Thursday, December 13, 2018
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Five Keys to Gaining Absolute Self-Confidence
True self-confidence comes from belief in oneself and through action that proves the belief. Today, based on what I've found out about self-confidence, I am able to do things that at one time I didn't think I would ever do or could do. Now I feel like I can conquer the world! Let me take to you back to my childhood and give you an insight into the "old me."
When I was a child, both my father and my teachers thought I was "dumb and stupid." In their minds they thought that I was mentally retarded and an IQ test "proved to them" that I was. Though, such tests do not take into account stress from outside factors that contribute to a lower score. And when you add in the fact that I stuttered, it only made my so-called "dumbness" worse and led to my self-confidence to drop even further at that time.
And yet, doing things that proved otherwise was key for me getting to a higher level of confidence. My martial arts training and playing Pop Warner football both helped. I also realized I was good at creating new ideas. So I went with those factors in building up my own confidence. The speaking to others would have to wait when I was ready to express myself.
Eventually I discovered my self-confidence in the speaking arena too. What I won't tell you that simply giving unwarranted praise will build self-confidence. It won't. What I'm going to share here are five keys I discovered in gaining absolute self-confidence and that will help you too:
1. Believe with all your might that you are worthy. When you believe in yourself, you will start to behave that you deserve all that life has to offer. It's also the path towards confident action.
2. Action is king in creating the neuroconnections of self-confidence. Part of the action process is creating the physiology of confidence. Imagine how a very confident person would stand, walk and/or carry themselves. Now, imagine you doing the same thing and then do it.
3. Make mistakes. The more you make and when you learn from them, the more confident you will get. Finding out what works and what doesn't work in a given situation will increase know-how. It's a fallacy that people have what is known as "common sense." It all depends on the experiences one has regarding a given situation that will give them the sense necessary for it. Until and unless you have that experience and knowledge, it's not "common sense" to you.
4. Surround yourself with supportive people. That may include friends, mentors, associates and even customers/clients. I get much from my clients all the time. When they are successful after a suggestion I make, then it helps to build confidence in me.
5. Keep a scrapbook, binder of accomplishments, newspaper articles, testimonials, and so forth that showcase YOU! Just like trophies and medals won by athletes, this will serve as a reminder to you that you can do things worthy of big praise. While this is external in nature, it does serve to affect your subconscious mind. If you've written a book, keep that around in the same regard.
Now, take each of the keys and start developing the self-confidence you want in your life. Remember this, the more you do to build self-confidence, the more you will get it. And keep doing it! BTW, the new me has earned two doctorates, a 5th degree blackbelt in Kenpo (and other blackbelts), wrote books, created successful (and some not so successful) business ventures and so much more!
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Realize Your Road to Success - Smell the Roses Throughout the Process, Choose the Road Less Traveled
***Everyone and everything was meant to be loved, respected, and successful. Realize with open eyes that there is a gifting, uplifting smell of roses waiting for you, in the wings, when you set your sights to travel along the road less traveled. Study, learn, work hard, and do the right things in order to accommodate or accomplish your goals and dreams! It is a quintessential reward for you alone to reap, by all of the hard work you achieved. Success is found in the form of brightly colored, ornately designed or displayed, fluorescent attributes called roses. Roses are the form or gift that is given upon a well deserved or desired accomplishment, or even upon completing a satisfactory feat to some degree.
One of the simple reasons that we do not buy or send roses everyday is because they are expensive, valuable, uniquely refined and are usually gifted with a lot of forethought and command justice or merit. ***Roses serve as a form of congratulatory recognition.
If you are bold and brave enough to travel and successfully realize your particular road to success, I urge you to smell the roses. Even your smallest feats and accomplishments merit a self-imposed gift of roses. Reward all of your accomplishments and effort, especially those that are taxing and draining.
Sing songs of acceptance to yourself about the wealth of empowerment or improvement your life road has taught you. Sing songs that caution or display what your experience taught you to sing. As you sing on key sing or create a flowery song or verse, be apprised that your foresight or hindsight wasn't wrong. Throughout the entire road of processing experience, patience and perseverance you got wiser. Don't dismay. Appreciate what you learned, throughout the hurdles, unfair competition and challenges. Know your value, that you and ALL OF YOUR OUTSTANDING DEMANDING EFFORTS WERE ASTRONOMICAL AND VALUABLE!
Success is a road less traveled because it takes a lot of drive, ingenuity and let's face facts folks, there is unjust or unfair people out there that are not making the road along your journey any easier.
