The Opposite of Creating Success: The Quicksand of Distractions
May 31, 2010 by Donahue · 1 Comment
The entire human potential lies in the dreams that men dare to think of. Unfortunately, nowadays, there are plenty of distractions that keep us for achieving our complete and total potential of realizing our dreams. Every time we get interrupted we lose precious energy that could have been used in realizing our dreams. If we do not manage to fight off distractions, which have gradually become such an important part in our lives that we miss them when they are not present, we will never fulfill of dreams. Dreams are the most important part of a man’s life. You must be very honest with yourself and think if you are in control or you allow the every present distractions to interfere with your dreams. Be very honest with yourself when you search for the right answer. Here we are going to discuss the main distractions in our society. If you can relate, its time to meditate.
Email. E-mail is a major distraction from work. I often find myself, and I am sure you can relate, just switching back and forth from my work to my e-mail and from my e-mail to my work. I am unable to properly focus because I constantly shift my attention. I regularly, actually very often, in fact, permanently check my e-mail for jokes, newsletters and videos. All of them doing terrible damage to my productivity and my work ethic. After all, at the end of the day, with no work done you are left with nothing. Just frustration and regret. E-mail is a huge time killer and a creator of frustrating feelings toward time management. Try not to become a slave to your e-mail and try to concentrate on your actual activities that deserve your time.
Texting. The telephone and instant messages might be considered very helpful in many situations. But be on the look out to see if you find yourself wanting to send mindlessly text messages just for the sake of it. I see people everywhere constantly checking their telephone and constantly typing. Texting can be a dangerous way of losing focus and losing your concentration. You will see that life is a lot more than just texting utterly useless messages. Texting should not become a lifestyle.
Facebook. Working to achieve your life goal is a lot more important than constantly gossiping about your friends lives or your own on Facebook. There are a lot of people constantly worried with their online lives. Creating success and managing to achieve success in the real world is a lot more important. I don’t think that everybody needs to constantly know everything about others, while constantly sharing their own most intimate life experiences and knowledge.
Twitter. Twitter is just like Facebook. It offers the same thing. Another novel and interesting way of spending time and losing your focus on your life’s goals. Twitter and Facebook are useful for those that use them to promote either their professional image or to market something. If you are using it for any other purpose you might be in the danger of losing your focus and perhaps not realizing the importance of your goals.
Mindless internet surfing. If you are so bored that you senselessly click links, then maybe that’s a great wake-up call that you need to make a change – a profound one that moves you from merely existing to living. It’s time to take a step back from the cyber world and check into to real flesh and blood world.
Television. Television is perhaps the first means of obtain cheap and permanent distraction from the rest of the world. You ought to know that television is just for entertainment. It can not help you in any way to realize your goals and expectation in life. Try not to forget that you have a real life and try not to get caught in the trap set by television and forget for hours and nights that you are not a slave to the television industry. If you are ever going to create something of any value, it won’t happen while you just sit in front of the television.
You might not find your individual time thief in the list presented in this article. This does not mean you are not the subject or target of another way of losing precious time. You should take a minute to think what is preventing you from achieving your value and fulfillment. Take into consideration that this easy ways of obtaining satisfaction, leisure and escapism are not important in your life. It is worth breaking this system of easy and handy gratification and invest time, energy and commitment to an actual project that will build something in your life. Such thieves merely steal your chance for greatness in this life time. Try to avoid being dragged into a non-productive daily routine that can ruin your chance of achieving something in this life time.
People talk about the secret of success and try to desperately find it. The secret is that this secret of a successful life is not that secret. The secret is to actually commit yourself for at least an hour a day to realizing your dreams. You should start by turning off all the electrical appliances in your house, cut yourself from technology any other form of time wasting activity and get down to work. Try to concentrate and focus on your task without any interruptions. Do not allow anyone or anything to stop you from realizing your dreams. In this life you should dedicate most of your time and energy to fulfilling your dreams. Anything else is merely a distraction that will waste your time. Success is something that is worth investing in time and energy.
Make sure you do not waste your time and life and most important energy on useless distractions. When you start to concentrate on true purposes you will forget about minor distractions and realize what you can truly accomplish. Read more
Are Panic Disorder Symptoms A Concern To You?
May 31, 2010 by Donahue · 2 Comments
If you have never experienced an anxiety attack, you might consider yourself out of harm’s way when you think of the topic of panic disorders. Often enough people do not take into consideration that there are plenty of victims that suffer from panic disorder. They have to cope with this engrossing fear that overwhelms their mind and body on a frequent basis. Unfortunately they can do little to prevent it from happening and even less to overpower the agonizing fear that takes them by surprise. Panic disorder has a direct link to anxiety indicators, that can be used to try to predict your next panic attack. Panic disorder has several symptoms that might help a person that a panic attack will soon come up. Thus, he will be able to take some precautions. This does not have to happen.
