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2015-02-17T10:29:00.001-08:00

ASK DA GURU: Attitude Of Gratitude: An attitude of gratitude can certainly increase your aptitude. If anyone ever tells you that being thankful for the little things in life...

Attitude Of Gratitude

2012-03-12T08:40:00.000-07:00

An attitude of gratitude can certainly increase your aptitude.

If anyone ever tells you that being thankful for the little things in life is a big waste of time just look at them and tell them to shut their big mouth, no I am just playing, but you should never allow anyone to limit your growth and receptivity to increase.

What do you me by growth and receptivity?

Well what I have notice is that the more thankful we are is more our capacity to receive more increase the science behind this could be explained in this way.

When we are being ungrateful it’s almost like our hands, hearts and minds are clasp shut so there is no space to receive anything else so if someone was handing you some wisdom, knowledge, solution or a hundred dollar bill you just simply couldn’t take it because if you should open your hands to receive anything else your ungratefulness would fall out and you certainly don’t want that do you?

So the opposite is true when you have an attitude of gratitude that thankfulness that you exercise daily expands your ability to receive more, so its like you ask for some water but instead of bringing a little cup you have a ditch that is the size of a pond or a lake and that is how thankfulness increases your capacity for receptivity your mind will always be open to new ideas your heart open for love and your ability to take on new challenges and master them will become much greater.

If you know someone who is constantly ungrateful and they come around you with that attitude do like a banana and split because that stuff is contagious and you certainly don’t want to catch it so remember if you want more be thankful for what you have and if you don’t believe me just try it for 30 full days being consistent and watch what happens.

An attitude of gratitude will surely increase your aptitude.

THANK YOU! J

How to overcome laziness in 4 Easy Steps

2012-03-05T12:20:00.001-08:00

In this blog I want to talk about one of success biggest enemy this enemy is a close ally of procrastination as a matter of fact they are inseparable.

So who’s that Infamous enemy? Well you know the enemy that is always trying to block your progress and your desire to succeed, the one that we are talking about is LAZINESS.

Yes laziness this old enemy as prevent more progress than any other, all who have achieved greatness through out history had to conquer this great and powerful enemy and so should you if you wish to enjoy your life to the fullest.

In this blog I am going to share with you four simple but powerful steps that will help you overcome laziness, but first you have to understand that our will power is the greatest tool that we have and our will power is being tested every day and push beyond its limits or in other words that’s how we feel so in order to win in this daily battle we need to learn how to strengthen our defenses.

The key to overcoming laziness is motivation we have to leverage our strengths and gain more knowledge of our enemies.

The truth is we as humans are always moving toward something or we are moving away from something, we are either pushing towards pleasure or pulling way from pain.

These two great forces are always at work in every one once you’re a human being and to know how they function will help us to understand how to leverage these forces to our advantage.

So here are the four principles that you will need to implement in your daily life and once you stay committed you will start attracting success in every area of your life.

What am I avoiding? (So First thing you will need to do is ask you self what am I trying to avoid, what do I not want) you have to be clear and honest with your self about this question so write it down if you have to and list what are the results and consequences of not taking action you need to know what is so painful that its preventing you from moving forward.
What Do I want? (Ask your self what it is that I am aim for, what can I potentially achieve if I were to take action what would be the reward of my big bold move forward) this will give you clarity and reveal to you your (WHY) why you need to take action and accomplish your goals I recommend that you write this down in detail so you can have clear picture on the end result .
What’s my next step? (Ask your self what is the next step that I can take right now not how you can climb mount Kilimanjaro, all you need to know is what simple action you can take right now that will set you plans in motion) this could simply be putting on your socks, writing down your task, setting your alarm to wake you up and half an hour earlier than normal or asking a trust worthy friend to be your accountability partner so you can stay on track or what ever you know will work to put your plans in motion.
Do it again! (Repeat the whole action 123 again and again until you form an habit out of them that cancel out your lazy pattern of doing things, you have to remember just like how an house is built by laying one brick at a time so too your small incremental steps will put you closer and closer to your Goals and your consistency will build momentum that will find it self manifesting in every area of your life so with those small steps daily you will achieve your goals.

Here is a bonus nugget that I feel like I should add that know will help to Give you more leverage in your pursuit of success,There are two kinds of people in this world there are the moving towards people and then there are the moving away from these two are pleasure seeker but the difference is.

The moving away from person will do everything they can to avoid pain or what ever they deem to be painful even if its sacrificing there ultimate dream of success.

The moving towards person is always pushing they want pleasure but if the only way they are going to get it is to endure temporary pain then they are going to go through the fire.

Now the key thing is any one can use either of these two forces to there advantage they just have to realise moving towards something is much more powerful than moving away from something the best thing to do is to Have a Goal so attractive and so compelling that it literally pulls you toward it and once you have that there is nothing that can stand in your way.

Over view:

Figure out what it is that you are trying to avoid or what it is that you fear.
Be very clear about what it is that you want and what you will gain by taking action.
Make simple action plans and execute them step by step bit by bit, No step forward is ever too small.
Do it again. Keep moving forward towards your Goals and repeat 123 until they become second nature.

You Can If You Think You Can

2012-02-28T11:48:00.004-08:00

It's not who we are that holds us back, it's who we think we’re not.

I have come to realise that we often model our life base on other people’s expectations for us, positive or negative.

It’s almost like we go out of our way consciously or subconsciously to validate their spoken words for our lives, and this some time determine the success in our lives or maybe the lack there of.

But if we wish to achieve success in our life we have to take a stand and break free from the negative thought patterns that as kept us captive, because our mind push our thoughts, our thoughts push our actions, while our actions push our Lives.

“Successful people don't do great things they only do small things in a great way”.

There is a story that I love about a little boy who didn’t allow other people’s negative expectation of him to dictates his life and now every one all over the world are happy that he didn’t.

The story is about little Tommy.

One day a partially deaf four year old kid came home with a note in his pocket from his teacher and the note said “Your Tommy is too stupid to learn, get him out of the school."

His mother read the note and answered, "My Tommy is not stupid to learn, I will teach him myself" And that Tommy grew up to be who we know today without a doubt is the greatest inventor scientist and businessman of the modern era, the great Thomas A Edison.

Thomas Edison had only three months of formal schooling and he was partially deaf and was told that he was too stupid to learn but many of his over one thousand Ninety three (1093) inventions have profoundly changed the lives of everyone in the world.

Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

Just to list a few of what this Kindergarten drop out gave to the world and change lives globally are.

The Phonograph (Record player)

The Light bulb

The Carbon microphone used in all telephones (he made the telephone easier to use)

Hello! (He coined the phrase HELLO!)

