Addiction Treatment

Use Creative Visualization to Achieve Your Goal

2009-09-22T19:28:00.000-07:00

An important part of this mental capacity is the power of creative visualization. This powerful tool can help you to achieve success, since it is known to have helped millions of people to reach their goals.

You can use this powerful connection between your mind and body to identify the roadblocks to your progress, remove them and then propel yourself towards your goal. The power of visualization makes your path to success almost like a reality in front of you that you can see, feel and experience!

When the patient visualizes that his body is being healed, the body begins to heal itself. Scientific studies have shown that the consistent replaying of a visual image in your mind, repeatedly, shall strongly encode the image in your brain. When the power of your feeling is strong, you will actually grow new brain cells where there was none. This is known as neurogenesis, which clearly proves the biological power of visualization.

The basic visual picture that you visualize is not important. The visual picture in your mind is merely a symbol for what you truly desire to achieve. Thus, what is important is that your feelings and desires to achieve your goals are strong enough. If you visualize a certain thing in your mind with a huge mental strength, you shall create vibrations around you that will make things happen so that you can ultimately achieve your goal.

You should begin to visualize yourself living in the house and having a happy life. If your visualization is strong enough, you will immediately begin to move in a path that shall ultimately result in your acquiring the house. You will get inspirations that shall help you achieve success in your path and this something that shall be influenced by your brain.

Scientific studies have found that all your thoughts resonate at the quantum level, and goes outward in every direction. It is almost like a mental radio signal that goes out and attracts people who can help you to reach your goal.

Thus, if you are truly intent upon reaching success, you need to open your mind and let yourself believe in the possibility that what you are thinking and visualizing, has the power to influence the reality. This, instead of creating a positive vibration, shall create a negative vibration around you that shall keep you from reaching your goal.

Residential Drug Treatment Centers

2009-09-13T13:06:00.000-07:00

If you need help with addiction or alcoholism then you should consider going to a treatment center of some sort. The whole key to beating an addiction is that you are not going to see any progress just by sitting around and wishing things were different. In order to change your life on such a massive scale you have to take massive action. It can be hard to get this level of motivation and enthusiasm when you are depressed but if you become miserable enough then you just might find the desire to take real action in your life.

Going to a treatment center is a huge step towards recovery and this constitutes real action. If you decide that you want to do something about your drug problem but you only take a modest amount of action then you are going to get terrible results. In fact, what is really important is the amount of action that you take after leaving a rehab facility.

They can teach you things in rehab about how to live sober and they can obviously get you detoxed as well, but ultimately the real test is going to happen when you walk out of those doors and back into the real world. What happens when you have your freedom is the real test of recovery and that is where you will see just how strong you are. If you have not committed to taking massive action in your recovery every day then you will probably struggle to stay clean and sober for any real length of time. Those who succeed in achieving long term sobriety are those who commit to taking daily action in a positive manner. This can all start with a trip to drug rehab.

Increasing Your Creativity

2009-08-31T12:44:00.000-07:00

When it comes to finding creativity the world is at your doorstep. You may need to come up with creative ideas for your company, or maybe you are a writer and trying desperately to break your writer's block. Whatever your reasoning for finding more creativity it is important to remember that there are always ways to get more creative. So never give up or feel hopeless if you are having troubles with it.

One thing that usually works very well for increasing your creative senses is to get out and start driving. Drive somewhere you have never been before. You'll be surprised how much your creative skills can increase just by changing your scenery. Scientific studies have shown your brain is more stimulated and works better when you are in dynamic areas. The more you dazzle your eyes and mind the more creative you'll become.

Another thing you can do to boost your creativity is to read a book about something you have no knowledge of. Often we can become very narrow minded and not be able to think out of the box. Reading and learning will get your brain thinking and give you new ideas all the while. The key to being creative is to not show any negativity. If you start doubting yourself you'll start shooting down any ideas you may come up with. Try taking one idea and mixing it with another. As long as you keep yourself open-minded to any ideas you may shoot out your creativity will flow naturally.

Finding Our Creativity in the Clouds

2009-08-31T12:39:00.000-07:00

One of the things I enjoy doing with my kids on those lazy, sunny days of summer is looking for animals and other shapes in the puffy, white clouds that drift on by. Sometimes we'd find an elephant throwing water up into the air from its trunk, other times we find a dragon breathing out fire from his mouth. One time we even saw a cat flying a spaceship next to a laughing frog.

Of course, looking for shapes in the clouds is something many of us did when we were kids. As we got older, though, we "outgrew" this habit in favour of more practical ones. Admittedly, I only resumed this playful activity thanks to the encouragement of my kids. In some ways, I suppose this should hardly be surprising as none of us really ever lost that sense of wonder and imagination that feeds our creativity.

Looking at my kids and how they can spin these tales of elephants, dragons and cats in flying saucers from abstract shapes in the air above us reminded me that all of us have that ability to create new worlds and new ideas. All we need to do is remember how when we were little, we used to love making drawings of purple dragons and orange skies, of grabbing a blanket off our beds and flying around our house in search of evil-doers to defeat. That ability is still there within all of us; the problem is we simply forgot that it was there all along.

Granted, some of us are innately more creative, more 'left brain'-centric than the rest of us, a big reason why most of us can't paint like Renoir or compose music like Mozart. But beingcreative is an ability that all of us are capable of; the only difficulty we face is how out of shape we've let our imagination get, if not how determined or driven we are to reconnect with that part of ourselves from our past. It can start with just the simple act of looking up into the sky and searching for the dragon among the clouds.

Best Winning Strategies

2009-08-21T04:47:00.001-07:00

Odds, obstacles , hardships and effects of sacrifice really do not matter.
Life is no easy job; it is not a bed of roses but a crown of thorns. There are countless difficulties. There are troubles at every turn. If we keep working willingly and gladly , definitely we win achieve the ultimate goal.

First step of winning is to be successful. Firstly determine what your real aspirations and goal. Stick your aim with single minded concentration have faith and begin the work. Success is the progressive realization of a worth goal.

For achieving winning position one should kept following things in mind. All this are responsible to achieve ultimate goal or to gain success through winning strategies :

A person should know the winning edge.
Overcome obstacles: It is well said that A smooth sea never made a skill mariner.
Every success story is also a story of great failure : First stair of success is failure. If we see the history many great achievers and discovers failed in their work but by hard work they were able to achieved. Thomas Edison experimented 10000 times while inventing electric bulb.
Desire and commitment: win requires commitment.
Hard work - There is no substitute of hard work.

