Little or No Education ,C, And Were Brought Up Under Tough Circumstances .D.
but They All Followed the Same Strategy ,C, To Change Their Circumstances and Reach Their Dreams .D.
you Must Follow This Simple Strategy ,C, If You Want to Achieve Your Goals and Become Successful .D.
here Is the Ultimate Success Strategy:
"Apply the Principles of Success"
simple ,C, Right?!!!
but Always Remember: “the True Power Lies Under the Real Simplicity" .D.
this Powerful Strategy Guarantees Your Success Because Principles Are the Same and Always Work .D.
success Principles Are the Same No Matter Where You Live or When You Live .D.
success Principles Always Work Because They Are Proven Facts Used by All Successful People to Achieve Their Goals .D.
success Leaves Clues .D. And These Clues Are Timeless Success Principles .D.
principles Will Work for You As Well but This Depends On a Single Condition .D.
this Condition Is: "Principles Always Work If You Work the Principles"
you Must Apply These Principles and Put Them in Action .D.
action Makes All the Difference .D.
successful People Believe in Principles and so They Persist Until They See the Results .D.
apply Success Principles and They Will Always Work .D. Since They Worked with All Who Applied Them ,C, They Will Work with You Too .D.
but Remember You Must Work the Principles Yourself .D. Don't Wait for Somebody Else to Apply the Principles for You .D.
you Must Apply the Principles by Yourself .D. Don't Wait for Somebody to Give You Permission to Become Successful .D.
analyze Your Situation and See How This Principle Can Work for You .D. Do It Yourself .D.
you Must Lead Your Life .D.
and Never Surrender .D.
keep Practicing the Principle Until It Works .D.
it Takes Time to Master Success Principles .D. Like When You Start Driving Your Car ,C, It Took Time to Be a Good Driver .D.
it Needs Practice Until You Get Positive Results .D.
and Here Comes the Benefit of Having a Mentor in Your Life .D. He Can Guide You Through Your Journey and Support You in Every Step .D. And ,C, He Can Teach You These Principles and How to Master Them .D.
read Success Books and You Will Gain Life Time Experience From the Expert Authors .D.
attend Success and Personal Development Seminars and Courses to Get Close to Success Mentors and Learn From Their Experience .D.
success Principles Always Work If You Work Them .D. Keep Practicing the Principles Until You Master Them .D.
you Too Can Become Successful with the Same Principles Used by All Successful People in the World .D.
start Living the Life of Your Dreams .D.
my Friend You Can Make a Difference .D.
i Believe in You .D.
Are You Worried You're Worrying Too Much?
We All Experience Some Stress in Our Lives Every Day ,C, But If You Find Yourself Worrying so Much That You’re Losing Sleep and Having a Hard Time Concentrating at Work ,C, Then It Is Time You Took Action .D. Worry and Fear Are Powerful Emotions ,C, And If Left Untreated They Can Often Lead to Anxiety and Even Depression .D.
the First Thing to Remember Is That Just As a Seed Cannot Grow Without Soil and Water to Nourish It ,C, Your Anxiety Cannot Grow Without You Feeding It .D. Anxiety Is Caused by an Intense Fear or Worry About a Possible Outcome .D. These Are the Thoughts That Are Running Unchecked Through Your Head .D. The Only Way to Control Your Anxiety Is by Controlling Your Thoughts .D.
you Can Begin by Thinking Back to Other Times When You Worried About Something .D. Did the Fear Come True or Was the Worry Groundless? How Much Time Have You Wasted Agonizing Over Something That Never Came About? It’s Okay to Have a Little Anxiety ,C, Everyone Does .D. It’s When the Worry Begins to Control Your Life That It has Become a Serious Problem .D.
worry has Never Solved Anything .D. Because Worry Is a Form of Fear and Intense Fear Can Paralyze Us ,C, Anxiety Can Actually Make Us Fear Making a Decision and Prevents Us From Solving the Problem .D. Instead ,C, We Just Keep Running the Same Negative Possible Outcome Over and Over Through Our Heads .D. Our Fear Actually Creates Additional Fear .D.
if There Is Something Wrong ,C, Then You Need to Focus On Fixing It Instead of Worrying About It .D. If It Can’t Be Fixed ,C, Then Worrying About What Might Happen Tomorrow Accomplishes Nothing Except Spoiling Today .D. Worry On It's Own has Never Fixed Anything .D.
