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Go With The Flow!

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Go With The Flow

What must it be like, I wonder, to be as calm as a monk, to have the composure of Buddha or the tranquillity of those who regularly practice meditation or yoga or any other type of ‘higher’ relaxation or philosophical practices?

Or, by contrast, how does it feel to have the continual drive, the ‘alpha-syndrome’ of high-flyers to keep pushing their personal boundaries towards greater and greater success, such as Richard Branson, Donald Trump or Angelina Jolie?

It seems these two portrayals are at complete odds. How can one be as calm as a monk and at the same time be as driven to success as, say, Richard Branson? And yet, these successful people appear to pursue and achieve their goals with minimum bother. They appear in control and easily coping with the demands of their chosen career. [Read more…] about Go With The Flow!

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!

It’s Not Easy, But It’s Worth It!

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There are many obstacles to achieving our goals, from not really knowing what it is we want to achieve (a lack of real clarity on the outcome) to fear of failure or even success!  I have written about  many of the obstacles we may face in previous posts (just check out my link on obstacles, here) and today I’m going to expand further and take a look at what it really means to put in the effort to achieving our goals.  Before we start though, let me just say that if you’re on the cusp of starting out on your goal(s), you may find this post somewhat challenging or even an obstacle to starting!  Of course, I hope that’s not the case and that you find some value in the words that follow below. [Read more…] about It’s Not Easy, But It’s Worth It!

What if…?

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daydreamerAre you a daydreamer?  Do you ever wonder ‘what if I…?’ and then fill in the blank with wonderful images that float around your head?  Do you let these images grow and enthuse you or do you quickly pull yourself back down to ground level and keep a realistic outlook on life?  Or, maybe you just find it difficult to daydream because your mind is so full of all the things on your To Do list or your commitments to other people so that there is just no room for daydreaming?

Wherever you sit on the imaginary daydreamers scale there can be no doubt that it can have both positive and negative effects on our lives.  But, taken in moderation, and used appropriately, I believe that daydreaming can have a very positive effect on our lives.

The key of course is to not spend all our time daydreaming at the expense of doing.  Instead we must follow up by actually identifying those parts of our daydreams which seem to re-occur to such an extent that they appear to be sending us a message…a message that says I’m waiting for you to do something about this! [Read more…] about What if…?

That’s Just Too Bad!

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As some of you may know, I post a daily status update on my Facebook page which is aimed at being inspirational, encouraging and a call to action.  I was interested to see this week that one status update in particular was viewed more often than others, and so I’ve decided to expand upon it in today’s blog.

Here’s the update:

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Or you can click through to it on Facebook here.

There are a few themes running through this update, so let’s take a look of them in turn.  I’ve also included a link to earlier blog posts for each area which you can click for an alternative view or wider discussion. [Read more…] about That’s Just Too Bad!

The Quote Series: Why It’s Good To Be Self-Disciplined

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cakeThe word ‘discipline’ can have many negative connotations.  We can associate it with being restricted in some way or being prevented from doing that which we want to do, it can also be associated with corporal punishment and therefore with pain.  Is it any wonder then that today’s society is perceived as lacking the discipline of our forebears?

Nowadays we are perceived as a generation of people who, through lack of discipline or knowledge or peer and/or media pressure seek instant gratification, forgoing the foresight to assess the results of our current actions on our future selves.

Maybe our society, in an effort to ‘be all things to all men’ has become too liberal, or maybe we’ve just forgotten the benefits of a disciplined life and the long term advantages this can have for us, or, by contrast, the difficulties which await us in the future should we choose to live an un-disciplined life now.

Below I’ve picked out a few quotes which delve into the subject of discipline, with an emphasis on why it’s so important.  A key concept to remember though is that discipline isn’t something we ‘do’ to other people.  Instead, the emphasis is on self-discipline, which, in time sends out a clear message to those around us about our values and underlies our personal integrity.  It is also likely that our self-discipline will ‘rub off’ on those around us, especially our children who, of course, learn from our actions. [Read more…] about The Quote Series: Why It’s Good To Be Self-Disciplined