1. Clutter
Chaos is contagious. The solution is to have a place for everything and form the habit of putting things where they belong. This means going through and getting rid of what you don't need. Know that this process does not take 5 minutes - it may take a lot of time and work but the benefits are huge and the end result is peace of mind.
2. Clutter
In the words of Henry David Thoreau - "Simplify, simplify, simplify." The less you have the harder it is to generate clutter. When you are shopping get realy picky. Only bring items into your home that you know to be useful, think to be beautiful, or love. When you stick to this guideline yourhome will be a place of rest and peace.
3. Clutter
Overwhelmed by the clutter? Just pick one area to start with. If it's your to-do list, prioritize the items. If it's your office, start with the papers on top of the desk, then the drawers, and then the file cabinet. If it's your kitchen just start with one drawer. Set a timer for 10 minutes and take ACTION.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Don't Criticize, Condemn or Complain
This is the only principle that is stated in the negative. Many of us have to stop doing this before we can begin using the other principles.
Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes him/her strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts his/her sense of importance, and arouses resentment.
Move to Action
Choose one day in the upcoming week to consciously avoid giving criticism, condemning and most difficult, complaining.
Taken from www.dalecarnagiesd.com
Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes him/her strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts his/her sense of importance, and arouses resentment.
Move to Action
Choose one day in the upcoming week to consciously avoid giving criticism, condemning and most difficult, complaining.
Taken from www.dalecarnagiesd.com
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Living Life With A Balance
By Dorothy Rieke
The following create balance:
* Keep in mind your values when setting goals or dreams for the future.
* Work toward your aims and purposes savoring each step forward.
* Consistently keep in mind what you want to do with your life.
* Don't be afraid to accept new challenges adn new paths.
* Regard failures as sources of learning. Adpot a positive attitude as you learn from your mistakes.
* Accept assistance and support from others; in turn help them.
* Retain your ideals. This brings self-respect and self-esteem.
Adding balance to your life changes perspective and attitudes if it is practiced in every phase of your life. It upgrades relations in work places and with family and friends. Balance makes living your life more meaningful and more productive. Balance is a valued commodity not to be ignored.
The following create balance:
* Keep in mind your values when setting goals or dreams for the future.
* Work toward your aims and purposes savoring each step forward.
* Consistently keep in mind what you want to do with your life.
* Don't be afraid to accept new challenges adn new paths.
* Regard failures as sources of learning. Adpot a positive attitude as you learn from your mistakes.
* Accept assistance and support from others; in turn help them.
* Retain your ideals. This brings self-respect and self-esteem.
Adding balance to your life changes perspective and attitudes if it is practiced in every phase of your life. It upgrades relations in work places and with family and friends. Balance makes living your life more meaningful and more productive. Balance is a valued commodity not to be ignored.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Attitude
ATTITUDE AND EFFORT
The only limitation placed on our abilities is our inability to easily recognize our unlimited nature. It takes EFFORT to become aware of our staggering and limitless abilities. It takes EFFORT to become enthusiastic over a cause, or an occupation. It takes EFFORT to continue when our results-as well as our friends-tell us to give up trying. It takes EFFORT to feel right about everything that happens-the joy as well as the sorrows of life. And it also takes EFFORT to learn to love ourselves above all others, especially when we are so consciously aware of our failures, doubts and tragedies. It does not, however, take EFFORT to fail. It requires little else than a slowly deteriorating ATTITUDE about our present, our future, and about ourselves. It is ironic that one of the few things in this life over which we have total control is our own ATTITUDES, and yet most of us live our entire life behaving as though we had no control whatsoever. By our ATTITUDE, we decide to read, or not to read. By our ATTITUDE, we decide to try or give up. By our ATTITUDE, we blame ourselves for our failure, or we foolishly blame others. Our ATTITUDE determines whether we love or hate, tell the truth or lie, act or procrastinate, advance or recede, and by our own ATTITUDE we and we alone actually decide whether to succeed or fail.
At this very moment in time, as you read these words, your ATTITUDE has determined what you are. Your enthusiasms, intensity, faith in yourself, patience with yourself and others, and childish excitement about your boundless future is a result of that single word-ATTITUDE. In the seasons of life, ATTITUDE is everything! Jim Rohn
http://www.coachmeyer.com/
The only limitation placed on our abilities is our inability to easily recognize our unlimited nature. It takes EFFORT to become aware of our staggering and limitless abilities. It takes EFFORT to become enthusiastic over a cause, or an occupation. It takes EFFORT to continue when our results-as well as our friends-tell us to give up trying. It takes EFFORT to feel right about everything that happens-the joy as well as the sorrows of life. And it also takes EFFORT to learn to love ourselves above all others, especially when we are so consciously aware of our failures, doubts and tragedies. It does not, however, take EFFORT to fail. It requires little else than a slowly deteriorating ATTITUDE about our present, our future, and about ourselves. It is ironic that one of the few things in this life over which we have total control is our own ATTITUDES, and yet most of us live our entire life behaving as though we had no control whatsoever. By our ATTITUDE, we decide to read, or not to read. By our ATTITUDE, we decide to try or give up. By our ATTITUDE, we blame ourselves for our failure, or we foolishly blame others. Our ATTITUDE determines whether we love or hate, tell the truth or lie, act or procrastinate, advance or recede, and by our own ATTITUDE we and we alone actually decide whether to succeed or fail.
At this very moment in time, as you read these words, your ATTITUDE has determined what you are. Your enthusiasms, intensity, faith in yourself, patience with yourself and others, and childish excitement about your boundless future is a result of that single word-ATTITUDE. In the seasons of life, ATTITUDE is everything! Jim Rohn
http://www.coachmeyer.com/
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