Whether thieves are plagiarizing, stealing or deleting your efforts along the road to success does not dismiss the fact that you need to do some weeding and cutting of chords. Remove and release any thorns that are dead and don't belong along your road to success. You must assuredly dislodge or disavow people or events that serve no good or genuine attention or purpose.
There should never be people, in the form of obstacles, that take away your Intellectual property, your organization of words, your work, or your ONLINE DISTINGUISHABLE identity to solicit or distribute your ideas, name recognition or property illegally for unlawful financial advancement, aggrandizement or gain. Do you agree with that? Doesn't matter. If you find that you are not being respected in your own online activity, personal life, home life, or on the public forum also known as the world -wide web, well then, "Houston, we have a problem!"
There are roads that lead to dead ends or charlatans and thieves that will exploit your kindness or lack of experience in marketing. In life there are many roads to travel. There are the roads less traveled because of the time and effort required to drive yourself successfully. Some roads are winding and narrow and may take a years of consistent, constant time, effort and originality and is necessary for keeping your desire and drive in continuous motion. Most of the regular or usual roads are easily driven, broad, bold and readily accessible to anyone who is cable of commuting. I dare you,"Choose to be original and different!" Broad and open roads do not lead to fulfilling your dreams. I ask you to consider yourself as the driving force that can align itself to realizing the road to lifelong success and happiness. Travel the road less traveled with me and watch the streets that you pass over or visit be aligned with beautiful roses, in bright beautifully amazing, and mind-blowing originality.
Be the best original example of how you are the driving force of your own success. Take a few moments a day to relax and engage the view of what your hard work has rendered for you, your continuous efforts with awesome blossoms of roses, tulips, daisies. Stop to enjoy the power of a sunflower, grown especially for you!
Every rose-lined road is unique and beautiful! Watch as you embrace and imbibe the smell of a hard won victory through your continuity, methodical effort and honest living. They, the rose roads, look and smell wonderful to you, me and to anyone else who chooses to work throughout the process of traveling the road to success. Only a thief, cheater, liar, and person of advanced age does the same thing over and over again expecting that driving along the road of cheating, stalking, and spying is a short-cut or a way to the road of success. The road of stolen and fleeting success is a dead -end. The stalker, spy and plagiarizing way of succeeding is by lying and cheating, and he actually knows that this kind of thinking is actually insane. He or they weren't expecting to get caught. Know this: Whatever you do, good or bad will catch up to you. The cheater, stalker and liar of advanced action and age, goes around getting enraged by the success of the honest,hard work performed by another and not by themselves. There is no sane or normal reason other than they mask and make excuses, evade the subject and skirt the issues by making confrontation speeches as self-defense and is gibberish and talk that is all about themselves. They throw a pity party and talk about how they are offended by the victim who was constantly stalked, blocked and censored by them. The victim is now looking down upon them. In reality, the liar and thief of advanced age is so full of hate and deceit that he even hates and deceives himself. How much more insane can anything be? You be the judge, let the jury deliberate, hmmm, wonder how this is gonna play out?
Those who chose to travel the road to success in dignity and finesse always receive their roses in the end! Traveling the road to success will drive you to higher plateaus of creativity, originality or enable you and YOU ALONE to travel the road alone! Enjoy the smell of roses growing and flowering for many years and many generations that will succeed you and me through the birth of our posterity and many more generations after them!
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Monday, December 10, 2018
10 Ideas to Help You Stay Motivated
I often wonder what motivates us to stay productive. It's one thing to produce a positive result and yet another to consistently repeat that positive action. Only motivation, which comes from two sources, can keep us consistent.
1. Our own internal drive, self-talk and attitude. How we speak to and treat ourselves affects what we are able to accomplish.
2. External influence from family, friends, leaders and other people we look up to or hold in high regard. The advice or guidance we receive from others affects what we feel about ourselves and our capabilities.
The question is, what direction does the motivation take us in? One that leads to positive, productive results or not. It is up to us to very intentionally make adjustments to what we allow into our thoughts/minds. We must make decisions about that kind of talk we entertain and learn to discard negative thoughts or words.
Below are 10 thought-provoking ideas I feel lead us in the right direction.
1. Showing up is largely a result of self-motivation.
Absolutely! If we don't motivate ourselves to get moving it's harder to show up or be present during our normal daily activities. Our motivation should discard any negative feelings that prevent us from showing up to meet our commitments.
