Inspirational start to 2012
Posted by: mt on: January 15, 2012
”Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they come to it.” W.C. Stone
Life is like a walk in the woods … Overcome obstacles as they come, along the way !
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Inspirational Start to 2012
Posted by: mt on: January 15, 2012
”Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they come to it.” W.C. Stone
Life is like a walk in the woods … Overcome obstacles as they come, along the way !
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
Posted by: mt on: December 31, 2011
May 2012 be a terrific year for you !
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Season’s Greetings
Posted by: mt on: December 24, 2011
christmas
It’s the season of giving and receiving.
They say the best things in life are free
But to me the best gifts in life are priceless:
Love, Forgiveness and Hope!
This season, let’s give the most precious gifts of all
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Collection of Inspirations : August 15
Posted by: mt on: August 16, 2009
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” (Abraham Lincoln)
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.” (Rogers, 1961)
“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.” (W. A. Ward)
Cross Roads …
Posted by: mt on: August 30, 2009
Which Road Should I Take?
“Would you tell me which way I ought to go from here?” asked Alice.
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get,” said the Cat.
“I really don’t care where” replied Alice.
“Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
- Quote from the Alice in Wonderland Movie
Do What You Love ! Aptitude counts
Posted by: mt on: December 18, 2009
“I’m a firm believer in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It’s difficult to excel at something you don’t enjoy.” (Jack Nichlaus)
Do you want to be happy?
Do you want to do what you love ?
Do you want to make a difference in the world?
If you want to make a difference in the world, No, you don’t have to be a super hero.
The greatest change happens when people that are deeply passionate, do what they love!
You can make a difference in the world Just by simply doing the single most important thing you feel passionate about!
Let us put this in another way:
If you are doing work that’s boring, you probably might provide people with some value, earn enough to
pay your rent, enough to get by.
If you do not work for the love of your work but work for the money, chances are you will not find much
money or much fun in life in doing what you do.
This really sounds like a no win situation !
BUT
If you do work that excites you, keeps you up at night, makes you think about it all day, energizes and fulfills you…
You will give yourself to it completely.
You will never mind putting in more time, more energy, more passion. Because it is satisfying and worth the while.
And you will create such an impact by your work that you will be inciting change and inspire people around you!
Remember, the world needs you to do what you love.
Nothing else can create more change, or have a greater impact on the lives of people and the planet.
“There is some place where your specialness can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It is up to you to find it, and you can.” (David Viscott)
Happiness
Posted by: mt on: September 13, 2009
Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.
The glass is both half filled and half empty.
It depends on how you choose to perceive it!
Inspirational Quotes for daily living
Posted by: mt on: October 22, 2009
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow” (Eistein)
“The future depends on what we do in the present.” (Mahatma Gandhi)
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” (R. H., Schuller)
“There is some place where your specialness can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It’s up to you to find it, and you can.” (David Viscott)
“The person who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun lin life.” (Charles M. Schwab)
Seasons of Life – Personal Inspiration
Posted by: mt on: October 27, 2009
There’s a time to work, a time to play
There’s a time to stay, a time to leave
A time to return, a time for reunion
Nothing lasts forever, everything changes
Nothing is permanant, anything is possible
Sucess is not constant, failure is not fatal
Where there is a will, there is a way
If you think you can, you can
If you think you are, you become
My friends
Take heart, never give up
Follow your heart and realise your dreams!…If you feel motivated and inspired by this post, feel free to leave your comments and words of encouragement, inspiration for self help.
Overcoming Failure
Posted by: mt on: January 10, 2010
No one actually wants to encounter failure in their life. However, with the right attitude, you can use your failure in order to get yourself to success in an accelerated fashion.
Overcoming Failure
The first step to overcoming failure is to accept your situation. Failure is a natural part of life. When you attempt to be too perfect, it’ll cause you stress and you won’t be able to get yourself past to the part of acceptance. You don’t want to be carrying that burden around with you forever.
Your Positive Outlook
The next step is to turn your negative thoughts into positive ones. Don’t be tempted to wallow in it. Look at your failure as just a stepping stone on your way to success. There’s always a silver lining hidden in any negative situation – Look for yours!
How Failure Can Speed Up Success
When you’re in the process of overcoming failure you’re given the unique opportunity to analyze what went wrong. Take time to study the exact steps that you took, what outcome you received and the reasons why the failure occurred. After this analysis you can draft up a new plan in order to get to success. Only this time you’ll be smarter and better equipped.