Electricity (he electrifies the world)

The First commercial fluoroscope (X-ray machine)

The Stock ticker (the Stock ticker machines are an ancestor of the modern computer printer)

The Motion picture camera (Thanks to Edison we now have a multi-billion dollar film industry because of is invention)

The Quadruplex, sextuplex and multiplex (the telegraph which turned Western Union into a million-dollar company)

Thomas Edison tried fourteen thousand (14,000) times before he got a durable working light bulb and some one said to him “so you failed 14,000 times before you got it right huh” and “Thomas Edison replied and said no I’ve discovered 14,000 ways how not to make a sustainable light bulb.”

Can you believe that? He made 14,000 attempts and still he never gave up, but what blew me away is that he never saw is attempts as failures he saw them as progress and breakthroughs that lead to greatness because with every attempt he got stronger, wiser, confident and more focus because he knew that he had to prove it to himself that it was possible and he made his critiques eat their own words.

The only difference there are between you and Mr Edison is that he never listens to people who told him that he can’t do something and that is because he was hard of hearing that was his super secret weapon to greatness but guess what you too can shut your ears to all the people that are telling you that you cant and just keep trying.

In this game call life when it comes to opportunities you will always miss 99% of the shots that you DON'T TAKE.

NEVER LET ANYONE OR ANYTHING FLIP THE SWITCH ON YOU DREAMS!

You Can Still Catch Up

2012-02-13T11:31:00.000-08:00

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

You are in charge of the ending; make it the one you want.

I am not telling you that it is going to be easy, but I am certainly telling you it is going to be worth it.

How many times have we found ourselves reflecting and looking at our lives even trying to compare it to other people’s life? And we’re saying to our selves that we can never achieve what they have?

We continue to feed ourselves on a steady diet of that same bull crap until we have put ourselves at a total disadvantage.

So where did we go wrong? What should we have done to win in the race call life?

Well I have learned the hard way and I hope you avoid the same mistakes that I made because if you don’t it will break you down literally.

What I have discovered is that you can not take one person achievements and measure your life by them, you can’t look at the big house, the Mercedes Benz or BMW the yacht, the multiple degrees or even the multi-million dollar companies that a person has.

What I’ve realise is that success always leave clues and these clues are always available to the diligent success student and the clues are also scalable which means they can always be applied to any given situation.

So what does this all mean to you and I? It simply means that instead of looking at the result of some ones achievement we should focus our attention on the process that took them there.

Nothing ever comes easy in life if you are willing to be hard on your self life will be easy for you, but if you are only willing to be easy on your self life will be hard for you.

So the best way for you to use some ones life to measure yours is by looking at the road that they took to get there and if the journey took them 10 years set a goal and tell your self that you will do it in 5 years and if it took them 5years tell your self that you will do it in 2/12 year, why? Because you are willing to work twice as hard twice as fast smarter but more importantly you are willing to be more committed and consistent than they were.

Just like the old adage say (“If you want to go some where, it is best to find some one who has already been there so they can give you directions”) the truth in this adage is that if some one travelled down that path before you did then they have discovered the many pit falls that lie in wait to take you out.

But if you learn there success techniques and how to avoid the pit falls you will achieve what they have achieve in half the time they did simply because you were more diligent.

Just remember success always leave clue so the next you see your class mate, your neighbour, old childhood friend that you grew up with or even the CEO to a multi-million dollar company that you aspire to Just ask your self what did they do to get there.

Then your job is to find out all that they did and when you do just say to your self if they can do it then so can I.

Think big, believe big, act big, and the results will be BIG!

Build a Positive Self-esteem & Self -image

2012-02-06T08:13:00.000-08:00

A beggar was sitting at the train station with a bowl full of pencils. A young executive passed by and dropped a dollar in the bowl He then boarded the train before the doors closed, something came to his mind and he went back to the beggar, grabbed a bunch of pencils, and said, "They are priced right. After all you are a business person and so am I," and he left.

Six months later, the executive attended a party. The beggar was also there in a suit and tie.

The beggar recognized the executive, went up to him and said, "You probably don't recognize me but I remember you." He then narrated the incident that happened six months before. The executive said, "Now that you have reminded me, I do recall that you were begging.

What are you doing here in your suit and tie?" The beggar replied, "You probably don't know what you did for me that day You were the first person in my life who gave me back my dignity You grabbed the bunch of pencils and said, 'They are priced right.

After all, you are a business person and so am I.'

After you left, I thought to myself, what am I doing here? Why am I begging? I decided to do something constructive with my life. I packed my bag, started working and here I am. I just want to thank you for giving me back my dignity. That incident changed my life."

What changed in the beggar's life?

What changed was that his self-esteem went up and so did his performance. This is the magic of self-esteem in our lives.

Self esteem is when your engine is firing up on all cylinders full speed ahead, which takes you to your destination your hopes, dreams and aspirations much faster, you have to be internally driven in order to be a success.

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How To Become Lucky

2012-01-30T09:14:00.000-08:00

"If a man be lucky, there is no foretelling the possible extent of his good fortune. Pitch him into the Euphrates and like as not he will swim out with a pearl in his hand."

—Babylonian proverb

Do you ever noticed that when ever you are going to do something really challenging or go to a job interview or business meeting some one always say to you “Good Luck”. What does that mean good luck?

According to the dictionary the definition of luck is. (The force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: Or good fortune; advantage or success, considered as the result of chance.) So if the dictionaries definition of luck is correct then you and I chances of achieving success via luck are slim to none.

Every one has the desire to be lucky. The all consuming desire to have luck has been in the hearts of men for thousands of years now and it still persist today, every one hopes to be favoured by the whimsical Goddess call Good Luck.

But really is there some way we can attract lady luck, to get her favourable attention, and her generous favours?

I personally believe in luck, But No not the esoteric mystical mythical kind that only comes around every gazillion years; I believe in the luck that Guarantees success every time you use it.

What? Luck that Guarantees success every time you use? What are you talking about Collin? You might say.

But yes it is duplicatable and reusable every time, luck which is spelt L.U.C.K mean ( Labour Under Correct Knowledge) this means that if you exercise LUCK ever day all your achievements in life are sure.

If you want to sit by with your fingers crossed a Horseshoes around your neck with a Four Leaf Clover breaking Wishbones and a Rabbit's Foot in your pocket then by all means do so it’s your choice, but just ask your self how lucky was the Rabbit because right you have his foot inside your pocket.

Good Luck. As we have grown accustom to knowing as cost us many great fortunes that we missed in life and scores of missed opportunities for success, but real luck as it is meant to be Guarantees success every time.

True luck is when preparedness meets opportunity when you (L.U.C.K.) Labour Under Correct Knowledge the compound effect of your preparedness gives you the skills and ability to identify and seize all the great opportunity that comes your way.

So if you really want to be lucky stop sitting around waiting for the mystical goddess of luck to come by and say ooh poor thing and then drop a big bag full of cash in your lap.

As cool as that would be its even better to create your own luck and be the right person in the right place all the time.

Start using your LUCK by doing those things that you know will open many great doors for you.

