by Dr Mercola
According to their website the American Cancer Society (ACS) is:
"[A] nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy, and service."
That sounds all well and good, and a lot of people put their faith in this organization and dutifully participate in its highly publicized National Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign each year, which includes the widespread promotion of mammography screening.
Little do they realize that the ACS is doing continue reading......
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Tonalin® CLA: Get Best Results for Swimsuit Season!
The stated goal of virtually all Transitions™ customers is “weight loss”. Another very important goal, however, should be fat loss.
It’s usually taken for granted that this is more or less what they mean. There is, after all, nothing unsightly, unhealthy or undesirable about muscle. In fact, the more muscle someone has, the healthier they’re likely to be. What we are talking about here is a higher relative amount of muscle–in other words, a higher percentage–and a lower percentage of fat. Various ways of exercising and eating have been designed to help people reach this goal, and now a simple, all-natural supplement has been developed that supports this goal.
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a special type of fatty acid which comes from safflower oil, in much the same way that Omega-3 fatty acids are sourced from fish. Over 30 clinical studies have been published investigating CLA and weight management, with 18 of those studies using Tonalin® CLA, the brand widely recognized as the gold standard for its extreme purity. They’ve all had positive outcomes, with reduced body fat in test subjects.
The fat loss occurs in several ways. On one side, CLA inhibits fat storage by promoting normal levels of LPL (lipoprotein lipase–a fat-storing enzyme). It also promotes the body’s cells to be lipolytic, or fat-burning (as opposed being glycolytic, or carbohydrate-burning). Tonalin® CLA also works to preserve existing muscle tissue. Lipolysis is promoted during exercise, and adding exercise into the equation promotes even greater fat loss, while still preserving muscle. A low-glycemic style of eating–like in the Transitions Lifestyle System®–completes the package, and brings the best results.
The Transitions Lifestyle System works great for weight loss, and with the right diet, exercise and Tonalin® CLA, even better for fat loss!
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
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Are Happy People Healthier? New Reasons to Stay Positive
Scientists are finding more and more proof of the remarkable way our emotions can affect our immune system.
The powerful link between emotional outlook and physical health is no secret. "I didn't believe in it when I started out 40 years ago," says Martin Seligman, PhD, one of the preeminent experts in the field of positive psychology and author of the new book Flourish. "But the data has grown year after year, and it's become a scientific certainty." Good feelings, scientists now know, have healing effects on the body, and researchers studying everything from the flu to HIV continue to find eye-opening evidence that a person's mind-set can influence her immunity and the rate at which she heals from injuries and illness.
"When it comes to our health," says Seligman, "there are essentially four things under our control: the decision not to smoke, a commitment to exercise, the quality of our diet, and our level of optimism. And optimism is at least as beneficial as the others." Scientists don't yet fully understand the biological mechanisms at work, but they know that negative feelings like stress, sadness, and worry cause a spike in the hormone cortisol, which in turn suppresses the immune system. Here, then, are tips culled from the latest research on how to stay positive—and healthy.
Express Yourself
When you clear your head, good things happen to the rest of you. A study published in Psychosomatic Medicine reported that HIV patients who wrote about their worries for 30 minutes a day four days in a row experienced a drop in their viral load and a rise in infection-fighting T cells. Another study, in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, found that breast cancer patients who talked about their feelings regarding cancer had to schedule fewer doctors' visits for cancer-related problems.
Try Meditative Exercise
We know tai chi has all sorts of benefits, and here's one more: In research conducted at UCLA, 61 older adults took tai chi classes three times a week, while 61 others attended health education classes. At the end of four months, both groups received a dose of the shingles vaccine—and the tai chi group achieved twice the level of immunity. "It's likely the meditation component that is causing the effect," says study author Michael R. Irwin. "Which means it's possible other forms of meditative exercise, like yoga, would lead to a similar boost."
Seek Help If You Need It
A study by researchers at the University of Nottingham monitored the rate of healing in 93 people with foot ulcers, a skin injury common in diabetics. After six months, subjects who were clinically depressed and subjects who were not coping well emotionally with their condition showed less improvement. As a result of the findings, the university is developing a therapy program for diabetic patients. "We hope this intervention will help cut the risk of reulceration," says study author Kavita Vedhara, PhD.
Lean on Your Friends
Sheldon Cohen, PhD, is a psychology professor at Carnegie Mellon University and an expert on the link between social networks and health. In one of his studies, Cohen exposed 276 adults to the common cold virus. He wasn't surprised to find that smokers were three times more likely to get sick. But Cohen also found that subjects who had the least variety of social relationships fared even worse—they were 4.2 times more likely to catch a cold. One reason people with strong social ties are better at warding off infection may be that they have lower stress levels, Cohen says.
Look on the Bright Side
In another of Cohen's studies, he assessed 193 subjects to determine their level of positive emotions (including happiness, calmness, and liveliness). Again, he exposed participants to a virus—and found that people who scored low on positive emotions were three times as likely to succumb to the bug. (A few high-scoring participants fell ill, too, but they reported fewer symptoms than the average cold or flu sufferer normally experiences.) What's intriguing about this phenomenon, says Lara M. Stepleman, PhD, an assistant professor of psychiatry and health behavior at the Medical College of Georgia, is that "we all have the ability to choose an optimistic mind-set. And with practice, we can get better at it."
By Nancy Gottesman
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
Develop a Clear Vision
The one quality that all leaders have in common is that they have a clear and exciting vision for the future. This is something that only the leader can do. Only the leader can think about the future and plan for the future each day.
Take the Time to Think
Excellent leaders take the time to think through and develop a clear picture of where they want the organization to be in one, three and five years. Leaders have the ability to communicate this vision in such a way that others “buy in” and eventually see the vision as belonging to them.
Motivate People to Give of Their Best
It is the vision of the future possibilities, of what can be, that arouses emotion and motivates people to give of their best. The most powerful vision is always qualitative, aimed at and described in terms of values and mission, rather than quantitative, which is described in terms of money and numbers.
Money Is Important
Of course, money is important, but the decision and commitment to “be the best in the business” is far more exciting.
Keep Your Cool
Another key to leadership success is for you to “keep your cool.” A study at Stanford Business School examined the qualities that companies look for in promoting young managers toward senior executive positions, especially the position of Chief Executive Officer. The study concluded that the two most important qualities required for great success were, first, the ability to put together and function as part of a team. Since all work is ultimately done by teams, and the managers’ output is the output of the team, the ability to select team members, set objectives, delegate responsibility and finally, get the job done, was central to success in management.
