The two most important elements to manage are cash and time, with time being the most important by far. We live in a world where people seem to be in such a hurry to get where they’re going that they don’t really stop and think about where they’re going or why.
Goals are an important part of effort. They will determine what effort we give, when we give it, and how we give it. Our effort is much more effective if we focus it o a single goal or a small group of goals.
Let’s look at the sun’s rays as an example.
One of the greatest motivators in my life has been faith that what I’m doing is God’s will for me.
This may sound strange to you, but when I was a child of about five, God spoke to me and told me that I was to be a teacher. As an Adult, when I was a professor, every day that I went into class, I remembered that this was what God wanted me to do.
One of the most important ways to achieve success and happiness is through self-motivation. No one can run your life for you even though some may try. When you were a child, your parents and teachers guided your life. But upon leaving school you must manage your own life.
I believe so strongly in this idea that “Attitude Determines Destiny” that I wrote a book on it. I wanted to write about what I have learned in my life that I would want to pass on to the next generation.
Become Positive With My 30-Day Challenge Here is something very concrete that you can do to change your attitude: For the next thirty days, work on improving your attitude in one specific area of your life. Pick just one thing that you would like to change and work on it for thirty days. Once you […]
This “Attitude of Gratitude” is so powerful because it changes the way we look at everything in our life. You can’t feel angry, bitter or resentful when you are feeling grateful. When you feel grateful you are focused on what is good in your life and that will push out what is bad. This is the amazing thing, when we think about being grateful it literally pushes the negative feelings out of us.
What we are thinking about will determine what our attitude will be and how we will approach every situation in our lives. If we change what we are thinking about we can change our attitude in a matter of a few minutes…That is powerful!
One of the great things that I discovered in my personal growth work is that we get to choose our attitude each day. In fact we get to choose our attitude every hour of every day and every minute of every hour of every day.
Where I grew up in Nova Scotia in Eastern Canada, there were spruce trees everywhere. They were like weeds. If you left a field untended for a few years it would be covered with little spruce trees. If you walked into the woods you usually found spruce trees everywhere and in every size.
