If you’re having trouble getting on the same page with someone else, it’s important to remember that the only person you control is yourself. Obviously, what you’re doing now is not getting you what you want (unless it’s a disagreement). You might as well try something else.
The problems with New Year’s resolutions are that most people aren’t really committed to them but feel they “should” make them because everyone else is; or they are committed to them but they make them too large and unwieldy.
If you enter into your goal believing you can – and it doesn’t happen – at least you got to enjoy the ride for awhile. And during that time, you were invigorated, happy, and energized. Those emotions make you more aware, which make you open to new ideas, which allow you to try what you might not have tried if you thought all would come apart.
When stressed, take a deep breath; and remind yourself how lucky you are, it’ll change your mood.
Perfection is an impossible goal. Attempting to be perfect – in effect – trying to “do it all” is not only a barrier to actually getting things done, in many ways, it’s an excuse we use to avoid doing them.
If you’re feeling like your treading water, the problem is most likely that you’re trying to do too much; rather than not enough. Slow yourself down. Ask yourself, “What ONE thing will I do RIGHT NOW that I will complete?” Then, complete it BEFORE you move on to anything else.
Take time to notice “perfect” moments in life. How often we do let them slip by unnoticed? When was the last time you lingered over a brilliant sunset, or stopped to watch children play, or smelled the air after a first rain, or put your day on hold long enough to make a baby giggle? [...]
If you change what you look for (observations), you will change your beliefs. If you change your beliefs, you will change your attitude. If you change your attitude, you will change how you react to the world (and therefore how it reacts to you).
People who do not achieve their goals “freak out” when things don’t go the way they want. They look at it as failure and the end of the road. The immediately follow up thought to that is, “As long as it didn’t work, why bother to keep trying?” They quit. Successful people look at sebacks as “feedback” and figure out a new way around it.
If we don’t engage in some time where we aren’t “on,” we squelch a vital part of who we are. That makes us inefficient, overwhelmed, and — of course — sad. (Besides, who wants a life of solid responsibilities anyway?)
We are judged not by our absence of flaws – but by the positive traits we possess. Most (not all) of the people we know are relatively forgiving – if we give them a chance. They see our flaws and love us anyway – unless we try to deny what we don’t do well. Admit [...]
The biggest problem we face is NOT that we cannot do it, but that we make the goal unrealistic.
Remember “Think 1st.”
Pick 1 thing (not several), make it Small enough that there’s no objection in your mind to doing it, make sure you do it Today.
Since we each get 24 hours why are some people more productive than others? It’s how they use their time and how they establish their goals.
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