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What Are The Best Self Improvement Tips For Planning A Fun-packed Life
As the author of The Last Year of Your Life and the founder of The Last Year of Your Life 52-week Experience, I have written a series of short articles to answer the many questions I get asked about how to live your life to the fullest.
In this article I answer a question that I get asked a lot, and that is, ‘Is it really possible to determine that you are going to have the most fun year of your life?’
You may have heard me say or read one of my other articles where I say that the purpose of The Last Year Of Your Life is to do two things:
1. To bring out what is most special and unique about you so that you can create your legacy.
and 2. to have the most fun you can possibly have in one year’s time.
Those are the goals that we are going to try to accomplish for you and with you during The Last Year Of Your Life. This is what our empowerment coaching will help you achieve.
So how do you set out to have the most fun year of your life? Well, simply stated, it is a mindset.
You have to decide that this is going to be the most fun year that you have ever had in your life,
and you arrange your schedule, and you plan out the things that you do during the year so that you make that happen. You plan how to live life to the fullest.
For example, you may have seen all the free videos I made to answer people’s questions about The Last Year Of Your Life experience, and to include some of my self-improvement tips.
Well, I shot all those videos while I was on a vacation/business trip on the gorgeous island of Kauai. I planned it out so that I would go there on a vacation,
shoot the videos for the marketing and promotion of The Last Year Of Your Life, and sell some butter too. (You may know that I am a world famous gourmet butter purveyor.)
And it worked out perfectly. By the end of that trip I had a new butter client (the entire St. Regis Princeville Resort not bad!) as well as all my promo videos, and got to spend 7 days swimming in the gorgeous warm waters of Hanalei Bay, HI.
That is my idea of a great time. Swimming in the ocean and vacationing in world class resorts is just fine with me anytime I can get it!
So I turned the best most fun vacation into a profit center as well. Taking part in our Executive life coaching can do that for you too.
And that is what you do in The Last Year Of Your Life.
You decide that you are going to live your life with a mind towards planning out fun things, and then it’s just a matter of the details. You live the benefits of empowerment.
Because unless you plan these things out, they willl not happen.
Having the best and most fun year of your entire life does not happen by accident.
Having the best and most fun year of your life is something that you have to create for yourself.
I have been Living The Last Year of Your Life for the past three years now and it has been the most incredible experience in my life.
I know that you’ll get a lot out of it too, and I want you to do it because in The Last Year of Your Life, anything is possible.
Clint Arthur is the author and program leader of The Last Year Of Your Life a 52-week self empowerment and life purpose coaching experience.
Participants live as if they only have 52 weeks left to live.
This gives a sense of urgency and power to stop procrastinating and see self improvement and motivation levels soar.
Empower your life and start living life to fullest possible.
http://www.TheLastYearOfYourLife.com offers free video, audio, and written training materials. Anything is Possible.
Tips on How to Improve Self Esteem
Have you noticed all of the ways of improving your self esteem? It seems there are many different ways you can use in order to improve self esteem and who wouldn’t want to improve it? It does play a pretty important role on human society. When you have a good esteem level, you will be enjoying every bit of your life to the fullest.
In fact, there are many individuals out there that have a high esteem level and they will tell you just how fun it is. If you think you are the only one that lacks that self esteem, then you are wrong. Would you believe it if we told you that many celebrities are dealing with the same problem? With all of that out in the open, are you looking for information on how to improve it? If so, then you should continue reading this article.
First of all, you will need to get rid of all that negative energy you have about yourself. During this moment, you should only think happy thoughts about yourself. This will allow you to outweigh any of those shortcomings you may have. We highly recommend you thinking twice about those destructive thoughts you are having. Many individuals opt for a daily exercise and say something about themselves that is good. If possible, write it down and put it where you can read it all day.
When you set your goals, you should not set them too high as this is only going to lead to disappointment. In the same tone and breath, we must say that you should aim for those accomplishments and not for the perfection. Yes, there is nothing wrong with aiming for the perfection, but this is only giving you room to down yourself.