anxiety Can Become a Vicious Cycle That Feeds Itself .D. The Only Way to Overcome the Anxiety Is to Overcome the Fear ,C, And This Is Accomplished by Changing Your Thought Process .D. Rather Than Having a Mind Full of Fear ,C, Fill It with Hope and Favorable Outcomes .D. Events Seldom Turn Out As Terrible or As Wonderful As We Imagine They Will .D. Our Thoughts Tend to the Extreme While Life Is Usually Somewhere in the Middle .D.
concentrate On the Positives and When You Feel Any Negativity Creeping Into Your Thought Process ,C, Push It Away and Go Back to the Positives .D. It Is Like a Tug-Of-War ,C, Either You Control Your Anxiety or Your Anxiety Will Control You .D. Start with Small Issues and Work Your Way Up to Larger Ones ,C, Always Picturing a Positive Outcome .D. Once You Can Keep These Positive Results in Mind ,C, You Then Need to Begin Taking Positive Action to Make Them Come About .D. The Cure for Anxiety Begins As a Thought and Then Works It's Way Into a Positive Action .D.
if You Are Carrying Around a Lot of Worries ,C, You Need to Either Let Some of Them Go or Get Yourself Bigger Shoulders .D.
10 Steps to Christian Success
1) spend Time with Jesus Christ Every Single Day .D. I Cannot Stress That Enough for the Success Minded Christian .D. So Often We Spend Our Time Working On Things That Have No Bearing On Our Future Christian Success (Nor Any Current Success Value) Because We Haven’t Taken the Time to Focus and Understand What Jesus Christ Wants for Our Lives and Our Success .D.
2) study the Word and Discover What the Top Five (Or Six) Christian Success Priorities in Your Life Should Be .D. For Example ,C, For You It Might Be: Christ ,C, Spouse ,C, Children ,C, Work ,C, Retirement .D. For Another ,C, It Might Be: Christ ,C, A Hobby ,C, Work ,C, Retirement ,C, Missions Work .D. And for yet Another: Christ ,C, Spouse ,C, Work ,C, A Hobby ,C, Physical Fitness .D. For Each of You ,C, Christian Success Priorities Might Be a Little Different in the Number 4 ,C, 5 ,C, Or (6) Spots ,C, But the First Two or Three Are Probably Christ and Family .D. Once You Know Your Success Priorities ,C, You Are Ready for Step 3)
3) develop a “progress Plan” For Each of Your Areas of Top Success Priority .D. When You Look at Your Life Six Months From Now ,C, Especially in These Areas of Success Priority ,C, You Should Be Further Along and Better Adapted in Each of These Areas Than You Are Today .D. Look Back Six Months Ago .D. Have You Improved in Each of Your Success Priority Areas? If Not ,C, You Need to Take Action .D. Now!
4) find a Christian Success Mentor .D. This Success Mentor Should Be Someone Who Can Be Concerned Primarily for Your Personal Growth in These Areas of Success Priority .D. This Should Not Be Someone Who Is an “equal” With You---Someone Who Also Confides in You .D. This Should Be a “one-Way” Street .D. They Should Be Able to Listen to Your Success Priorities ,C, Help You Develop a Game Plan for Meeting Them ,C, And Be Able to Criticize You When You Aren’t Following Your Game Plan .D. Because of That ,C, They Should Probably Not Be Someone with Whom You Are Close Emotionally ,C, Like a Best Friend or Spouse .D. They Should Be a More Neutral Party ,C, Perhaps Someone From a Small Group Class at Church or Someone Recommended to You by Your Pastor .D.
5) break Each of Your Success Priorities Down Into Individual Goal Steps .D. These “steps” Should Be Small Enough That You Can Focus On That One Step at a Time and They Shouldn’t Be Too Hard to Accomplish Individually ,C, And yet When You Have Completed All of the Steps You Have Gained Significant Ground in Your Priority for the Given Period ,C, E .D. G .D. Six Months .D.
6) write Down All of Your Success Priorities and Your Goal Steps for Accomplishing Them .D. Leave Room Next to Each Goal Step to Write the Date You Started the Goal Step and the Date You Finished It .D. At the End of the Six Months (And During It Too) You Will Be Able to Specifically Track Your Progress .D.
