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Learn to set "Character Goals" before you set "Material Goals" All too often "Goal Setting" concentrates on what you want to get. I want a big house, a better job, lots of money, etc, etc. Now I am not going to tell you that you shouldn't want these things and I am not going to tell you that ...
Do you feel trapped in your job? Do you feel that you want to break out and do something different? Research has shown that many people would rather do something other than what they now do, and that they feel that they are not in control of their lives. This leads to resentment of the situation ...
"We are like angels with only one wing. We can only fly when we are helping someone else to fly." No man is an island, we are not designed to live in isolation, we are designed to live in community with our fellow humans. We can only gain a sense of significance through our interaction with ...
Instant Inspiration / Timeless Wisdom 4th June 2007 "You cannot have 'rights'without corresponding responsibilities" There is a tremendous focus on people's "rights" these days. The focus is also mostly on the 'rights' of the "have-nots" and the "responsibilities" of the "haves" to support ...
Going the distance does not mean that you will reach your destination. Some time ago I listened to a very interesting interview about a guy who swam the English channel. What really struck me as a valuable life lesson was when he described how he had to battle the currents caused by the tides ...
Possibly the most important and challenging role you will ever fulfil is that of parent. It is also possibly the one for which you are least equipped. Learning to be a parent is like learning to dance, you will never know all the steps and the music keeps changing. You just need to know the ...
There is a tremendous focus on HIV/AIDS these days, yet there is a different strain that is causing much more chaos, affects many more people and is a disease of even greater irresponsibility. It is Acquired Integrity Deficiency Syndrome. You get this when you see what you can get away with, ...
"Only fools blindly accept, or reject, a subject they have not studied" How much of your life is being controlled by someone else. By the beliefs that they planted in you without you being aware of it. By information that you have unquestioningly accepted as true. This story should illustrate ...
This has been a week of intense and learning for me. For years I used outlook express as my e-mail program, and then someone said to me that I should use outlook it’s so much better than outlook express, So I went and activated it, and I found that, yes, it is much better and for years this ...
So often we are told that to get ahead we have to have "Big Goals" Well, I'm not so sure that this is the right thing to do. I think that many of us are having enough of a struggle just being ordinary and we certainly don't need someone coming along telling us that our lives are meaningless ...
You are you most valuable asset and you deserve all the care, love and attention you can give. Realise that you are special. There never has been nor will there ever be another like you. You are a collectors item and should be cherished. So often we put ourselves in 2nd place having been ...
Success is not an accident. The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people have successful habits and unsuccessful people have unsuccessful habits. People often complai "I just don't seem to get anything right" and then questio "Why won't things ...
What does being great mean. Well I guess that it means many different things to many different people but for me the concept of being great is the commitment to do everything that you do as well as you can. Do them as if you were great. Just remember that you become great by doing all things ...
Have you got a master code? I have had my website up for nearly 7 years now and it has gone through many changes. While restructuring it I noticed many similarities between it and the way our lives are. Confusion of Codingr The first thing that I noticed is that there was a "confusion of coding". Each time I added information onto the site it brought with it the coding from its source. This coding often caused conflict with one code over-riding another and causing the page to be displayed incorrectly. So while I wanted one thing I was getting another.
The HotDogMan was working on the front counter one evening when one of his regulars came in. "Hi Mike" he greeted "How's it going?" "OK! I guess" answered Mike. "It's just that tomorrow we're going on a "Team Building Adventure". "You don't seem very excited about that." Said HDM. "Other than ...
Life is a "Do It To Yourself" process. The Bad News is: You are responsible for the present condition of your life. Where ever you are in your life right now, whether in your personal relationships, your health or your wealth. You are responsible. If you are fat and unfit. You are responsible. ...
This whole economic downtu is really nothing more than a natural market adjustment, just on an international/global scale, the problem that I foresee is that through the panic reactions of many business enterprises we are going to create the very thing that we fear most, A Global Recession. ...
Are you providing an essential service? Are you providing your service in an essential way? We keep hearing about the global credit crunch and how it is affecting business and how it is leading to job losses. What we are really seeing is a long overdue adjustment of business practice. For too ...
