I Am Told These Were Good

I do a monthly email newsletter for my job...a little bit of propaganda and some actual useful (I hope!) information. Yesterday I sent out my July edition and got quite a bit of great feedback on two of the items I wrote. Here for your reading pleasure are the items.

One Minute at a Time – Most people try to live their lives as a total picture, instead of living them one minute at a time. They think about the future and feel as if they just can’t cope. Yet anybody can handle anything a moment at a time. Let me give you an example.

It is a typical New Year’s resolution. For instance, the easiest thing in the world to do is quit smoking. Anyone can go a minute without a cigarette. If someone asked you if you could go an hour you’d say “Sure!” So go do it! When the hour is up you’ll have to decide whether you’ll go another hour without one. But don’t try to decide NOW what you’ll do then. Live now. It’s easy to use the excuse that you’ll only want it (cigarette, candy bar, Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon PopTarts…whatever) tomorrow anyway, so why not have it now.

Your mind is VERY powerful. Unfortunately, a lot of people use their minds in negative ways. They begin to tell themselves self-defeating things and then they stop trying. Next time you want to do “it,” tell yourself to wait for five or ten minutes. When you can go 10 minutes shoot for 15 or 20. You’ll feel better and gain the confidence to do for an hour or a day or month without “it.”

Someday – It's a pretty useful word…”someday.” It gives people the chance to put everything off until another day. 'It will happen,” they tell themselves, 'but not right now.' Unfortunately, it hardly ever works this way (I speak from experience!). Millions of people will tell themselves that a happier, more successful life will happen someday - but it never will.

They'll continue to put off the things they want to do with as they grow older and older, until the day comes when they run out of time.   All of their someday's keep adding up until an entirely new life is planned to take place somewhere down the road; the happy, successful life they've always dreamed about. Until then, they drag through life looking forward to that magical 'someday.' And the reason so many people believe it will all work out in the future is because of another seductive trap. They may be afraid to go for it right now, but this 'someday' they talk about is completely free of fear and worry. In other words, they've convinced themselves that a time will come when they won't be afraid to go after their goals.   Have you done this? H

Have you convinced yourself that the right feeling will hit you and you'll live the life you've always wanted to live? Chances are good that you have, and that's why we have to kill the myth with the truth...You will always, always, always feel out of your comfort zone when it comes to changing and improving your life, and that 'special' time when everything falls into place will NEVER come! Successful people aren't lucky enough to be free of fear and worry; they move forward in spite of it.

Happy Selling!