Never Give Up On Yourself
As long as you’re still trying on that road to success, then you actually haven’t failed. It’s only once you’ve given up that you’ve failed.
Life is tough though. Of course there will be times when you feel like giving up. It’s those people that still make the extra effort even when they feel like giving up that reach success. There’s nothing stopping you from being one of these people. Give yourself proper time, stop comparing yourself to others and just plough forward with your plans, you’ll get there before you know it.
Money : How to Motivate Yourself To Save
Posted by: mt on: February 3, 2010
Many of us would like to have money in savings. Having some money set aside can make a huge difference in our ability to reach for our dreams.
But when you’ve got a long way to go before you meet your financial goal, and when – frankly – a dollar spent now seems to provide a lot more pleasure than a dollar saved, how can you make sure you’re motivated enough to put money aside on a regular basis?
Some tips for you…
1. Save Little And Often
How about saving just a dollar or two each day? Most of us can cut a couple of dollars of unnecessary spending every day (how about skipping that latte, carpooling, ditching your daily newspaper..?), over the course of a year, you’ll have saved several hundred dollars.
2. Read Personal Finance Blogs
I find that I get encouraged to save – and to adopt good financial habits in general – by reading about others’ tips and success. One of my must-read blogs for this is The Simple Dollar; Trent writes very well, and covers topics in-depth without making them too complicated. Other good blogs on personal finance are Get Rich Slowly and Wise Bread.
3. Keep a Savings Log
Something that’s often recommended for those sorting out their finances is to keep a spending log – to write down what you spend, so that you have a clear picture of where all the money is going.
A twist on this, though, is to keep a savings log. Each time you make a deposit into your savings account (or each time you shove a few dollars into the jam jar hidden under your bed), write down the date and how much you saved. This can be a great way to motivate yourself to save more.
4. Save Towards A Specific Goal
Having a very clear goal in mind can make it much easier to save up. Your end reward might not be a tangible thing like a vacation or a new purchase: it might be peace of mind, or a sense of security or freedom. Consider visualizing how you’ll feel once you have your target amount in the bank. Will it take a weight off your shoulders? Will you be proud of what you’ve achieved?
5. Automate Your Savings
Get your bank to transfer $100 (or $200 or $500 etc) from your checking account into a savings account, at the start of each month. If the money goes out without you having to lift a finger, chances are that you’ll simply let it head off into the savings pot …
There are plenty more ways to motivate yourself to save – so let’s hear some of your best tips in the comments!
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Relationships – 80:20 Rule
Posted by: mt on: January 20, 2010
There is no human being on earth who is perfect.
No perfect husband or wife exists, neither will there be a perfect marriage where the couple lived in eternal bliss with no quarrels, disagreements, misunderstandings and in total accordance with each other.
But, we wish for perfection, some of us will do our best to attempt to change our partner into someone whom we prefer.
How do you do that? How do you make your relationship as flawless as you could? By working on your partner’s faults and weaknesses, hoping to turn them into strengths and qualities that will augment the marriage, in your opinion.
But what if, your partner already possesses 80% of qualities in the image of a perfect spouse that you desire, and it’s only the 20% that acts as the obstacle towards you achieving the ultimate mark? Would you be so affected by that 20% and keep harping on it to yourself?
Some wives will whine about their partner’s lack of initiative, messiness, lack of communication, and fail to appreciate the stability, responsibility and honesty, the exact traits which made them commit to their relationship in the first place. The same goes for the husbands.
Without realising, these people are magnifying the problems, and making them seem larger than life. They begin to perceive the weakness as one that is much more serious than it actually is, and that gives them even more reason to talk about it, and it makes things worse again. They have just begun a vicious cycle.
Why not think about the 80% when you are affected by the 20? Because when you choose to focus on the good, only then will you be able to draw strength from the love that comes with it, then deal with that 20% .
See, how men focus on the negative even when it is only 20%, and so easily become blind to the goodness of things.
You are what your mind is capable of thinking and focusing. So, make the right decision today to zoom in to the plus points, and refrain yourself from indulging in your insatisfactions, othrewise you will be sucked into the black hole unconsciously.
culled from: www.kloudiia.com
Famous People With a Degree in Psychology
Posted by: mt on: January 20, 2010
What do Natalie Portman, Hugh Hefner and Ted Bundy all have in common? No, this isn’t the set up for a bad joke. What these three famous (or infamous) individuals have in common is that they all earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. The following are just a few well-known individuals who were psychology majors.
