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Showing posts with label purpose. Show all posts
Showing posts with label purpose. Show all posts
Sunday, 29 November 2015
Before I die I want to...
In her New Orleans neighborhood, artist and TED Fellow Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard asking a fill-in-the-blank question: “Before I die I want to ___.” Her neighbors' answers — surprising, poignant, funny — became an unexpected mirror for the community.
Sunday, 13 September 2015
Hard Work
By Steve Pavlina
Success literature going back hundreds of years espouses the benefits of hard work. But why is it that some people seem to feel that “hard work” is a dirty word nowadays?
I define “hard work” as work that is challenging. Both hard work and “working hard” (i.e. putting in the time required to get the job done) are required for success.
A problem occurs when people think of challenging work as painful or uncomfortable. Does challenging work necessarily have to be painful? No, of course not. In fact, a major key to success is to learn to enjoy challenging work AND to enjoy working hard at it.
Why challenging work? Because challenging work, when intelligently chosen, pays off. It’s the work that people of lesser character will avoid. And if you infer that I’m saying people who avoid challenging work have a character flaw, you’re right… and a serious one at that. If you avoid challenging work, you avoid doing what it takes to succeed. To keep your muscles strong or your mind sharp, you need to challenge them. To do only what’s easy will lead to physical and mental flabbiness and very mediocre results, followed by a great deal of time and effort spent justifying why such flabbiness is OK, instead of stepping up and taking on some real challenges.
Tackling challenges builds character, just as lifting weights builds muscle. To avoid challenge is to abandon one’s character development.
Now it’s natural that we’ll tend to avoid what’s painful, so if we see challenge as purely painful, we’ll surely avoid it. But in so doing, we’re avoiding some very important character development, which by its very nature is often tremendously challenging. So we must learn to fall in love with challenge instead of fearing it, just as a bodybuilder can learn to love the pain of doing “one more rep” that tears down muscle fibers, allowing them to grow stronger. If you avoid the pain, you miss out on the growth. This is true both for building muscles and for building character.
While a common philosophy says to go with the flow, the downside to this belief system is that you must yield control of your life to that flow. And that’s fine if you don’t mind living passively and letting life happen to you. If you feel you’re here to ride your life instead of drive it, then you’ll have to accept where the flow takes you and learn to like it. But sometimes the flow doesn’t go in a healthy direction. You can go with the flow and end up in a pretty screwed up situation if you don’t assume more direct control when needed.
On the other hand, there’s the alternative way of looking at life with you as the driving force behind it. You create and control the flow yourself. This is a more challenging way to live but also a much more rewarding one. You aren’t limited to those experiences that can only be gotten passively or painlessly — now you can have much more of what you want by being willing to accept and take on bigger challenges.
If I only went with the perceived easy flow of my life, I’d never have learned to read, write, or type; those were all challenges where I felt I was going against the flow of what was easy and natural. I wouldn’t have gotten any college degrees. I wouldn’t have started my own business. I certainly wouldn’t have developed any software. No way I would have run a marathon — one doesn’t exactly flow into such a thing. And I most certainly wouldn’t be doing any public speaking. This web site wouldn’t exist either; it was definitely an entity created more by drive than by flow.
I do believe there is an underlying flow to life at times, but I see myself as a co-creator in that flow. I can ride the flow when it’s headed where I want to go, or I can get off and blaze my own trail when necessary.
When you step up and learn to see yourself as the driver of your life instead of the passive victim of it, then it becomes a lot easier to take on big challenges and to endure the hardships they sometimes require. You learn to associate more pleasure to the character development you gain than the minor discomforts you experience. You become accustomed to spending more time outside your comfort zone. Hard work is something you look forward to because you know that it will lead to tremendous growth. And you eventually develop the maturity and responsibility to understand that certain goals will never just flow into your life; they’ll only happen if you act as the driving force to bring them to fruition.
When faced with the prospect of saying to yourself, “If I always avoid hard work, I’ll never in my life get to experience X, Y, or Z,” it’s a little easier to embrace the benefits of hard work. What will you miss out on? You’ll probably never run a marathon, marry the mate of your dreams, become a multi-millionaire, make a real difference in the world, etc. You’ll have to settle for only what going with the flow can provide, which is mediocrity. You’ll basically just take up space and die without really having mattered. The world will be pretty much the same had you never existed (chaos theory notwithstanding).
If you want to achieve some really big and interesting goals, you have to learn to fall in love with hard work. Hard work makes the difference. It’s what separates the children from the mature adults. You can keep living as a child and desperately hoping that life will always be easy, but then you’ll be stuck in a child-like world, working on other people’s goals instead of your own, waiting for opportunities to come to you instead of creating your own, and doing work that in the grand scheme of this world just isn’t important.
