Something to think about......................
Friday, September 25, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
5 Tips To Inspire Yourself And Others

Whether you're leading an organisation or leading a family, or just trying to get by, inspiration is integral to an easier life. It's way easier than motivation. Motivation is what my trainer does when he promises ' just five more' and then threatens me with three minutes on the rowing machine if I don't do it. That's the carrot and stick method of getting stuff done - effective, but hard work.
Inspiration is what fuels you from the inside out, pushes your boat downstream, fills your sails, and any other metaphor for 'easy' that works for you.
So how do you get inspired? And how do you pass on the magic torch to others?
Inspiration Tip 1. First, drop the ego trip. Being inspiring is not about climbing mountains or corporate ladders; it's not about being the fastest, strongest, smartest, or richest.
Think of Ghandhi, or Mother Theresa - their most inspiring feats were not about achievement; they were inspiring for who they were being, not what they were doing.
Inspiration Tip 2. It's not about YOU. A vision of something bigger than themselves pulled Ghandhi and Mother Theresa through some tough times, and drew them into being the best version of themselves.
Gandhi wasn't trying to prove anything; he just wanted peaceful independence for the nation of India. Love of human kind and a vision of peaceful transition inspired his actions.
What vision is inspiring your actions?
What's inspiring me is my belief that people are capable of extraordinary things, that the world is a delicious adventure to explore, that people can lead meaningful, peaceful, love-filled lives - if they just let themselves, that I have a role to play in all of this, by living my vision first.
Inspiration Tip 3. It IS about YOU. That's how you inspire others - live your values, don't just talk about them; give love, don't just look for it; be success, don't seek it outside yourself; see a bigger picture - a vision that fills you with joy - and share it.
Ghandhi said it best - "Be the change you want to see in the world."
And we are all capable of that, no matter size, shape, age, race, or gender.
Inspiration Tip 4. Get pulled up. Look to others to inspire you. If you want top business results, study the achievements of other business leaders; read their biographies; follow their twitters; seek them out.
Hire professionals like an executive coach to give you explicit feedback and development strategies to fast-track your way to your vision.
Hang out with other positive people who believe in you and can see potential in you. I meet with a group of six colleagues from diverse businesses every two weeks who keep me focused and positive by providing me with unmitigated support and encouragement. They are like my little confidence booster shot every fortnight.
Inspiration Tip 5. It's about NOW. If you're constantly worried about the future or regretting the past, you are everywhere but in your place and moment of power - the only moment you ever live in - which is now.
So make peace with what is now, find ways to appreciate your circumstances now, and embrace who you are, where you are right NOW.
This is when yo are most attractive, most powerful, most influential, and most inspiring.
To a life you love to live,
Zoe
P.S. Want to use this article? You can, as long as you reprint it in full, including the following:
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
TWELVE STEPS.............

These twelve steps were found in an old series of books published back in 1914. I thought you'd like to see them.
1. Every night, half an hour before retiring, go to your room, where you can be entirely alone and as remote alone and as remote as possible from noise and distraction.
2. Seat yourself in a wide and comfortable chair, or, better still, lie down on your back at full length. See that your clothing is loosened, so that you will suffer no distressing annoyance on this account. Compose yourself as if for sleep, assuming a position of restfulness, abandon and utter relaxation. Close your eyes, letting the lids rest lightly on your cheeks.
3. Shut your mind resolutely against every form of bodily sensation. Forget for the time that you are encumbered with a body.
4. Bar out of your consciousness every memory, every thought of the past.
5. Build a mental picture of the thing you want to have, to do or to be - the one thing that you immediately desire first and most of all. By this we mean nothing indefinite. We do not refer to ultimate aims that can come only as the result of long periods of effort. We mean something specific, something that can be yours tomorrow, something that in itself constitutes the next step in your chosen career.
6. See yourself finding the ways and means of realizing your desire, overcoming obstacles one after another, all the obstacles that can possibly arise. See yourself called upon to display, and displaying, alertness, promptness, courage, confidence, resourcefulness, patience, push, enterprise, expert knowledge, insight, shrewdness, tact, self-control, decision. See yourself face to face with the situation that confronts you in real life and manifesting the qualities and doing the things necessary to your purpose. Put yourself body and soul into this picture. Multiply details. Rivet your mind upon it.
7. Advance step by step, logically, wisely, consistently, to the climax of the drama. See yourself winning out. See yourself solving the problem, getting the thing you want, acting the part you desire to play. Detach your spirit from the flesh of this world and incorporate it in the mental image of yourself. Live the victory mentally until a sense of its reality permeates your soul.
8. Make your dream picture as delightful as possible. Dwell upon it with joyful satisfaction. Warm your heart with a feeling of thankfulness that that which you have so long desired is really yours. This feeling of gratitude, this emotional element, will bring forth associations that will give life to the picture and will animate your faith. Keep yourself tight shut in this dream world for at least fifteen minutes.
9. Arise and make your preparations for the night. Then upon retiring once more close your eyes and let your mind dwell upon your vision for five or ten minutes or until you fall asleep. Let it be the last thing in your thoughts as you become unconscious.
10. Every time you are awake during the night call the mental picture before you and keep it in consciousness as long as you remain awake.
11. In the morning, immediately upon awaking, repeat the procedure set out in the third, fourth and fifth instructions.
12. The more of your spare time you spend in this way, the more promptly will you actualize your ideals. By repeated concentration, every detail of the image of your desire will be so deeply engraved upon your mind as to exert an influence throughout the day. It will inhibit wasteful emotions and impulses. It will give you poise and self-possession. It will so inspire you with its promise as to awaken an energizing response in the profoundest depths of your sub-consciousness.
Colin Joss
In case you're wanting to know more about those old books, you can find out about them at http://www.appliedpsychologyonline.com
Friday, September 4, 2009
ALL THAT GLITTERS

Unlike the cup
That holds hot and cold
All that glitters
Is not necessarily gold
The only shine
That I believe in
Is the sun’s lips on mine
With each day’s dawning
All that dazzles
And that is real
Is the morning dew
That I can feel
In reality it is not whole
If I cannot feel it in my soul
If it doesn’t light up my world
Not all that glistens is really gold
MG/March 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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