Life And Work

Work & Passion The Four Ps can help you at office meetings and further your career: The first P is for Purpose - always know the reason why a meeting is being held, so you can plan for it. The second is for Participants. If you know who will be at the meeting, you'll be better able to define your role at the beginning. Third is Prepare - know what is expected of you at the meeting. And the fourth is Participate: "You don't necessarily have to come up with the most brilliant solution to the problem being discussed; but if you don't take part, your bosses and co-workers will think you have no ideas." Alberto Paz Here are 3 suggestions for connecting to your passion: Pay attention to your gut feelings. Pay attention when you're enthusiastic. Pay attention to synchronicities. Keeping passion alive is about courage, the courage to be who you are, regardless of some of the consequences. Living with passion is about living on the edge- it's about pushing yourself to grow outside your comfort zone. Remember the message of the movie Good Will Hunting. All professions are honourable, but there is no honour in laying bricks if you have the heart of an artist. There is no honour in a desk job if your heart yearns to roam the land. The point is to strive to know your authentic self and then be it! The outcome: a more passionate and meaningful life. © Grace Cirocco ____________________________________________________________

"Be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi

"He who seeks help for a friend, while needy himself, will be answered first." Talmud "A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world." Mohammed (PBUH) "All things are possible to those who believe." Jesus "The less you have, the less you have to worry about." Buddha "Life is a bridge; enjoy while crossing, but don't build a castle upon it." Upanishads

UNDERSTANDING THE PARTS OF OUR PERSONALITY Neither the id nor superego is realistic. The id demands constant gratification; the superego is impossibly idealistic. The ego or "adult" has to deal with reality--and reality includes (1) the id's emotional impulses, (2) the superego's moralistic demands and censure, and (3) complex external reality, including understanding how things really work in the outside world and how to get along with others. As Freud said, "Life (for the ego) is not easy!" It has an enormous task and, as we saw in chapter 5, when our ego becomes overwhelmed, we feel anxious. The anxiety may come from the id (the urges are about to break loose), the superego (the criticism is devastating), or reality (things are falling apart in the external world).

Trusting Your Instincts Intuition Can Benefit Your Business & Personal Lives Intuition, also called "sixth sense," "gut reaction," "inner voicespirit" and other names for thousands of years, is with us all of the time. Space and Quiet. Meditation, where we clear the mind of all but focusing on the intuitive feeling, will often bring us the answer. It is said by many scholars, therapists, philosophers, mentors and theologians, "All the answers you need are inside of you." The experiences of thousands of scholars and everyday people who have, over time developed their intuitive feelings, and who have learned how to listen to them and make decisions based on them, leads me to the conclusion that while it is difficult (more so for the person who is used to "left brained" (problem solving) and takes consistent practice and desire, developing and learning to trust and use our strong intuitions and our "inklings" can add quality, excitement and great opportunities to our lives.

Top 10 Tools to Reach Your Goals Quickly 1. CLARITY OF PURPOSE. 2. COMMITMENT. 3. TALK ABOUT IT. 4. WRITE IT DOWN. 5. WRITE IT EVERY DAY! 6. HAVE A PLAN. 7. TAKE ACTION EVERY DAY! 8. USE CONSTANT AFFIRMATIONS. 9.

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1. WRITE DOWN YOUR GOALS. 2. CREATE A MISSION STATEMENT for your life. 3. Every day, DIVIDE YOUR TASKS INTO A, B AND C PRIORITIES. 4. BLOCK OFF TIME for activities that are important. 5. HAVE THE COURAGE TO SAY NO. 6. Always START MEETINGS ON TIME. 7. Ask people who interrupt you if you can MEET THEM LATER. 8. Avoid procrastination, COMPLETE UNPLEASANT TASKS FIRST. 9. When leaving phone messages, TELL OTHERS EXACTLY WHY YOU'RE CALLING. 10. CREATE TIME FOR BALANCE IN YOUR LIFE. Set aside time for family, fitness, social, educational and spiritual needs.

