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Progress

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:27:26 -0500

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible” – Frank Zappa

Progress

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible” – Frank Zappa

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect. Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skilful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

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11 Success Lessons from Billionaire Mark Cuban

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:06:29 -0500

Mark Cuban is the owner of the NBA basketball team the Dallas Mavericks, owner of Landmark Theatres, and Chairman of the HDTV cable network HDNet.
The following are excerpts from his blog.

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11 Success Lessons from Billionaire Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban is the owner of the NBA basketball team the Dallas Mavericks, owner of Landmark Theatres, and Chairman of the HDTV cable network HDNet.

The following are excerpts from his blog.

1) Dream, Believe and Imagine

Mark says, “I drove by big houses and would wonder who lived there. What did they do for a living? How did they make their money? Someday, I would tell myself, I would live in a house like that. Every weekend I would do it.”

2) Work Hard

Mark says, “As fired up as I was about the job, I was scared. Why? Because I have never worked with an IBM PC in my life. Not a single time, and I’m going to be selling software for it. So what do I do? I do what everyone does: I rationalize. I tell myself that the people walking in the door know as little as I do, so if I just started doing what I told my boss I would do, read the manuals, I would be ahead of the curve. That’s what I did. Every night I would take home a different software manual, and I would read them. Of course the reading was captivating. Peachtree, PFS, DBase, Lotus, Accpac… I couldn’t put them down. Every night I would read some after getting home, no matter how late.”

3) Build Trust and Good Will With People

Mark says,”Within about 6 months, I was building a clientele and because I had also spent time on the store’s computers learning how to install, configure and run the software, I started having customers ask me to install the software at their offices. That meant I got to charge for consulting help: 25 bucks an hour that I split with the store. That turned into a couple hundred extra bucks per month and growing. I was raking it in, enough that I could move from the Hotel (that was what we called our apartment) where the 6 of us lived, into a 3 bedroom apartment across the street, where instead of 6 of us, there were only 3. Finally, my own bedroom!”

4) Be Optimistic and Listen to Instinct (No matter how hard things get)

Mark says, “One day, about 9 months into my career as a salesperson/consultant, I had a prospect ask if I could come to his office to close a deal. 9am. No problem to me. Problem to my boss, Michael Humecki. Michael didn’t want me to go. Decision time. It’s always the little decisions that have the biggest impact. We all have to make that “make or break” call to follow orders or do what you know is right. I followed my first instinct: close the sale. I guess I could have rescheduled the appointment, but I rationalized that you never turn your back on a closed deal. So I called one of my coworkers to come in and open up, and closed the deal. Next day I came in check in hand from a new customer and Michael fired me”.

5) Feeling Good is Important. Enjoy Present Moment

Mark says, “After he got fired the first thing he did was went out and partied with his friends. He partied hard and was feeling good.”

6) Be Determined and Fearless. Trust that you will figure a way out

Mark says, “He came up with a name and started calling old clients. Two of them agreed and other things started falling in place. He worked hard and built the trust. It was not about money but he was enjoying every moment of it. He made $15k the first year.”

7) Do Not Only Do It For Money, Enjoy Every Moment

Mark says, “That first year in business was incredible. I remember sitting in that little office till 10pm and then still being so pumped up, Other days I would get so involved with learning a new piece of software that I would forget to eat and look up at the clock thinking it was 6 or 7pm and see that it was 1am or 2am. Time would fly by.”

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Solitude

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:47:31 -0400

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness - Henry David Thoreau

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Solitude

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness - Henry David Thoreau

I think we all feel like this sometimes. Solitude is the audience-chamber of God. A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude. A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds. Be able to be alone. being alone immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your own presence rather than of the absence of others. Solitude is an achievement. Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

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Meaningful Life

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:58:33 -0400

Part of positive psychology is about being positive, but sometimes laughter and clowns are not appropriate. Some people don’t want to be happy, and that’s okay. They want meaningful lives, and those are not always the same as happy lives.