7) eliminate Unnecessary Things in Your Life Which Do Not Help You Accomplish Your Success Priorities .D. Try Unplugging the TV Three Nights a Week Until Your Success Priorities Are Accomplished .D. Have an “email Free” Day of the Week .D. Take Sunday Off From Everything .D. If the Telephone Is an Incessant Nuisance ,C, Turn It Off Two Nights a Week .D.
8) evaluate Your Rest…are You Getting Enough Sleep? What Can You Do to Get More Sleep? What About Recreation (Non-TV)? Are You Walking ,C, Hiking ,C, Reading ,C, Meeting with Friends Regularly? Are You Spending Enough Time with Your Family Without Interruptions by the Phone or Work? Do What It Takes to Get Rest and Recreation and Include the Family in This Step .D.
9) evaluate Your Success Regularly .D. There Isn’t Much That Substitutes for Assessing Your Progress Last Week and Making Goals for the Coming Week .D. Sure ,C, Some Weeks You Will Fall Short ,C, But in Others You Will Easily Meet Your Personal Success Expectations .D. As You Follow These 10 Steps ,C, Setting Success Priorities ,C, Making Goal Steps ,C, And Following Through On All of It Will Get Easier .D.
10) just Do It! Start Somewhere ,C, Start Today! Don’t Just Close This Page and Forget All This! You Took the Time to Read This; If You Do Nothing with It You Will Continue to Fall Short of Your Own Personal Expectations .D.
Anything That’s Worth Doing ,C, Is Worth Doing Poorly
Yes You Got It .D. You Read It Correctly .D. We’re Not Out of Our Minds .D. We Really Are Saying That “anything That’s Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Poorly” .D. When We Found This Quote by Joachim Deposada On the Web Site: The Gary Halbert Letter ,C, It Struck Such a Huge Cord .D. It Made Such Immediate Sense to Us .D. The More We Looked the More We Realised That Our Lives Were Built Around This Quote .D. What About Yours?
just Take Your Mind Back to When You Started to Learn to Drive .D. That Very First Time ,C, You Pressed Your Foot Down On the Throttle .D. The Engine Screamed .D. You Lifted Your Left Foot Off the Clutch with Such Panache ,C, And You Hurled Forward with Such Velocity ,C, You Would Have Beaten Any Kangaroo .D.
can You Drive Now? Then We Rest Our Case:
anything That’s Worth Doing ,C, Is Worth Doing Poorly .D.
do You Remember the First Time You Played Tennis? Did You Really Get the Serve Right First Time? Or Did You Carefully Throw the Ball in the Air Throw the Racket and Miss!!! What About Now? Was It Worth Doing It Poorly the First Time Around?
what Happened the First Time You Strode Up with Your Bucket of Balls On the Driving Range? You Put the Ball Down and Swung Perfectly and Hit It for What 500 Yards?????? Or ,C, Did You:
1 .D. miss It Completely ,C,
2 .D. follow Through and Fall Over
3 .D. take Out a Good Portion of the Matting or Grass with the Shot
4 .D. hit It with Such Force It Managed a Few Yards and Stopped .D.
what Is All This About?
reminding Yourself That;
whenever You Do Something You Haven’t Done Before .D.
whenever ,C, You Make Effort to Break an Old Habit .D.
whenever You Are Going to Do Something That Is Worth Doing .D.
the Odds Are You Are Going to Make a Hash of It .D. Don’t Give in .D. You Are Normal .D. Don’t Listen to That Critical Voice Inside Your Head That Says ,C, “it’s No Good .D. I Can’t Do It .D. I Will Never ,C, Ever Try Again” .D.
listen Instead to the Powerful ,C, Self Confirming Voice That Says ,C,
“it’s Ok .D. Remember .D. Anything That’s Worth Doing ,C, Is Worth Doing Poorly”
and Laugh and Keep Going .D.
so ,C, Whether Your Aim Is to Give Up Smoking… Diet… .D. .D. Stop Drinking…… .D. .D. Change Your Job ,C, Learn a Language ,C, Build a Business ,C, Whatever It Is ,C, Accept That You Are Going to Do It Poorly at First .D. Then Gradually with Practice You Will Get Better and Better .D.
it Takes Effort to Improve Yourself .D. It Takes Effort to Become the Best Sales Person in Town .D. It Takes Effort to Build a Successful Business .D. It Takes Effort to Lose Weight .D. It Takes Effort to Follow Your Dream .D.
but .D. If You Want to Improve Yourself! …… .D. .D. If You Want to Learn a New Skill…… .D. .D. There Is Only One Way to Start……… .D. .D. Overcome Your Need to Be Right First Time and Keep Practicing .D.
so Whatever You Want to Do .D. Whatever You Dream of Being! Whatever You See Yourself Doing in Five Years Time .D. It All Starts with Making a Fool of Yourself Now .D. So You Might As Well Get On with It .D. Go On ,C, Go for Your Dream!
remember:
anything That’s Worth Doing ,C, Is Worth Doing Poorly .D.
good Luck
graham and Julie .D.
