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How To Guarantee Growth…

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.  – Viktor Frankl

awareness

The key to long term personal growth is increasing awareness of self. As we become more aware we position ourselves as masters. We realize that self-knowledge will allow us to choose our state of mind. We can then choose happiness, selflessness, growth, love, forgiveness and acceptance.

choice & freedom

How is this choice made? It’s made by the response we provide to any situation in life. When we stop being driven by our animal instincts (amygdala) and learn to step back and allow our higher mind to take control, then we can make wiser decisions in the moment. We then choose the better response in any situation! Consequently we are more free.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM proactive!

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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How To Quench The Eternal Thirst?

Distant water won’t quench your immediate thirst.Chinese Proverb

that and when

We’re always looking for that something else which will do the trick. We tell ourselves that when that happens we will be just fine. The search for that something else continues, our thirst never really gets quenched and we don’t ever reach a final destination. So why do we keep at it?

quench thirst

We’re looking to quench an eternal thirst. We’re searching for a mysterious knowledge that will bestow eternal happiness to us. We want to discover the treasure that’ll end our search for all earthly treasure. Where is all this to be found? How can we be convinced that the treasure lies within? How can we know that the eternal well springs from our heart? The journey never ends…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM my own well!

Recommendation: God Is Closer Than You Think by John Ortberg

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How To Make A Great First Impression!

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.Chinese Sayings

no go!

We shouldn’t set foot outside our house if we’re not smiling! We shouldn’t be talking to another soul if we’re not smiling! Heck we shouldn’t be thinking about anything if we’re not able to smile within! How can we be motivated to do anything if we’re not happy and smiling?

life principles

5th Dale Carnegie Principle: Smile!

From the book How To Win Friends And Influence People:

The Value of a smile at Christmas

It cost nothing, but creates much.
It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give.
It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
None are so rich they can get along without it, and none so poor but are richer for its benefits.
It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and nature’s best antidote for trouble
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody till it is given away.
And if in the last minute rush of Christmas buying some of our salespeople should be too tired to give you a smile, may we ask you to leave one of yours?
For nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give!!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a smile machine!

Recommendation: How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie

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What Is True Responsibility?

With great responsibility, comes great power. The more you accept of the first – for your happiness, unhappiness, and all else – the more you are given of the latter.The Universe

responsibility

The word ‘responsibility’ pretty much defines what we’re to do! We are to respond to life’s situations knowing fully well that we author and authorize our own happiness. We decide how we feel and react to any circumstance.

power

Real power is when we know how to be happy, truly happy, through our own choosing. It’s up to us. Let’s be the change we seek in others!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM powerful!

Recommendation: Choose Them Wisely: Thoughts Become Things!
by Mike Dooley

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What To Expect?

If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.Heraclitus

getting surprised

The call of adventure, the mystery of the unknown, the scenic view around the next bend of the road, the birthday present wrapped in shiny paper, what would life be without pleasing surprises? How can we be surprised by life all the time?

in the moment

What would happen if we lived truly in the moment and not be straddled by the hurts or memories of the past nor worried about the future? What would be the result of a fearless expectation of the unexpected? A rich hope for that which may happen at any time? What if we expected amazing surprises every day of our lives? What kind of life would that be?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM expectant of the unexpected!

Recommendation: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

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How To Have a Happy New Year!

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. – Edith Lovejoy Pierce

our life is up to us

Let’s throw off the assumptions that chain our lives. Let’s be born again! Resolve to think afresh and anew. We won’t accept limitations that others place upon us. We are creative and unique beings like no other in all time and space! We will claim our uniqueness, stamp life with our signature and relish our personal impact!

each day, each year, is brand new

Each moment we breathe is like no other before it. Each day is new. We can’t let the failures of the past hold us back. We will start creating our future life, today, NOW!

Daily Affirmation: 2012 will be my best year yet!!

Recommendation: Release Your Brilliance

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What Would We Do Differently?

What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?Questions…

what’s holding us back?

Something holds us back from giving life our best shot. Something also holds us back from trying new things or doing things differently! What is this something?

fear of failure?

Is it fear of failure, of being judged by others or judged by self? Or is it laziness and procrastination? Are we lazy because we fear failure or judgment? This kind of self-knowledge is crucial to our growth, our fulfillment and happiness. What are we doing about it?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM jumping in!

Recommendation: Do It! Let’s Get Off Our Buts by Peter McWilliams

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