When you make mistakes in your life, take them in as learning experience. You should learn to accept all of those mistakes that you make. In fact, those individuals that do not make mistakes do not do anything. How to improve your self esteem level all revolves around what you think of yourself.
Get more help to improve your self esteem with this easy to use self esteem hypnosis.
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Self Talk and Attitude
Here’s a quick quiz question for you. What controls your attitude?
Here are a few clues for you. It has nothing to do with your clothing selection, haircut, choice of automobiles, bank account balance, or whether your house is cleaned up and orderly. Those kind of externalities may have an occasional, temporary impact on your outlook toward life, but they certainly don’t control it.
The correct answer is that you control the way you feel.
That’s tough for some people to swallow. That’s probably because accepting the premise that you are the boss of your own disposition creates a personal responsibility for happiness. Sometimes, it’s just easier to lay everything at the feet of the rest of the world! Nonetheless, we really are in charge of how we see the world. We get to make that decision–whether we opt for joy or sorrow. It’s our call to make.
And that leads us right into a follow up quiz question (you didn’t know this article was going to be a test, did you?). How can we transform the way we feel?
Well, we already know better than to try to find that answer in retail stores or bank vaults. If we can to alter our feelings, we’ll need to start looking inward instead of outward. And when you do that, you begin to realize that part of the solution may be to start talking to yourself a little more often.
No, you don’t need to run around town editorializing on everything you see to yourself. You don’t need to invent a new imaginary friend, either. You do, however, need to make a conscious effort to control and alter your self talk in order to build a better attitude.
All of us spend our waking hours involved in an ongoing internal conversation with ourselves. When that conversation involves a great deal of self-criticism (or in more extreme cases, self-loathing) it’s hard to develop a rich, positive outlook.
However, if we can transform our self talk by intentionally cheating ourselves to deal in positivity instead of negativity, it’s possible to produce an attitude change. That’s one reason why so many people are finding a new perspective on life by properly utilizing positive affirmations. They’re taking control of their self talk with some great results.
So, you want to know more about self talk and attitude. I strongly recommend this fascinating site that absolutely revolutionizes the process of using affirmations to create a more positive outlook on life. It makes the development of a positive outlook as easy as flipping a switch! If you don’t know about affirmation jingles and their potential, it’s time for you to take a look!
Self Improvement and Motivation
Everyone should be interested in self improvement and motivation, but most people are satisfied with the “status quo”. Even people that say they are unhappy with their lives continue to repeat the same behavior patterns over and over again, throughout their lives.
All good self improvement ideas begin with one thing. That is change.
You might need to change the things that you do or the way that you think. You might need to change both. Perhaps it is the power of positive thinking that will bring about self improvement and motivation in your life. Perhaps, you can take advantage of the law of attraction.
Some of the most effective self improvement ideas have to do with the law of attraction. Our thoughts are like magnets that can attract good or bad things to our lives, depending on whether our thoughts are positive or negative.
People have experienced life changing events, simply by changing the way that they think. If you go through the day with a frown on your face, thinking that nothing good will happen today, then you will be right. By the same token, if you go through the day with a smile, expecting something good to happen, then you will be right. Give it a try.
The biggest obstacle that people must deal with when they are experimenting with self improvement ideas is impatience. They try thinking positively or visualizing for a few days, but when things don’t change in a big way, in a short period of time, they give up.
Sometimes, you have to look for the little things that are good about your life and be grateful for those. At the beginning of every day, take a few moments to count your blessings. Being grateful for what you already have is a big part of self improvement and motivation.
As you begin to put some positive self improvement ideas into action, be aware of each kindness that someone bestows upon you. And, be sure to always react with kindness. Be ready for opportunity to knock, but remember to look carefully at the opportunity, to be sure that it fits with your long-term goals. It can be easy to get side-tracked, unless you are careful to always think about your long-term goals. The “Secret”, by Bob Proctor, is a good plan for self improvement and motivation. It includes many of the things mentioned here, as well as other secrets for being happier and more successful at everything you attempt to do.
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5 Questions For Self Improvement
Strive to be your endeavor best; Be all you can be; Reach for the stars; These are sayings I’m sure you have heard countless times.
