Most misfortunes are the result of misused time. The only luck in the world is the luck you create for yourself. Only in the casino are the odds in favor of the house. In real life, the odds always favor those who use their time wisely to pursue their goals constructively, to fill every day with a full measure of honest work. Bad luck befalls those who waste time and mental energy hoping for the big break that will propel them to greatness. We all have the same 24 hours available to us in each day. Most of us spend eight hours working and eight hours sleeping . What you do with the remaining eight hours will have a tremendous influence on the level of success you achieve in your life.
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“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
― Napoleon Hill, “When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.” ― Napoleon Hill, “You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.” ― Napoleon Hill, “If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way.” ― Napoleon Hill “Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.” ― Napoleon Hill “Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.” ― Napoleon Hill, “The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.” ― Napoleon Hill “When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.” ― Napoleon Hill We are all successful in experiencing amazing peace towards not only todays but also future abundance. Rather it be money, Spirituality, children's, families well being, your own well being, whatever it may be we all can achieve our dreams towards ultimate happiness.
Here are a few effective tips I have been using that will support you. 1. Make a decision & choose what you want. 2. Write down your goals in the present tense. 3. Visualize yourself with the goal & experience the sensation in your mind. This will crystalize the idea which propels you forward to the goals completion. 4. Read your goal with constant repetition to keep you focused on the end result. 5. Make a commitment to pursue the goal and get on with the work. That’s it in a nut shell. Try the above technique for yourself. You’ll be surprised how quickly your wishes come true. Lastly, remember to celebrate and savor the experience before you move on to your next big accomplishment! "The purpose of life is to live it, to reach out eagerly without fear for newer and richer experiences." Eleanor Roosevelt You might have heard this phrase before: “Nothing gets done without a deadline”. You see, it’s been proven that we work much more efficiently when we’re under time constraints. Why? Because when we’re under pressure, it forces us to focus on execution and eliminate tasks that don’t move the needle. It requires us to be productive. To get things done no matter what. And it removes our ability to overthink and make the task more complicated than it really is. Parkinson’s Law states that the more time we give something, the more important and complex it is. So if you give yourself a month to complete a project… You’re probably going to end up thinking about ways to make it more complicated by constantly adding more and more things to it. Even if you don’t have to do those things to launch it. But if you only give yourself one week to finish it… You’re going to figure out exactly what needs to get done and ONLY do those things that are necessary. That’s why it’s crucial to set time-limits on everything. Because the faster you can get things done, the faster you’ll be able to achieve your goals. And then look to the next.... Why in the world, when success is available to everyone, do so few succeed? To the vast majority of managers, teachers and parents, this is one of the most perplexing questions with which they can be confronted.
Many will tell you it is a rhetorical question – there is no answer. However, that is just not so. There is an answer and I want to share it with you. Perhaps you have already heard the answer. Albert E. N. Gray delivered it in a speech years ago in Philadelphia. The speech was titled, The Common Denominator of Success. Mr. Gray explained that success is something achieved by the minority of men and women, it is therefore unusual, and not to be achieved by following our usual likes and dislikes, nor by being guided by our natural preferences and prejudices. In other words, success cannot be achieved by doing what comes naturally. Gray said the common denominator of success is in forming the habit of doing things that failures don’t like to do. Let me repeat, successful people form the habit of doing things failures don’t like to do. Mr. Gray was asked why the successful people like doing the things that make them successful. He replied that the beautiful truth is, successful people don’t like doing these things, which is precisely why they have formed the habit of doing them. A habit is something you do without any conscious thought given… you automatically do it. Successful people are influenced by the desire for pleasing results. Failures are influenced by the desire for pleasing activities. They are inclined to be satisfied with such results as can be obtained by doing things they like to do. Make a list of six activities you know will give you the success you seek. Commit to do these things religiously for thirty days and they will become habitual. Then, as William James put it, you will wake up one fine day to find you are one of the competent ones of your generation. Many people fail to realize that big success is the result of little successes achieved, often over a very long period of time. Truly successful people are long-term thinkers. They know that they must build upon each achievement and constantly learn new and better ways of doing things. A regular review of your progress is an essential part of goal-setting. A goal is little more than a wish unless it has a timetable for completion. Make sure your plan for your life includes short-, medium-, and long-term goals. Revise your goals as circumstances dictate, check them off when they are completed, and set new and bigger goals for yourself as you grow. And take time to reflect often to make sure you are on the right course — for you. As though slipping behind a curtain, despite the room being full of people, I didn’t feel self-conscious but rather I was at one with myself. My undivided focus was on my chalk marking the easel. My thoughts were no longer occupied by the fact that my least favorite subject was next or the latest family drama. I was free from all distractions as I watched my hands create a picture seemingly all by themselves. Slipping into a trance like state, it was as if body and mind where one, I had been possessed in the process of creation. Time stood still. The work felt bigger than me, it’s creator. My focus was laser sharp but I felt a deep sense of calm. I felt passionate, even though to the naked eye, all there was to see was a school girl silently drawing at her easel.
