Solidifying Plans for Business and Personal Success

“Plans are only good intentions unless they degenerate into hard work.”plans, Peter Drucker

Many people find it hard to create a plan of achievement. Their goals are vague. Even if they know what they want to achieve, they don’t know what steps they should take to reach their goals.

The future is something they see loaded with risk that will derail their plans and they don’t feel comfortable in starting something that might bankrupt them. Failure and success are equally possible. The fear of failure is irrational. It freezes many to inaction. But even a well thought out plans of corporate executives can and do fail.

But plans are meant to be implemented. Life cannot succeed unless there is something to strive for. No matter what the ultimate goal might be or how long it may take to put a plan into action, effort is required. Anything worthwhile achieving requires a good deal of hard work. The feeling of achieving a goal is directly related to how much effort was expended to reach the goal.

Many want to be successful, but the trivialities of a hectic lifestyle removes the time needed to make a start toward a goal. Not that time isn’t available. Most people are simply too disorganized and waste a great deal of time before they make a start. They haven’t set the right priorities. Failing to make a start, no matter how small that first step might be, is, as Peter Drucker points out, is just mere intentions.

If you have a plan, there’s only one solution and that is to stop procrastinating and get active. Every step taken will move you that much closer to your goal.

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Your Future Potential

 

 

“We cannot become what we need to be by remaining where we are.” Max De Pree

 

 

Everyone has the potential to become better. They can become valuable and productive members of society adding value to the common good. They can become well rounded and responsible citizens. That is the purpose of life. So if you’re not growing, you’re not reaching your full potential.

 

Unfortunately, many people give up on life. They see no hope for the future. They have learned to accept things the way they are and remain content just doing what they continue to do with little incentive to change unless a crisis forces them to make a change.

 

Everyone fears to step out of their comfort zone and into the unknown. Doubts about their abilities, fear of failure and ridicule stifle many into inaction. They fail to see that joy comes from activity. Success comes from taking risks to improve both personal character and the current circumstances.

 

Growth is an important need of human nature. Dissatisfaction has driven many to make improvements to their lifestyles. It’s that constant need to keep advancing, to keep growing that has taken man from the Stone age to today’s world of technological marvels. While we have advanced to the stage where we can easily destroy ourselves with weapons of mass destruction, the motivation to keep getting better still moves us relentlessly forward.

 

We must advance to give life meaning. And we need to advance in all areas of life, physically, mentally, spiritually and socially. To stop is to die. Whether religious or not, it’s a fundamental character trait of every human to be better than what he is. Even the Bible encourages us to take dominion over all things.

 

While we have advanced in technology, we are yet babes when it comes to spiritual growth. We haven’t yet learned how to get along with one another. Future potential comes when we can live in harmony with friends and enemies alike. Ultimate growth comes when we achieve ultimate peace and work to help one another grow as one into health, success, happiness and wealth.

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The author is a diabetic and has written two ebooks and a special report on this deadly disease. They can help arm yourself with the knowledge you need to stay healthy and avoid the complications that shorten life. Contact this author of you are looking for ghostwriting or need articles to post on your site. For more on the ebooks, visit:

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The Definition of Good Health

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” World Health Organization, 1948

 

While the WHO may have redefined their definition of health since 1948, the state of health of many today is in crisis. Diseases such as cancer, diabetes, arthritis and heart disease are increasing throughout the world and no one appears to have an answer.

 

Ask anyone on the street and you are likely to get the answer that health is the absence of pain and illness. But this doesn’t hold true to the above definition as many people see themselves  healthy even though they take a pharmacy of drugs and medications to feel that way.

 

The state of health in the general populace is dismal. Through the lack of exercise, improper diet, a life of high stress and bad habits, many have compromised their immune system to the point that they are vulnerable to all the viruses and diseases that seek to attack the body daily but seldom appeared in the population a hundred years ago.

 

A healthy body doesn’t easily get sick. The native American of yesteryear was exceptionally healthy. Sickness was virtually nonexistent. If one of the members of the tribe became ill, this called for the witch doctor to dispel the evil spirit that occupied the body.

