November 21, 2024
The Free Book of Life
Most humans experience unexpected setbacks which can cause huge stress and can halt their forward progress in life. Our attitudes, beliefs and knowledge can make a big difference to how we deal with these setbacks.
What means just major stress to one person can even mean death to another. Our beliefs and knowledge affect how much stress we experience in the face of problems, traumas, ageing and the threat of death.
One way to lessen the stress of a problem is to focus on the solution.
We all know the old saying, Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda, when we see an opportunity slip away. I know Ive said, I THOUGHT OF THAT YEARS AGO! about some new gadget I came across. I didnt take action. I let small problems be excuses for not moving forward with the things I truly want.
To achieve success it can be important to keep going even if no one seems to be appreciating or even noticing what you are doing. Some people are not appreciated until after they have passed on into the next life. Hopefully, it won't take that long for the rest of us.
The importance of immediate, massive, daily action has been written about many times already but it is so important that it is worth writing about again and again. The examples in this article come from the world of business but they could apply to any other walk of life as well.
Most people are so busy running around trying to arrange their lives to be somewhere else; anywhere but here would do. But learning to be grateful can free you from the hypnosis of a culture that's constantly looking for easy ways to make themselves feel better.
Standing in the gale-force winds, the kid was looking queasy. We could all see the storm was growing more intense. The rain had already plastered his hair to his forehead and his new black suit was starting to cling to him in ways Mr. Armani never intended. A typhoon was coming -- the seventh this summer to hit Japan -- and the kid's job, as newest employee, was to stand in front of a TV camera while the weather buffeted him about for the nation to watch. Sort of a talking weather vane.
It's been said that knowledge is power. While that's true to an extent, it isn't the whole truth. Knowledge without action is almost useless.
This article looks at what we mean by a sense of purpose and how to utilise this as a strategy to enhance life.
