Archive for November, 2009

Positive Mental Attitude

Having a positive mental attitude is not only a good thing in today’s

Positive Attitude

Positive Attitude

world; I believe it to be a necessity. If you spend anytime at all reading the newspaper or watching the news on TV, you will be instantly filled with a feeling that the whole world is falling apart. The truth is far from it, but that’s the feeling you are left with.

There has been so much written about having a positive attitude and thinking positively, that it is beginning to get a bad wrap. I ran across Read the rest of this entry »

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Life Change recap

This week we were a little all over the place. I had two guest bloggers, thanks Eric and Rich, and then the holiday of Thanksgiving.

The interesting thing about being a little unfocused is that it gives us a chance to see things in the broader perspective. Life isn’t just about trying to get ourselves together by sitting in a dark room and mulling over out problems. It has to do with physical things, getting outdoors and exercise. It isn’t just about discerning our problems and then making half hearted resolutions, it’s about making real plans and working on them.

The year is coming to a close and we all start thinking about how the new year is going to play out. I say we make 2010 a year of creating our lives.

Here’s to You!

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Create Your Life with Responsibility

During holidays, we often have lots of interaction with family and

Create Your Life

Create Your Life

friends. Usually this is good times, but it can be stressful. Personalities clash and words are spoken that offend. As you strive to create your life, it sometimes comes in conflict with the lives of others.

It can be difficult to protect our life and the Read the rest of this entry »

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New Year’s Resolutions: are they goals or wishes?

Today’s post is from guest blogger Rich Avery. Rich is the creator of Life Compass. Rich is passionate about helping people achieve their dreams and create more freedom and fulfillment in their life and work. I first met Rich on Lynn Terry’s SSWT Elite forum. Welcome Rich

The holidays are upon us. I don’t know how it happened, do you? It

New Year Resolution

New Year Resolution

seems like the year 2009 just began. And now it’s nearly over.

For some – maybe even you – this realization can cause feelings of disappointment or hope. Disappointment if you haven’t achieved the changes in your life that you set out to do as part of your 2009 New Years Resolutions. And hope that the year 2010 can be different, and that you can achieve the change that you want to make in your life.

If you are disappointed because you haven’t achieved your goals this year, let me encourage you to get started today! There’s still time. You might not be able to achieve all that you set out to do in January, but you can still take steps right now to achieve (or at least make serious progress on) at least one of your 2009 resolutions. I’ll tell you how in a moment.

If you hope that 2010 can be different, let me encourage you to get a head start right now. No one says you have to Read the rest of this entry »

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all those who celebrate such a thing. For those

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

of you who don’t, I suggest taking a few moments toady, or some day soon, to find in yourself a sense of gratitude.

We have so many things we can be thankful for, so many things that we take for granted, but really are remarkable. Gratitude opens us to see the blessings we have and to be open to more as they come.

Have a wonderful holiday and may it be filled with gratitude for all the things you have!

Here’s to You!

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Self Improvement Through Getting Outdoors

Today’s post is by guest writer. Eric Stephenson is the proud

Being Outdoors

Being Outdoors

owner of NJCampingInfo.com, a website dedicated to everything camping and all NJ Campgrounds information. I met Eric through SSWT Elite forum. I hope you enjoy his post as much as I did!

What do you get when you add up a Full time job, spouse, two kids, three sports per kid, school work, volunteering, family responsibilities, home maintenance, vehicle maintenance, vacation, financial responsibilities and working towards being a better you?

Stress, stress and lots more STRESS!!!

How do you cope? How do you keep Read the rest of this entry »

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Life Change: mind body spirit

As you struggle to change your life, you must consider the mind, body,

mind body spirit

mind body spirit

spirit connection. It is most difficult to really make major changes in your life without connecting the three.

Of course the change in life you are trying to accomplish involves the mind. This is the first place that people think of when trying for a better life. Most people understand that the way we think, our mind, holds the key to change. Change our thinking, change our life. Change our mind, change our life.

The second thing to change involves the body. Not may people realize that changes need to be made physically. They know they need to lose weight or get in better shape, but they may not realize that the two are connected. If we are out of shape physically, we have a harder time assimilating new knowledge or focusing or whatever it is we are trying to do. Our physical condition, in part, determines how we think. I am reading a great book called the Power of Full Engagement. This is exactly the premise of the book. We need to have good physical condition and recovering to be fully engaged in what we are doing.

The last is our spiritual health. Now I am not talking about religion, but rather that part of us that understands that there is something larger than us. You might call it God, or the Universe, or the Inner Self. Whatever you call it, it is that part of us that seeks something greater than the ordinary day in and day out life. If you have no hope of anything being better in your life, if you feel that there is nothing beyond what you see each day, then change will come very hard! You must believe in the possibility of something greater.

How is your mind, body, spirit health? How is your mind, body, spirit connection? Are they what you want them to be? If not, take some time today to search out the answer to each segment of who you are and see where the work needs to be done.
Here’s to You!

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Life Change: giving up

Have you ever thought of giving up on life? No I don’t really mean

Giving Up

Giving Up

suicide. I don’t mean giving up totally, what I mean is giving up and just letting life happen instead of working at it. I think we all go through those times. Life just gets too much, or it isn’t happening the way you wanted. You feel like it would be easier to just give up; and it would.

The problem for me giving up is then they win. Who are they? Read the rest of this entry »

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