One of my formulas for being lucky is the five P system the five P’s Guarantees results every time, what are the five P’s you may ask? well the 5 P’s are

Proper – preparation – prevent – poor – performance.

It’s that simple once you are prepared and you have put your self at peak state you can out perform any one and accomplish any thing this is how LUCK works every day all the time Guarantee.

Discipline Gives Freedom

2012-01-23T10:20:00.000-08:00

A boy was flying a kite with his father and asked him what kept the kite up. Dad replied, "The string." The boy said, "Dad, it is the string that is holding the kite down." The father asked his son to watch as he broke the string.

Guess what happened to the kite? It came down. Isn't that true in life? Sometimes the

Very things that we think are holding us down are the things that are helping us fly. That is what discipline is all about.

So Winning in life comes when we do not succumb to what we want to do, but do what ought to be done. That requires discipline.

Harry S. Truman said "In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves Self-discipline with all of them came first."

How To Eliminate Self Sabotage

2012-01-09T08:26:00.000-08:00

“If you are ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.” By Sun Tzu

There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most effective and proven ways are procrastination and self sabotage. People who procrastinate sabotage themselves They put obstacles in their own path, set up their own stumbling blocks They actually choose paths that hurt their performance.

Why would people do that to themselves?

Well the truth is Procrastinators are made not born no one was ever born to be a procrastinator, people choose self sabotage over self-regulation, It's easy to forget just how powerful our subconscious mind can be. We are often completely unaware of how our actions (or inactions) are affecting our lives. We may complain that things never work out for us, we have bad luck, or we just don't have what it takes to be successful.

For most people procrastination is a lifestyle stemming from habits that they have adopted over time you have to remember that our thinking pattern becomes habitual. We form habits and habits form character. Before you realize that you have got the habit, the habit has got you.

Habits are a lot stronger than logic and reasoning. Habits start by being too weak to be felt and end up becoming too strong to get out of,

So what is self sabotage? And why would some one want to sabotage themselves?

Self sabotage is a combination of our Thoughts, Feelings and Actions. Actions that are working against self-interest these thought patterns are creating barricades in our lives that is literally preventing our success at all levels even thought we want to have success.

You can look at it like this. We want something consciously but we sabotage our self unconsciously, it should be clear by now that there is a conflict going on between our conscious wants and our unconscious desires.

Some of the reasons why people might sabotage themselves are that subconsciously they create a safety mechanism to protect them from disappointment so out of fear of disappointment they actually create the disappointment.

So what are some of the consequences of self sabotage?

They prevent us from reaching our Goals.
They prevent us from taking action.
They prevent us from making important decisions
They hold us back in life.

What are some of the reasons why people sabotage themselves?

some people sabotage themselves as a way of comfort or a coping mechanism.
Lack of self-esteem.
Lack of self-worth.
Lack of self belief.
Lack of self confidence.
An inability to manage our emotional state.
An inability to manage our reaction to circumstances, people and events.

Self sabotage is shooting your self in the foot.

Other well noted ways of self sabotage are.

Fear of failure.
Fear of risk.
Fear of making mistakes
Fear of what people might think.
Fear of succeeding. ( yes some people do have a fear of becoming successful)
Limiting beliefs such as (it wont work, I can't do this, I am too busy for that right now, I am just not ready, I am just not good enough
One of the worst is comparing ourselves with other people.

When these thoughts and actions go unmanaged or not corrected they we will continue to self sabotage which will work against our self interest.

So how do we fix self sabotage and eliminate it from our lives? Well the first thing we have to do is identify our self sabotaging behaviors we can do so by examining ourselves carefully or write a list of all our thoughts and motives that we believe maybe holding us back, we should also be careful to identify the triggers that set off these self sabotaging behaviors.

Some of the triggers could be a place, an event, an object, people or a specific time.

After we have single out the culprit that as been killing our dreams, stealing our prosperity and success then we can move in to repair or correction mode.

Our next step is to identify some healthy replacements that will help us achieve our self interest, as we have already establish, these self sabotaging behaviors are habits that are deeply-seated into our subconscious so it will take a full commitment on our part to eliminate and replace them .

so the best way to fix the problem is to ask your self why do you need to change this habit and if you find a good enough reason why you will have the motivation that you need to propel you forward to make the change ( i.e. my current habit is holding me back from starting my own business.

Start practicing your new healthy behavior until an habit is formed to replace the old negative habit, some people recommend that you should practice for 21 days but I believe that you should give your self the least 30 day and be very consistent, because some of the self defeating thoughts that you are now trying to correct took many years to form some were even developed from childhood so I really don't think 21 days is sufficient.

This is not a comprehensive lesson on how to eliminate procrastination and self sabotage, but the steps that have been laid out here withing are sufficient enough to get you well on you way to success providing that you follow the steps carefully and that you are committed to change and self-regulation.

final tips be aware, be optimistic, learn from your mistakes by asking self improving questions in contrast to your mistakes, identify self defeating thoughts root them out and replace them the instant you discover them and be committed and consistent your success, happiness and entire life depend on it.

Take charge of your own education

2012-01-04T03:14:00.000-08:00

The other day one of my readers asked me a question about education and because of my passion for education I believe its only right that I share the question and the answer that I gave. I hope every one else find it Helpful.

Even though the reader who ask the question is a college student the answer that I gave can be applicable in any situation at any stage in your life.

The Question was:

"What are some ways someone can take charge of their own education?"

My Answer is:

That is a very good question and the fact that you ask that question shows one very clear and important fact and that is, you are well aware of the fact that you can take control of your education and your life.

I have always believed that education is free, but a university or college certification is very expensive.

So the answer to you question is very simple and I am going to put it in list form so it can be easily understood and replicated.

Step 1. you have to first decide what is it that you want, just imagine if a plane left JFK airport with no clear destination in mind flying around and don't know where to go I guess I don't have to tell you what would happen to it. So know what you want and decide upon it.

Step 2. Find out where you are going to acquire you education from, this could be a university, college or even you local neighborhood library. Like I said before education is free.

Step 3. Set a goal. Write down your goals, as I mentioned in a metaphor before a plane can not take off if the pilot don't have a clear destination confirmed.

So make sure you set real achievable goals, write them down in detail and list out the expected benefits that you wish to achieve at the end, but still allow your self some amount flexibility.

Step 4. Put a time value on your goals. This means that you're going to put a starting time and an ending time for each goal you set.

Step 5. Ask your self this question. WHY? Yes you read correctly, why is the single most important question you can ask your self, why do you need to educate your self? Why do you need to improve your life? If you have a strong enough WHY then the HOW will come to you easy and you will eventually get the WHAT it takes to get it all done and enjoy a successful happy and prosperous life.

So look around you on your life, family, job and then search inside and ask WHY, when you find the why it will be the fuel for your jet pack that will propel you into the Stratosphere of success.

