Dear Readers,
Do you practise the art of patience? More importantly - do you believe in the necessity of patience? "Good things come to those who wait" the commercials on our tellys have us believe!
Patience is the mark of people who have the ability to maintain a steady perspective on life. They are never over excited or over stressed whatever hand life deals them. Wouldnt that be a nice way to be? Its no fun agonising over mis-haps or getting angry and frustrated. Far more sensible to smile, put whatever it is in perspective and move on.
Theres a difference between exercising patience and the attitude of laziness and a care-free attitude. Effort is everything. But once maximum effort has been put in, the results must be accepted with patience and understanding even if not desirable.
It can't happen overnight - but practise makes perfect..... and perfecting the art of patience could lead to a fuller happier life with less unecessary lows created by lack of maintaining perspective.
Have a good evening folks. Chins up - its Friday tomorrow - that magical day!
Thursday 26 July 2007
Sunday 22 July 2007
Change
Dear Readers,
Are you afraid of change? Ever stopped to wonder how long its been since you started your job? Or how long its been since you moved house?
The only thing thats inevitable in this world is change. Nothing stays the same. Neighbours is moving to channel 5 next year for crying out loud - you see my point? Most of you probably dont to be fair - but think about it - we are in the digital age! Remember about 10 years ago when having a camcorder was so amazing - yet you find me a person who still owns one of those humungous pieces of equipment. Its one of the growing examples in life where size does matter - but in reverse order - ie the smaller the better!
I am not telling everyone that they must change everything or do it all at once - I am just saying - think about your own attitudes towards change. In fact - I am writing it more for my benefit than anyone elses! I am someone who is pretty much stuck in my ways - I am way too lazy to be bothered about buying phones that got the best megapixel cameras and radios and mp3 players - so so old fashioned me. If i want a camera or an mp3 player - i go out and buy one - if i want a phone - it means I want to call people and want people to be able to call me!
But truly - its not the right attitude because the technological world is rapidly evolving and if people like me arent careful we will become extinct. I can just imagine all my technology savvy friends and family telling me how they are all gonna buy the latest phone which will beam them up to the moon to live there(!) I exagerate a little sometimes - but its not cool being left behind.
But even more importantly than technology is life itself - fear of change causes complacency. Time to start asking if being complacent is a satisfactory way to spend your life? Dont get me wrong - some people are happy working the same job title with mild pay increases their whole life because they dont want the hassle - and its not my place to judge them - whatever makes them happy - but the question is - do these people make a concious choice to actually do that or is it their fear of change that they never even tried to overcome that made this life pass them by?
Back to work tomorrow so I better hit the sack so I am all refreshed for work tomorrow. Oh who am I kidding? You can be in a coma for a decade wake up and you feel knackered as soon as you realise those 6 awful words. "I" "got" "to" "go "to" "work".
Sweet dreams folks - and remember - if you want answers about anything - start asking the right questions and to the right people - starting with:
'Am I afraid of change?'
Are you afraid of change? Ever stopped to wonder how long its been since you started your job? Or how long its been since you moved house?
The only thing thats inevitable in this world is change. Nothing stays the same. Neighbours is moving to channel 5 next year for crying out loud - you see my point? Most of you probably dont to be fair - but think about it - we are in the digital age! Remember about 10 years ago when having a camcorder was so amazing - yet you find me a person who still owns one of those humungous pieces of equipment. Its one of the growing examples in life where size does matter - but in reverse order - ie the smaller the better!
I am not telling everyone that they must change everything or do it all at once - I am just saying - think about your own attitudes towards change. In fact - I am writing it more for my benefit than anyone elses! I am someone who is pretty much stuck in my ways - I am way too lazy to be bothered about buying phones that got the best megapixel cameras and radios and mp3 players - so so old fashioned me. If i want a camera or an mp3 player - i go out and buy one - if i want a phone - it means I want to call people and want people to be able to call me!
But truly - its not the right attitude because the technological world is rapidly evolving and if people like me arent careful we will become extinct. I can just imagine all my technology savvy friends and family telling me how they are all gonna buy the latest phone which will beam them up to the moon to live there(!) I exagerate a little sometimes - but its not cool being left behind.
But even more importantly than technology is life itself - fear of change causes complacency. Time to start asking if being complacent is a satisfactory way to spend your life? Dont get me wrong - some people are happy working the same job title with mild pay increases their whole life because they dont want the hassle - and its not my place to judge them - whatever makes them happy - but the question is - do these people make a concious choice to actually do that or is it their fear of change that they never even tried to overcome that made this life pass them by?
Back to work tomorrow so I better hit the sack so I am all refreshed for work tomorrow. Oh who am I kidding? You can be in a coma for a decade wake up and you feel knackered as soon as you realise those 6 awful words. "I" "got" "to" "go "to" "work".
Sweet dreams folks - and remember - if you want answers about anything - start asking the right questions and to the right people - starting with:
'Am I afraid of change?'
Saturday 21 July 2007
Birthdays
Dear Readers,
Remember when you were younger and you would say I am 7 and a half years old when someone would ask? Times were so good back then and yet we were in such a rush to grow up. Yet you look now - you get a bit older and you say you are nineteen or whatever it is you are till the Big Ben declares midnight on the day you are born! No more of this 'half' or 'three quarters' business - you wanna maintain the facade that you are still young!