When you learn to embrace hard work instead of running from it, you gain the ability to execute on your big goals, no matter what it takes to achieve them. You blast through obstacles that stop others who have less resolve. But what is it that gets you to this point? What gets you to embrace hard work?
Purpose.
When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity. If your life has no real purpose, then you can avoid hard work, and it won’t matter because you’ve decided that your life itself doesn’t matter anyway. So who cares if you work hard or take the easy road? But if you’ve chosen a significant purpose for your life, it’s going to require hard work to get there — any meaningful purpose will require hard work. You have to admit to yourself then that the only way this purpose is going to be fulfilled is if you embrace hard work. And this is what takes you beyond fear and ego, beyond the sniveling little child who thinks that hard work is something to run away from. When you become driven by a purpose greater than yourself, you embrace hard work out of necessity. That child gets replaced by a mature adult who assumes responsibility for getting the job done, knowing that without total commitment and lots of hard work, it’s never going to happen.
Desire melts adversity.
Show me a person who avoids hard work, and I’ll show you someone who hasn’t found their purpose yet. Because anyone who knows their purpose will embrace hard work. They’ll pay the price willingly.
If you don’t know your purpose yet, then in the world of mature human beings, you don’t yet matter. You’re just a piece of flotsam on the flow created by those who do live on purpose. And deep down you already know this, don’t you? If you want to make a difference in the world, then hard work is the price. There are no shortcuts.
Purpose and hard work are buddies. Purpose is the why. Hard work is the how. Purpose is what turns labor into labor of love. It transmutes the pain of hard work into the higher level pleasure of dedication, commitment, resolve, and passion. It turns pain into strength, eventually to the point where you don’t notice the pain as much as you enjoy the strength.
Once again it all comes down to purpose. Create a purpose for your life, and live it each day. And many of the other success habits like hard work and working hard will fall into place automatically. Figure out the why. Why are you here? Why does your life matter? That is the ultimate test of your free will.
Success literature going back hundreds of years espouses the benefits of hard work. But why is it that some people seem to feel that “hard work” is a dirty word nowadays?
I define “hard work” as work that is challenging. Both hard work and “working hard” (i.e. putting in the time required to get the job done) are required for success.
A problem occurs when people think of challenging work as painful or uncomfortable. Does challenging work necessarily have to be painful? No, of course not. In fact, a major key to success is to learn to enjoy challenging work AND to enjoy working hard at it.
Why challenging work? Because challenging work, when intelligently chosen, pays off. It’s the work that people of lesser character will avoid. And if you infer that I’m saying people who avoid challenging work have a character flaw, you’re right… and a serious one at that. If you avoid challenging work, you avoid doing what it takes to succeed. To keep your muscles strong or your mind sharp, you need to challenge them. To do only what’s easy will lead to physical and mental flabbiness and very mediocre results, followed by a great deal of time and effort spent justifying why such flabbiness is OK, instead of stepping up and taking on some real challenges.
Tackling challenges builds character, just as lifting weights builds muscle. To avoid challenge is to abandon one’s character development.
Now it’s natural that we’ll tend to avoid what’s painful, so if we see challenge as purely painful, we’ll surely avoid it. But in so doing, we’re avoiding some very important character development, which by its very nature is often tremendously challenging. So we must learn to fall in love with challenge instead of fearing it, just as a bodybuilder can learn to love the pain of doing “one more rep” that tears down muscle fibers, allowing them to grow stronger. If you avoid the pain, you miss out on the growth. This is true both for building muscles and for building character.
While a common philosophy says to go with the flow, the downside to this belief system is that you must yield control of your life to that flow. And that’s fine if you don’t mind living passively and letting life happen to you. If you feel you’re here to ride your life instead of drive it, then you’ll have to accept where the flow takes you and learn to like it. But sometimes the flow doesn’t go in a healthy direction. You can go with the flow and end up in a pretty screwed up situation if you don’t assume more direct control when needed.
On the other hand, there’s the alternative way of looking at life with you as the driving force behind it. You create and control the flow yourself. This is a more challenging way to live but also a much more rewarding one. You aren’t limited to those experiences that can only be gotten passively or painlessly — now you can have much more of what you want by being willing to accept and take on bigger challenges.
