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You Have Eight thousand, seven hundred and sixty of these every year!

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dolphinEight thousand, seven hundred and sixty.

Written like this, it sounds like a big number, maybe like there’s a lot of it. But if that’s the case, why do I never feel like I have enough time? 8,760 – that’s one year’s worth of hours! Where do they all go?

Is this your experience too? Whether I’m working or relaxing, there never seems to be enough time to fit everything that I want to do into my day. I always seem to end up rushing around and then come the end of the day I’m wondering what, if anything, productive or goal-oriented I’ve achieved.

Of course, it’s not that I can’t remember what I’ve been doing during the day, but sometimes I’m disappointed to conclude that the things which have been crossed off the list weren’t that important in the scheme of things anyway, and, to make things worse, they’ve not really contributed to my long-term plans.

I’ve recently gone through a process of reviewing and renewing my goals in an effort to gain more clarity and focus. This has been a very worthwhile use of time (thankfully!) and I now feel clear on my business goals for the next 3 -6 months. [Read more…] about You Have Eight thousand, seven hundred and sixty of these every year!

Stretching Exercises for the Comfortable

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Stretching Exercises for the Comfortable

How is your exercise routine? Are you a regular, up and out every morning pounding the streets or hitting the gym? Or maybe your workout routine could benefit from a little more oomph?! Whichever workout routine you subscribe to, I’ve no doubt that you are gradually seeing the results of your efforts. If it’s the former, then you’re seeing your body become leaner, more toned and stronger with the added benefit that your stamina is improving along with your flexibility and probably also your eating habits. I’m guessing you’re also feeling more energised and experiencing a more optimistic view of the world. [Read more…] about Stretching Exercises for the Comfortable

Believe in your Imagination

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Believe In Your Imagination

Oprah Winfrey once said:

“Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe.”

I guess that’s easy for Oprah to say, after all she has achieved the most stunning success in her life, through TV, online and writing books. Somehow it seems easier to envision success if we’ve already had some experience of it. Can you see yourself…

…with the partner of your dreams

…a lithe and healthy body

…a holiday home or new car

…being the head of your organisation

…and so on…? [Read more…] about Believe in your Imagination

Throw the instructions away!

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fingerideaAre you one of those people who enjoys reading the instructions that come with a piece of put-together-at-home furniture or the instructions that tell you how to get the best out of your new phone?  It seems to me that we either fall into the category of feeling that to read the instructions is a necessity that will save time in the long term (and in my experience I think the numbers of these people rank at the lower end of the scale), or, are you like most people who throw the instructions away and just dive headlong into the task in the belief that you know best anyway?!

Three hours later when you’ve created a wobbly table and have half a dozen screws left over, you step back and look at your efforts and wonder why they sell such shoddy furniture!

But why do we do this?  [Read more…] about Throw the instructions away!

Knowing Then What I Know Now!

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audiLife would be so much easier if we had all the information we needed before we embarked on a new project, entered into a new relationship, made an important financial decision or even accepted that new job, don’t you think?  But unfortunately, life just isn’t like that.

Instead, we start and stop new projects, often not seeing them through to fruition, fall in love with the person of our dreams only to discover a few months later that they were never looking for a commitment anyway (or so they say…), buy a new car and then breakdown just days after the warranty has expired or accept a great new job and learn too late that our new boss is somewhat of a narcissist!  Does any of this sound familiar? [Read more…] about Knowing Then What I Know Now!

Doing The Things We Don’t Want to Do!

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treeflowersI’ve struggled a little this week to crack on with writing my blog.  My preferred routine is to start writing almost as soon as the previous blog has been posted.  Sometimes this gets delayed because the muse deserts me for a little while, but, by sheer force of will, I push through the lack of ideas and just start writing anyway.  And this usually solves the problem.  From somewhere deep inside or from a chance conversation an idea emerges and the blog begins to form.

Not so this week.  Instead it took until Thursday evening before the words started to form on the page.  Granted I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather this week, but I have felt a lot worse in the past but still managed to do some writing, so I can only conclude that I was procrastinating.  I was letting myself get away with not doing the thing I knew I should be doing.

It seems fitting then that the blog that’s emerging today is looking at exactly that issue – doing the things we don’t want to do!  I wish I could tell you that I’m immune to procrastination, but that would be lying.  I suffer this affliction as much as the next person as can be evidenced by two successive posts alluding to the subject! [Read more…] about Doing The Things We Don’t Want to Do!