I have a lot of things to be thankful for, my family, my job, my house and a few good friends. However, there are still some things I do hope to achieve.
There is so much more for me to accomplish before I can see my life as complete. No-one is immune from problems in life. But that should not be an excuse for not accomplishing our goals and dreams. When we were children we all had an idea of what we wanted to be, but of course as life progressed, those aspirations were somewhat put behind the burner for one reason or other.
What about you? Have you accomplished all you hoped for? Here are some questions you can ask yourself to help you determine what you want from life:
1. What is it that I really want?
This is the main question that seems to allude a lot of people. There are so many things we want to do with our life, but time and circumstances have prevented us. You should look for that one thing that really means a lot to you, especially if it is something that would make your life worthwhile and go for it. If it really means that much to you persevere, and don’t give up.
2. Should I Change?
If you take a look at today’s generation of young people, they are a totally different breed to what we were in our day. Being around them has shown me that what they face now is certainly a lot worse than what we had to deal with – drugs, peer pressure, promiscuity, competitiveness – I mean we had to deal with all these things, but the intensity of it now is so much higher.
The point I’m trying to make is some things are probably better off staying the same. Change has to occur yes, but some changes have made life a lot more challenging. We should not change our morals or way of thinking to suit this generation. As a matter of fact we should teach them a thing or two in order for them to stay on the right path and to improve their lives.
3. What Good will Come out of this?
Whenever we are faced with problems, all we see are the negative effects and more problems arising out of them. But something good can always come from the challenges we face in life, if we look for it. Whatever the outcome the point is to learn from it and use it to help others who may face the same or similar situation. It is also an experience we can add to the page of our life so we know not to make the same mistake again.
4. Am I comfortable with Who I am?
Some decisions are easier to make than others, like, what shall I eat today? Or, what to suit to wear to the office? There is no wrong answer to these questions really. We must look at ourselves as unique individuals. If we were all the same and think the same, it would be a boring world wouldn’t it. Variety is the spice of life and it is our little differences that make the world the interesting place it its.
5. What more can I do for me?
When was the last time you did something for yourself? Sometimes we make sacrifices for others, like our children or job. We put aside our needs and wants in order to make them happy. But we must not neglect ourselves. If we constantly think about what we want and neglect others then we are considered selfish. However, if we, from time to time, do small things for ourselves, then we will not feel discontented or unhappy.
Lisa Granger’s website http://www.howtoimproveyourlife.info is a personal development site with self-improvement audio/e-books and articles on a variety of topics that you can use to help you improve your life.
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Screw Positive Thinking! Where Self Help Goes Terribly Wrong
It is the battle cry of the self-help faithful. ” I am focusing on the positive!” There could never have been a dumber idea presented to the world. Yet all of us do it at one time or another. Let me give you a suggestion that might seem a bit revolutionary….
SCREW POSITIVE THINKING! It is stupid and destructive.
“But Tom…. Positive thinking makes me feel good.” Why yes it does and that is exactly the problem. A person using the excuse that they need to feel good in order to get through the day is crap. It allows you to avoid all your problems but….what really happens is that the problems are still there and you are just building a defensive wall out of a fragile house of cards that one day will crumble when something happens that makes it impossible for you to avoid a problem.
Don’t worry! Then some well-meaning idiot therapist will give you a pill to boost you mood even more. After you acclimate to that they will kindly up your dosage to you can hide even better from the problem. Just like Old Faithful you can count on one thing for sure…sooner or later you will erupt.
I call this the denial circuit. Last week Dr Ken was in town and we were mapping out the behavioral circuits of the brain. We came across and interesting discovery. Once we tap into the denial circuit we get even more creative about our excuses because that circuit taps directly into the creative part of the brain. It allows you to better ignore the problem and then rewards that by making you feel even better about ignoring the problem. It is a cycle that keeps going until you run into a wall.There is a free video on the top left corner of this site.
SSRIs make that even worse because they boost the chemicals in the brain that make you better able to ignore the problems and they make you feel good about doing it.
Then the dam bursts.