Top 10 Characteristics of Extraordinary People

Keep my words positive: Words become my behaviours. Keep my behaviours positive: Behaviours become my habits. Keep my habits positive: Habits become my values. Keep my values positive: Values become my destiny. There is no dress rehearsal: This is one day in YOUR life. - Mahatma Gandhi

THEY: 1. Have a PASSION for what they do. 2. Live ON PURPOSE. 3. Are ENTHUSIASTIC and OPTIMISTIC. 4. Look at change in a POSITIVE way. 5. DEAL with the "stuff" that gets in the way of enjoying their jobs and life. 6. Say No to Normal and YES to EXTRAORDINARY.

7. WANT TO rather than Have To. 8. Pay attention to the BIG PICTURE. 9. Take 100% RESPONSIBILITY for results in life. 10. Live with a SEIZE THE DAY attitude. Laws Of Success Do you want something? - Will you pay the price? The great sin - Gossip. The great crippler - Fear. The greatest mistake - Giving up. The most satisfying experience - Doing your duty first. The best action - Keep the mind clear and judgement good. The greatest blessing - Good health. The biggest fool - The man who lies to himself. The great gamble - Substituting hope for facts. The most certain thing in life - Change. The greatest joy - Being needed. The cleverest man - The one who does what he thinks is right. The most potent force - Positive thinking. The greatest opportunity - The next one. The greatest thought - God. The greatest victory - Victory over self. The best play - Successful work.

The greatest handicap - Egotism. The most expensive indulgence - Hate. The most dangerous man - The liar. The most ridiculous trait - False pride. The greatest loss - Loss of self confidence. The greatest need - Common sense. © Jack Yianitsas

Timeless Lessons In Character Power Without self-mastery he has no understanding of inner power; without inner power, he has no peace; and without peace, where is joy? - The Bhagavad Gita Your character is who you are in the dark. It is your personal guidance system, your inner core of wisdom that is the governor which determines the heights to which you will rise on your upward path to self-mastery. The difference between peak performers and weak performers often comes down to character power. Cultivating a strong, disciplined, integrated character is the surest way to high-performance and a life rich with energy, achievement and satisfaction. Enlightened, fully-functioning individuals are led by their consciences rather than by the puppet strings of societal pressure.

They place a premium on acting according to their own values and their deepest sense of what is right. They have kindled the courage to run their own races and never get swept up into the whirlpool of other peoples' expectations of them. "No man is free who is not a master of himself," said Epictetus. Effective performers realize that life is too short to get caught up in the current of popular opinion. Instead, they lead their days in a very simple, clear and powerful way. They have taken the time to discover their life's purpose and focus their attention on this high-impact pursuit. This focus fills their lives with excitement, meaning and contentment. Robert Frost's famous poem "The Road Not Taken" says it all: I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood and II took the one less travelled by And that has made all the difference Start running your own race. Do the things that are most meaningful to you. Align what you do in your day with where you want to be at the end of your life. Be guided by the milestones and goals which will advance you along the path of your burning desire and your destiny. This is the way to happiness and personal and spiritual satisfaction. As I wrote in MegaLiving!, "a character rich with integrity, courage and discipline is the bedrock of lifelong success."

There are 4 primary pillars or virtues that will liberate your character power and allow you to live by the blazing lighthouse of your conscience. 1. INTEGRITY: Life is one indivisible whole." 2. IMAGINATION: It is not what you are that is holding you back-it is what you think you are not. you set unseen forces into play which steadily manifest your vision into reality. 3. COMPASSION & CONTRIBUTION: as you give so shall you receive. 4. DISCIPLINED EFFORT: Media visionary Ted Turner was asked the secret of his extraordinary success. He replied: "Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise." Once you take the time to find your life's aim, things will never be the same! © Robin S. Sharma ___________________________________________________ ______________

10 Ways To Develop Admirable Qualities that Build Character I have found one of the most powerful of the 28 Attraction Principles formulated by Thomas Leonard is Become Irresistibly Attractive To Yourself, or as Leonard says, "do stuff that makes you proud of yourself." One of the ways to do this is to pick a quality that you don't currently have much facility with and to develop it in yourself.

Well, here are ten places to start. 1. create a top ten list of ways to develop that particular quality. example: acceptance. 2. Notice what is automatically present in your life that tends to block out the quality you desire. For example, one of the things I see that gets in the way of acceptance is being judgemental, so each time I catch myself being judgemental I have the opportunity to set my judgements aside and try being accepting in those moments. 3. take a moment to identify the background assumption that gives rise to the undesired quality that you want to replace. 4. Pretend you are a person who is already masterful with the desired quality, For example, pretend you are a master as acceptance. 5. Closely related to #4, identify someone in your life who already possesses this quality to a large degree, then interview this person about the quality. 6. Acknowledge every little place where you already see that quality in yourself.

