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Have You Climb Your Stairs to Success Yet?

Optimist — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:52 +0000

The past is over. Enjoy the good memories, use the bad ones as lessons in life, and get ready to make some new ones. Your focus should be on the future. ~ Nido R. Quebin

Many a time, we focus so much on the past and the good ‘ol days that we forget about planning for the future. In Stairway to Success, we are to think differently by seeing things they way they are and they way they will be. There are six steps outlined in the book to help us go towards the success in our lives. It doesn’t tell you what success is as success is an individual’s definition. Success is often confused after reading a few books on how to turn from rages to riches.

Success is how an individual wants it to be and each person may have similar yet different goals in life. Some want to be financially secure, others want personal development. Therefore, read this book with an open mind and define your success.

Each chapter asks the reader questions and explains the reasoning behind the questions. It is about what talents and skills an individual has. It is about trend setting and preparing for the future instead of being a sitting duck waiting to be shot during the hunting season.

Worksheets are giving in the book for self-evaluation, a very useful way of helping us work our ways towards our success. Get the book and re-read it again and again whenever you feel stuck in the rut. It’s a useful tool for reminding ourselves that we are fighting for something that’s worth our efforts.

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We Built This City

Optimist — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:00:30 +0000

The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you. ~ Tom Bradley [Source]

There are many games in life that mimic our deepest desires. Such games allow us to dive into the world of building our own cities. Some of the games include The Sims, We Rule, Social City, Baking Life, Farm Mania, Shop Boutique, Diner Dash, Burger Rush and many more. While some of the games mentioned may not be building cities, it’s building dreams bigger and bigger.

Our lives are routine and at times, we need variety to drive on forward. We put one reward for ourselves after we accomplished something. It’s to motivate us to move on. We keep visualising the dream and the feeling of being in the spotlight or accomplishing some task. Some call this dream building, others may call it hogwash or brainwash.

Whatever you believe, it’s the mind that is most powerful to persuade ourselves to do something we might normally not do. Combine reading The Secret and The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, perhaps you might discover something rise within you.

What Dream City do you want to fulfill?

Have Your Dreams Been Buried?

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How Much Are You Worth?

Optimist — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:00:10 +0000

Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. ~ M. Scott Peck [Source]

Once we are born, we are valuable to our parents. Our parents take it upon their responsibilities to make sure that we get the best, so that we can enjoy lives better than they did. They hated the lives they had because they were slogging so hard to make ends meet. Hence, their wishes for us is so as to ensure we have better lives.

After completing school and entering the corporate world in hopes of repaying our parents for their hard work, we realise that our worth isn’t decided by us. The company decides how much the job is worth and we have to take it or leave it. That’s why there are so many yearning or being their own bosses so that time is decided by them.

Time is most precious to us because we don’t know when we will repay them. Our time on earth has an expiry date that we can’t see. We just leave like that when the Lord calls for us. We know how much time we have spent but we may not have spent the time doing things that are worth our value.

Our value has always been decided by others. Yet, we are always seeking for something. After a while in the corporate world, we lost ourselves. We think that we want this but in our hearts, we want something else. Year after year, we chase for something that we can’t seem to reach.

How much are you worth?

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What is Normal Life to You?

Optimist — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:37 +0000

After hearing from friends frequently about having a “normal life”, one keeps wondering what it means. To friends, it means that being able to eat, sleep and play games for the rest of the lifetime. For others, it means being able to spend time with family without worrying about work all the time. Yet, it can also mean being able to bring the whole family for travelling when the kids are on school holidays.

Interestingly, none of the routine includes working for the rest of their lives. In fact, most would want to be able to get out of jobs and still be able to upkeep the lifestyle. Yet, how many of us are able to do what we truly want in life? How many of us are willing to give up the job that keeps the currently lifestyle?

In order to have a Normal Life, Chris and Pamela went on a crime spree just to maintain their lifestyle, or rather, Pam’s luxurious dreams. A rather short lived life since police is always after them. One can’t fault them for wanting the best in life. That’s what everyone would like to have. It’s human to be selfish in this way. No one can be faulted for that.

What does a normal life mean to you?

A Plan For Success

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What if You Have 6 Months Left to Live?

Optimist — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:00:29 +0000

We know the proverb “Time and tide waits for no man.” It’s true but how many of us are making use of the given time to do something that we truly feel that we deserve? How about that pay raise? How about that family trip you have been talking about for years? What’s truly stopping us from doing those things that we want?

What is it that will make us change? What if we know that we have 6 months left on earth? Will that move us to change and go ahead to quit the job and spend more time with our loved ones? Why do we need to be told that we have 6 months left to live then we will do something about it?

What would you do if you have 6 months left to live?