Why does this happen? It is simple. You can only squeeze so much feel good out of your brain before it reacts and the feel good chemicals can’t keep up anymore. When that happens you hit the wall and there is no escape. At that point you have a few choices. You can check yourself in for a free stay and the loony bin. You can curl up into the fetal position and waste away. My choice is this. You can choose to face your problems and solve them!
The problem with hiding from your problems is that the part of the brain that rewards your hiding also has no movement attached to it. You are just sitting in neutral with good feeling and no motivation to move. There is no access to the part of the brain that initiates movement. So nothing really changes other than you feel ok about being screwed up.
Yes I know this sounds nuts. Actually growing and learning sounds crazy when it is easier to just ignore. Yes it is easier to take magic pills, go into denial or just drink and drug yourself into oblivion. One thing I can guarantee is that sooner or later the eruption will occur. You will have to face the problem you have been ignoring. There is no hiding from it.
What can you do? The first thing is to make some personal changes that allow you to handle adversity instead of hiding from it. I think the 3D Mind is the best process for that. The reason I think so is that it balances the way the brain works. This is not some therapeutic junk where we examine your past. It is an actual brain exercise that helps your brain think in a new way. It shows you how to create and have movement all at the same time so that you address your issues quickly so that they never have a chance to erupt into huge problems.
OK I know… you have one of the ten thousand self-help books out there that tell you that being positive is powerful. Sorry… they are all wrong. No exceptions. No compromises.
The happiest people I know do not focus on only the positive things in life. They just deal with problems very quickly. They are creative and move quickly to solve problems, instead of focusing on where there are no problems. If you want to be one of these people then there are a few things you are going to have to do.
1. List your favorite excuses.
2. Pick one excuse.
3. What does that excuse allow you to avoid?
4. How would it feel if you could not avoid it?
5. Use your favorite self-improvement process that does not just make it easier to avoid those feelings.
Tom Vizzini http://www.essential-skills.com
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Success Training and Self Improvement
As you progress on your life’s journey and create the success, relationships and health you desire remember, it’s yours to take control of. You have much responsibility to make the right choices and to put your focus on the things in life that really matter. In my early years, before the age of thirty, as with most people I looked for the silver bullet that would lead me to wealth, significance and success. I felt that I didn’t have the skills, abilities, talents or the lustrous education needed to go into the market place and contribute much.
I was slowly introduced to the amazing world of personal development and I started to apply what I could where I could. That’s when I started to produce the things in my life that I only could imagine would ever happen years earlier.
While sitting in my eighth grade history class my teacher asked the class, “Who among you think you could grow up and be President of the United States?” I raised my hand only to have my teacher pointing her finger at me. I was told by my teacher that I would never be much or do much with my life, because I was from a small farm town and from a poor family. That idea stayed with me for a long time. I began to believe that statement. It’s true that the things you think and believe will manifest in your life, good or bad.
I started to cut class then school altogether. I hung with the wrong crowd and got into trouble and almost went to jail for a while. I remember the disappointment on my dad’s face and how that made me feel. That was one of about five pivotal points in my life. I made a promise to myself that day that I would never ever do it again and I never did.
Before my dad passed away he told me how proud he was of me and proud of what I had done with my life. That was worth so much to hear him say that. So many people get bad programming from an early age and they don’t have a fair chance at building a great life for themselves. They get programmed by bad teachers, parents, media and other authority figures in their life. The great thing about bad programming is that you can change it. You can start now were you are. If you’re nineteen or ninety you can start to reprogram your mind by feeding it the messages you need.
I had a discussion not long ago about science with a student of science at a university here in North Carolina. I told him that every scientist I know and have spoken to are so arrogant and believe because of their intellect that they are the superior thinker and what they say is absolute and if someone has a different opinion from theirs, then that person must be an idiot.
Well of course he took offense, I have no idea why. He suggested that I may have misunderstood them. Then evolution was introduced into the discussion. He said, “If you know the facts and have another opinion, you are an idiot with bad judgment.” Oh, I’m sorry, my bad, I misunderstood the other scientist who said, “If you don’t share their opinion you’re an idiot.” You cleared that one up for me. I say that jokingly.