One thing that the Hot Dog Man (by the way, his name is Bill but no one called him that anymore. He was The Hot Dog Man) learned very quickly once he started to employ others to help in the business was that the quality of staff was critical to his success. He came to the realisation that a ...
For so many people this is the way of their lives, enduring the work week so that they can "live" on the weekends. Now you would think that these people would live a long time as they use so little of the life they have been given. They merely exist Monday to Friday, enduring the week and only ...
Your life is a work in progress. When you accept that your life is constantly evolving and that every morning you have the opportunity to recreate yourself, to determine how you want to behave and what you want to achieve in terms of personal growth and development, then you will truly ...
Exploitation of the workers? In a free and democratic society it is actually impossible to "exploit" workers. There is always a willing buyer/willing seller principle in action. The one harsh reality of a democratic society is that "Market Forces" rule. What the market thinks your services are ...
Call to Creditors One of the key success factors in the survival of any business is getting business. A business with no clients is not a business it is an idea. However there is something just as important to the success of the business and that is to get paid for the business that you have ...
13th August 2007 "Be Careful" The harvest of tomorrow is determined by the deeds of today. Be careful with what you allow into your head. Beware of "thought pollution". While you cannot control all the information coming in, you can and should choose to get as much positive, uplifting and ...
What you really need to succeed. One of the biggest mistakes that aspirant entrepreneurs make is that they set material objectives before they set emotional objectives. They think of, dream of, how much they are going to sell, how much money they are going to make and often this becomes so ...
It's so easy in the face of all the negativity that surrounds us to just sink into the morass of misery and join the song of discontent with an attitude of apathy. I mean what's the use? It's so messed up anyway what can I do to help? What difference will one more piece of litter make? Who cares ...
Remember that there are 3 ways to get out of a job you don't like. 1. Do it so badly that you get fired. 2. Do it so well that you get promoted. 3. Resign and find another job or go out and start your own business. What we want to work on is the positive side of life and the best way to ...
Who are you wearing? Every day and every moment of every day we can, and should, choose who we wear. We often give more consideration to what we wear than to who we wear. We are conce ed about the colour, style, cut, fit and brand name and hope that these will create the correct image we want ...
"It is easier to complain than it is to do, but it is better to do than it is to complain" It is so easy to complain, there is, after all so much to complain about… the situation, politics, the environment, the economy…. but actually do something about it. ...
I very seldom watch TV and when I do I prefer it to be something pleasant, interesting and instructional however I watched a little bit of Idols last night (only because it was on when I walked into the lounge) Was it pleasant? Well, the young woman singing had a really good voice. Was it ...
Every morning you should ask yourself "What one thing could I do today that would make a positive difference in my life and the lives of those around me?" "ME?" I hear you say "Me? Little old me, how can I make a difference. I am not important, or powerful, or rich, I am just an ordinary citizen ...
There seems to be a common need to be successful. The problem, as I see it, is that there seems to be a perception that you are only successful when you have lots of big shiny stuff and have a big important position. I don't believe that these things define success and I do not think that you ...
What are you doing to deserve your place on the team? Think of life as a game, and you, and everyone else, are members of the team. We're all on the same side, the side that is striving to win success, health, happiness, prosperity, peace of mind and good relationships. Our opposition is ...
Instant Inspiration/Timeless Wisdom 1st June 2007 "TRY" I got this comment from a subscriber and thought that it would make a great article as I am sure that many of us have the same issue. I really appreciate comments like this as they stimulate my thinking. ************ I hate the word TRY. ...
The first thing that you have to understand about work is that you are not working for someone else. Sure someone else is paying your wage, but you are really working for yourself. You go to work to sell your services so that you can earn an income that you use to maintain your lifestyle. You ...
""You do not get paid for what you are going to do! But you are always paid for what you have, or have not, done!" This is the one thing that you must understand. Your rewards in life are always in direct relationship to your contribution to life. This you must also be aware of, there will ...
Based on some of the feedback that I have received this is a very sensitive subject. In fact I have been told that I am heartless and that this is not motivating, however I am going to persevere with this subject as I believe that it is of great value. The only way we can build this nation is ...