If I only went with the perceived easy flow of my life, I’d never have learned to read, write, or type; those were all challenges where I felt I was going against the flow of what was easy and natural. I wouldn’t have gotten any college degrees. I wouldn’t have started my own business. I certainly wouldn’t have developed any software. No way I would have run a marathon — one doesn’t exactly flow into such a thing. And I most certainly wouldn’t be doing any public speaking. This web site wouldn’t exist either; it was definitely an entity created more by drive than by flow.
I do believe there is an underlying flow to life at times, but I see myself as a co-creator in that flow. I can ride the flow when it’s headed where I want to go, or I can get off and blaze my own trail when necessary.
When you step up and learn to see yourself as the driver of your life instead of the passive victim of it, then it becomes a lot easier to take on big challenges and to endure the hardships they sometimes require. You learn to associate more pleasure to the character development you gain than the minor discomforts you experience. You become accustomed to spending more time outside your comfort zone. Hard work is something you look forward to because you know that it will lead to tremendous growth. And you eventually develop the maturity and responsibility to understand that certain goals will never just flow into your life; they’ll only happen if you act as the driving force to bring them to fruition.
When faced with the prospect of saying to yourself, “If I always avoid hard work, I’ll never in my life get to experience X, Y, or Z,” it’s a little easier to embrace the benefits of hard work. What will you miss out on? You’ll probably never run a marathon, marry the mate of your dreams, become a multi-millionaire, make a real difference in the world, etc. You’ll have to settle for only what going with the flow can provide, which is mediocrity. You’ll basically just take up space and die without really having mattered. The world will be pretty much the same had you never existed (chaos theory notwithstanding).
If you want to achieve some really big and interesting goals, you have to learn to fall in love with hard work. Hard work makes the difference. It’s what separates the children from the mature adults. You can keep living as a child and desperately hoping that life will always be easy, but then you’ll be stuck in a child-like world, working on other people’s goals instead of your own, waiting for opportunities to come to you instead of creating your own, and doing work that in the grand scheme of this world just isn’t important.
When you learn to embrace hard work instead of running from it, you gain the ability to execute on your big goals, no matter what it takes to achieve them. You blast through obstacles that stop others who have less resolve. But what is it that gets you to this point? What gets you to embrace hard work?
Purpose.
When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity. If your life has no real purpose, then you can avoid hard work, and it won’t matter because you’ve decided that your life itself doesn’t matter anyway. So who cares if you work hard or take the easy road? But if you’ve chosen a significant purpose for your life, it’s going to require hard work to get there — any meaningful purpose will require hard work. You have to admit to yourself then that the only way this purpose is going to be fulfilled is if you embrace hard work. And this is what takes you beyond fear and ego, beyond the sniveling little child who thinks that hard work is something to run away from. When you become driven by a purpose greater than yourself, you embrace hard work out of necessity. That child gets replaced by a mature adult who assumes responsibility for getting the job done, knowing that without total commitment and lots of hard work, it’s never going to happen.
Desire melts adversity.
Show me a person who avoids hard work, and I’ll show you someone who hasn’t found their purpose yet. Because anyone who knows their purpose will embrace hard work. They’ll pay the price willingly.
If you don’t know your purpose yet, then in the world of mature human beings, you don’t yet matter. You’re just a piece of flotsam on the flow created by those who do live on purpose. And deep down you already know this, don’t you? If you want to make a difference in the world, then hard work is the price. There are no shortcuts.
Purpose and hard work are buddies. Purpose is the why. Hard work is the how. Purpose is what turns labor into labor of love. It transmutes the pain of hard work into the higher level pleasure of dedication, commitment, resolve, and passion. It turns pain into strength, eventually to the point where you don’t notice the pain as much as you enjoy the strength.
Once again it all comes down to purpose. Create a purpose for your life, and live it each day. And many of the other success habits like hard work and working hard will fall into place automatically. Figure out the why. Why are you here? Why does your life matter? That is the ultimate test of your free will.
Saturday, 11 April 2015
10 Proven Tips To Get What You Want!
By Vitalii Jidkov
Are you stuck?! Are you thinking which way to go in your life? Aren't you sure about your future?
Are you trying hard to achieve your simplest dreams but you seem to be standing on the same square without moving a step forward?
Now, I will give you the super-smart proven success recipe that will help you get what you want faster and easier than before. This success recipe is your way to live a purposeful life and achieve your goals. This
success recipe was used by most successful people including me. And can tell you from my experience
that it works. Get ready to unleash the power of your dreams.
1. Find a Meaning.
Find a meaning for your life and work. Do what you love and love what you do. Search for ways to live with passion. Find your desire- the most important part of your success in life. Ask yourself this question: What do I want? What do you really want to achieve in this life? What is it that drives you or can drive you? You are unique and you are here for a purpose. Find the reason of your existence. Describe your role in life in 3 or 4 words. Forget about these long, general and not memorable mission statements. Be very specific about what you are here to do in this life and how you can help others.
