1. Do one thing at a time: Do it mindfuly and well, and enjoy the satisfaction you feel. Then move on to the next thing. Give what you are doing your undivided attention, and take the time to get it right. Multi tasking is for computers, human beings simply make mistakes when they try to tackle too many things at once.
2. Cut down on competitive stress: Try to stay calm and in control, without being easily sucked in by material things, and avoid being caught up in competitive anxiety that robs up of our health and peace of mind. Remember, the person who wins the rat race is the biggest rat! Throw something away every day.
3. We all have too much "stuff" in our lives useless clutter that weighs up down and obscures the things we really need. If you dont use it, lose it. Practice this principle daily, and watch space and order reappear in your life.
4. Eliminate meaningless deadlines: We are all good at being busy, and every thing is tagged as "urged", but most of those arbitrary and unrealistic time constraints are self-imposed and simply make us more pressurized, anxious and stressed out. Avoid the trap of assigning time-frames to every thing you do.
5. Get more out of life by doing less: is your life fulfilling? Or is it merely hectic? Know the difference and you will realize its about quality, not quantity. Dont allow yourself to become over scheduled, and learn to enjoy each of your life experiences to the fullest. Sometimes, it seem as if success is measured by how busy we are, is that really the kind of success you want?
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
The Force Of Vision
A man and his daughter, were standing on the deck of a ship together with other passengers. The daughter crying said she cant see anything. Them the father, carried her on his shoulder; at which the daughter exclaimed; "daddy i can see farther than my eyes can look." The most powerful force in life, is the force of vision.
A young man did a college paper in his Economics class on his vision for overnight mail. The Professor, took a see pen, gave him a "C" and wrote; "do not dream of things that cannot happen." The young man left School and started Federal express.
I wonder where the Professor is today. Your vision determines your destiny. When you can see what is possible, and believe that it can come to pass, it makes you capable of doing the impossible.
Once you know what you really want, and can see it, them on matter what comes against you, you never give up. As long as a person can hold unto his vision, them there is always a chance for him to move out of his present circumstances and toward the fulfillment of his purpose.
Vision is the key to your future. Think about what happens to some football teams that are loosing the game at half time. The players in to the locker room and met the Coach. The Coach changes certain hand strategies, and gives the a pep talk; telling them, what they can accomplish. When they come out, their whole attitude and perspective seems to have changed; and they win the game.
No matter where you are in life, and regardless of how old or young you are, it can be "half time" for you. You can re-assess your life's strategies and focus on fulfilling your purpose. No matter who you are, or what country you live in, you have a personal purpose; for every human being is born with one. God created each person with a unique vision. He has tremendous plans for you that on one else can can accomplished. The tragic thing is that many people, live their whole lives without ever recognizing their vision.
Your dreams, talents, desires, can be refined in a process of discovering and fulfilling your life's vision; so that the sure gold of your unique and personal gift to this world can shine forth.
May you be inspired, to discover, pursue, be fulfill the visions of your heart and maximize the potential trapped within you; potential that was buried in the historical grave of low selfesteem and self doubt?
May your vision, become reality and impact those who are not yet born. May you see farther than your eyes can look.
A young man did a college paper in his Economics class on his vision for overnight mail. The Professor, took a see pen, gave him a "C" and wrote; "do not dream of things that cannot happen." The young man left School and started Federal express.
I wonder where the Professor is today. Your vision determines your destiny. When you can see what is possible, and believe that it can come to pass, it makes you capable of doing the impossible.
Once you know what you really want, and can see it, them on matter what comes against you, you never give up. As long as a person can hold unto his vision, them there is always a chance for him to move out of his present circumstances and toward the fulfillment of his purpose.
Vision is the key to your future. Think about what happens to some football teams that are loosing the game at half time. The players in to the locker room and met the Coach. The Coach changes certain hand strategies, and gives the a pep talk; telling them, what they can accomplish. When they come out, their whole attitude and perspective seems to have changed; and they win the game.
No matter where you are in life, and regardless of how old or young you are, it can be "half time" for you. You can re-assess your life's strategies and focus on fulfilling your purpose. No matter who you are, or what country you live in, you have a personal purpose; for every human being is born with one. God created each person with a unique vision. He has tremendous plans for you that on one else can can accomplished. The tragic thing is that many people, live their whole lives without ever recognizing their vision.
Your dreams, talents, desires, can be refined in a process of discovering and fulfilling your life's vision; so that the sure gold of your unique and personal gift to this world can shine forth.
May you be inspired, to discover, pursue, be fulfill the visions of your heart and maximize the potential trapped within you; potential that was buried in the historical grave of low selfesteem and self doubt?
May your vision, become reality and impact those who are not yet born. May you see farther than your eyes can look.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Wake Up!
Tick says the clock, tick, what you have to do, do quickly. So goes the nursery rhyme, we were made to memorize when we were kids; but the adult life and its little lies, has watered down this simple truth and has made us deaf to time ticking away.