Pride of Performance: If a men is called to be street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music , or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say here lived a great street sweeper who did job well.

Everyone has dream to win but my friends dreams are just a mirror which tells us what we want to become in our life and what we want to get from life. Perseverance is the best step to achieve any excellence. Motivate your life ad try to build the ladder by which you can rise straight up to your respective goals.

Financial Success

2009-08-18T11:31:00.000-07:00

The first step to financial success lies in defining your goal. What does success mean to you? Do you want to retire young and achieve financial freedom? Do you want to be rich to shape the world around you? Do you have a noble cause you wish to realize in your lifetime?

Financial success can mean different things to different people. Make sure you understand your wishes and your goals thoroughly.

There is an abundance of ways of getting rich in this world; the next step is about choosing the best direction for yourself. How much are you willing to tolerate financial risk? Can you endure the ups and downs of life? Within which timeframe do you wish to achieve your financial success? Where do your strengths and weaknesses lie?

You can take the first few steps to success by truthfully answering these questions to yourself. These secret lies in being brave enough to dream big, and being able enough to break down the big dream into specific, smaller goals.

Unlocking Human Potential

2009-08-05T01:34:00.000-07:00

Before we can unlock human potential, we need to know what it is. Human potential is defined as an unexposed ability and hidden power. For a rock seated on a cliff, it has a dormant ability, a reserved power, but for you and I, it simply means unused success, hidden talents and capped capability.

To unlock human potential is to do what you can do but have yet to do it. We must also operate within the laws of human potential.

Every great thing starts potentially with an idea
There is so much you can draw from our human brains but yet we are told, majority of us use only 3% of the brain power. One apple tree or a forest of apple trees.

Nothing potentially great is ever instant
With the advance in technology, most of us have become so used to the idea of instant gratification. One apple seed can take years before turning into an apple forest. Likewise, unlocking human potential takes time too. Have you been realistic about the time you can reach your goals?

Your potential is released by hard work
Instant gratification is a close friend of laziness. Too many people have a misguided idea of the difference between working smarter and working harder. The best policy to adopt in order to unlock the human potential in you is to work hard smartly.

To maximize your potential, you need to use your talent and ability to its full capacity
If you are in a new relationship or new business and if you have yet to experience disappointment, discouragement, tiredness, sense of wanting to give up, you are probably not using your talent and ability to its full capacity.

Constant comparison with others can harm your human potential
Your biggest competition hides within you, your business competitors can pose no threat to you if you have already conquer yourself. Give an honest assessment of yourself or ask a close business associate or your spouse to do that.

Past experiences can harm your human potential
Are you carrying too many emotional baggage in life? Any ordinary human can look at their past and see failures but it takes an extra ordinary human to look at them and see valuable lessons.

Potential is maximized when you invest in others
Are you sharing your potential? The highest form of learning happens when you learn to teach. The greatest ROI in life is achieved not with stocks and shares but with the people whom you have invested time with to share your potential.

Things You Can Do to Beat the Recession

2009-07-27T01:29:00.000-07:00

So it's no secret that we are in a recession. Our economy is in pretty bad shape. This is not the first time we've been in a recession, and most likely not the last. How are you going to get through the tough times?

Recessions are not actually all as bad as people think. If people take advantage of what is actually going on, they can actually take this time to rebuild. They can either work on rebuilding their business, their careers, or even themselves. This is the time to build success for yourself. You will never get anywhere if you wait for something to happen. Once you've set a goal for yourself, make sure you do something every day to take a step towards achieving that goal.

This is also a time to clean yourself up. Work on change. Work on yourself mentally. This is a time where you can increase your knowledge on things. Knowledge is all over, you can watch other people and see how they do things, you can read books on something that interests you, you can learn a new skill, or you can improve the knowledge of the skills you already are familiar with. Whatever you choose, learn as much as you can.

Since you probably won't be doing too much during this time of economic crisis, be smart with your investments. The worst thing to do is not help the economy and not spend anything. That is why they have issued the stimulus package; the government wants people to spend. On the other hand, spend wisely, and make sure your bills are paid. If you can, look for side activities to make your money grow. There are ways to grow your money during these times, you just have to look for the opportunities presented. During the Great Depression, America had the most millionaires created during that time period.

Go about things with a relaxed state. Observe what is going on in the world. Panicking will only bring you down. You will not succeed during these times if you are in constant panic. While you are doing great things, you are able to help other people do great things as well. When you help other people, other people reach out to help you as well.

Finally, use this time to meet new people as well. Networking is so important in the world today. Meeting new people is how opportunities are presented. Everybody knows somebody. If you network correctly, you will meet new connections and doors will open. Also use this time to strengthen prior relationships with people. The world revolves around networking. Make good impressions on people, for your first impression is the one that always lasts in someone's mind.

How to Help Your Addicted Loved One

2009-07-21T13:37:00.000-07:00

The first thing you have to realize is, someone addicted to drugs is not always a low life, criminal, or a bad person, this is a person that made a bad decision, and they need you. There is no time to waste.

Secondly, get strong. Once you realize you have a member of your family or a friend that is an addict, take hold of yourself. Your strength wont only help you, it will help them. Find friends, get over the shame, and realize many people out there know how to help you, even if its just through mutual compassion and understanding. You need this reinforcement, you're up for a huge battle and you have to be ready to call on support. An addict can manipulate, lie, steal and trick you in their attempts to gain money and other means of support from you. You need others input to help you. You also need to use some of the addicts own methods to help them. Its their life at stake, if you have to trick them, lie to them or whatever to get them the help they need DO IT.

Get educated. I went online and looked up every piece of information I could find not only on the drug, but the effects of the drug and what it does in the short and long term. Some to keep an eye out for is lying constantly(addicts never admit they have used), dilated pupils, blood shot eyes, sweating, unusual snoring when at rest, paranoia,or unsettling sleep patterns, shortness of breath, irrational behavior, change in personality and temper.

Plan your day of confrontation ahead of time, round up your family and friends to help. If it means calling their employer, or reporting them to the police do so. You are fighting for their life, and regret is a painful thing to live with if you do nothing and they die. Don't make life easy for them by enabling them. If you are in a position where you are helping them get their drugs, you are in essence helping them pull the trigger to their own gun. You can't help them kill themselves any longer. Do not waste time with outpatient services. They need in patient round the clock care.

There are wonderful support groups out there for you, and your family.

