Some people just want to talk. Even if you have more experience or more knowledge about a topic, they just want to talk.
I guess those people unless they realize what they are doing, won't progress as fast and as much as other people. It's very good to listen. Don't give me wrong, we also have to talk too! But there's a time a place for everything and sometimes, we rather shut up and listen rather than talk!
Friday, March 26, 2010
"Just a few simple disciple repeated each day"
That's what late Jim Rohn used to say.
Sometimes, when we learn too much information at the same time, it gets pretty hard to act upon them. So acting bite by bite and small steps at the time is the answer (without losing focus of our goals).
Sometimes, when we learn too much information at the same time, it gets pretty hard to act upon them. So acting bite by bite and small steps at the time is the answer (without losing focus of our goals).
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Take actions without looking back
Let's try to take actions without looking back at the results.
Let's just focus on the efforts and see at the end what comes out of it.
Let's just focus on the efforts and see at the end what comes out of it.
Understand the laws of the Universe
The more I understand them, the more I succeed.
The more I use them, the more I succeed.
The more I share them, the more we succeed!
The more I use them, the more I succeed.
The more I share them, the more we succeed!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Just a little bit
I heard yesterday in a comic TV show: "when a few people do a lot, we have a few. But when a lot of people do a few, we have a lot".
So no matter what we do, even if it's not a lot, it's going to be a lot if we have enough people doing it. At the same time, on a personal note, if we were doing just a little bit everyday, at the end of a 365-day year, we would accomplished a lot!
Some people use this technic to write books. Most people think it takes days and months to write a 300-page book. We need to stay up late at night for days in order to do so. Well, if we just commit to write a page or half a page per day, at the end of year we would have between 180 to 360 pages written down.
So just a little bit each time and the days will take care of the rest!
So no matter what we do, even if it's not a lot, it's going to be a lot if we have enough people doing it. At the same time, on a personal note, if we were doing just a little bit everyday, at the end of a 365-day year, we would accomplished a lot!
Some people use this technic to write books. Most people think it takes days and months to write a 300-page book. We need to stay up late at night for days in order to do so. Well, if we just commit to write a page or half a page per day, at the end of year we would have between 180 to 360 pages written down.
So just a little bit each time and the days will take care of the rest!
Distractions
I just realized a lot of what we don't do and what we shouldn't do is based on all the distractions we have around us.
I usually need to go out of my house, away from TV, music, Internet or phone ringing. It's amazing how a whole environment can disturb us from what we should be doing. It demands a lot of concentration to focus on something those days.
Part of success in life is to be able to isolate ourselves from all the distractions and do what we should be doing. We have to fight against ourselves (most of the time) as hard as we could and be strong enough to resist the temptation of doing something different than what we need to accomplish.
Be aware and careful of distractions. Stay focus! Stay focus!
I usually need to go out of my house, away from TV, music, Internet or phone ringing. It's amazing how a whole environment can disturb us from what we should be doing. It demands a lot of concentration to focus on something those days.
Part of success in life is to be able to isolate ourselves from all the distractions and do what we should be doing. We have to fight against ourselves (most of the time) as hard as we could and be strong enough to resist the temptation of doing something different than what we need to accomplish.
Be aware and careful of distractions. Stay focus! Stay focus!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Intuition
Why when we have a choice, we usually avoid on purpose to choose the wrong direction?
It's like our whole body and soul know what we should be doing (also called intuition) and we just take the easy way of making the wrong decision. Then afterwards, we say:"Oh, I knew it!" or "I should have known better".
When we have a great life, it might just be because we "just" always took the right direction and follow our intuition while people told us not to.
When we feel a decision is hard to make it's maybe because it's the right decision to take while wrong decisions are ALWAYS easy to take!
It's like our whole body and soul know what we should be doing (also called intuition) and we just take the easy way of making the wrong decision. Then afterwards, we say:"Oh, I knew it!" or "I should have known better".
When we have a great life, it might just be because we "just" always took the right direction and follow our intuition while people told us not to.
When we feel a decision is hard to make it's maybe because it's the right decision to take while wrong decisions are ALWAYS easy to take!
Consistency
I just watched the recap of an NBA game versus the Dallas Mavericks and the New York Knicks. The Mavs were on a 13-game winning streak while the Knicks continue to have a horrible season. Last time they met, the Mavs blew up the Knicks by 50 points!
Last night, at home, the Mavs lost by 34! It's an 84-point turnaround! I have never seen that before since I've been following the NBA.
The point here is about being consistent. How come the Mavs, on a 13-game winning streak, can:
1- lose against a sub .500 Knicks team?
2- end a streak that would have been the longest in the NBA this season?
3- lose at home while the playoffs are around the corner?
It is all about being consistent here and abviously about being focus too!
In basketball or any other sports but more importantly in life, I think it's all about being consistent about what we do. It is nice and ok to do something good or great once but only the best at what they do can do it over and over again.
Consistence is one of the "keys" to improve at what we do. We have to stay on top of our game and keep pushing harder and higher.
Last night, at home, the Mavs lost by 34! It's an 84-point turnaround! I have never seen that before since I've been following the NBA.