Step 6. Master your time or your time will become your master, you have to incorporate some time management in your life style time management is very important it determine how fast you excel and how far you will go so make sure this is on your priorities list.

So these are some of the ways that I believe someone can take charge of their own education and lives please feel free to ask if you have any further questions.

So To overview:

No 1. Decide what you want.

No 2. Know where to get what you want.

No 3. Set a goal.

No 4. Put a time value on your goals

No 5. Ask your self WHY.

No 6. Time management

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Be Still

2012-01-02T08:43:00.000-08:00

Life is filled with rewards and Great gifts, but sadly most of us has never had the chance to be a proud recipient of these great gifts.

We didn't really miss out on them because they weren't given to us; we actually miss them because we didn't receive them. I know your going to say hold on there mister. What do you mean I didn't receive life's greatest rewards?

Well the truth is we often don't.

With our life always in over drive and often times extremely chaotic and then the party or club hoping when we are not sitting in front of the TV spacing out, yes all of these activities rob us of the great rewards we could have receive and enjoy if we had just take the time to be Still.

When I had learned to use the power of how to be still I was awe struck and wonder to my self about all the things that I have missed out on because I had never took the time to be still.

Now don't get too mystical on me and start thinking that I am talking about some new magical art or an old ancient mystical powers because that's not what I am talking about.

To Be Still. Just simply mean to take a chill pill, to relax your self it is often refer to as meditation, it as been revealed by many great inventor, scientist, musicians and even Albert Einstein himself that some of the greatest discoveries came out of quiet moment of relaxation and reflection in fact Einstein's theory of relativity came to him at time when he was just chilling.

I have also discover that some of my greatest ideas come to me while I am in chill mode just relaxing and meditating I have discovered ideas for great events, innovative ways to make more money, inventions and just ways to make life easier for my self and other people.

Ask yourself why haven't you taken the time out of that busy life of your and allow life to reward you, it really don't take that much, all you have to do is just chill and the more often you do it the more rewarding it becomes.

Here is my be still how to guide.

Get a note pad and a pen or a pencil depending on which one you like to use.

Pick a time it could be 5 to 25 minutes morning, noon or evening when you want to chill in a quite secluded area.

Its not hard to meditate you don't have to be an ancient sage to meditate all it require is that you take that designated time to reward your self by just freeing your mind of all your worldly concerns and allow the reservoir of great ideas and solutions that resides in you to flow and while they gush out of that storage tank of infinite knowledge and wisdom write them down because they will slip away as fast as they come.

Try it out. Take a chill pill and allow life to reward you all you have to do is just BE STILL.

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New Year’s Revolution

2011-12-26T03:44:00.000-08:00

Have you ever noticed that every year at new years eve we declare our new year's resolution, but as soon as the new year begins we often start for two weeks or maybe even a month at best before we end up quitting and then.
That which we have resolute so vehemently about just months before we end up putting it in the pile of unfinished business that we have been stocking up on over the years.

I have been giving this a lot of thought and a little research and what I have uncovered is that a lot of these declaration that people have made for their lives as the components to make them really successful and in most case extremely wealthy. So I beg to ask the question. Why they would abandon such great power and the ability to make themselves prosperous and successful?

Well a few answers came up, but two stood out the most to me and those are.

They just don't know. Most people don't have a clue as to the chain reaction of successes that would have followed if they had only stuck with their declarations like a postage stamp until it reaches its destination.

They lack the dedication, relentlessness, determination and most of all the Motivation that is needed to achieve greatness.

So this is my step by step guide on how to make these new year's declarations and keep them.

Step 1. Turn your declarations into real achievable goals, write them down in detail and list out the expected benefits that you wish to receive.

Step 2. Put a time value on your goals. This means that you're going to put a starting time and a ending time for each goal.
This doesn't mean that at the end of each goal you would have accomplished everything on your list.
what this actually does is it helps you to gauge and measure your progress so you can know where to focus more attention.

It's best to set long term as well as short term goals, thus maximizing your full potential.

Step 3. Stop making resolutions. For the majority, just the word itself carries tremendous psychological disadvantages; they just don't work. According to surveys, only 8 percent of Americans successfully achieve their New Year's resolutions, 92% are not kept. 80 percent of those who make New Year resolutions have failed by Jan. 20th. So what do you do then?

Step 4. Start making New Year's revolutions instead. So what's the difference you might ask? Well the definition for resolution is (a formal expression of opinion or intention, the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action) which simply means that you will take forever to get it done and you will be discourage on your way.

Maybe this is why psychologists all over the world say that New year's resolutions are doomed to failure.
well noted psychologists have said that setting a resolution is a form of "cultural procrastination” because people fail to set realistic goals and most aren't ready to change their habits.

I am not a psychologists but my research has shown and proven to me that in order to have real change and achieve your utmost you need to have a revolution.
This is why I suggest that you should set a new year's revolution.

The definition for Revolution is (An overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed a radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, especially one made suddenly and often accompanied by intensity).

Every revolution in history was marked by a revolt, a total break away from by open rebellion to cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority. How this applies to us is that we have to identify our old none supportive ways of thinking and doing things as a government that is keeping us under bondage, stifling our growth and stealing our progress and success.
We have to form a mental rebellion against them and revolt because the truth is they are doing more harm than good.

So the difference with a revolution over a resolution is while a resolution is a stead fast focus on creating change, a revolution on the other hand is a complete dethroning of the old way of doing things a complete reform, new goals, new management system, new governance, new mind set.
This means that you have completely replaced your old paradigm with a new ones so the old routine and frame of mind no longer reign as supreme king in your life which allows you regain the ability to achieve your desired goals. Let the Revolution begin!!

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Birds Of a Feather Flock Together

2011-12-19T01:13:00.000-08:00

While I was growing up I always use to hear my aunt say “show me your company and I will tell you who you are” also translate (bird of a feather flock together).

This is one statement that rich and successful people take very seriously; they understand that who you associate your self with will determine your direction in life.

If there are people in your life who are abusive, demeaning, angry, hurtful, not supportive, unethical, or crazy, it is time to let them go. You may have your reasons for hanging on to them, but do these reasons really outweigh the negative impact they have on your life and future?

Just check it if the people on the inner circle of your five closest friends are aimless has no goals for there lives don't have a clue if they are coming are going and all they can talk about is where the next party is going to be; then its quite clear that you will be thinking and talking about the same thing. I am not trying to say it's bad to have fun; as a matter of fact having fun can be therapeutic.

What I am saying is you have to put your priorities in order. If your friends are not cheer leading you on and motivating you to want to succeed and achieve your goals or if they can't offer you qualifying advice to help improve your quality of life then you probably need to rearrange your associations.

At the very least, find ways to cut back on interactions with these people. Because they are driving you in the middle of nowhere-ville on an empty tank; you can either change your inner circle or your outer circle either way you have to have a support group of friends and family that works as a booster pack propelling you higher and farther head in your life.