Do know, that people do overcome addiction. My loved one has been clean and sober for over two years. Never give up, and never ever lose hope. If you want advice or someone to talk to about your addicted loved one, please message me and I will try to offer you any advice or support I can. Hugs, Dawn. Never ever underestimate an addicts determination to get money for drugs they will go to great lengths to pay for them. You must tell all of your friends and family when you know your loved one is addicted.

Working For Development

2009-07-15T22:53:00.000-07:00

Most people today are found striving hard to stay afloat in the ongoing world financial crisis.

The actual situation is that people have stopped working for development. This is very important because when people set aside progress things are likely to retrograde. This is how the world works. Everyone has to work for the advancement and development in his or her own sphere. This is what will eventually lead the world out of this recession.

Currently there are very few entrepreneurs who are willing to divert from the existing line of action which is making them move at a retarded pace. There is no one who is willing to take the first plunge forward with a new idea or take the initiative to head for development. Everybody rather stay one step behind to stay floating. For many making less profit is acceptable rather than facing a total collapse at the hands of innovation. This is a vicious circle which has to be broken.

For the writer community I feel there is a big responsibility to shoulder in this time of crisis. We all have to give hope and ideas to the world as many look towards us for ideas and advice.

Removing Blocks to Creativity

2009-07-09T09:52:00.000-07:00

As if dealing with emotional and perceptual blocks isn't enough, we also need to overcome our cultural conditioning. Cultural blocks are created by attitudes in society and among our peers which have the effect of inhibiting creative thinking. Sometimes these cultural blocks are so much a part of our upbringing that we're practically blind to them.

- Logic can solve problems, but creativity often requires a leap of the imagination
- Creative ideas often don't make any sense at first
- Just because an idea is illogical doesn't mean its 'bad'

Role stereotyping
Our inherently conservative culture sees to it that most of us grow up with the idea that creativity is not possible without advanced training, higher education, superior intelligence, etc.

Playing is for kids
Being creative means being willing and able to play with ideas, materials, and even your most basic ideas about reality. Creative thinking is a form of mental play. Relax your grown-up inhibitions and let your mind out to play more often.

Fantasy and daydreams are useless distractions
Early in life, we're taught that fantasy and daydreaming are unproductive and even dangerous to our health. Those daydreams can also be useful as part of a futures programme where we predict the future many years in advance.

While change for its own sake is rarely creative, creativity requires openness to challenging the status quo.

Creativity is too abstract
The techniques that we use to help generate and explore ideas can be a little strange but we can calibrate creative processes so we know how much return we get for a particular amount of time and effort.

In many cultures it is not natural to openly question or comment on the ideas of others or examine the status quo. This can prevent progress so you can try and gently nudge people and show that questioning is ok but also we can use techniques with the 'challenging' built in or which concentrate on building ideas. There is no excuse not to embrace creative thinking.

The Secret to Success in Life

2009-06-26T09:54:00.000-07:00

As I was doing my morning personal development today I came across an idea that is the foundation to success. It comes from the book "Think & Grow Rich" the chapter on Imagination. It states that successful people are quick to make decisions and slow to retract from them. They rarely let the opinions of others sway them away from the decision that they've made.

When I made the decision to go to Chiropractic school rather than Medical school I had many "friends" and counselors tell me that I was making a poor decision. Now, ask my patients if I made the right decision?

Too many times we let the opinions of others run our lives. ." I know so many people who want to be wealthy, but they take their advice from poor people. I know so many people who want to be healthy, but take their health advice from sick people. Make your decision based upon facts, and make it quickly and then do not retract from your decision because others are trying to throw you off.

Success ultimately boils down to living the life that allows you to appease your higher self, whatever that may be.

Success is All About Relationships

2009-06-14T10:10:00.000-07:00

A part of achieving success is to consider the value and importance of sound relationships. In every area of your life you will encounter relationships.

Why relationships?

Because we are human beings, and as human beings we are designed to interact with other human beings. This involves relationships. Without the appropriate skills and knowledge to manage your relationships the success you are hoping to achieve will escape you. If you don't appreciate yourself, chances are that you will project that dislike to others.

The family relationship is the next one to consider as they are extremely important as you tread your path to success. Your business relationships follow closely behind family relationships. How you deal with customers and suppliers has a major influence over the security and productivity of your company as well as the success and growth. Poor relationships with these stakeholders will lead to poor performance. In a world of many business competitors, I strongly believe good relationships with your customers is the catalyst to your business success.

It is vital that you learn to manage your frustration as you deal with relationships. We all encounter problem areas and awkward situations that will annoy and irritate us. If you can manage your frustration and in turn reverse a sticky situation with an individual into something positive, you will be well ahead on your road to success.

Treat all people you meet as important and treat them with respect. Be sincere in your dealings with people you meet. Success is not achieved alone. The fact remains that we must deal appropriately with people and nurture our relationships if we hope to achieve success.

Cocaine Addiction in Women

2009-05-31T13:01:00.000-07:00

Metabolism may have lot to do with the difference in how men and women act in response to cocaine. In women, the body seems to break down and metabolize cocaine much faster compared to men, due to the fact that they have superior count of an enzymes which break downstairs cocaine.

During menstruation, women experience both physical and hormonal changes in their body. One example is that, during the menstruation cycle, there is increase in a convinced hormone in the body that causes their nasal passage to exude more mucous. This in turn, acts as a hurdle of sorts that prevents cocaine from being fascinated quickly.

There are different ways in which the health of a pregnant women and an unborn baby can be exaggerated due to the use of cocaine during pregnancy. Miscarriage is the biggest predictable danger during the early months of pregnancy. Precipitate effort can occur if cocaine is used in the later months of pregnancy.

An unborn baby may also suffer from a stroke or may die. A stroke then may result in permanent damage to baby's brain. Early birth occurs most likely as a result of cocaine use during pregnancy. Cocaine exposed babies usually have a low birth-weight. Most of the time, the head of such babies are smaller and their brains are small to in ratio with their body size.

Women are becoming enthusiastic to take cocaine today mostly due to the above reasons and teens are using cocaine more often with their peers. As there are different types of drug rehabs centers available with their professional team, there is a considerable amount of decrease in woman cocaine addicts. There are specific woman cocaine addiction treatment centers that are offering specialized treatment for affordable cost. The main point to recover from any types of addictions is that the addicts should have a strong determination to leave addictions. As we all know a strong determination makes fifty percent of the goal is achieved.

