The Winning Way

 

Today is Friday July 23, 2010

Thought For The Day

“Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.”
– Erica Jong

 
I Have Been Thinking

We reach a point in our life when we are ready for change then notice that there is a whole bunch of information that will help us unlock our self improvement power. Until then, something can be  right there under our nose but we don’t see it.  The only time we think of unlocking our self improvement power is when everything seems to be at it’s worst.  I know that you have probably heard this story told in a few ways:

The frog principle

Try placing Frog A in a pot of boiling water. What happens? He twerps! He jumps out! Why? Because he is not able to tolerate a sudden change in his environment – the water’s temperature. Then try Frog B: place him in a luke warm water, then turn the gas stove on. Wait til the water  slowly reaches a certain boiling point. Frog B then will then become frog soup.

We learn our lessons when we experience pain. We finally see the warning signs and signals when things get  tough. When do we realize that we need to change diets? When none of our jeans and shirts fit anymore. When do we stop eating candy and chocolates? When all of our teeth have fallen out. When do we realize that we need to stop smoking? When our lungs have gone bad and it becomes hard to breathe. When do we pray and ask for help? When we realize that we’re gonna die tomorrow.  Why live your life  like the frog?

Change will happen, like it or hate it. At one point or another, we are all going to experience those turning points in our life –  we are all going to eventually unlock our self improvement power not because the world says so, not because our friends are nagging us, but because we realize its for our own good.  It happens when you know your life depends on it.

Happy people don’t just accept change, they embrace it.  You really don’t have to feel a tremendous heat before realizing the need for self improvement.  Unlocking your self improvement power means unlocking yourself from the cage of the  thought that “its just the way I am”. It is such a poor excuse for people who fear and resist change. Most of us program our minds like computers.  Garbage in, garbage out.

Self improvement may not be everybody’s favorite topic, but if we only look at things from a different point of view, we might find that we enjoy the whole process instead. What does it really take?  Three sessions in a week at the gym would result to a healthier life, reading books instead of watching TV mindlessly will shape up a more profound knowledge. Going out with friends and peers will help you take a step back from work and unwind.

When you are enjoying the whole process and unlocking  self improvement power, you’ll realize that change is fun. You are beginning to see things lighter and can actually  become happy.

Opportunity is never lost
It goes To Those Ready to Accept It!
Your Success is my Greatest Interest
CWinslow

 

Ice Breakers

 

Auto Repairs

An auto mechanic received a repair order that said to check
for a clunking noise when going around corners.

He took the car out for a test drive and made two right
turns, each time hearing a loud clunk.

Back at the shop, he returned the car to the service manager
with this note: 

“Removed bowling ball from trunk.”

 

 Tip

 

I’ve noticed something that successful people do.  It’s so relatively simple that it’s almost unbelievable!

Not only that, but it’s something that you can begin to train yourself to do.  If you do, then you might begin to see results like they do.

What is it that they do?

They take a method that is working in one arena and they apply it in another arena!

Happy Designing