Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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HOW TO ACTIVATE YOUR PLAN
The more you talk about what you are going to do, the less you do. Stop talking, start doing. You have to have a plan, but the plan is not the achievement. Once you have a workable plan, stop adorning it, start working it.
You can find plenty of activities to fill your time. Yet your purpose is not to merely fill time, but to make good use of it. You know expectations drive results, so how do you create the most powerful expectations? You pounce on the opportunity, you jump into action.
Obtain raw energy from the challenge, from the moment, from your intention. Feel the power and effectiveness as you push that energy into motion. Don’t let yourself get stuck waiting, wishing, planning, talking, or making excuses. You have plenty of great work to do.
AVOIDING SOMETHING?
LOVE
Love is not all about finding the right partner OR person but its also about how you build the relationship. You should never forget that strong and good relationships are built on communication. Communication is the live blood of every relationship.
The beginning does not really matter but how you build the relationship to the end.
WHAT DO YOU LOOK OUT FOR
You deserve to have something to look forward to.
In fact, you already do. After all, you are blessed with all sorts of good things in your life. But the problem is, you don’t think about those good things often enough. When you ignore the good things, the bad things quickly consume your attention.
It is not your fault that the world sends waves of negativity every day to bury your dreams. Most of the difficulties you face are because somebody else screwed up. It is not your fault, but it is your opportunity. To make a choice, you can choose to take all that negative stuff and make something good out of it.
Take that bold step today by making something good out of the negative situations in your life and you will experience a whole lots of new and wonderful positive outcomes.
ANGER MANAGEMENT
The MAD Man Encounter
People called him mad-man but I was surprised when he moved close to me,
He said, “can I ask you a very important question?”
I nodded, in acceptance,
and then, he asked, “am I a mad man?”
The obvious answer, from a sane person, will be, “no”, and that was what I said.
“Thank you!”, he replied;
then he said,
“just because I don’t see things the way other people do, does that make me a mad man?”
“No”, I answered again.
He bent down, wrote “W”, and asked me what he wrote.
At this point, I was already feeling ashamed, getting involved in a lengthy conversation with him.
In a hurry to leave, I said “w”, but I was amazed when he replied to my answer,
“You only see ‘W’, because of the angle at which you are looking at it. I asked “why?” and he responded by saying,
If you turn upside down, you’ll see “M”;
If u look from the right side, it is “3”,
and looking at it from the left side, it is “E”.
The fact that I don’t see things at the perspective that everyone is seeing it doesn’t make me a mad man, he said. Then he left.
I pondered for so long about this and its application to life, because We act, and relate to people, based on the perspective at which we are looking at their situation.
Have you taken your time to look at other possible perspectives?
I then decided that……,
before I get angry with, or act against, or judge anyone that has done something unfavourable to me,
I will view it in at least three (3) possible perspectives;
1. My own perspective,
2. His own perspective and
3. Others perspective
So, before you judge people, before you rage your anger on them, take a little time to view their angle or perspective, and, if you still cannot see a reasonable reason, then you may act REASONABLY… !!!
Motivation for the Day
Goodness is in you and you are a true reflection of Goodness. The true reflection of Goodness is seen when we show kindness, love and care towards the needs of other people.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
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