Wednesday, March 21, 2007

'Adversity? What Adversity? - Wendy Betterini's Blog Article - March 22, 2007

Wendy Betterini's blog article is reprinted here.

Adversity? What Adversity

I received a nice email from a man named Stephen Hopson the other day. He had stumbled upon my website while looking for Law of Attraction articles, and wrote with some very nice compliments about my LOA articles. He even did a nice mention of his website in my blog (thanks Stephen!).


When I hopped over to his website to learn more about him, I was impressed with what I found. Here is a man who left a successful career as a Wall Street stockbroker to become a motivational speaker, writer and pilot. That's impressive enough - it takes a big leap of faith to do something like that.


But when you also consider that Stephen has been deaf since birth, his story becomes even more inspiring!


When I encounter people like Stephen I'm forced to take a deeper look at the challenges before me and ask myself if they're really as daunting as they seem.


You see, I often take on the role of "Queen of Excuses". Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of the things I've accomplished in my life so far, but if I want to be truly honest with myself, I have to admit that I hold myself back far more often than I should. Any little bump in the road is a good excuse to sit down and stop trying. I know I'm not alone in that nasty little habit! ;-)


Reading Stephen's story gave me a great moment of clarity, and I want to pass along the same to you today.


Whether you are working with a physical limitation, a fear, a phobia, or anything else that could possibly serve as an excuse - don't let it! Adversity is only what you make of it. (In fact, that's Stephen's whole premise in his work - changing the way we look at adversity.)


Take a look at Stephen's website he's got some great articles there, and also bookmark his blog: Adversity University (love that name)!


Most importantly, let Stephen's courage and determination stand as a shining example of your own capabilities in life. I certainly am.


Wendy

http://www.wingsfortheheart.com

About the Author

Wendy Betterini is a freelance writer specializing in self-improvement and personal development concepts. Visit her website, http://www.WingsForTheHeart.com for free articles on positive thinking, goal-setting, self-esteem, personal growth, and more.


*SINewswatch would like to thank Wendy Betterini for granting permission to reprint this blog article.

'Katieism: Stress Is An Alarm Clock' - Byron Katie's Blog Post - March 22, 2007

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Byron Katie's blog post is entitled, "Katieism: Success Is An Alarm Clock." [blog]

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Katie's blog post defines what stress is. Read Complete Post

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'How do you and your company communicate with the world?' - Arvind Devalia's Blog Post - March 22, 2007

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Arvind Devalia's blog post is entitled, "How Do You and Your Company Communicate With The World?" [blog]

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Devalia says, "Every interaction with a potential customer makes a huge difference to the ultimate conversion or not to a buying customer." Read Complete Post

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'Admit Your Vulnerability' - Thom Singer's Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Thom Singer's blog post is entitled, "Admit Your Vulnerability." [blog]

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Singer says, "To pretend that you have it together will only mask the problem.

To overcome the obstacles in your path, turn to your network of personal and professional contacts.

Where you are weak, others are strong."
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'Self Improvement and Motivation' - Self Help Zone Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Self Help Zone is entitled, "Self Improvement and Motivation." [blog]

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The blog post says, "Did you know that what motivates us can decide how successful we are at accomplishing our self-improvement goal?

Which do you think will motivate you better, something someone else wants you to do, or something that has meaning to you?" Read Complete Post

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'Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The Right Time To Act ' - Self Improvement Directory Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Self Improvement Directory blog post is entitled, "Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The Right Time To Act." [blog]

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The blog post says,"Whenever we try to achieve anything, taking the first step is usually the hardest thing to do, particularly when embarking on something unfamiliar." Read Complete Post

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'Jealousy Question' - Gary van Warmerdam's Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Gary van Warmerdam's blog post is entitled, "Jealousy Question." [blog]

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van Warmerdam answers an email on why happiness should be broken down to change an emotional state. Read Complete Post