Practice Patience Is Everything
The second quality required for rapid promotion was found to be the ability to function well under pressure, and especially in a crisis. Keeping your cool in a crisis means to practice patience and self-control under difficult or disappointing circumstances.
People Are Watching
The character and quality of a leader is often demonstrated in these critical moments under fire, when everyone is watching, observing and privately taking notes. As Rudyard Kipling once said, “If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, then the world is yours and all that’s in it.”
Your job as a leader is to have a clear vision of where you want to go and then to keep your cool when things go wrong, as they surely will.
By The one quality that all leaders have in common is that they have a clear and exciting vision for the future. This is something that only the leader can do. Only the leader can think about the future and plan for the future each day.
Take the Time to Think
Excellent leaders take the time to think through and develop a clear picture of where they want the organization to be in one, three and five years. Leaders have the ability to communicate this vision in such a way that others “buy in” and eventually see the vision as belonging to them.
Motivate People to Give of Their Best
It is the vision of the future possibilities, of what can be, that arouses emotion and motivates people to give of their best. The most powerful vision is always qualitative, aimed at and described in terms of values and mission, rather than quantitative, which is described in terms of money and numbers.
Money Is Important
Of course, money is important, but the decision and commitment to “be the best in the business” is far more exciting.
Keep Your Cool
Another key to leadership success is for you to “keep your cool.” A study at Stanford Business School examined the qualities that companies look for in promoting young managers toward senior executive positions, especially the position of Chief Executive Officer. The study concluded that the two most important qualities required for great success were, first, the ability to put together and function as part of a team. Since all work is ultimately done by teams, and the managers’ output is the output of the team, the ability to select team members, set objectives, delegate responsibility and finally, get the job done, was central to success in management.
Practice Patience Is Everything
The second quality required for rapid promotion was found to be the ability to function well under pressure, and especially in a crisis. Keeping your cool in a crisis means to practice patience and self-control under difficult or disappointing circumstances.
People Are Watching
The character and quality of a leader is often demonstrated in these critical moments under fire, when everyone is watching, observing and privately taking notes. As Rudyard Kipling once said, “If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, then the world is yours and all that’s in it.”
Your job as a leader is to have a clear vision of where you want to go and then to keep your cool when things go wrong, as they surely will.
By Brian Tracy
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Take the Time to Think
Excellent leaders take the time to think through and develop a clear picture of where they want the organization to be in one, three and five years. Leaders have the ability to communicate this vision in such a way that others “buy in” and eventually see the vision as belonging to them.
Motivate People to Give of Their Best
It is the vision of the future possibilities, of what can be, that arouses emotion and motivates people to give of their best. The most powerful vision is always qualitative, aimed at and described in terms of values and mission, rather than quantitative, which is described in terms of money and numbers.
Money Is Important
Of course, money is important, but the decision and commitment to “be the best in the business” is far more exciting.
Keep Your Cool
Another key to leadership success is for you to “keep your cool.” A study at Stanford Business School examined the qualities that companies look for in promoting young managers toward senior executive positions, especially the position of Chief Executive Officer. The study concluded that the two most important qualities required for great success were, first, the ability to put together and function as part of a team. Since all work is ultimately done by teams, and the managers’ output is the output of the team, the ability to select team members, set objectives, delegate responsibility and finally, get the job done, was central to success in management.
Practice Patience Is Everything
The second quality required for rapid promotion was found to be the ability to function well under pressure, and especially in a crisis. Keeping your cool in a crisis means to practice patience and self-control under difficult or disappointing circumstances.
People Are Watching
The character and quality of a leader is often demonstrated in these critical moments under fire, when everyone is watching, observing and privately taking notes. As Rudyard Kipling once said, “If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, then the world is yours and all that’s in it.”
Your job as a leader is to have a clear vision of where you want to go and then to keep your cool when things go wrong, as they surely will.
By The one quality that all leaders have in common is that they have a clear and exciting vision for the future. This is something that only the leader can do. Only the leader can think about the future and plan for the future each day.
Take the Time to Think
Excellent leaders take the time to think through and develop a clear picture of where they want the organization to be in one, three and five years. Leaders have the ability to communicate this vision in such a way that others “buy in” and eventually see the vision as belonging to them.
Motivate People to Give of Their Best
It is the vision of the future possibilities, of what can be, that arouses emotion and motivates people to give of their best. The most powerful vision is always qualitative, aimed at and described in terms of values and mission, rather than quantitative, which is described in terms of money and numbers.
Money Is Important
Of course, money is important, but the decision and commitment to “be the best in the business” is far more exciting.
Keep Your Cool
Another key to leadership success is for you to “keep your cool.” A study at Stanford Business School examined the qualities that companies look for in promoting young managers toward senior executive positions, especially the position of Chief Executive Officer. The study concluded that the two most important qualities required for great success were, first, the ability to put together and function as part of a team. Since all work is ultimately done by teams, and the managers’ output is the output of the team, the ability to select team members, set objectives, delegate responsibility and finally, get the job done, was central to success in management.
Practice Patience Is Everything
The second quality required for rapid promotion was found to be the ability to function well under pressure, and especially in a crisis. Keeping your cool in a crisis means to practice patience and self-control under difficult or disappointing circumstances.
People Are Watching
The character and quality of a leader is often demonstrated in these critical moments under fire, when everyone is watching, observing and privately taking notes. As Rudyard Kipling once said, “If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, then the world is yours and all that’s in it.”
Your job as a leader is to have a clear vision of where you want to go and then to keep your cool when things go wrong, as they surely will.
By Brian Tracy
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Allergies still bothering you?
Strengthening your immune system and reducing inflammation is a key part to reducing or eliminating allergies. OPC's are a natural antihistamine and inflammation reducer. Read the following for more information allergies.
What's a non-allergenic diet? Well, it's a diet that decreases your level of reaction to external allergens. In other words, it's dietary changes you can make to help improve your allergies and to help reduce the itchy eyes, runny nose, sneezing and wheezing.
Dairy products and sugar cause the creation of more mucus in the body. Mucus should be thin and runny to help get rid of allergens. When mucus gets thick allergens get stuck in the body instead of being cleared out which causes allergy symptoms to be more pronounced. So limiting both dairy and sugar is one way to help allergies.
Allergy is connected to the immune system and inflammation so it makes sense to strengthen this part of the body.
Quercetin is a bioflavonoid, which may have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties helpful for allergies. Foods rich in quercetin include green tea, apples, onions, kale, papaya, kale, broccoli and many berries. Eating these foods may lessen the common allergy symptoms.
Vitamin C is a great immune boosting vitamin and is a great addition to meals during spring. Foods rich in vitamin C include bell peppers, dark leafy greens, broccoli, papaya and oranges. The two herbs with the most vitamin C are thyme and parsley.