First, you must not confuse stress with panic disorder. There are plenty of people who suffer from stress or in other words anxiety when they have to confront difficult situations. It is very difficult for a man to know that he has bills to pay, debts to cover and a family to feed while not having enough money to cover all of those costs. Once he manages to pay them all off he feels like a terrible burden has been lifted from his shoulders. In such a situation you might feel nervous, anxious, edgy but there is no comparison with an actual panic disorder. The symptoms of a panic attack are a lot more dangerous and exacerbated. For example you can lower your stress level the moment you manage to solve the situation causing anxiety, with panic disorder things are not as simple. Panic disorder has a lot to do with the irrational side of things. It is very hard to control the irrational.
There is not a lot of information on panic attacks. All that is known is that people who have to deal with them on a daily basis have an extremely hard life. They live in constant fear and often they start to avoid the places where they had a panic attack and even the activities in which they were engaged while having the panic attack. People try to find answers on their own in order to prevent from triggering another panic attack. People that suffer from panic attacks are frightened and constantly anxious because they never know when the next panic attack will occur. They are sure it is going to come and it is going to be crippling. It is very hard for a victim of panic disorder to enjoy life. He starts to over protect himself, even from normal every day activities, such as watching a movie or listening to a tape with music, in the hope they will prevent another panic attack. They have no control and are unable to take the decisions they want to achieve their goals and desires in life.
When you are a victim of panic disorder you have to seek help immediately. Secluding yourself is of no help at all. You need professional help, modern methods and technology and above all emotional support. You should not go through such a difficult period by yourself. You can fight for the pleasure in living by asking for help right from the beginning. Usually it is better to seek help in the beginning rather than later. The first thing you ought to do is to re-take control of your life. Once you have your control back you will be able to think to the future and have a positive outlook on life. You will forget the pain, anguish and trauma and focus on the finer things in life, things that you are entitled too and also deserve.
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Discover How to Stop Panic Attacks for good using your Phenomenal Mind!
May 28, 2010 by Donahue · 1 Comment
When a panic attack hits you will most definitely want to have some knowledge on how to stop panic from taking over all of your feelings and reactions. A panic attacks is something devastating for an individual. Just a few minutes of a panic attack can equal all of your lifetime fears. It is important to know how to stop panic because otherwise you can endure some huge psychological damage. A lot of people who have experienced crippling panic attacks did not know how to stop panic and were left feeling vulnerable and questioning their sanity for the rest of their lives. You can practice a good technique so as to stop panic in your home. The human organism goes through a very wounding experience every time a panic attack occurs.
There are a lot of universal advices that are given to those that wish to stop panic and get into control. These advices can be categorized as either being general, such as changing diet and exercising more, or specific and very professional. The last category actually teaches you to control your emotions and take over control from the arms of panic. You can learn to stop panic through a step-by-step guide that will soon put you back in control. The most important weapon in learning how to stop panic is to learn about what triggers your panic attacks and control these triggers.
Each of us have at our disposal the most powerful tool in the world. The mind is the most important component in any technique devised to stop panic from happening. The mind can help you control your stress level and cut out any unnecessary anxieties from your life. Let me show you how…
The starting point for each technique on developing an effective method to stop panic is to acknowledge the fact that your subconscious does not have the necessary tools to distinguish fact from fiction. Once you have imagined something in your mind, it is real. Each person has his or hers own psychology and it will react to that fictional image accordingly. Everything created in the mind is very real and current, be it remembered, real or fanciful as far as the mind knows.
So try this:
1. First of all think of a quiet space where you do not feel stressed. Go there and keep your eyes closed, knowing that nothing will disturb you.
2. Next, try to feel happy and relaxed. You can manage to instill this positive emotion in your mind by remembering and re-living a pleasant and relaxing experience from your life. Imagine a holiday or a trip somewhere pleasant and relaxing.
3. Focus on picking a very specific time from that holiday or happy period. Once you have chosen the particular time, go a little further and try to remember as many details as possible. Relive that day using memories of images, smells, tastes, everything that made that moment authentic and special. Try to notice what other people were wearing, try to imagine the sounds and the smells, perhaps laughter, after all it was supposed to be a very joyful occasion. Gradually try to focus on the pleasant feelings you get when you remember that moment, that one second in your life.
4. Now you have pin-pointed a very happy moment and you feel that joy. The next step involves enlarging your perspective of that moment. Imagine the fictional canvas larger, brighter, a lot more colors, the sounds become louder and the smells a lot more enticing. As the image becomes larger, the feelings of joy you have recreated should become a lot more intense.