With a strong determination and a specialized drug treatment center helps an addict and their families to come out of addictions in a healthy manner. Here comes a very important point to choose a best drug rehab center, people should spend some time in choosing a specialized and result oriented drug rehab to come out of addictions under specialists guidance and with in a short period of time.

Successful Business And Your Emotions

2009-05-29T10:12:00.000-07:00

Decision making is a very important personal characteristic necessary to achieve the success that we often chase after in our daily lives. In our everyday life our decision making plays a big role in wether we obtain our goals or not. The ability to make the right decisions as we move forward toward our goals.

So many of us become paralyzed by weighting every possibility of a situation until we just mentally and emotionally can't make a decision. A way that you can make decision making less complicated is by asking yourself is my decision a righteous one and will I regret it later on down the road.

One stragety to use when having to make a decision on starting your own business is finding honest people in your life who are already successful. Watch their decision making. See where their decisions have led them. If you do not know any one of this kind go to the bookstore. You will find more then enough to learn from. Look at the kind of people they bring into their daily lives.

I have to say this, do not focus on who that person is, but rather on the decisions they made to be who they are. You want to be careful not to become them. All you are after is the decision process that made them successful. You should always stay true to yourself.

Another deciding factor of having a successful business is surrounding yourself with lots and lots of positive energy. This my friends is very important. Hanging out with a negative person even though their nice can bring you down before you even realize it. Positive people play a big role in your life and you do not even have to be close to them or know their entire life. Why? Because it is their energy that is your ali. Your best friend. We feed off each others positive or negative energy. Of course we are talking about honest positive people.

I'm sure it is no secrete that starting a business from the ground up is no easy task. The fact of the matter people is it is hard work! You will go through emotional roller coasters at first. You have the rejection factor. In a business like Internet Marketing of anykind that is expected. The big "R". REJECTION. That's were the positive people come into play. The positive people are your emotional support system. The ones that when you feel like quitting will have a word for you that will pick you back up and keep you moving forward.

As my good friend Jerry said to me when I felt the jolt of my first rejection, "Onward we go."

Three simple words, but from a very successful business person. How about that.

Now while you may not be able to totally get rid of the negative people in your life. For reason that they may be a close friend or family member, you could lessen your time spent with them. Add more time with the positive people in your life. You say I do not have any, go find some. They are out there. Trust me. There are plenty. Like I said before, there will be times when you will want to throw in the towel. No matter how strong minded you are, nobody is a robot.

Lastly I leave with "HOPE." Something alot of people do not think of needing in a business. Hope is for ourselves as individuals. Not only for ourselves but for everyone around us as well. If we have HOPE then we will BELIEVE we can do something, if we believe we can do something then we will take ACTION, if we take action then we will see RESULTS and if we see results then we will have made a CHANGE. And if we have a good decision making, positive mindset then that change we make will be a successful change.

How to Set Up a Think Tank of Your Own

2009-05-27T18:04:00.000-07:00

Have you ever considered opening your own local think tank? Why not, perhaps you are a smart person and have many smart friends too. Why not get together once a week and discuss the issues of our time, and find solutions to local problems in your region? May you and your friends believe you can make a breakthrough and really conquer a huge challenge in our present period? Why am I so sure you can do this?

Well, we run a Net-Centric type Think Tank with many small close knit groups which operate in their own geographical areas solving local problems, inventing, and discussion national and international issues. Sometimes the local groups borrow specific expertise from other think tank chapters as needed.

Of course, if you set up your own local think tank, perhaps you might have professors at a local college that might be willing to help answer questions when you get stuck? Maybe a local city council will ask you to help them or form a committee to tackle a problem there?

You know, although they would be different than the group you set up, our groups often come up with an innovation and end up breaking away into sub-groups to start businesses, thus we act as an incubator as they then spin off. My job is to screen folks, thru natural email conversations, then refer them to the sub-groups that are working on projects or to a local chapter. Or help them set up a local chapter if none is already existing. It's actually a pretty fun.

If you set up your own local think tank maybe you could recruit people, set up meetings, and really make some progress. Maybe the conversations and debates you have at your meetings could tie-in technology, common sense, efficiency, society, economics, and politics into solutions for water, transportation, communication, distribution, language, money flows, military, infrastructure, etc. It's pretty fun. You'd probably enjoy it. Just a thought, think on it.

Tips to Increasing Creativity

2009-05-27T11:31:00.000-07:00

Have you heard the "Think so shall it be" saying. Well it's true. Your subconscious listens very attentively. If you tell yourself "I can't" aloud or internally, then well you guessed it. You won't. When pressed with a problem to come up with a creative solution and you immediately tell yourself "I can't do that" try "In the past I have had a challenging time doing this however I am learning to take a more creative look at things now". Or something along those lines. Your subconscious will start to take down the road block that you mentally created and in time, you will open up. Allowing more room for a creative outcome rather then the wall you have encountered in the past.

Encouraging your subconscious can also be a big creative boost. Write your ideas down. It can be on a napkin, your hand, your friends arm (you can only write on one of your arms and your friend has two) or a notebook. Your subconscious mind is more likely to give you more of what you pay attention to. Writing down your ideas tells your subconscious that they are important. If you don't pay attention to your moments of creativity, you are telling your subconscious that they are not important and those ideas may become far a few between. When writing down your ideas you are feeding your subconscious with motivation to search out more creative ideas. Writing it down also helps you remember your thoughts, your subconscious works on it, and it can transform into some more creative ideas.

And lastly, focus on one thing at a time. This is becoming ever so challenging for most people today. The consistent interruptions can throw your mind all across the room and back. With cell phones becoming increasingly popular for doing things other then talking like texting, staying current with your Facebook friends, posting your every move on Twitter. To the blasts of information and media that are thrown at us every day. E-mail is a big distraction that people get sucked into. You do your daily checking to see if anything important needs your attention, then you get sucked into replying to people, reading all the forwarded junk from your buddies, the latest and greatest gadget you MUST HAVE, which catapults you into cruising the web where you can get lost for hours.

Try to cut this stuff into scheduled blocks of time. Turn off your cell phone (have a personable greeting on your voicemail), check your email, make calls, do your web surfing all within an allotted time frame. The more you cut out these distractions, the more you will allow your mind to concentrate on the task at hand and open up the possibilities to different ways of doing things "creative thinking". And the more time you will find yourself having each day to do the things you need to do and be creative. For example, you get lost in all the distractions of the day and notice that it is now 5 o'clock and you haven't accomplished anything you set out to do today. Then you start knocking things off your to-do list but in a hurried mindset while trying to do them all at once When you finish you wish you would have taken a more creative approach to your tasks instead of just getting them done to get them done. If you had more time to focus and not have been in such a rush, you could have focused on each task with a clear head thus allowing room for more creative and calm thinking.

