Despite the world being in a recession or depression, and gloomy circumstances all around, you can still choose to be happy.
Perhaps you – like me – have taken a negative circumstance (think job loss, losing your home, pay reduction, etc) and turned it around.
Now is an especially perfect time to consider doing what you’ve always wanted to do.
Think about your passions, dreams and desires.
• What are they?
• What could you do now that would move you in that direction?
• What lemons in your life could you turn into lemonade?
Hopefully, these videos will encourage you and get your juices flowing…
How to be happy all the time (or at least as much as is reasonable!):
Believe in yourself (even if no one else will):
Follow your dreams:
Never, never, never quit (even if you feel like giving up)
Showing posts with label beliefs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beliefs. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Wake up & live life because it’s a beautiful day!!
Our decisions determine our destiny, so choose wisely!
“It’s choice – not chance – that determines your destiny!” – Jean Nidetch
Proclamation:
“It’s choice – not chance – that determines my destiny…and I choose life!”
Choose to really live life! Begin now!
Fabulous quotes:
It’s a Beautiful Day! – U2 [4.11]
It’s a perfect day! (celebrating life!)[3.46]
You’ve Got the Music in You! (You get what you give) – New Radicals [4.38]
I’m Alive! – Celine Dion [3.38]
Life: Live it Well! [2.41]
Oh Happy Day – from Sister Act 2 [2.58]
Happy Day – Tim Hughes [3.41]
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee -- from Sister Act 2 [4.28]
Clip from “The Yes Man” (how to say ‘yes’ to life!) [2.24]
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? – by Elton John [4.02]
“It’s choice – not chance – that determines your destiny!” – Jean Nidetch
Proclamation:
“It’s choice – not chance – that determines my destiny…and I choose life!”
Choose to really live life! Begin now!
Fabulous quotes:
- “Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact!” –William James
- “If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed!” –David Viscott
- “You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can’t have it! –Robert Anthony
- “If you can dream it, you can do it!” –Walt Disney
- “Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be!” –George Sheehan
Incredibly Powerful Videos; [Total play time=34 mins]:
It’s a perfect day! (celebrating life!)[3.46]
You’ve Got the Music in You! (You get what you give) – New Radicals [4.38]
I’m Alive! – Celine Dion [3.38]
Life: Live it Well! [2.41]
Oh Happy Day – from Sister Act 2 [2.58]
Happy Day – Tim Hughes [3.41]
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee -- from Sister Act 2 [4.28]
Clip from “The Yes Man” (how to say ‘yes’ to life!) [2.24]
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? – by Elton John [4.02]
Monday, January 23, 2012
Change Your Thinking--Change Your Life
I was just talking to a good friend last night about affirmations. In an earlier post I mentioned the tie-in with beliefs and success or accomplishments.
For me and a lot of other people into the self-help movement, lasting change is a bit of a challenge. How many motivational seminars have you been to? How many positive books have you read? I've read tons of stuff on personal growth, success and change. I've even attended a few powerful seminars, to boot. By all means, continue to do this--but don't stop there.
The bottom line?
It doesn't seem to last. In other words, you've read that book, attended that life-changing seminar and it fades in a few days, for most. You're motivated, excited and enthusiastic about the changes you're going to make and what you're going to do, then reality hits again. And your back to where you were. Why?
I personally believe it comes down to application. A lot of people including myself struggle with that. The reason they do is that their deep-seeded personal beliefs get in their way, and basically prohibit them from making the change. I know, I've been there.
As I mentioned last week, if you believe you don't deserve to make good money, chances are you won't. Your subconscious mind will work to ensure that that's the case.
The Answer
Being an avid researcher and always looking for tools that help, I stumbled upon something pretty fantastic. It's a meditation technique where you use headphones while listening to CDs. It only takes about 30 minutes a day and it's painless. But the results are out of this world! Really.
There are thousands of people already enjoying wonderful changes in their lives as a result and there's tons of in-depth scientific research backing it.
Here's What It Does:(& it's not some new age garbage either, but applied science)
As I've said, affirmations are great, but you have to do them a certain way to make them work. Here's how they do. By putting your brain into a meditative state and playing your affirmations in this manner, you're bypassing your conscious mind where your beliefs reside, and literally creating new beliefs or pathways in the brain.