2. Have a Clear Vision.
Have a clear vision; a vision that really inspires you and triggers your greatness. Your vision must be clear and motivate you to transform it into reality. Make it hot. A hot vision gives you a tremendous amount of enthusiasm that makes you can't stand still. Have a hot vision that keeps you alive and spices up your life. Have a hot vision that makes you an unstoppable achievement machine. You need to see yourself in the position of already achieving what you want and try to imagine how it feels.
3. Design Milestones.
Milestones are big goals and turning points in your journey. They are also your long term goals. They are like indicators along the road to tell you that you are on the right track. Each milestone is a big achievement on your way to your ideal life. For now they don't have to be exact and absolutely correct.
You can adjust them as you go.
4. Set Goals.
Goals are small and specific tasks that define your action plan. Goals must be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely. Each goal is a step towards achieving one of your big milestones.
5. Get Going
Take action. Many people miss this part when they try to attract what they want. The only difference between an average individual and a super successful one is taking action. Get going. Take the first step and keep the momentum. Just start. Be flexible to changes and improvements. Don't beat yourself if you
can not follow your blueprint exactly as you wish it would go. You need to make this process of taking
action your habit.
6. Project Positive Energy,
Be optimistic. Broadcast powerful positive energy and confidence over your own media network. Positive energy will attract positive results, opportunities and positive people to you. Become a magnet that attracts success 24/7. You will always receive the energy you project. You will get back what give out in to the world. If you project positive energy you will receive multiples of it and vice verse.
7. Act As If It Is Happening.
Act as if your vision is happening. Act as if you will never fail. Act with confidence and power. Keep your vision in front of your mind's eye day and night. Act as if you are living your vision. When you do that you will attract more opportunities and more success to your life.
8. Ignore the "Coffee break chew talks".
Avoid negative people. They don't have dreams and want everyone to be like them. They are dream robbers and energy vampires. Don't care about what they say. Don't try to prove your opinion to them.
If they don't want to hear you, they will simply not. Ignore anyone's negativity and focus on what you want.
9. Face Fear and Uncertainty.
Develop confidence and trust in yourself. Work on your self esteem. Do your daily personal development
exercises. If you don't believe in yourself and your dreams no one will do. Face your fears. Fear will do nothing except stopping you from getting what you want. Let your dreams give you the power to face fear and uncertainty. Don't criticize yourself, but celebrate your small and big victories.
10. Create a MasterMind Group.
Find a team with the same interests and dreams, then work and think together. Have a soul mate who cares about achieving the same level of success as you do. Gather around yourself people more brilliant than you. Develop a strong network of influencers who can help you get what you want easily and quickly.
That what we do all the time in my group- The Vitalizer's Elite Mastermind Inner Circle.
So, my friend, these 10 proven tips form the best success recipe I have ever known. I used this recipe to achieve levels of success that I always dreamt of. These are the common tips which are used by the top successful people in the world. Follow this success recipe and you will become a huge success magnet that attracts success beyond your imagination. It is all about your action. Do it now!!
About The Author
Vitalii Jidkov,
M3 Wealth Masters Consultant,
Home Based Business Expert,
vjidkov@live.ca,
206-424-9149
Visit the author's web site at: http://www.vjglobalbusiness.com
Article Source:
http://www.articlecity.com/articles/self_improvement_and_motivation/article_7000.shtml
Are you trying hard to achieve your simplest dreams but you seem to be standing on the same square without moving a step forward?
Now, I will give you the super-smart proven success recipe that will help you get what you want faster and easier than before. This success recipe is your way to live a purposeful life and achieve your goals. This
success recipe was used by most successful people including me. And can tell you from my experience
that it works. Get ready to unleash the power of your dreams.
1. Find a Meaning.
Find a meaning for your life and work. Do what you love and love what you do. Search for ways to live with passion. Find your desire- the most important part of your success in life. Ask yourself this question: What do I want? What do you really want to achieve in this life? What is it that drives you or can drive you? You are unique and you are here for a purpose. Find the reason of your existence. Describe your role in life in 3 or 4 words. Forget about these long, general and not memorable mission statements. Be very specific about what you are here to do in this life and how you can help others.
2. Have a Clear Vision.
Have a clear vision; a vision that really inspires you and triggers your greatness. Your vision must be clear and motivate you to transform it into reality. Make it hot. A hot vision gives you a tremendous amount of enthusiasm that makes you can't stand still. Have a hot vision that keeps you alive and spices up your life. Have a hot vision that makes you an unstoppable achievement machine. You need to see yourself in the position of already achieving what you want and try to imagine how it feels.