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Meaningful Life

“Part of positive psychology is about being positive, but sometimes laughter and clowns are not appropriate. Some people don’t want to be happy, and that’s okay. They want meaningful lives, and those are not always the same as happy lives.” — Eric Weiner (The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World)

Draw a positive conclusion from life, understand its meaning and find the happiness which exists in some form every where in each one of us.
Strongly Selfish Motives In Every Action Make Life Meaningless. The trouble with life isn’t that there is no answer, it’s that there are so many answers. Happiness depends upon being self-sufficient and master of one’s mental attitude; suffering is consequence of false judgments of value, which cause negative emotions and a vicious character. There is a huge difference between a pleasant life and a meaningful life. A pleasant life is what most of us would call “the good life”: it is all about the enjoyment of the senses and pursuing pleasure for its own sake. And a meaningful life is one which you create thoughtfully, moment by moment and day by day.

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Finding Inspiration: The Diary of Facebook

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:32:24 -0400

“Anything that is really good, you can build it in 24hrs”

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Finding Inspiration: The Diary of Facebook

In March, MTV aired a series called “Diary of Facebook”. It is divided into 4 Parts – The videos give an inside inside look into the environment of working at Facebook.

Favorite quote from these videos is when Mark Zuckerberg says, “Anything that is really good, you can build it in 24hrs”.

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Today is the Tomorrow We Worried About

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:26:14 -0400

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future. I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person. If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I’d have fewer imaginary ones.

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Today is the Tomorrow We Worried About

I came into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethoughts of grief. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. - Wendell Berry,

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future. I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person. If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I’d have fewer imaginary ones.

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles, by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep. Troubles are a lot like people - they grow bigger if you nurse them.

I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal - and soon they’ll forget my number. ~Edith Armstrong

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Love, Destiny and You

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:30:38 -0400

“When you are in Love you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.” - Dr Seuss

An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break.

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Love, Destiny and You

“When you are in Love you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.” - Dr Seuss

An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break.

When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the desire to mate every second of the day. I am telling you some truths. For that is just being in love; which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over, when being in love has burned away

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The Gift of Present Moment

Tue, 31 May 2011 08:56:28 -0400

The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.

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The Gift of Present Moment

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.” - Abraham Maslow

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Exercise present moment awareness. At night before sleeping, read out all your desires and let go of them with unwavering faith that the power you believe in will MAKE IT SO. You’ll seldom experience regret for anything that you’ve done. It is what you haven’t done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savor it. Value your present moments. Using them up in any self-defeating ways means you’ve lost them forever.

Present-moment living, getting in touch with your now, is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just another present moment to live when it arrives. The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.

Eternity is not the hereafter…this is it. If you don’t get it here you won’t get it anywhere.

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Dream Big Dreams, Act out Big Actions

Fri, 27 May 2011 13:47:29 -0400

“When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.” - Swami Vivekananda

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Dream Big Dreams, Act out Big Actions

“When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.” - Swami Vivekananda
Our work defines us. All the people in history who we remember did something which they loved. The reason they were able to leave a mark on this world is because they protected their dream and made it happen. They worked hard and struggled. They made it happen ! They did not let anyone tell them that they were not good enough. They followed their fears and overcame them. They were the champions of their times and we live in a world dominated by ideologies of the past which started as nothing but a thought in someone’s head. What you do today will leave an impact on the future. So do not look at work as a medium to simply pay your bills but become really good at it. Love it and you will be a force like none other.

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Whatever You Do, Hold on to Hope !

Wed, 25 May 2011 10:23:18 -0400

The Tiniest thread will twist into an unbreakable cord. Let hope anchor you in the possibility that this is not the end of your story, that change will bring you to peaceful shores.

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Whatever You do, Hold on to Hope !

The Tiniest thread will twist into an unbreakable cord. Let hope anchor you in the possibility that this is not the end of your story, that change will bring you to peaceful shores.
Merriam-Webster’s definition of HOPE
intransitive verb
1: to cherish a desire with anticipation
transitive verb
1: to desire with expectation of obtainment
2: to expect with confidence : trust

Hope is not wishful thinking, it is to expect with confidence. So make hope a habit and let it transition you to it’s infamous brother better know as action, and go behind the impossible.
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7 Focus Phrases to Get in Touch with Yourself

Sat, 21 May 2011 19:20:05 -0400

We are giving away 2 copies of the book Tapping the Source: Using the Master Key System for Abundance and Happiness. To enter simply leave a comment at http://bit.ly/mhf1BM

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7 Focus Phrases to Get in Touch With Yourself and Get a copy of ‘Tapping The Source’

Book Review

It was last year when I got my hands on Tapping the Source and I realized it would be an manual to get in touch with myself in 2 minutes. “Tapping the Source” starts with how authors serendipitously collaborate on the wisdom of the Master Key System introduced by Charles Haanel. In the past I have also done Master Key System Summary which you also can read on this website.

