Sunday, November 30, 2008

By controlling my attitude I will ensure

By controlling my attitude I will ensure
that every person I meet to-day will be,
up-lifted, inspired and happier for the meeting.
Everyone wants a sense of significance, to feel that they are important, that they matter. Now, we gain our sense of significance in two ways. Firstly through our connection with other people and secondly through our contribution to life.
Some people, unfortunately, try to gain a sense of significance by belittling others, to make themselves seem important by making others feel unimportant, to make themselves seem clever by making others appear stupid. This is very sad and such people are never very happy. They are constantly afraid that someone may find out that they are just bluff. I am sure that you know this kind of person, the kind of person who brightens up a room, by leaving.
You should develop your significance by helping people. Now the best thing that you can do for anyone is to help them to feel better about themselves and about life. Give each person you meet the greatest gift you can give them. Give them the gift of recognition, see past the label that society may have imposed upon them. See, and acknowledge, the person, the fellow human being, with whom you are dealing.
What would you like people to say about you when you leave? "Must you? Please come again soon" or "Thank goodness that's over". How would you like them to feel when they are expecting you? Would you like them to be excited and look forward to your visit? or feel "Oh no. I don't think I can face it."
Make this a challenge for life. Every day have a competition with yourself to see how many people you can positively influence. Give a smile, a kind word, a helping hand. Make this your daily affirmation "By controlling my attitude I will ensure that every person I meet to-day will be, up-lifted, inspired and happier for the meeting."
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To live your best life be true to the YOU, you want to be.
Live up to the reputation that you want to have.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Recipe for success

Recipe for success.
See it - Believe it - Plan it - Do it
See it - Everything is created twice, first in your internal world, your imagination, and then in your external world, your life. Everything that exists to-day was first a thought. It could not exist if someone had not thought of it, because it is the thought that gives rise to the act of creation.
What you must learn, is to picture what you want and not what you fear. All too often we say "I don't want this to happen again" when we should be saying "I want this to happen" Always ask for, and picture, what you want. See yourself as already being the way you want to be or having the thing you want to have.
Not only must you see what you want, you must see it clearly. Describe in detail what your desired outcome is and then take ownership of that outcome. Realise that it must be real to you before it can become real for you.
Believe it - This is an essential element of the process. All too often we say one thing but believe another. We want to lose weight but we do not believe we can. We want to change jobs but we do not believe that there are any opportunities or that we have the necessary skills.
Your belief in your goal must be on two levels. Firstly you must believe that there is value in the achievement of your goal, that it is worth doing. Everyone's favourite radio station is WIIFM (What's In It For Me) What will you gain by achieving your goal? How will your life improve? Remember that underlying every action is an intent and it is the intent that is the driving force behind your actions.
Secondly you must believe that you can do it. You must develop an unshakeable faith in your ability to succeed. Confidence in your ability to achieve your goal is essential to your willingness to take action. Realise that you have already managed to achieve many successes in your life up to now. Build a success foundation foryourself by writing down all the successes that you have had up to now. Imagine that you were applying for the job of achieving your goal and write your application showing all the reasons why you would be suitable for the post.
Plan it - Success is a process not a destination and as such needs a plan of action to ensure success. The funny thing about life is that most people plan their holidays with more care than they plan their lives, but that's understandable I mean holidays happen only once a year and life, well, that's forever isn't it.
Work out what you have to do in order to achieve your goal. What resources do you need? What resources do you already have? Remember it's not what you've got it's how you use it that counts. Set objectives, these are the steps of your journey. Refer constantly to your plan, it's the only way to measure your progress.
Do it - Funny thing about ideas, they won't work unless you do. Now that you know what you want to do and why you want to do it the only thing left is to get started, and the only time to get started is now, (when did you ever do anything tomorrow?)
Believe this, the future belongs to those who believe in and act on their dreams. Faith is the wind beneath the wings of your dreams, belief is the engine and action is the fuel. So take charge of your life and determine your future with this "Recipe for success. See it - Believe it - Plan it - Do it"
With love and best wishes