Truth of the matter is that birthdays are only as important as the importance the person whose birthday it is gives it. Some get excited and buy a cake - others mourn the fact they are that bit closer to going six foot under! Me? I see it as another day - no more, no less. For what has really changed? Its not as though every year represents the only window of opportunity to do something. Nobody waits to reach a certain age before carrying out a task - unless of course its age restricted like driving or smoking or drinking - altho i think you will find the latter two makes little difference to people who want to do them anyway - and its more and more common to hear about crazy kids stealing cars and gettin themselves into accidents! - so you see the point - Perhaps birthdays can be scary because they make you realise how wasteful you have been with the time that has been given to you so far - but then isnt that realisation the best birthday present of all? Especially if you take it on and go on to make better use of the up coming year than all the years that preceded it?
Well i think so anyway.
Remember when you were younger and you would say I am 7 and a half years old when someone would ask? Times were so good back then and yet we were in such a rush to grow up. Yet you look now - you get a bit older and you say you are nineteen or whatever it is you are till the Big Ben declares midnight on the day you are born! No more of this 'half' or 'three quarters' business - you wanna maintain the facade that you are still young!
Truth of the matter is that birthdays are only as important as the importance the person whose birthday it is gives it. Some get excited and buy a cake - others mourn the fact they are that bit closer to going six foot under! Me? I see it as another day - no more, no less. For what has really changed? Its not as though every year represents the only window of opportunity to do something. Nobody waits to reach a certain age before carrying out a task - unless of course its age restricted like driving or smoking or drinking - altho i think you will find the latter two makes little difference to people who want to do them anyway - and its more and more common to hear about crazy kids stealing cars and gettin themselves into accidents! - so you see the point - Perhaps birthdays can be scary because they make you realise how wasteful you have been with the time that has been given to you so far - but then isnt that realisation the best birthday present of all? Especially if you take it on and go on to make better use of the up coming year than all the years that preceded it?
Well i think so anyway.
Wednesday 18 July 2007
Discipline
Dear Readers,
How well disciplined are you? Do you make split second decisions which you know you will later regret?
Today I bought a bag of Haribo sweets while waiting for the bus - and i ate virtually all of it and now I feel disgusted with myself. It is unhealthy, bad for the teeth, an appetite killer, expensive and worst of all.... it feeds the mentality that doing what I feel like at a moment of weakness is ok!
A lack of discipline is one of the core reasons for failure in any venture you take up in life. I am not talking about petty things like buying sweets - rather what it represents!
How many of you press the snooze three times before waking up? Why do we do it? (notice how I include myself - I am possibly the worst culprit!) - but isnt this a poor attitude? Didnt we set the alarm at an earlier time so we could have breakfast, perhaps shower, shave or get to work on time??? Cant we go to sleep a little earlier to make that earlier alarm be our only wake up call?
How many of us stop eating when our hunger is satisfied? When you get a take-away - notice how you are satisfied three quarters way through the meal but still happily buy deserts or seconds after you finished it???
If you are still thinking 'so what?' - you are missing the point.
Discipline doesnt guarantee success in everything but lack of it virtually guarantees failure in everything.
How well disciplined are you? Do you make split second decisions which you know you will later regret?
Today I bought a bag of Haribo sweets while waiting for the bus - and i ate virtually all of it and now I feel disgusted with myself. It is unhealthy, bad for the teeth, an appetite killer, expensive and worst of all.... it feeds the mentality that doing what I feel like at a moment of weakness is ok!
A lack of discipline is one of the core reasons for failure in any venture you take up in life. I am not talking about petty things like buying sweets - rather what it represents!
How many of you press the snooze three times before waking up? Why do we do it? (notice how I include myself - I am possibly the worst culprit!) - but isnt this a poor attitude? Didnt we set the alarm at an earlier time so we could have breakfast, perhaps shower, shave or get to work on time??? Cant we go to sleep a little earlier to make that earlier alarm be our only wake up call?
How many of us stop eating when our hunger is satisfied? When you get a take-away - notice how you are satisfied three quarters way through the meal but still happily buy deserts or seconds after you finished it???
If you are still thinking 'so what?' - you are missing the point.
Discipline doesnt guarantee success in everything but lack of it virtually guarantees failure in everything.
Tuesday 17 July 2007
Self Belief
Readers,
Do you believe in yourselves? Can you reach out and turn your dreams into realities?
Well you better because if you dont - then how do you expect to make anyone else believe that you can? Exactly - you wont be able to!
'But what if i cant?' - Ever heard of the self fulfilling prophecy? This is where a thought causes the outcome. This is not to say that the outcome would have been different but for the thought - it may well be that the outcome would be precisely the same - but the thought could still be the main cause of the outcome because whether or not the outcome would have been different with a different thought can never be known as you cant turn back time!
I can imagine that the last paragraph can be very difficult to understand without a working example.... so lets use the example of a person who is learning to ride a bike - he falls off the first time and decides that it is an impossible thing for him to learn and that he will never be able to achieve it and therefore doesnt ever climb back on a bike again in his life. (In this example ths person dies without learning how to ride a bike) - now if this person did climb back on the bike - there is no guarantee that he ever would have learnt to ride the bike - some people are just destined to go their life without ever being able to do some stuff! But the point is - in this example.... the reason that he never learnt is because he believed he couldnt rather than he actually couldnt because whether or not he actually couldnt was never discovered as a 'fact'!
