I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street; I met a man who had no feet. ~Ancient Persian Saying
I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street; I met a man who had no feet. ~Ancient Persian Saying
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.
What you eat directly affects how you feel. Start your day with a healthy breakfast and maintain a proper diet. You’ll feel better and will be healthier.
Belief in self is a step toward personal growth.
Our work lives are often filled with what can seem like unbearable amounts of stress. And while some of those stresses are unavoidable, there’s a lot you can do to start to whittle those high levels of stress down to something that feels at least manageable. Here are a few suggestions:
• Know when to say no. That means you have to first understand your own limits. Then set limits on others so they don’t encroach on your time by pressuring you to take on tasks or responsibilities that will throw you out of balance.
• If possible, avoid people who consistently stress you out. If your boss is the culprit, you might not be able to do this. And you can’t steer clear of everyone who inadvertently or occasionally causes you anxiety. But you can avoid people who have a history of leaving you feeling stressed after you’ve tried to change the situation and they haven’t responded.
• Don’t expose yourself to unnecessary environmental stressors. For instance, if you read the news on the Internet during your break, but it leaves you feeling tense, stop reading the news on your break. Do something that relaxes you instead: Go for a short walk, knit, meditate, work a puzzle.
• Learn to manage your time. Letting projects go until the deadline is upon you will undoubtedly cause you stress. Work at a steady pace—and don’t procrastinate. Procrastination can affect the quality of your work and leave you feeling anxious and strained for prolonged periods.
My family will benefit from my relaxing more.
Include something you consider beautiful in your life on a daily basis, for example, fresh flowers, etc.
Some problems are easy to solve with the same solutions that have always worked. Others call for a fresh thinking, an original approach. Try these tips for generating exciting new ideas:
• Rephrase your problem. Turn your problem around by describing it in different words. Instead of “How can we produce more widgets?” ask “What’s preventing us from producing X widgets a week?”
• Dig deeper. Instead of focusing exclusively on the present situation, explore the background. When did the problem start, for example? What changed? Or, what are some of the underlying causes? What could you do about them?
• Avoid either/or thinking. Don’t limit the possibilities. Instead of , “We can either raise revenues or cut costs,” look for ways to do both, or find additional options. Maybe you have time to work on only one project, for example, but instead of neglecting the other, perhaps you can find someone else to get it started.
• Ask for help. No matter how smart you are, an extra brain will usually help you find options you wouldn’t have considered on your own. Someone else’s eyes may see angles you hadn’t spotted before. Go outside your usual circle of advisors for a different perspective.
• Keep a log. Carry a notebook and get into the habit of writing down your ideas as they occur to you, so they’ll be accessible when you need them. Don’t worry about how practical your ideas are in the beginning, or what they might apply to. Just looking through your list may spark a thought you wouldn’t have found before.
Reduce your stress with compassion
Meditating on compassion can reduce inflammation and other symptoms of stress, an Emory University study has found. The study suggests that meditation practices designed to foster compassion may impact physiological pathways that are modulated by stress and related to disease.
I can show others a good example.
If you want to keep your brain fit, it isn’t enough just to read a master tome like Ulysses. Researchers believe that the most effective way to keep your brain in top shape is to do activities that pull you out of routines and expose your senses to new things. Here are simple three brain exercises:
1. Brush your teeth with the other hand. If you’re right-handed, brush your teeth with your left. It may take a little more time, but it pulls your brain out of its normal routine and forces it to use the other side of its circuits.
2. Place clocks and pictures upside down for a day. This forces you to reorient and reinterpret familiar objects, which makes the brain use spatial networks it hasn’t used in a long time.
3. Close your eyes. As you make your way around the house, close your eyes and force your brain to exercise the connections between your sense of touch and spatial memory.
—Adapted from Cooking Light
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.
George Herbert
I can handle all changes that come my way.
David B. Bohl of Slow Down Fast says We should always make sure that we have an open mind and learn that change happens and sometimes we need to modify our desires or goals. This doesn’t mean you should give up on something because you think it is too hard to achieve, but rather you should be open for new ways of achieving that goal or modifying the goal to take advantage of advances in technology, science and the world around us.
My possibilities are endless.
Sovereign of the self
I am, indeed, a king. because i know to rule myself.
-Pietro Aretino
According to The Confidence Center (www.confidencecenter.com) , a Web site dedicated to improving employee success and happiness, there are many things you can do to reduce your daily stress level. Here are 10 suggestions on the center’s list of “99 Ways to Relieve Stress.”
1. Get up 15 minutes earlier
2. Prepare for your day the night before
3. Avoid tight fitting clothes
4. Write things down—don’t rely on memory alone
5. Practice “preventive maintenance”
6. Make duplicate keys to everything you can
7. Say “no” more often
8. Set priorities in your life
9. Avoid negative people
10. Use your time wisely
I experience the excitement of growth daily.
Todd Goldfarb founder of We The Change says Sleep in the Dark, Light interferes with sleep, at least partly because it inhibits melatonin secretion and thus resets the biological clock. For this reason, it is very important to keep your bedroom as dark as possible to ensure full cycles of sleep. (if your room is not pitch black, I suggest using a sleeping mask)! You will only be at you most industrious when you have a solid night of sleep under your belt.
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