5. I can bet you have all sorts of pleasant memories to chose from. Once you are done with this memory you can jump to the next pleasant memory. Start over with the same step by step image enlarging technique so as to obtain automatic relaxation. As the intensity of the relaxation feeling increases, the stress will disappear.
6. Concentrate on living this joyful experience around 5 to 10 minutes. It should be a great experience.
Before you discard this technique because it sounds to be too simple to work try it. You will be missing out on a simple but very highly effective technique to put stop panic. This proven technique answers the riddle of how to stop panic from taking over through an imaginative process that can take only 5-10 minutes of your time.
Remember that the minds controls the body and once you master the technique of programming the mind it is going to be pretty easy to stop panic. This method allows you to stop panic and re-experience calm and tranquility. You should keep on practicing this technique on a daily basis. Once it becomes a habit you will be once again in control over your mind and your body.
Your Life Is a Mysterious Journey, Not A Final Destination
May 28, 2010 by Donahue · 2 Comments
Brazilian author Paulo Coelho in his most famous book “The Alchemist”, tells the fanciful story of an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago. Santiago dreams of traveling the world in search of a worldly treasure. Throughout his travels, Santiago’s assumptions are regularly put to the test, but his determination and braveness win out. But as a result of the challenges he faced, by the end of this magical and inspirational fable Santiago realizes that the real gift in life “lies where your heart belongs.” Santiago’s resolve enables him to understand that the true fortune was the journey itself, jointly with all the knowledge he acquires and the discoveries he makes along the way.
Find Your Purpose
The analogy in our lives, is that we are on a personal journey as well in search for our own treasures. But we too frequently get sidetracked by the glitz and glamour of material treasures. We fill ourselves up with things in order to comfort ourselves, live up to an idealized image, or try to fit in. We tend to overlook the true treasures in our lives – our physical health, principles, achievements, disappointments, challenges, discipline, balance, fulfillment. The real treasures are those things that we discover through introspection and life’s experience, not those we take from a shelf at Best Buy or purchase on eBay. Take a moment to reflect on all the astounding insights you would miss if you passed through life without taking time to recognize the potential gifts your life’s experience grants you. If you run through life with only an outcome in mind, you risk missing or obscuring the palpable treasures along the way. Just like windshield wipers madly wipe away the rain, it is not uncommon for people to recklessly cast aside emotions they consider negative, painful or undesirable. When a person ignores certain events that happen in their life, they miss out on the opportunity to learn from them. Some of the most disappointing experiences turn out to carry the most valuable lessons in life. If one has the courage and faith to keep an open mind one can understand that you don’t always know where your journey will take you.
When there is no set path for you to follow it takes guts, resolve, conviction and discipline to take the road less traveled. On that journey, immense gifts are created and revealed. These are the gifts your true fortune is made of. Your challenge is to recognize the gifts you have been blessed with, and figure out a way to develop those gifts and invite personal fulfillment and satisfaction into your life. Consider professional coaching for preparing to rise to the occasion of your life’s journey.
First identify those things in life that you truly treasure. The things that will inspire you to move forward and find your own path.
Then identify the things that you need to leave behind in order to fully experience the journey. The things that keep you in your comfort zone that are safe and familiar.
Consider what will you have to say no to in order to say yes to your personal growth and development? The things you cherish that you are willing to give up in order to move from good to great.
You can only find the treasure within yourself if you are geared up to take the journey. Pursue this quest in every aspect of your life. Discover the hidden treasure that is already within you.
Only by fully experiencing the journey will you discover the path to your hidden treasure and ultimately your genuine personal success. Have faith that riches beyond your wildest imagination are within your grasp. All it takes to access them is an open mind, a willing spirit, and a sense of adventure. Enjoy the road less traveled!
If you want to read more personal development articles, you can visit some other websites that I will be adding here soon. In the meantime, you can find some very concrete doable suggestions at ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS.
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Inside Secrets to an Abundant Life
May 7, 2010 by Donahue · 1 Comment
Who among us has not wondered if there are some laws of attraction that govern fame, fortune and wealth. We see everyday examples of great people that have achieved a lot in their life time and are happy and wealthy. We spend our lives searching for the secret that lies behind achieving what we want in our lives. We need to find the laws of attraction that govern the secret behind successful people. You, as I do, want to have a perfect life, not necessarily their perfect life but an applicable variant of it to our needs and thoughts and concerns. We blame the fact that sometimes we do not manage to achieve something on the lack of knowledge of the laws of attraction that bring happiness and wealth. We say “what’s their secret”? “what do they have that I don’t?” We often settle that answer within ourselves with a simple “They just got lucky, they were in the right place at the right time”.
