2. HEALTH AND TOTAL WELL-BEING

There is a guy who suffered with bouts of depression
who revealed what went on inside his head when he was
feeling really low.

He said, "I ask myself all day long why bad things
happen to me."

Wow! Now, I'm no shrink, but it seems to me that if
you asked yourself all day long why bad things happened
to you, you'd have a pretty bad day! Why wouldn't you
ask yourself questions like, "How can I turn this
around?"?

The answer, I suppose, is that we're not conscious of
our negative self talk until it's over. And once you've
"said" it, you start to feel bad, which is what leads
you to say it again, and pretty soon you'll feel
terrible.
For us to be healthy,we need to consider what we eat,think, the serenity of our environment and the people we associate with. As a matter of fact we are what we think, eat and live. The question we need to ask ourselves is; "How do we treat our bodies?" Remember the computer rule, "Garbage in, Garbage out"
This week think positively, eat right, enjoy every moment of your life.

1. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS

Here's the great challenge of life - You can have more than you've got because you can become more than you are.

I have found that income seldom will exceed your own personal development. Once in a while income takes a lucky jump, but unless you grow out to where it is, it will go back to where you are. Somebody once said if you took all the money in the world and divided it among everyone equally; it would soon be back in the same pockets. However, you can have more because you can become more. You see, here is how the other side of the coin reads - unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got. The marketing plan won't do it. It's a good plan but it won't work without you. You've got to work it. It is the human effort that counts. If you could send a sales manual out to recruit - wouldn't that be lovely? The major thing that makes the difference is what YOU do.

In order to have more, you need to become more. The guy says "If I had a good job I would really pour it on, but I have this lousy job so I just goof off." If that is your philosophy, you are destined to stay there. Some people say if I had a lot of money I would be really generous, but I don't have much so I'm not generous. See, you've got to change that philosophy or you will never have "the lots of money." Unless YOU change, IT won't change. Amazingly, however, when we throw out our blame list and start becoming more ourselves - the difference is everything else will begin to change around us.

12 PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS

These are come few principles that are instrumental to successful living. In the next issues, we shall look at each of this principles.
1. Personal development

2. Health and total well-being

3. Building strong relationships

4. Goal setting

5. Time management

6. Finding people that will help you succeed

7. Learning skills

8. How to influence people

9. Financial planning

10. Communication skills

11. Leadership

12. Leaving a legacy
Enjoy your day and God bless

MY LESSONS

WRITTEN AFTER MASTERING THE ART OF DRIVING
By Ezekiel Kiago
After attending my few driving classes, there are several lessons that you and I can apply in our lives.
1. The principle of thinking ahead- in the driving school the instructor uses a model town on a board. On that board you have to think ahead, say which way to take, the alternative ways e.t.c. In real life we have the past, present and future. int he 3 we have to see where we are headed. Foresight is the 7th sense after the 6 common senses. With all thy getting, think ahead of where you are.

2.The principle of Relaxation- in the driving school the instructor helps you to understand how to hold the steering, how to accelerate and some more daily practices. My instructor always tells me, "Relax and take things as I do to food and sleep:they come automatically without a lot of struggle. Lets relax, don't push the accelerator pedal to the wall, you can cause an accident." relax God is in control.

3. Never condemn others who are where you have never been- before my driving lessons, I termed driving a car as play, and that drivers waste a lot of time doing what I could do easily. I was proved wrong when the instructor told me to start and move the car, I did nothing. Before you condemn others, please understand why they behave so.

4. Consequences are fruits of 'I know it all attitude'- why not ask questions when you have an instructor? many of us forget that we are not the first to walk the path we are in. Many others at our disposal are waiting for us to call them for help, but we cannot because our ego. It takes humility for those who ask for help. Let us realize that we have all we need around us, just awaiting our recognition.

Learn From Failure and Confirm with Success

Adopted from Chris Widener


Most people think that failure is bad and success is good. I want to help you change your thinking about that if you fall into that category. I will give you that failure isn't fun and success is, but I think the following is true:

Both failure and success are good... if you know what their specific purpose is.

Of course we know that success is good, but why? Success is good because it confirms things for us.

Success confirms our plans.
Success confirms our decisions.
Success confirms our resources.
Success confirms our strategies.
Success confirms our hunches.
Success confirms our teamwork.
Success confirms our risks.
Success confirms a lot of things!

So when you are successful, ask yourself the following question: What does this success confirm in my mind?

Now, what about failure? What is the role of failure and how in the world can it be GOOD?

Failure's role is to teach us. We learn from failure.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our plans.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our decisions.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our resources.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our strategies.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our hunches.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our teamwork.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our risks.
Failure teaches us that we need to change a lot of things!

But at least now we know one more thing that won't work! With every failure, we learn one more way we can abandon and focus in on what may be the correct way in the future! When we look at it that way, we set ourselves up for a powerfully successful future! So when you fail, ask yourself this question: What does this failure teach me? Remember, Success and Failure are both good. They can both be your friend... If you know what role they are to play in your life. Learn From Failure and Confirm with Success.

-- Chris Widener

Beating Competition

Adopted from Darren Hardy
Beating Competition
I am going to reveal one of my greatest weapons for beating the competition and achieving in every area of life.

AND I am going to answer one of life’s greatest age-old questions: How does the tortoise always beat the hare in a race?

I used to get frustrated when starting a new venture and I’d see the competition leap out in front and get off to a fast and successful start. Then I found the single discipline that gave me the advantage to beat anybody at almost anything – CONSISTENCY.

A lot of people get gung-ho about new goals or achievements and charge out of the gate in an explosion of activity that eventually flares out. Meanwhile, while maybe not as flamboyant of a start, a commitment to ongoing consistency will usually not only catch them but leave them in the dust every time. I do what I have found most people cannot – stay consistent.