Rich and successful people only associate them selves with other rich and successful people not because they believe that they are better than other people, they do so because they understand that if want to go somewhere, its best to find some one who as already been there before so they can guide you.

This kind of association motivates, inspire and direct you forward. You see rich people think differently than poor people about the same things these different ways of looking at the same situation is what allows them to keep achieving more each day.

OK here are a few examples of the difference in thinking.

Rich people believe "I create my life." Poor people believe, "Life happens to me."
Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game to not lose.
Rich people focus on opportunities. Poor people focus on obstacles
Rich people are bigger than their problems. Poor people are smaller than their problems.
Rich people act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them.
Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.

From these examples you can see why it is so important for you to evaluate your friends and the people the you're closely associated with because if they are under achiever, have no goals, has a Poor Mental Attitude and is not driven to achieve success then guess what 9.9 times out of 10 that will be your exact thoughts and beliefs also.

So give your self a moment and take this challenge today, take a few minutes to evaluate your inner circle and your outer circle of friends and ask your self this questions which one of these people pushes me closer to or further away from my goals and expectations for my life?

And if you work it out and discover who are the pusher and pullers then rearrange your circles and put the pusher on the inner circle and the puller on the outer circle this way you wont lose a friend if that's what you are worried about, but you would gain leverage and if there are no pusher in any of your circles then go find some; just remember the birds that you flock with will determine how far you reach in life.
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As A Man Thinketh

2011-12-12T10:36:00.000-08:00

“For as he thinketh in his heart so is he” Proverbs 23:7.

The proverb, as he thinketh in his heart so is he. At fist glance may seem a bit simplistic to some people but if you really look at it and examine the premise you would realize that it is so profound and so relevant today even though it was written over 300 thousand years ago.

Every aspect of a persons life is shaped and governed by their thoughts even down to the minute details of every day choices, I know you’re going to say Collin I already know that; so what’s new? Well the truth is we all know this is a fact, but what we some times fail recognize is, yes our thoughts do control and govern our lives, so the real question is, who or what control and govern our thoughts?

Sounds like a crazy question? Well let examine it for a bit and see, so people act and do as there minds tell them but who tell their minds to act and do the things they do?

I think Therefore I Am:

Answer: our environment we are all conditioned to think and act a certain way and this is what cause the results that we see in our lives, so here is another question for you, who is really in control of your life?

We are led by what we are fed; this simply means that the kind of information that we feed ourselves will eventually manifest it self in an action. No, no, no Collin your wrong I am the one that is in control of my life not any system, circumstance or person; if your in the driver seat of your life and your driving up success boulevard on your way to achievement highway then kudos to you.

But for most of us it would be wise to acknowledge that our actions can be no wiser than our thoughts and our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding. So if we all do agree that our thoughts govern our lives and we also establish that our conditioning and environment control our thoughts this means that in order to really have control of our lives we have to gauge what we put inside our mind in order to achieve any form of success.

Garbage In Garbage Out:

Like the old saying goes garbage in garbage out: all that we are is the result of what we have thought, our life and achievements and the lack there of. where we live our jobs and every instance in our life is a perfect reflection of our thoughts.

We are not creatures of circumstances as we often think, circumstances are a result of us. Albert Einstein once said “We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them” if our intention is to improve our lives then it is imperative that we improve our thoughts.

We have to constantly feed our mind with the things that support and reinforce what we desire to see manifest in our lives if we desire success then we have to realized that Success is something you attract by becoming an attractive person: how do you attract success? You attract it by learning more about it.

The more you learn about success is the more attractive you become to it, as he thinketh in his heart so is he literally means that whatever thoughts you allow to consume your mind will also consume your life.

you cant sow peas and expect apples to grow. So ask your self this question, what kind of seeds are you sowing in your mind? We can no longer say no one knows what's going on inside our heart because even though we think in secret it will come to past our environment is but our looking glass.

The thinker

How To Mine Gold

2011-12-07T02:49:00.000-08:00

Andrew Carnegie, America's first great industrialist, over 100 years ago had 43 millionaires working for him this was an extremely rare occurence then and still is today.
A reporter asked Mr Carnegie how did manage to hire 43 millionaires to work for him. Carnegie responded and said that "none of them were millionaires when I first hired them" he said, but he explained that, “You develop millionaires the same way you mine gold. When your mining gold you expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but you don't go into the mine looking for the dirt you go in looking for the gold.”

This statement by Andrew Carnegie is so profound and so true, but we often do the opposite, we some times go off digging for dirt in a person or a situation that we often totally over look the golden nuggets we often discover.

We deprive our selves of success, happiness and prosperity all but too often just because, when we should be digging and mining for gold we end up left with a hand full of dirt and we sometimes try to validate our findings by making some crazing statement like “see I knew it wouldn't work” or “I knew that person was never good from the start”, now while pointing fingers may seem cool at the moment it is never a good mental attitude and it is always reserve for losers.

We have to realize that we don't see things the way they really are we only see things the way we are. What does that mean you may ask? Well we can only see things from our own perspective so if we have a poor or negative mental attitude that is how we will see things and if we don't change it we will always miss golden opportunities.

Winston Churchill once said “a pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty”

It is absolutely important for us to adjust our mental attitude if we really want to be healthy, wealthy, happy and wise, with a proper PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) we can guarantee that we wont go off digging for dirt any more besides what are we going to do with the tons dirt that we have amass any ways? It as no use, I know in the pass that I have been guilty off dirt mining and what have I found out is; that junk as no value and it just weighs you down.

Andrew Carnegie amassed a fortune during the 1800s that would be worth more than $250 billion in today's dollars. To put this in perspective, Carnegie would have more money than the top three richest men in the world today, combined. Carnegie did not start off rich however. He and his family immigrated to America as a small poor immigrant boy from Scotland. His family lived in poverty, first in Scotland, and then in Pittsburgh. As a small boy he had to drop out of school and work long hours six days a week to help support his family.

While down in the crux of poverty Carnegie discovered that in order to achieve anything great you need to have a Positive Mental Attitude toward life. This is what took him from complete poverty to the richest man in the world a century ago. In order to be successful Andrew Carnegie believe that when you're mining gold you expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but you don't go into the mine looking for the dirt you go in looking for the gold.”

Acres Of Diamonds

2011-12-04T22:17:00.000-08:00

This is an excerpt from one of the most inspirational books that I've read its called Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell.

I felt like sharing it today because I believe it illustrates what happen when we fail to realize our own potentials and start looking at other people's lives and situation and say to ourselves only if I was that person or only if I had there opportunity I would be better off. We become so engulf with these distractions some times that we go off chasing other people's dreams so much so that we neglect our own lives trying to find something that we already have.

There was a farmer in Africa who was happy and content. He was happy because he was content. He was content because he was happy.