Haanel’s viewpoint is how being one with the Universal Mind (Creative Spirit, Infinite Creator, or Divine) can influence the people and events around us into making our aspirations come true. “Tapping the Source” stands out from other self-help books because of the Focus Phrases. A precise Road-Map of seven focus phrases which with training can help us get in touch with ourselves in seconds.

Seven Focus Phrases

1. I chose to focus enjoyably inward
2. I am now in the Silence
3. I am open to receive guidance from my source
4. I know what I want
5. I feel connected with creative power
6. My vision is right now perfect and complete
7. Each new moment is manifesting my dream
The video is a Daily Reminder of the 7 Focus Phrases. You can also find Guided Meditation of the Focus Phrases.
The book takes you through the process of practicing a meditation for getting clarity on your inner-most desires. If you were pulled on to a path designed by your ego, it may not be the thing that serves you ultimately and your efforts may leave you feeling frustrated or unfilled. This practice is designed to open you to your deepest longings so you feel strong and confident that you are designing the life you truly long for and have the support of the universe behind you.

Use these focus phrases along with EFT to get yourself in a vibratory state that matches what you want. By clearing your emotional “upsets” or “resistance” that come up around the things you want, clear out these energetic blocks and make manifesting much smoother and more relaxing process. Since we’re all energy, and manifesting is a practice of matching our vibrations to our passions (and of course “taking action”), using EFT along with the Focus Phrases will work wonders. I have attached a link below to learning EFT in 5 min. These 7 focus phrases are powerful and can have an enormous impact on your life.

Contest Details

Winners will be announced on June 8th.
We are giving away 2 copies of the book Tapping the Source: Using the Master Key System for Abundance and Happiness and Four 30 minute Better Life Sessions coaching via skype(worth $75). There will be five winners:
First Prize: Tapping the Source + Free 30 min Better Life Session
Second Prize: Tapping the Source
Third Prize: Free 30 min Better Life Session
Fourth Prize: Free 30 min Better Life Session
Fifth Prize: Free 30 min Better Life Session

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7 Focus Phrases to Get in Touch with Yourself

Sat, 21 May 2011 19:17:11 -0400

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7 Focus Phrases to Get in Touch With Yourself and Get a copy of ‘Tapping The Source’

Book Review

It was last year when I got my hands on Tapping the Source and I realized it would be an manual to get in touch with myself in 2 minutes. “Tapping the Source” starts with how authors serendipitously collaborate on the wisdom of the Master Key System introduced by Charles Haanel. In the past I have also done Master Key System Summary which you also can read on this website.

Haanel’s viewpoint is how being one with the Universal Mind (Creative Spirit, Infinite Creator, or Divine) can influence the people and events around us into making our aspirations come true. “Tapping the Source” stands out from other self-help books because of the Focus Phrases. A precise Road-Map of seven focus phrases which with training can help us get in touch with ourselves in seconds.

Seven Focus Phrases

1. I chose to focus enjoyably inward
2. I am now in the Silence
3. I am open to receive guidance from my source
4. I know what I want
5. I feel connected with creative power
6. My vision is right now perfect and complete
7. Each new moment is manifesting my dream
The video is a Daily Reminder of the 7 Focus Phrases. You can also find Guided Meditation of the Focus Phrases.
The book takes you through the process of practicing a meditation for getting clarity on your inner-most desires. If you were pulled on to a path designed by your ego, it may not be the thing that serves you ultimately and your efforts may leave you feeling frustrated or unfilled. This practice is designed to open you to your deepest longings so you feel strong and confident that you are designing the life you truly long for and have the support of the universe behind you.

Use these focus phrases along with EFT to get yourself in a vibratory state that matches what you want. By clearing your emotional “upsets” or “resistance” that come up around the things you want, clear out these energetic blocks and make manifesting much smoother and more relaxing process. Since we’re all energy, and manifesting is a practice of matching our vibrations to our passions (and of course “taking action”), using EFT along with the Focus Phrases will work wonders. I have attached a link below to learning EFT in 5 min. These 7 focus phrases are powerful and can have an enormous impact on your life.