•Jerry Bruckheimer (television and movie producer): B.A. in psychology from the University of Arizona
•Wes Craven (film director and writer): B.A. in psychology and education from Wheaton College
•Gloria Estefan (singer and song-writer): B.A. in psychology from the University of Miami
•Hugh Hefner (magazine publisher): B.A. in psychology from the University of Illinois
•Katherine Hepburn (actress): B.S. in psychology from Bryn Mawr College
•Guy Kawasaki (venture capitalist and blogger): B.A. in psychology from Stanford University
•Natalie Portman (actress): B.A. in psychology from Harvard University
•Ted Bundy (serial killer): B.A. in psychology from the University of Washington
•Monica Lewinsky (former White House intern): B.A. in psychology from Lewis and Clark College
•Jon Stewart (political satirist and television host): B.A. in psychology from the College of William and Mary
Validation?
Posted by: mt on: February 7, 2010
Interesting video about the simplest thing in life that we all can DO!
Theories of Love – Part 1
Posted by: mt on: February 27, 2010
Psychologists and researchers have proposed a number of different theories of love. The following are some major theories proposed to explain liking, love, and emotional attachment.
Liking vs. Loving
Psychologist Zick Rubin proposed that romantic love is made up of three elements: attachment, caring, and intimacy. Attachment is the need to receive care, approval, and physical contact with the other person. Caring involves valuing the other persons needs and happiness as much as your own. Intimacy refers to the sharing of thoughts, desires, and feelings with the other person.
Based upon this definition, Rubin devised a questionnaire to assess attitudes about others and found that these scales of liking and loving provided support for his conception of love.
Compassionate vs. Passionate Love
According to psychologist Elaine Hatfield and her colleagues, there are two basic types of love: compassionate love and passionate love. Compassionate love is characterized by mutual respect, attachment, affection, and trust. Compassionate love usually develops out of feelings of mutual understanding and shared respect for each other.
Passionate love is characterized by intense emotions, sexual attraction, anxiety, and affection. When these intense emotions are reciprocated, people feel elated and fulfilled. Unreciprocated love leads to feelings of despondence and despair. Hatfield suggests that passionate love is transitory, usually lasting between 6 and 30 months.
According to Hatfield, passionate love arises when cultural expectations encourage falling in love, when the person meets your preconceived ideas of an ideal lover, and when you experience heightened physiological arousal in the presence of the other person.
Ideally passionate love then leads to compassionate love, which is far more enduring. While most people desire relationships that combine the security and stability of compassionate with the intensity of passionate love, Hatfield suggests that this is rare.
The Color Wheel Model of Love
In his 1973 book The Colors of Love, John Lee compared styles of love to the color wheel. Just as there are three primary colors, Lee suggested that there are three primary styles of love. These three styles of love are: (1) Eros, (2) Ludos, and (3) Storge.
Continuing the color wheel analogy, Lee proposed that just as the primary colors can be combined to create complementary colors, these three primary styles of love could be combined to create nine different secondary love styles. For example, a combination of Eros and Ludos results in Mania, or obsessive love.
Lee’s 6 Styles of Loving
Three primary styles:
1. Eros – Loving an ideal person
2. Ludos – Love as a game
3. Storge – Love as friendship
Three secondary styles:
1. Mania (Eros + Ludos) – Obsessive love
2. Pragma (Ludos + Storge) – Realistic and practical love
3. Agape (Eros + Storge) – Selfless love
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You can be BETTER! Part 1
Posted by: mt on: April 24, 2010
Yes! You can be BETTER !
Better Because…You Choose
Many people spend years climbing the corporate ladder in Fortune 100 companies and were fortunate to attend top-rated training and executive leadership programs. After leaving behind their corporate lives, would the same tools used to achieve success in business also worked just as well for life in general?
So we’ve picked the best of these tools – from executive coaches, close friends and family – and are happy to share it with you.
THREE CORE BELIEFS
FIRST. Life Is What You Think.
Consider this saying from the Mahatma Ghandi:
Let your thoughts be positive
For they will become your words.
Let your words be positive
For they will become your actions.
Let your actions be positive
For they will become your values.
Let your values be positive
For they will become your destiny.
Our thoughts influence our actions, which determines results. As we’ve learned from our parents, positive thoughts lead to inspired actions, which can lead to better results.
So, remember this: Thoughts + Actions = Quality of Life
You’ve probably heard this before, but it’s a good reminder. If we are to make the world better, it begins with how we think.