One day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along with them. The wise man said, "If you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could have your own city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist, you could probably own your own country." And then he went away. That night the farmer couldn't sleep. He was unhappy and he was discontent. He was unhappy because he was discontent and discontent because he was unhappy.

The next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm, took care of his family and went in search of diamonds. He looked all over Africa and couldn't find any. He looked all through Europe and couldn't find any.When he got to Spain, he was emotionally, Physically and financially broke. He got so disheartened that he threw himself into the Barcelona River and committed suicide.

Back home, the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at a stream that ran through the farm. Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought it would look good on the mantle. He Picked up the stone and put it in the living room. That afternoon the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He asked, "Is Hafiz back?"

The new owner said, "No, why do you ask?" The wise man said, "Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see one." The man said, no, that's just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come, I'll show you. There are many more." They went and picked some samples and sent them for analysis. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm was indeed covered with acres and acres of diamonds.

What is the moral of this story? There are five morals actually:

1. When our attitude is right, we realize that we are all walking on acres and acres of

Diamonds.

· Attributed to Dr Russel Conwell.

· Opportunity is always under our feet. We don't have to go anywhere. All we need

to do is recognize it.

2. The grass on the other side always looks greener.

3. While we are dyeing the grass on the other side, there are others who are dyeing the

grass on our side. They would be happy to trade places with us.

4. When people don't know how to recognize opportunity, they complain of noise when it knocks on your door.

5. The same opportunity never knocks twice. The next one may be better or worse, but it is never the same one.

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Life by design

2011-11-28T10:36:00.000-08:00

Life is best live by design, I heard Jim Rohn said that a while back and I sat down and thought about it for awhile and after careful deliberation with my self it became abundantly clear to me that every thing as a point of origin and a designed structure.

Let's look at it for a moment; (just to simplify the explanation let use a guy) a guy went to his tailor and say I have a special engagement coming up and I want you to make me a really nice suit, well what the tailor would do is take his measurement and then he would sit down and create a design on paper according to the strict specification of his client upon on request, factoring all the intricate details he requested and after finding the exact material he would turn the machine and then Voila the perfect suit. his client is happy he is happy and every one walk away smiling.

This may sound like a simplistic explanation but it is the same with everything in life, everything as a point of origin and a design; just look at it the guy tells his tailor what he wants the tailor then translates his idea into a design and then create a suit to fit.

It is really astonishing to see how many of us miss this simple truth, we go to work not realizing that we are doing everything according to our bosses design when we go to the grocery store or to the department store, when we take the bus or drive our car on the road it is all according to design, the house we live in, the buildings we work at, the cloths we wear, the food we eat and even the very bed we sleep on at nights every single one is all by design.

So let's ask our self this question, if all of these systems, businesses, governments and products that we use every day are all by design and they are having such great success. Why is it that our lives are not by design?

We cant keep going around like a wondering generality we have to take control and become a meaningful specific, we are making the department stores, grocery stores, car manufacturers, mobile phone manufacturers and network providers more successful, we make our boss richer every day because we are fulfilling their design.

Most people think that life just happens to them and they have no control over what takes place, but what they fail to see is that if you don't have a clear outlined design for your life then your life will be like a leaf blowing in the wind going no where.

“People with out any goals in life get used by the people who have goals”

What are your dreams for your life? Turn these dreams into doable goals to day and get started on designing your own life path, you are the architect of your life it's not really hard it just takes commitment and dedication your helping every one else to fulfill their design and they are becoming more successful. its time to fulfill your own, Life by Design is your right.

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Hot Gossip!

2011-11-21T05:46:00.000-08:00

Gossip is like a fired bullet. Once you hear the sound, you can't take it back.

How many times have you found your self hating some one or really despising their guts, but when you really thing about it that person as never done any thing to you, we can even take it further to say you and that person has never had any interaction before.

But why is this? How can you hate or despise some one that you have never talked to before? Usually if we should tract the origin of our ill feelings towards a person, place or thing it always comes from some one else and they usually get it from some else.

If one wants to accomplish great things in life one has to practice maturity. Maturity

Means not getting entangled in unimportant things like petty talk and bad-mouthing other people, what's the Difference between gossiping and cutting one to pieces? There is none. The definition for gossip is (to talk idly, especially about the affairs of others) it does not take a rocket scientist figure out that means you are heading no where.

“Give so much of your time to the improvement of your self that you have no time to criticize or slander others” by Jim rohn.

Remember, people who gossip with you also gossip about you in your absence.

Gossiping and lying are closely related. A gossip listens in haste and repeats at leisure.

A gossip never minds his own business because he neither has a mind nor a business. A gossip is more concerned about what he overhears than what he hears. Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves nothing unsaid.

Someone said it well: "Small people talk about other people, mediocre people talk about

Things and great people talk about ideas."

Gossip can lead to slander and defamation of character. People who listen to gossip are

as guilty as those who do the gossiping.

Gossip has no respect for justice. It breaks hearts, it ruins lives, it is cunning and

Malicious. It victimizes the helpless. Gossip is hard to track down because it has no face

Or name. It tarnishes reputations, wrecks marriages, ruins careers, makes the innocent cry, causes heartaches and sleepless nights. The next time you indulge in gossip, ask yourself is it worth it?

There was a story about a young fellow who went about town slandering the town's wise man. One day, he went to the wise man's home and asked for forgiveness. The wise man, realizing that this man had not internalized the gravity of his actions told him that he would forgive him on one condition: that he go home, take a feather pillow from his house, cut it up, and scatter the feathers to the wind. After he had done so, he should then return to the wise man's house.

Though puzzled by this strange request, the young man was happy to be let off with so easy a penance. He quickly cut up the pillow, scattered the feathers, and returned to the house.

“Am I now forgiven?” he asked.

“Just one more thing,” the wise man said. “Go now and gather up all the feathers.”

“But that's impossible. The wind has already scattered them.”

“Precisely,” he answered. “And though you may truly wish to correct the evil you have done, it is as impossible to repair the damage done by your words as it is to recover the feathers. Your words are out there in the marketplace, spreading hate, even as we speak.”

Refrain from indulging in gossip. Remember, small talk comes out of big mouths when you discus other peoples business you motivate them to become a better person and while you build them up your tearing down your self.

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How to Train a Flea.

2011-11-17T01:20:00.000-08:00

How to Train a Flea?

Train a flea? You may ask, but it is really interesting if you think about it, fleas are one of the more superior insect, because of their amazing ability to jump, they are the best jumpers in the insect world.

Fleas can jump two hundred times the length of their own bodies, which is roughly about thirteen inches. If a grown man could jump 200 times the length of their own bodies, they could jump about 900 feet!

Wow! Can you imagine that? What boundless ability these fleas have, it amazes me every time I think about it. Can you imagine if we could jump 200 times the length of our bodies this means that we could jump over the Trump World Tower in New York which is the 79th-tallest building in the world and the 28th-tallest in the United States. It is tallest all-residential building in New York City and the United States. This just shows how limitless both man and insect can be if they use their full potential.

