Kaizen or CANI is constant and never-ending improvement. This should be one of the foundation stones of your philosophy. (The alternative is hopelessness). Continually raise your standards. Once you get 60%, aim next time for 66% or 70%, then 75% and so on. Don't stop at 100%. Look frequently at your own beliefs. Review them daily and cultivate only the empowering ones. Don't be content with just being a dreamer saying "It would be great to ..." and then stop. Look realistically at the issue and ask yourself "What would it take to..." and go and figure out for yourself how to achieve the goals you set for yourself then JUST DO IT !
It is not good enough to just know what to do, you must DO what you know you should do. Life is a practical course. Live it, don't just study it.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
458. Do Not Dabble
Do not dabble, that is for ducks. Do not major in minor things. Whenever you pick a subject (make sure it is a worthy one) make a study plan and stick to it until you have mastered the subject. Only then should you move on to the next worthy subject.
457. Controlled Focus
Focus is the master key to your success. Whatever you focus on is what you wind up getting. Focus on Poverty, you get Poverty, focus on Wealth, you get Wealth. Controlled focus is like a laser beam that cuts through the apparent obstacles. You need to practice this focusing consistently until it becomes the way in which your mind operates by default. Focussing like this is the concentration and directing of your power.
Here is a nice formula :
Focus X Consistency = Effective Power.
Here is a nice formula :
Focus X Consistency = Effective Power.
456. There is No Need for Misery of Any Kind
Pain and Misery are unnecessary and will finally come to an end once you take control of 3 things :
(a) How you feel
(b) How you think
(c) How you act.
Once you control these 3 you will be able to modify the course of your life.
(a) How you feel
(b) How you think
(c) How you act.
Once you control these 3 you will be able to modify the course of your life.
455. Guarding Your Tongue
Guard your speech. Train yourself never to say anything you will regret later. If you MUST speak at all, be forthright - always say what you mean and mean what you say. Things you might come to regret saying are things that cause hurt or pain or harm to others, things that display your ignorance, things that get you fired, things that get you sued, things that lose you money or friends and things that get you into fights. Try to find other things to add to this list.
454. The Illuminated Mind
To the illuminated mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light. Such a mind is fixed on the highest of ideas.
453. Budgets
Keep a tight rein on your spending. Learn how to prepare budgets and to re-adjust them. Learn to live by your budgets. Become friends with accounting and spreadsheets. Learn to project into the future using spreadsheets.
452. How to Avoid Getting Lost
It is easy to start out being disciplined and then to lose your way because you think you know what you are doing. Whenever this happens, you need to bo back to basics and revisit the Golden Rules that apply to what you are doing. Stick to your Golden Rules.
450. Protecting Yourself
As a way of training your memory in how to protect your face and head, touch your two elbows together in front of your face from time to time.
449. Paranoia and Hypervigilance
"Just because you're paranoid, that doesn't mean they're not out to get you!"
Joking aside, paranoia is not healthy. It is a form of psychosis often brought on by the abuse of psychotropic drugs and other substances. You do not want to become paranoid. There is nothing wrong, however, with a little hypervigilance. This is a healthy response to an event that causes you stress or that causes you to feel threatened in some way. It is the thinking behind keeping meticulous notes and records of conversations etc. It is one of the tools that you should use throughout life to protect yourself. Definition of HYPERVIGILANCE: the condition of maintaining an abnormal awareness of environmental stimuli. A person suffering from PTSD may have hypervigilance, heightened startle responses and flashbacks.
Joking aside, paranoia is not healthy. It is a form of psychosis often brought on by the abuse of psychotropic drugs and other substances. You do not want to become paranoid. There is nothing wrong, however, with a little hypervigilance. This is a healthy response to an event that causes you stress or that causes you to feel threatened in some way. It is the thinking behind keeping meticulous notes and records of conversations etc. It is one of the tools that you should use throughout life to protect yourself. Definition of HYPERVIGILANCE: the condition of maintaining an abnormal awareness of environmental stimuli. A person suffering from PTSD may have hypervigilance, heightened startle responses and flashbacks.
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