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“11 Great Reasons Why Smiling Makes Us More Successful!”
First: Our Smile Shows Others People That We Are Friendly .D.
If a Stranger Approached You and Gained Eye Contact with You and Then Treated You to a Broad Smile You Will Have a Fairly Good Idea That They Are Being Friendly and Certainly Mean You No Harm .D.
By Contrast We Would Find It Far More Difficult to Offer Trust to the Stranger That Wears a Scowl or Unfriendly Face Features .D.
Second: A Smile Can Make People Happy .D.
When Someone Treats You to a Smile ,C, Even a Stranger ,C, You Usually Smile Back .D. For That Moment You Enjoy a Flash of Positive Communication Without Saying a Word .D. As You Walk Through a Crowed Area Such As a Main Street You Can Do This Hundreds Times in a Very Short Period of Time .D.
When You Smile at Someone Who Is Not Already Smiling and They Smile Back You Have Brought a Moment of Happiness Into Their Lives Which ,C, Who Knows ,C, Could Last All Day .D.
Third: Smiling Is Infectious .D.
When You Spend a Lot in the Company of Someone Who Smiles a Lot You Will Soon Discover That Their Smile Starts to Wear Off On You .D. It Is Hard Not to Return a Smile; Most of Us Do It at a Subliminal Level Without Thinking .D.
Fourth: Smiling Can Make You Popular .D.
Which Type of People Do You Prefer? A Person That has a Tired and Listless Face .D. An Expression That May Reflect Their Inner Thoughts of Boredom and Worry? Or ,C, Would You Prefer Someone Who Is Always Smiling and Shows That They Have an Enthusiastic Passion for Life .D.
I Think for the Majority of Us the Choice Would Be Obvious!
Fifth: Smiling Can Help You to Make New Friends
In the Same Way Few of Us Would Choice a Miserable Person for a Friend .D. Lets Face It We All Want Someone Who Is Going to Be Bubbly and a Happy and Positive .D.
Sixth: A Smile Is Usually Returned
When Someone Smiles Back at You It Make You Feel Good Inside .D. You Have Just Made a Short but Very Positive Communication and Possibly the First Step in the Process of Getting to Know or Making Friends with Someone New .D.
Seventh: Smiling Makes You Positive and Happy Inside .D.
When You Smile It Is Hard to Feel Unhappy ,C, Negative or Sad in Anyway .D. Smiling Gives You Enthusiasm and Drive ,C, It Is Also Habit Forming .D.
Eight: A Smile Makes You Look Far More Attractive .D.
You Don’t See Many Celebrities or Media Personalities That Are Not Smiling Because If You Did It Is Fairly Certain That Their Popularity Would Quickly Start to Drop!
Ninth: Smiling Also Helps Make You Memorable to Others!
Have You Noticed That Smiling People Are Usually Far More Memorable Than Those That Are Not? It Is Fact That You Are 3 Time More Likely to Remember the Person That Is Smiling Over the One That Is Wearing a Negative or Neutral Features .D.
Tenth: Most Importantly ,C, Smiling Is Good for Your Health!!!
When You Are Smiling You Find Whatever You Are Doing Far Easier .D. It Releases Stress ,C, Worry and Tension That You May Have Built Up Throughout the Day .D. Long Term ,C, Developing the Smiling Habit Will Be One of the Smartest Things That You Can Do to Improve Most Aspects of Your Life .D.
Eleventh: The Effects of Smiling Can Last for Hours
Whatever Problems and Challenges You Have in Your Life ,C, Smiling Temporary Puts Them and Hold .D. For a While You Forget the Problems and Become Positive ,C, And While You Are in a Positive State You Have Far More Potential and Power to Advance and Improve Your Life .D.
Lastly: Smiling Is Free!