Written by :
Cathy Haffner and Ginny Hutchinson are co-founders of Better Because, a positive media company, whose mission is to make life a little better. They are successful Fortune 100 executives now in their Second Act, who learned valuable (and humorous) lessons from their careers, 20-year marriages, and their children. Their new book, Better Because of You, is a top seller and essential reading for a better life!
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You can be BETTER – Part 2
Posted by: mt on: June 12, 2010
You can be better …
because You choose to be !
Many people spend years climbing the corporate ladder in Fortune 100 companies and were fortunate to attend top-rated training and executive leadership programs. After leaving behind their corporate lives, would the same tools used to achieve success in business also worked just as well for life in general?
We have selected 3 core beliefs to share with you. Previously, we shared that the first belief is : Life is what you think
The second core belief about life is:
SECOND. Life Cycles.
Life is not a straight line, it’s more like a series of circles that go around and around, up and down, similar to a spring.
This is a natural cycle in life. Every year, we have four seasons – the Fall is when trees shed their leaves and in the Winter, there is a period of dormancy (some animals hibernate). Then, Spring is a renewal and Summer is a period of full bloom.
Some periods of time days are filled with questioning, which builds into creative thinking, which leads to inspired action. All, the doldrums can set in again, where we can languish… until we start questioning, which builds into creative thinking, which takes us once again to inspired action.
This is where positive thinking and actions have an influence on the quality of your life.
Written by :
Cathy Haffner and Ginny Hutchinson are co-founders of Better Because, a positive media company, whose mission is to make life a little better. They are successful Fortune 100 executives now in their Second Act, who learned valuable (and humorous) lessons from their careers, 20-year marriages, and their children. Their new book, Better Because of You, is a top seller and essential reading for a better life!
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You can be BETTER – Part 3
Posted by: mt on: August 21, 2010
Better Because…You Choose
Many people spend years climbing the corporate ladder in Fortune 100 companies and were fortunate to attend top-rated training and executive leadership programs. After leaving behind their corporate lives, would the same tools used to achieve success in business also worked just as well for life in general?
We have selected 3 core beliefs to share with you.
Previously, we shared that the first belief is : Life is what you think
The second core belief about life is: Life is in Cycles.
The Third core belief about life is:
THIRD. Life’s A Gem.
Most of us get caught in some sort of tunnel-vision. Work, work, work. Or, everything for the kids. Or totally sports.
But in reality, life has many facets. Here are seven that seem to cover everything.
Health
Wealth
Wisdom
Work
Play
Others
Service
Keep all facets in full perspective all the time, and you’ll see your life as a sparkling gem.
These three core beliefs drive the Better Because movement.
In order to inspire positive change through our individual actions, we try to be conscious of our thoughts, aware of life cycles, and sensitive to the phase we are in at any given time.
You have the ability to choose your actions every day. Whether it’s something as simple as if you will exercise today, or making longer-term life decisions, you’re the one who makes the choices, and takes the action.
Most of us have one facet of our life to pay attention to and work to be more balanced.
What choices will you make today?
What facet of your life do you need to pay more attention to?
Try This: Make 2 columns, one marked “Good Job” and one marked “Area of Focus”. Review the 7 facet of life (Health, Wealth, Work, Play, Service & Others) and decide which column each of them fall under. Decide what you can do today on one of “Area of Focus”to make life a little better.
Make it fun to do…consider how you might feel if you accomplished your small action today and stayed focused on it, until you were satisfied. Go for it!
Written by :
Cathy Haffner and Ginny Hutchinson are co-founders of Better Because, a positive media company, whose mission is to make life a little better. They are successful Fortune 100 executives now in their Second Act, who learned valuable (and humorous) lessons from their careers, 20-year marriages, and their children. Their new book, Better Because of You, is a top seller and essential reading for a better life!
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Love : Romeo and Juliet
Posted by: mt on: February 14, 2010
Theories of Love – Part 2
Posted by: mt on: July 8, 2010
Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love
This is perhaps one of my favorite theory of love.
Psychologist Robert Sternberg proposed a triangular theory of love that suggests that there are three components of love: intimacy, passion, and commitment.
The three components, pictorially labeled on the vertices of a triangle, interact with each other and with the actions they produce and with the actions that produce them so as to form seven different kinds of love experiences (nonlove is not represented). The size of the triangle functions to represent the “amount” of love – the bigger the triangle the greater the love. The shape of the triangle functions to represent the “type” of love, which may vary over the course of the relationship:
Different combinations of these three components result in different types of love. According to Sternberg, relationships built on two or more elements are more enduring that those based upon a single component.