3. Design Milestones.
Milestones are big goals and turning points in your journey. They are also your long term goals. They are like indicators along the road to tell you that you are on the right track. Each milestone is a big achievement on your way to your ideal life. For now they don't have to be exact and absolutely correct.
You can adjust them as you go.
4. Set Goals.
Goals are small and specific tasks that define your action plan. Goals must be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely. Each goal is a step towards achieving one of your big milestones.
5. Get Going
Take action. Many people miss this part when they try to attract what they want. The only difference between an average individual and a super successful one is taking action. Get going. Take the first step and keep the momentum. Just start. Be flexible to changes and improvements. Don't beat yourself if you
can not follow your blueprint exactly as you wish it would go. You need to make this process of taking
action your habit.
6. Project Positive Energy,
Be optimistic. Broadcast powerful positive energy and confidence over your own media network. Positive energy will attract positive results, opportunities and positive people to you. Become a magnet that attracts success 24/7. You will always receive the energy you project. You will get back what give out in to the world. If you project positive energy you will receive multiples of it and vice verse.
7. Act As If It Is Happening.
Act as if your vision is happening. Act as if you will never fail. Act with confidence and power. Keep your vision in front of your mind's eye day and night. Act as if you are living your vision. When you do that you will attract more opportunities and more success to your life.
8. Ignore the "Coffee break chew talks".
Avoid negative people. They don't have dreams and want everyone to be like them. They are dream robbers and energy vampires. Don't care about what they say. Don't try to prove your opinion to them.
If they don't want to hear you, they will simply not. Ignore anyone's negativity and focus on what you want.
9. Face Fear and Uncertainty.
Develop confidence and trust in yourself. Work on your self esteem. Do your daily personal development
exercises. If you don't believe in yourself and your dreams no one will do. Face your fears. Fear will do nothing except stopping you from getting what you want. Let your dreams give you the power to face fear and uncertainty. Don't criticize yourself, but celebrate your small and big victories.
10. Create a MasterMind Group.
Find a team with the same interests and dreams, then work and think together. Have a soul mate who cares about achieving the same level of success as you do. Gather around yourself people more brilliant than you. Develop a strong network of influencers who can help you get what you want easily and quickly.
That what we do all the time in my group- The Vitalizer's Elite Mastermind Inner Circle.
So, my friend, these 10 proven tips form the best success recipe I have ever known. I used this recipe to achieve levels of success that I always dreamt of. These are the common tips which are used by the top successful people in the world. Follow this success recipe and you will become a huge success magnet that attracts success beyond your imagination. It is all about your action. Do it now!!
About The Author
Vitalii Jidkov,
M3 Wealth Masters Consultant,
Home Based Business Expert,
vjidkov@live.ca,
206-424-9149
Visit the author's web site at: http://www.vjglobalbusiness.com
Article Source:
http://www.articlecity.com/articles/self_improvement_and_motivation/article_7000.shtml
Saturday, 22 February 2014
Clarity & Purpose By Anthony Robbins
"Life will pay whatever price you ask of it"
By the way, for those of you who live in the UK Tony Robbins is coming to London in March 2014
Saturday, 1 February 2014
Tony Robbin's Rapid Planning Method
RPM: Result, Purpose, Map (Massive Action Plan)
By the way, for those of you who live in the UK Tony Robbins is coming to London in March 2014
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Living a Life of Joy
By Steve Pavlina
And again continuing on the theme of "How to have a happy life" started here, Steve' Pavilna's wise words now leads us to living a life of joy.
How do you know when you’re living your purpose? When your present moments begin to feel perfect.
When you live on purpose, your relationship with time changes dramatically. You’ll no longer be looking for happiness somewhere in the future. You’ll stop saying to yourself, “Once X happens then I’ll be where I want to be. Then I’ll be happy.” Instead you will look to your present and say, “This is exactly where I want to be right now… and nowhere else. Nothing could be more perfect than this precise moment.”
The emotion that accompanies this state is joy. Joy results from total acceptance of your present moment. Whenever you project your consciousness away from the present moment and seek happiness in another time or place, you leave joy behind. When all parts of your being fully embrace where you are right now, you can’t help but feel joyful.
Most likely you haven’t reached this state yet. But it’s well within your capability to do so. You can reach it by following your internal compass. By assessing your current emotional state and comparing it to the state of joy, you can get a sense of your distance from this state. You can pinpoint where you are at any time along the levels of consciousness scale. Inner peace is right next to joy. Neutrality is a little further out. Far beyond that lies anger. And really far away is fear. The more powerless you feel, the further you are from joy, and the more you’re resisting what is.