2. A positive attitude fuels inner drive.
Try it! There's no doubt that when we're positive, we get more done with less effort.
3. There's power in words. We should speak positively about ourselves and others.
Words are powerful when used right they motivate and encourage. We must always consider the result or outcome of our words before we speak.
4. Self-discipline over a period of time yields desired results.
There are tougher challenges in pursuing self-discipline than we realize. The results however are powerful and priceless - let's stay focused.
5. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel no matter how long the tunnel.
There will be moments when we are tried and tested personally and professionally. We have to focus on where we need to be, our finish line, in order to stay motivated and productive while going through the tunnel.
6. We know we are motivated when we consistently go the extra mile.
Internal motivation coupled by the external push from supporters and those who cheer us on fuels us to keep going.
7. Creativity helps build confidence & ownership.
Thinking outside the box and curiosity drives us to greater heights.
8. To be productive and efficient we must stay informed.
Having the right information at the right time motivates us to pursue our goals. We must seek and desire to gain the knowledge consistently.
9. We experience greater satisfaction when our work speaks for itself.
Actions speak louder than words. The results of the action we take to back up our words keeps us motivated. "Well done is better than well said." ~Benjamin Franklin
10. We are motivated by leaders that are authentic and engaged.
It's important to form relationships and/or follow leaders that motivate us to be better. Strive for excellence.
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Sunday, December 9, 2018
Saturday, December 8, 2018
You Are Not What Happens To You, But You Become How You Respond To It
You are not what happens to you but it is how you respond to it that shapes your future. Listen, we've all had bad things happen, some more than others, yet that doesn't diminish the events of the past. Perhaps you retreated into yourself to find solace and meaning on why the events took place. Stop! Stop trying to make sense of what happened because we spend unnecessary mental and emotional energy trying to figure out life.
To rationalise life logically is a battle we seldom win. What makes me certain of this you ask? Having coached hundreds of people over the past decade and through my own ordeals, I've come to realise that making sense of what happens to us is a futile battle that only results in pain and disappointment. The mental and emotional energy is better spent trying to find solutions instead of contextualising its meaning. Life is not what happens to us, it is how we respond and grow from the experiences that shapes our destiny. It is what the American Zen Buddhist teacher Joan Halifax means when she writes in Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet about accepting everything that shows up in our life including the difficult moments: "I have come to see the profound value of taking in the whole landscape of life and not rejecting or denying what we are given. I have also learned that our waywardness, difficulties, and "crises" might not be terminal obstacles. They can actually be gateways to wider, richer internal and external landscapes."
Does this make sense because it's worth spending time to understand you are not what happens to you but who you become because of it? The events of the past took place based on your level of awareness. Put simply, if you want to do large-scale renderings using the latest Adobe Illustrator program on an 80's built computer, the program might require more than what the computer can process. However, if you upgrade your hardware, it can perform these functions easier. Our troubles and disappointments occur because our level of awareness does not match the experience taking place.
So if our significant other breaks up with us, it doesn't mean there's something wrong with us, only our growth at the time was not a match to maintain the relationship. If we lose our job or our health suffers, it is because our level of consciousness is not at the level to sustain those things. A popular aphorism states: "To grow thyself, know thyself." As we grow in consciousness, we develop the ability to give more of ourselves and attract circumstances consistent with our level of consciousness. It is why the rich and wealthy are rich and wealthy. They've developed a wealth and prosperity consciousness owing to years of self-improvement and personal growth. It is why those who are fit and healthy maintain healthy lives because they've developed a consciousness to sustain that way of being. And this is a very important principle because if we improve ourselves, we undoubtedly see the results manifest in our lives.
I hope this idea resonates with you because it is necessary understanding this principle. The message is that nothing happens to us which we don't allow, irrespective of whether we are conscious or unconscious. The latter is problematic because if we are oblivious to our motives, we make automated decisions not congruent with our greater self. Considering this, reflect on your own life, particularly the past. Have there been times when your career, health or relationships suffered because of what you were certain of?
I recall more than a dozen examples of what I knew with certainty, was incomplete. Often, what we think we know about life can lead us down a trail of self-destruction. It is when we let go of preconceived ideas of how life should be that we experience life becoming itself. Life knows what it needs to become and if we are attached to how this should unfold, we limit its potential to occur. It is in releasing and renewing we discover the essence of our life's narrative. The lesson here is that your circumstances whether past or present do not make up who you are, but adds a narrative to who you will become. This, my friends, determines the future you're destined to live.