I don’t like the idea of others trying to impose their opinions on people by telling them they are idiots. I’ve never been a conformist and don’t think I ever will be. I form my own opinions by my own experience, judgments and research no matter what the subject is. What others think of you does not and should not define who you really are. Don’t take those things personally. Just move forward with confidence and grace.
I believe almost anything is possible. Not so many years ago if you were to say that America would have a Black man as their President you would have been laughed at. The 2008 Presidential elections put an end to that notion. So many people down through the years have been told that they were idiots and that their ideas were only far fetched dreams of impossibilities. Einstein was thought to be slow and some said stupid when he was a young boy. The Wright Brothers were thought to be fools by many. Many successful men and women through history have had their share of critics. But, it’s not the critics’ opinion that make the dream come true – it’s the ability to keep moving forward despite the odds.
You will always have people in your life that will never see it for you. That’s fine; just keep working on yourself and your dreams and do your part to contribute to this world.
Continue to be curious daily. Always be on the look out to learn new things, to go on new adventures. Be creative and resourceful in every moment. Invest about 5% of your income in yourself and watch your life change for the better.
The most important things you need for never ending improvement
1. Discipline yourself to work toward your improvement.
2. Focus. It’s easy to get side tracked. Know where you’re going.
3. Help others when you can.
4. Always take action. A life without action is a life without purpose.
5. Learn all you can about how your mind and body function.
6. Learn from past failures.
7. Get new information regularly and apply it.
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” – Henry Ford
Rodney Lynn Lane
(c) 2009 Lane Resources Inc.
http://www.warriorofsuccess.com
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Using Positive Self Affirmation to Increase Your Vertical Jump
You know that there are certain exercises that will work for certain areas of your body. You will include push ups and pull ups to work your arms. You do cardio exercises to keep your heart in shape. There are also exercises that will help you increase your vertical leap.
As beneficial as exercising is, you aren’t going to get very far with a horrible attitude. How you think and feel about yourself is going to reflect in your efforts to increase your vertical Jump. Basically, if you don’t believe that you are making progress, you won’t. How is this possible?
It is all about your subconscious. If you maintain a negative outlook, your subconscious will sabotage your efforts, without you even realizing it. You can exercise until you fall over, but without self-affirmation and a good attitude, all that exercise won’t help you increase your vertical Jump even the slightest bit.
One of the best ways to get to the point of successful self-affirmation is through visualizing. Many coaches will tell their athletes to visualize the win. The same applies to increasing your vertical Jump. If you picture yourself reaching your goals, all your hard work will pay off and you will get there.
Self-affirmation, positive reinforcement, and visualization are all about the psychology. It is about building your self-esteem – your confidence in yourself. Without enough confidence you cannot hope to increase your vertical Jump, or keep you on top of your game.
One of the most helpful tips that you can do is to verbally affirm your efforts and the results that you are after. For example, if you are trying to increase your vertical Jump, you should tell yourself, out loud, that you can do it. Don’t worry about what other people are thinking about you talking to yourself. Keep repeating the phrases that you need to hear yourself say in order to get where you want to be.
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Exercise Equipment: Self Improvement
Exercise equipment is an integral component in an exercise program, and exercise is an important part of dieting. The truth is that man does not lose weight by giving up bread alone. He also has to give up being lazy in front of the TV and sitting on his butt. If you’re going to lose weight, you not only need to eat less, but burn more. That means a consistent exercise program you carry through on. Consider these tips to using home exercise equipment in a successful fitness program. We all know the pains of working out in winter. The thought of removing your woollies and getting ready to do the treadmill makes you want to cry. The coziness of the blanket and the warmth of the socks are very persuasive when it comes to abandoning your usual physical activities. However, it is important to not let yourself slacken during the winter months.
Winter is a season of festivals and celebrations. Right from the Halloween celebrations, with the thanksgiving and Christmas dinner until the New Year’s Eve party– they are all causative factors of weight gain. Within the three months of inactivity, you see the result on your increasing waistline. Therefore, it is important to continue exercising regularly in order to be fit and ready for spring.