I know, I know, it sounds weird, maybe scary, but it works!
Check out this link where they do a better job of explaining the whole process. (I've been a client for years but don't profit by my relationship with them):
www.centerpointe.com
Honestly, there are few tools out there that are as powerful as this one! So, check it out--you'll be glad you did.
For me and a lot of other people into the self-help movement, lasting change is a bit of a challenge. How many motivational seminars have you been to? How many positive books have you read? I've read tons of stuff on personal growth, success and change. I've even attended a few powerful seminars, to boot. By all means, continue to do this--but don't stop there.
The bottom line?
It doesn't seem to last. In other words, you've read that book, attended that life-changing seminar and it fades in a few days, for most. You're motivated, excited and enthusiastic about the changes you're going to make and what you're going to do, then reality hits again. And your back to where you were. Why?
I personally believe it comes down to application. A lot of people including myself struggle with that. The reason they do is that their deep-seeded personal beliefs get in their way, and basically prohibit them from making the change. I know, I've been there.
As I mentioned last week, if you believe you don't deserve to make good money, chances are you won't. Your subconscious mind will work to ensure that that's the case.
The Answer
Being an avid researcher and always looking for tools that help, I stumbled upon something pretty fantastic. It's a meditation technique where you use headphones while listening to CDs. It only takes about 30 minutes a day and it's painless. But the results are out of this world! Really.
There are thousands of people already enjoying wonderful changes in their lives as a result and there's tons of in-depth scientific research backing it.
Here's What It Does:(& it's not some new age garbage either, but applied science)
- Using music and pc-generated signals, it puts your brain into an alpha-beta-theta state.
- It relaxes and de-stresses you as it slows you way down.
- You can record your own personal affirmations and have them embedded on this CD.
As I've said, affirmations are great, but you have to do them a certain way to make them work. Here's how they do. By putting your brain into a meditative state and playing your affirmations in this manner, you're bypassing your conscious mind where your beliefs reside, and literally creating new beliefs or pathways in the brain.
I know, I know, it sounds weird, maybe scary, but it works!
Check out this link where they do a better job of explaining the whole process. (I've been a client for years but don't profit by my relationship with them):
www.centerpointe.com
Honestly, there are few tools out there that are as powerful as this one! So, check it out--you'll be glad you did.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Do It To It!
"Just do it!" Nike's familiar slogan sounds great in theory. However in terms of personal application, practically speaking it may not fly.
I know for me, I like to understand and know why I'm doing something, so blind action is not usually my strongpoint.
For others, its easy to just get something done by an act of sheer willpower. Still, there are others who seem defeated before they even start. And they don't understand why. On the surface, many people have great goals and desires, but when it comes right down to it, they're stuck. They have significant blocks that keep them from achieving the success they desire and living the life they want.
The reason? Subconscious beliefs. I touched on this in an earlier post. These types of beliefs aren't easy to change, though it is possible.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale wrote the book, The Power of Positive Thinking. Honestly, it was the first thing that made sense to me in the midst of all the other self-improvement books out there. But it was incomplete. I tried thinking positively. I attempted affirmations and reading positive books--none of it really took--nor had the lasting affect I was going for.
Most everyone knows of Napolean Hill, who wrote Think and Grow Rich. He has this great quote that goes like this: "Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve." Now this makes sense to me--focus on the word believe.
If in the deepest part of who you are, you do not really believe you deserve success or money or whatever, its never going to happen for you, regardless of how hard you try.
Why?
Because your subconscious is busy making sure your circumstances match your beliefs, whether you know it or not.
So, what do you do? What works? I stumbled upon something that is a surefire method to lasting change. I'll let you in on it in my next post.
I know for me, I like to understand and know why I'm doing something, so blind action is not usually my strongpoint.
For others, its easy to just get something done by an act of sheer willpower. Still, there are others who seem defeated before they even start. And they don't understand why. On the surface, many people have great goals and desires, but when it comes right down to it, they're stuck. They have significant blocks that keep them from achieving the success they desire and living the life they want.
