Substance of Living

Creating Your Destiny You can begin controlling your life's destiny today.  It doesn't matter where you are in your life, your career, or anything else as long as you begin believing in yourself today.  Sure, there will be slips down the slide but each time you will come back stronger and healthier.  Healthier in the belief that you are on the right path. So, remember that your destiny begins with your thoughts.  That means no more negative self-talk or putting yourself down because you made a mistake. Who was it that first said we must take care of ourselves before helping others ?  I'm sure I'm paraphrasing but if we don't take care of ourselves and get ourselves on the right path, who are we to help others?  Here's a prime example: If you are dirty from working outside and don't wash up or change your clothes before bathing your children, who are also dirty from being outside, won't you get them dirty all over again after they get out of the b...

Vision Boards are a visual To-Do list for your future.  It works with your subconscious to keep your goals in front of you and remind you of all you deserve.  You can be as specific as you'd like - what your wedding dress, cake, bridal party will look like or exactly how you'd like to furnish your each room in your home to a broader spectrum - a beautiful sunset on the beach to represent vacation or peace or strong words such as "Success". Creating a Vision Board is fun and can be done alone or gather some of your friends or colleagues and sit down.  You might create a Vision Board for your department and hang it in the conference room or lunch room.  Then watch how you turn your dreams into goals and create your future. There is a quote that goes something like " You must be able to visualize where you are going or you will never get anywhere. "  I guess that means that we must know our destination in order to get there or we will end up somewhere else...

Melody Fletcher of Deliberate Receiving  says we feel jealousy  for one of two reasons; scarcity and control  and we feel envy because of our sense of unworthiness . In either case, these feelings of jealousy or envy are triggered by someone else having something we want.  So often we blame the other person for our feelings or situation when we really should dig deep within ourselves to find out the underlying problem causing our "negative" emotions. John sells more cars than me, he makes more money, so I can't stand him. Am I lacking self-confidence to (sell cars, make more money, find another job, ________)? How can I improve my selling technique? Can I make more money in another department? Would I be happier in another job or profession? Look at the way Sandy dresses.  She must spend a fortune on her hair, nails, and wardrobe.  Talk about "High Maintenance". Do I have a poor self-image and think I'm ugly or too fat? What top ...