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Issue # 451, May 1-2, 2007
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* Issue # 451, Week of May 1-2, 2007
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In this issue:
-- Quotes of the Week
-- Personal Growth Products and Services
-- Article: How to Use the TV to Help You Save Time - By Teresa Bolen
-- Article: Avoid Slipping into the Negativity of Others--Uplift Them with Your
Own Positivity - By Peggy McColl
-- Book Review: Your Destiny Switch: Master Your Key Emotions, and Attract the
Life of Your Dreams! - By Peggy McColl
-- Brief News of the World
-- How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe from this Newsletter
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end of the newsletter.
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*** Quotes of the Week ***
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To get what you want, you have to feel that you already have it. - Peggy McColl,
Canadian Author and Goal Achievement Expert
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. - John
Wooden, Hall of Fame American Basketball Coach and Player
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes
off against the wind, not with it. - Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American
Industrialist and Founder of Ford Motor Company
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*** Article: How to Use the TV to Help You Save Time - By Teresa Bolen
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Have you ever been told to turn off the TV, or has anyone ever told you that
watching TV is detrimental to your studies, your health, your spirit, or your
financial statement? Have you ever found yourself plopped down in front of the
TV when you know you need to be reading, or studying, or being attentive to your
family, or doing something else important--and yet you prefer to zone out in
front of the TV anyway? Not only that, but you're bored doing it? Even though
you may have some 500 channels or so, if you were to be completely honest with
yourself at that moment, there is nothing on that truly interests you and
excites you, right? You know the best thing to do would be to just turn it off,
and yet you continue to sit there--seconds turn into minutes, minutes turn into
hours, perhaps even an embarrassing number of hours if you allowed yourself to
keep track.
This used to happen to me, too, my friend. In fact, worse yet, I was so lonely
that I used the TV to keep me company! Finally, one day, I realized that if I
wanted more friends and better relationships, it would need to happen outside
the digital box. I would have to create them, one conversation at a time. That
was a first step to reclaiming all those lost hours. The major breakthrough came
when I figured out how to use the TV to help me save time, and that's the secret
I'd like to share with you today.
I like the TV; I think it can be a powerful tool for learning and gathering
important information as well as a tool for relaxation, so I'm not going to tell
you to turn it off. I'm going to tell you to go ahead and watch whatever you
truly want to watch. The key is to treat the TV like a rare spice, say, saffron.
Saffron is quite valuable and rare, isn't it? You can buy saffron for between
$40 and $65 an ounce. Silver is currently priced between $10 and $11 per ounce.
Are you shocked to learn that saffron--the stigmas of a flower--is valued at
four to six times more than silver? I was.
Saffron is lovely, it's tasty, it's fragrant, it creates a wonderful golden
yellow coloration in food, but you wouldn't want to use it in everything you
cook, right? A little saffron in your rice with an Indian meal is sumptuous, but
saffron appetizers, saffron curry, saffron naan, saffron butter, saffron rice, a
saffron drink, followed by saffron ice cream for dessert? Bleh! No thank you.
That is a mind-numbing amount of saffron. Way too much of a good thing!
If you were cooking and wanted to include this rare, exotic spice in your meal,
you would plan exactly when and how much saffron to use, wouldn't you? You
wouldn't use it as the foundation of the meal. You wouldn't attempt to use
saffron as your protein dish. You wouldn't use it as a starch, or even as a
vegetable. It's a high note. It's the piccolo of the orchestra. It's something
special added in small amounts that gives your meal a unique and wonderful
flavor.
You can do exactly the same thing with your TV viewing. Orchestrate your time
for the incredibly valuable gift that it is. Just as with the saffron, decide
how much and when you want to use your TV. The key again is to be sure to use it
as a "spice" for your life and not as a replacement for your life. The
characters on the screen are strangers and forever will be. How much of your
time do you really want to give them? Which programs are enlightening and are
helping you to reach your higher goals?
When you plan and schedule in your TV viewing, you are going to find that you
enjoy the shows you choose to watch much more than ever before.
You are taking more control over what kinds of images and messages you are
feeding your other-than-conscious mind, thus creating a better future for
yourself and for everyone you touch. You also have created much more time for
your family, friends, studies, special projects, and whatever else you enjoy
doing. Not only that, but you are also going to find that you have more energy
than ever before because you are making better choices that support your growth.