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Friday, December 7, 2018
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Why Things Happen?
Things do not happen. They are bound to happen. Expect problems along the way. Remember, opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. Do you remember at one point in your life that there were things that have happened to you, either healthy or unhealthy.It all happened for a few larger reasons - whether or not as a result of God's plan, or as a result of what happened was somehow your fate.
I do believe that everything happens for a reason. In fact, these circumstances shape our own individual path by the choices we make every day. At times, it should appear that these occurrences were destined to be in our lives. Everything that happens to an individual affects them and shapes their entire life. In other words, everything happens for us to learn from and mold us to become better individuals.
Unexpected events in our lives happens for a reason but it depends on how we see things clearly. Life is packed with positive things, however many of us perpetually see them as dangerous. Everything comes at the right time. There are days that could be a challenge to beat; however, we ought to see the great facet of things like gifts, lessons, or opportunities to own a more robust life. typically things happen to us which will appear ugly, painful, and unfair initially, however in reflection we discover that while not overcoming those obstacles we haven't accomplished our potential, strength, willpower, or heart.
Nothing happens by smart luck. If somebody hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they helped you learn about what trust is about and the importance of being cautious to open your heart. Finally, if you like somebody tell them, you will never know what tomorrow may have in store.
When folks have to be compelled to deal with tough things in their lives, they often reassure themselves by communicating that everything happens for a reason. For some, thinking this fashion makes it easier to touch upon relationship issues, monetary crises, disease, death, and even natural disasters like earthquakes. It will be distressing to suppose that unhealthy things happen simply through probability or accident.
Even if events that have an effect on human lives don't happen by statistical probability. Several of them ought to be viewed as happening by chance, within the sense that they're the inconceivable results of the intersection of freelance causative chains. Psychological analysis has known many ways to make resilience in people and teams, like developing problem solving skills and powerful social networks. Life will be extremely significant notwithstanding some things that happen simply by accidents. Stuff happens!
I realized that this is true for any major stepping stone in my career. We've got to place within the time and work slowly to push that boulder up hill. Each very little success is a sort of ridge you'll build from, or another stone in crossing the stream of success.
If you are trying to force success you'll solely find yourself annoying folks and shutting doors that were open or opportunities that you just could've had. Life is a series of events which will either hinge upon each other or collapse ahead of you, counting on however you treat them. If you respect these events and use them fastidiously as stepping stones, then, there's no stopping you.
Just like sleep, life can return whether or not you are trying to force it. It's most likely best to not to worry yourself about it.
When unexpected events occur, we realize in an exceedingly moment of inarticulate horror that everything happens for a reason. In fact, there will always be a reason why we meet people. Either we need them to change our life or we're the one that will change theirs.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2018
15 Habits of Extremely Happy People
Happiness is every person's goal in life. Even though most people have no idea of what to do to be happy and what happiness really adds up to. We all strive to stay relevant to our goal.
1. They are not self-absorbed
This is a person that generally does not make everything about themselves. They are open-minded and allow their thinking to go beyond their heads. They welcome other people's suggestions and criticism. They don't take other people's opinions about them personally. They build their character based on well-thought out choices and opinions. They positively accept correction from people and also appreciate other people's way of life.
2. They are appreciative and contented
Being contented and showing appreciation is a character trait that most people don't have. They take a lot of things for granted not knowing they deprive themselves of the small joys of the world. Being able to appreciate someone else for how they have dressed, made their hair, their new pair of shoes, being able to see the other person laugh and smile and having contributed to them having a nice day is even a greater way of being happy.
3. Making alone time and meditating
This is a vital part of being happy and knowing yourself better. Having alone time helps one check on their character, know what makes them happy, sad, set life goals, etc. When meditating, one learns what to focus on with life, what makes their life better and how to better themselves. Making sure to have some alone time also keeps someone in a peaceful mood and helps them to face their fears.
4. Doing things that make them genuinely happy
Being happy is a full-time job, so each of us needs to find what genuinely makes them happy and avoid hypocrisy. Doing what genuinely makes you happy will help someone from harboring hate and toxic feelings caused by forced happiness and pretending to be happy for everyone else's sake. Most people have an illusion of happiness and they don't try and find genuine happiness or what activities genuinely make them happy. So they end up feeling unfulfilled and sad. So, finding genuine activities that make you happy is a great step to being extremely happy.