Allergic symptoms are caused by histamine being released in our bodies. Avoiding foods high in histamine can help reduce these symptoms. These foods include tofu, beer, sausage, blue cheese, red wine, eggplant and many canned fish.
There are also a number of herbal products that are anti-histamines, which can help reduce allergy symptoms. These include nettle, chamomile, garlic and plantain.
So there are many things to add and subtract from the diet to help with allergies!
Before taking a natural herb for your allergies, consult your doctor. Some herbs can have interactions with other herbs, as well as dangerous side effects when taken with prescription and over the counter medications.
Check out the current pollen count in your area by checking out websites such as this one www.aaaai.org/nab (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology National Allergy Bureau).
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What's a non-allergenic diet? Well, it's a diet that decreases your level of reaction to external allergens. In other words, it's dietary changes you can make to help improve your allergies and to help reduce the itchy eyes, runny nose, sneezing and wheezing.
Dairy products and sugar cause the creation of more mucus in the body. Mucus should be thin and runny to help get rid of allergens. When mucus gets thick allergens get stuck in the body instead of being cleared out which causes allergy symptoms to be more pronounced. So limiting both dairy and sugar is one way to help allergies.
Allergy is connected to the immune system and inflammation so it makes sense to strengthen this part of the body.
Quercetin is a bioflavonoid, which may have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties helpful for allergies. Foods rich in quercetin include green tea, apples, onions, kale, papaya, kale, broccoli and many berries. Eating these foods may lessen the common allergy symptoms.
Vitamin C is a great immune boosting vitamin and is a great addition to meals during spring. Foods rich in vitamin C include bell peppers, dark leafy greens, broccoli, papaya and oranges. The two herbs with the most vitamin C are thyme and parsley.
Allergic symptoms are caused by histamine being released in our bodies. Avoiding foods high in histamine can help reduce these symptoms. These foods include tofu, beer, sausage, blue cheese, red wine, eggplant and many canned fish.
There are also a number of herbal products that are anti-histamines, which can help reduce allergy symptoms. These include nettle, chamomile, garlic and plantain.
So there are many things to add and subtract from the diet to help with allergies!
Before taking a natural herb for your allergies, consult your doctor. Some herbs can have interactions with other herbs, as well as dangerous side effects when taken with prescription and over the counter medications.
Check out the current pollen count in your area by checking out websites such as this one www.aaaai.org/nab (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology National Allergy Bureau).
Have a Healthy and Successful Day!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Challenges to Pursue
Review Your Performance. Whether it’s communication, whether it’s activity, whether it’s a CEO, whether it’s on the job. Here’s what my father said: “Always do more than you are paid for to make an investment in your future.” Now some unions would argue with that. My father was so unique. Review your performance—your language with your children. Say, “Have I been too harsh, too strong, too stubborn? Should I have learned to be easier and mixed more compassion with the tough stuff I have to deal with?” And yes, prayer will help. Ask for help to say the right thing, not to ruin it all by poor communication.
Face Your Fears. That’s how you conquer them. Don’t dismiss them; face them. Say, “Here’s what I’m afraid of. I wonder what I could do to change that.”
Exercise Your Willpower to Change Direction. You don’t have to keep doing what you’ve been doing the last six years if it’s not yielding the benefits you want. My mentor helped me review the last six years so I wouldn’t repeat those errors the next six. Pick a new destination and go that way. Use your willpower to start the process. You don’t have to repeat last year. Clean up the errors. Invest it now in the next year. Watch it make the difference.
Admit Your Mistakes. Sometimes you have to admit them to others. Parents have to do it. We ask our kids to do it. We have to do it. Here is one of the best phrases in the English language: “I’m sorry.” The reason those are good words is because they could start a whole new relationship. It could start two people going in a whole new direction. Simple, not easy. You get this done, the turnaround can be dramatic. The early years can be big in payoff. Here’s the big one. Admit your mistakes to yourself. You don’t have to babble about them to everyone in the neighborhood. But it doesn’t hurt to sit down and have a conversation with yourself and say, “There’s no use kidding myself. Here’s where I really am. I’ve got pennies in my pocket and I’ve got nothing in the bank.” That’s what I said after a Girl Scout left my door. I had a conversation with myself and I said, “I don’t want this to happen anymore.”
Refine Your Goals. Start the process. Set some higher goals. Reach for some higher purpose. Go for something beyond what you thought you could do.
Believe in Yourself. You’ve got to believe in God and you’ve got to believe in the community. You’ve got to believe in the possibilities. You’ve got to believe in the economy. You’ve got to believe that tomorrow can be better than today. Here’s the big one. Believe in yourself. There isn’t a skill you can’t learn; there isn’t a discipline you can’t try; there isn’t a class you can’t take; there isn’t a book you couldn’t read.
Ask for Wisdom. This is communication of the highest source. Ask for wisdom that creates answers. Ask for the wisdom that creates faith to believe things are possible. Ask for wisdom to deal with the challenges for today and tomorrow, to deal with the challenges your family brings you. Don’t wish it was easier; wish you were better.
Conserve Your Time. Sometimes we get faked out. Bill Bailey says the average person says, “I’ve got twenty more years.” No, Bill says you’ve got twenty more times. If you go fishing once a year, you’ve only got twenty more times to go fishing, not twenty years. That fakes you out.
Invest Your Profits. Here’s one of the philosophies that Mr. Shoaff gave me. Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living, profits make you a fortune. Could we start earning profits while we make a living? The answer is yes.
Protect Your Family. These are troublesome times. At school—troublesome times. Protect your family as best you can from the hidden dangers, the lurking evil one.
Live with Intensity. You might as well turn it up a notch or two. Invest more of you in whatever you do. Be a little stronger; be a little wiser. Step up your vitality contribution. Put everything you’ve got into everything you do and then ask for more vitality, more strength and more vigor, more heart and more soul.
Find Your Place. If you just work on a job, find the best place you can serve well, and sure enough they’ll ask you to occupy a better place. And if you keep doing a job well, do the very best you can. That’s your best way out. Here’s a Bible phrase. If you work on your gifts, they’ll make a place for you.
Demand Integrity from Yourself. Integrity is like loyalty. You can’t demand it of someone else; you can only demand it of yourself. Be the best example of loyalty, and you’ll get some loyal followers. Be the best example of integrity, and you’ll have people around you who have integrity. Lead the way.
Welcome the Disciplines. Can’t give you much better advice than that because disciplines create the reality. Disciplines build cities. A well-disciplined activity creates abundance, creates uniqueness, productivity.
