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Quote of the Week: a Spanish Proverb
November 15, 2010
Every Monday at VAsolutionsNOW we’re going to share an inspirational quote to help kick off the week. Analyze this quote and really try and think about how it might apply to your life. Feel free to retweet and share it with your friends and family and mastermind with your peers on what each quote might mean to you.
This week’s quote is:
“Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week” ~Spanish Proverb
Question to ask yourself: What have I been dragging my feet on and what do I need to do to finish that task?
Quote of the Week: by Anonymous
November 8, 2010
Every Monday at VAsolutionsNOW we’re going to share an inspirational quote to help kick off the week. Analyze this quote and really try and think about how it might apply to your life. Feel free to retweet and share it with your friends and family and mastermind with your peers on what each quote might mean to you.
This week’s quote is:
“What you see depends on what you’re looking for.” ~Anonymous
Question to ask yourself: Do I realize the power of my thoughts? If I think negative, I seek out the negative in everything. If I seek the positive, I have a better chance of gaining new opportunities.
How To: Take Charge of Your Life and Gain Self Esteem
November 3, 2010
Whether we like to notice it or not, how we feel about ourselves plays a huge role in our everyday lives. Let’s face it, the more superior we consider ourselves to be the easier it is to overcome every day challenges and objections. There is only one way to attack the negative aspects in our self-esteem, and the key is thru personal development. Once we are able to pinpoint our individual demons it will be easier to take on bigger and harder projects. Here are different techniques to get you on the path of defeating your inner criticism.
First things first, take a deep breath. Let’s start with learning how to face your fears. The simplest way to overcome your challenge is to grab the bull by the horns! Define your fear, what is it that you are deeply afraid of? Think of ways to move past it. For most this will be an uncomfortable task. If it were easy, not a single being would be afraid of anything. I’m sure looking back at how scary learning how to ride a bike might have been, or learning how to swim, even take your first steps didn’t seem easy, but for most of us, we have mastered all three! The only way to conquer our uncertainties is to figure out ways to defeat them, and that’s where we figure out how to step outside our comfort zone. Try to take on a new challenge every day. I assure you once you accomplish something that seems impossible to do, everything else will become trouble-free!
Secondly, start setting goals for yourself. There are two types of goals; long term and short-term goals. Start with writing all of your goals down that you are aiming to complete. Once your list has been finalized, take a look at what you wish to accomplish and put a date you would like to see yourself having them achieved by. Try setting short-term goals, from this point till 6 months from today. Then analyze your long-term goals, anything 6 months and over. Jot down the steps that you will have to take underneath each goal and what you will do to rebuttal any obstacles that might interfere with completing your goals by the set date you have chosen. There are
different ways to visualize your goals better to help you stay on track. Try doing a dream board online or offline, those tend to help many successful people, along with our families. Make goal setting fun!
Always know that if there comes a time that you have to postpone a goal date, that’s okay! As long as you’re on the right track and you are doing your best, there is no wrong in resetting your completion date.
Last but not least, make laughter a priority. If you make a mistake along your journey, look as if it were a blooper on a movie! Forgive imperfection and focus on the positive and celebrate your small victories and progression. Without mistakes no one could ever learn how to properly do something. There is no such thing as failure until you have completely given up without putting in everything you could have. Make sure to always reward yourself when you succeed before moving along to your next task. Accept compliments others give you for your accomplishments without any justification, and if you don’t get any compliments, then reward yourself with one. You deserve it for all of your hard efforts.
Quote of the Week: by Harriet Beecher Stowe
November 1, 2010
Every Monday at VAsolutionsNOW we’re going to share an inspirational quote to help kick off the week. Analyze this quote and really try and think about how it might apply to your life. Feel free to retweet and share it with your friends and family and mastermind with your peers on what each quote might mean to you.
This week’s quote is:
“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn” ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
Question to ask yourself: What projects have I let linger and how can I get them completed? What have I given up lately that I want to accomplish?
Quote of the Week: by Ralph Waldo Emerson
October 25, 2010
Every Monday at VAsolutionsNOW we’re going to share an inspirational quote to help kick off the week. Analyze this quote and really try and think about how it might apply to your life. Feel free to retweet and share it with your friends and family and mastermind with your peers on what each quote might mean to you.
This week’s quote is:
“Always do what you are afraid to do.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question to ask yourself: When was the last time I’ve stepped outside of my comfort zone?