The point here is about being consistent. How come the Mavs, on a 13-game winning streak, can:
1- lose against a sub .500 Knicks team?
2- end a streak that would have been the longest in the NBA this season?
3- lose at home while the playoffs are around the corner?
It is all about being consistent here and abviously about being focus too!
In basketball or any other sports but more importantly in life, I think it's all about being consistent about what we do. It is nice and ok to do something good or great once but only the best at what they do can do it over and over again.
Consistence is one of the "keys" to improve at what we do. We have to stay on top of our game and keep pushing harder and higher.
Feelings
I haven't talked about feelings in my blog so far. Personal development is a large subject but we don't talk enough about feelings and how we feel on a day-to-day basis.
After a recent event with some friends, even if I had a great time, something didn't feel right for me. Something wasn't good. I felt like I wasn't living my life the way I wanted it to be. I felt upset about myself and I knew deep in me I was the only one responsible for that situation.
When we feel those emotions and when we have this taste in our mouth that something is not how we want it, it looks like it's the right moment to do something drastically different. It might be the time to change direction and go straight to where we want to go or where we want to be.
Like Jim Rohn once said: "Make sure the only force that pulls you forward is the force of the future". He also said: "Make sure every steps you take, drive you in the direction you want to go".
After a recent event with some friends, even if I had a great time, something didn't feel right for me. Something wasn't good. I felt like I wasn't living my life the way I wanted it to be. I felt upset about myself and I knew deep in me I was the only one responsible for that situation.
When we feel those emotions and when we have this taste in our mouth that something is not how we want it, it looks like it's the right moment to do something drastically different. It might be the time to change direction and go straight to where we want to go or where we want to be.
Like Jim Rohn once said: "Make sure the only force that pulls you forward is the force of the future". He also said: "Make sure every steps you take, drive you in the direction you want to go".
Friday, March 12, 2010
Get going...
A friend of mine told me couple years ago that, to get going when we don't feel like it, we just need to say to ourselves:
"I'll do a little bit now and it will get better later. I'll do a little bit now and it will get better later."
Just a little bit now and later it'll get better. Just a little bit!
"I'll do a little bit now and it will get better later. I'll do a little bit now and it will get better later."
Just a little bit now and later it'll get better. Just a little bit!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Staying focus
How come we can do something one day and forget about it the very next day?
I guess it's maybe something that only happens to me or people like me. I have this huge issue at the moment where I commit to do something today. I make plans for the future but just can't stay focus two days in a row and follow through with it! I just have the hardest time right now.
Taking some distance about the situation and after talking to a good friend of mine yesterday night, it appears to me now that it's just because i am lacking a vision or a sense of going somewhere with my life right now. I used to always have something to look for and go after but since I don't really have that right now, my whole body and mind can't just move by demand.
Still I need to find a way to get moving and get going. Actually this situation is great to start over and relearn some basics. I'll find greater and higher goals to reach in the process, one way or another and no matter how long it will take!
I guess it's maybe something that only happens to me or people like me. I have this huge issue at the moment where I commit to do something today. I make plans for the future but just can't stay focus two days in a row and follow through with it! I just have the hardest time right now.
Taking some distance about the situation and after talking to a good friend of mine yesterday night, it appears to me now that it's just because i am lacking a vision or a sense of going somewhere with my life right now. I used to always have something to look for and go after but since I don't really have that right now, my whole body and mind can't just move by demand.
Still I need to find a way to get moving and get going. Actually this situation is great to start over and relearn some basics. I'll find greater and higher goals to reach in the process, one way or another and no matter how long it will take!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Can't fly without gravity
I like this quote from Jim Rohn. It basically means that we can't achieve anything in life without obstacles and difficulties.
We need challenges to get rich or to go somewhere. Jim Rohn used to say it would be like scoring a touchdown with avoiding the big guys here to beat you down. "Would it be a touchdown if the field were empty?"
A friend told me one day that we need to "embrace and get comfortable with difficulties." Not trying to get more obstacles and issues so we can be happy but more in a way of being aware that nothing will come easy. People get frustrated when the first obstacle comes up. So we need to be aware of that, be comfortable and accept the challenge in front of us. Then we have to develop new skills and more wisdom!
We need challenges to get rich or to go somewhere. Jim Rohn used to say it would be like scoring a touchdown with avoiding the big guys here to beat you down. "Would it be a touchdown if the field were empty?"
A friend told me one day that we need to "embrace and get comfortable with difficulties." Not trying to get more obstacles and issues so we can be happy but more in a way of being aware that nothing will come easy. People get frustrated when the first obstacle comes up. So we need to be aware of that, be comfortable and accept the challenge in front of us. Then we have to develop new skills and more wisdom!
Efforts and rewards
Right after an effort, the great thing about it, even if it didn't go just like we wanted it, is that we can learn from our experience and it can give you a boost of motivation to keep pushing forward.
It gives tracks we can learn from and correct the mistakes we've been doing. Then rewards will come.
