Stop asking how

The fourth commitment is the hardest for most people. It’s to persist and have the patience to hang in there long enough to make steady progress. Change doesn’t happen overnight. Roger K. Allen I’m continually asked questions along these lines: How can I find my ideal mate? How can I achieve my financial goals? How can I lose twenty pounds? How can I get my mate to be more loving, agreeable, helpful? The common thread among these questions is that most people believe there’s an easy answer to their problems and once they learn it, everything will fall into place. …
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To do list

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. Theophrastus d. 278 B.C. Have you ever made a to-do list? Do you use them often? I know some people who make them each and every day. A to-do list can be a very useful tool. But today, I’d like to introduce you to a different sort of list that might prove even more beneficial. It’s a list of things not to do. But for you to fully understand its power, a little background is needed. Have you ever heard of the Pareto Principle — better known as the 80/20 …
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Where are you?

Wherever you are, be there. Jim Rohn 1930 – 2009 If you’re going to enjoy more happiness in your life, you need to eliminate things that create unhappiness in your life. One significant source of unhappiness is the inability to “be where we are”. It seems that humans have a tendency to be in one place physically, yet be mentally absent. Consider the occasions when you were present in body but missing in spirit. Have you been in conversation with a friend and caught yourself thinking about some problem at home? Or have you been home at the dinner table …
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