The different combinations are listed below :
* Nonlove is the absence of all three of Sternberg’s components of love.
* Liking/friendship in this case is not used in a trivial sense. Sternberg says that this intimate liking characterizes true friendships, in which a person feels a bondedness, a warmth, and a closeness with another but not intense passion or long-term commitment.
* Infatuated love is pure passion. Romantic relationships often start out as infatuated love and become romantic love as intimacy develops over time. However, without developing intimacy or commitment, infatuated love may disappear suddenly.
* Empty love is characterized by commitment without intimacy or passion. Sometimes, a stronger love deteriorates into empty love. In cultures in which arranged marriages are common, relationships often begin as empty love and develop into one of the other forms with the passing of time.
* Romantic love bonds individuals emotionally through intimacy and physically through passionate arousal.
* Companionate love is an intimate, non-passionate type of love that is stronger than friendship because of the element of long-term commitment. Sexual desire is not an element of companionate love. This type of love is often found in marriages in which the passion has gone out of the relationship but a deep affection and commitment remain. The love ideally shared between family members is a form of companionate love, as is the love between close friends who have a platonic but strong friendship.
* Fatuous love can be exemplified by a whirlwind courtship and marriage in which a commitment is motivated largely by passion without the stabilizing influence of intimacy. A relationship, however, whereby an individual party agrees to sexual favors purely out of commitment issues, or is pressured/forced into sexual acts does not comprise Fatuous love, and instead tends more to Empty love.
* Consummate love is the complete form of love, representing an ideal relationship toward which people strive. Of the seven varieties of love, consummate love is theorized to be that love associated with the “perfect couple”. According to Sternberg, such couples will continue to have great sex fifteen years or more into the relationship, they can not imagine themselves happy over the long-term with anyone else, they overcome their few difficulties gracefully, and each delight in the relationship with one other. However, Sternberg cautions that maintaining a consummate love may be even harder than achieving it. He stresses the importance of translating the components of love into action. Thus, consummate love may not be permanent. If passion is lost over time, it may change into compassionate love.
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Seattle Pike Place Market
Posted by: mt on: April 28, 2010
Seattle’s Pike Place Market – Then and Now
Seattle Washington
Historical photograph provided by Seattle Museum of Histroy and Industry, Contemporary photograph by Ed Lowe
Queen Elizabeth Park Vancouver B.C.
Posted by: mt on: April 28, 2010
Queen Elizabeth Park Vancouver B.C. canada
Situated in the heart of the city, atop Little Mountain, the gardens are a delight to the visitor. To add to the pleasure is the Bloedel Floral Conservatory with its many tropical plants and seasonal floral displays.
Bangkok – The Royal Barge
Posted by: mt on: April 28, 2010
Thai Royal Barge
Bangkok – The Royal Barge
Inspiration
Posted by: mt on: April 28, 2010
On occasion, what you need most is a burst of inspiration to keep you moving forward. This is a quote I recently stumbled upon… and found very inspiring.
“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Take me as I am
Posted by: mt on: May 16, 2010
Very Inspiring song that I’d like to share with all women out there.
Remember:
Don’t let anybody tell you that you are too old, fat, ugly…
Don’t let anybody tell you what you what you should do or eat…
Enjoy the song!
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Take me as I am
She’s been down and out
She’s been wrote about
She’s been talked about, constantly
She’s been up and down
She’s been pushed around
But they held her down, NYC
She has no regrets
She accepts the past
All these things they
helped make to make she
She’s been lost and found
And she’s still around
There’s a reason for everything
You know I’ve been holdin on.
Try to make me weak,
But I still stay strong.
Put my life all up in these songs
Jus so you can feel me.
so you can get the real me
So take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
Just take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
Now she’s older now
Yes, she’s wiser now
Can’t disguise her now
She don’t need
No one tellin her
What to do and say
No one tellin her
Who to be
She’s on solid ground
She’s been lost and found
Now, she answers to G-O-D
And she’s confident
This is not the end
Ask me how I know
Cause she is me.
You know I’ve been holdin on.
Try to make me weak,
But I still stay strong.
Put my life all up in these songs
Jus so you can feel me.
so you can get the real me
So take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
Just take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
So it’s all or nothing at all,
All or nothing at all
Don’t you know I can only be me.
(I can only be me, yeah)
So take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
Just take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
Take me as I am.
Take me as I am.
Said it’s all or nothing at all
Said it’s all or nothing at all
Just take me as I am,
or have nothing at all. (This is me)
Just take me as I am, (take me as i am)
or have nothing at all.