Now you are a "master chef" of your time. Before you turn the page or begin
anything else, while it is still fresh in your mind, get a copy of your TV
schedule and your weekly or monthly planner. Decide how much time you are
willing to give to TV viewing, then look through the guide and choose the
programs that are uplifting, empowering, or will in some way contribute to your
reaching your higher goals. Write them in your calendar.
Go ahead and watch whatever you truly want to watch. As a master of your time,
you will want to be certain that you use the TV "spice" according to the
"recipe" you created. The TV is on only for the shows that you have planned to
watch, and the rest of the time, "the cap is on the TV spice jar" and the TV is
a silent witness to your commitment to your higher goals.
Here's to your success!
About the Author:
This article was written by Teresa Bolen, contributing author to "101 Great Ways
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*** Article: Avoid Slipping into the Negativity of Others--Uplift Them with Your
Own Positivity - By Peggy McColl ***
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Excerpt from "Your Destiny Switch: Master Your Key Emotions, and Attract the
Life of Your Dreams!" - By Peggy McColl, foreword by Neale Donald Walsch
Not long ago I happened to meet a lovely woman who, like me, was selling her
house. We started to have a nice chat, and she told me that she was selling the
place because she was getting divorced. It was her second marriage, and
naturally she was feeling deeply sad about the breakup.
She went on to explain that her second husband and her three sons from her first
marriage were having great difficulty getting along, and she'd had to make a
choice. She had such sincerity, and I could tell that her heart was aching. Her
eyes filled with tears, and she started to cry. My eyes welled up, too, and I
almost began crying. In that moment, I had to manage my emotions and move to a
state of compassion and increase my happiness, knowing that in doing so, I'd
help her raise her own level of joy.
She wiped away her tears, and I reminded her of the great things she had in her
life, such as her beautiful little boys and her close relationship with them,
since they were able to share with her how they truly felt. I told her that
after my divorce, I'd realized that I was lucky to have had the experience of
having my husband in my life, even if it was for a short period, because it gave
me the opportunity to cherish and remember the good times. I encouraged her to
believe that a new world of possibilities awaits her as she enters this new
stage of her life.
She started to look up--literally gazing upward as she began to connect with her
own faith and optimism--and I could see a smile begin to appear on her face. I
was glad that I'd chosen not to be pulled into her sadness. I could still feel a
sense of harmony and connection to her and experience sympathy, but rather than
commiserate, I'd opted to lift her up...and raised myself up in the process.
Sometimes people won't respond to your efforts to help them switch into a more
positive emotional state. In such a case, it's okay to simply let them be alone
with their feelings until they're ready to make a switch.
Several years ago, I was planning on meeting my friend Patricia at a restaurant
and going to a concert at the stadium afterward. I was feeling fantastic and on
top of the world, and I was very excited about the performance. Patricia showed
up at the restaurant, and she was in a foul mood. Normally, she's a happy and
fun lady, but not this evening--it was probably the worst mood I'd ever seen her
in.
As soon as we started talking, it was blatantly clear that we weren't vibrating
at the same energy level. I knew that I wanted to do whatever I could to help
switch Patricia's emotional energy, but no matter what I said or tried to do to
uplift her, she was staying firmly grounded in her negativity.
I don't think that she was consciously trying to get me to adopt her dark mood,
but that's what subconsciously happens when we get into those disempowering
states, because we want companionship (remember, "Misery loves company").
However, just as much as Patricia was determined not to join me in my positive
state, I was equally determined not to join her in her negative one. So we had
dinner, working our way through conversations that were like a Ping-Pong match:
Negative energy would fly across the table, and positive energy would be sent
back in the other direction, then the ball would return infused with negative
energy, and so on.
When we arrived at the concert, where we had tickets for seats in a box with a
dozen other people, Patricia managed to find a chair in a corner and sit down
until it began. She now had an "I want to be alone" look about her. I knew that
she just needed to be by herself and work through her own emotions, and knowing
her well, I had faith that she would do just that. Once the concert began,
everyone was on their feet dancing, including Patricia, and it turned out to be
a fabulous evening after all.
One of the challenges to staying in a positive state is being around negative
people. The individual who has the strongest emotional level will tend to pull
the other person into his or her own emotional state, unless that other person
makes a choice not to be impacted by it and strongly resists.
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Peggy McColl is an internationally recognized expert in the area of goal
achievement, inspiring individuals to realize their goals and reach their
maximum potential for the past 25 years. She is president and founder of Dynamic
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