Contest Details

Winners will be announced on June 8th.
We are giving away 2 copies of the book Tapping the Source: Using the Master Key System for Abundance and Happiness and Four 30 minute Better Life Sessions coaching via skype(worth $75). There will be five winners:
First Prize: Tapping the Source + Free 30 min Better Life Session
Second Prize: Tapping the Source
Third Prize: Free 30 min Better Life Session
Fourth Prize: Free 30 min Better Life Session
Fifth Prize: Free 30 min Better Life Session

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Most of the Time it takes Time, Be Patient and Work Hard

Thu, 19 May 2011 17:43:28 -0400

It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through. – Ira Glass

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Most of the Time it takes Time, Be Patient and Work Hard

Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through. – Ira Glass

Patience and Hard Work are the tools of success. Akio Morita who became Sony’s Chairman, was expected to take over the family business of brewing sake, a Japensese drink. However, Morita’s interest lay in electronics which is where he went. He created one of the world’s biggest companies in partnership with another person. Another example is Michael Dell who had a passion for selling computers and competing with IBM led to the formation of Dell corporation while he was only 19. Alyque Padamsee, the former chairman of Lintas has written a book called “The Double life”. In that he describes how he used to do advertisements for money which used to fund his real passion which was theatre. He had to sacrifice a lot of social life for this “Double life” but this story clearly shows that Patience/Hard Work will never betray you just make sure you are smart about it.

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17 Ways To Eliminate Worry(Includes Guided Meditations)

Tue, 17 May 2011 12:11:26 -0400

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17 Ways To Eliminate Worry – Your Complete Guide to Identifying, Eliminating and Being Worry Free (Includes Guided Meditations)

“Those who do not know how to fight worry die young.” - Anonymous

A worried mind is a troubled mind that is not at peace. Even though mankind in past civilizations had a rougher time surviving the elements and avoiding imminent dangers than modern man, it is modern man who is consumed by worry.

Facts You Should Know About Worrying

1. You Are Very Capable Of Eliminating Worry. If you want to avoid worry, Don’t stew about the futures, just live each day.
2. Productive and Non-Productive Worry - Sometimes worry can actually motivate us to take effective action. Unfortunately, in our culture, worry is even accepted as a substitute for taking action. People who do nothing but worry incessantly about their problems can console themselves by saying “Well, at least I’m doing something (i.e., worrying) about my problems.”
3. Worry Often Stems From A Lack Of Trust - When you don’t trust yourself to master the demands of life, you tend to worry. And when you don’t trust others to help you overcome your weaknesses, you also tend to worry for the very same reason. When you have a great deal of trust, however, that no matter what happens in life you’ll come out okay, you won’t worry very much.
4. Worry can make you pay an exorbitant price in terms of your health.

What Makes Us Worry?
People worry because they think If you didn’t worry, things might get out of hand.

Side-Effects of Worrying
Worry can affect your physical as well as your mental health. Worriers are more likely to have irritable bowel syndrome, nausea, fatigue, and aches and pains. In addition, 93% of people with generalized anxiety disorder also have an overlapping psychiatric disorder such as depression.

How Much Worry is Too Much
If it’s posing interference in your life or is enough of a problem or nuisance that you are distressed, then it is too much.

Seventeen Ways to Eliminate Worry

1. Fill your mind with thoughts of peace, courage, health, and hope, for “life is what your thoughts make it.”
2. Never try to get even with your enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let’s never waste a minute thinking about people we don’t like.
3. Instead of worrying about ingratitude, let’s expect it. Let’s remember that Jesus healed ten lepers in one day—and only one thanked Him. Why should we expect more gratitude than Jesus got?
4. Let’s remember that the only way to find happiness is not to expect gratitude—but to give for the joy of giving.
5. Let’s remember that gratitude is a “cultivated” trait; so if we want our children to be grateful, we must train them to be grateful.
6. Count your blessings—not your troubles!
7. Let’s not imitate others. Let’s find ourselves and be ourselves, for “envy is ignorance” and “imitation is suicide.”
8. When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade.
9. Let’s forget our own unhappiness, by trying to create a little happiness for others. “When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.”
10. Pray
11. Unjust criticism is often a disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealousy and envy. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog. Keep a record of the stupid things you have done and look for unbiased, helpful, constructive criticism.
12. Keep busy. Plenty of action is one of the best therapies ever devised
13. Don’t fuss about small things. Don’t permit little things—the mere termites of life—to ruin your happiness.
14. Co-operate with the inevitable. If you know a circumstance is beyond your power to change or revise, say to yourself: “I accept things as they are. I cannot lose anything that belongs to me by Divine right. The creator looks after my rights and I cast this burned on the [God/Christ/Higher Power] Within”
15. Let the past bury its dead. Don’t saw sawdust.
16. Take responsibility for making your “present” life work for you. All you really have is your immediate experience. Take the challenge of appreciating and enjoying your life.
17. Have the courage to face whatever you are running away from. Take action here and now.
Five Ways To Prevent Worry And Keep Your Energy High
1. Rest before you get tired.
2. Learn to relax at your work and home. Meditate.
3. Apply these four good workings habits:
   a. Clear your desk of all papers except those relating to the immediate problem at hand.
   b. Do things in the order of their importance.
   c. When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts to make a decision.
   d. Learn to organize, delegate and supervise.
4. To prevent worry and fatigue, put enthusiasm into your work.
5. Remember, no one was ever killed by lack of sleep. It is worrying about insomnia that does the damage—not the insomnia.