Just take me as I am, (take me as i am)
or have nothing, nothing at all.
Take me as I am.
50 Creative (and Crazy) Ways to Quit Smoking Once and for All -1
Posted by: mt on: July 10, 2010
This article was first published by NursingSchools.net courtesy of Ken Martin.
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Everyone knows that smoking is one of the most unhealthy things you can do to yourself, but still, many people continue to smoke because they simply can’t quit. If you’re struggling to quit smoking, you may be ready to do some crazy things to kick the habit, and we’ve got just the thing for you. These are 50 creative and crazy ways to finally put out the smoke monster.
Health
Here are several healthy things you can do to stop smoking.
1.Have a heart attack: A smoking-induced heart attack might be just the ticket to finally scare you into quitting.
2.Get your teeth cleaned: Invest in a good cleaning so that you’ll be sorry to mess up your pearly whites with smoke.
3.Eat booster foods: Garlic and ginger are good for pulling smoking chemicals out of your body.
4.Brush your teeth when you want to smoke: Any time you have a craving, just brush your teeth or swish with mouthwash to enjoy a clean feeling instead of smoke.
5.Become pregnant: Once you are carrying an unborn child who depends on you for its health, you will feel too guilty to light up.
6.Take up mountain biking: There’s no way you can bike up a mountain as a smoker!Support
These ideas may provide you with the support you need to kick the habit.
1.Start a Facebook group: John Mellencamp’s son started a Facebook group, and if it attracts enough people, his father will kick the habit.
2.Make it a family affair: Ask other smokers in your family to join you in quitting.
3.Make a bet: Bet one of your smoking friends that if one of you quits for a month, the other has to buy a steak dinner.
4.Pay a fine: Agree to quit smoking or pay a fine to a friend.
5.Wear a sign: Wear a sign that asks people not to sell or give you any cigarettes.
6.Start a blog: Be accountable by telling your quitting story.
7.Announce you’re quitting on social media: Tell your friends and family of your plans to quit so that they can support-and pester you-about it.
to be continued….
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More tips to quit smoking …
Posted by: mt on: July 30, 2010
more tips to quit smoking …
Psychological
These ideas will help get smoking out of your head.
1.Bury your cigarettes: Wrap your packs in a plastic bag and bury it in the backyard so you’ll have to dig them up each time you want a smoke.
2.Use creative visualization: Imagine cigarettes wearing boxing gloves and beating you up-and you should punch back.
3.Get hypnotized: Hypnosis can work for some smokers.
Motivation
Stay motivated to quit smoking with these ideas.
1.Visit lung cancer victims: Go to the hospital and sit down with patients who have smoke-induced lung cancer, and see what they have to say about smoking.
2.Spend the money elsewhere: Take the money you’d normally spend on cigarettes, and treat yourself to something fun instead.
3.Remember other difficult things you’ve conquered: Keep in mind challenges you’ve faced in the past to give yourself confidence.
4.Look at photos of lifelong smokers: Check out photographs of people who never stopped smoking to see how you’ll look if you don’t quit.
5.Plan treats: Along each milestone, have a reward prepared to give yourself in return for making it so far without a smoke.
6.Put your savings in a glass jar: Physically see how much you’re not spending on cigarettes.
7.Learn about smoking facts: Look up dismal facts about the disadvantages of smoking.
8.Imagine your children smoking: Each time you want to smoke, think about what your kids would look like smoking-because it’s likely that they will if they grow up with a smoking parent.
9.Plan a cruise: At the end of a period in which you haven’t smoked, have a reward set up like an Alaskan cruise or visit to an old friend who wants you to quit.
Gross & Painful
Definitely on the crazy end of the spectrum, these methods are gross, maybe even painful, but effective.
1.Drink baking soda: This woman mixed baking soda in water and it killed her desire to smoke.
2.Wear a rubber band: Snap a rubber band against your wrist when you want to smoke to associate it with unpleasantness.
3.Look at smoking disease photos: Check out photos of diseased lungs, mouths, and throats so they’ll be burned into your mind any time you want to smoke.
4.Keep just one: Hang onto a solitary cigarette and light it when you need a smoke, then extinguish it and save it for later.
5.Smell some wet cigarettes: Gather up some butts, put some water on them and sniff the mess to gross yourself out about smoking.
6.Fill a room with smoke: Close off windows and doors, then light a few cigarettes and let them burn to see how gross it is. Be careful to do this with supervision.
7.Check out YouTube: Watch anti-smoking videos of oral cancers, brains, and more.
