Do you have a dream? Napoleon Hill said, “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” You have the potential to fulfill your dream, but you need to cultivate some qualities within yourself to be able to successfully. Learn what 4 qualities to you should nurture so that you can accomplish your dream.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
5 timeless philosophy tips for a happy, successful life
The ancient Stoic philosophers are often dismissed as joyless and boring intellectuals. But the Stoics were very interested in the pursuit of things like happiness and success; they merely pursued them in different ways than most. With a few simple changes in perspective and behavior, the Stoics knew that it was possible to achieve a lasting form of personal happiness. Fortunately for us, their techniques remain highly relevant today as this video shows.
10 Uncomfortable Feelings that Indicate You are Taking the Correct Path
Change is not an easy process for anyone and may often bring on some uncomfortable feelings. Many people will take these feelings as a sign that they are doing something wrong and that they should take a step back and re-evaluate. But these uncomfortable feelings can indicate that you’re on the right path for you.
Overcoming Stereotypes in the Classroom through Values Affirmation
Unfortunately, there’s plenty of evidence suggesting that education might not be as equalizing as many would like. When people expect that they should have some flaw or difficulty, the expectation becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. But research has shown that there are subtle interventions that could combat deep-rooted stereotypes.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
A Stanford scientist says a simple psychological shift can make you more successful
If you’re kind to yourself, you have a chance to grow and learn from challenging experiences. There’s a growing body of research suggesting that your relationship with yourself is just as important as your relationships with others when it comes to getting ahead professionally. Learn 3 components and 4 strategies that will help you improve your relationship with yourself.
The Problem Is Not The Problem
The problem is the way we look at problems, not the challenge itself. Rather than resisting the problem, our best reaction is to become aware of how we are thinking, and then change our mind about it. When you do this, you can then find the opportunity hiding in the challenge.
Saying these 2 words can help you be more successful
If you’re working towards a goal or change a habit, it can be hard not to fall back into the old rut. However, how you frame your words can be helpful. It shifts the way you view the temptation. Learn what those 2 powerful words are.
Researchers say the ‘success syndrome’ could explain why your best employees are quitting
Researchers assert that a steady increase in collaborative work is undermining organizations’ performance. Essentially, the more valuable you are to the company, the more demands get placed on you. This article interviews one of the researchers about how this process typically unfolds and what can be done to prevent it.
Science Says People Who Enjoy Being Alone Are More Likely To Be Successful
Although success is something we all hope to achieve, it can be a real struggle. You might think the extroverts of the world have the best shot at achieving their life goals, but science disagrees. A tendency to enjoy your alone time over socializing can actually help you achieve ultimate success. Learn why.
Tap your holiday stress-busting super power: Breathing
This strategy isn’t just for holiday stress, it’s also for the everyday stress you experience. Training yourself to breathe properly can reverse the negative physiological responses that stress creates. It reduces physical tension, promotes mindfulness, and helps you rest, which gives you more resources to handle the day-to-day grind.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
One of the greatest discoveries in all of human history is the idea that you become what you think about most of the time. If you want to change the results you’re getting in the outer world, you have to reprogram your internal system so it takes you to a different destination. In this video, legendary trainer Brian Tracy gives you a couple of ideas on how to do this.
To learn more about how to set goals, download Brian Tracy’s 14-Step Guide to Goal Setting.
by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
Learning to ask for what we want is a lesson that most of us need to address. This book helps to identify most of the difficulties we have in asking. Using an allegory concerning Aladdin and his lamp, the authors’ guide you past the obstacles to asking.
They cover areas such as low self-esteem, discovering what to ask for, getting beyond the fear, and even how to ask. There are chapters on where or who to ask for what you want, such as at home, work, or the Universe.
Inspirational stories and testimonials of people climbing out on a limb and asking for what they want fill this book. There are examples of people successfully asking for things I never would have even tried.
This is a book well worth re-reading every year to remind me of the lessons it contains. It stretches the mind to ask for and realize you can accept more of the good of the Universe.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
This psychological phenomenon explains why you can spend all day at work without getting anything done
Your addiction to action could be sabotaging your productivity. Instead of organizing your workday around priorities, you jump small tasks that will make you fell productive but don’t matter much. Here are some suggestions to get you productive again.
Why Changing Your Thoughts Can Change Your Life
Without strong self-awareness, our thoughts can run astray and bring out the worst in us, and even limit our possibilities. Your thoughts can send you into overdrive because of your mind’s natural tendency to create stories so you feel more in control. Learn some specific ways to master your mind and your thoughts, which impact your destiny.
Success Coach Says This Formula Can Create Better Outcomes
In Jack Canfield’s new book, Success Principles, he states a principle which will improve your results. As Canfield explains, you overlook how much your own response to the event plays a role in the outcome. Learn about his formula and how it can help you get more out of life.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
by Linda-Ann Stewart
Cookie assumed she’d always have good health. Most of her life, she’d bounced back quickly from any illnesses and hadn’t had to worry about her weight. Because of her history and that assumption, she didn’t follow any health guidelines. She smoked and didn’t exercise. Taking her health for granted caught up with her when she was in her late 60’s, when her health declined rapidly.