If you are far away from joy, you cannot simply jump to this state immediately and stay there for long. You might be able to experience it temporarily, such as through meditation, but the circumstances of your life will soon pull you back to your previous level. But with conscious intent, you can eventually reach this state and make it your default. And the way you do this is to keep re-pointing your life in the direction of joy by making better decisions.
Whenever you’re faced with a decision, even a seemingly mundane one such as what to eat for your next meal, choose the option that brings you closest to joy. That will be the option that makes you feel the most powerful. It will not necessarily be what makes you feel joyful, especially if you are currently in a very negative state. If you’re currently depressed, you may have zero choices that will produce joy in this moment. But you will have some choice that makes you feel more powerful and alive than the others, and that is the choice that will turn your life in the direction of joy.
If you are feeling fearful and worried, perhaps the best action you can find is one which makes you feel greedy or angry. That is perfectly fine. Greed and anger are both higher states than fear; they are closer to joy. It is better to act out of anger than out of fear, since it will turn you in the direction of joy. And soon you’ll be able to progress beyond anger. Do not beat yourself up if a seemingly negative state like anger is the best you can muster at this time in your life. You cannot expect any more from yourself than your best. The anger will pass, and you’ll soon be able to climb the ladder towards more positive states. If you are in a deep negative state such as depression, you will have to pass through higher negative states first before you can reach the positive ones. So going from depression to anger is a very positive step in the right direction.
If you proceed in this manner with every decision you can, eventually you will reach the state of joy. It may take some time, but you will eventually reach it and make it your default state.
Joy is in fact your natural state of being. Babies enter this state very easily because they are fully in the present moment. They do not seek themselves in the past or future.
When you are joyful, your life flows with ease and lightness. Existence is no longer a struggle. Why? Because when you stop resisting the present moment, you stop creating problems for yourself. Resistance creates internal problems like stress, fear, and disease, but it also creates external problems like conflict, scarcity, and injustice. When you learn to choose the direction that creates the most joy in your life, your life will become a joyful experience in each and every moment. And of course it is easy to accept and embrace any present moment in which you feel joyful, so the state will naturally perpetuate itself. Joyful feelings create joyful actions which produce more joyful feelings.
The state of joy enables you to stop worrying about your survival, to stop fearing what may or may not happen, and to stop fighting your present moments. You’ll find it easier and easier to satisfy your needs. This will allow you to direct your consciousness outward and interact with the world without fear. People will seem much less threatening to you. Even strangers will smile at you more because they’ll pick up on your joyful state. Positive people will be drawn to you like a magnet, and you’ll soon find your life filled with empowering relationships. All the support you need will come to you. And this in turn will give you the energy and drive to embrace your true purpose.
Simply make decisions that bring you as close to joy as possible, even if it seems very distant at first, and soon you’ll find your life becoming more joyful. You have free will though, so in any moment you can decide to move towards joy or away from it. The choice is yours.
http://www.stevepavlina.com/
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
8 Secrets of Success
An inspiring video from TED today that lives up to their mission of "ideas worth spreading." This video packs a lot into just 3 minutes.
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
There Is Power In Being United With People Who Share Your Vision
Author: Dave Rea
Before this can happen though, you must be willing to share your vision with others if you want to have a team that shares your values and common interests in succeeding.
By letting go of your ego and unifying with other people you will be a part of something bigger than yourself.
If you are in place of stalemate in your business, it is usually due to the fact that you are not uniting and you are letting your ego be the dead weight that is keeping you from moving forward.
To get past your ego you need to have a vision of where you are going in life that is so big that you have no choice but to submit to your ego and realize it's not all about you.
Let your ideas and the values you have help you fulfill the vision that you have and not give in to any particular concepts.
Realizing where you are at and being submissive to your vision is not to be thought of as a sign of weakness. Quite the contrary as when you are in submission to a vision bigger than yourself, its as if you are unstoppable.
Holding on to our egos, refusing to unite because of our own insecurities is a sign of weakness and will ultimately cause you much pain in your business.
There is power to be had when you make the decision to unite and become part of a team and a community sharing one common goal and vision.
Understand that you are right where you are supposed to be in your business and it is a daily process of taking consistent action that will eventually reward you beyond measure.
There is no need to make your business any harder than it really is. Simplifying the process will yield you much better results than trying to make it complicated.
It is not required that you be a guru and know everything about the space of being an entrepreneur before you get started. What is necessary is that you just get started and correct your mistakes as you are moving forward.