However, it is important to remember a few things when you indulge yourself with a workout in winter. Our body tends to stiffen up due to the cold. Therefore, it is important to have a long, effective warm up before the workout to relax and loosen the muscles. Otherwise, there are high chances of cramps, muscle pulls, and ligament injury. Make sure you stretch your limbs well. Do the warm up slowly without exerting yourself too much. Once you bring your body temperature up by a few degrees, you are ready to continue with your normal exercise.
When working out during winter you need to keep yourself adequately warm even during your workout. If you think that the heightened body temperature is enough to protect you from the external chill, you are wrong. You can be diagnosed with pneumonia, common flu, breathing difficulties and even hypothermia if you are not careful enough. Make sure you have several sets of clothing on you so that as soon as your body temperature starts rising, you can take one off to make yourself comfortable.
Although in winter people do not sweat too much during workouts, this has no bearing to the effectiveness of the same. Therefore, if you think that the absence of the beads of sweat on your brow is proof of the uselessness of your efforts to continue working out during the cold season, you are wrong. Also, in case you do sweat, make sure to change immediate clothing item on your body so that the wet garment does not stay in contact with your body for long. Otherwise, you will get the chills.
Following these Tips will allow you to stay fit in the winter.Do your cardio well during the cold months. This is to burn off the regular extra calories that you put on while binging on the turkey and the chocolate pudding. If you find the prospect of trudging your way to the gym extremely unattractive, try out some new forms of exercise. If you are a morning person, wake up early and go for a long jog. This will warm your body up slowly and effectively and give it enough exercise. Or you could opt for something different and join a dance routine class. Power yoga is also a good option to get your adequate workout.
If you do not want to do either of these things, you should try to bring home a few equipments so that you can have your daily workout right there. A treadmill is a good start. If that sounds too expensive to you, go for ropes and dumbbells. In fact, if you are efficient enough, you can plan a freestyle exercise routine for yourself that you can follow daily. This may include a little bit of yoga, a little spot jogging, rope jumping, stretching, crunches, pushups and pull-ups, and even squatting.
If you want to, then you can even join a martial arts class. The kicks can do wonders to your thigh muscles and keep your body active at the same time.
Make sure you drink plenty of water during winter to keep yourself hydrated. Do not take your clothes off immediately after you finish exercising. This can lead to sever hypothermia. Let your body temperature adjust itself and come down to normal. Also avoid taking a bath right after working out for the same reason.
Try convincing a friend to join you during your workouts so that you have enough motivation to keep you going. Do not let the lazy comforts of the warm bed let you abandon your fitness routine. Although it is hard to avoid all the delicious food that is served during this season, try to burn off more calories than you consume daily, and balance all the fat that you eat with fresh winter fruits.
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Why You Need Self Improvement and Motivation to Succeed in Life
Do you want to be successful in your life? If your answer is yes, then you will need self improvement and motivation in your life. Self improvement is something that allows you to learn and acquire new knowledge while motivation is the force and energy that will keep you going in your life.
In order to achieve your goals, live the kind of life you always dream about and be successful life, you need both self improvement and motivation. The determination to learn and the commitment to take the necessary action to make things come true are the 2 factors that will determine your success.
Unfortunately, most people lack both of them. For most people, they never read any books after they leave their student’s life. If a book can give you an idea of how you can improve your life and you read a book per week, what do you think will happen to your life? You will have read roughly 50 books a year and I can guarantee you that the knowledge you acquire from the books are enough to improve the quality of your life.
As for motivation, most people lack motivation and they never take any action even though they knew what they should do. For example, if you want to be rich, you know you cannot depend only on the income from your job; you need to create extra income. However, most people don’t have the drive or motivation to do it. Instead, they give lousy excuses such as they don’t have the time, they don’t have the money or they just don’t know how.
This is why you need to have both self improvement and motivation to succeed in your life. There are a lot of self improvement techniques out there. And the best way to learn them is by learning from someone who knows the proven method or system that can help you in achieving what you want in your life.
If you are not following through a proven system, you will never achieve what you want and improve your life. Always remember this; you will never reach north if you keep running east. So follow the proven system now and you will save yourself time and effort in learning the proven Self Improvement And Motivation techniques that really work.