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'The Real Reason Why We Dislike Conflict?' - Tammy Lenski's Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Tammy Lenski's blog post is entitled, "The Real Reason Why We Dislike Conflict?" [blog]

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Lenski posts a cartoon strip and some jokes on conflict. Read Complete Post

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'Charles Koch on Decision Making' - Michael McKinney's Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Michael McKinney's blog post is entitled, "Charles Koch on Decision Making." [blog]

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McKinney points out ideas on success by Charles Koch in his book, "The Science of Success." Read Complete Post

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'The Dangers of Falling Into The Trap Of Complacency' - Brian Kim's Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Brian Kim's blog post is entitled, "The Dangers of Falling Into The Trap of Complacency." [blog]

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Kim says, "If you find that the days are becoming more and more alike, you’re probably not alone.

Routine is inevitable and people gravitate toward it like moths to the flame and once you settle down into the daily routine of things, you end up in a cycle that has potential negative side effects, especially in the world we live in today.
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'White Noise' - Alec Gullon's Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Alec Gullon's blog post is entitled, "White Noise." [blog]

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Gullon says, "Of course not everybody is very good at meditating – in fact a few of you might not have tried it before.

For those of you who’ve never felt much desire to spend time trying to actively ignore your mind’s mental chatter, here’s a simple little process which everyone can apply which will help relax and which doesn’t require much effort at all." Read Complete Post

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'Happy Smile Rejuvenation Day!' - Ed Sykes Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Ed Sykes' blog post is entitled, "Happy Smile Rejuvenation Day!" [blog]

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Skyes says, "The group agreed that as supervisors and managers, one way to set the tone is to have a pleasing smile when interacting with their employees." Read Complete Post

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'The Pattern Of Physiology For Success' - Jan Tincher's Blog Article - March 21, 2007

Jan Tincher's blog article is reprinted here.

The Pattern Of Physiology For Success

~ By Jan Tincher


Copyright © Jan Tincher - All Rights reserved



It's so easy to feel successful that many successful people wonder why others don't feel successful all of the time.


Actually, the answer is simple.


It's normal to feel unsuccessful, because we are usually programmed to think we can't feel successful *all* the time -- some even think it's not healthy, that we should have the downs so we can have the ups.


And guess what!


People usually go along with that thinking! Why do they do that? Probably because they have the continual experience of having their mind go to their failures.


Why?


Because many don't know the strategy, the way to feel successful -- consciously.


The feeling of success is an emotion, just as the feeling of failure is -- and they are both an emotional pattern you have developed, just as all emotions have patterns. You don't feel an emotion, you do an emotion, or you do an emotional pattern.


These are the three patterns that govern our lives:

The pattern of how we use language -- words and tonality. The pattern of how we use your physiology -- our body language. The pattern of what we focus on -- the things we believe.

Those 3 patterns make up our emotions. Successful or unsuccessful feelings/emotions are learned and contributed to daily. Then, sooner or later, a pattern in formed.


We all have a pattern for success, but many of us use the pattern for *unsuccess*, or failure, much more than we do the pattern for success.


As you learned in the last issue, if you're happy, stressed, afraid, upset, or any other emotion, you're using your thoughts in a certain way. You're saying certain things outside and inside your head -- in a certain way, a certain pattern. You are also standing a certain way. Your body has its own way of dealing with emotions.


Regardless if you are thinking or speaking or hearing certain words, thought, said, or heard in a certain way, those words and/or actions trigger you. When someone yells at you in a way reminiscent of when you were growing up, you react the same way you always did -- good or bad. Why? Because it's a pattern you've learned. A pattern that says when *this* happens, *that* happens. The words are *this* and the action is *that*. You are triggered for the next time *this* happens to do *that*.


Again, if you want to be successful, but you are feeling like a failure, I suggest that you don't *do* the emotion of failure anymore.


How would it feel if you were successful all the time? You would be standing a certain way, your eyes would be looking at someone in a certain way, your heart would be beating a certain way, your breathing would be a certain way, you would or would not have a weight on your shoulders, chest, head, stomach, a certain way, your shoulders would be a certain way and you would have a certain facial expression.