Do you want to go through life missing out on something because you were too much of a coward to give it your best shot in fear of failure? If so - I pity you for that is such a sad way to live. Scared someone is going to judge you if you keep climbing on the bike and dont ever learn to ride? Two things - why allow someone to have *that* much power over you????
and more importantly - close your eyes and imagine the satisfaction of riding the bike - without stabilisers people!!
Now close this page down and go away and give your dreams your best shot - and may the force be with you.
Do you believe in yourselves? Can you reach out and turn your dreams into realities?
Well you better because if you dont - then how do you expect to make anyone else believe that you can? Exactly - you wont be able to!
'But what if i cant?' - Ever heard of the self fulfilling prophecy? This is where a thought causes the outcome. This is not to say that the outcome would have been different but for the thought - it may well be that the outcome would be precisely the same - but the thought could still be the main cause of the outcome because whether or not the outcome would have been different with a different thought can never be known as you cant turn back time!
I can imagine that the last paragraph can be very difficult to understand without a working example.... so lets use the example of a person who is learning to ride a bike - he falls off the first time and decides that it is an impossible thing for him to learn and that he will never be able to achieve it and therefore doesnt ever climb back on a bike again in his life. (In this example ths person dies without learning how to ride a bike) - now if this person did climb back on the bike - there is no guarantee that he ever would have learnt to ride the bike - some people are just destined to go their life without ever being able to do some stuff! But the point is - in this example.... the reason that he never learnt is because he believed he couldnt rather than he actually couldnt because whether or not he actually couldnt was never discovered as a 'fact'!
Do you want to go through life missing out on something because you were too much of a coward to give it your best shot in fear of failure? If so - I pity you for that is such a sad way to live. Scared someone is going to judge you if you keep climbing on the bike and dont ever learn to ride? Two things - why allow someone to have *that* much power over you????
and more importantly - close your eyes and imagine the satisfaction of riding the bike - without stabilisers people!!
Now close this page down and go away and give your dreams your best shot - and may the force be with you.
Saturday 14 July 2007
Work Hard or Work Smart?
Readers,
Ever stoppped to think if you work too hard and perhaps if you could accomplish the same success in less time?
In everything you do, you can either do it efficiently and fantastically well or take forever and still not do it to the same standard as someone else who could have taken half the time to do it.
Time to start working smarter guys - people who work too hard suffer from fatigue, lack of appreciation and soon become demotivated due to burn-out.
Simple way to avoid this happening is to make sure that when you are working - you are 100% switched on in what you are doing and are making a massive effort to enjoy what you are doing to avoid the pangs of daydreaming and doing things wrong due to a lack of concentration!
Doing this will allow you to enjoy your breaks more because you know it is well earnt considering the time spent working is so intense that the longer break is more than the due reward.
So, lets all enjoy our weekends in the safe knowledge we arent going to work too hard on Monday, but that we will rather work more effectively for the time we put in!
As for those of us that gotta work over the weekend, I bet you got a day or two of in the week so dont fret - your time will come.
Ciao folks.
Ever stoppped to think if you work too hard and perhaps if you could accomplish the same success in less time?
In everything you do, you can either do it efficiently and fantastically well or take forever and still not do it to the same standard as someone else who could have taken half the time to do it.
Time to start working smarter guys - people who work too hard suffer from fatigue, lack of appreciation and soon become demotivated due to burn-out.
Simple way to avoid this happening is to make sure that when you are working - you are 100% switched on in what you are doing and are making a massive effort to enjoy what you are doing to avoid the pangs of daydreaming and doing things wrong due to a lack of concentration!
Doing this will allow you to enjoy your breaks more because you know it is well earnt considering the time spent working is so intense that the longer break is more than the due reward.
So, lets all enjoy our weekends in the safe knowledge we arent going to work too hard on Monday, but that we will rather work more effectively for the time we put in!
As for those of us that gotta work over the weekend, I bet you got a day or two of in the week so dont fret - your time will come.
Ciao folks.
Thursday 12 July 2007
Day Dreaming
Hallo Folks,
Its already Thursday again - blimey didn't the week whizz by fast? Hold your horses - it aint Friday so it aint whizzed by just yet! Anyway, lets suffice it to say - so far so quick!
Anyway, what I would like to talk about today is day dreaming. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself how often you day dream? In fact, it isnt even so much important as to how much you do it - but rather when in particular it happens.
It is a sign of boredom. I mean doing it in the bog is ok because lets be honest - its more exciting than concentrating on what we are doing at that moment.
But how about when we are working? Is it right to be daydreaming? Can we function properly whilst daydreaming? I mean you can argue drivers who deliver stuff must spend huge chunks of their working life day dreaming and still get their good delivered on time - but still.... what i am trying to say is - if you are in the habit of daydreaming too often - you gotta find ways of making your life more interesting because otherwise you ride the serious danger of:
Living in your own little fantasy world!
Now lets be honest - thats sad because whatever it is you are doing when you are daydreaming you obviously consider more important than the daydream itself because you havent stopped what you are doing to fully absorb yourself to the daydream!
You just havent found a way to harness your whole attention to whatever it is you are doing when the daydreaming occurs.
Something has got to give - daydreaming too often is not a good thing - it can create a feeling of lethargy, create the desire for procrastination and sow the seeds of inaction.
Take a stand here and now people - fight back against the lethal day dreaming bug before you become entrapped in a permanent day dream and the real world has passed you by completely.
Its already Thursday again - blimey didn't the week whizz by fast? Hold your horses - it aint Friday so it aint whizzed by just yet! Anyway, lets suffice it to say - so far so quick!