7. Let other people around you know what you are up to. Now, on this one be selective. Pick those people who are "in your corner" and positively supportive; people who will encourage you and give your positive enforcement. 8. Use your coach.

9. Consciously stop at least one undesired quality to make room for the new quality. 10.Make a list of the top five benefits you and those around you will receive from having developed the new quality.

The Secret to Being Lucky Why do some people seem to have all the luck? They're always in the right place at the right time. Their businesses prosper. They get one fantastic promotion after another. In short: they enjoy phenomenal success. What explains it? Are they doing something special, or is good fortune selecting them by chance? People who create their own luck have certain traits in common. Here, then, are the secrets for deliberately bringing luck into your life....

1.BE PROACTIVE. 2. HAVE A DYNAMIC, POSITIVE ATTITUDE. It has been proven that we attract what we think about most. 3. POSSESS A BURNING DESIRE. 4. BE PREPARED. 5. DISPLAY INCREDIBLE PERSISTENCE AND A LONGTERM PERSPECTIVE. 6. PAY YOUR DUES. 7. CREATE CRYSTAL CLEAR OBJECTIVES. 8. DEMONSTRATE FLEXIBILITY. Let's face it, 9. BE A RISK-TAKER.

The Nine Insights The First Insight Feeling restless? You're not alone: Everybody's starting to look for more meaning in life. Start paying closer attention to those seemingly "Chance Coincidences" strange occurrences that feel like they were meant to happen. They are actually synchronistic events, and following them will start you on your path to spiritual truth.

The Second Insight Observe our culture within its proper historical context. The first half of the past millennium was spent under the thumb of the church; in the second half we became preoccupied with material comfort. Now, at the end of the twentieth century, we have exhausted that preoccupation. We are ready to discover life's ultimate purpose. The Third Insight Start to get acquainted with the subtle energy that infuses all things. With practice, you can learn to see the aura around any living being and to project your own energy around it to give it strength. The Fourth Insight An unconscious competition for energy underlies all conflicts. By dominating or manipulating others, we get the extra energy we think we need. Sure, it feels good but both parties are damaged in the conflict.

The Fifth Insight The key to overcoming conflict in the world is the mystical experience, which is available to everyone. To nurture the mystical and build your energy, allow yourself to be filled with a sense of love. The Sixth Insight Childhood traumas block our ability to fully experience the mystical. All humans, because of their upbringing, tend toward one of four "Control Dramas": Intimidators steal energy from others by threat. Interrogators steal it by judging and questioning. Aloof people attract attention (and energy) to themselves by playing coy. And Poor Me's make us feel guilty and responsible for them. Become aware of the family dynamics that created your control drama and you can focus on your essential question, which is how to make of your life a higher-level synthesis of your parents' lives.

The Seventh Insight Once cleared of traumas, you can build energy through contemplation and meditation, focus on your basic life question, and start riding a steady stream of intuitions, dreams and synchronistic coincidences, all guiding you in the direction of your own evolution and transformation. The Eighth Insight That evolution can't be done alone, so begin to practice the new "Interpersonal Ethic" by uplifting those who cross your path. Talk to people who make spontaneous eye contact with you. Avoid co-dependent relationships. Be there for people. Call attention to other people's control dramas. In groups, speak when the spirit (instead of the ego) moves you. The Ninth Insight Our purpose here is to evolve beyond this plane. We can connect to God's energy in such a way that we will eventually become beings of light, and walk straight into heaven.