Lack of consistency is the subtle but great stealer of dreams and desires. The stop and start process is what kills progress in any pursuit. It is probably one of the greatest reasons why people don’t ultimately achieve their goals, thus end up living a life of continuous discontent, frustration and disappointment.

Let me explain the power and advantage of consistency in an analogy…

Think of a hand-pumped water well. The water table is, let’s say, 25 feet below the ground. A pipe runs down to the water table and you have to pump the lever to create the suction to get the water above the ground and out the spout.

Here is what most people do when they start a new endeavor. They grab the lever and start pumping really hard… they pump and pump, and after a few minutes (or a few weeks), they don’t see any water (results), so they give up the lever altogether. People expect instant results. This is where most people quit, before the success ever begins.

If they persevere and continue to pump and pump the lever, eventually they get a few drops of water. This is when a lot of people say, “You’ve got to be kidding! All this pumping and for what, a few drops of water, forget it!”





If you continue to pump soon enough you will get a full and steady stream of water. Congratulations, a success!

But now here comes the secret…

Now that the water is flowing, you no longer need to pump the lever as hard. It becomes easy and you can keep the pressure steady by just pumping the lever CONSISTENTLY.

Now, in our water-well analogy, what happens if you let go of the lever for 30 seconds or so? This is what happens if you don’t strap on your gym shoes for a week or two. The water falls below the ground and you are back to square one again. To just get back where you were you have to pump the lever like crazy again. But if you’d just kept a consistent, easy, even stroke, you could have kept the water (success) flowing.

Do you know someone who yo-yo’s with their health or fitness? Maybe you know that person intimately?! I see people buy a new book, sign up for a new program and go like crazy for a couple of weeks or months. Then they stop and end up right back where they started.

It’s not how you (or your competition) start; it’s how you CONTINUE.

This is one of my favorite quotes of all time:
The definition of commitment is: Doing the thing you said you were going to do, long after the mood you said it in has left you.

CONSISTENCY – that is why the tortoise beats the hare every time.

Six Things You Should Avoid

Adopted from Bob Greene

What to Do After Fat Tuesday


It's Fat Tuesday, otherwise known as Mardi Gras! Often celebrated with drinks, Cajun and Creole food and King cake, the holiday is known as a last day of total indulgence. So what can you do tomorrow to get your health and fitness back on track? Here, Bob Greene, exercise physiologist and Oprah's trainer, lists six things you should stop doing:

1. Drinking alcohol (when you're trying to start a weight-loss program). I don't want readers to think that they have to give up alcohol entirely if they don't want to. People who want to lose weight should give up alcohol for the first month or two because it slows the metabolism. You can work it back in appropriately after the initial period.
2. Drinking full-calorie soda. These are best left out of the diet entirely. Once most people are exposed to better alternatives, they never go back to drinking sodas.
3. Eating anything with trans fat. The good news on this one is that food processors and manufactures get the message that trans fat is bad, and many have eliminated it from products on grocery story shelves.
4. Eating fried foods. These have to come off the table—whether you're on the road or eating at home.
5. Eating white bread. People who give up white bread miss it at first, but then gravitate to the whole-grain and whole-wheat breads, eventually liking those better.
6. Eating high-fat milk and yogurt. These are easy to replace with low-fat yogurts and 1 percent skim milk or soy milks.

Practice Being Like a Child

Adopted from my mentor Jim Rohn

Remember the master teacher once said 2000 years ago, "Unless you can become like little children, your chances are zero, you haven't got a prayer." A major consideration for adults.

Be like children and remember there are four ways to be more like a child no matter how old you get –

1) Curiosity - Be curious. Childish curiosity. Learn to be curious like a child. What will kids do if they want to know something bad enough? You're right. They will bug you. Kids can ask a million questions. You think they're through. They've got another million. They will keep plaguing you. They can drive you right to the brink.

Also kids use their curiosity to learn. Have you ever noticed that while adults are stepping on ants, children are studying them? A child's curiosity is what helps them to reach, learn and grow.

2) Excitement - Learn to get excited like a child. There is nothing that has more magic than childish excitement. So excited you hate to go to bed at night. Can't wait to get up in the morning. So excited that you're about to explode. How can anyone resist that kind of childish magic? Now, once in awhile I meet someone who says, "Well, I'm a little too mature for all that childish excitement." Isn't that pitiful? You've got to weep for these kinds of people. All I've got to say is, "If you're too old to get excited, you're old." Don't get that old.

3) Faith - Faith like a child. Faith is childish. How else would you describe it? Some people say, "Let's be adult about it." Oh no. No. Adults too often have a tendency to be overly skeptical. Some adults even have a tendency to be cynical. Adults say, "Yeah. I've heard that old positive line before. It will be a long day in June before I fall for that positive line. You've got to prove to me it's any good." See, that's adult, but kids aren't that way. Kids think you can get anything. They are really funny. You tell kids, "We're going to have three swimming pools." And they say, "Yeah. Three. One each. Stay out of my swimming pool." See, they start dividing them up right away, but adults are not like that. Adults say, "Three swimming pools? You're out of your mind. Most people don't even have one swimming pool. You'll be lucky to get a tub in the back yard." You notice the difference? No wonder the master teacher said, "Unless you can become like little children, your chances, they're skinny."

4) Trust - Trust is a childish virtue, but it has great merit. Have you heard the expression "sleep like a baby"? That's it. Childish trust. After you've gotten an A+ for the day, leave it in somebody else's hands.

Curiosity, excitement, faith and trust. Wow, what a powerful combination to bring (back) into our lives.