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Exercising, the miracle cure

Monday, May 19th, 2008

The therapeutic benefits of regular physical activity are without rival. Study after study has shown that it increases longevity while decreasing morbidity and mortality from a host of diseases. Someone once said that if exercise was a pill, it would be the most powerful medication known to humans. The only problem is that it is difficult to motivate others to take that pill every day. In my opinion inactivity should be considered a dis-ease state. Adults are often told that they should consult a physician before beginning an exercise program. Based upon scientific evidence, it may be more appropriate to consult a physician before sitting down in a lounge chair in front of a TV with a remote control. Stressed out clients often complain that they do not have time to exercise. This is unusual when one considers that a high percentage of corporate executives of leading global companies always seem to find the time to exercise regularly. I’ve even noticed that the president of American and other world leaders seem to have embraced a healthy exercise routine. Don’t these very important people have anything better to do with their time? It is more likely that they have learned to be competitive and at their best only when they make the time to sweat and get their hearts pumping.

We Help Build Your Dreams

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

To own a home. To fall in love , get married and have kids. To see your kids through university. Building a strong work ethic. Reinforcing your self-esteem. For others it’s starting their own small business, and watching it grow. Everybody has dreams, the question is how to go about achieving them. Like all people, dreams of personal achievement are like locomotives that pull us all through life. They inspire us and propel us forward. However, achieving these things requires far more than simply the burning desire to succeed. It takes almost athletic discipline and managerial skills, an abundance of drive and stamina, and the intelligence to know where to get your hands on the best knowledge. When we study the path of successful men and women, all of them, in all sorts of professions never stop acquiring knowledge related to their major purpose, business and profession. Those who are not successful usually make the mistake of believing that the knowledge acquiring period ends when one finishes school. Which one are you willing to be?

All You Should Fear is Fear Itself

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Of all the fears that eat away at our confidence, the fear of failure is the most discouraging. It leads us to avoid challenges, to steer clear of anything that might involve risk, or to give up at the first sign of difficulty. At its most extreme it paralyses us. We wait until we can be assured of success before we are prepared to make a move. Such certainty is never forthcoming, and as a consequence we venture nothing, achieve nothing, feel bad about ourselves and spend our lives bemoaning what might have been. Now I’m sure this extreme description does not fit you, but there is a little of it in most of us. So let’s take a few minutes to consider the fear of failure and how we can work to overcome it.

Failure carries a very personal label. Our fear is that if we try something and fail, we will be in some way less worthy as human beings. We see ourselves not as people who have experienced failure, but as failures! It’s easy to see why. The pass/fail judgement has been dangling over our lives since early childhood. Passing the test offers a gateway to whatever we have set out to do while failure leaves us out in the cold. The truth is that people consistently labelled ‘successes’ or ‘failures’. But isn’t it ironic that in an effort to avoid the failure label we shrink from the very challenges that could lead to success? All the time that we sit in our comfort zones and dream, we can convince ourselves that we have the potential to succeed. Our fear is that, as soon as we set foot outside and put ourselves to the test, we will be found wanting.

The truth is that everyone experiences failure at some time and that it is those who do not fear it who are able to learn from it and move on. One of the most important lessons about confidence is that in order to win, you must dare to lose, and that means having the courage to step outside the comfort zone.

On Trusting Others

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

As far as trust for me goes, A few years back, I was betrayed beyond my wildest imagination and I literally let this betrayal consume me to the point where it affected every aspect of my life including my health. Recently over the last three years, I have come to the realization that trusting others really is in my control. NO one can hurt me if I don’t let them. I can‘t control the actions of others, but I can choose to control how I react to them and how far I allow them to affect me. I no longer have the idealistic view of life that I had prior to being devastated, which for me was the majority of the problem. It really doesn’t matter if I trust them or not. What matters is, seeing things at face value, seeing things realistically, and seeing people for what they are, just people and not little gods and goddesses or without faults. This point of view has helped me tremendously in realizing that if people try to hurt me, that is their problem, if I choose to let them, that is mine.

Archive for May, 2008

Exercising, the miracle cure

We Help Build Your Dreams

All You Should Fear is Fear Itself

On Trusting Others