You Are Never Going to Run Short of Smiles and Will Always Have Enough to Go Around .D. When You Weigh Up the Positive Points of Smiling It Is a No Brainer Decision to Do Far More Smiling and Share Them with As Many People As Possible .D.
5 Great Tips to Handle Stress
Stress has Always Been a Part of Our Lives .D. In This Hectic Time ,C, People Lead an Increasingly Stressful Life .D. Experts State That a Little Stress Can Be Good; It Keeps You Sharp and Ready to Move Forward ,C, And Is Sometimes Vital for Achieving Optimum Performance .D. However ,C, Medical Research has Determined That Prolonged Stress Is Very Bad for the Body ,C, And Can Block the Body's Natural Ability to Repair ,C, Regenerate and Protect Itself .D. Over 90% Of Disease Is Caused by Stress .D. Stress Is Both a Physical and Psychological Response .D. It Can Lead to Chronic Disease ,C, Obesity ,C, Insomnia ,C, Deteriorating Relationships ,C, Depression ,C, And More .D.
stress Is Such a Powerful and Harmful Force That It Is Vital That You Learn Effective Stress Management Techniques to Live a Successful ,C, Happy ,C, And Healthy Life .D. We Must Remember That We Will Always Come Across Inevitable Factors That Cause Pressure and Anxiety On Us .D. What We Do Not Know Is That It Is Not Really the Problems That Are Difficult to Deal with ,C, But Our Attitude Towards Them .D. So Basically ,C, The Cause of Stress Is Your Attitude Toward These Things .D. What ,C, Then ,C, Is an Effective Way to Deal with Stressors?
below Are 5 Great Tips to Handle Stress .D.
1 .D. Identify What Makes You Stressful and Uneasy .D. Making a List of Your Stressful Experiences Is Useful .D. Immediately Deal with the Issues That You Can Change ,C, For Instance Waking Up Earlier for Work in the Morning ,C, Not Leaving Things Till the Last Minute ,C, And Delegating Tasks in Case You Are Taking Responsibility for Everything .D. Forget About the Issues That You Cannot Influence Like Being Stuck in a Traffic Jam or Not Getting Into the Elevator Because There Is No Room for You .D.
2 .D. Calm Down .D. A Few Minutes Break Would Do You Good .D. Wash Your Face ,C, Breath Slowly and Deeply ,C, And Notice If There Is Tension in Any Part of Your Body and Release It .D. You Can Also Listen to Relaxing Music ,C, Or Call a Friend .D. Releasing Your Inner Feelings to a Friend Is Healthy Option .D.
3 .D. It Will Pass and It Will Be Over Before You Know It .D. Remind Yourself That the Stressful Event Will End Sooner or Later Can Make You See the Positive Sides of Things .D. At the Same Time ,C, Calm Down Your Emotions and Think of What Is the Best Thing to Do Rather Than Take Your Energy Away From What Needs to Be Done .D.
4 .D. Know Yourself .D. Ask Yourself: What Triggers Your Anxiety? If for Example It Is Your Job ,C, Then Maybe It’s Time for You to Reconsider Whether It Would Be Best to Find a Less Stressful Job .D. You Can Also Make Your Job More Tolerable by Allowing Yourself to Get That Needed Vacation or Leave .D.
5 .D. Learn to Use Your Relaxation Response .D. Just As We All Have Within Us the Stress Response ,C, We Also Have an Opposite Response ,C, Which Is the Relaxation Response .D. A Person Should Elicit That On a Regular Basis .D. The Relaxation Response Involves Two Steps .D. Repetition ,C, The Repetition Can Be a Word ,C, A Sound ,C, An Expression ,C, Or a Repetitive Movement .D. The Second Step Is to Ignore Other Thoughts That Come to Your Mind While You're Doing the Repetition ,C, And Come Back to the Repetition .D. The Technique Should Be Used Once or Twice a Day for About 15 Minutes .D. Sit Quietly and Choose a Suitable Repetition ,C, Like a Prayer ,C, The Sound Om ,C, Or the Word Love ,C, Or Calm .D. Or You Can Do a Repetitive Exercise ,C, For Instance Yoga ,C, Jogging ,C, Reiki .D. Additional Repetitive Activities Are Knitting or Handicraft .D. When You Incorporate This Into Your Everyday Life ,C, You Become Calmer and Better Able to Handle the Stressors .D. Practice Makes Perfect and the More You Practice Relax Your Mind ,C, The Easier It Gets .D.
