Archive for September, 2009
Birthday Calculator!
Posted by: | CommentsSomeone emailed me this today…I think you’ll enjoy it!
This is amazing! Check it out!
This is neat
Click on ‘Birthday Calculator.’ It tells you how many hours and
How many seconds you have been alive on this earth and when
You were probably conceived.
How cool is that?
After you’ve finished reading the info, click again,
and see what the moon looked like the night you
were born. Who says our time clocks aren’t ticking…
Enjoy.
Visit the below web page and enter your birthday detail…
Procrastination – I meant to do this post yesterday!
Posted by: | CommentsMy Top 10 Procrastination quotes…
1. Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday. ~Author Unknown
2. The sooner I fall behind, the more time I have to catch up. ~Author Unknown
3. If it weren’t for the last minute, I wouldn’t get anything done. ~Author Unknown
4. “Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.” ~Edward Young
5. “Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.” ~unknown author
6. “There’s nothing to match curling up with a good book when there’s a repair job to be done around the house.” ~Joe Ryan
7. “Procrastination is something best put off until tomorrow.” ~Gerald Vaughan
8. “The best way to get something done is to begin.” ~Author Unknown
9. “You know you are getting old when it takes too much effort to procrastinate.” ~Author Unknown
10. “Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.” ~Napoleon Hill
Happy as You Want to Be!
Posted by: | CommentsHappy as You Want to Be
Almost everyone has heard the hit single ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ by Bobby McFerrin. The song has a very catchy way of conveying its message of being happy to everyone. Bobby Mcferiin’s simple message surely made a lot of people by telling them not to worry.
Living a happy, resilient and optimistic life is wonderful, and is also good for your health. Being happy actually protects you from the stresses of life. Stress is linked to top causes of death such as heart disease, cancer and stroke.
One of the better things ever said is – ‘The only thing in life that will always remain the same is change’, and in our life we have the power to make the necessary changes if we want to. Even if we find ourselves in an unbearable situation we can always find solace in the knowledge that it too would change.
Social networks or relationships are essential to happiness. People are different, accept people for who or what they are, avoid clashes, constant arguments, and let go of all kinds of resentments. If arguments seem unavoidable still try and make an effort to understand the situation and you might just get along with well with
Happiness is actually found in everyone, increasing it is a way to make a life more wonderful and also more healthy.
To be happy is relatively easy, just decide to be a happy person. Abraham Lincoln observed that most people for most of the time can choose how happy or stressed, how relaxed or troubled, how bright or dull their outlook to be. The choice is simple really, choose to be happy.
There are several ways by which you can do this.
Being grateful is a great attitude. We have so much to be thankful for. Thank the taxi driver for bringing you home safely, thank the cook for a wonderful dinner and thank the guy who cleans your windows. Also thank the mailman for bringing you your mails, thank the policeman for making your place safe and thank God for being alive.
News is stressful. Get less of it. Some people just can’t start their day without their daily dose of news. Try and think about it, 99% of the news we hear or read is bad news. Starting the day with bad news does not seem to be a sensible thing to do.
A religious connection is also recommended. Being part of a religious group with its singing, sacraments, chanting, prayers and meditations foster inner peace.
Manage your time. Time is invaluable and too important to waste. Time management can be viewed as a list of rules that involves scheduling, setting goals, planning, creating lists of things to do and prioritizing. These are the core basics of time management that should be understood to develop an efficient personal time management skill. These basic skills can be fine tuned further to include the finer points of each skill that can give you that extra reserve to make the results you desire.
Laugh and laugh heartily everyday. Heard a good joke? Tell your friends or family about it. As they also say -’Laughter is the best medicine’.
Express your feelings, affections, friendship and passion to people around you. They will most likely reciprocate your actions. Try not to keep pent up anger of frustrations, this is bad for your health. Instead find ways of expressing them in a way that will not cause more injury or hurt to anyone.
Working hard brings tremendous personal satisfaction. It gives a feeling of being competent in finishing our tasks. Accomplishments are necessary for all of us, they give us a sense of value. Work on things that you feel worthy of your time.
Learning is a joyful exercise. Try and learn something new everyday. Learning also makes us expand and broaden our horizons. And could also give us more opportunities in the future.
Run, jog, walk and do other things that your body was made for. Feel alive.
Avoid exposure to negative elements like loud noises, toxins and hazardous places.
These are the few simple things you can do everyday to be happy.
And always remember the quote from Abraham Lincoln, he says that, “Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
The Power of Deadlines!