Anyway, what I would like to talk about today is day dreaming. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself how often you day dream? In fact, it isnt even so much important as to how much you do it - but rather when in particular it happens.
It is a sign of boredom. I mean doing it in the bog is ok because lets be honest - its more exciting than concentrating on what we are doing at that moment.
But how about when we are working? Is it right to be daydreaming? Can we function properly whilst daydreaming? I mean you can argue drivers who deliver stuff must spend huge chunks of their working life day dreaming and still get their good delivered on time - but still.... what i am trying to say is - if you are in the habit of daydreaming too often - you gotta find ways of making your life more interesting because otherwise you ride the serious danger of:
Living in your own little fantasy world!
Now lets be honest - thats sad because whatever it is you are doing when you are daydreaming you obviously consider more important than the daydream itself because you havent stopped what you are doing to fully absorb yourself to the daydream!
You just havent found a way to harness your whole attention to whatever it is you are doing when the daydreaming occurs.
Something has got to give - daydreaming too often is not a good thing - it can create a feeling of lethargy, create the desire for procrastination and sow the seeds of inaction.
Take a stand here and now people - fight back against the lethal day dreaming bug before you become entrapped in a permanent day dream and the real world has passed you by completely.
Wednesday 11 July 2007
What Sets you Apart?
Dear Readers,
Has it ever occured to you that life is a competition? Its arguably not a competition in a spiritual sense because God has enough space in heaven to stick us all there if we are good enough but in the secular world - its hugely competitive!
Think about what your occupation is right now... and now think about how many people are in exactly the same boat as you doing exactly what you are doing!
You got to start finding out what makes you tick and what sets you apart from the competition - ie everybody else just like you! There arent enough jobs, money or perfect life partners for everybody so you gotta start asking yourself what makes you special and different from everyone else on the market?
If you are struggling to answer - the good news is that you can begin choosing your passions and discovering yourself now. Think of something you've always wanted to do but always find excuses not to and I'm not talking about smoking with your mates cos it looks cool! Im talking about adventuruous stuff like writing a novel, bungee jumping, backpacking in thailand - I dont know - basically uncovering your passions and find out what makes you tick.
I can tell you all for free - if you dont know what sets you apart from in this world which is ultra competitive and getting increasingly competitive, how do you expect to be able to sell yourself to prospective employers or spouses or get promotion ahead of the guy who joined your company a year after you but is more self assured than you and knows what sets him apart? the answer - it aint gonna happen!
This world is a market place where you constantly have to sell yourself and tbe best salesman is he who knows the unique selling points of his products the best and can deliver them to his audience the best.
Remember this and this and it will serve you well. Ignore it at your peril.
Has it ever occured to you that life is a competition? Its arguably not a competition in a spiritual sense because God has enough space in heaven to stick us all there if we are good enough but in the secular world - its hugely competitive!
Think about what your occupation is right now... and now think about how many people are in exactly the same boat as you doing exactly what you are doing!
You got to start finding out what makes you tick and what sets you apart from the competition - ie everybody else just like you! There arent enough jobs, money or perfect life partners for everybody so you gotta start asking yourself what makes you special and different from everyone else on the market?
If you are struggling to answer - the good news is that you can begin choosing your passions and discovering yourself now. Think of something you've always wanted to do but always find excuses not to and I'm not talking about smoking with your mates cos it looks cool! Im talking about adventuruous stuff like writing a novel, bungee jumping, backpacking in thailand - I dont know - basically uncovering your passions and find out what makes you tick.
I can tell you all for free - if you dont know what sets you apart from in this world which is ultra competitive and getting increasingly competitive, how do you expect to be able to sell yourself to prospective employers or spouses or get promotion ahead of the guy who joined your company a year after you but is more self assured than you and knows what sets him apart? the answer - it aint gonna happen!
This world is a market place where you constantly have to sell yourself and tbe best salesman is he who knows the unique selling points of his products the best and can deliver them to his audience the best.
Remember this and this and it will serve you well. Ignore it at your peril.
Tuesday 10 July 2007
Evenings
Dear Readers,
Do you not all see that evenings are almost as good as weekends? If we dont appreciate this time we are given to ourselves every single day - then we are unthankful and depressed beings. Thats pure tragic! Why wait for the weekend to come before we decide to let our hair down, laugh and be merry?!
Most of us are home at a reasonable hour but spend most evenings agonising over the fact the weekend is still x amount of days away! What a miserable way to spend an evening. One of my work colleagues spends all day talking about how he cannot wait to get home back to his championship manager game.
Now personally I am no longer a fan of that game for it is one hell of a waste of time - also I am not very good - at last the truth i hear you all exclaim!
But on a serious note - irrespective of the fact that you and I as sensible people may think - jeeeez- what a waste of time! - isnt it infinitely more sensible him playig champ manager and attaining pleasure from his evening than you and I agonising over the fact we got to attend the venue of our day jobs tomorrow?
Thats right - he is a happier being - and so we should too learn from the wisdom of the attitude - not the action - because lets be honest - champ manager is loooong!!!!
But hey - we can watch Big Brother I suppose - who is with me?? I sincerely hope no-one because I would like to think we are all too busy living our lives to be watchin a bunch of lunatics locked in a house together acting stupidly. It doesnt have to be leisure or fun - it can be productive - as long as it isnt spent thinking about the day thats just gone or the day that is to follow I say. Throw yourselves into action. Lets all get busy 24/7! A hectic life is so much more fun and productive than a clock watching life where you are constantly waiting for a certain time for something to happen. Life is way too short as it is and to waste a minute waitin for the minute after it to come is outright crazy!!!