Fight for What’s Right. It’s a fight we’re in. The storyteller says “And there was a great war in heaven.” One of the writers of later Scripture said, “I fought a good fight.” That’s extraordinary to be able to say. I fought for my kids, and I fought for what was right and I fought for good health, and I fought to protect my company and I fought for a good career that would bless my family. I fought a good fight. It’s good to fight the encroachment. Opposites are in conflict, and you’re in the middle. If you want something valuable, you’ve got to fight for it. Then this writer also said, “I fought a good fight and I kept the faith.” See, that’s the deal. Keep faith with your family. Fight the enemy and keep faith. Fight the illness and keep faith. Fight the evil and keep faith. I can’t give you much better advice.
By Jim Rohn
Have a Healthy and Successful Day!
Face Your Fears. That’s how you conquer them. Don’t dismiss them; face them. Say, “Here’s what I’m afraid of. I wonder what I could do to change that.”
Exercise Your Willpower to Change Direction. You don’t have to keep doing what you’ve been doing the last six years if it’s not yielding the benefits you want. My mentor helped me review the last six years so I wouldn’t repeat those errors the next six. Pick a new destination and go that way. Use your willpower to start the process. You don’t have to repeat last year. Clean up the errors. Invest it now in the next year. Watch it make the difference.
Admit Your Mistakes. Sometimes you have to admit them to others. Parents have to do it. We ask our kids to do it. We have to do it. Here is one of the best phrases in the English language: “I’m sorry.” The reason those are good words is because they could start a whole new relationship. It could start two people going in a whole new direction. Simple, not easy. You get this done, the turnaround can be dramatic. The early years can be big in payoff. Here’s the big one. Admit your mistakes to yourself. You don’t have to babble about them to everyone in the neighborhood. But it doesn’t hurt to sit down and have a conversation with yourself and say, “There’s no use kidding myself. Here’s where I really am. I’ve got pennies in my pocket and I’ve got nothing in the bank.” That’s what I said after a Girl Scout left my door. I had a conversation with myself and I said, “I don’t want this to happen anymore.”
Refine Your Goals. Start the process. Set some higher goals. Reach for some higher purpose. Go for something beyond what you thought you could do.
Believe in Yourself. You’ve got to believe in God and you’ve got to believe in the community. You’ve got to believe in the possibilities. You’ve got to believe in the economy. You’ve got to believe that tomorrow can be better than today. Here’s the big one. Believe in yourself. There isn’t a skill you can’t learn; there isn’t a discipline you can’t try; there isn’t a class you can’t take; there isn’t a book you couldn’t read.
Ask for Wisdom. This is communication of the highest source. Ask for wisdom that creates answers. Ask for the wisdom that creates faith to believe things are possible. Ask for wisdom to deal with the challenges for today and tomorrow, to deal with the challenges your family brings you. Don’t wish it was easier; wish you were better.
Conserve Your Time. Sometimes we get faked out. Bill Bailey says the average person says, “I’ve got twenty more years.” No, Bill says you’ve got twenty more times. If you go fishing once a year, you’ve only got twenty more times to go fishing, not twenty years. That fakes you out.
Invest Your Profits. Here’s one of the philosophies that Mr. Shoaff gave me. Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living, profits make you a fortune. Could we start earning profits while we make a living? The answer is yes.
Protect Your Family. These are troublesome times. At school—troublesome times. Protect your family as best you can from the hidden dangers, the lurking evil one.
Live with Intensity. You might as well turn it up a notch or two. Invest more of you in whatever you do. Be a little stronger; be a little wiser. Step up your vitality contribution. Put everything you’ve got into everything you do and then ask for more vitality, more strength and more vigor, more heart and more soul.
Find Your Place. If you just work on a job, find the best place you can serve well, and sure enough they’ll ask you to occupy a better place. And if you keep doing a job well, do the very best you can. That’s your best way out. Here’s a Bible phrase. If you work on your gifts, they’ll make a place for you.
Demand Integrity from Yourself. Integrity is like loyalty. You can’t demand it of someone else; you can only demand it of yourself. Be the best example of loyalty, and you’ll get some loyal followers. Be the best example of integrity, and you’ll have people around you who have integrity. Lead the way.
Welcome the Disciplines. Can’t give you much better advice than that because disciplines create the reality. Disciplines build cities. A well-disciplined activity creates abundance, creates uniqueness, productivity.
Fight for What’s Right. It’s a fight we’re in. The storyteller says “And there was a great war in heaven.” One of the writers of later Scripture said, “I fought a good fight.” That’s extraordinary to be able to say. I fought for my kids, and I fought for what was right and I fought for good health, and I fought to protect my company and I fought for a good career that would bless my family. I fought a good fight. It’s good to fight the encroachment. Opposites are in conflict, and you’re in the middle. If you want something valuable, you’ve got to fight for it. Then this writer also said, “I fought a good fight and I kept the faith.” See, that’s the deal. Keep faith with your family. Fight the enemy and keep faith. Fight the illness and keep faith. Fight the evil and keep faith. I can’t give you much better advice.
By Jim Rohn
Have a Healthy and Successful Day!
Monday, May 16, 2011
Are you a Sheeple? Take the Sheeple Quiz and find out
(NaturalNews) Have you herd about the Sheeple Quiz? Although most NaturalNews readers will easily beat it, it's a fun quiz to find out how smart (or gullible) your friends really are. So let 'em take the Sheeple Quiz! And then you'll know whether they're independent thinkers or just zombie-minded sheeple like the rest of the flock.
Here's the quiz. Choose "A" or "B" as the answer for each question, then check your score below.
The Sheeple Quiz
#1) The purpose of the mainstream media is to:
A) Keep you informed.
B) Feed you misinformation while keeping you distracted from the real issues our world is facing.
#2) Social Security is:
A) A financial safety net that makes sure people have a retirement income.
B) A government-run Ponzi scheme that requires more and more people to keep paying in just to stay afloat and will ultimately collapse into total bankruptcy.
#3) The fluoride dripped into municipal water supplies is:
A) A naturally-occurring mineral.
B) An industrial chemical waste byproduct.
#4) When you donate money to find the cure for cancer, that money goes:
A) To fund research programs that assess actual cancer cures for the purpose of freely sharing them with the public.
B) To fund mammogram campaigns that actually irradiate women's breasts, causing the very cancers that earn huge profits for the cancer treatment industry.
#5) The national debt is:
A) Under control and will be paid off in a few years.
B) Out of control and will spiral into a runaway debt collapse.
#6) GMOs will:
A) Feed the world and prevent starvation.
B) Threaten the future of life on our planet through genetic contamination and widespread crop failures.
#7) The FDA protects:
A) The people from dangerous medicines.