Visualize this..."money flows to me freely"
The truth is, this “luck” is available to all of us. There are several metaphysical laws govern the universe and are accessible to everyone, including you. One of those universal principles was made into a movie called “The Secret” – the law of attraction. This one universal law of attraction will help you succeed in anything you engage. The law of attraction is considered a true universal phenomena which will bring, if followed, fame, glory and wealth. Many tried to follow the instructions given for this phenomena from books or even the movie that appeared in 2006. But calling it a secret implying that it has been hidden from the public is a marketing ploy. The law of attraction and all of the other, less famous, universal laws are public knowledge and open to everyone.
The law of attraction has been put into several books so as people may benefit from reading and applying it. The secret behind the law of attraction is actually that anyone can benefit from this law and achieve success. There are however 11 laws (or principles) available to help you become successful not just financially, but in every way conceivable. After all we all have see wealthy people that were miserable. People have been motivated by these laws of prosperity in the hope that they will discover the secret behind success. In order to better understand the 11 forgotten laws it would be best to know some of them. The list is comprised of the law of compensation and non-resistance, the law of forgiveness that goes hand in hand with the law of sacrifice, the law of thinking, obedience and success, all of them sound very good when put together and let us not forget the law of supply, the law of attraction, the law of receiving and finally the law of increase. All of them make up the laws of prosperity, that should stand behind the secret of success.
The laws of prosperity actually form a complete package that has been around for some time know. Basically you have at your disposal laws of attraction that embody everything that man has learnt over the years. The secret is combining them into just one. You have a all-in-one type of package. We can use these laws to measure our achievements against our goals and to continue benefiting those around us in order for us too to have success. The laws of attraction are the secret behind a successful life. True guidelines that are no longer the secret that has been kept away from our eyes for so long.
How To Deal With Job Related Stress?
May 6, 2010 by Donahue · Leave a Comment
In your life you probably have been an employed at more than just one company right? So you know that most jobs are stressful. Heck if they weren’t stressful, they would be fun and nobody would pay us to them. But in case you haven’t, let me assure you that no matter where you work job stress is something to be expected. This could save you the time of looking for another job in case you think you can find one that is stress-free. So in order to stop work stress in its tracks you would better learn to deal with job stress in an effective way.
The first thing to do when trying to stop stress cold in its tracks is to not get stressed before you actually arrive at work. I know plenty of people that arrive at work already stressed and in a bad mood. From the moment they wake up, they have a negative outlook on the rest of the working day, start fighting in traffic, don’t allocate sufficient time to eating their breakfast right and speed to get to their office. Hurry and hunger are major factors that prevents you from taking active measures to stop stress cold in its tracks.
It doesn't have to be like thiss.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Allow yourself plenty of time to cook it and eat it. You will feel great and stress free. Another way to stop stress cold in its tracks is to get up earlier so as to have plenty of time to do your chores. Speeding and hurrying are among the major causes of stress. Once you have brushed aside the stress of getting in time or of being tardy you will be able to stop stress cold in its tracks.
Once you have managed to arrive at work stressed free you have completed the first stage that will help you to stop stress cold in its tracks. Now, make your that you have a proper schedule for your working day, based on priorities and on delegating responsibility. The schedule should contain detailed information on each activity and by doing this you will manage to stop stress in its tracks. Know exactly what are your duties for that day and how long it will take to complete them. You will be a lot more relaxed, knowing that you have plenty of time and thus you will stop stress cold in its tracks.
When deciding and setting your goals it would be better to be practical. If you have to be a perfectionist, make sure you have stress under control. In order to stop stress cold in its tracks you have to be in permanent control of your expectancies, to know your time and your limits. Not achieving something might create a very stressful situation. Try to be a moderate perfectionist and take into account that you are only human.
Taking some time off work through short scheduled breaks is a good idea to stop stress cold in its tracks. You could either take a few minutes off work to have a chat with a colleague, or go for a walk in order to change the scenery or even look out the windows for a couple of minutes. Stop stress cold before the long hours of work get to you. Your stress level will go through the roof because work with no breaks will bring your performance lower. Try listening to some music, sooth your temper and your stress with some of your favorite tracks.
Attitude should be all about how to stop stress cold in its tracks. Use attitude to control your stress level and stop stress cold. No matter what the problem might be, work pressure or difficult situations, try to keep a positive outlook and a tranquil reaction to each situation. With these short and simple tips you will combat and strop stress cold in its tracks. Enjoy your work day.
I know, this all sounds to simple. But see it for what it is, a reorganization of your mental constructs. to a certain degree you have give thinks that happen in your daily life power. But if you need help reframing your awarnesss there is a very impressive program that can teach you to see the world and its troubles in a new way. Welcome to the Easy Calm Video Series. If you have had enough of running like theirs no tomorrow. Take a look, see if you think you can do it. If you need something else, we will find it for you. But you owe it to yourself to give it a shot.
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