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Change is The Only Thing That is Constant

Optimist — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:49 +0000

Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine. ~ Robert C. Gallagher [Source]

What happens in life is change but how willing to change are you? The things that surround us is the comfort zone. The place where we feel safe as it is familiar. Due to the familiarity, we tend to take it with such ease that we forget about certain dreams in life that were somehow buried by other things that took over. There are times when we have this need to have what we want in life but because of fear, we compromise ourselves.

In order to survive this life, there are some who take on multiple careers. That’s because no one is indispensible in any job. As long as someone who can do it cheaper, better, faster than you, you are out of the company before you can say “I’m in a permanent job.” How permanent is a job, really? When recession comes, who will be out of a job first? No one can really tell.

When it’s recession, is it the right time for a career change? Have we listened to our inner selves or have we neglected that? What was it that made us complete a degree? Was it the hopes of having a better salary? Was it the hope of changing the career path to something that we like? Did we change to a job because it looked interesting?

With change moving so fast, how permanent is our jobs? What’s the meaning of permanent? The dictionary states that:

existing perpetually; everlasting, esp. without significant change.

Yet, we are seeing changes. Changes that scare us and immobilise us and we live in regrets by following the mass that live the life of mediocrity.

Can you handle the change?

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You Have Two Choices Today

Optimist — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:00:11 +0000

If you have read The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, you would know that the first chapter starts off with the reason why the book was written. It is all about happiness in life. Each morning you wake up, you have two choices. Be happy or wallow in self-pity that you didn’t do yesterday.

The story below is extracted from here. You may or may not get it. Just read it a few more times and maybe something will hit you as it contains the secrets in the book; The Five Secrets.

Dance Like No One’s Watching

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another.

Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are.

After that we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.

We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.

The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now.

If not now … when?

Your life will always be filled with challenges. It’s best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.

One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D Souza …

“For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin.
But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”

This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

So, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time … and remember that time waits for no one …

So stop waiting until you finish school … until you go back to school … until you lose ten pounds … until you gain ten pounds … until you have kids … until your kids leave the house … until you start work … until you retire … until you get married … until you get divorced … until Friday night … until Sunday morning … until you get a new car or home … until your car or home is paid off … until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter … until you are off welfare … until the first or fifteenth … until your song comes on … until you’ve had a drink … until you’ve sobered up … until you die … until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy …

Happiness is a journey … not a destination!!

In life, we often want to have choices yet, it seems that we are often stuck between a rock and a hard place. However, the choice lies within ourselves, we have choices to choose from. Perhaps the choice may not seem to be the path to happiness but who said it was paved with gold?

Have you made a decision yet?

The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die

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How Open Minded Are You, Really?

Optimist — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:02 +0000

When asking someone if they are open minded, most will reply “Yes”. As you dig deeper, you realise something, with a firm set of beliefs and information, they have formed their opinions about something already without realising it. The video below has been linked by Shaun Chng. An interesting way of presenting the mind’s willingness to accept new ideas and change of thinking without forcing ideas down the throats of others.

So, are you really open-minded?

Are You Being Taken Advantaged Of By People?

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The Power of Meeting New People

Optimist — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:59 +0000

In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do. [Source]

Being a great conversationalist isn’t an inborn skill. Some may call it an acquired skill while others seem to have it in them. Being invited to parties and having difficulties in engaging small talk with others may result in running away from attending such functions that may just change your career or life’s direction

For business owners, casual conversations at functions mean a lot to their businesses. Therefore, for those who have difficulties starting conversations, take a look at Debra Fine’s The Power of Meeting New People. She came with a shy personality and started changing and observing how others make conversations seem to easy.

The book gives a list of at least 50 ice breakers that can be used at functions. It’s human to talk about yourselves to others. Even a compliment can get a conversation started. There are also conversation criminals to be taken care of and how one can avoid being one yourself. Let others speak as they feel special when you ask about them.

Remember, casual questions may lead you to find your true self!

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The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die

Optimist — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:45:13 +0000

Life is short. You never know when you will expire and whether anyone will remember you. You may have done very well in your job but your boss may not remember you after you have left the company. What if one day, you expire before your boss, would your boss remember that you have done a lot for the company and give you some post-humous award for your efforts?

How many people will remember you fondly? John Izzo published a book called The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die. In it, the five secrets are what will come to us perhaps when events strike us. We won’t know when, all we know is that we have been given a limited amount of unknown time that we must make full use of while we can.

Waking up in the middle of the night grasping for breath just as your mind suddenly transports you to the future is a scary feeling. You realise that your future is in danger if you don’t do something about it. You realise that if you are ever alone in a house, your friends have all gone and you are not ready to die because there are still some things you have yet done.

You are never too young to find out the secrets to happiness in life. Imagine that you are now in your 70s, something tells you that you are about to meet the Maker. Do you have any regrets? Anything that you haven’t done but only thought about?

Have you found out how you can improve your life?

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