5. Having a positive attitude towards life
Life brings a lot of challenges with it and the sad part is life challenges are inevitable. People have to find better ways to cope with that. People with positive mindsets have it easier when difficulties come to their path. They see problems as challenges that they have to face to pass a given stage and enable them to relate to things in a better way. Those who are afraid of challenges will always feel condemned and sad because they never know their way through.
6. Being at peace with yourself, friends, associates, and family
You should try, as much as possible, to be at peace with those close to you. These include friends, family, work associates and, even your partner. These people play a major role, what they do can directly affect.
7. Enjoying every moment
Most people take for granted moments spent with other people; either playing, out for coffee or chilling in the house and even time spent with their family. They fail to maximize the fun they would have had during these times. This is also a way of harboring regrets and unfulfilled moments that people have. Hence having bad days and tough times.
8. Respecting yourself and not settling for mediocre
People who know what they want in life don't settle. They know their purpose, set goals and work towards them. Despite the challenges they might face on their way to success, such people don't give up. They are grounded and they don't settle for mediocre results that are unfulfilling to them. They know their self-worth and they work at achieving what they set their minds to.
9. Staying healthy
Health is a major contributor to happiness. This entails having good eating habits. Make sure you have a balanced diet, take lots of water and make sure your meals are hygienically prepared. This will help you avoid sicknesses and stay healthy. Exercises also helps people stay in shape and avoid diseases caused by unhealthy eating, it also helps someone unwind and feel relaxed. Ensuring one is clean by bathing, putting on makeup, perfume. This helps boost someone's confidence and makes them feel good about themselves.
10. Rewarding and feeling good about yourself
Everyone loves gifts and being appreciated. Most people forget that you can buy yourself gifts, appreciate yourself and feel good about it. We all have our shameful struggles or our bad habits that we aren't proud of. When you stop a bad habit and no one notices, treat yourself out, buy yourself some new belt. People might not know how big a deal the situation was or how much you struggled with it. Awarding, and giving yourself credit for it, is not a bad thing. This will help you see yourself as an achiever and will also boost your self-confidence.
11. Surrounding yourself with people and things that bring positivity in your life
The people and things someone surrounds themselves with say a lot about them. They highly contribute to someone's character and thinking. If you surround yourself with people who are always about the positive side of life and encouraging one another to be better versions of themselves, then there are high chances that that is the kind of person you will be. This character building technique is important in our lives. You should be careful who you relate with because they influence you in a wonderful way.
12. Treating people with kindness, respect and being happy for them
One can create happiness by seeing other people happy. This is also a way of trying to live a fulfilling life. Help people out when you can, reach out to them when they need your help. Visit the patients in hospitals, help out in orphanages, give food to the homeless. You feel fulfilled when you are able to make someone smile and be happy. Treat your friend who delivered a presentation. These are some of the ways in which being kind and helpful to others can bring to you happiness through these simple gestures.
13. Not comparing yourself with other people
Comparing yourself, your personal achievements and successes with those of other people is not a healthy way of being happy. Most people forget that everyone is totally different from others and we all have different struggles in life. Comparing yourself to other people is an injustice to yourself and you end up degrading yourself and end up leading some sad, unmeaningful life. You should try and better yourself from what you have. You should not consider another person's success makes them better than you for any reason. Focus on bettering yourself on what makes you happy and fulfilled. Make your own path to achieving your goals and dreams.
14. Have life-improving goals
Most people settle for what they are offered even when deep down they know it is not what they want or deserve. This ends up making them feel less of a person or not fully recognized by people. Make sure you set goals that help you become a better person. Either mentally, financially or physically. Strive to make the best out of yourself and when faced with challenges don't despair. Make the best out of your worst experiences.
15. Allowing yourself to be human
We focus so much on other people and make considerations for them rather than for ourselves. We forget that we also hurt, feel, cry and make mistakes. A lot of people are so focused on their mistakes and setbacks, they forget that they also fall, fail and make mistakes, which is okay. They should accept that mistakes are inevitable, and you can always make the best out of them and learn something. Forgive yourself as often as possible, accept your faults and apologize when needed, or when you know you are at fault. Don't forget, you are just as human as everyone else and, just like them, you also can make mistakes and be at fault.
Conclusion
We are all entitled to being happy and finding fulfillment in whatever we decide to do with our lives. People should realize their happiness solely depends on their choices and perception about life and what it brings with it.
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