So back to the question, how do you train a flea? An insect that as such boundless ability.

Well here is my thought if you want make it in life and have success you have to learn how to train fleas.

You train fleas by putting them in a jar the fleas will then attempt to jump out but when you put the lid on the jar they will hit the lid of the jar with tremendous force. Hitting the lid of the jar with such force is painful. After doing this over and over again for about 30 minutes, you can take the lid off of the jar and the fleas will not jump out. They react to the impact of hitting the lid and adapt by jumping with less force and are conditioned to jump just shy of hitting the lid. When you take the lid off and give them the opportunity to use their innate potential again and jump far, they continue to jump just shy of the height of the lid as if it were still on the jar and this is how they will remain for the rest of their life.

Most people are just like that they start out with such enthusiasm in life to climb the mountain own a business to do some thing significant, but along the way they bump their head or snob their toe and they become what zig ziglar call a SNIOP which means (Susceptible to the Negative Influence of Other people,) its very interesting how we as humans respond the same way, When limitations are taken off, we refuse to use our full potential because of conditioning and pain or discomfort of prior limitation. We will not go as far as we can go or think bigger to achieve great things.

We are victims of our environment and conditioning and we limit ourselves by our beliefs and what we are told to believe. “Don't think big; you will only disappoint yourself. You can't do that. What, are you crazy? Don't dream big; it is impossible.” Is it true? Only if you believe it.

So what is a flea trainer? A flea trainer jump out of the jar, a flea trainer realize that God has coded our DNA with what we need to succeed, But we hold ourselves prisoners to our own thinking and our limitations are set by conditioning our beliefs as what we accept to be true for us.

A flea trainer realizes that what they do is up to them and they refuse to be influence by the negativity of people and circumstance. JUMP OUT! Click Here!

How to Be Proactive

2011-11-14T05:31:00.000-08:00

What are you really thinking about today?

Perhaps the most basic statement of how we work. Think about what you are thinking today. What do those thoughts say about you? About your life? And how well do they really match your plans for your life and your image of yourself?

It’s easy to forget about this simple statement in everyday life. It’s easy to be quite incongruent with what you think on an ordinary day compared to how you view yourself and your goals. A simple external reminder such as a post-it with this quote can be helpful to keep you and your thoughts on the right track. A brilliant and beautiful expansion on this thought can be found in James Allen's As a Man Thinketh’.

But thinking alone is insufficient we have to be proactive with our thoughts and our beliefs in order to keep the positive thoughts flowing.

Thinking has its place. It can help you plan a somewhat realistic route to your goal and help you avoid future pitfalls. Over thinking is however just a habit that will help you waste a lot of time. It's more useful to replace that habit with the habit of just doing it.

“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” By Bruce Lee.

“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” By Bruce Lee.

Thinking too much and thereby seldom taking action. Paralysis by analysis can waste years of your life. There is nothing wrong with thinking before you do something. Do some research; make a plan explore potential upsides and problems.

But compulsively thinking and thinking and thinking is just another way to waste your time. You don't have to examine everything from every angle before you try it. And you can't wait for the perfect time to do something. That time never comes. And if you keep thinking you'll just dig yourself down deeper and deeper and taking action will become more and more difficult. Instead you just need to stop thinking. Shut of your mind it just helps you up to a point and go do whatever you need to do.

Adding more thoughts and thinking things over for the 111: Th time may create a sense of security. It’s also a good way to procrastinate and to avoid taking that leap you know you should take. And the more you think, the harder it gets to act. Perhaps because you want to keep that comforting sense of security and avoid the risk of wrecking that feeling.

How can you overcome this way of thinking and feeling?

Be proactive.

To hell with the circumstances you have to create the opportunities you want. It's easy to get locked into a reactive mindset. You just follow along with whatever is happening. You do what the people around you do. You react to whatever is going on and so you get lost in your circumstances. This way of thinking doesn't feel good. You tend to feel powerless and like you are just drifting along.

You can't allow your self to be stuck with Paralysis by analysis the only way your going to know if your ideas or your goals for your life will ever work is if you become proactive like Nike says JUST DO IT!

The more action you put behind your thoughts the clearer they will become over time, like the famous quote by Napoleon Bonaparte say,

“Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.” In other words JUST DO IT!

Will it be hard taking action? Yes! But what do you expect you have been passive with your life all this time of course it going to take a lot persistent and determination to start live an abundant life but look at it this way.

When ever NASA launches a rocket into space it takes two gigantic boosters to give it enough momentum to get it up and then it just break free from them and use its momentum to get it to its destination being proactive does the same in our lives. So what are you waiting for?

JUST DO IT!

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Paid in full

2011-11-09T04:34:00.000-08:00

This caught my eyes while i was browsing the other and i fell like sharing it with all my readers.

PAID IN FULL.

A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For
many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's
showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told
him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited
signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the
morning of his graduation his father called him into his private
study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine
son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son
a beautiful wrapped gift box.

Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man
opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible. Angrily,
he raised his voice at his father and said, "With all your money you
give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy
book.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in
business.

He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his
father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He
had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make
arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had
passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He
needed to come home immediately and take care things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and
regret filled his heart.

He began to search his father's important papers and
saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With
tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he
read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope
taped behind the Bible.

It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the
sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation,
and the words...PAID IN FULL.

How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not
packaged as we expected?

The 80/20 Rule

2011-11-07T01:20:00.000-08:00

I believe success could have come much sooner in my life had I known then what I know now, I am much older and wiser now, But sometimes I wish that I had known some of things I have learned over the last few years a bit earlier. That perhaps there had been a self-improvement class in school. And in some ways there probably was.

But I highly doubt it though, because there is no way that a teacher could have been sharing life transforming information and I didn't here it are don't remember right, right? Well if there was I sure didn't get that class so I had to be stuck in the struggle lane of the crowded high way of life.

you see life is often like a math problem because we don't know the correct formula we often struggle to find ways to make our life a little simpler, you were probably just like me, you find your self busy doing everything but getting nothing done well at lease the important things, now that I know this is the 80/20 rule I can easily evaluate the situation and focus my efforts a be more efficient, but before that it was like pushing water up an hill with a straw.

So what is that 80/20 rule? This is one of the best ways to make better use of your time. The 80/20 rule also known as The Pareto Principle basically says that 80 percent of the value you will receive will come from 20 percent of your activities.

So in essence a greater portion of your accomplishment will come from a lesser portion of your endeavors, can you imagine the amount of time I wasted all these years not knowing this I could have spare my self at lease five years of hardship if some one had thought me the 80/20 rule.

To be effective you probably need some kind of time management-system. It might be something really simple, like using the 80/20-rule at the beginning of each day. The 80/20 rule says that you´ll get 80 percent of your results from only 20 percent of your tasks and activities. So you need to focus most of your energy on those few important tasks to be effective.