A year has 365 days; the 365 days starts with the first quarter of 3 months. Those 3 months, starts with the first month; which comprise of 31 days, segmented into four weeks. These four weeks, have 7 days; and each day has 24 hours; and each hour has 60 minutes; and each minute has 60 seconds. This is how man has measured his day and he called it time.
A second toyed with, doesn't really matter until it slips into wasted minute, all of a sudden, its one hour, it rolls into two hours and before you know it, it's a day of mediocrity, and mediocrity doesn't announce its entry, it is repeated. Badda Bing! Its one year, and you must also know that the cord of habits are tiny when its young but grows over time to become almost unbreakable. One year unaccounted for doesnt really matter when we hang around those that tolerate our mediocrity. We quickly plan for another year, thinking we can wish it away. But alas habits are habits; they are no respecter of time or persons.
Thirty years down the line, we all of a sudden woke up to the painful reality, that thirty years have been used to pursue what we dont want. Thirty years have been used to position our ladder on the wrong wall, to gather wrong friends, acquire wrong assets, go to wrong places, and to live a false life. We try to change, but the cords of bad habits are too strong to break. We look for new friends, but they are hard to find these days. We need to change, we have change, but how easy is it to teach an old dog a new trick?
The question is how was thirty years mismanaged, how did it start? I'll tell you, it started with split second of considering the wrong thought, of watching that program on Tv, of hanging out with the wrong person, reading the wrong magazine, or even eating the wrong food. It started with a second toyed with, a minute wasted and a life has gone down the drain. It started with a little wasted second. Benjamin Franklin observed, "you may delay, but time will not."
Its strange how things get to us; those little things we think dont matter really do. They are the things that matter most. Habits are easy to form but hard to break; the easiest way to break a bad habit is not to start it at all. Dont even think about it. My cry to you is that you should wake up.
If you don't wake up, you are sleeping your future away; if you don't wake up, the cords of bad habit will wrap itself strong around you. The weeds may be small today, but they are sure to grow and become a forest he not checked. It is better to an alone, than hang around with the wrong group; i'd rather switch off the Tv, than be influenced by the program; i'd rather read something productive, than read that ugly material; i'll rather stay honest, and work hard, than hang out at night to try to swindle people on the internet, i will wake up early, and work till late at night, to see my vision realized than to tolerate mediocrity,
Don't let second, slip away unaccounted for; dont spend your moment in that wrong group. Dont procrastinate; its the thief of time. And remember, "tick says the clock, tick, tick, what you have to do, do quick."
A year has 365 days; the 365 days starts with the first quarter of 3 months. Those 3 months, starts with the first month; which comprise of 31 days, segmented into four weeks. These four weeks, have 7 days; and each day has 24 hours; and each hour has 60 minutes; and each minute has 60 seconds. This is how man has measured his day and he called it time.
A second toyed with, doesn't really matter until it slips into wasted minute, all of a sudden, its one hour, it rolls into two hours and before you know it, it's a day of mediocrity, and mediocrity doesn't announce its entry, it is repeated. Badda Bing! Its one year, and you must also know that the cord of habits are tiny when its young but grows over time to become almost unbreakable. One year unaccounted for doesnt really matter when we hang around those that tolerate our mediocrity. We quickly plan for another year, thinking we can wish it away. But alas habits are habits; they are no respecter of time or persons.
Thirty years down the line, we all of a sudden woke up to the painful reality, that thirty years have been used to pursue what we dont want. Thirty years have been used to position our ladder on the wrong wall, to gather wrong friends, acquire wrong assets, go to wrong places, and to live a false life. We try to change, but the cords of bad habits are too strong to break. We look for new friends, but they are hard to find these days. We need to change, we have change, but how easy is it to teach an old dog a new trick?
The question is how was thirty years mismanaged, how did it start? I'll tell you, it started with split second of considering the wrong thought, of watching that program on Tv, of hanging out with the wrong person, reading the wrong magazine, or even eating the wrong food. It started with a second toyed with, a minute wasted and a life has gone down the drain. It started with a little wasted second. Benjamin Franklin observed, "you may delay, but time will not."
Its strange how things get to us; those little things we think dont matter really do. They are the things that matter most. Habits are easy to form but hard to break; the easiest way to break a bad habit is not to start it at all. Dont even think about it. My cry to you is that you should wake up.
If you don't wake up, you are sleeping your future away; if you don't wake up, the cords of bad habit will wrap itself strong around you. The weeds may be small today, but they are sure to grow and become a forest he not checked. It is better to an alone, than hang around with the wrong group; i'd rather switch off the Tv, than be influenced by the program; i'd rather read something productive, than read that ugly material; i'll rather stay honest, and work hard, than hang out at night to try to swindle people on the internet, i will wake up early, and work till late at night, to see my vision realized than to tolerate mediocrity,
Don't let second, slip away unaccounted for; dont spend your moment in that wrong group. Dont procrastinate; its the thief of time. And remember, "tick says the clock, tick, tick, what you have to do, do quick."
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