Thats all for tonight folks.
Do you not all see that evenings are almost as good as weekends? If we dont appreciate this time we are given to ourselves every single day - then we are unthankful and depressed beings. Thats pure tragic! Why wait for the weekend to come before we decide to let our hair down, laugh and be merry?!
Most of us are home at a reasonable hour but spend most evenings agonising over the fact the weekend is still x amount of days away! What a miserable way to spend an evening. One of my work colleagues spends all day talking about how he cannot wait to get home back to his championship manager game.
Now personally I am no longer a fan of that game for it is one hell of a waste of time - also I am not very good - at last the truth i hear you all exclaim!
But on a serious note - irrespective of the fact that you and I as sensible people may think - jeeeez- what a waste of time! - isnt it infinitely more sensible him playig champ manager and attaining pleasure from his evening than you and I agonising over the fact we got to attend the venue of our day jobs tomorrow?
Thats right - he is a happier being - and so we should too learn from the wisdom of the attitude - not the action - because lets be honest - champ manager is loooong!!!!
But hey - we can watch Big Brother I suppose - who is with me?? I sincerely hope no-one because I would like to think we are all too busy living our lives to be watchin a bunch of lunatics locked in a house together acting stupidly. It doesnt have to be leisure or fun - it can be productive - as long as it isnt spent thinking about the day thats just gone or the day that is to follow I say. Throw yourselves into action. Lets all get busy 24/7! A hectic life is so much more fun and productive than a clock watching life where you are constantly waiting for a certain time for something to happen. Life is way too short as it is and to waste a minute waitin for the minute after it to come is outright crazy!!!
Thats all for tonight folks.
Monday 9 July 2007
Dear Readers,
Did any of you ever stop to think one seventh of your life is spent on Mondays? Thats a lot of time isn't it? Especially if you suffer from 'Monday blues'. What I learnt though is that if you are the type of person to suffer from 'Monday blues' - it isnt so much Monday that destroys your mood - it is what you have to do on Monday - and chances are whatever it is you do on Monday you do from Monday all the way through to Friday anyway! Which by the way equates to a stonking 5/7 of your life!
Chasing the dime will never make you happy - pick something to do from your Mondays to Fridays that will make you happy - if you are lucky enough to be someone who enjoy their profession and makes a lot of money from it - count your lucky stars because believe you me - there arent many people out there like you.
For even most retired people havent the financial freedom to even enjoy their retirement! Or at least thats what they think - remember - money cant buy happiness - therefore why drive yourself bezerk giving yourself Monday blues one seventh of your life - and 4/7 doing the same thing you do on Mondays anyway????
Be inspired - every day is a fresh chance to reinvent yourself - every single day! Sound too idealistic? Sound too good to be true? Fine dont believe it - it will only be your downfall for disregarding this fact.
Why dont you try making a list of 5 things you want to achieve when you wake up tomorrow and before sleeping - see how many you can have achieved.... repeat the procedure every day... if it becomes a dailly challenge and you win more than you lose - eventually the list can start containing more difficult stuff - and you can reinivent and grow your spirit even further - doesnt the thought just fill you with adrenalin and the will to live? Me neither - but it should - come on readers!!! We can do this together.
My new motto is that i am going to tell myself i am not a man of thought - i am a man of action - and hopefully i will spend less time on here tellin us all what we should be thinkin - and more time doing what these pages are trying to inspire in others!!
Who is with me? Dont all post at once - aah who am i kidding? Not really much danger of that is there?
I'll be back.
Did any of you ever stop to think one seventh of your life is spent on Mondays? Thats a lot of time isn't it? Especially if you suffer from 'Monday blues'. What I learnt though is that if you are the type of person to suffer from 'Monday blues' - it isnt so much Monday that destroys your mood - it is what you have to do on Monday - and chances are whatever it is you do on Monday you do from Monday all the way through to Friday anyway! Which by the way equates to a stonking 5/7 of your life!
Chasing the dime will never make you happy - pick something to do from your Mondays to Fridays that will make you happy - if you are lucky enough to be someone who enjoy their profession and makes a lot of money from it - count your lucky stars because believe you me - there arent many people out there like you.
For even most retired people havent the financial freedom to even enjoy their retirement! Or at least thats what they think - remember - money cant buy happiness - therefore why drive yourself bezerk giving yourself Monday blues one seventh of your life - and 4/7 doing the same thing you do on Mondays anyway????
Be inspired - every day is a fresh chance to reinvent yourself - every single day! Sound too idealistic? Sound too good to be true? Fine dont believe it - it will only be your downfall for disregarding this fact.
Why dont you try making a list of 5 things you want to achieve when you wake up tomorrow and before sleeping - see how many you can have achieved.... repeat the procedure every day... if it becomes a dailly challenge and you win more than you lose - eventually the list can start containing more difficult stuff - and you can reinivent and grow your spirit even further - doesnt the thought just fill you with adrenalin and the will to live? Me neither - but it should - come on readers!!! We can do this together.
My new motto is that i am going to tell myself i am not a man of thought - i am a man of action - and hopefully i will spend less time on here tellin us all what we should be thinkin - and more time doing what these pages are trying to inspire in others!!
Who is with me? Dont all post at once - aah who am i kidding? Not really much danger of that is there?
I'll be back.