8.Smoke yourself sick: Chain smoke until you’re just sick of it, crush your pack and don’t look back.
If you need further help, perhaps it’s time to visit a therapist or counsellor as there may be other underlaying problems that drives you to smoke. Take heart. As they saying goes, “Rome was not built in one day”. Relax, be patient with yourself, I’m sure you’ll succeed in time to come.
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Planet Earth Rocks
Posted by: mt on: July 31, 2010
A tribute to planet Earth, our home!
2010 in review
Posted by: mt on: January 3, 2011
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:
The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever.
Crunchy numbers
A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 7,400 times in 2010. That’s about 18 full 747s.
In 2010, there were 24 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 60 posts. There were 32 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 10mb. That’s about 3 pictures per month.
The busiest day of the year was December 15th with 116 views. The most popular post that day was Curiosity.
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, blogcatalog.com, en.wordpress.com, en.search.wordpress.com, and self-help.totalblogdirectory.com.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for sternberg’s triangular theory of love, curiosity, triangular theory of love, happiness, and happiness quotes.
Attractions in 2010
These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.
Curiosity November 2009
Happiness September 2009
Theories of Love – Part 1 February 2010
The Refrigerator test November 2009
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Relationships – 80:20 Rule January 2010
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What To Do When You Have To Take a Step Back – 2
Posted by: mt on: October 1, 2011
In the process of any form of achievement there will be times where you take a step back
where things don’t go as planned and you fall into a bit of a slump.
These moments can hurt. But don’t quit…
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Inspire yourself…
Music, good books and the videos from Gary Vaynerchuk rarely fail to get me back in my groove. Discover your muses and then exploit the hell out of them in your down times.
Stop doing anything. Be still and relax. Taking a step back can be spurred from burning out and you can’t recover from that by running your engines even hotter. Don’t feel guilty for purposeful unproductiveness. Enjoy it.
Blast some music…
Nothing gets me pumped up more than playing some Ben Harper at a most likely unhealthily loud volume. Get some good speakers (fan of the Logitech Z-10 system myself) and get lost in the melodies.
Get something done…
Make some form of progress. Whatever it is doesn’t particularly matter, just kick your mind into gear by realizing that the step back was only temporary.
Hang out with friends…
This is essentially “Stop doing anything” but with the added distraction of your buddies to help take your mind off your step back. If you want to take a more active approach consider joining a mastermind group. Then you can hang out with like-minded individuals and take steps forward at the same time.
Solidify your plan…
What is your current plan of action? Run through it, slowly, and begin revising or removing any weak links. Make your plan a flawless sequence of events to take action on – there’s no room for mediocrity.
Smile!
Force one if you have to. Just smile. It’s proven that the physical act of smiling has the same effect as being genuinely happy. Sit, smile and breath.
Step forward…
Don’t live in the past. Take action that takes your forward towards your goals. Stepping back is an inevitable part of life – make sure it doesn’t become he only part of life.
In life and work, we’re bound to face many obstacles, What’s your motivation for carrying on?
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What To Do When You Have To Take a Step Back – 1
Posted by: mt on: August 21, 2011
In the process of any form of achievement there will be times …
where you take a step back –
where things don’t go as planned
when you fall into a bit of a slump.
These moments hurt. But don’t quit…
ladder to success
Persistence …
is an aspect of success that many people struggle with because it is difficult to keep working, fly past the tipping point point. I hope these strategies make the road towards your goals simpler, with less interference from steps backwards.
Identify the cause. ..
Any solution requires a clear problem. What is it specifically that you’ve deemed to be a step away from your goals? When you break things down like this instead of responding immediately with “Everything’s gone wrong, I’m doomed!” you’re able to think logically without the interference of emotion. Smart decisions can be made in response.
Remember where you’re going…
Have a clear direction, an end goal. This is a key tool for motivating yourself through times where everything feels to be going against you. Every day visualise the exact outcome you want from your goals.
Realize it’s just a pot hole, not a canyon…
It’s a scrape not a flesh wound. Any step back is reversible and rarely requires any major shift in actions or thoughts. Be mindful of what went wrong, acknowledge it, and move on.
What’s your take in the face of trouble? Will you quit or persevere?
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Become Unbreakable: More Personal Resilience 1
Posted by: mt on: December 10, 2011
How much better would your life be if you were unbreakable? If you knew that no matter what happened that you would survive and persevere — and that maybe you’d even come out a little better?
We cannot escape pain, difficulty, failure, tragedy, and heartache.
