Where do you begin?

 

 

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion. 

Jim Rohn

Ok! Enough with making resolutions, or not making resolutions about what you’d like to do. It has come time to do! So you say you want to get healthier?  Great! Congratulations!  That is a huge and very commendable goal.  Now you just have to sort out how and where to get started, how to make your resolutions stick. Here are some ways to get started.

Start small

While it might seem tempting to set huge goals like dropping 50 pounds, running a marathon or even going to the gym every day, those are exactly the types of large resolutions can so easily be broken.  To make goal setting, and goal attaining, easier and more fun, you should consider setting smaller goals ... Read more here

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5 Tips for staying motivated

 

 Life takes on meaning when you become motivated,

 

set goals and charge after them

 

in an unstoppable manner.

 

Les Brown

 

 

Keeping yourself motivated to be able to excel at your job or to be an example to your colleagues at work, should not be something you do only when the spirit moves you, but all of the time. It is an ongoing process that should include every facet of your business and professional life:

• your mental attitude
• your physical ... Read more here

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Managing your anxiety

 

 Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling

 

through the mind.

 

If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other

 

thoughts are drained.

 

Arthur Somers Roche

 

 

Have you ever found yourself in a situation that made you break out in a sweat, felt your heartbeat racing, and suddenly  notice that you were short of breath? As you have likely figured out by now, especially if it has happened to you more than once, you probably weren’t really having a heart attack, but an anxiety attack.  If you suffer with anxiety issues, learning ... Read more here

Who is the boss of your life?

 

 Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat.

Napoleon Hill

 

On the surface, it would seem that positive thinking and problems remaining focused don’t really have a lot to do with one another. But many people with trouble staying focused, and staying on-task develop negative thinking patterns because they become frustrated by their challenges and by the frequent feelings of just being overwhelmed. This negative outlook then makes it even tougher to manage those challenges and to make any forward progress.

 

Practicing positive thinking will help you ... Continue reading here.

Asking for help: It’s a good thing

 

It’s not the load that breaks you down;

 

it’s the way you carry it.

 

Lena Horne

If you have confidence in yourself, tend to think independently, and make your own choices in life, it wouldn’t be all that surprising to discover you prefer to figure most things out by yourself. Because you are reasonably self-assured, you might not like to ask for help, even if it’s necessary. Whether we like it or not, every one of us could benefit from occasionally accepting a hand from another human being. Not only that, but when you ask for assistance, other people also stand to benefit in ways you may not always have considered.

9 reasons why you may want to ask someone to help you, even if you find it difficult to do

1. Things get done. You... Read more