The Experience of Self-Awareness

The experience of self-awareness is not something you can get from the physical world. You will still chop wood and carry water, as the ancient Zen proverb tells us. You will not suddenly develop totally new talents or interests. But your interactions with the material world will be altered dramatically when you become self-aware. You can expect the following qualities of heightened awareness to become part of your daily life as you walk the inner path. 1. You will experience and enhance the meaningfulness of coincidences. You become aware that there are no accidents in this intelligent system. You realize that everything that shows up in your life has something to teach you. You start to know that you are a partner with fate rather than its victim. Ultimately you come to manage your coincidences and become fate's collaborator. 2. You will become aware of a universal source of energy. You begin to exercise your ability to make contact with this source and make it part of your daily life. You develop a strong knowing about the God force and your ability to access this energy. 3. You will feel loved. You will call for and accept divine guidance. All seems as it should be, even though you may not understand it. You will feel peaceful about what you see and feel. 4. You will develop a sense of appreciation and awe. You begin seeing beauty, and feeling awestruck at the magnificence of the universe. By focusing your inner energy on the beauty that

surrounds you, you will receive that energy from your surroundings. 5. You will feel connected to everyone. You will sense that anything that is destructive to one human is destructive to all. This higher awareness will lead to the conclusion that Mahatma Gandhi came to: "God has no religion." This awareness will give you a loving energy that will help bring all of us together. 6. You will make a new agreement with reality. The limits of your perception will expand to include another world that coexists with ours. You will know that all of the "powers" that have been ascribed to spiritual masters are within your capacity to manifest. 7. You will experience surrender and acceptance. You will finally stop fighting and simply let go, even when you fail to understand why so many things transpire that are inconsistent with how you would orchestrate the universe. 8. You will become a waking dreamer. The power of your mind to manifest what previously could only occur in sleeping dreams will begin to be your awakened reality. 9. You will know the power and the ecstasy of silence. Prayer and meditation will be integral to your life. The answers you seek, the guidance you need, the assistance you require, will appear as you practice honoring your true self with moments of silence. 10. You will know that there is a spiritual solution to every problem. When you are peaceful, experience silence, meditate and listen, really listen to God, you will be directed away from the worldly and toward the divinity that is within you. You will know what you need to do. 11. You will shift from acquiring to sharing. Rather than being

focused on what is in it for you, you will be guided by the inner desire to help meet the needs of others. You will desire less and yet feel more fulfilled. You will shift your attention away from yourself and take pleasure in serving others. You will need less, want less and find yourself less attracted to acquiring and possessing. 12. You will live authentically. You will no longer have any difficulty just being yourself. You will be able to say with conviction, "I am what I am." You will find it easier and easier to listen, without being defensive because your inner knowing is strong and satisfying. You will live your life authentically-fulfilling your reason for being here, knowing that "life gives exams" and learning from those that you fail to pass. 13. You will experience bliss as a natural state. It is a state of grace, and a state of self-sufficiency. It is a connectedness to God, a connectedness to the universal truth. Your bliss provides you with the sense that you are "on purpose." 14. You will be less judgemental and more forgiving. You will begin seeing that judging others does not define them-it defines you. You will accept that others are on their own paths. The things you previously found irritating about them will become a reflection of a part of yourself. As Carl Jung put it, "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." You will also begin to forgive yourself. You will see mistakes as lessons for you to transcend. This will free you from the tyranny of self-recrimination. You have made the decision to be free. Freedom is the ability to leave the single room of awareness you were born in. In that room you learned the limits of your life. Outside of that room you learn your life has unlimited possibilities. You needn't be one of the people Arthur Schopenhauer described

when he wrote: "Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world." © Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Ten Keys To Happiness Many of us have benefitted from the lessons toward full and healthy living Deepak Chopra, M.D. offers in his books Creating Health, Quantum Healing, Perfect Health, and Unconditional Life. Challenging us to release assumptions of limitation and deterioration, he has lighted the path of optimal wellness and healthy passion for life. Holding the light, he invites us to follow, to release the debilitating practices of judgement, attachment, and lack of care, and to enter a greater awareness of the wholeness of life. Synthesizing these teachings into a list of ten keys, Dr. Chopra offers us a simple map of principles in Ageless Body, Timeless Mind. 1. Listen to your body's wisdom, which expresses itself through signals of comfort and discomfort. When choosing a certain behavior, ask your body, "How do you feel about this?" If your body sends a signal of physical or emotional distress, watch out. If your body sends a