the True Causes of Stress Are Not the Problems or Negative Experiences That You Encounter in Your Life; But Your Attitude Toward Them .D. So ,C, The Trick Is to Change Your Attitude and to Develop a Relaxed State ,C, Because You Cannot Be Stressed and Relaxed at the Same Time .D. It Is Important to Understand That What We Focus On ,C, We Energize .D. The More You Continue to Think About the Factors That Cause Your Stress ,C, The More Energy You Give It .D. So It Is Vital to Let Go and Focus On Relaxation Instead .D. Consequently ,C, You're Less Likely to Be Upset by a Stressor ,C, And Thus Less Likely to Have It's Harmful Effect Occur .D. Eventually ,C, It Is Your Choice .D. You Could Either Continue to React in the Same Stressful Way ,C, Or You Could Choose to Improve Your Life by Changing Your Attitude and Becoming Relaxed .D. There’s No Other Way Around It .D.
80's TV Brings Laughter and Action to the Masses
Thank Goodness for Television Dvds and Reruns Featuring the 1980s Television Classics Many of Us Fell in Love with and Still Enjoy Watching Today .D. Thank Goodness Too for the Blogs Dedicated to Discussing and Reliving Some of the Greatest Moments in Television History That Were Made by the Televisions Classics of the 1980s .D. 1980s Television Was Built On Both Family Friendly Sitcoms Like the Cosby Show As Well As Some Dramatic and Action Packed Dramas Like Dallas and the Fall Guy .D. The Combination of the Familiar and the Cutting Edge Made 80s Television Classics to a Generation .D.
One Memorable Season of Dallas Came to a Close with a Cliffhanger That Captivated the World .D. In That Final Scene ,C, A Shadowy Figure Approaches and Shoots Jr Ewing Before the Screen Faded to Black and the Credits Rolled .D. The World Was Fixated On “who Shot Jr” Over What Seemed to Be an Endless Summer Hiatus .D. Sue Ellen ,C, Cliff Barnes ,C, Pamela ,C, Lucy ,C, Ray ,C, Competing Oil Barons Jr Had Crossed ,C, And Even Brother Bobby All Had Motive and Were Suspect .D. I Mean Jr Ewing Really Never Met Someone That He Didn’t Eventually Make an Enemy of .D. But When the Question of Who Was Finally Answered It Was Sue Ellen’s Little Sister Kristen Shepard Who Had Tried to Send Jr to His Maker for Judgment Day .D. Dallas Is Now Available On Dvd so You Can Relive Every Addictive Moment with the Ewing’s at Southfork On Those 1980s Evenings .D.
What Do a Substitute Teacher ,C, Farm Enthusiast ,C, Addict and an Old Sicilian Have in Common? Retirement and Living with Roommates .D. The Golden Girls ,C, A Classic Television Show From the 80s Gave Us a Different Perspective On Getting Older ,C, Working Beyond the Typical Age of Retirement ,C, And the Tribulations of Sharing a Home with Other Adults ,C, Even If One of Them Is the Mother You Thought Had Been Comfortably Situated to Live at the Shady Pines Nursing Home .D. We Laughed a Lot with the Gals ,C, But We Also Cried a Lot Too .D. Issues Faced by Older Adults Were Also Played Out On This 80s Television Classic .D. Letting Your Grown Children Live Their Own Lives ,C, Pensions Not Lasting As Long As They Did 50 Years Ago ,C, The Poor Conditions in Many Nursing Homes ,C, Alzheimer’s ,C, Heart Conditions ,C, Deaths of Friends ,C, Planning for Our Own Deaths ,C, And Dealing with the Conflicts That Arise From Living with a House Full of Roommates Were Faced with Determination ,C, Humor ,C, And Sicilian Curses by These Golden Gals We Grew to Love so Much .D. .D. In Addition to Picking Up Episodes of the Golden Girls On Dvd ,C, You Can Still Catch Reruns of the Golden Girls On Television Stations Devoted to Showing 1980s Classic TV .D.