Visualization and Meditation Techniques To Eliminate Worry
Shifting one’s attention away from worries can stop them. New solutions to problems do not come from worrying. In fact, worrying can impede solutions. So if worry is allowed to constantly go around in a loop, there is very little hope stopping it. The bad part of the whole thing is that this sets up a habitual way of thinking. Catching the worry process before it starts is Self-Awareness. As soon as those thoughts of worry begin, one can apply visualization.

Try Visualizing:
- the beach at sunset
- a cascading waterfall
- field of flowers
- top of a mountain
- babbling brook
- freshly baked cookies at grandma’s house
- cabin in the woods

The most important thing is that the scene being visualized brings out feelings of calmness and content. This is a way to escape the pressures and anxieties of the day and come to a place of peacefulness for both the mind and the body. To have the most positive meditative experience, it’s best to try to emerge oneself as much as possible into the meditation image. Try to experience from all the senses.

Meditation Resources:
- Guided Meditation - Day 1: No Worry
- Zen Relaxation Meditation - Release Worry & Stress
- Relaxing Meditation Music with Uplifting Scriptures- Release Worry
- Five Minute Guided Meditation and Visualization For Relaxation and Stress Relief
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Make Your Life Happen

Sat, 14 May 2011 11:56:22 -0400

Life is Long. There will always be time for Plan B. But don’t start with it. Become an action execution factory.

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“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.” - Swami Vivekanand

We all are blessed with insights and innovation. We all are influenced by entertainment and pop-culture. We all have our moments of unconventional thinking. Then why only a few of us consider ourselves capable of making things happen?

It was a typical Thursday, I was comfortably seated in Business class eating my shrimp salad around 9 PM when the flight attendant asked if I wanted any wine. I politely declined as I was immersed in a deep conversation with a Partner from PWC who was based in California. I was flying back to Canada and we were talking about success and passion in life. Why some people make it and others don’t? The simple conclusion was working hard on smart things.

Now a smart thing is simply that thing on your TODO list which will be most beneficial. Doing that item on your list first, fast and the best will give you the maximum return. In other word’s apply Pareto’s Principle(80/20 Rule), try to figure out which 20% of the items on your list will yield 80% of the results and start working on those.

Apply the Pareto’s principle in conjunction with Parkinson’s Law and you will increase your odds of success. Parkinson’s Law states that the amount of time you allocate to any activity is the amount of time it will take you to finish that activity. If you assign 3 days then it will take you 3 days, if you assign 7 days then it will take you 7 days.

Become Disciplined, Learn to deal with negative emotions/disappointments, Apply these principles and remember Life is Long. There will always be time for Plan B. But don’t start with it. Become an action execution factory.
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What is Creativity…

Thu, 12 May 2011 13:17:10 -0400

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Allowing a Personality to Shine whether it be individual or collective

What is Creativity…

Creativity is ……………

1 Allowing a Personality to Shine whether it be individual or collective

2 Daring to be different

3 Something that cannot be taught

4 Two Ideas coming together to create something new

5 Allowing the mind to roam freely

6 Trusting your instincts to produce something ‘Different, Exciting and Worthwhile’

7 Doing the same thing over and over again but making it fresh and different each time

8 Adapting the rules to suit the situation
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Do Les but do it Better

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:35:18 -0400

“When you’re not successful, when you’re struggling or having problems, do LESS, don’t do MORE.” – Chuck Noll

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Do Less But Do It Better

“When you’re not successful, when you’re struggling or having problems, do LESS, don’t do MORE.” – Chuck Noll

You’d be surprised at the inner images people try to use to motivate themselves. In their mind’s eye, they see tiny, dark slides of their work being done, or a fuzzy, black-and-white picture of the reward for completing a project. No wonder they’re not motivated. Make a rich and compelling picture of what you want and what you value. The bigger, richer, more colorful, more three-dimensional and clear, the better.