Sunday 8 July 2007
Home Made Haircuts
Dear Readers
Sunday is coming to a close - still thankfully I witnessed the most incredible Wimbledon Mens Singles Final that has taken place in years! What fantastic tv!!
Anyway, the thing I learnt this weekend is that home made haircuts are fantastic. I was fortunate enough to get a fantastic freebie haircut from one of my generous cousins who was actually happy to do it because apparently he has always wanted to give someone a haircut! Now i know you are thinking to yourselves - 'you trusted your hair to someone who aint cut hair before???' - to which I answer - duh! Its freee!!!
Suppose you were all right and he messed it up (which by the way we now know he didnt because I am happy with it!) - but suppose he did - I coulda always gone to the barber - paid £4 and got a number 2 all round and bob's your uncle - sorted!
Point is - dont be so narrow minded when it comes to saving money - yesterday I saved £4 on a haircut - tomorrow I might find that eating paper is nutritious!! The opportunities to save money are too many to count - I say lets all go out and start discovering them - what have we to lose?!?!
Next time my mobile phone turns itself off after beeping a few times and saying 'battery low' - perhaps i should make some enquires as to what this 'battery' thing is and if it can be charged before going out and buying a new mobile! I feel invigorated and inspired and I would love you to all make the journey with me.
Right now, I have to go because its that special time on a Sunday afternoon where I drink my 4th cup of tea. Have a blissful Sunday evening folks - and I pray you understood the sarcasm of the latter parts of this post or I shant have any readers left for tomorrows material because ya shall all consider me a damn fool.
Sunday is coming to a close - still thankfully I witnessed the most incredible Wimbledon Mens Singles Final that has taken place in years! What fantastic tv!!
Anyway, the thing I learnt this weekend is that home made haircuts are fantastic. I was fortunate enough to get a fantastic freebie haircut from one of my generous cousins who was actually happy to do it because apparently he has always wanted to give someone a haircut! Now i know you are thinking to yourselves - 'you trusted your hair to someone who aint cut hair before???' - to which I answer - duh! Its freee!!!
Suppose you were all right and he messed it up (which by the way we now know he didnt because I am happy with it!) - but suppose he did - I coulda always gone to the barber - paid £4 and got a number 2 all round and bob's your uncle - sorted!
Point is - dont be so narrow minded when it comes to saving money - yesterday I saved £4 on a haircut - tomorrow I might find that eating paper is nutritious!! The opportunities to save money are too many to count - I say lets all go out and start discovering them - what have we to lose?!?!
Next time my mobile phone turns itself off after beeping a few times and saying 'battery low' - perhaps i should make some enquires as to what this 'battery' thing is and if it can be charged before going out and buying a new mobile! I feel invigorated and inspired and I would love you to all make the journey with me.
Right now, I have to go because its that special time on a Sunday afternoon where I drink my 4th cup of tea. Have a blissful Sunday evening folks - and I pray you understood the sarcasm of the latter parts of this post or I shant have any readers left for tomorrows material because ya shall all consider me a damn fool.
Saturday 7 July 2007
Dear Readers,
First of all, I would just like to tell you all and remind myself how happy I am that I can go to sleep tonight again in the safe knowledge that I dont have to go to work tomorrow! Its probably the most brilliant feeling in the world after winning the national lottery (I guess - I have never won - but then I have never played!) Lets just say - its pretty amazing and the only shame is that the feeling doesnt come often enough and doesnt last long enough - but then arguably thats what makes it so special in the first place.
My bit of advice to my readers for this saturday is to do with social skills. We live in a world where it is essential that people like us and think good of us. People who say 'who cares what the world thinks of you?' are wrong because the 'world' will only think of you what you put out for them to see - thus if the whole world is telling you that you are fat - where theres smoke there is fire - and you know how I feel about cliches!
Of course there are exceptions to the rule, but generally speaking, it is most advisable to be seen as an agreeable person in life because it will prove to your benefit. If you look at the most successful businessmen and famous people, they were all likeable people - loveable people - who always smile - dont participate in gossiping and rumour mongering etc.
If you want the world to like you, treat the people of the world the way you would like to be treated and you can be successful beyond your wildest dreams. Ignore this fact and choose to fight against the world - and the world can be a very lonely and scary place. The decision is ultimately yours dear readers. Social skills are not hard to learn - they consist of common sense and the willingness to improve and be the best you can - these two ingredients will stand in you all in fantastic stead to meet the perfect state you are capable of. Question is - do you want it?
Want what? A fuller happier life created by living by the principles of good social etiquette! Generally speaking - everyone wants it - in which case - ask yourself the question more often and start acting on what you tell yourself you want and you will actually start getting it!!!
Have a good sunday dear readers - hopefully will find some time, energy and material to say more tomorrow. Right now I am beat so am going to turn in.
First of all, I would just like to tell you all and remind myself how happy I am that I can go to sleep tonight again in the safe knowledge that I dont have to go to work tomorrow! Its probably the most brilliant feeling in the world after winning the national lottery (I guess - I have never won - but then I have never played!) Lets just say - its pretty amazing and the only shame is that the feeling doesnt come often enough and doesnt last long enough - but then arguably thats what makes it so special in the first place.
My bit of advice to my readers for this saturday is to do with social skills. We live in a world where it is essential that people like us and think good of us. People who say 'who cares what the world thinks of you?' are wrong because the 'world' will only think of you what you put out for them to see - thus if the whole world is telling you that you are fat - where theres smoke there is fire - and you know how I feel about cliches!