B) The financial interests of the drug companies.
#8) The EPA's real agenda is to:
A) Protect the environment.
B) Protect the financial interests of the chemical companies whose toxic products destroy the environment.
#9) The Federal Reserve functions to:
A) Stabilize the economy and keep America strong.
B) Loot the economy and control America's economy for the interests of the few.
#10) The purpose of TSA checkpoints at airports is to:
A) Keep air passengers safe and secure.
B) Indoctrinate Americans into surrendering to police state invasions of their privacy.
#11) The practical function of the U.S. Supreme Court is to:
A) Protect the constitutional rights of the citizens.
B) Legitimize federal tyranny over the People by ignoring the Constitution and its Bill of Rights.
#12) Vaccines are based on:
A) Gold standard science that conclusively proves their safety and effectiveness.
B) Quackery and fraud combined with a persistent medical mythology that utterly lacks a factual basis.
#13) Herbs and superfoods:
A) Are medically useless and cannot treat, prevent or cure any disease.
B) Contain powerful plant-based medicines that can help reverse and prevent disease.
#14) In Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq, America:
A) Led a humanitarian effort to save innocent people from tyranny.
B) Waged an illegal imperialist war to occupy foreign nations and control their oil.
#15) The U.S. Bill of Rights
A) Grants you rights and freedoms.
B) Merely acknowledges the rights and freedoms you already possess.
Score your Sheeple Quiz
To score your Sheeple Quiz, simply count the number of times you answered "A" to the questions above.
If you answered "A" 10 times or more...
You are a total news-watching, gullible fairytale swallowing Sheeple! Be sure to keep taking those medications and watching more network news. Don't bother thinking for yourself because you seem to be incapable of accomplishing that.
If you answered "A" fewer than 10 times...
You are sadly Sheeple-minded but there is hope for your rescue. Learn more about the world around you and train yourself to think critically so you can depart from the herd mentality.
If you answered "A" fewer than 5 times...
You are an unusually intelligent free-minded thinker who questions the world around you and doesn't buy into the usual propaganda. You still got suckered on a few items, so there's more yet to learn. But you're on the right track!
If you answered "A" exactly zero times...
You are the complete opposite of a Sheeple. You're independent minded, well informed and probably a regular reader of NaturalNews.com. Stay on track and question events in the world around you. Eat more superfoods to maintain your healthy immune system and cognitive function. Avoid the toxic chemicals in foods, medicines and lawn care products. Keep reading the alternative press and voice your intelligent views to others willing to listen. (But don't waste your time on those who aren't.)
Thank you for taking the Sheeple quiz here on NaturalNews.
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Here's the quiz. Choose "A" or "B" as the answer for each question, then check your score below.
The Sheeple Quiz
#1) The purpose of the mainstream media is to:
A) Keep you informed.
B) Feed you misinformation while keeping you distracted from the real issues our world is facing.
#2) Social Security is:
A) A financial safety net that makes sure people have a retirement income.
B) A government-run Ponzi scheme that requires more and more people to keep paying in just to stay afloat and will ultimately collapse into total bankruptcy.
#3) The fluoride dripped into municipal water supplies is:
A) A naturally-occurring mineral.
B) An industrial chemical waste byproduct.
#4) When you donate money to find the cure for cancer, that money goes:
A) To fund research programs that assess actual cancer cures for the purpose of freely sharing them with the public.
B) To fund mammogram campaigns that actually irradiate women's breasts, causing the very cancers that earn huge profits for the cancer treatment industry.
#5) The national debt is:
A) Under control and will be paid off in a few years.
B) Out of control and will spiral into a runaway debt collapse.
#6) GMOs will:
A) Feed the world and prevent starvation.
B) Threaten the future of life on our planet through genetic contamination and widespread crop failures.
#7) The FDA protects:
A) The people from dangerous medicines.
B) The financial interests of the drug companies.
#8) The EPA's real agenda is to:
A) Protect the environment.
B) Protect the financial interests of the chemical companies whose toxic products destroy the environment.
#9) The Federal Reserve functions to:
A) Stabilize the economy and keep America strong.
B) Loot the economy and control America's economy for the interests of the few.
#10) The purpose of TSA checkpoints at airports is to:
A) Keep air passengers safe and secure.
B) Indoctrinate Americans into surrendering to police state invasions of their privacy.
#11) The practical function of the U.S. Supreme Court is to:
A) Protect the constitutional rights of the citizens.
B) Legitimize federal tyranny over the People by ignoring the Constitution and its Bill of Rights.
#12) Vaccines are based on:
A) Gold standard science that conclusively proves their safety and effectiveness.
B) Quackery and fraud combined with a persistent medical mythology that utterly lacks a factual basis.
#13) Herbs and superfoods:
A) Are medically useless and cannot treat, prevent or cure any disease.
B) Contain powerful plant-based medicines that can help reverse and prevent disease.
#14) In Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq, America:
A) Led a humanitarian effort to save innocent people from tyranny.
B) Waged an illegal imperialist war to occupy foreign nations and control their oil.
#15) The U.S. Bill of Rights
A) Grants you rights and freedoms.
B) Merely acknowledges the rights and freedoms you already possess.
Score your Sheeple Quiz
To score your Sheeple Quiz, simply count the number of times you answered "A" to the questions above.
If you answered "A" 10 times or more...
You are a total news-watching, gullible fairytale swallowing Sheeple! Be sure to keep taking those medications and watching more network news. Don't bother thinking for yourself because you seem to be incapable of accomplishing that.
If you answered "A" fewer than 10 times...
You are sadly Sheeple-minded but there is hope for your rescue. Learn more about the world around you and train yourself to think critically so you can depart from the herd mentality.
If you answered "A" fewer than 5 times...
You are an unusually intelligent free-minded thinker who questions the world around you and doesn't buy into the usual propaganda. You still got suckered on a few items, so there's more yet to learn. But you're on the right track!
If you answered "A" exactly zero times...
You are the complete opposite of a Sheeple. You're independent minded, well informed and probably a regular reader of NaturalNews.com. Stay on track and question events in the world around you. Eat more superfoods to maintain your healthy immune system and cognitive function. Avoid the toxic chemicals in foods, medicines and lawn care products. Keep reading the alternative press and voice your intelligent views to others willing to listen. (But don't waste your time on those who aren't.)
Thank you for taking the Sheeple quiz here on NaturalNews.
Have a Healthy and Successul Day!