Remember when a game ends, win or lose, it’s time to prepare for the next one. Learning is more important than the test. It’s about the lives we touch, the legacy we can leave, and the world we can change for the better.
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Changing Your Thoughts Will Change Your

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:35:49 -0400

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Changing Your Thoughts Will Change Your Life

Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul that have been restored and brought to light in this age, none is more gladdening or fruitful of divine promise and confidence than this—that you are the master of your thought, the molder of your character, and the maker and shaper of your condition, environment and destiny. Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results … We understand this law in the natural world, and work with it; but few understand it in the mental and moral world—although its operation there is just as simple and undeviating— and they, therefore, do not cooperate with it.

Law, not confusion, is the dominating principle in the universe; justice, not injustice, is the soul and substance of life; and righteousness, not corruption, is the molding and moving force in the spiritual government of the world. This being so, we have to but right ourselves to find that the universe is right.

We don’t attract what we want, but what we are. Only by changing your thoughts will you change your life. Circumstances do not make a person, they reveal him. We have no one else to blame for our present condition except ourselves. Change your world by changing your mind. Most of us are anxious to improve our circumstances, but are unwilling to improve ourselves—and we therefore remain bound.
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Re-Design Yourself !

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:32:01 -0400

What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now. So stop looking at that broken watch in the desolated and withering walls of your mind. Look ahead and redesign yourself !

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Redesign Yourself

What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now. So stop looking at that broken watch in the desolated and withering walls of your mind. Look ahead and redesign yourself !

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Free Book Giveaway - Map of True Places

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:27:28 -0400

I am giving 2 copies of his book The Map of True Places. To enter the contest and win your copy:
1) Tweet the following, “@ashtalks is giving away 2 copies of ‘The Map of True Places’ by @BrunoniaBarry and I want to win! #winning http://t.co/U9YzHQy”
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Map of True Places (Free Book Giveaways)

It is not down in any map, true places never are. -Herman Melville

That quote is from Moby Dick and it was also the inspiration for my novel, The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry.

How do we navigate our lives amid usual life changes: people are born, people die, families break apart, new families are formed. Change happens (to borrow a descriptive quote from Hemingway) gradually then suddenly. The answer, I think, lies in finding our own true places: safe havens that are home to us and make us feel like our better selves. Sometimes these places are real. Sometimes they exist only in memory and imagination. Almost always, they are connected to the people we love.

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I am giving 2 copies of his book The Map of True Places. To enter the contest and win your copy:
1) Like the Facebook Page
2) Tweet the following, “@ashtalks is giving away 2 copies of ‘The Map of True Places’ by @BrunoniaBarry and I want to win! #winning http://t.co/U9YzHQy”

Contest Rules: Contest Ends April 15th at 11 PM EST. Winners will be announced on the Facebook page on April 17th. All the people with the tweet will be put in a list and using Random.org two users will be selected. The users will be cross-checked to make sure they are members of the Facebook page. Two users will be announced on the Facebook page and will be contacted for details to mail them the book.
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The truest place in my life is a real one, a Victorian summer-house on a lake in New Hampshire. It was built by my great grandfather more than a century ago and has been handed down through the generations. The camp hasn’t changed much in those hundred years, which makes it easier to conjure images of the people who have touched my life there, some who are still with me, many who have long since gone.

In my true place, I can bring all of the generations back to life at once. My reverie supposes that time is non-linear, and that all the characters exist in their happiest moments. People who never knew each other gather together for a weekend celebration. A favorite uncle who read stories to me when I was little reads the same stories now to my brother’s grandchildren. My first dog, Skybo, rolls on the front lawn with my sixteen year old golden retriever whose hip dysplasia has miraculously healed. Pine needles hang from their ears, and moss sticks to their muzzles. My grandmother sits on the front porch shelling peas with the great granddaughter she never knew.

Whether real of imagined, true places are more important than ever in these times of great and sometimes devastating change. I wish for true places, real, imagined, or simply remembered for all those who are suffering today. I’ve told you about the place I hold dear. What are some of your true places?
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