Do What You Like to Do

2009-05-25T13:18:00.000-07:00

At some time in our lives we tried to be creative whether it is writing, painting, drawing, or preparing for a speech. We also do not think we we can accomplish something we have not tried before. One thing is for sure at least we do try. There is something rewarding about having an idea to paint or draw,or to get ready for that speech that we have to present in front of a room full of people. I was one of those people....and thought I could not do it, but with will and determination and a lot of support from my husband and family, I started to gather together all the materials I would need to bring my ideas to life on a piece of paper. I had always loved to paint, and only having had a few art classes in high school and now in my early 60s I am doing what I have always wanted to do. Although I am a far cry from being a professional artist who someday might exhibit her work in some well-known art gallery, I have accomplished what I have set out to do and that is to express myself and be creative.

Intimidated was not the word when I entered my first art show in a group setting. I was nervous and envied every other artist. I knew no one would even look at mine, but I was determined to display my art. I was wrong as I sold one piece. Then I entered another show, which did not go over that great, but I was there amongst the great well known artists in the area. I entered several shows after that and sold one or two portfolio pieces. Then one day, I was approached and asked if I would like to have a solo show. Well to say the least, I was elated. I sold 7 framed and 12 portfolio pieces. I was ever so thankful for having had that opportunity. Even while I was on vacation and painting on the beach I sold several pieces. I tried to design my own website and was successful in getting it running and now have my own business.

Being creative is something that is born in us. Some people say they can't draw a straight line, or if they knitted a sweater it would look awful. Others would say they would never stand in front of a room filled with a couple of hundred people and state their views on a particular subject. I am thankful that I learned how to stand up to my own fears and do the things I have always wanted to do. Life is too short to worry about what people will think. It is what you think that matters. Take up that paint brush, that knitting needle or get working on that speech you have been terrified to write. Don't let anything or anyone stop you. I had my family and friends that encouraged me with my painting and I am sure you will have someone behind you too. Enjoy! Express Yourself! Accomplish!

Mind Powers to Rid Addiction

2009-05-24T15:18:00.000-07:00

Addiction can be compared to something of a disease. This is one of those queries about compulsion that is easier said than done to respond. There is a great deal public debate over the question of whether dependence is an illness, and we do not decide to turn out to be concerned in this discussion. On the other hand, it is our companionships combined knowledge and consideration that compulsion is, in fact, a sickness. We have no basis to confront that awareness now. It has dished up on us glowingly.

Our practice with compulsion is that when we admit that it is an ailment over which we are helpless, such capitulate makes available a source for recuperation through the normal steps to stop addiction.

There are many people living in freedom from the compulsion of going back to the very addictions that have been troubling them for a long time and the belief that it is an addiction and that it can very well be treated is one of the things that has worked from the time that we have used this term. Now that this has come under a medical field, more and more is being done to ensure that there are better ways to deal with addiction.

Now that we have the tools to fight it, we can then wage a war against the mental root of addiction and this brings us to the point of where it really comes from. Many people have had many misconceptions about addiction and its core, so this is really a tell all of where addiction really resides in the body.

So where does the addiction come from? The addiction actually comes in the mind and is rooted in the subconscious. How this happens is that when you are exposed to a narcotic or stimulant, you will expose your senses to the effects of the drug. Feeling good or complete when you take the substance is a feeling that gets entrenched in the subconscious, and this is the dangerous thing about addiction.

Once the subconscious translates that association into a need, that is when addiction sets in. What this means is that the want becomes a need and the body then recognises the feelings that are aroused, the chemical reactions in the body when the substance is introduced as a part of the natural order of things. It mistakes, according to the subconscious, this as a sort of bodily function and that is how you get cravings. Once the cycle is complete and your mind tells you, through all sorts of physical and mental markers to take the next dose per se, then you are caught in addiction. You need to fight fire with fire and how you do this is by getting into the mind and taking the addiction away. You need to tell your subconscious and this is not something you need to do anymore to survive of sorts, and the withdrawal systems will slowly fade. With this, you will find yourself free and technology like autogenics, biofeedback and brainwave entrainment, will lead the way for you to reprogramme your subconscious and set yourself free.

Champions Strive For Greater Competence

2009-05-24T15:13:00.000-07:00

"Information is the booby prize. The real prize is competence." - Larry Wilson, Founder, Wilson Learning Corp.

The key to better results is increased competence! How do you rate yourself when you compare your competence to to the most successful people in you home business niche?

Amateurs are frequently good at memorizing and learning lots of small packages of information. Which is what you are taught in school. Champions know that memorizing information in this age of computers and the internet is available to anyone. Therefore champions focus on becoming competent in what they do, and leave the information gathering to others. Champions spend their time building and improving their skills, knowledge, and attitude. This laser guided focus channels energy to the building blocks of their competency.

What are your beliefs? Think about this. How important is the process of creating world class competence to getting world class results? Or how about this. How do you think a person develops a greater skill or competence in your position? And what do the best performers in your business niche do to continually improve and upgrade their skills?

The amateur and middle class believe that success is about being lucky being in the right place at the right time and not competence. They believe that they have world class competence in their job, but are still getting middle class results. And that success is about, who you know, not competence. Professionals have these world class beliefs. They Believe that world class competence leads to world class results. The more competent they become the more they are worth in the market place. And that this greater competency comes from ongoing study and experience. This approach and these beliefs put professional performers in constant demand from corporations and organization seeking people with world class habits. For the home business entrepreneur it puts them in a position to attract others and of course maximize the profits in their niche.

You may find these questions shocking. Think seriously about them. On a scale of 1 to 7, 7 being the highest, how competent are you in your job or profession? How competent are you when you compare yourself to the people you admire the most in your home business niche? What is your ultimate vision? If your level of competence were to continue to improve at its current rate how long will it take you to manifest your ultimate vision?

If you are a true champion your thoughts will reveal a course of action to improve your competence. What steps have you taken in the past to improve your competence in your profession? And what actions could you take in the next 90 days to dramatically improve your level of competence? Create a list of the three most important activities you must continue to improve. Now make a commitment to invest the time beyond what you are doing now to study. One extra hour of study per day in your chosen home business niche will make you a national expert in five years or less.