 

Disease and illness does not have to strike. Today’s medical authorities would have you believe that you’re bound to get sick. The proper care of the body insures the maintenance of  health well into old age. If you don’t believe that, just ask Jack Lalanne.

 

The body is a complex mechanism, filled with checks and balances. Its nature is to maintain health and stay that way. It’s when we feed it with nutrition-less foods filled with fats, sugar, chemicals and other unwholesome ingredients that we can expect trouble to develop. Our bodies are an eco-system that requires the right nutrients in the proper amounts. We need to be active to burn off the calories that can add to fat from a sedentary lifestyle. Exercise is a vital ingredient.

 

Of course today’s world is a far cry to our ancestors who had to hunt and fish for survival. Sitting at home in the recliner, sitting on the commute to work and sitting in the office chair on the job doesn’t provide the body with the need for exercise.

 

It’s rare to find healthy  seniors residing in nursing homes or who must use a cane or walker to get around. But if you find someone who still lives in their home by themselves,  you can be sure that they eat a proper diet and get lots of exercise.

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The author is a diabetic and has written two ebooks and a special report on this deadly disease. They can help arm yourself with the knowledge you need to stay healthy and avoid the complications that shorten life. Contact this author of you are looking for ghostwriting or need articles to post on your site. For more on the ebooks, visit:

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Defining Failure

“Nobody is a total failure if he dares to try to do something worthwhile.”

People fear failure. It’s natural as we don’t know what the future will bring. The decisions we make today may lead us down the road to failure. Current problems seem to be insurmountable with no solution in sight. So we procrastinate until the problems become so overwhelming that they force us to act against our will.

Any action taken can lead to failure. But failure is not well understood. It’s definition in our minds is skewed. We define it as permanent. We believe that when we fail we are less than human, open to scorn and ridicule in the community. In our minds it means that we have severe limits, so we should stay within those limits, even if we are far more capable of doing more.

No man is perfect, though we expect ourselves to live up to an impossible standard as society dictates. If we don’t feel the need for perfection we often expect from others. But this only creates a great deal of friction.

Perfection is impossible to achieve. There are no perfect beings except one who died on the cross. Though we should be striving to improve character through trial and error, we will never make it to that pinnacle where we can be completely satisfied with who we are and what we’ve accomplished.

The purpose of life is not to reach perfection, but build the qualities that stand out in the community.  We need to hone our skills and learn what it means to be responsible for our actions. We need to become trustworthy, honest and disciplined. Our goal is to learn to be a leader to our families ant the community we live in.

And we can’t learn those qualities without periodic failure. A real failure is the one who has given up on life, who has no further ambition or desire to improve his or her circumstances.

The best way to learn is simply through effort, regardless of the outcome.  Anything worthwhile doing requires effort. If failure occurs, we can only learn from them and move on to make the world a better place.

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The author is a diabetic and has written two ebooks and a special report on this deadly disease. They can help arm yourself with the knowledge you need to stay healthy and avoid the complications that shorten life. Contact this author of you are looking for ghostwriting or need articles to post on your site. For more on the ebooks, visit:

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The Pursuit of Happiness

“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” Benjamin Franklin

Contrary to what many people believe, happiness is not determined by the acquisition of material goods. Many people they believe they will be happy if they have more money in their bank account. They believer they can’t be happy unless they have the latest model car or that top-of-the-line computer.

Happiness is none of these things as it is something spiritual. The only way you can be happy is by changing the thinking on how you define happiness. It’s a mental process.

Many people are in endless pursuit of happiness and while that’s guaranteed by the constitution, they pursue it down the wrong channels. Nothing can make you happy unless you have a consuming goal and you are prepared to work for it through effort and persistence.

It must be remembered that wealth and fame are fleeting. Many achieve what they want hoping to find happiness but are disappointed when they get it. Lasting happiness has less to do with accomplishing the goal than it does in the pursuit of that goal. It’s the actual struggle, the effort and the patience that brings satisfaction.

The best way to catch happiness is by living for today only. The present moment is all anyone has and focusing on the daily affairs of living that brings happiness with it. Yet too many try to live for a future where they hope to find happiness. But the future presents both opportunity and failure.