To Learn more Click here
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Finally the "WEIGHT" is over
A successful weight-loss journey requires consistently ditching previous habits and making healthy choices again and again in daily life. We call this "New Life Skills". It is the ONLY way to long term successful weight management. Unless you have a specific medical condition that hinders weight loss, at the end of the day, your ability to lose weight comes down to whether you're willing to make changes; whether you've reached the point of being sick and tired of being sick and tired of making the same old choices and excuses.
Losing weight is not easy (if you don't know what you're doing). If it were easy, we wouldn't have an obesity epidemic, and I might not have a career! The reason it's not easy may not be your fault, you only know what you have been taught and if you're like me then you have been lied to, taken advantage of and yet there's still a struggle to lose weight and become healthier! Numerous "experts" have gotten rich telling people that weight loss is easy if they'd only do this or that. You know what I'm talking about, cut out whole food groups, drink shakes as a meal replacement, the grapefruit diet, the cookie diet and on and on until the next fad is out to burn you. Unfortunately, all the way to the bank, they've left a lot of disappointed people with their heads hung low in the rear-view mirror.
So ask your self these questions:
• Have you gone on extreme or fad diets and lost weight but always gained it back?
• Do you feel fatter now than when you first ever started dieting?
• Do you feel like you have the metabolism of a slug?
• Have you struggled with weight-loss all your life?
• Have you watched your weight creep up as you get older?
• Are you confused about what is or isn’t good for you?
• Have you eaten white flour or processed foods?
• Are you setting a bad example for your kids?
• Do you feel uncomfortable with your body at the beach?
• Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?
• Do want to learn how to get the weight off once and for all?
If you answered yes to ANY of those questions it's time to watch this video. It's life changing and it works! I'm living proof that it works.
Are you ready to make a change that will change your life? Ask yourself
• Are you SERIOUS about getting your life back?
• Are you SERIOUS about getting healthy?
• Are you SERIOUS about living longer?
• Are you SERIOUS about being less stressed?
• Are you SERIOUS about NEVER having to go on a diet EVER again?
If you answered yes to any of these questions contact me today to get started on TLS Weight Loss Solutions. This is by far the easiest system out there today and I guarantee results! So what do you have to lose besides a few pounds? What are you waiting for? The "WEIGHT" is over.
Let's get STARTED!
Have a Healthy and Successful TLS Day!
Losing weight is not easy (if you don't know what you're doing). If it were easy, we wouldn't have an obesity epidemic, and I might not have a career! The reason it's not easy may not be your fault, you only know what you have been taught and if you're like me then you have been lied to, taken advantage of and yet there's still a struggle to lose weight and become healthier! Numerous "experts" have gotten rich telling people that weight loss is easy if they'd only do this or that. You know what I'm talking about, cut out whole food groups, drink shakes as a meal replacement, the grapefruit diet, the cookie diet and on and on until the next fad is out to burn you. Unfortunately, all the way to the bank, they've left a lot of disappointed people with their heads hung low in the rear-view mirror.
So ask your self these questions:
• Have you gone on extreme or fad diets and lost weight but always gained it back?
• Do you feel fatter now than when you first ever started dieting?
• Do you feel like you have the metabolism of a slug?
• Have you struggled with weight-loss all your life?
• Have you watched your weight creep up as you get older?
• Are you confused about what is or isn’t good for you?
• Have you eaten white flour or processed foods?
• Are you setting a bad example for your kids?
• Do you feel uncomfortable with your body at the beach?
• Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?
• Do want to learn how to get the weight off once and for all?
If you answered yes to ANY of those questions it's time to watch this video. It's life changing and it works! I'm living proof that it works.
Are you ready to make a change that will change your life? Ask yourself
• Are you SERIOUS about getting your life back?
• Are you SERIOUS about getting healthy?
• Are you SERIOUS about living longer?
• Are you SERIOUS about being less stressed?
• Are you SERIOUS about NEVER having to go on a diet EVER again?
If you answered yes to any of these questions contact me today to get started on TLS Weight Loss Solutions. This is by far the easiest system out there today and I guarantee results! So what do you have to lose besides a few pounds? What are you waiting for? The "WEIGHT" is over.
Let's get STARTED!
Have a Healthy and Successful TLS Day!
Four Words That Make Life Worthwhile
Over the years, as I've sought out ideas, principles and strategies to life's challenges, I've come across four simple words that can make living worthwhile.
First, life is worthwhile if you LEARN. What you don't know will hurt you. You have to have learning to exist, let alone succeed. Life is worthwhile if you learn from your own experiences-negative or positive.
We learn to do it right by first sometimes doing it wrong. We call that a positive negative. We also learn from other people's experiences, both positive and negative. I've always said that it is too bad failures don't give seminars. Obviously, we don't want to pay them, so they aren't usually touring around giving seminars. But that information would be very valuable. We would learn how someone who had it all, messed it up. Learning from other people's experiences and mistakes is valuable information because we can learn what not to do without the pain of having tried and failed ourselves.
We learn by what we see, so pay attention. We learn by what we hear, so be a good listener. Now, I do suggest that you should be a selective listener. Don't just let anybody dump into your mental factory. We learn from what we read, so learn from every source. Learn from lectures. Learn from songs. Learn from sermons. Learn from conversations with people who care. Always keep learning.
Second, life is worthwhile if you TRY. You can't just learn. Now you have to try something to see if you can do it. Try to make a difference. Try to make some progress. Try to learn a new skill. Try to learn a new sport. It doesn't mean you can do everything, but there are a lot of things you can do if you just try. Try your best. Give it every effort. Why not go all out?
Third, life is worthwhile if you STAY. You have to stay from spring until harvest. If you have signed up for the day or for the game or for the project, see it through. Sometimes calamity comes; then it is worth wrapping it up and that's the end. But just don't end in the middle. Maybe on the next project you pass, but on this one, if you signed up, see it through.
And lastly, life is worthwhile if you CARE. If you care at all, you will get some results. If you care enough, you can get incredible results. Care enough to make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough to start a new enterprise. Care enough to change it all. Care enough to be the highest producer. Care enough to set some records. Care enough to win.
Four powerful little words: learn, try, stay and care. What difference can you make in your life today by putting these words to work?
By Jim Rohn
First, life is worthwhile if you LEARN. What you don't know will hurt you. You have to have learning to exist, let alone succeed. Life is worthwhile if you learn from your own experiences-negative or positive.
We learn to do it right by first sometimes doing it wrong. We call that a positive negative. We also learn from other people's experiences, both positive and negative. I've always said that it is too bad failures don't give seminars. Obviously, we don't want to pay them, so they aren't usually touring around giving seminars. But that information would be very valuable. We would learn how someone who had it all, messed it up. Learning from other people's experiences and mistakes is valuable information because we can learn what not to do without the pain of having tried and failed ourselves.
