"If you are not willing to risk the unusual,
you will have to settle for the ordinary." -Jim Rohn-
Live 2011 DIFFERENTLY. If you want different results, you must live differently. Start by getting up on the other side of the bed. Make yourself a new breakfast. Take a different route to work. Then your new resolve will translate into new habits for your work, your health, your relationships… with extraordinary results!
Why wait for spring cleaning, time to free your brain of all the accumulated dust and clutter!
Friday, January 7, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Before opportunity crowns you with great success, it usually tests your mettle through adversity.
"When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune."
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There are few things in life that are as bad as they seem at first. Dealing with adversity begins with analyzing and accepting your situation for what it is. When you realize that things are not nearly as bad as they might have been, you have taken the first step toward working your way through the problem. It is a truism that you will never be asked to carry a heavier load than you can bear, but it sometimes helps you better appreciate that fact if you volunteer some of your time to help those who are less fortunate than you are.
"When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune."
http://ping.fm/uyUYz
There are few things in life that are as bad as they seem at first. Dealing with adversity begins with analyzing and accepting your situation for what it is. When you realize that things are not nearly as bad as they might have been, you have taken the first step toward working your way through the problem. It is a truism that you will never be asked to carry a heavier load than you can bear, but it sometimes helps you better appreciate that fact if you volunteer some of your time to help those who are less fortunate than you are.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
"I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful." — Warren Buffett: Investor, billionaire, and philanthropist
Look around… can you remember a time in your life when so many people were this fearful? This is the time when the Warren Buffetts of the world shine. This is the time when those who take a chance can truly thrive. Might it take you out of your comfort zone? Of course. Can you accomplish something extraordinary if you are truly focused and determined? Absolutely! The time is right for you to finally achieve your entrepreneurial dreams in 2011! Who on earth would start a new business today? Only those who want a steady, reliable income and their greatest opportunity to build wealth. Make a bold decision today to become EXTRAORDINARY!
Look around… can you remember a time in your life when so many people were this fearful? This is the time when the Warren Buffetts of the world shine. This is the time when those who take a chance can truly thrive. Might it take you out of your comfort zone? Of course. Can you accomplish something extraordinary if you are truly focused and determined? Absolutely! The time is right for you to finally achieve your entrepreneurial dreams in 2011! Who on earth would start a new business today? Only those who want a steady, reliable income and their greatest opportunity to build wealth. Make a bold decision today to become EXTRAORDINARY!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "If you don’t know why you failed, you are no wiser than when you began."
There's an old adage that those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. So it is with our failures. Unless we learn from our mistakes, we are likely to repeat them until we learn from such experiences and correct our course -- or give up and accept temporary defeat as permanent failure. Every setback you encounter in life contains valuable information that, if you study it carefully, will eventually lead you to success. Without adversity, you would never develop wisdom, and without wisdom, success would be short lived indeed.
There's an old adage that those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. So it is with our failures. Unless we learn from our mistakes, we are likely to repeat them until we learn from such experiences and correct our course -- or give up and accept temporary defeat as permanent failure. Every setback you encounter in life contains valuable information that, if you study it carefully, will eventually lead you to success. Without adversity, you would never develop wisdom, and without wisdom, success would be short lived indeed.
"You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." -Zig Zigler- Motivational author and speaker
The first couple of weeks in 2011 mark your chance to PLAN to win. You'll do this by setting clear, specific goals in every life area in which you wish to excel. For the next few months, you'll challenge your mind, your body, and your spirit to give it everything you've got to achieve your goals. The reward comes once you reach a point that you literally expect to win... because you most certainly will. Feeling challenged? Overwhelmed? Get in touch with me and we can discuss a fresh approach! robinfirestone@hotmail.com
The first couple of weeks in 2011 mark your chance to PLAN to win. You'll do this by setting clear, specific goals in every life area in which you wish to excel. For the next few months, you'll challenge your mind, your body, and your spirit to give it everything you've got to achieve your goals. The reward comes once you reach a point that you literally expect to win... because you most certainly will. Feeling challenged? Overwhelmed? Get in touch with me and we can discuss a fresh approach! robinfirestone@hotmail.com
Monday, January 3, 2011
Count Your Blessings & Begin to Change Your Life in 2011...
My brother-in-law Brad shared this note with me; it had such a positive impact, I'd like to share it with all of you...
1. Give thanks. Once a day take quiet time to feel gratitude for what you have, not impatience for what you don't have. This alone will bring you halfway to happiness. We already have most of the ingredients of a happy life. It's just that we tend to take these for granted and focus on unmet wants, unfulfilled desires. Giving thanks is better than shopping ? and cheaper too.
2. Praise. Catch someone doing something right and say so. Most people, most of the time, are unappreciated. Being recognized, thanked and congratulated by someone else is one of the most empowering things that can happen to us. So don't wait for someone to do it for you: do it for someone else. You will make their day, and that will help make yours.
3. Spend time with your family. Make sure that there is at least one time a week when you sit down to have a meal together with no distractions ? no television, no phone, no email, just being together, talking together, celebrating one another's company. Happy marriages and healthy families need dedicated time.
4. Discover meaning. Take time out, once in a while, to ask, 'Why am I here? What do I hope to achieve? How best can I use my gifts? What would I wish to be said about me when I am no longer here?' Finding meaning is essential to a fulfilled life ? and how can you find it if you never look? If you don't know where you want to be, you will never get there however fast you run.