Quick ,C, Name the Five Cosby Kid .D. Were You Able to Remember the Children of Cliff and Claire Huxtable From the Beloved 1980s TV Sitcom ,C, The Cosby Show? Sandra ,C, Denise ,C, Theo ,C, Vanessa ,C, And Rudy ,C, The Huxtable Kids ,C, Kept Father ,C, Dr ,C, Cliff Huxtable ,C, And Mother ,C, Attorney Claire Huxtable Busy Dealing with Their Growing Pains .D. The Theme of This 1980s Television Sitcom Focused On a Working Family Living in a Brownstone in New York .D. The Cosby Show Is Often Heralded As Being One of the First Television Sitcoms to Feature a Black Family in a Situation That Many of Us Could Then and Now Relate to .D. The Cosby’s Were a Loving Family Headed by Two Professional ,C, Hard-Working Parents .D. Love of Family ,C, Civic Duty ,C, Education ,C, Political and Religious Participation ,C, And Service to Others ,C, Integrity ,C, Living Above Negative Influences Such As Smoking ,C, Drinking ,C, Gang Violence ,C, And Racism Were All Themes That Were Skillfully Dealt with by the Cosby Show Writers .D. Still Seen On Certain Television Stations ,C, We Never Get Tired of Watching the Huxtables .D. Selected Seasons of the Cosby Show Are Now Available On Dvd Too so You Can Watch Them Whenever You Want to .D.
Perhaps One of the Least Talked About but Better Loved Action Adventure Shows On During the 80s Was the Fall Guy .D. He Made the Hearts of Women Skip a Beat with His Spectacular Stunts ,C, Completed Without Giving His Tanned Face or Muscled Body a Scratch .D. Falling Off Tall Buildings ,C, Jumping Cars Over Flaming Lines of Vehicles ,C, Throwing Punches ,C, Crashing Through Windows ,C, Fighting Crime and Rescuing Those in Need Is What Every Action-Packed Episode Centering Around .D. Fearless Stuntman and Hero ,C, Sexy Bounty Hunter Colt Seavers Provided Us with a Weekly Dose of Excitement and Mystery .D. Colt and His Cousin Howie Never Failed to Catch Their Fugitive From the Law Man .D. This Is One Classic Television Show From the 1980s That Still Gets the Adrenaline Pumping Even When Watching Reruns .D. Seasons 1 Through 5 Of the Fall Guy Are Now Available On Dvd .D. This Is One 1980s Action TV Show That Will Never Lose It's Appeal .D.
Classic Television Now Encompasses Great Sitcoms and Dramas From the 1980s .D. Catching Up On Some of Your Favorite TV Families Like the Huxtables or the Ewings Is Now Even Easier with the Broadening Availability of Classic 80s Television On Dvd .D. Catch an Episode or Purchase a Dvd and Relive the Memories of That Great Era .D.
7 Nifty Reasons for Making Hand Made Soap
3 .D. You Choose the Colo .D. .D. .D.
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Making Homemade Soap ,C, Soap Making 101 ,C, Making Soap at Home
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I Love Making My Own Hand Made Soap .D. I Enjoy Using It Myself and I Adore Giving It As Gifts to Family and Friends .D. They Always Say “wow!” When I Tell Them I Made It Myself .D.
Here Are 7 Nifty Reasons for Making Hand Made Soap .D.
1 .D. It’s Fun .D. Making Your Own Hand Made Soap Can Be a Lot of Creative Fun .D.
2 .D. You Control the Ingredients .D. That Means Your Soap Can Be Full of High Quality ,C, Good Stuff for Your Skin and Not Full of Harsh ,C, Nasty Chemicals .D.
3 .D. You Choose the Color .D. You Can Make Your Soap Any Color You Want! Even Lime Green ,C, If You Like That Color .D.
4 .D. You Control the Scent .D. If You Want to Make Unscented Soap You Can .D. If You Want to Make Highly Scented Soap You Can .D. If You Want to Think Up an Interesting Scented and Colored Soap ,C, Such As Lemon Meringue ,C, You Can .D.
5 .D. You Control the Shape of the Soap .D. There Are All Kinds of Soap Molds Available; Hearts ,C, Flowers ,C, Seashells ,C, Even Gingerbread Men!
6 .D. If You’re Stuck Thinking of a Gift for Someone ,C, You Can Make Them Some Wonderful Hand Made Soap .D. The Recipient Should Love a Gift of Gorgeous Soap Nestled in Tissue Paper in a Pretty Gift Box .D. They Should Be Even More Impressed When You Tell Them You Made It Yourself!
7 .D. The Satisfaction You Derive From Making Something That’s Creative and Useful .D. You Don’t Have to Rely On the Stores to Provide Your Soap; You Can Provide It for Yourself and Others .D.