Duplication is the key to residual income.
If you want the ability to create leverage in your life so you can start enjoying it then you need to understand its not all about you but rather the power of unity in your team.
What is your vision?
There is a difference in what you believe you have depending on what you really want to do and how far you want to go.
Having smaller sums of money with unlimited amounts of time freedom is much better than lots of money and no free time for yourself to fully enjoy it.
Learn to build an income stream that literally automates itself and perpetuates regardless of whether you are working or not.
A good question to be asking yourself is "Is your dream and your vision that which would be able to contain your teams' dreams inside of your own"?
If your vision isn't big enough to contain that of your team's, duplication won't happen and your best leaders in your team will eventually leave to look for something bigger than the vision you have bestowed on them.
There is power in the unity of coming together and building a community with a culture and a vision that will have great impact on the masses rather than just a few at the top as has been the norm for too many because of people's refusal to let go of their egos.
Are you going to let your ego keep you from having real success in your business or are you going to give in to submitting to something bigger than yourself that empowers other people?
You should know the answer to that question and I hope you agreed with the second part if you truly have serious intentions of breaking free from the everyday burdens that are keeping you down.
Never compromise the outcome or lose sight of your vision.
www.empowernetwork.com/drea/blog/there-is-power-in-being-united-with-people-who-share-your-vision/
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Sharing insightful knowledge and educational information on entrepreneurial mindset. We must have an understanding of ourselves before we are able to understand others.
Sharing Your Vision
When people are united with a common purpose and singular vision towards the same goals, the possibilities become unlimited. You will see changes in people and they will gain a confidence about themselves that wasn't realized before.Before this can happen though, you must be willing to share your vision with others if you want to have a team that shares your values and common interests in succeeding.
By letting go of your ego and unifying with other people you will be a part of something bigger than yourself.
If you are in place of stalemate in your business, it is usually due to the fact that you are not uniting and you are letting your ego be the dead weight that is keeping you from moving forward.
To get past your ego you need to have a vision of where you are going in life that is so big that you have no choice but to submit to your ego and realize it's not all about you.
Let your ideas and the values you have help you fulfill the vision that you have and not give in to any particular concepts.
Realizing where you are at and being submissive to your vision is not to be thought of as a sign of weakness. Quite the contrary as when you are in submission to a vision bigger than yourself, its as if you are unstoppable.
Holding on to our egos, refusing to unite because of our own insecurities is a sign of weakness and will ultimately cause you much pain in your business.
There is power to be had when you make the decision to unite and become part of a team and a community sharing one common goal and vision.
The Concept Of Surrendering To Our Vision
By not allowing ourselves to surrender to the process, we are actually getting in our own way and over complicating things which can easily affect the outcome of the successes we enjoy or failures we despise.Understand that you are right where you are supposed to be in your business and it is a daily process of taking consistent action that will eventually reward you beyond measure.
There is no need to make your business any harder than it really is. Simplifying the process will yield you much better results than trying to make it complicated.
It is not required that you be a guru and know everything about the space of being an entrepreneur before you get started. What is necessary is that you just get started and correct your mistakes as you are moving forward.
Duplication is the key to residual income.
If you want the ability to create leverage in your life so you can start enjoying it then you need to understand its not all about you but rather the power of unity in your team.
What is your vision?
There is a difference in what you believe you have depending on what you really want to do and how far you want to go.
Having smaller sums of money with unlimited amounts of time freedom is much better than lots of money and no free time for yourself to fully enjoy it.
Learn to build an income stream that literally automates itself and perpetuates regardless of whether you are working or not.
A good question to be asking yourself is "Is your dream and your vision that which would be able to contain your teams' dreams inside of your own"?
If your vision isn't big enough to contain that of your team's, duplication won't happen and your best leaders in your team will eventually leave to look for something bigger than the vision you have bestowed on them.
There is power in the unity of coming together and building a community with a culture and a vision that will have great impact on the masses rather than just a few at the top as has been the norm for too many because of people's refusal to let go of their egos.
Are you going to let your ego keep you from having real success in your business or are you going to give in to submitting to something bigger than yourself that empowers other people?
You should know the answer to that question and I hope you agreed with the second part if you truly have serious intentions of breaking free from the everyday burdens that are keeping you down.
Never compromise the outcome or lose sight of your vision.
www.empowernetwork.com/drea/blog/there-is-power-in-being-united-with-people-who-share-your-vision/
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/goal-setting-articles/there-is-power-in-being-united-with-people-who-share-your-vision-6346665.html
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Sharing insightful knowledge and educational information on entrepreneurial mindset. We must have an understanding of ourselves before we are able to understand others.