Of course there are exceptions to the rule, but generally speaking, it is most advisable to be seen as an agreeable person in life because it will prove to your benefit. If you look at the most successful businessmen and famous people, they were all likeable people - loveable people - who always smile - dont participate in gossiping and rumour mongering etc.
If you want the world to like you, treat the people of the world the way you would like to be treated and you can be successful beyond your wildest dreams. Ignore this fact and choose to fight against the world - and the world can be a very lonely and scary place. The decision is ultimately yours dear readers. Social skills are not hard to learn - they consist of common sense and the willingness to improve and be the best you can - these two ingredients will stand in you all in fantastic stead to meet the perfect state you are capable of. Question is - do you want it?
Want what? A fuller happier life created by living by the principles of good social etiquette! Generally speaking - everyone wants it - in which case - ask yourself the question more often and start acting on what you tell yourself you want and you will actually start getting it!!!
Have a good sunday dear readers - hopefully will find some time, energy and material to say more tomorrow. Right now I am beat so am going to turn in.
Friday 6 July 2007
cliches
Dear Readers,
I have been away from my blog for the last couple of days because my computer was infested with trojan viruses - not a pleasing scenario at the best of times! I am not sure of the exact status of the computer right now so I guess I wont be doing anything important on here like logging into my online account till I have formatted - which is going to be a right pain in the place the sun doesnt shine because I am not really altogether computer savvy. Ho Hum - with telesupport from my helpful cousin -perhaps i will begin to bridge the gap between me and computer savvy - sure doesnt help having my brother who loves computers move to America - but the show has gotta go on I suppose - or so i keep hearing - stupid cliche!
Or are cliches stupid at all? If we all stop to ponder how cliches became cliches in the first place - we would realise that they are not stupid at all. In fact they were once so profound that they were so often repeated in so many quarters that they have become cliches! So basically the wisdom contained in cliches are the sort of wisdom we would be wise to follow! Now of course this doesnt apply to ALL cliches - you have got to use some of your own initiative to work out which ones should apply to you and which ones shouldnt.
we will take an example two cliches - 'lets not cry over spilt milk' - bloody amazing - isnt it stupid to cry over spilt milk because after all - crying till you have created another ocean aint gonna bring the milk back and likewise worrying about anything that has happened wont bring the time back to correct the fault -so quit worrying - its sound and we should follow it.
second cliche - 'when in rome, do as the romans do' - if you are a spineless jellyfish - then this is another marvellous principle to base your life on! Blend in with whatever type of people you arw with - However - upon closer inspection - you realise that maybe this isnt right - perhaps its better to know who you are, what your principles are and follow them whether in Rome, the UK or the bloody Moon!!!
The point I am making is that analyse the wisdom and relevance a 'cliche' could have to your life next time someone points one out to you rather than pointing out the fact that it is a cliche - because chances are the person saying the cliche never thought he was the first person to come up with the philosophy anyway! He was offering advice in what was once seen as tremendously profound and we would all do well to actually remember that!!
Anyway, I must hit the sack - early to bed, early to rise.... and i cant remember how the cliche ends... what a shame!
Hopefuly be back tomorrow - watch this space
I have been away from my blog for the last couple of days because my computer was infested with trojan viruses - not a pleasing scenario at the best of times! I am not sure of the exact status of the computer right now so I guess I wont be doing anything important on here like logging into my online account till I have formatted - which is going to be a right pain in the place the sun doesnt shine because I am not really altogether computer savvy. Ho Hum - with telesupport from my helpful cousin -perhaps i will begin to bridge the gap between me and computer savvy - sure doesnt help having my brother who loves computers move to America - but the show has gotta go on I suppose - or so i keep hearing - stupid cliche!
Or are cliches stupid at all? If we all stop to ponder how cliches became cliches in the first place - we would realise that they are not stupid at all. In fact they were once so profound that they were so often repeated in so many quarters that they have become cliches! So basically the wisdom contained in cliches are the sort of wisdom we would be wise to follow! Now of course this doesnt apply to ALL cliches - you have got to use some of your own initiative to work out which ones should apply to you and which ones shouldnt.
we will take an example two cliches - 'lets not cry over spilt milk' - bloody amazing - isnt it stupid to cry over spilt milk because after all - crying till you have created another ocean aint gonna bring the milk back and likewise worrying about anything that has happened wont bring the time back to correct the fault -so quit worrying - its sound and we should follow it.
second cliche - 'when in rome, do as the romans do' - if you are a spineless jellyfish - then this is another marvellous principle to base your life on! Blend in with whatever type of people you arw with - However - upon closer inspection - you realise that maybe this isnt right - perhaps its better to know who you are, what your principles are and follow them whether in Rome, the UK or the bloody Moon!!!
The point I am making is that analyse the wisdom and relevance a 'cliche' could have to your life next time someone points one out to you rather than pointing out the fact that it is a cliche - because chances are the person saying the cliche never thought he was the first person to come up with the philosophy anyway! He was offering advice in what was once seen as tremendously profound and we would all do well to actually remember that!!
Anyway, I must hit the sack - early to bed, early to rise.... and i cant remember how the cliche ends... what a shame!
Hopefuly be back tomorrow - watch this space
Monday 2 July 2007
Boredom
Dear Readers,
What i have realised recently is that boredom is a state we achieve when we have too much time on our hands. Seeing as almost everybody reading this is probably reading it because they are bored, you are probably included in this huge bracket of people that suffer from boredom quite regularly.