Winning Ways in Sports and Life

2009-05-24T15:11:00.000-07:00

Here we are again at playoff time for the NBA where the best in the game are competing for the ultimate prize, the national championship. It's the same for nearly every sport, the weeding out of the lesser talents (and to some degree the more unlucky ones) to the rise and crowning of the winners. Many times those winners go on to be at the pinnacle of their sport time and time again.

What is it that makes some individuals excel while others drop out early on in any competition? Certainly natural talent is a major factor both in the world of sports and in any other endeavor, but it doesn't seem to be the only consideration. There is some intangible quality that radiates from certain individuals that allows them to succeed at most anything they put their mind to. We have all seen examples of players whose natural gifts weren't necessarily the cream of the crop but whose mental attitude, drive and determination more than made up for the difference. Their constant focus kept pushing them forward until they achieved their goal. In some ways that helps to level the playing field so that not only those who are born with innate gifts of speed, accuracy or high intelligence come out on top. It's true in sports and it's true in life.
Sometimes it's not the ones who got the highest GPA or national test scores who are running the companies and sitting in the board rooms but rather the ones who were focused and driven and simply persevered.

A few years ago the Utah Jazz had an amazing point guard by the name of John Stockton. He was on the small side physically compared to many others who played that same position and at first glance might not have been taken for a premier athlete at all. That, however, is exactly what he was. True, he did have natural abilities and quickness that he developed and improved upon over time but his mental abilities were what put him at the top of his game. Losing never seemed to be an acceptable option to him no matter who his team was playing or what their current record was. His drive was unsurpassed. If only that quality could be captured and marketed! It is the missing link for many gifted individuals. It is the lacking ingredient whose absence contributes to their lack of success.

Unfortunately, drive doesn't seem to be something that can be readily learned yet almost anyone can make a conscious choice to keep trying, to not give up. Remember the old story of the tortoise and the hare. It seemed obvious that the tortoise didn't stand a chance in the race against the speed of the naturally gifted hare and yet the tortoise went on to win the race. In life, as in the story, oft-times when things come too easily people tend to "let up" and slack off instead of continuing full speed ahead. That is their undoing. While they are taking time off, the slower and less gifted participants are catching up with them, passing them, and going on to victory. That gives hope to those of us who are natural tortoises. Perhaps we can attain the victories and success we desire if we just keep trying and refuse, absolutely refuse to give up.

Attract Money With the Right Belief About Money

2009-05-24T15:09:00.000-07:00

Having the right attitude about money is one of the main keys to attracting more wealth into your life. By changing your mindset about money, you can change literally change your life. These are some tools to help you change your attitude towards money which will transform your life. If you practice these, you will certainly become wealthy sooner or later (hopefully, it will be sooner than later).

Your Beliefs About Money
Did you know there are two basic beliefs about money? One is a belief that there is a lack and scarcity in this world, and hence it is hard to earn more money. The other is a belief that there world is full of abundance and we can easily tap into the abundant source.

Sadly, but true; majority of people grow up in environments where there is lack and scarcity; and where our family and friends plant the ideas in our heads that money is scarce. Hence we tend to adopt the scarcity mindset rather than a wealth mindset. Is it any wonder that more than 95% of the population of the world is not rich?

In order to adopt the right belief, you must first of all identify your beliefs about money. Once you know what money beliefs you have, you can make a choice to adopt the right belief about money: the belief that there is abundance everywhere and you have the right to be rich. In fact, you can have all the money you want-you are only limited by your lack of belief!

Choose The Right Attitude
According to the law of attraction, you attract into your life what you focus on and think about most of the time. Naturally, this also applies with regards to money.

If you want to start attracting money, do not focus any more on your lack of money. Stop focussing on the idea that you cannot afford what you want. Do not focus on your small bank account or your debt. Start to think big and believe that you can really have the wealth you desire by starting with the right wealth mindset

In "Infinite Possibilities" Mike Dooley gives an account of how he changed his mindset about money. Whenever he ate out and the waiter brought him the bill, he would joke "Good thing that I'm rich!". In this way, he started putting himself in the mindset he actually wanted to experience.

Gratitude

If you adopt an attitude of gratitude, you attract more good things into your life. Be grateful for what you already have. Gratitude gives you a feeling of abundance and puts you in positive vibration so it is a powerful tool for attracting more wealth into your life. Spend some time every day expressing gratitude toward money each day and I assure you this will make you feel more grateful, happier and wealthier. These tools will help you attract more wealth and happiness into your life.

How to Create an Abundant Life

2009-05-24T15:07:00.001-07:00

There is no question that most people would like to live the best life that they possibly can. The more things that you have that fulfill you and bring you enjoyment, the happier you will be. And at the root of everything that we want, happiness is what we are seeking.

Sure, we want more money so we can go out and do things. We want to be able to travel or to experience our hobbies. We want to hit certain career goals so that we feel we are contributing to the world and making the most of our talents.

At the root of it all, though, is the pursuit of happiness.

Part of creating that feeling or emotion is to make an abundant life for yourself. You want to be able to experience success in multiple areas of your life, not just one. If you made a lot of money but had to trade 16 hours days for that, it probably would not bring you the happiness that you desire.

So, what can you do?

First of all, identify what areas of your life that you are already enjoying. These are your areas that you already feel fulfilled. Reflect on those for a moment or two. Next, take a look at the areas you would like to improve, but keep the feeling you have from the areas you already feel good about.

Why Parents Should Be Aware of Teen Alcohol Addiction and Its Risks

2009-05-23T14:44:00.000-07:00

If you are a parent of a teenager, you need to recognize that your son or daughter could be easily influenced by their friends or acquaintances into substance and alcohol abuse. Teen alcohol addiction is an increasing pandemic in various societies worldwide, especially those in the U.S. One of the most important things you should do as a parent is to actively look into the various daily activities of your teenager, and to note any new behavior he or she may have adopted lately. This helps you deal with the teenage alcohol dependence, before it can escalate into a full-blown addiction.

There are many reasons why teenagers get addicted with alcohol. Seeing someone in the family drink heavily can prompt a teen to follow in the same way. Many teen alcohol addiction cases are also the result of peer pressure or from chronic depression. Many teens that face seemingly insurmountable emotional, financial, or societal problems are also tempted to become more dependent on alcohol.