5. Live your values. Most of us believe in high ideals, but we act on them only sporadically. The best thing to do is to establish habits that get us to enact those ideals daily. This is called ritual, and it's what religions remember but ethicists often forget.
6. Forgive. This is the emotional equivalent of losing excess weight. Life is too short to bear a grudge or seek revenge. Forgiving someone is good for them but even better for you. The bad has happened. It won't be made better by your dwelling on it. Let it go. Move on.
7. Keep learning. I learned this from Florence in Newcastle, whom I last met the day she celebrated her 105th birthday. She was still full of energy and fun. What's the secret? I asked her. 'Never be afraid to learn something new', she said. Then I realized that if you are willing to learn, you can be 105 and still young. If you are not, you can be 25 and already old.
8. Learn to listen. Often in conversation we spend half our time thinking of what we want to say next instead of paying attention to what the other person is saying. Listening is one of the greatest gifts we can give to someone else. It means that we are open to them, that we take them seriously, that we accept graciously their gift of words.
9. Create moments of silence in the soul. Liberate yourself, if only five minutes daily, from the tyranny of technology, the mobile phone, the laptop and all the other electronic intruders, and just inhale the heady air of existence, the joy of being.
10. Transform suffering. When bad things happen to you, use them to sensitises you to the pain of others. The greatest people I know ? people who survived tragedy and became stronger as a result ? did not ask, 'Who did this to me?' Instead they asked, 'What does this allow me to do that I could not have done before?' They refused to become victims of circumstance. They became, instead, agents of hope.Most of these are, of course, integral elements of a religious life, which may be why so many surveys have shown that those who practice a religious faith tend to live longer, have lower levels of stress and report higher degrees of wellbeing than others. This is not accidental. The great religions are our richest treasuries of wisdom when it comes to the question of how best to live a life.
Life's too full of blessings to waste time and attention on artificial substitutes.
... Live, give, forgive, celebrate and praise: these are still the best ways of making a blessing over life, thereby turning life into a blessing.
Happy New Year Everyone!
Robin Firestone "The Home Business Diva"
My brother-in-law Brad shared this note with me; it had such a positive impact, I'd like to share it with all of you...
1. Give thanks. Once a day take quiet time to feel gratitude for what you have, not impatience for what you don't have. This alone will bring you halfway to happiness. We already have most of the ingredients of a happy life. It's just that we tend to take these for granted and focus on unmet wants, unfulfilled desires. Giving thanks is better than shopping ? and cheaper too.
2. Praise. Catch someone doing something right and say so. Most people, most of the time, are unappreciated. Being recognized, thanked and congratulated by someone else is one of the most empowering things that can happen to us. So don't wait for someone to do it for you: do it for someone else. You will make their day, and that will help make yours.
3. Spend time with your family. Make sure that there is at least one time a week when you sit down to have a meal together with no distractions ? no television, no phone, no email, just being together, talking together, celebrating one another's company. Happy marriages and healthy families need dedicated time.
4. Discover meaning. Take time out, once in a while, to ask, 'Why am I here? What do I hope to achieve? How best can I use my gifts? What would I wish to be said about me when I am no longer here?' Finding meaning is essential to a fulfilled life ? and how can you find it if you never look? If you don't know where you want to be, you will never get there however fast you run.
5. Live your values. Most of us believe in high ideals, but we act on them only sporadically. The best thing to do is to establish habits that get us to enact those ideals daily. This is called ritual, and it's what religions remember but ethicists often forget.
6. Forgive. This is the emotional equivalent of losing excess weight. Life is too short to bear a grudge or seek revenge. Forgiving someone is good for them but even better for you. The bad has happened. It won't be made better by your dwelling on it. Let it go. Move on.
7. Keep learning. I learned this from Florence in Newcastle, whom I last met the day she celebrated her 105th birthday. She was still full of energy and fun. What's the secret? I asked her. 'Never be afraid to learn something new', she said. Then I realized that if you are willing to learn, you can be 105 and still young. If you are not, you can be 25 and already old.
8. Learn to listen. Often in conversation we spend half our time thinking of what we want to say next instead of paying attention to what the other person is saying. Listening is one of the greatest gifts we can give to someone else. It means that we are open to them, that we take them seriously, that we accept graciously their gift of words.
9. Create moments of silence in the soul. Liberate yourself, if only five minutes daily, from the tyranny of technology, the mobile phone, the laptop and all the other electronic intruders, and just inhale the heady air of existence, the joy of being.
10. Transform suffering. When bad things happen to you, use them to sensitises you to the pain of others. The greatest people I know ? people who survived tragedy and became stronger as a result ? did not ask, 'Who did this to me?' Instead they asked, 'What does this allow me to do that I could not have done before?' They refused to become victims of circumstance. They became, instead, agents of hope.Most of these are, of course, integral elements of a religious life, which may be why so many surveys have shown that those who practice a religious faith tend to live longer, have lower levels of stress and report higher degrees of wellbeing than others. This is not accidental. The great religions are our richest treasuries of wisdom when it comes to the question of how best to live a life.
Life's too full of blessings to waste time and attention on artificial substitutes.
... Live, give, forgive, celebrate and praise: these are still the best ways of making a blessing over life, thereby turning life into a blessing.
Happy New Year Everyone!
Robin Firestone "The Home Business Diva"
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