Sooner or later it will find us despite our best efforts to protect ourselves. Instead of trying to bob and weave what life throws at us, I’d rather have the comfort of knowing that I can take life’s best shot and be able to get back up and move forward. To me, that’s empowerment. Having that kind of personal fortitude and resilience is a game changer. Instead of being dogged by fear and uncertainty, you will have inner peace and confidence that you will survive.
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The American Psychological Association (APA) focused their research on resilience after the tragic events of 9/11. Resilience, according to the APA, is the ability to adapt well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, and from sources of stress such as work pressures, health, family or relationship problems. They found that a resilient person is not only able to handle the crisis of the moment more effectively, but that they are also able to recover and get back on their feet more quickly.
According to the APA, you can create more personal resilience with these ten tips:
1. Make connections. Personal resilience doesn’t mean it’s all up to you. Having good relationships with close family members, friends, or others is critical to resilience and well-being. When tragedy strikes, the worst thing you can do is avoid friends and loved ones. Start cultivating your relationships today, so when you need support, you have a whole network of people to help.
2. Avoid seeing crises as insurmountable problems. Don’t fall into the trap of all-or-nothing thinking, which says that everything is either perfect or terrible. There are always shades of gray. Focus less on the past and more on the future you want. Also, look for exceptions. In Solution Focused Therapy, exceptions are those times when the problem is gone or at least not as bad. Are there times in the current crisis you’re your problems don’t feel so insurmountable?
3. Accept that change is a part of living. Know that whatever you’re going through others have experienced before. You are not alone — change, in whatever form, is a natural part of life.
Being unbreakable doesn’t mean that you can’t cry or need to act tough or mask your feelings by putting on a happy face. Being unbreakable means you give yourself the freedom to break, knowing you have the tools to put yourself back together again.
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Get Over Yourself!
Posted by: mt on: September 11, 2011
When you walk into a networking event, what are you thinking?
When you are introduced to someone new, are you trying to remember their name or are you instead thinking of something witty or clever to say to make a good impression?
Do you have any fear when you are in a job interview?
Are you petrified to give a public speech?
Do you resist speaking up in a meeting even if you think you might have something important to share?
Why take a chance — even a seemingly small chance — if you think everyone is watching and ready to judge you?
You don’t speak up in the meeting. You socialize with colleagues at a networking event instead of connecting with someone new.
You resist sharing a good story that highlights your skills as the perfect job candidate.
In your effort to look your best, you focus too much on yourself and how others will perceive you instead of your work and what’s most important.
Nobody performs well under constant scrutiny — real or imagined.
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Learn This Secret to Boost Your Confidence 1
Posted by: mt on: September 17, 2011
Nearly all of us, nearly all the time, are deathly afraid we’ll say the wrong thing, do the wrong thing, or just generally look like a complete idiot.
Think you’re different?
I think to some degree, all of us have this fear of constantly being watched, criticized, and judged. It might motivate a few to do their best work, but for most, this haunting belief that we always have to be “on” can be paralyzing.
In fact, psychologists use the term “imaginary audience” to describe this heightened state of vigilance that is especially strong during adolescence.
An imaginary audience is this belief that we have a group or followers that are watching, dissecting, and judging our every move. But the keyword here is “imagined.”
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Learn This Secret to Boost Your Confidence 2
Posted by: mt on: September 24, 2011
You are not the center of the universe.
Nobody really cares about your every move.
Nobody is watching, and if they happen to be, they are far less concerned with what you are doing and much more focused on what YOU are thinking about them.
That’s the irony of this.
You think you are so important that everyone cares what you do, when in fact, everyone is so preoccupied with themselves that they don’t even notice or care what you are doing.
Nobody cares about you. Furthermore, nobody thinks about you, watches you, keeps track of what you’re wearing, or notices the words you mispronounce.
And yes, this is wonderful news! Why? Nearly all of us, nearly all the time, are deathly afraid we’ll say the wrong thing, do the wrong thing, or just generally look like a complete idiot. Think you’re different?
And while this realization that you are not the center of everyone’s universe may depress you initially, I hope you’ll find that it is actually a huge blessing in disguise.
Why? It’s lets you take chances without fear of judgment.
You can raise your hand, speak your mind, share your ideas, and take bold risks without (significant) consequences.
And here’s the interesting part . . . the second you realize there is no imaginary audience critiquing your every move and the less you care what others think, the more freedom you’ll have to do your best work.
Of course, once you start doing your best work, that imaginary audience might not be in your head — people might then actually start to notice you . . .
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