We learn by what we see, so pay attention. We learn by what we hear, so be a good listener. Now, I do suggest that you should be a selective listener. Don't just let anybody dump into your mental factory. We learn from what we read, so learn from every source. Learn from lectures. Learn from songs. Learn from sermons. Learn from conversations with people who care. Always keep learning.
Second, life is worthwhile if you TRY. You can't just learn. Now you have to try something to see if you can do it. Try to make a difference. Try to make some progress. Try to learn a new skill. Try to learn a new sport. It doesn't mean you can do everything, but there are a lot of things you can do if you just try. Try your best. Give it every effort. Why not go all out?
Third, life is worthwhile if you STAY. You have to stay from spring until harvest. If you have signed up for the day or for the game or for the project, see it through. Sometimes calamity comes; then it is worth wrapping it up and that's the end. But just don't end in the middle. Maybe on the next project you pass, but on this one, if you signed up, see it through.
And lastly, life is worthwhile if you CARE. If you care at all, you will get some results. If you care enough, you can get incredible results. Care enough to make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough to start a new enterprise. Care enough to change it all. Care enough to be the highest producer. Care enough to set some records. Care enough to win.
Four powerful little words: learn, try, stay and care. What difference can you make in your life today by putting these words to work?
By Jim Rohn
Monday, May 9, 2011
How Do You Attract Opportunity into Your Life?
Someone once asked me the question: “How can I have more opportunities come into my life?” Good question, but I think my answer surprised them a bit.
I bypassed the obvious (and necessary) points about hard work, persistence and preparation. They actually were very hard workers. And they had the great attribute of being seekers; they were on the outlook. But I felt maybe they were missing this next and most valuable point: attraction.
I always thought opportunities and success were something you went after, but then I found out that I needed to turn it around. Opportunities and success are not something you go after necessarily, but something you attract—by becoming an attractive person.
That’s why I teach development of skills. If you can develop your skills—keep refining all the parts of your character and yourself, your health, your relationships, etc., so that you become an attractive person to the marketplace—you’ll attract opportunity. Opportunity will probably seek you out. Your reputation will probably precede you and someone will want to do business with you. All of the possibilities are there by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract.
The key is to continue making yourself a more attractive person by the skills you have, the disciplines you have, the personality you’ve acquired, the character and reputation you have established, the language and speech you use—all of that refinement makes you more attractive to the marketplace.
Personal development is the never-ending chance to improve not only yourself, but also to attract opportunities and affect others.
By Jim Rohn
Have a Healthy and Successful Day
I bypassed the obvious (and necessary) points about hard work, persistence and preparation. They actually were very hard workers. And they had the great attribute of being seekers; they were on the outlook. But I felt maybe they were missing this next and most valuable point: attraction.
I always thought opportunities and success were something you went after, but then I found out that I needed to turn it around. Opportunities and success are not something you go after necessarily, but something you attract—by becoming an attractive person.
That’s why I teach development of skills. If you can develop your skills—keep refining all the parts of your character and yourself, your health, your relationships, etc., so that you become an attractive person to the marketplace—you’ll attract opportunity. Opportunity will probably seek you out. Your reputation will probably precede you and someone will want to do business with you. All of the possibilities are there by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract.
The key is to continue making yourself a more attractive person by the skills you have, the disciplines you have, the personality you’ve acquired, the character and reputation you have established, the language and speech you use—all of that refinement makes you more attractive to the marketplace.
Personal development is the never-ending chance to improve not only yourself, but also to attract opportunities and affect others.
By Jim Rohn
Have a Healthy and Successful Day
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Want to Get Rich? Avoid the ‘Outliers’ Syndrome
Great article that is so true! Too many settle, make excuses or complain about their lives, while others take chances, a leap of faith and make a difference. We all have the choice to make changes and decide that whatever is our passion, and it can be made into a career.
I found this out 7 years ago. I was in a dead end job, trading time for money. I was told what I could and couldn't wear, when I could take a vacation and how much I was worth. I was introduced to entreprenurism. I loved the idea of working for myself, working for my finacial future not someone else's. It was scary becuase it was new and I had no idea what I was doing. Great thing is, the business I purchased had everything already in place. A system, the best products and a business plan designed for people like me! So if your looking for more out of life, more time to spend the way you want to spend it. More money to do the things you want to do. A business that can give you both satisfaction and a magnificant income maybe maybe an internet franchise could be the answer for you? Want to know more? Message me to set up a free consultation to see if this is a fit for you!
Want to Get Rich? Avoid the ‘Outliers’ Syndrome by Jeff Haden
At a speaking engagement I said to an audience of 400, “Raise your hand if you started, or want to start, a business in order to follow a passion, live a dream — or just do more of what you love.”
About 400 people raised their hands.
Then I said, “How many of you started or want to start a business in order to get rich? Not rich in spirit or non-material ways, but rich rich?”
Almost every hand stayed up, and many cheered. (If the audience had been holding lighters or cell phones I would have felt like a scrawnier, less charismatic, less socially-conscious Bono.)
Nearly everyone in the audience hoped to follow their passion, live out a dream, do what they love, and get rich. You probably do, too.
Realistic? No.
When you start a business you have two basic options:
Option 1: Start a business to hopefully do a lot less of what you don’t like and a lot more of what you love.
Option 2: Start a business that will (hopefully) generate significant income.
Sadly these two options tend to be mutually exclusive — unless what you love to do is grow a business.
Why? Part of the problem is stems from Outliers syndrome. Not the part where Malcolm Gladwell says 10,000 hours are required to master a skill, but the part where we all secretly think we can be Outliers.
While we are all special in our own way (well, I’m not), most of us will never be Outliers. And that’s okay. Outliers are people who operate at the extreme edge of possibility. For the rest of us, success in any venture is likely to be similar to what others experience:
If you’re a chef and open a 40-table restaurant, the extent of your success will always be capped by the number of meals you can serve and the prices you can charge (among other basic factors). Best case you can only make so much money.
If you’re a consultant, the same is true. Your income will be capped, roughly speaking, by the price the market will bear and the number of clients you can serve. You can only make so much.
In either example the only way to generate more income is to expand: More locations, more employees, more investment… more everything. But most entrepreneurs don’t think that far ahead. The idea of following a passion is so exciting, and falling prey to the Outliers syndrome so easy, that many entrepreneurs forget to do the satisfaction math.
The premise is simple:
Will I enjoy the satisfaction of my business (or career) enough that I will be happy with the income I can realistically expect to earn?
Here’s an example. Say you love landscaping and want to open a landscaping business — and you want to make $500,000 a year. According to Payscale.com, an owner/operator of a landscaping business can expect to make between $30k and $85k a year.