When she discovered she had emphysema, she quit smoking. But for several years, she didn’t do anything else to maximize the health she had. Eventually, she had to use oxygen all the time and things went downhill from there.
A smoker doesn’t choose to have COPD, emphysema or cancer, but the decision to smoke increases the possibility of their dying of a smoking related illness by 50%. The same is true of someone who has poor eating habits and doesn’t exercise. If they’re overweight and eat lots of meat, fat and carbs, they have a good chance of developing heart disease. They don’t consciously choose that outcome, but their behaviors lead them in that direction.
You don’t necessarily experience what you’d want for yourself, but the result of your everyday, habitual choices. If you want to be more productive and successful, studies show that optimism increases this outcome by 31%. But many people cling to pessimism, justifying that it’s more realistic and accurate. Their result is that in the work place they aren’t promoted as much as optimists and their productivity is lower.
Every choice you make has an intended or unintended consequence. Some are beneficial, some are neutral, and some are very destructive. Look at your life, and wherever you have a situation that you don’t like, track it back to a decision you made. If you’re in a bad relationship, you probably chose to “Go along to get along.” Though it seems it would lead to harmony, generally it creates the opposite effect.
You have a choice of what to think about and focus on. What you focus on and think about formulates your actions or inactions. If you act in the same way over and over again, you form habits. And those habits create an outcome, of success or failure, health or illness, good relationships or bad, beneficial self-concept or a destructive one. All of this comes from what you focus on.
The decision about what to pay attention to is under your control. What you focus on comes from your beliefs. Those beliefs were formed over time based on the decisions you made and the ideas you paid attention to earlier in your life. It’s a feedback cycle. You can break that cycle by making a new choice. If Cookie had made a new choice even a few years earlier, she might have avoided or reduced many of her health issues.
Begin to develop habits that serve you and increase your wellbeing. For instance, exercise, choose foods that optimize your health and avoid sugar, excessive carbohydrates and unhealthy fats. Deal with uncomfortable challenges when they arise, before they escalate out of control. Address conflicts and misunderstandings immediately, so they can be resolved quickly. If you have trouble living within your budget, reduce your expenses.
Decide on the result you want, and then aim all your choices towards that outcome. It won’t be an easy road to begin with, because you’re changing life-long habits. Don’t allow yourself to get distracted. That’s simply an outdated behavior that has sabotaged your goals.
You have control over what you experience in your life. It’s in the small and large choices that you make every day. Every one of them has some consequence. Be aware of what they might be, and choose wisely.
Affirmation:
The choices I’ve made have created the life I now have. I now become aware of my choices and decide if they’re giving me the results I want. I’m now guided by the Infinite to make conscious and wise choices that enhance my quality of life. I’m worthy of all the best that the Universe has to offer, and now choose to experience all the good that I deserve.
Copyright 2013, 2016 Linda Ann Stewart
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The Importance of Having Standards for Your Life
Standards can fuel personal growth and be a powerful tool for success. Standards guide your actions and help you to stretch to fulfill your potential. This article examines how they can be misused, as well as identifying the tremendous benefits of having the right balance.
Scientists say this simple psychological shift can help you achieve your goals
Most people fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions. After a week or so, they tend to forget about them and go back to business as usual. But if you’re serious about making changes in your life, harness what researchers call the “fresh start effect.”
How to Enhance Your Life in 7 Minutes, Daily
In a world where we have never-ending priorities, deadlines, and commitments, it’s easy to get stressed or burned out by life. You have to take care of yourself, or you won’t be able to take care of anyone else. Learn how to take out seven minutes in the morning for self-care, and jumpstart your day.
How to Focus: 37 Experts Reveal Their Best Tips
Focus is a problem for all of us, especially in today’s busy, technological world. But learning the skill of focus is important for success. It’s a common trait for the most successful people. Here are strategies, useful tools and tips you can use to change your mindset to help you get and stay focused, so you’re able to accomplish more and have less stress.
Ultimate Guide to Rewiring Your Brain
Rewiring your brain is possible and science is backing up these claims. It’s all about solving problems by changing unhelpful thinking and behavior. Learning to manage your internal world is easy once you know how. Here are 5 steps to help you to start rewiring your brain and having a more peaceful life.
10 Ways Toxic Relationships Are Like Blood-Sucking Vampires
Have you ever been in a relationship with someone with a Jekyll and Hyde personality? They’re nice and charming, then they emotionally sucker punch you? These people are toxic and you can’t fix them or the relationship. This article describes 10 characteristics and behaviors these type of people have that make you feel off balance, on edge and crazy.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