signal of comfort and eagerness, proceed. 2. Live in the present, for it is the only moment you have. Keep your attention on what is here and now; look, for the fullness in every moment. Accept what comes to you totally and completely so that you can appreciate it, learn from it, and then let it go. The present is as it should be. It reflects infinite laws of Nature that have brought you this exact thought, this exact physical response. This moment is as it is because the universe is as it is. Don't struggle against the infinite scheme of things; instead, be at one with it. 3. Take time to be silent, to meditate, to quiet the internal dialogue. In moments of silence, realize that you are recontacting your source of pure awareness. Pay attention to your inner life so that you can be guided by intuition rather than externally imposed interpretations of what is or isn't good for you. 4. Relinquish your need for external approval. You alone are the judge of your worth; and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. There is great freedom in this realization. 5. When you find yourself reacting with anger or opposition to any person or circumstance, realize that you

are only struggling with yourself. Putting up resistance is the response of defenses created by old hurts. When you relinquish this anger, you will be healing yourself and cooperating with the flow of the universe. 6. Know that the world "out there" reflects your reality "in here." The people you react to most strongly, whether with love or hate, are projections of your inner world. What you most hate is what you most deny in yourself. What you most love is what you most wish for in yourself. Use the mirror of relationships to guide your evolution. The goal is total self-knowledge. When you achieve that, what you most want will automatically be there, and what you most dislike will disappear. 7. Shed the burden of judgment--you will feel much lighter. Judgement imposes right and wrong on situations that just are. Everything can be understood and forgiven, but when you judge, you cut off understanding and shut down the process of learning to love. In judging others, you reflect your lack of self-acceptance. Remember that every person you forgive adds to your self-love. 8. Don't contaminate your body with toxins, either food, drink, or toxic emotions. Your body is more than a lifesupport system. It is the vehicle that will carry you on the journey of your evolution. The health of every cell

directly contributes to your state of well-being, because every cell is a point of awareness within the field of awareness that is you. 9. Replace fear-motivated behavior with love-motivated behavior. Fear is the product of memory, which dwells in the past. Remembering what hurt us before, we direct our energies toward making certain that an old hurt will not repeat itself. But trying to impose the past on the present will never wipe out the threat of being hurt. That happens only when you find the security of your own being, which is love. Motivated by the truth inside you, you can face any threat because your inner strength is invulnerable to fear. 10. Understand that the physical world is just a mirror of a deeper intelligence. Intelligence is the invisible organizer of all matter and energy, and since a portion of this intelligence resides in you, you share in the organizing power of the cosmos. Because you are inseparably linked to everything, you cannot afford to foul the planet's air and water. But at a deeper level, you cannot afford to live with a toxic mind, because every thought makes an impression on the whole field of intelligence. Living in balance and purity is the highest good for you and the Earth. © Deepak Chopra, M.D.

How to Conquer Worry and Manage Stress If you want to develop courage, do the thing you fear and keep on doing it until you have a record of successful experiences behind you. That is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear. "You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind." - Dale Carnegie Try to compartmentalize worry so that it doesn't carry over from one day to the next. Ask yourself what is the worst that could happen. Prepare to accept the worst. Try to improve on the worst. Remind yourself of the toll worry can take on your health. Remember that 90% of what you worry about never happens.

Strengthening Relationships: A Time-Tested Strategy It's been reported that one of the greatest personal strengths of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was her ability to make the person she was speaking with feel like the most important person in the world. Don't criticize, condemn, or complain. Give honest, sincere appreciation. Become genuinely interested in other people. Smile. Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and the most important sound in any language. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. Talk in terms of the other person's interests. Make the other person feel important, and do it sincerely.

© Dale Carnegie

___________________________________________________ _________ Live Simply Dale Carnegie said "One of the most tragic things that I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our window today." It has been said that success is a journey not a destination. The wise sages and pundits who spent their lives in deep contemplation, searching for life's ultimate purpose have said time and time again that every minute of life is a blessing. In the East, the philosophers told us to "live in the now, enjoy the process and slow down so that you can savour the simple pleasures which will open your heart." And yet in our frantic race to become a high-tech, information rich world, all too often we miss the little pleasures that every day sends us, those little gifts that could renew our spirits and anchor us to the wonders of all creation. Good things happen to us every day. The sunrise or the sunset or a moonlit sky or your child's laugh are all meaningful events which have the power to improve the quality of your life if you start to pay attention to them.

