Archive for October, 2006

Reduce Your Stress: Read A Book

Oct 24th, 2006 Posted in General | no comment »

It will take you to faraway places with white sandy beaches and
clear azure skies in the blink of an eye. It will take you back
in time to the days of prehistoric monsters or thrust you forward
to the Big Brother world of tomorrow. It can even fill your eyes
with tears one moment and make you laugh out loud the next.

Reading a good novel or story will open a window to the world and
give you a vision of things you never dreamed possible. And the
side benefit is, reading is one of the best ways to reduce your
stress level and can even help you solve whatever problem is
ailing you.

Reading is the great escape and it also works well as a way to
relax. When you curl up with a good book, you put the rest of the
world and all its troubles out of your mind as you are taken to
distant places to learn about different time periods, and to
expose yourself to new ideas and philosophies. You are
essentially taking a vacation of the mind — but one that can be
virtually cost-free, especially if you live near a library.

Of course, reading is also a great way to reduce stress by
gaining the knowledge you need to solve problems. For example,
let’s say you’re overweight and this is causing you stress. You
find that the more weight you gain, the more stressed you become,
which just causes you to eat more. Instead of getting stressed
out, why not read a good book about nutrition that will teach you
how to plan meals better, so they’re low-cal and low-fat. This
could very well result in reducing your weight problem and it
could even disappear altogether along with the stress that is
bringing you down.

Reading can also be a source of great hope, giving you ideas and
inspiration that will relieve your stress. Biographies and
rags-to-riches stories about famous people will teach how they
overcame their struggles. These stories of triumph might even
inspire you to seek ways to overcome the challenges in your
life.

Of course, there are also times when reading can increase your
stress level. For instance, if you are studying for a test, or
reading about tragedies in your local newspaper, you might find
your stress levels skyrocketing. That’s why it’s important to
choose your reading material carefully. If you’re feeling
stressed, why not pick up a book that will relax you. A good
travel book, or cookbook, or book of poetry are far better
choices than news magazines filled with stories about all the
things that are wrong in the world.

Self-help books are also a very effective way to help reduce
stress. They encourage you to explore your feelings and they
recommend such techniques as listening to soothing music,
learning how to play a musical instrument, or just engaging in
deep breathing in order to deal with stressful situations.

One of the best stress reliever is reading a good novel. It’s the
best medicine there is without the side effects of drugs. When
you read a good story, whether it be a historical fiction or a
mystery thriller or a comic novel, it almost always transports
you away from anxieties and frustrations. It allows your
imagination to run free and then leaves you feeling refreshed and
invigorated. When you are reading it forces you to concentrate,
to exercise your mind in a way that passively watching TV or a
movie can never match.

In the long run, it doesn’t matter what you read but how much you
read. Try reading while standing in the grocery line, or at the
bank, or while pedaling your stationary bike. The more you read,
the more you will want to read because you will quickly discover
its short and long term stress reducing benefits.

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It’s the Little Things That Lead to Success

Oct 24th, 2006 Posted in General | no comment »

Everybody knows that good habits need to be cultivated while bad
habits seem to grow like weeds. Habits like self-discipline,
self-control, order, and perseverance, are all habits that
require a conscious effort to create and maintain.
Procrastination on the other hand, is a behavior takes no effort
at all. For better or worse, it’s your habits that make or break
you.

The amount of self-help information available today is virtually
unlimited, but it is of little value without first learning to
direct your focus and attention. The mind moves constantly from
one idea to the next with amazing speed, rarely giving its sole
attention to one subject for any length of time. Yet success in
anything depends largely on the ability to direct your mind; not
only where it goes, but also how long it stays there.

Success, like anything else, must be learned and practiced. A
habit starts out as no more than a thought. When this thought is
pursued it turns into action. If repeated often enough this
action will impress itself on the subconscious mind and form a
habit. Once a habit is formed it becomes automatic and no longer
requires the attention of your conscious mind.

Take a close look at your routines. Routines are what form your
habits. Examine what is working for you and what is not. Just as
with a garden cultivating good habits will also take time and
attention. You need to nurture the flowers in your life and start
pulling the weeds. If something is not working for you, get rid
of it!

If you wish to be successful in anything you do, follow the
clues.

Study the habits of successful people. It is the habits we create
that make us who we are. One habit all successful people have in
common is the ability to focus their attention for extended
periods of time.

How do you make focus a habit? Start small and work up.

Resist the impulse to jump from one unfinished project to
another. Write out a priority list and pay particular attention
to the order of that list. Do not let petty distractions
interfere with working through each task in the order you have
established. When you overcome the temptation to let your focus
and efforts become scattered, you are creating the habit of
finishing projects and seeing them through to the end.

Situations will always arise over which we have no control but we
can choose how we react to them. When you are thrown off course
make a habit of returning to the task at hand as quickly as
possible.

Learn to use your imagination and create a mental image of your
end goal. The importance of mental imaging in attaining your
goals cannot be over-stated. This mental image will act as a
blueprint for your action plan, bringing your thoughts one step
closer to reality.

When you consistently focus on your metal image it will manifest
in the physical world. Regardless of whether you are trying to
lose weight, succeed in business, or simply trying to improve
your life, the more detailed your image, the better your chances
of achieving your ultimate goal.

Acknowledge the small things.

Recognize and acknowledge each little success as it comes along.
As one success leads to another they add up and you gain
confidence in you ability to reach even larger goals.

Everything is learned by degree. Start small and practice daily
focusing you attention for ever longer periods of time. As you
learn to focus, one small success leads to another until success
becomes a habit.

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Have Any Bad Habit? The problem… Solved!

Oct 14th, 2006 Posted in General | no comment »

Hi everyone, my name is Kaled… :)

I have e-course “The Habit Busting System by Lee Milteer” that I will begin to sell within days, BUT I really Need your opinion/advice about the e-course before starting any advertising campaigns. The price is 97-$149 BUT I designed a special free trail version for 7 days to test it.

Could you try it free and tell me what you think, any notes or mistakes, the quality of the audio and navigation system, etc..?

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In general, you will learn how to break any bad habit and replace it with positive habit in the next 3 weeks.

All I hope, is to send me your advice, notes, any mistakes you caught or  your testimonial. but let me hear from you ;)

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To your success,

Kaled

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