So many people are talking doom and gloom with regards to 2009. Well here’s my take on it, things will be ok. We can easily get caught up in the media web of what ever they want us to believe.
Don’t get too concerned, just do all the things you can do in your power and everything will work out.
The sun is coming up tomorrow!!! Dream Big,be positive and expect the best.
Bring on 2009.
Learn To Be Courageous
Courage is also known as bravery. It is the ability to face fear, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. It is called ‘physical courage’ while facing physical challenges such as pain and hardship and ‘moral courage’ while enduring shame and discouragement.
The opposite of courage is fear. Courage makes your fear disappear. Courage is an important quality or character that you should have in order to face life’s many challenges.
Is it possible for all of us to have courage?
Well, yes. Courage also means overcoming fears. In that sense we all could learn to overcome most of our fears. You should develop courage in yourself first so that you could instill courage in others – your children, your family, your spouse and your staff at work. If you do not know what courage is and you do not have it, how could you teach others?
How do you overcome fears?
Learn to curb your fears - You should realize that everyone is afraid of something or the other. Courage does not mean absence of fear. Courage is control over your fear. A courageous person acts in spite of his fear to move forward.
Face your fears - Fears disappear the minute you stare at them. Your fear takes over you when you get scared and back away from a fearful situation. The fear looms over you and becomes more powerful. The only way you could develop courage is to be aware of your fear and confront it consciously and continuously. As you face each fear-inducing situation as a challenge your fears become weaker and you grow stronger.
Desensitize yourself to your fears - There is a technique called ‘Systematic desensitization’ which is used to treat phobias and other extreme or erroneous fears based on principles of behavior modification. In this technique you do a fearful act over and over until it has no more power over you. Your courage and confidence would grow more and more as you repeat the action several number of times. Finally your fear simply disappears once for all.
Your action plan in your efforts to overcome fear could include the following steps:
Define what courage is in your mind – it could be learning to drive, staying alone at home, going for a walk alone, swimming, etc. People are afraid of so many different things and what is simple to you may not be so for the other person.
Identify your fears – know your fears first.
Write down a list of all your fears - Be honest to yourself and do not be ashamed of admitting your fear of even the silliest thing in life.
Once your list is done, write down specific actions that you could possibly take in order to overcome those fears.
Prioritize your tasks.
Start taking action today.You are in the drivers seat.
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Enhancing Creativity and Welcoming Change
Creativity is level of excellence associated with the ability to yield original works and ideas in any field. It is the power to build, produce, and construct extraordinary ideas fuelled by one’s imagination and resourcefulness. It has served a very important role in human civilization and has always been present in the heart and mind of every person. Being innate, creativity is something that only needs to be awakened to surface.
Learning how to defeat the hurdles that block creativity is not a tough thing to do. There are pretty basic ways to be more creative. But before you start racking your brain, first identify the barriers that you might meet along the way, so you can somehow be prepared for them.
Knowing the Potential Hurdles
Identifying the obstacles will make the task a lot easier to handle. While there are some of us whose creativity is easy to stir, there are those who needed a deeper prodding. Some of these obstacles include the inadequacy of time, the fear of prejudice, a lack of self-esteem, and fear of failure.
Dealing with time is not actually a big problem. Tickling your imagination to work only takes a while if you will it. The fear of tendentiousness is more considered to be normal. A little confidence and a sense of self-worth answers this problem.
In doing something creative, go beyond the rim of all the things that have always been familiar to you. Muster up the courage to get out of your comfort zone for a while. When you feel uncomfortable with what you just did, just continue doing it. A little tension in unfamiliar territory is normal, and, often, it is this very nervousness that will push your creative juices into action. Welcome change from time to time.
Remember that creativity is not only for people with superior intellect. The need to be an expert is not necessary. The products of your creativity may display themselves in many ways and might not always be tangible. If doubt comes and hinders your ability to be creative, remind yourself everything that you have been doing is a part of your imagination and a part of you.
Once you have already dealt with these issues, you may now start to try some ways to definitely enhance your creativity.
Bringing In Some Backup
There are many interventions you can adopt. Begin with the right frame of mind. Probe into the field you’re interested in and explore everything that triggers your imagination. The next thing you need to do is to nourish your dreams. Focus on your experiences and do not dismiss the small details. Don’t waste what you may already been discovering by ignoring it. Ask yourself the following questions: “What if?”, “What else?” and “How else?”
Remember that being creative is like dreaming consciously. Through it, you are able to manipulate your thoughts.
The secret to creativity is the knowledge that it is exactly the opposite of consideration. Considering our thoughts means creativity is trimmed and even stopped. Do not limit your ideas and remember that thinking is not just for artistic and writing professions, and for people who are highly-intellectual — it is for everybody and anybody.