As I suggested in my book MegaLiving!, the happiest people of this world and the unhappiest people of this world often experience similar things in their day: challenges at the office, traffic filled highways, the seemingly endless stream of negative news and constant levels of change. What separates the happy from the unhappy is that the joyful ones give their mental focus to different things, to those more meaningful and inspiring events that nurture a more enlightened reality. They have developed the inner wisdom to know that life management begins with mind management and you truly can't afford the luxury of even one negative thought. The moment you start feeling gratified by the simple act of doing something for someone else or following your mission because your heart tells you that this is the right thing to do, you take a giant step along the path of enlightenment. Because true harmony is to be found within you, not outside of you. Happiness is an inside job. If you base your happiness on external objects, the moment one of those objects is taken away from you, you lose your happiness. Real happiness comes through knowing who you are and connecting to your highest self. It comes through knowing that you are not in this world the world is in you and you can create anything you need within yourself. Everyone of us is part of the same universal source. We are all connected in some way or another. The sages have known this truth for thousands of years. When you do something for someone else, you do something for yourself. Lifelong success comes from enjoying the process of living and doing things,

whether it is growing a rose garden or building a business, for the sheer pleasure of doing these things. The inner joy that comes from doing something that is truly worthy can never be taken away from you, unlike the external rewards like a big house and a fast car or a corporate title, which are always fleeting. It's like the story of the young boy who sought enlightenment from a wise monk who practised pottery making. After many years of deep contemplation and introspection, the boy was close to enlightenment. One sunny afternoon, the boy was holding one of the monk's prized pots, and admiring its beauty when it slipped from his hand and broke into many tiny pieces. The boy felt a tremendous sense of loss at the broken pot and apologized profusely to his teacher. But the monk remained calm. With a gentle smile the teacher said "You need not be sad - it is still within me." The wise monk realized that the true pleasure of the pot came through the process of creating and shaping it, not in owning the end product or in the external rewards that it brought him. The joy was not in the creation, it was in the journey. The joy was not in the destination but in the path. And this is precisely the same in your life. To live with deep richness and contentment, start taking the time to see the simple pleasures that are around you. Start enjoying the path and stop focusing so much on the destination. Start living in the moment and noticing that the beauty of that moonlit sky or the wonder of a rose petal or the fun that dancing barefoot in the rain offers you. Practice gratitude and be thankful for life's little wonders. Remember, it is the simple pleasures allow you to start caring for your spirit.

Those simple pleasures allow you to start taking the time to nourish the brilliance that lies within you. Simplifying your life is not hard to do. You just need to have the courage to carve out some time to do it. You can start to connect with your highest self through a daily period of silence or a daily period of peace as I call it in my work. This is nothing more than fifteen or twenty minutes a day where you stop rushing and simply start being, connecting to the natural wellspring of calmness which rests inside of you. Turn off the radio and the TV and don't answer the phone. And realize that silence nourishes the soul. Another way to reconnect with your highest self is through time with nature. Something as simple as a walk along the ocean or a picnic in a park on a summer's day renews your spiritual side and connects you to the splendid pleasures which surround us. By spending time with nature, you start seeing the intelligence and gifts that exist within every living thing. And start to see yourself for who you really are: a traveller, an explorer on the path of life, confidently advancing along the path of enlightenment towards your destiny. As a litigation lawyer, I used to work 70, 80, sometimes 90 hours a week, preparing briefs and getting ready to step into the court room. Although my efforts brought professional success, I realized that there was more to life. Eventually, I grew tired of the endless rushing, the endless faxes and the endless phone calls. I wanted to spend more time doing the things that I loved to do. I wanted to spend more time with my family, being a great father, husband and friend. I wanted to live a simpler,

slower, more meaningful life. So I started to make changes. And one of my first priorities became the regular period of renewal that I am now suggesting you integrate into your own life. This simple discipline has worked wonders for me and it will do the same for you. Remember, no matter what your background is and what your current circumstances are, you have the capacity to take action. This is one of the golden threads of humanity - we all have the power to act in a way that will improve our lives. Henry David Thoreau, a man who deeply understood that simplicity and an uncluttered life is the essence of lifelong success said the following words in a similar way: "Simplify your life. Don't waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don't burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don't destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!" © Robin Sharma

It Is Later Than You Think "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way." - Alfred D'Souza.

Enjoy Yourself It Is Later Than You Think

"Relish the moment" is a good motto It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.

So, stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come soon enough.

Who could say it more clearly? Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.