So while you have the right to pursue happiness, you can catch it simply by accepting yourself for who you are, live for today and stop demanding perfection from yourself.

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Looking Down on Others

“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.” Jesse Jackson

 

We all like to believe that we are superior in some way to those around us.

While the need for self esteem and importance is a necessary character, many people develop an inflated ego that prevents them from seeing the good qualities in others. Their ego isolates them from the rest of humanity.

History is replete with those who have looked down or enslaved others because of race, religion, language and culture. They have tried to cultivate a sense of superiority over their neighbors, much of which was due mostly to salve an inferiority complex.

It’s this superiority that prevents many from recognizing the talents and skills that others possess. It stifles creativity and ends any chance of working together to improve circumstances at home or within society.

When we don’t help someone because of our biases, we lose out on the potential of someone who could become a valuable friend, someone who would be there when we experience our own difficulties. Just because they frequent a soup kitchen doesn’t make them less intelligent or beneath the dignity of helping them out. Booker T. Washington once said that he would never stoop so low as to hate any man. The inference in that statement is that we all could learn something, even from the poor and destitute.

When we feel beaten down, we always hope that someone will help us up. But that’s no different than the stranger on the street. While we may get help, we often don’t return that favor for someone else. It shouldn’t take a catastrophe before we begin to show our generous side. Holidays such as Christmas get us into the mood of good cheer and good will, but a Thanksgiving dinner once a year is not enough to demonstrate true love and concern that we should have all year round.

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The author is a diabetic and has written two ebooks and a special report on this deadly disease. They can help arm yourself with the knowledge you need to stay healthy and avoid the complications that shorten life. Contact this author of you are looking for ghostwriting or need articles to post on your site. For more on the ebooks, visit:

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Finding True Friendship

“A single rose can be my garden…a single friend my world.” Leo Buscaglia

Gardens can be easier to cultivate than a true friend. Selfishness is the rule in today’s world. Whether you look at government corruption or terrorist activities, few people can be counted on to be loyal, steadfast friends.

Of course we are all worried about our bills and we often feel alone as we struggle with them. But too often our worries and fears get in the way of establishing true and lasting friendships. Part of the problem is that so few of us really know how to cultivate friendship. It’s not a subject taught in high school or university. Yet this knowledge is so vital if we are to live in peace and harmony with out neighbors and among neighboring nations.

Friendships today are flimsy affairs. We become suspicious of the motives of anyone who offers us an olive branch. The first reaction is to be cautious. We wonder if this friendly man or woman is trying to get something from us. But often our suspicions are unfounded and keep us from making new friends.

People of all races and language want the same things:

They want to feel appreciated and loved.
They have fears and phobias
They want someone who they can trust and rely on in times of trouble
They like people who take the time to be interested in them

Cultivating friends begins with you. Hiding your fears won’t make the world come to you. It’s when you realize that people are the same, you can then cultivate genuine friendships by giving them what they want without expecting any compensation. It’s only this way that you’ll have those friends who will come to your aid when you need it most.

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A Journey of a Thousand Miles

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Chinese proverb

That seems so obvious, yet it is overlooked by many. Many people focus on the distant goal and get disappointed when they realize it they must spend a lot of time and effort to get there. The goal seems so overwhelming that they abandon their dreams. Or their worries and fear crowd out any incentive they might have to get started. They see impossibilities, not the opportunities.

Our Western society is fixated on the idea that if anything requires effort, it’s not worth having. Far better to use the plastic to get what you want today than struggle through the steps to reach the goal. We look for quick fix solutions.

Far reaching goals require a great deal of patience and persistence, both of which build discipline. While the goal is often achievable, most people seldom focus on the individual steps needed to get there. In truth it’s far better just to take the first step and follow it up with another, then another until the goal is reached. What they don’t often see is the enjoyment that comes from putting that one foot in front of the other. Joy and happiness can only come from achieving one step at a time. Every step means one less to take and one more added behind us.