A lot of people want the rewards right away and without doing any mistakes along the way. I guess that's one of the mistakes a lot of people do. They are trying to shortcut the shortcut and want thing yesterday even if they didn't know they wanted it today. And in the process they get confused not having what they want and start blaming anything and everything.
Looks like in life, there are processes we need to follow in order to be successful at anything we do.
First, put the efforts and then get the rewards. It doesn't work backwards apparently!
It gives tracks we can learn from and correct the mistakes we've been doing. Then rewards will come.
A lot of people want the rewards right away and without doing any mistakes along the way. I guess that's one of the mistakes a lot of people do. They are trying to shortcut the shortcut and want thing yesterday even if they didn't know they wanted it today. And in the process they get confused not having what they want and start blaming anything and everything.
Looks like in life, there are processes we need to follow in order to be successful at anything we do.
First, put the efforts and then get the rewards. It doesn't work backwards apparently!
Most people are just not good. Period!
Most people wonder why rich people get rich and why they don't.
Most people ask how rich guys manage to be rich.
Most people think being rich means being lucky.
Well my opinion on that is simple: most people are just not good! Period!
I don't think it takes luck or some kind of magic to be good or very good. It is "just" a matter and a combination of persistence, hard work, commitment, and practice.
If most of the people won't be diligent enough to do just some of this but at the same time would like to get the same result, well, the answer is very simple. IT JUST WON'T HAPPEN! If you have heard about the law of "Sowing and Reaping" you would know that everything in life is just a matter of what you put in. The more you put in, the more you get out of it.
it's very simple and if you take it backwords, you will understand why most people don't succeed: "the less you put in, the less you get of it."
So to get something out of your life, make sure you put a lot in. Don't think of what you will get, because you never really know all you will have. The only guarantee is that you will get something out for sure and most of the time, not exactly how you wanted it at first but usually more that you would ever thought!
"You get out of it what you put into it!"
Most people ask how rich guys manage to be rich.
Most people think being rich means being lucky.
Well my opinion on that is simple: most people are just not good! Period!
I don't think it takes luck or some kind of magic to be good or very good. It is "just" a matter and a combination of persistence, hard work, commitment, and practice.
If most of the people won't be diligent enough to do just some of this but at the same time would like to get the same result, well, the answer is very simple. IT JUST WON'T HAPPEN! If you have heard about the law of "Sowing and Reaping" you would know that everything in life is just a matter of what you put in. The more you put in, the more you get out of it.
it's very simple and if you take it backwords, you will understand why most people don't succeed: "the less you put in, the less you get of it."
So to get something out of your life, make sure you put a lot in. Don't think of what you will get, because you never really know all you will have. The only guarantee is that you will get something out for sure and most of the time, not exactly how you wanted it at first but usually more that you would ever thought!
"You get out of it what you put into it!"
Monday, March 8, 2010
Making the decision
Continuing on last post, a great friend of mine wrote on her Facebook profile: "Act is not difficult but making the decision of acting is the most difficult."
It hit me! Indeed, we can make all the decisions and plans in the world but if we don't act on them we won't do or have anything what so ever!
1/ plan and write down everything needed to do
2/ make the decision and commit yourself of acting and never quiting no matter the reason
3/ take action right away!
It hit me! Indeed, we can make all the decisions and plans in the world but if we don't act on them we won't do or have anything what so ever!
1/ plan and write down everything needed to do
2/ make the decision and commit yourself of acting and never quiting no matter the reason
3/ take action right away!
Friday, March 5, 2010
Why we don't do what we shoud and do what we shouldn't?
It's amazing how we can easily lose focus on what's important for us and just let ourselves do the non necessary things.
It's so easy, so tempting and so useless to spend major time on minor things. The most important thing is to keep our focus on what we have to be doing and spend major time on major things.
Here's a Facebook message from John Assaraf to stay focus:
"Do you want to get focused RIGHT now on achieving great results in one or more areas of your life/business?
Stop whatever you are doing right now and ask these TWO questions:
1- What am I doing or allowing right now that isn't supporting me in achieving my goals?
2- What can I do right now to support my goal of achieving___ Then do it!
Do this exercise twice daily for immediate adjustments and once weekly for strategic direction.Your results will grow exponentially."There is no such thing as Time Management- There is Only event management."
John Assaraf
For me now, I need to implement this simple discipline and put it on my daily calendar to make sure I work on it everyday.
It's so easy, so tempting and so useless to spend major time on minor things. The most important thing is to keep our focus on what we have to be doing and spend major time on major things.
Here's a Facebook message from John Assaraf to stay focus:
"Do you want to get focused RIGHT now on achieving great results in one or more areas of your life/business?
Stop whatever you are doing right now and ask these TWO questions:
1- What am I doing or allowing right now that isn't supporting me in achieving my goals?
2- What can I do right now to support my goal of achieving___ Then do it!
Do this exercise twice daily for immediate adjustments and once weekly for strategic direction.Your results will grow exponentially."There is no such thing as Time Management- There is Only event management."
John Assaraf
For me now, I need to implement this simple discipline and put it on my daily calendar to make sure I work on it everyday.
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