Authentic creativity does not exist. No individual can create life. All we do is to remake and rearrange things around us. If you want enhance your creativity, do not wait for an inspiration and start exploring. Creativity is not all about creation; it’s all about reorganization. Think ingeniously, brainstorm, and try to practice tickling your imagination.
You are in charge of your life…remember that!
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Terrific Tips to a Better Brain
Do you ever stop to think how hard your brain works for you every Day? Most of us do not consider the importance of our brain while we focus on the rest of our body. Your brain is the most essential organ and yet it is the organ least cared for. You need not study hard or become a bookworm to boost your mental faculties. Just a few smart tricks, techniques, habits, changes in diet, lifestyle and behavior could energize your grey matter and get the best results from your brain.
Here are a few tips to tend proper care for your brain:
1. Physical exercise strengthens your brain, too. Exercise benefits your brain cells. The blood vessels inside your brain dilate and increase blood flow when you engage in regular exercise. Exercise helps to excrete toxins and allows oxygen and other nutrients to flow into your brain strengthening your brain cells.
2. Start your day with a healthy breakfast. Skipping breakfast affects your brainpower and performance at home, school or work.
3. Kick-start your brain in the morning so that it wakes up and is all ready when you start your morning. Why don’t you start off your day with a crossword puzzle or sudoku from your morning newspaper? Your brain needs these teasers to be more efficient during the fist few lazy hours in the mornings.
4. Research backs up the support in favor of omega-3 fatty acids. Fish is the best brain food. Omega 3 fish oil is not just healthy brain food for babies. It’s also an essential brain food for children, adolescents and adults. The EPA and DHA in fish oil seems prevent dementia.
5. Here is a trick to remember something important for the next day – read and review over the matter needed for the next day before you go to sleep the previous night. While you sleep your brain does its sorting and filing for you and stores it for you. When you think about it the next day your brain supplies this information fresh out of its memory cells.
6. Did you ever get stuck with a small detail when your brain just stops and you experience a mental block? Try darting your eyes from side to side. You would be amazed at the results! What is the reason behind this? Everyone has a left and right hemisphere in the brain. They communicate constantly on a daily basis throughout your thinking process. Sometimes when this communication link or connection gets weaker for some reason you may experience a memory lapse. Darting your eyes helps to strengthen this connection to jerk your memory and bring back into focus that little detail you had forgotten all along. All it takes is 5 to 10 seconds to jolt your brain. Try it.
7. Good sleep, music, busy life and plenty of water are also factors that help in building your brainpower.
It is possible to boost your brainpower at any age. Try these strategies and you would start praising your brainpower in as little as two weeks!
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Practical Steps for Professional Growth Development
Professional growth is essential for everyone. Your quality and status of life depends on you position in your profession and financial income. Your professional growth plan would lead you to the position and income you desire so as to fulfill the dreams of your life.
Your professional growth development depends upon these factors: Your ambition, your drive, your abilities and your interests.
You should have a clear-cut idea about these factors so that your path towards your future becomes clearer to you. Your professional growth plans need not be complicated but you could write down simple but detailed plans so that you could eventually achieve them in time.
Here are a few tips to map out your professional growth plan:
1. Take responsibility and be in charge of your professional growth - Do not rely on others to map out your career plans. If you have a mentor or a manager to support do not hesitate to take advantage of it. But otherwise you would be better off scheduling and planning your own growth in order to reach the top.
2. Write a list of different ways you want to grow - If you would like to stay on with the current employer and plan to grow with the company you could look for skills you need to beef up. Check you performance reviews, feedback from management and peers, any appreciation letters, awards, etc. These are some inputs that could reveal your strengths and weakness. Whether you plan to change careers or go up the ladder in the same career find someone who has treaded the path before you and ask them for advice. Focus on one or two areas on improving at one time. Learn to grow slowly and steadily so that you could win the race.
3. Explore your options open before you, to learn and grow - Research your scope and options open before you. Check around the various educational opportunities, training opportunities, etc. that would help you to grow personally and professionally. Time management, leadership development and team building skills, etc. are essential for corporate promotions. Your social skills also develop along these lines.
4. Identify suitable options that fit your needs and learning style - Each one of us is unique. We all learn in different ways at different pace. Once you explore the learning options before you, consider the methods that best suit you –
Do you like interacting with others? Do you prefer to listen to classroom lectures? Are you a self-learner who learns by reading books? Are you a self-motivator? Do you have time needed to attend regular classes? How much could you spend on these programs? Does your company support your interests by paying for them? These are important points to explore.
Do not procrastinate and get started - The biggest and the most common barrier to development is procrastination. We all plan and talk about our plans. But only a few stick to their plans and start off at the planned time in a planned manner. What good is it if you just plan and do not take steps to execute your plans? If you do not start, you would never succeed in your professional growth development. So start now. I know people say its hard to change, but what are the alternatives….
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