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7 Secret Habits of Highly Successful People

Think about this … Your first form your habits, then your habits form you. Choose to form the right ones now.

To become  highly successful…
• You Must Distance Yourself from the Masses
• You Must Understand that your Habits Will Determine Your Future
• You Must change your habits

Negative habits breed negative consequences while successful habits create successful consequences. So simply put, you can turn negative consequences into positive rewards by changing your habits TODAY…

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Success

“How do I define success? Let me tell you, money’s pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.”   Oprah Winfrey

“Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.”
 David Frost

From:  Second Act:  Starting a Business on the Side

Do you like organizing cluttered garages? Do you make mouth-watering cakes? Do you love to make jewelry? Are you good at planning special events? If you’ve been thinking about starting a business as your next career, now could be a great time to turn one of these hobbies into a thriving small business — even on a bare-bones budget. Continue reading Success →

The Things we Regret…Slow Down

“Regrets for things you did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things you did not do that is inconsolable” Sydney J. Harris

SLOW DOWN

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.
Time is short.  The music won’t last.

Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask how are you, do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed?
With the next hundred chores running through your head?

You better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.
Time is short.  The music won’t last.

Ever told your child, we’ll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die.
Cause you never had time to call and say “Hi”?

You better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.
Time is short.  The music won’t last

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day
It is like an unopened gift thrown away.

Life is not a race, do take it slower.
Hear the music, before the song is over.

Children Learn What They Live

By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.

If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

Friendship

A True friend..
Scolds like a DAD..
Cares like a MOM..
Teases like a SISTER..
Irritates like a BROTHER..
And finally loves you for YOU..

PASSION

“The steps are simple…find your passion and live it!” Pam Grout

 

“The average human being squanders his imagination, hoards her love, and has no clue about the depths that exist within his own soul.  People are unhappy because they lead lives that are way beneath them.  They are exhausting themselves on meaningless things.  Pam Grout 


What is Passion?

Passion is something you can do all day.  You are addicted to it, you don’t want to stop, you draw energy from it, it makes you feel alive, it is motivating, comforting and you know you are going in the right direction.  Nothing can stop you from pursing this passion.  The worst part about it is that it can become so obsessive that you get little else done.

Photo:  National Geographic