Those who succeed find joy in the journey, not at the journey’s end. They feel a sense of accomplishment on reaching their goal. It is the reward of all the effort and time taken. They have developed discipline an important commodity that spurs them to achieve even more. They appreciate the gift of life and know its value. It’s a trait that few people never learn nor develop throughout life.

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The author is a diabetic and has written two ebooks and a special report on this deadly disease. They can help arm yourself with the knowledge you need to stay healthy and avoid the complications that shorten life. Contact this author of you are looking for ghostwriting or need articles to post on your site. For more on the ebooks, visit:

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Life’s Purpose

“Life isn’t a matter of milestones but of moments.” Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

We are all looking to better ourselves, improving our circumstances and create a happier and rewarding life. While there’s nothing wrong in wanting a better life, many of us lose sight of the reason behind existence.

We constantly look to the future when we can achieve something that will make us happy and content. We’re trying to reach new milestones. But this constant striving misses out on the enjoyment of today. It creates stress, irritability and frustration when what we were hoping for doesn’t materialize as we expected. We feel somehow that we must achieve more to be validated by society. We want to be somebody, so we need to work harder, push our limits.

Unfortunately, we have never learned that life can’t be lived in the far future. Our constant striving doesn’t always guarantee we’ll reach those goals as life is filled with roadblocks and setbacks that can derail the best of plans. What we need to remember is that today is the only thing we have to live in and we don’t enjoy those moments that pass moment by moment, life will remain unfulfilled. Simply it means living in the present, not for some vague future.

A house can only be built brick by brick, so you can’t rush putting up the drywall when the walls haven’t been built. Those moments you miss come and go everyday. Butt once they are gone, you can’t get them back. Many miss playing time with their children. They miss talking to them about their worries. They don’t stop the endless chain of concerned thoughts long enough to be appreciative of what they have and have been blessed with.

Life is fleeting and you may not live long enough to see tomorrow. So it makes more sense to live in the present moment, enjoy what life brings and stop worrying about a future that may not materialize. Learn to pay attention to today’s details and leave the future to itself.

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The author is a diabetic and has written two ebooks and a special report on this deadly disease. They can help arm yourself with the knowledge you need to stay healthy and avoid the complications that shorten life. Contact this author of you are looking for ghostwriting or need articles to post on your site. For more on the ebooks, visit:

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Aged Works of Art

“Beautiful young people are acts of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.” Eleanor Roosevelt

Society reveres the young. Television commercials sell products with a young face. Slim and suave fashion models strut down the catwalk showing off the latest dress craze. No one is old, no one appears bent over with back pain or suffers from arthritis.

Everyone seeks for the fountain of endless youth. Many spend millions for cosmetics, face lifts and tummy tucks. Those fat folds around the middle demand spending thousands for liposuction treatment.

Youth is a time for learning, a time for preparation for the latter stages of life when that youthful energy is gone and the back pains are a reality. They require spending that energy as nature provides. They need that energy to build the strong foundations on which they can build a meaningful life and become contributing members of society. The life they must build must have strong spiritual roots to last throughout life. Yet too often, youth is squandered. The wonders of temporary, physical existence often take precedence over learning. Ipods, cell phones and video games are of more interest than study.

Old people are works of art as they have become refined by the fires of life. Setbacks, disappointments and failures are seldom common events among the young. They have not experienced them, nor do they know how to handle them when they come along. But old people tell a story of patience and persistence. Their experiences project a history of lost loves, disappointment, failures, disease and death which few among the young ever experience. Their canvas has more to say than just a youthful smile. Their canvas of life has many layers of paint applied before the finished product holds more value than the Mona Lisa.

While youthfulness has disappeared, it has been replaced by wisdom.

So it is not a shame to see them hobbling along the streets with their canes. We must remember that they hold a special place in society, that if they were listened too, might have some important advice that could save the world from the next holocaust.

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The author is a diabetic and has written two ebooks and a special report on this deadly disease. They can help arm yourself with the knowledge you need to stay healthy and avoid the complications that shorten life. Contact this author of you are looking for ghostwriting or need articles to post on your site. For more on the ebooks, visit:

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