Pretty good, but well short of $500k. To get to that level you’ll at the very least need multiple locations in multiple markets. Personally you’ll be able to do a lot less landscape design and implementation (if any) since you will have to focus on running the business.
So, you have a choice: Make less than you hope and do more of what you like, or make what you hope and do less of what you like. Unless you’re an Outlier, you can’t have it both ways.
Why don’t entrepreneurs do the satisfaction math? Mostly because our hopes and dreams get in the way. Even if we do think about the financial realities, we secretly hope we will an Outlier.
Which is too bad, because you don’t have to be an Outlier to get rich. What you do have to be is a person who expects to do less of what they love as their business grows: Managing, selling, organizing, expanding — running the business instead of working the business.
To follow your passions and dreams, choose Option 1. But do the satisfaction math and make sure you will be content with the income potential, otherwise you may eventually grow to resent what you once loved to do. Determine the point where doing what you love and earning what you want intersects. Then live your dream.
To be rich, choose Option 2. Set your income target and build, grow, and run your business empire. And live your dream.
Want to choose both? Go ahead: Just make sure you do the satisfaction math and determine where income and enjoyment/satisfaction balances out.
Which choice is the right choice? The only right choice is the best choice for you.
Have a Healthy and Successful Day!
I found this out 7 years ago. I was in a dead end job, trading time for money. I was told what I could and couldn't wear, when I could take a vacation and how much I was worth. I was introduced to entreprenurism. I loved the idea of working for myself, working for my finacial future not someone else's. It was scary becuase it was new and I had no idea what I was doing. Great thing is, the business I purchased had everything already in place. A system, the best products and a business plan designed for people like me! So if your looking for more out of life, more time to spend the way you want to spend it. More money to do the things you want to do. A business that can give you both satisfaction and a magnificant income maybe maybe an internet franchise could be the answer for you? Want to know more? Message me to set up a free consultation to see if this is a fit for you!
Want to Get Rich? Avoid the ‘Outliers’ Syndrome by Jeff Haden
At a speaking engagement I said to an audience of 400, “Raise your hand if you started, or want to start, a business in order to follow a passion, live a dream — or just do more of what you love.”
About 400 people raised their hands.
Then I said, “How many of you started or want to start a business in order to get rich? Not rich in spirit or non-material ways, but rich rich?”
Almost every hand stayed up, and many cheered. (If the audience had been holding lighters or cell phones I would have felt like a scrawnier, less charismatic, less socially-conscious Bono.)
Nearly everyone in the audience hoped to follow their passion, live out a dream, do what they love, and get rich. You probably do, too.
Realistic? No.
When you start a business you have two basic options:
Option 1: Start a business to hopefully do a lot less of what you don’t like and a lot more of what you love.
Option 2: Start a business that will (hopefully) generate significant income.
Sadly these two options tend to be mutually exclusive — unless what you love to do is grow a business.
Why? Part of the problem is stems from Outliers syndrome. Not the part where Malcolm Gladwell says 10,000 hours are required to master a skill, but the part where we all secretly think we can be Outliers.
While we are all special in our own way (well, I’m not), most of us will never be Outliers. And that’s okay. Outliers are people who operate at the extreme edge of possibility. For the rest of us, success in any venture is likely to be similar to what others experience:
If you’re a chef and open a 40-table restaurant, the extent of your success will always be capped by the number of meals you can serve and the prices you can charge (among other basic factors). Best case you can only make so much money.
If you’re a consultant, the same is true. Your income will be capped, roughly speaking, by the price the market will bear and the number of clients you can serve. You can only make so much.
In either example the only way to generate more income is to expand: More locations, more employees, more investment… more everything. But most entrepreneurs don’t think that far ahead. The idea of following a passion is so exciting, and falling prey to the Outliers syndrome so easy, that many entrepreneurs forget to do the satisfaction math.
The premise is simple:
Will I enjoy the satisfaction of my business (or career) enough that I will be happy with the income I can realistically expect to earn?
Here’s an example. Say you love landscaping and want to open a landscaping business — and you want to make $500,000 a year. According to Payscale.com, an owner/operator of a landscaping business can expect to make between $30k and $85k a year.
Pretty good, but well short of $500k. To get to that level you’ll at the very least need multiple locations in multiple markets. Personally you’ll be able to do a lot less landscape design and implementation (if any) since you will have to focus on running the business.
So, you have a choice: Make less than you hope and do more of what you like, or make what you hope and do less of what you like. Unless you’re an Outlier, you can’t have it both ways.
Why don’t entrepreneurs do the satisfaction math? Mostly because our hopes and dreams get in the way. Even if we do think about the financial realities, we secretly hope we will an Outlier.
Which is too bad, because you don’t have to be an Outlier to get rich. What you do have to be is a person who expects to do less of what they love as their business grows: Managing, selling, organizing, expanding — running the business instead of working the business.
To follow your passions and dreams, choose Option 1. But do the satisfaction math and make sure you will be content with the income potential, otherwise you may eventually grow to resent what you once loved to do. Determine the point where doing what you love and earning what you want intersects. Then live your dream.
To be rich, choose Option 2. Set your income target and build, grow, and run your business empire. And live your dream.
Want to choose both? Go ahead: Just make sure you do the satisfaction math and determine where income and enjoyment/satisfaction balances out.
Which choice is the right choice? The only right choice is the best choice for you.
Have a Healthy and Successful Day!
4 Steps to a Positive Outlook
Being pessimistic can be more than just an emotional drain on yourself and those around you - pessimism has been linked to a higher risk of dying before age 65. The good news is that expressing positive emotions such as optimism is associated with a variety of health benefits: lowered production of the stress hormone cortisol, better immune function and reduced risk of chronic diseases. If you are stressed-out or anxious, which can be either a cause or an effect of a pessimistic outlook, try the following:
1.Take care of yourself by eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly and getting adequate sleep.
2.Express your emotional reactions honestly so you can effectively deal with what's bothering you.
3.Confide in someone - your mate, a good friend or a trusted relative.
4.View the cup as half full instead of half empty.
You can also benefit from positivity in the form of laughing, celebrating friends and family, learning to forgive and more!
Dr. Weil
Have a Healthy and Successful Day
1.Take care of yourself by eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly and getting adequate sleep.
2.Express your emotional reactions honestly so you can effectively deal with what's bothering you.
3.Confide in someone - your mate, a good friend or a trusted relative.
4.View the cup as half full instead of half empty.
You can also benefit from positivity in the form of laughing, celebrating friends and family, learning to forgive and more!
Dr. Weil
Have a Healthy and Successful Day
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