Posted by: | CommentsDay 3: The Power of Deadlines
Gary Ryan Blair’s 100 Day Challenge…
A deadline is a time commitment by which your tasks and goals must be achieved. They serve as a powerful strategic weapon which you must use to your advantage.
Here’s a simple yet profound truth, when you set a deadline and expect to get your goals accomplished quickly, they get accomplished quickly.
Any task or goal takes as much time as you allow it to take, and if you set a deadline and don’t allow much time to get the results you expect, it won’t take much time to enjoy victory.
It’s non-negotiable; you will always work best under a self-determined or externally fixed deadline for achieving your goals. By consciously choosing to enforce deadlines and accountability into each action you will begin to fast track your results and rewards.
You will achieve true greatness only after you develop a sense of urgency and importance about what you are doing—urgency to the extent that getting results and achieving your goals is a matter of life or death.
It’s tragically un-hip to procrastinate, to put off for tomorrow what can be done and enjoyed today. A deadline and strong sense of urgency generate energy toward getting results. In short, deadlines challenge you to perform.
Therefore, today and everyday of the challenge, you must purposely put yourself in a position where you have to perform.
One of the biggest mistakes you can make when trying to achieve a goal is to plunge ahead without establishing a high enough sense of urgency in yourself and the situation.
Communicating urgency to yourself and others is one of the true hallmarks of personal and professional leadership.
Understanding the Importance of Deadlines
In an ideal world, behavior shouldn’t depend on deadlines. Behavior should depend on our values, and one of the
values of all high-performing people is a strong sense of urgency.
A clearly understood deadline that is shared, agreed upon, and committed to is the silver bullet of proactive behavior.
There is nothing like a good, old-fashioned, “it’s got to be done by this deadline” requirement that gets you fired up, focused, and into the game.
Practice Boldness and Audacity!
Posted by: | CommentsGary Ryan Blair’ 100 Day Challenge!
Every act of boldness and audacity accelerates the pace with which you enjoy success throughout the entire 100 Day Challenge.
Have you ever noticed who gets the most respect and the most rewards?
Look closely and notice that it’s not the wallflowers; it’s not the people that sit back and wait for others to do things for them.
Those who have accomplished much have been men and women with a spirit of boldness and adventure. They recognize that boldness is both a fundamental right as well as a pragmatic reality.
Because of that they are willing to challenge and constantly question even the existence of the comfort zone, they try new ideas, and are willing to attempt the seemingly impossible.
The men and women that reach the upper echelon of success are the ones that act boldly. They thrive under pressure and take the risks and actions that lesser people are just too afraid to attempt.
What do I mean by boldness? Boldness is the act of responding to a situation in a manner that may be viewed as daring to some, but is essential to effectively address the issue at hand.
Boldness is a strategic tactical approach to a given situation. It requires good situational awareness, strong nerves and craftiness. Boldness involves taking risks and when you decide upon a course of action, boldness demands that you execute it aggressively.
Boldness, does not mean being rude, reckless, insensitive, arrogant, or a bully. None of these attributes are acceptable to any of us … ever!
Boldness is a spirited word that eloquently describes bravery. It takes a great deal of boldness to confront and tackle the issues in today’s society with a straightforward approach.
Boldness isn’t inherited. It’s a characteristic that will blossom with the determination you have to live an uncommon life of bravery.
Boldness comes when you begin to make valued decisions and move forward for what you believe in. By challenging individual growth and creating goals you are bringing clarity to your dreams and energy that will revitalize your mind, body, and spirit.
When will your finest hour come, and how will it arrive? Do you really think it will materialize without an act of supreme confidence, audacity or boldness? What bold initiatives are you planning for?
Your challenge today is to act with boldness in every situation. Speak up, act with complete confidence and expect that things will go your way.
When you consistently display bold behavior, you will far out-perform others who do not. A behavior of boldness will
help propel you today and everyday beyond what you might imagine and otherwise achieve.
100 Day Challenge starts very soon!
Posted by: | CommentsDay 1: Carpe Diem—Seize the Day(Extract from last years 100 Day Challenge.) – Gary Ryan Blair
We all know that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step and the same holds true for the 100 Day Challenge.
The goal choices you make today set the pace (fast) as well as the tone (playing to win), and the actions you take today determine both your direction and destiny.
To ensure a good start, you must take that bold first step, you must identify three achievable goals and you must pursue victory throughout the day. You must start the day fast and finish the day strong.
You must have the conviction that the purpose of setting a goal must be to achieve it, as there is no purer form of success, no more exact and exacting test of what you are capable of than to seize every opportunity, and achieve everything you set out to do.