Boredom is a terrible vice because it is an incredible waste of time and the effects can be quite damning because it brings about negative thoughts and emotions. What if we all used our boredom as a springboard to action? Take up a new hobby that kills boredom, enhances the mind and avoids the negative thoughts and emotions that boredom takes everywhere it goes!
What hobby i hear you all screaming at your monitors??? - well i dont know do i - i am not you - how am i meant to know what interests you the most?!
If you are a practical person - get busy doing chores - fixing stuff or whatever it is you enjoy.
if you are creative - start drawing or painting again.
If you are a reader - buy some books - readers are quite lucky because of the sheer volume of different types of material there is out there - joke books, novels, reference books, self help books - spend less time being bored and more time becoming the person you want to be!
whatever it is - spring into action and do it now!!! no wait - finish reading this first - please?
Ok enough of for today - i am going to go watch reruns of Macgyver I have on my sky+
Oh yeah and dont judge me - I didnt say my advice was for me to follow too.... or even more to the point - maybe watching Macgyver is a hobby? It certainly goes down well with a cuppa tea i tell ya! I dont know - i never claimed to have all the answers.
Take it easy readers - stay safe and remember:
Happiness lies in the wisdom to get too busy to suffer from boredom and the problems associated with it.
Ps - Macgyver - heeeere I coooome!!!
What i have realised recently is that boredom is a state we achieve when we have too much time on our hands. Seeing as almost everybody reading this is probably reading it because they are bored, you are probably included in this huge bracket of people that suffer from boredom quite regularly.
Boredom is a terrible vice because it is an incredible waste of time and the effects can be quite damning because it brings about negative thoughts and emotions. What if we all used our boredom as a springboard to action? Take up a new hobby that kills boredom, enhances the mind and avoids the negative thoughts and emotions that boredom takes everywhere it goes!
What hobby i hear you all screaming at your monitors??? - well i dont know do i - i am not you - how am i meant to know what interests you the most?!
If you are a practical person - get busy doing chores - fixing stuff or whatever it is you enjoy.
if you are creative - start drawing or painting again.
If you are a reader - buy some books - readers are quite lucky because of the sheer volume of different types of material there is out there - joke books, novels, reference books, self help books - spend less time being bored and more time becoming the person you want to be!
whatever it is - spring into action and do it now!!! no wait - finish reading this first - please?
Ok enough of for today - i am going to go watch reruns of Macgyver I have on my sky+
Oh yeah and dont judge me - I didnt say my advice was for me to follow too.... or even more to the point - maybe watching Macgyver is a hobby? It certainly goes down well with a cuppa tea i tell ya! I dont know - i never claimed to have all the answers.
Take it easy readers - stay safe and remember:
Happiness lies in the wisdom to get too busy to suffer from boredom and the problems associated with it.
Ps - Macgyver - heeeere I coooome!!!
Sunday 1 July 2007
'I dont have time'
Dear Readers,
How many times has someone told you or have you told someone else that you dont have the time to do something? Too many times! How many times was it actually true? Probably the best part of 0 for most of us! It is the one excuse for not doing something that I personally despise the most because of its inherent false nature.
How many people find time to watch films they have seen before multiple times? How many people find time to watch television program serieses without ever missing a show? you see - when you are interested enough in something - time is never ever an issue - why? because you make time!
Next time you are asked to do something you dont want to do - dont insult your fellow mans intelligence by telling them you havent got the time. Or perhaps if you believe you are one of those people who *really* hasnt got the time, then evaluate how you spend your time - and check out your priorities- you might find yourself amazed at the time you can spare for things that are more important than the things you have scheduled right now.
Eastenders really worth 30 minutes 4 days a week???? There you go - interesting isnt it? Dont get me wrong people - if you can fit in all the important stuff like your three sqaure meals etc as well as eastenders - dont go giving it up for no reason!! Especially if you got sky+ and can watch it at your leisure!! But you see the point... as valuable a commodity as time is, dont go pretending that you are running on empty when you clearly aint because it is pure and simple disrespectful.
Now without further ado, lets all enjoy the rest of the small time left we have before we begin the next working week - if we indeed have the time to enjoy it.
How many times has someone told you or have you told someone else that you dont have the time to do something? Too many times! How many times was it actually true? Probably the best part of 0 for most of us! It is the one excuse for not doing something that I personally despise the most because of its inherent false nature.
How many people find time to watch films they have seen before multiple times? How many people find time to watch television program serieses without ever missing a show? you see - when you are interested enough in something - time is never ever an issue - why? because you make time!
Next time you are asked to do something you dont want to do - dont insult your fellow mans intelligence by telling them you havent got the time. Or perhaps if you believe you are one of those people who *really* hasnt got the time, then evaluate how you spend your time - and check out your priorities- you might find yourself amazed at the time you can spare for things that are more important than the things you have scheduled right now.
Eastenders really worth 30 minutes 4 days a week???? There you go - interesting isnt it? Dont get me wrong people - if you can fit in all the important stuff like your three sqaure meals etc as well as eastenders - dont go giving it up for no reason!! Especially if you got sky+ and can watch it at your leisure!! But you see the point... as valuable a commodity as time is, dont go pretending that you are running on empty when you clearly aint because it is pure and simple disrespectful.
Now without further ado, lets all enjoy the rest of the small time left we have before we begin the next working week - if we indeed have the time to enjoy it.
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