When you have prioritized using this rule just write down the top 3 most important things you need to do that day. Then, from the top, start doing them. Even if you just get one of the things done, you have still done the most important thing you could do today. You may perhaps prefer some other system, such as GTD. But however you organize your work it's still of highest priority to find the most important tasks so you don't spend days, weeks or months doing busywork that isn't that essential anyway. Just getting things done faster isn't that useful if the things you get done are unimportant to you.

So a lot of what you do is probably not as useful or even necessary to do as you may think. You can just drop or vastly decrease the time you spend on a whole bunch of things and if you do that you will have more time and energy to spend on those things that really brings you value, happiness and fulfillment.

Thank you for smiling

2011-11-04T09:59:00.000-07:00

It has been proven time and time again that giving is more reward than receiving but some how we don't seem to get it, why is that? and then on the flip side some how we believe that if it don't come out of our wallets or pocket book or even from a store then its just not a gift.

We some how got our wires crossed up and thinking that if it is not a store bought shiny, 42 inches with HD, bling or plays our favorite tune while simultaneously making a call and sending an email then its just not some thing that we would even consider giving.

But the truth is some of the most priceless gifts are the ones that you can never buy in a store, these gifts comes free but they are worth a fortune, how about giving some away today? You have a lot, as a matter a fact you can live three life time and still you couldn't use up the surplus that you have.

So how what do you say about it? Why not start of by giving away some smile today. Do you remember the quote that says “laughter is the best medicine?” well surprisingly smiling does the same its a fact smiling can boost your mood and even your immune system, Psychologists have found that even if you're in bad mood, you can instantly lift your spirits by forcing yourself to smile.

I bet after hearing this you wont be so hesitant with giving away smiles any more and I see you smiling right now yea there it is huh uh, wow look at that colossal smile one your face right now I bet your saying to your self that you need to contain that smile on your face before some one comes in and see you staring at the computer screen grinning from ear to ear.

Don't worry Smiles are contagious: It's not just a saying: smiling really is contagious, scientists say. In a study conducted in Sweden, people had difficulty frowning when they looked at other subjects who were smiling, and their muscles twitched into smiles all on their own.

Here are a few facts that you should know about smile before you go out on a smiling spree.

It boosts your immune system

Smiles are contagious.

Smiles Relieve Stress.

It's easier to smile than to frown.

It's a universal sign of happiness.

Smiles use from 5 to 53 facial muscles.

Women smile more than men.

There are 19 different types of smiles.

and best of all its free.

So now you know that you have this wonderful gift in abundant supply, go ahead Smile more often. Whip out a smile like your credit card and brighten some ones day, because in actuality you are the one that is getting the most benefit from it; whenever you get a grin on your face, your brain is releasing serotonin, the happy hormone.

Smiling is the natural way to force yourself to be happy. Many people even smile for five minutes straight in the morning to get themselves in a great mood for the day. It is a very powerful tool that is utilized less and less as we grow older and need happiness more than ever. Just remember that while happiness leads to smiles, smiles also lead to happiness. So what are you waiting for go ahead start giving.

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The Brain vs Google (How to Get More From Ourselves)

2011-11-03T07:48:00.000-07:00

We have all heard the old myth that as been quoted and missed quoted for centuries now you know that famous one that says most humans only use up 10% of their brain, now while some of us would love to believe this myth so we can blame it on some of our short comings the claim is just not true.

Although it's true that at any given moment all of the brain's regions are not concurrently firing, brain researchers using imaging technology have shown that, like the body's muscles, most are continually active over a 24-hour period. Evidence would show over a day you use 100 percent of the brain.

The reason why we often don't get more out of our selves or our brain is because of one simple fact lazy, yes I said it laziness as allows us reduce a 100% active fully functional 3 lb brain to size of a sheep's brain (about 0.3 lb) no wonder why some times they call us sheeple (Bah baa baa baaah), bleating like a sheep right now. LOL!

Well enough sheeping around (baaah!). It turns out though, that we use virtually every part of the brain and that most of the brain is active almost all the time, Lets just put it this way, the brain represents three percent of the body's weight and uses 20 percent of the body's energy.

What an amazing power house we have between our two ears, it is presumed that Google's worldwide computing capacity is an astounding 5 petabytes but surprisingly the human brain is an amazing 2.5 petabytes but here is where the brain beats Google super computers it does not separate processing from storage, they are intertwined so in essence Google took over thirteen years and $190 billion in revenue later to try catch up to the processing power of a single human brain.

Tell me do you start feeling any smarter yet? You should ( baah), so the next time some one comes to you and say some stupid stuff like you only use 10% of your brain tell them to just shut up. I often wonder, what would Einstein say if he was here?

He would probably say something like this, “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death” (using Einstein's voice) .

Which is fact truth, we have to start training our brain to channel our energy more positively and stop wasting such great power with a little practice we can eradicate this laziness and increase our processing efficiency, hey if Google can train a bunch of machine to do it then what say us.

I have discovered a simple exercise that as shown me dramatic results and all you have to do is this, Memorize something everyday. Not only will this leave your brain sharp and your memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at any moment. Poetry, sayings and philosophies all at your will, begin today your brain will love you for it.

The eye of the bird

2011-11-01T08:09:00.000-07:00

How do you achieve your goals when every thing around you is moving at warp speed?

In this fast pace society where you have deadlines you can’t make, appointments that you might be late for, broken promises, set backs, bills, the kids, your spouse, your boss, shattered dreams, betrayals selfishness and greed.

With so many distractions every day in this dog eat dog world where all the odds look like they have conspired against you. it seem impossible to get anything worth while done to bring about a sense of accomplishment and success but the truth is there is no amount of distraction or obstacles that can stop or derail a mind that is made up a person that is relentless about what they want out of life just as long as you know what you are aiming for you will certainly hit your target.

aiming for the birds eye is when we focus our arrow at the target so intently shut out all the distracting noise all the people who want to see you fail all the one that never believe in you who told you that you could never do, its keeping a steady hand no matter how hard the wind blow going after that target as if it was already in the dead center.

we can learn to be precise about almost every thing in our lives we have to just get into the habit of it, habits are formed over time with much practice they often become like second nature the bad ones and the good ones alike.
so too just like the master archer have to practice to perfect his mastery.

An ancient Indian sage was teaching his disciples the art of archery. He put a wooden

Bird as the target and asked them to aim at the eye of the bird. The first disciple was asked to describe what he saw. He said, "I see the trees, the branches, the leaves, the sky, the bird and its eye.." The sage asked this disciple to wait. Then he asked the second disciple the same question and he replied, "I only see the eye of the bird." The sage said, "Very good, then shoot." The arrow went straight and hit the eye of the bird.

What is the moral of the story? Unless we focus, we cannot achieve our goal. It is hard to focus and concentrate, but it is a skill that can be learned.