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Noticing Perfect Moments

November 14, 2011 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Take time to notice “perfect” moments in life.

a perfect momentHow 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? How long has it been since you sat and held hands with someone special, not even bothering to talk? Can you remember just sitting and thinking about how wonderful is life – without having the urge to get up and “do something?”

Life cannot be perfect.

However, do not confuse that with a lack of perfect moments. We get so busy, we forget to notice them when they occur.

Stop.

Slow down.

Breathe deeply the moments when they happen.

Life is good.

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Filed Under: Inspiration, Member Benefits, mental health, Motivational Monday, Power of Attitude Tagged With: attitude, brilliant sunset, children play, emotions, feelings, first rain, inspiration, laughing baby, motivation, perfect moments, priorities, quality of life, quiet time, thankfulness

Change Your Observations to Change Your Life

November 7, 2011 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Change your observations; change your attitude.

Change your attitude; change your life.

Change what you observe, change your lifeAttitude is the combination of beliefs and feelings that effect how you view the world and how you react to it.

Beliefs are closely held values accepted as facts and validated by repeat observations.

Therefore, 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).

If you change how you react to the world, you will change your life.

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Filed Under: Inspiration, Member Benefits, Motivation, Motivational Monday Tagged With: attitude, attitude change, feelings, observations, subscribers

Overcoming Disappointment & Setbacks

October 24, 2011 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

There is no such thing as failure; merely feedback.

Slip-ups are inevitable.

The difference between someone who succeeds and someone who doesn’t is the way she reacts to it.

Successful people look at it as a setback. Yes, they might be frustrated. No, they aren’t happy about it. But, they realize that they can go at it again after making some changes.

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.

When things don’t go the way you want, it’s OK to be disappointed but look at what didn’t work; figure out how to change it; and go at it again.

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Filed Under: Inspiration, Member Benefits, Motivational Monday, Overcoming Obstacles Tagged With: disappointment, failure, handling disappointment, handling setbacks, how, lifestyle change, motivation, overcoming obstacles, setbacks, weight loss

Remember to Have Some Fun Today

October 10, 2011 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Never consider yourself too mature to act childlike.

We never grow up, we merely become “wrinkled kids.”

With that in mind, kids don’t want to work all the time. Kids don’t like responsibilities. Kids like to play.

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?)

Find a few minutes to do something fun for yourself every day – including today.

Better yet, shut down the computer for a few moments and do it right now.

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Filed Under: Inspiration, mental health, Motivational Monday, Power of Attitude Tagged With: act like a child, acting like children, happiness, having fun, priorities, quality of life, something fun, wrinkled kids

Admitting Mistakes

October 3, 2011 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

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 your shortcomings, ask for help, work to get better.

And remember to be as understanding when others do the same.

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Filed Under: Asking for help, Member Benefits, Motivational Monday Tagged With: acceptance, coaching service, forgiveness, mistakes, shortcomings, subscribers, work

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