Monday, 3 December 2012
Powerful Benefits of Goal Setting
Author: Danyal Robbins
Powerful Benefits of Goal Setting
Setting goals is a worthwhile activity when you'd like to acquire anything in life, but following through with them is paramount to success. The benefits of setting goals may not be always that visible. But when you continue to persevere, you may begin to see why setting goals is really important as well as how it will help to improve the quality of your life. Here are some of the key benefits associated with setting goals:
1) Establish a Sense of Purpose
Having a clear goal will help to provide you with a sense of purpose. You'll have something important to concentrate your energy on and strive towards. You will more likely to achieve your goals whenever you feel that you are doing something important.
2) Take More Control of Your Future
Individuals who set goals, manage their lives. They don't just let things happen to them. They are distinct about what they need and are generally more determined to obtain those outcomes. If you don't know what you look for, then it's very unlikely that you will get it.
3) Target the Real Picture
Having a clear and specific goal gives an individual attention for the future. Keeping this focus, most of the relevant actions for achieving the goal, start to become more clear. If you'd like to shed weight for example, you will begin to know the dietary habits that you have to modify.
4) Keeping Motivated for the Long Haul
It's not easy to keep motivated about a dream, specifically when it could take several years to get there. But when investing in smaller and even more realistic goals, you become more inspired. You are able to arranged smaller milestones that you can focus on your efforts on. And every time you achieve a milestone, you feel a great sense of achievement and remain motivated towards your dream.
5) Keep A Clear Head On What's Important
We have to contend with an enormous amount of distractions in our daily lives. And it's not hard to ignore what's really important to us. We usually reminisce after a few years and surprise why we didn't do something important. But when you set clear goals, you're able to better focus. You are specific concerning your priorities and therefore you become more determined to spend some time to work towards your goals.
6) Develop a More Positive Outlook
With clear and appealing goals, you also start to build a better approach. You feel a sense of purpose and also understand what you have something crucial in your life that you have to achieve. And as you make progress towards your goals, you in turn become more excited and develop more self-confidence. All of this results in a more positive attitude in your daily life.
While there are several advantages of goal setting, one benefit stands out above the rest. The ability to accomplish a major task or to achieve a dream is the best benefit of all.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/goal-setting-articles/powerful-benefits-of-goal-setting-6312608.html
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Powerful Benefits of Goal Setting
Setting goals is a worthwhile activity when you'd like to acquire anything in life, but following through with them is paramount to success. The benefits of setting goals may not be always that visible. But when you continue to persevere, you may begin to see why setting goals is really important as well as how it will help to improve the quality of your life. Here are some of the key benefits associated with setting goals:
1) Establish a Sense of Purpose
Having a clear goal will help to provide you with a sense of purpose. You'll have something important to concentrate your energy on and strive towards. You will more likely to achieve your goals whenever you feel that you are doing something important.
2) Take More Control of Your Future
Individuals who set goals, manage their lives. They don't just let things happen to them. They are distinct about what they need and are generally more determined to obtain those outcomes. If you don't know what you look for, then it's very unlikely that you will get it.
3) Target the Real Picture
Having a clear and specific goal gives an individual attention for the future. Keeping this focus, most of the relevant actions for achieving the goal, start to become more clear. If you'd like to shed weight for example, you will begin to know the dietary habits that you have to modify.
4) Keeping Motivated for the Long Haul
It's not easy to keep motivated about a dream, specifically when it could take several years to get there. But when investing in smaller and even more realistic goals, you become more inspired. You are able to arranged smaller milestones that you can focus on your efforts on. And every time you achieve a milestone, you feel a great sense of achievement and remain motivated towards your dream.
5) Keep A Clear Head On What's Important
We have to contend with an enormous amount of distractions in our daily lives. And it's not hard to ignore what's really important to us. We usually reminisce after a few years and surprise why we didn't do something important. But when you set clear goals, you're able to better focus. You are specific concerning your priorities and therefore you become more determined to spend some time to work towards your goals.
6) Develop a More Positive Outlook
With clear and appealing goals, you also start to build a better approach. You feel a sense of purpose and also understand what you have something crucial in your life that you have to achieve. And as you make progress towards your goals, you in turn become more excited and develop more self-confidence. All of this results in a more positive attitude in your daily life.
While there are several advantages of goal setting, one benefit stands out above the rest. The ability to accomplish a major task or to achieve a dream is the best benefit of all.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/goal-setting-articles/powerful-benefits-of-goal-setting-6312608.html
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