Here is an exercise for you:

Stand in front of the mirror and imagine how you would feel if you accomplished something you never thought you could, but you did! Check it out.


How are you standing? Is your spine straight? Are your shoulders back? Are your legs close together or spread apart?

Where are you looking? Are you looking right into the eyes of your reflection?

Are your eyes bright and excited or calm and confident?

Is your heart beating just a little faster or is it slower?

Is your breathing slower or faster?

Is there a feeling of a weight being lifted off your shoulders, chest, stomach, head?

Are you smiling confidently, brilliantly, or are you sober?


None of the answers are good or bad, they are just the answers that hold the key to your success. If this is how you look when you are successful, then this is how you should look when you want to feel successful. When you've got everything successful going on in your body and your mind, then everything has a great chance of being successful in your world.


You want to be in a productive, successful state all the time? Then, it's up to you. No one else can do it. No one else can bring you down, either. (Pay attention to what brings you down, and deactivate that trigger. Read about triggering here: http://www.tameyourbrain.com/deactivatingtriggers.htm )


A hero is a state of mind. Be your own hero. Learn that certain way of feeling that magnifies a certain emotion. Learn that certain body language that changes your state. Start taking charge of your emotions.


Remember the motivational speakers and how they move you with body language as well as words and the intensity in which they speak them. Remember who's moving you every day, up AND down. You are! Notice the feeling you get when you stand a certain way that makes you depressed or gets you excited. Use that knowledge.


Here is another exercise for you:

Stand in front of the mirror and imagine how you would feel if you felt like a failure. Check it out.

How are you standing? Is your spine straight or bowed? Are your shoulders back or down or forward? Are your legs close together or spread apart?

Where are you looking? Up or down?

Are your eyes dull, nervous, twitching?

Is your heart beating just a little faster or is it slower?

Is your breathing slower or faster?

Is there a feeling of a weight on your shoulders, chest, stomach, head?

Are you smirking, or are you sober?


None of the answers are good or bad, they are just the answers that hold the key to failure. If this is how you look when you feel like a failure, then maybe you might want to change those feelings to ones of success.


Our patterns are important to us. Once we realize how they affect our friendships, our relationships, our lives, and, yes, our success, we pay more attention to them. Learn just how important your patterns are, then utilize that knowledge every day.


Thanks for reading,

Jan


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'Simple Success Habits' - Robert Stuberg's Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Robert Stuberg's blog post is entitled, "Simple Success Habits." [blog]

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Stuberg says, "I believe that just a handful of habits make all of the difference in how a person’s life turns out.

It’s not the things that we do once in a while that make the biggest difference, it’s those things that we do consistently that make all of the difference.

These are the things that become our foundational habits in life and determine our direction and ultimate destiny." Read Complete Post

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'20 Oral Speech Topics' - Speech Topics Help, Advice and Ideas Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Sppech Topics Help Advice and Ideas blog post is entitled, "20 Oral Speech Topics." [blog]

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'Use Audience Participation to Enhance Your Public Speaking' - Speech Mastery Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Speech Mastery blog post is entitled, "Use Audience Participation to Enhance Your Public Speaking." [blog]

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The blog post says, "Audience involvement is a two edge sword.

If you ask a question that the answer is not readily known, it can stymie potential answers or even open the door to an answer that is not wanted.

It can bring on a host of unwanted responses." Read Complete Post

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'Self Improvement Tip of the Day: It's Always Better To Do Something!' - Self Improvement Directory Blog Post - March 21, 2007

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Self Improvement Directory blog post is entitled, "Self Improvement Tip of the Day: It's Always Better To Do Something!" [blog]

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The blog post says, "Whenever you want to start something, there’s one thing that you can rely on – conditions will never be just right!

If you look hard enough, it will always be possible to find one or more reasons why you can’t start something at any time." Read Complete Post

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