How To Find The Art Of Happiness

Being Happy
I took my wife to the Doctor’s today and I had the occasion to witness something wonderful. I had to make an appointment with the same Doctor and so I spoke to the receptionist. I had to give her my date of birth and she commented that I was just a baby, or something to that nature. Anyway, she looked to be somewhere around my age and, by her comment, I assume she was older than my sixty years. The thing I noticed was her attitude. She was upbeat, smiling, joking, and talking about things that most older people do not talk about. A person’s positive mental attitude makes a difference.

Why do I say that? Because I was so taken by her that I started noticing other people around the same age. Most of them had a sour expression on their face and looked much older. I saw her walk and she had a slight limp, but it didn’t seem to slow her down. Others I watched had various difficulties, but Read the rest of this entry »

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Non End of Life Decisions

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Okay, now I try not to do this very often, but this post may be a bit of a rant. Like most bloggers, before I write, I do a search for words that people are searching for on the net. It isn’t that I am trying to cheat, but I know that if I use the right words, more people are going to read what I have to say. I did a search for “life decisions” thinking about how people need to decide what they want to do with their lives. What I found was that most of the searches including these words were “end of life decisions”!

Are you ready to die now?

Come on! Are you really saying that you are ready to die and you are looking at end of life decisions? I’m not saying you shouldn’t think about it now and then, but should it rank above decisions about how to live?

As I sat out on the deck today, eating lunch and listening to an on line webinar of Lynn Terry’s Elite Forum, I was thinking how nice it was to be in that place at that time. What were you doing at lunch today? If your day was terrible, you might have been thinking about end of life decisions, but I hope and pray that it wasn’t that bad! You were probably wishing you were somewhere else, doing something else, but that’s it!

Do you see what I am saying? You were thinking about life and how you could live it better, how you wanted to live it differently. You were wishing that you could be home, or traveling, or going to the circus, anything other than where you were, but it was all living stuff! You are not in the same crowd as those who search the internet thinking about the end of their life!

Where would you like to be a year from now?

Would you like to be vacationing on some tropical beach? How about sitting in a little cafe somewhere, enjoying a cup of coffee? Wherever it is you would like to be, can you imagine really being there? You can you know. I mean if you wanted to be somewhere very far away that would cost a lot of money and you don’t have any saved up, it might be a stretch, but more than likely it is possible.

What would it take to make that dream come true? What would you have to do to start living the dream you have? For most of us it takes a little thought and some planning, but that is it! It doesn’t take an act of God or winning the lottery to make many dreams a reality.

Where would you like to be right now?

Here is where we start thinking about living and not about dying. You think about living the life you want and where you want to be in life. It might mean changing some things in your free time or it might mean making some major changes. Whatever it is, the decision to live and stop dying a little each day is just that a decision! What will you do about it today?

Life Decisions
P.S. Here’s a great book with an appropriate title! 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List

This book is available in Kindle Too! Don’t have a Kindle!!?? Well! Kindle Review: this thing rocks!

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Positive Thinking Your Way to Financial Recovery!

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Have you been hit hard during this recession? I don’t know anyone who hasn’t! Even the rich have been hit, they just didn’t feel it as bad as you or I. One way to begin your financial recovery is to use positive thinking.

A positive thinking definition!

By positive thinking, I do not mean some airy fairy, make a wish upon Read the rest of this entry »

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Finding the courage to change

You may notice a new title for the blog. I was advised to rethink what this blog was about and what I really wanted to say. The blog has always been about change. Finding the courage to change can be hard for some. If it means doing a better job, then, for me, it is easy.

Do you change your life, or your thoughts?

In my experience, you can’t do one without the other. You cannot change your life to be anything other than what it always has been if you never change your thinking.

If you always think what you’ve always thought,
You will always do what you’ve always done.
If you always do what you’ve always done,
You will always get what you’ve always got.
If you always get what you’ve always got,
You will always think what you’ve always thought.
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It is a vicious cycle, but it is true! Nothing changes without your thoughts changing!

As we get older, we tend to think in patterns that are well established. The unfortunate thing about that is that these patterns may not serve us all that well. In fact, they may be down right detrimental to the life we desire to live.

What is it you would like to change? What are your thoughts about it? What do you think about when you think about that subject? If you can clearly listen to your thoughts, you may see patterns that stop you from doing the things you want and getting the things you desire.

Join me in changing your thoughts. Join me in this great adventure that is just unfolding. Join me in finding the way to change your thoughts and change your life!

Change Your Thoughts

Change Your Thoughts

P.S. Dr. Wayne Dyer has a book called Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao. It is rated four stars and Dyer did a public TV show based on the book.

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Do What You Want

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Yesterday, I took a day off to prioritize things in my life. I wanted to look at where I am compared to what I want in life. The interesting thing was that I am only short of a couple of things. I am pretty much where I want to be. I want to do the things I want to do. My suggestion to you is to do what you want.

Woohoo! I Can Do Anything!

Okay, look, you can’t rob a bank and run down the street naked. Well, you can’t rob Read the rest of this entry »

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How To Be More Productive!

7 Tips To Be More Productive

7 Tips To Be More Productive

  • You can be more productive!

  • You can get more done in a much shorter amount of time!

  • Spend more time with those you love!

  • Take that long deserved vacation!

  • Make more money!

  • I struggled for a long time with being unproductive. I would fool around and do whatever it took to avoid doing anything. Now don’t get me wrong, I didn’t really do this on purpose. I mean I didn’t do it consciously! That’s why I came up with a system that taught me how to be more productive.

    If I had been born thirty years later, I would have been diagnosed with adhd I am sure. Instead they just said I was a pain in the classroom, and other anatomical places, and wouldn’t pay attention.

    I took all I read and everything I tried that worked and put it together in this report! I want to share it with you so that you can do more and be more! This isn’t some hyped up version of “set a goal,” but something that works for me. I am using it now as I write this post!

    “7 Tips To Be More Productive” Will teach you how to avoid distractions and get things done in much less time that it normally takes! I don’t know about you, but that was a biggie for me!

    Here’s just one simple thought.

    What is your motivation for doing what you want to do? No motivation, no completion! If you are just doing it because your boss said so, you may never get done, or at least not and enjoy it! change your motivation and you change the entire task!

    If you are serious about wanting to be more productive, then it’s time do something about it! Putting off those things that will help you be more successful is not going to get you anywhere! You must act if you want things to change.

    Grab your copy of “7 Tips To Be More Productive” here

    Here’s to You!

    Disclaimer! There are no typical results! Everyone is unique. How the system in this report affects your productivity is up to you and the way you use it. If you download it and let it sit on your computer, you will get absolutely nothing out of it. If you use it to the best of your ability, you will be more productive. How much is anybody’s guess!

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