If your teenager becomes addicted to alcohol, he or she may lose interest in school or in family life. Many adolescents who are addicted to alcohol skip school, abandon subjects or courses, and spend all of their allowances on alcoholic drinks, rather than on food and school expenses. If parents do not take the needed steps in correcting this behavior, a teenager will wallow deeper into his or her addiction, making it more difficult for both the parents and the adolescent to seek the needed treatment.

Teen alcohol addiction is a pressing issue that merits the attention of parents all over the world. If your teen is addicted to alcohol, he or she can experience dramatic mood swings, loss of appetite, and can easily get embroiled in fights, whether in or out of school. Many alcohol dependents also fall into depression, anxiety, and rebellious behavior. Driving while under the influence of alcohol is one of the leading causes of vehicular accidents. Violent behavior leading to crimes and illegal activities is also one upshot of excessive drinking.

Parents need to realize however that any form of teenage addiction can be dealt with in a healthy and effective manner. Communication within the family needs to be enhanced, and parents need to be able to provide the proper guidance to their teenagers. If you notice any sign of teen alcohol addiction in your child or in any family member, never hesitate to ask for professional help for them.

A Simple Innovation Process

2009-05-23T00:09:00.000-07:00

If you want what may be the simplest innovation process, here it is: Find the things that others are not doing well, or just not doing. Once you identify these deficiencies, design a better service or product based on what customers really want. Then sell it.

For example, there was an article in Forbes magazine recently on a Japanese company called Kumon that teaches kids around the world how to read and write and do basic math. They have over a thousand centers in the United States alone, with 194,000 students. They do almost no advertising, yet keep growing rapidly.

Now, you might wonder why with universal public education in the U.S. a Japanese company can do so well teaching the basics. The answer is simple enough: The public schools don't do it very well in many places. Blame it on modern educational theories, "feel good" grading, distracted children or whatever, but the public system doesn't do as good a job as parents would like. Many of them are willing to pay the relatively small amount it takes to get their kids educated properly (Kumon charges less than $120 per two-month course).

Some just want their kids to get further ahead. The federal No Child Left Behind Act pushes schools to spend resources on low-scoring students, so potential high achievers don't get as much help as they might. Kumon teaches math without calculators, phonetic reading, and essentially stresses rote learning of the basics. Whatever they are doing, it seems to work.

Innovation Potential - Where To Look

Of course government services are a great place to look for deficiencies that could suggest innovative new businesses. For example, employment services are not particularly good at getting people back to work, and unemployment systems are often abused. Perhaps there is a need for a subscription-based employment company. Customers pay a monthly fee while working, and if they lose their jobs they're provided either a new job or an unemployment check.

Government services sometimes do no more than provide information and then require the unemployed worker to press a button on the phone to indicate that he or she did in fact look for work that week. A private service would have the incentive to find the person a job if the company otherwise had to continue paying out unemployment. They would also require that the worker take a job that is offered, or lose their benefits. I'll bet that would cut unemployment in half in some areas.

Many people have tried to deliver mail in busy cities, sometimes by bicycle. They have usually done so much more efficiently than the post office (until they were unfortunately shut down by the government). You can apply this basic innovation process in many areas of government services.

Look at private businesses too. There are often services that are deficient or incomplete not only in a given company or two, but in whole industries. For example, I recently installed a blog on one of my websites. Actually my wife did the installation. It would have taken me five days, but it took her only five hours. But this was software that promised "easy five minute installation," and was perhaps the easiest in the industry - even at five hours. Now, I hate spending time on supposedly "easy" things like that. If someone actually made an easy one, that's an innovation that I would have paid for.

One way to start this innovation process then, is to start listening for complaints. If you hear the same complaint about a product or service over and over, there's a market for something better. You can begin with your own complaints and frustrations and see if they are shared by others. For example, I hate a slow computer, and many other people do as well. There are already "computer doctors" out there, but maybe the innovation here would be a service that specializes in making your computer as fast as it can be. I just paid $50 for that to a traditional computer doctor, but I would have called the specialist if there was one (and it could have been him, as it turns out).

Also look for products and services (or combinations of these) that are not complete. We went to the vet with our cat recently, and he did a great job, but I had questions later, and knew I would only get the receptionist if I called. It would have been nice if he had a website where we could get information and email questions to him. The time he spent on answering questions would almost certainly generate more business for him (he could remind us to get that last round of shots we've been putting off). Maybe the innovation here would be a company that sets up such websites for all of the thousands of vets around the country.

Clearing Blockages of Energy Centers

2009-05-23T00:06:00.000-07:00

The heart is the energy center where all manifestation begins. This is why we say I wish with all my heart that...

It is possible to begin manifestation directly from the heart, to not deal with energies, if and only if one has already done the discipline of meditation or deep contemplation as in the case of saints. For everyone else who are just beginning, the following exercise is recommended to remove blockages in the body's energy conduit.

Before one begins, I must caution that this exercise has little to do with the Vehicle of direct energy, Tantra. For that both the Hinayana and the Mahayana vehicles must have been mastered. I am afraid there are no shortcuts. [For further reading, use Chogyam Trungpa's books, Meditation in Action, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism and Shambhala, the Sacred Path of the Warrior]

We will simply call this exercise as clearing the path.

This exercise may propel you to activate kundalini and unless both the body and the mind are sufficiently purified, you may not be able to handle the surge of energy through your body. The most important part is to pay attention to the reaction of your body and then document it after the exercise. You may do this exercise standing up or sitting in half lotus or full lotus position.

Imagine yourself at the center of an hour-glass. Now imagine that your heart is at the center of that hour glass. This hour glass is unusual because the top is one half circle and the bottom is the other half circle. The top looks like a wine glass with with very short stem and is connected to the other half with that stem. That stem is where your heart is.

Now envision a flexible tube or cord that runs from the base of our spine to the center of the earth and you are now connected to the core of the earth. The base of your spine is the first Chakra. It is the color of the finest ruby. Red, not blood red but dark red and brilliant. This ruby red ball is floating right inside your spine and you can see it as pure as the finest ruby. No imperfections. Breathe through your first chakra and feel the energy coming from the center of the earth to your first chakra.

Follow the energy going from the first chakra to the second chakra which is 3 inches above the base of your spine. There is an orange ball there brilliant and pure, like an orange except that is luminous. Breathe three times into the brilliant orange ball.

Follow the energy to the area of the solar plexus, three inches below the navel. Breathe into it. This is the third chakra and its color is yellow, like the sun. Again you imagine that this yellow ball is floating inside the body not held by anything. Breathe into it three times.