Be Warned That Soap Making Is an Addictive Hobby! I Have Fun Thinking Up New Scent and Color Combinations ,C, Wondering If They’ll Work and When They Do ,C, It’s an Awesome Feeling .D. Soapmaking Encourages My Creativity and I’m Sure It Will Encourage Yours As Well!
5 Reasons Why Scrapbooking Should Be Your Next Hobby
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Scrapbooks ,C, Scrapbooking ,C, Arts ,C, Crafts
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Scrapbooks Protect Your Photos
Not Only Does a Well-Made Scrapbook Protect and Preserve Your Photos ,C, It Also Makes the Photos Themselves More Fun to Look at .D. Most People Would Much Rather Thumb Through a Scrapbook with It's Extra ,C, Fun Touches Than a Plain Photo Album .D.
Scrapbooks Make Great Gifts
Because They Are so Personal ,C, Scrapbooks Make a Great Gift for a Loved One On a Special Day .D. Some Especially Good Occasions to Give a Scrapbook As a Gift Are: Weddings ,C, Anniversaries ,C, Milestone Birthdays ,C, Graduations ,C, And Retirement Parties .D.
Scrapbooks Show That You Put a Lot of Time and Thought Into Your Gift and Can Be a Wonderful Keepsake for the Receiver .D.
Scrapbooking Is a Great Creative Outlet
Did You Know That You Have an Artistic ,C, Creative Side? Everyone Does ,C, It’s Just That Not Everyone Uses It .D. Scrapbooking ,C, With It's Colors ,C, Themes ,C, Cutting and Pasting ,C, Writing ,C, And Arranging ,C, Is a Great Way to Express Your Creativity .D. The Best Part Is That All of That Is Enjoyable and so Much Fun!
Maybe You Are One of Those People That Don’t Believe You Can Do Any of That Very Well .D. Guess What? You’re Wrong! Even the Most Un-Artistic Person Can Copy a Page Layout That They Found Somewhere and Really Liked .D. Besides ,C, It’s Hard Not to Be Inspired When You Have Some Great Photos and Some Fun Scrapbooking Materials in Front of You .D.
After a While You’ll Be Adding Your Own Personal Touches to Your Pages ,C, And Soon You’ll Be Creating Your Own Completely Unique Layouts That You Can Be Proud of .D.
Other Scrapbookers!
Nothing Will Help You Make New Friends Faster Than Sharing a Hobby with Someone! Scrapbooking Is an Especially Great Hobby for Sharing with Friends .D. Many Communities Have Scrapbooking Clubs Where Scrapbookers Can Get to Together to Scrapbook ,C, Share Ideas ,C, Show Each Other Photographs ,C, And Talk for Hours .D. Some Craft Stores Also Have a Scrapbooking Night for This Same Purpose (Usually with the Hope That People Will Buy a Few Things) .D.
These Scrapbooking Nights or “crops” ,C, As They Are Called by Scrapbookers ,C, Are a Great Way to Get Out of the House and Spend Some Time Socializing with Other People .D. If You Really Need Some Time for Yourself ,C, Get Your Club to Put On a Weekend Scrapbooking Retreat .D. It Will Be Two Days of Nothing but Scrapbooking Fun!
Your Town Doesn’t Have a Scrapbooking Club? That’s Easy .D. Find Some Friends Who Scrapbook and Start One! If You Don’t Have Some Other Scrapbookers in Your Life ,C, You’re Missing Out .D.
Scrapbooking Captures Precious Moments and Memories
In My Opinion ,C, This Is the Most Wonderful Thing About Scrapbooking .D. The Best Way to Explain It Is with a Quick Story .D.
When I First Started Scrapbooking ,C, My Grandma Was the Person in My Family Most Interested in My Layouts .D. Every Time She Came Over We Would Look Through Them Together and She Would Point Out the Things She Liked the Most .D.
She Was so Interested That I Finally Decided to Make a Scrapbook with Her .D. We Put in Photos of Us Together Along with Mementos of All the Special Times We Could Think of .D. It Took a Few Weeks to Finish ,C, But We Had a Great Time .D.
Two Short Months Later She Was Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and Quickly Slipped Away .D. I’m so Thankful That We Were Able to Make That Scrapbook Together .D. Because Now ,C, Whenever I Miss Her ,C, I Can Just Look Through That Scrapbook and Smile at All the Precious Memories .D.