In the movie Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams plays the new English teacher, John Keating. During his very first class session Keating demonstrates forcefully that he is not just there to convey academic information, but also to show what students can do with such knowledge in their everyday lives. The first class session is, indeed, not so much a
lesson in English literature, but a dramatic philosophical wake-up call:
The verbal form of the call is “Carpe Diem–seize the day!” Keating tells his students to take a look at Robert Herrick’s famous lines:
Gather the rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
To-morrow will be dying
“Why does the poet write these lines?” Keating asks, and he eventually answers himself with a flourish: “Because we are food for worms, lads. Because we’re only going to experience a limited number of springs, summers, and falls. One day, hard as it is to believe, each and every one of us is going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die!”
To drive home this point Keating makes the students look at the old photographs of former students that decorate the hallways. “They are not that different than any of you, are they? There’s hope in their eyes, just like in yours. They believe themselves destined for wonderful things, just like many of you. Well, where are those smiles now, boys? What of that hope?” The students are sobered by what Keating is saying. Keating continues:
Did most of them not wait until it was too late before making their lives into even one iota of what they were capable?
In chasing the almighty deity of success did they not squander their boyhood dreams? Most of those gentlemen are now fertilizing daffodils. However, if you get very close, boys, you can hear them whisper. Go ahead, lean in. Hear it?
(Whispering) Carpe Diem, lads. Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!
Keating’s teaching methods are unusual. He does not just tell students that it is important to keep an open, flexible mind, and to look at things from different and changing points of view. Rather, he makes them literally climb on top of
a desk and take a look around.
This unconventional and physical translation of the run-down expression “changing one’s point of view” has far more effect on his students’ dispositions than any amount of theoretical explanation.
Seize the Challenge
Seize the challenge by seizing the opportunities of each day. Begin by embracing three goals that gratify your passion and which beg for your attention. The ones that say come and get me.
My goal in creating the 100 Day Challenge was to provide you with a vehicle for having the best quarter of your life and to help make your life extraordinary. You succeed in living an extraordinary life by focusing seriously on those things—goals that make your life passionate and radiant!
Mr.Triumph verses Mr.Defeat!
Posted by: | CommentsLISTEN TO Mr.Triumph…
I’m Mr. Triumph. I’m in charge of producing positive thoughts…thoughts
that help you go forward onto success…I give you reasons why you should
carry on. I’m here to work for you. It’s going to be a wonderful day full of opportunity!
IGNORE(Totally!) Mr.Defeat…
I’m Mr. Defeat. I’m in charge of negative thoughts…I’m full of reasons why
you can’t do something…I’m here to make you feel weak…to make you feel
inadequate. I’m a hard worker, I’ll be here all the time proving to you that a negative attitude is the one to go with ‘Loser’ is my middle name!
Embrace a Do It Now Philosophy!
Posted by: | CommentsEmbrace a Do It Now Philosophy
The people who make things happen in this world value and share a similar sense of urgency. It’s my great desire to ignite a flame under your behind today, one that compels you to step up, to raise the bar, and astound yourself.
You must keep in mind that throughout this challenge, no matter how intelligent or capable you may be, if you don’t have a sense of urgency. Now is the time to start developing it.
Creating a do it now attitude helps you to replace question marks with exclamation marks!
• The unwritten letter? Write it today!
• The old friend you’ve been meaning to reconnect with? Get connected today!
• The apology that is long overdue? Apologize today!
• The book you’ve talked about writing? Start writing today!
• The visit you’ve been intending to make? Make it today!
• The business you were going to start someday? Get started today!
• The race you were going to run? Start running today!
• The daily exercise you were going to do? Start exercising today!
• The language you were going to learn? Start learning today!
• The musical instrument you’ve always wanted to play? Start playing today!
• The resolution to give back to the community? Begin giving back today!
• The person with whom you’ve been meaning to share your faith? Share it today!
• The time you’ve promised to spend with your children? Spend it with them today!
• The broken relationship you’ve wanted to restore? Work at it today!
• The decision to confront your fears and dump all of those excuses? Do it today!
Here’s what you have to do, today—right now. You’ve got to get started on becoming a better version of who you really are.
Do it today not tomorrow, that’s really the key idea of today’s message. So get started and get started right now. You can change your life today and the time to do it now!
Extract taken from last years Gary Ryan Blair’s 100 Day Challenge
Think Different!
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. from “Think Different” Advertisement, Apple Computers
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