Follow the energy from the third chakra into your heart center. The color of of the ball is luminous green. Stay there. Breathe into it and through it. You can expand the green ball as much as you like. Feel it. Feel your heart center opening. Breathing in love, breathing out love. How does it feel?

Relax and get centered.

Now imagine that the energy is now going from your heart center into your throat area and that in that throat area is a blue ball just floating. The fifth chakra has the color blue like the deep blue ocean. Breathe into it three times. Follow the energy from the throat into the sixth chakra, which is your third eye. Again breathe into it and imagine that it opens little by little as you breathe into it. Like a baby's eyes the first time he wakes up in the morning.

Now imagine the energy flowing up from your sixth chakra into the crown of your head. Above the physical skull, a violet ball that symbolizes the awakened mind. Breathe into this ball three times. Pause.

Splitting the energy beam.

Imagine a beam of light coming from space. You see no beginning or end to this. The beam of light is like a laser beam of pure white light focused on the crown chakra. As it enters the crown chakra follow the flow of this light through all the centers as you breathe through all the centers, stopping at the root chakra.

When your attention is at the root chakra, imagine that the cord connecting you to the center of the earth is now connected to this energy flow which started from the crown of your head. There is now free exchange and continuous flow of energy up and down. A dance. Your body has become a conduit of energy.

The last step is continuing the flow of energy from both ends, from both the root chakra connected to the center of the earth and from the crown chakra. This time the energy going into the crown chakra is used to create a spiral that envelopes your body and then the energy spiral which begun in the crown chakra now ends at the root chakra, merging with the energy from the cord and now simply going up the other centers.

Practical Ways Of Getting To The Top Of Your Career

2009-05-19T03:30:00.000-07:00

People struggle more to get a job, but if you ask me I will tell you that one need to struggle more not only to get a job but to keep his job and successfully climb his career ladder. Getting a job is not where the issue ends as some employees stays put to where they are without seeking for career advancement. Advancement in one's career is for those who really love what they do. Being passionate on your job is a stimulant that will personally motivate you to do it better.

Almost everyone gets a job but it is only the few who get to the top of their career. What will it take me an ordinary employee to climb the ladder of success to an executive sit in my company? This is a question that I asked and proceeded for the answer.

I came across some of these achievers and try to squeeze out some secretes that have led them to their successful advancement in their career. One of them told me, "Jane, you need to desire to get to the top and believe that you can get their. Some people are too comfortable where they are at the bottom and have no desire for the top, so they remain at the bottom even though they have spent over twenty years of their life working for their organization'.

An executive of one popular organization in a banking industry told me an interesting story on how he used the principle of self development to get to where he is today. You may be a college dropout or feel inferior to your colleagues at work but you should not throw away this dream of getting to the top. He said, "I started working on my personality, grabbing more knowledge about myself and my work, enrolled in a part-time education and above all set some achievable personal goals. And here I am, people who knew me yesterday find it difficult to comprehend that I am the same man they met yesterday". Developing one's personality is very important, build character that will make you an attractive package in your organization.

Moreover, I discovered the principle of going extra mile in your duties. Going extra mile means doing more work than you are paid to do with a willing heart and excellent performance of your duties. Is a way of indirectly telling your boss that you worth more than your current position. Many successful men of history have confirmed the effectiveness of this principle and you need to start applying it to gain more promotions at your work area.

Remember to appreciate the importance of getting to the top of your career, set a goal, work towards your goal by applying the right principles and you will count yourself among the few executives.

The Front Door Money Modality

2009-05-19T03:24:00.000-07:00

This is a very easy modality to implement. It's a one time modality if you want it to be- you do it and forget about it. You can do it again every Spring, every equinox, or, every full moon, if you want to. Or you can do it once, and forget about it. It's really about the intention you infuse into this modality while you do it.

The art and practice of Feng Shui is something that seems confusing and elusive at first. There are many ways to approach the subject and there are many Practitioners who interpret Feng Shui and implement it in their own unique way. Basically, Feng Shui concerns itself with how Energy is directed, deflected, and capitalized on based on certain Baguas, or, areas of your home. The theory is, that by changing how Energy is channeled and flows throughout your home, you also begin to change your very own Energy.

What flows into your home via your Front Door? What energy are you allowing into your place of residence? This particular modality will assist you in channeling the Energy of abundance and wealth into your home. Although many Feng Shui practitioners have advocated this modality, I suggest some preparation work before doing it.

In essence, you place nine coins under your front door's welcome mat. The coins can be a mix of loose change, silver dollars, or, antique coins. They will form a V pattern, with four on one side and four on the other, the ninth coin will be placed at the apex of this pyramid. The top of the pyramid faces your door, the widest part of the pyramid faces outward. This type of shape is conducive to channeling and redirecting the Energy of Abundance and Wealth to the persons receiving it, inside your Home.

That's it. If you'd like, you can do some preparatory work.

- Let the coins sit in a cup or bowl of sea salt or kosher salt overnight. This will release all the Energies built up on the coins from previous owners.

- Before placing the coins under your doormat, Bless them. Set an Intention that the Energy of Abundance and Wealth and Financial Freedom flow into you through those coins.

That's it! A simple modality to allow the Energy of Abundance and Wealth into your Home.

A Life of Abundance

2009-05-19T03:17:00.000-07:00

You can live a life of abundance without necessarily being super rich or living in a beach like postcard. Sure, everybody requires a certain amount of cash to enjoy a comfortable existence, but what I'm talking about is a life of abundance in all areas. A fulfillment in the enjoyment of the simple things. It is all too easy to be caught up in what you may want and what is missing in your life, rather than appreciating what you have now.

All of us at times get caught up in our problems, however there is always time to take stock and recognise all the good things that are in your life, even though they seem small. By focusing on your problems, you are unable to enjoy what you have which is really the main game of our lives.

On way to enjoy the life you have is to celebrate the small victories. Even the small victories can put you in such a good frame of life that you will create and attract more satisfying experiences into your life. By allowing small problems to overwhelm us, you are diverting attention from what is important. Moving into this more positive mind space will snowball into bigger and more satisfying experiences.

By controlling our emotions we are better able to control our lives and be in a better position to prevent the little negative things to take up too much space in our lives and give us a better chance of keeping our attention on the good things in our lives. We can choose the thoughts and emotions we experience.

You can learn how to attract the positive things into your life, like money, friendship and love, it is just a matter of learning how to. One of the best ways to experience the buzz of happiness is through learning. Learning is very motivating and when we acquire greater knowledge we become more motivated and energised.