The reason? Subconscious beliefs. I touched on this in an earlier post. These types of beliefs aren't easy to change, though it is possible.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale wrote the book, The Power of Positive Thinking. Honestly, it was the first thing that made sense to me in the midst of all the other self-improvement books out there. But it was incomplete. I tried thinking positively. I attempted affirmations and reading positive books--none of it really took--nor had the lasting affect I was going for.
Most everyone knows of Napolean Hill, who wrote Think and Grow Rich. He has this great quote that goes like this: "Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve." Now this makes sense to me--focus on the word believe.
If in the deepest part of who you are, you do not really believe you deserve success or money or whatever, its never going to happen for you, regardless of how hard you try.
Why?
Because your subconscious is busy making sure your circumstances match your beliefs, whether you know it or not.
So, what do you do? What works? I stumbled upon something that is a surefire method to lasting change. I'll let you in on it in my next post.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Fear Failing Forward
FEARS can immobilize, paralyze and keep you stuck. Forget about how unrealistic they are or that they may not make any sense at all--to anyone but you. Fear can keep you from achieving your potential and stretching outside your comfort zone into someone you desire to become or doing something you've wanted to do for a long time.
Fear can be gut-wrenching, sickening and depressing. It is also one of the most LIMITING BELIEFS someone can have.
But don't give in to the pressure or the LIE that is holding you back, whatever that may be. Be courageous and stand up to it--believe me, in time you'll be glad you did. And, I realize it won't be easy. Doing great things usually isn't.
Someone once said that F.E.A.R. stands for: False Evidence Appearing Real. Nothing could be more true. When you internalize this and walk in it, you will find freedom to become who you desire to be and do things you never thought you could do.
Here's an encouraging snippet from Nelson Mandela's 1994 Inaugural Speech. I hope you find it uplifting and that it helps to move you forward. (Let me know what you think or if you have anything to share regarding this post.)
Fear can be gut-wrenching, sickening and depressing. It is also one of the most LIMITING BELIEFS someone can have.
But don't give in to the pressure or the LIE that is holding you back, whatever that may be. Be courageous and stand up to it--believe me, in time you'll be glad you did. And, I realize it won't be easy. Doing great things usually isn't.
Someone once said that F.E.A.R. stands for: False Evidence Appearing Real. Nothing could be more true. When you internalize this and walk in it, you will find freedom to become who you desire to be and do things you never thought you could do.
Here's an encouraging snippet from Nelson Mandela's 1994 Inaugural Speech. I hope you find it uplifting and that it helps to move you forward. (Let me know what you think or if you have anything to share regarding this post.)
Our Greatest Fear
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest far is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
You were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within you. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
You were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within you. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Attitude Matters--How's Yours?
This is your second helping from my toolbox of favorite quotes.
We started with "Destiny," to kinda give you the big picture, now I'll give you a few from "Attitude." My experience has been that you can have the world's greatest goals and "shoot-for-the-moon" aspirations, but if your attitude STINKS, then it's not likely you'll get where you want to go.
The foundation of your attitude is your BELIEFS, which is something everyone must look at along the road to success, if they don't want to lose everything (or everyone) along the way. I'll spend some time covering this later.
Attitude:
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."--William James
"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings you as by the attitude you bring to life."--John Homer Miller
"You are searching for the magic key that will unlock the door to the source of power; and yet you have the key in your own hands, and you may make use of it the moment you learn to control your thoughts."--Napoleon Hill
"For as he thinks in his heart, so is he."--Proverbs 23:7 (Amplified version)
We started with "Destiny," to kinda give you the big picture, now I'll give you a few from "Attitude." My experience has been that you can have the world's greatest goals and "shoot-for-the-moon" aspirations, but if your attitude STINKS, then it's not likely you'll get where you want to go.
The foundation of your attitude is your BELIEFS, which is something everyone must look at along the road to success, if they don't want to lose everything (or everyone) along the way. I'll spend some time covering this later.
Attitude:
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."--William James
"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings you as by the attitude you bring to life."--John Homer Miller
"You are searching for the magic key that will unlock the door to the source of power; and yet you have the key in your own hands, and you may make use of it the moment you learn to control your thoughts."--Napoleon Hill
"For as he thinks in his heart, so is he."--Proverbs 23:7 (Amplified version)
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