Keep It SIMPLE

1. Ask For What You Want.
2. Be Who You Say You Are
3. Care About Others.
   
4. Dare To Live Your Dreams.
5. Ease Through The Day.
6. Find The Best Fit.
7. Give To Another.
8. Hug A Friend.
9. Inspire Someone To Greatness.
10. Jump Over A Boundary.
11. Kick A Bad Habit.
12. Leap Across A Fear.
13. Mention Something Uplifting.
14. Never Say Never.
15. Open Your Mind And Heart.
16. Pursue Your Innermost Passions.
17. Quit Complaining.
18. Restore Your Smile.
19. Set Your Sights High.
20. Trust Yourself.
21. Use All The Day.
22. Value Everything.
23. Wait Until It Feels Right.
24. Xpress Yourself.
25. Yank Weeds From Your Mental Garden.
26. Zoom Into The Now.

"Do not dwell upon the sins and mistakes of yesterday so exclusively as to have no energy and mind left for living rightly today, and do not think that the sins of yesterday can prevent you from living purely today."
- As A Man Thinketh

It's been said that the majority of conversations by men over 40 are about the past. Sometimes it´s about the "good old days" and sometimes it's about the deals gone bad, the "if I only had" stories, the missed opportunities, etc.

Letting our "sins and mistakes of yesterday" dominate our thinking today robs us of our present joy and our future happiness. It causes us to miss the real opportunity of TODAY!

John Maxwell, in his outstanding best-seller, Failing Forward, gives some great practical advice:

"To move forward today, you must learn to say goodbye to yesterday's hurts, tragedies and baggage. You can't build a monument to past problems and fail forward."

Take time right now to list the negative events from your past that may still be holding you hostage. For each item you list, go through the following exercise:

1. Acknowledge the pain.
2. Grieve the loss.
3. Forgive the person.
4. Forgive yourself.
5. Determine to release the event and move on.

Your best days are definitely ahead of you if you treat your "mistakes" as necessary lessons to be learned. If you understand that each lesson brings with it a certain amount of wisdom, you can understand how truly enhanced your life is becoming. Many people can't achieve the success of their dreams because they won't leave their past behind. They won't tear down the monuments they've built to their old hurts and problems.

One of the best teachings I've ever heard on this was from a motivational speaker whose name has escaped me, but whose message didn't: "In life there are no mistakes, only lessons."

And that's worth thinking about.
Article by Vic Johnson

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Quote of the Day:

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."

- Thomas Jefferson

by Jim Rohn

The process of human change begins within us. We all have tremendous potential. We all desire good results from our efforts. Most of us are willing to work hard and to pay the price that success and happiness demand.

Each of us has the ability to put our unique human potential into action and to acquire a desired result. But the one thing that determines the level of our potential, that produces the intensity of our activity, and that predicts the quality of the result we receive is our ATTITUDE.

No one else "makes us angry." We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude. What someone else may have done is irrelevant. We choose, not they. They merely put our attitude to a test. If we select a volatile attitude by becoming hostile, angry, jealous or suspicious, then we have failed the test. If we condemn ourselves by believing that we are unworthy, then again, we have failed the test.

Having the right attitude is one of the basics that success requires. The combination of a sound personal philosophy and a positive attitude about ourselves and the world around us gives us an inner strength and a firm resolve that influences all the other areas of our existence.

This suggestion is from Mr SO COOL, Mark S. Chatterton [mark@chattertonworld.com]. I was in one of his seminar. I am serious he is SO COOL!!!

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.
3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to __________ today.'
5. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.
7. Make time for prayer. Seek God with all you've got.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink green tea and plenty of water.. Eat blueberries, wild salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things You cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
17. Smile and laugh more.
18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
28. GOD heals almost everything.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
33. The best is yet to come.
34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
35. Do the right thing!
36. Call your family often. (Or email them to death!!!) Hey I'm thinking of ya!
37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: * I am thankful for __________. * Today I accomplished _________.
38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

"You want to change the World, Start with Yourself first"

Ever heard about this phrase before? Think about this, which is easier to do? Changing other people mind, attitude & behaviour to suit you OR to change yours to suit them. The ANSWER is so obvious but human ego is always in the way, blocking it. We know that it is easier to change within ourselves simply because we have control and the authority on ourselves BUT most of the time, our EGO will convince us that we have done nothing wrong and the one that need changes is other people not us. Is this sound so familiar? I'm guilty as well.

We need to look at a broader perspective and ask ourselves these questions.

• What do we really loose by changing?
• What do we gain from it?

The day YOU can answer honestly, your life will be much SIMPLEr.

As a human being, we practically make decision all the time. Be it what to eat, what to wear, where to go etc. We don't really think much when making these kinds of decision, its like our 2nd nature. BUT... why is it so difficult making decision in our career??? especially when we have a BOSS to report to.

We normally make decisions based on options available. We eliminate the worse option or we chose the best one. In the case where there is only one option available, then we go for it but NOT after considering all potential risks. The problem is when we have BOSS to report to, the option that we chose may not be agreeable by the BOSS. As such, we will keep thinking at the back of our mind which option that is preferred by our BOSS and as a result of that we are delaying in making the decision.

Myself, I'll make decision based on my knowledge, past experiences, best option available and advises from other people. If it is WRONG! Tough, learn from it and don't make the same mistake.

"Things get done when decisions are made, even if it 's the wrong one. BUT Nothing get done without decisions made"

It feels like not so long ago that we, Muslim celebrate IdulFitri. Now Ramadhan, a fasting month for Muslim has come again.

30 years back as a kid, Ramadhan means hard time, cannot eat, drink, lazy, sleepy etc. But today I have to teach my kidz what Ramadhan is all about. Time really flies so quickly. I consider myself very fortunate that I have a beautiful wife that really do a lot of stuff at home especially during Ramadhan. On top of her job, she prepares food (sometimes she buy at nearest bazzaar and sometimes she cooks herself), wakes-up the kidz at 5 am, sew for Raya clothes, house decoration etc.

I believe that my kidz today are more prepared for Ramadhan compare to myself back then. My youngest, Danish, start fasting since he was 4 (he is 6 now). Last year, he skipped one or two days only. Perhaps there are somethings good we (my wife & I) have done in bringing-up our kidz.

To Friends, Relatives, Acquaintances,Wife, Sons, Daughter. I apologies for all sins that I may have done towards you. I wish you all a good Ramadhan. Be good. Insyallah.