Over the years I had experienced flow in a few places, but in art class I had learned to slip in to that state within minutes. There is another story I can tell you. In this story I am also present in the moment, laying on my bed staring up at the ceiling. I’m not happy here but I don’t know what else to do. I feel tired from the week but my mind is restless. I don’t want anything in particular other than this feeling to stop. I think of a few different things I could do but there seems no good reason to do any of them. Against my better judgement, I get up, wander around and try to do something that resembles productivity but nothing is matching up. Everything is taking three times as long. I am indecisive and distracted. I conclude that life is meaningless and decide to go back to bed until there is something that I have to do. No, I’m not depressed. This state of mind is known as existential crisis. Researchers say it’s experienced by people who do what they are told to do rather than what they want to do. And in modern society, we are told what to do until we adopt that way of thinking for ourselves. For example, I’m not sure any of us where born with the desire to work from nine to five but the majority of us do it for a majority of our lives. We become at risk of being so busy doing what we are told to do that we forget what we would do if we had a choice. When I was unemployed for a year this is the question I was forced to face. For such a long time, my life was consumed with what I had to do. But, what did I want to do? In middle school, when I got a part time job and the academic workload picked up, I started to feel like I didn’t run the show anymore. The repression of myself was painful at first but over time I got good at distracting myself, staying busy and accepting this new reality. That’s not to say that it was all bad, but pushing through far outweighed any other mode of existence. So, when I was occupation-less for one year, there was nowhere else to run. And in that year, that’s when societal expectations and what I wanted had their final showdown. I took back the director’s role in my life once more. I discovered that I needed time to create. Creating is my release. Creating is my reason for being but it was also important to me that I was creating for a purpose. Any mode of living where I found myself too busy to do so, felt ill-fitting and soul-suffocating to me. Upon this discovery, existential crisis walked out the door and hasn’t been seen since. What is concerning is how long we can ‘live’ without being the director of our own lives. Which is why it fills me with both happiness and sadness when I hear these words from our clients: "I learned how to dream again, something that I thought I had lost." I feel for them because I have been there. Let’s be clear; it’s not our fault that we lost touch with our dreams to begin with. It’s as though we learn to distrust ourselves as we grow up. Children are rewarded for good behavior and punished for bad behavior when in fact there are no bad children; just children with different needs, gifts and truths. These identities formed in childhood, that are reinforced externally by others, go on to inform the stories we tell ourselves in adulthood. When we are young and stand out from the herd, we risk ridicule, bullying, excessive discipline and blame. I, like many others, learned to equate my level of conformity with my level of worthiness. I, like many others, learned to derive my status, and supported my ego with productivity, good grades and being a good girl. But the truth is, we don’t need to turn our backs on some part of ourselves to maintain our worth. We don’t need to continually say "yes" when we feel like it’s a "no". We were all born with an innate sense of our own truth. You can trust your inner yes’s and no’s to lead you to your passions that really are the expression of your ultimate purpose. You can rid your life of existential crisis and increase living from your flow state. Start to listen to your internal guidance system. And start to watch out for the word "should" in your internal dialogue. It’s the first indication that you might be living out someone else’s agenda for your life. Once you have a good sense of direction, and have found your existential fuel, the rest is so much clearer. So, when was the last time you experienced flow? What gives you so much joy, that you will do it just for the sake of doing it? Your desires are the seed of all your achievements. They are there to remind you what you are capable of. Living Your Purpose Some people say that there are two important days in your life… The day you were born, and the day you find out why you were born. That’s how important finding your purpose is. When you discover what it is, your life truly begins. People who discover and live their life purpose use their mental, emotional, and creative energies to develop a skill, talent, or interest they love. When you give yourself to something you genuinely love, it calls forth your spirit. That makes you happier and more fulfilled, and you feel like you’re in sync with your inner self. Going in circles (speaking of a man trying to find his purpose) Many years ago, at a time when he had no formal education, no business experience, and no money, he just wandered around in life. One day, a man asked him what his purpose in life was. He didn’t even know what the man was talking about, but fortunately, he kept talking . Ultimately, the man got him to sit down and start thinking about what his purpose was. It took some time, but eventually, he settled on it. He then learned that if you have not found your purpose in life, you’re missing out on an enormous amount of enjoyment and possibly a respectable amount of wealth. However, whether you earn money from it or not, if you’re spending your days doing what you love, you’re on purpose. Zeroing in If you wake up every morning and love what you’re going to do, you’re a rich person because you’re getting satisfaction from how you spend your days. But listen, finding your purpose isn’t something you should rush. He outlined a step-by-step strategy for finding and living your purpose. While you’re zeroing in on your purpose, keep this in mind… Your purpose should be something that people will benefit from long after you’re gone. And if you’re doing something you love, it will be. And remember, you should have a purpose, a vision, and goals. Your purpose is why you’re living. Your vision is a long-range view of all the things you want to accomplish that are on purpose. And each of your goals takes a bite out of your vision. It all starts with knowing your purpose. So, don’t go another day without trying to discover yours. Finding your purpose and living it will change every day of your life. Wisdom consists in knowing what not to want as well as what to want.
Your goals should also be designed to create rewards that are most important to you, not to someone else. Some experimentation may be required, particularly during your early years, to find what you really like and what you’re best at. Career and financial goals should be balanced with personal goals such as maintaining relationships with people who are important to you. Your plan for your life should also include some fun goals, doing something simply because you enjoy doing it. Spiritual development is also important in becoming a happy, well-rounded person. Make sure you allow time for all important aspects of your personal development. You want your reputation and your character to match, but concentrate on your character. You may be able to fool others about the kind of person you really are for a time, but it seldom lasts for long. The surest way to make sure your character and your reputation are the same is to live your life in such a way that nothing you do would embarrass you if it were printed on the front page of the newspaper. Good character means not ever taking ethical shortcuts, even though everyone else may be doing so. You build good character by doing the right thing because it’s the right thing to do. |
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