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27 January 2008, 04:18
Why is it so important to keep a journal? BY DAN ROBEY
SELECTED ARTICLE #3 BY DAN ROBEY
"Keeping a journal will absolutely change your life in ways
you've never imagined." - Oprah Winfrey
Why is it so important to keep a journal?
Here are just a few of the benefits
a personal journal will provide you:
* A journal will remind you of your goals and the actions you are
taking towards them every day. Your are writing down your goals
for 2006, right?
* It allows you to factually track your progress as you head closer
towards your goals. Here is an example. Suppose you had
set a new goal to lose 20 lbs in the next 3 months. Record your
weight in your journal each day, you will now be able to see
trends in your weight loss that you would not have seen
without the journal.
* It provides detailed information such as dietary changes,
calorie reductions, fat reduction, and so on.
* It helps build your self-esteem because you are reaffirming the
positive benefits you are achieving as you get closer to your goals.
* It helps to paint the picture every day of who you are becoming.
* When you see positive results as they happen, you will become
energized with optimism.
Here are a couple of simple journal tips:
Keep a simple, short log , it's easy, and it usually only takes
1 minute of your time. Each day, make short entries into your
journal, list such things as your attitude, emotions, diet, weight,
responses to situations and conditions in your life.
For example, if having a healthy heart is one of your goals, you
will want to keep track of your cholesterol levels, your blood
pressure, your weight. (Obviously, all of this data would not be
recorded daily, but some entry would be recorded each day)
Try this simple little exercise.
Get out a note pad or a sheet of paper and a pencil. Look at your
watch. When the second hand hits 12, start timing yourself as you
write down the following information:
11/8/02 Fri.-Felt great all day. Started habit 52. Weight 135
pounds. Walked briskly for 20 minutes. Had healthy almonds and
nuts for snacks.
More then likely, you completed writing down the information in
approximately 1 minute. Yet, in that 1 minute, you created an
important snapshot of important data in your life. You now have
historical data you can refer to as time goes by, to help you track
your progress as you move towards your life goals.
I know how well this works. For the past 6 years, I have kept a
simple, yet informative log of every day of my life. I can tell you
exactly how I felt on Wed., July 25,1999, or any day since. I can
look back and see how I reacted to issues in my life and what helped
me overcome an illness, injury or stressful period in my life.
It generally takes me less then two minutes to record the log for
any day. It is a habit that has become a part of my life; it is now
second nature for me. If you have a computer, I recommend typing just
three to four lines of descriptive text into a word processing
program each day.
Enjoy!
Margarita Nomeikiene
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25 January 2008, 13:10
Today's Positive Habit....Take Action. BY DAN ROBEY
SELECTED ARTICLE #2 BY DAN ROBEY
Today's Positive Habit....Take Action.
I am amazed at how many people fail to simply take
action to correct problems in their lives. Nike's
slogan used to be "Just Do It," it was a great slogan.
Here are some examples:
You have a Health Issue.
Don't rely on your doctor only,
get involved in your own recovery. Be proactive.
The simple fact that you are getting this email means that you have
access to the internet, the most powerful source of information the
world has ever known.
1. Go to Google and search your illness, you can find research
reports, users groups, and other powerful information about your
illness.
2. Never accept that you cannot fully recover, no matter what
illness you have, there is somebody in the world that has conquered
it. Look at Lance Armstrong, his cancer was so bad that his doctors
gave him little chance to survive....yet he did, and he went on to
win the Tour De France.
3. Go to online bookstores, or your library and find books on your
illness, buy them and read them. Become an expert. The first
question I ask when someone tells me about an illness they have is,
"how many books have you read on the subject?"
You are having financial problems.
Again, take immediate action. Go to the experts on Success, read
books by Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins, Napolean Hill, and others who can
teach you how to be successful and overcome financial problems.
When I used to work in the corporate world, I had a question that
I asked every person who applied for a job. "Please tell me the
titles of some of the personal success books you have read in the
past year." It was amazing how many people replied..." I have never
read a personal success book."
You want to start a new business
Don't re-invent the wheel, find people who have become successful
in the field you are interested in. Study how they did it, in many
cases they will have written books on how they succeeded.
Once you have learned how they built their business, you
simply have to copy their model and apply it to your business. This
is perhaps one of the most powerful techniques for success...yet
few people are aware
Remember you are the only one that has total control of your
thoughts, attitudes and actions! Make it a habit to "take action."
Enjoy!
Margarita Nomeikiene
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23 January 2008, 13:53
Will there be a New "YOU" Think about the word "choose."
SELECTED ARTICLE #1 BY DAN ROBEY
Think about the word "choose."
Think about the word "choose."
It may be the single most important word in your life.
Why?
Let's look at what the dictionary says about the word "choose"
1. to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference:
Example: She chose Sunday for her departure.
2. to prefer or decide (to do something): Example: He chose to run
for election.
3. to want; desire.
4. to make a choice: Example: He chose carefully.
5. to be inclined: Example: You may stay here, if you choose.
Let's look at #3 first, "to want, to desire," we all have wants and
desires, you can "choose" to love or not be loved. You can choose
to seek after that which you desire, or simply hope it will
magically come to you someday.
Look at #1 "to select from a number of possibilities" WOW, this is
powerful. A number of possibilities, I would say this is almost
unlimited.
Here are some examples:
1. You could choose to live a sedentary life or an active life.
2. You could choose to imagine your life as successful or believe
that success will never come your way.
3. You could choose to believe in something when all those around
you say you should not believe in it.
4. You could choose to take "action" or not take action.
5. You could choose to gain knowledge by reading newsletters like
this one as well as books and magazines that will empower you with
life changing information, or you could choose to watch more TV.
(here is something to think about when watching TV.....VIRTUALLY
EVERYONE YOU ARE WATCHING IS GETTING PAID TO BE ON TELEVISION...
how much do you get paid to watch it?)
6. Look at #2 from the dictionary listing above. To prefer or
decide (to do something): Example: He chose to run for election.
Every President the United States has ever had first chose to seek
and/or accept the job.
You see, it is "YOU" that chooses, YOU have the power to choose
the direction of your life.
* You can choose to seek success.
* You can choose to have a healthy body by choosing what you put in
it and what you do with it.
* You can choose to use the power of attraction (as discussed in
The Secret) by creating a movie in your mind of you succeeding and
believing that the success you are visualizing is already yours!
* You can choose to take that new job in another city.
* You can choose to forgive.
But here is the bottom line.
It is "YOU" who must choose, no one else can choose for you.
Here is an important question......Will you choose?
Make no mistake about it, even if you choose NOT to choose you have
chosen a direction for your life......that is POWERFUL!
So I challenge you today to look at your life and CHOOSE!
* Choose success
* Choose unconditional love
* Choose health
* Choose to take the time to teach your children what you have
learned about choosing.
You know there are areas of your life "RIGHT NOW" where you have
failed to make a choice....to choose.
Why do I issue this challenge to you?
Because I care about YOU......I "choose" to care about you.
Enjoy!.
from the desk Dan Robey.
Margarita Nomeikiene.
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