Motivational Minute (13_009)

Quote of the day:

“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Consider:

In today’s busy world, people are often too busy to stop and get quiet long enough to think, reflect, or meditate. It reminds me of the story of the mother who went to visit her son in Chicago. He rushed here and there and he was so busy that he only had time for, "Hi, Mom" and "Goodbye, Mother!" He was so terribly busy. One day she said to him, "Son, when do you do your thinking? When do you take time to reflect?" That came as an entirely new thought to him.

Many of us are the same. We are too busy to stop and take time in quiet meditation. And we don't necessarily have to be living in the fast lane to miss taking time to reflect about the deeper things of life. There are more than enough things in life to keep us occupied every waking moment, but we miss the best things when we fill up on matters of little real consequence.

         

If this comes to you as a new concept, why not take some time to “learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself” and discover “that everything in this life has a purpose.”

Wishing you all the best,

Coach Dana

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Motivational Minute (13_008)

Quote of the day:

“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reasons for remaining ashore.” -- Vincent Van Gogh

Consider:

Many things in life are dangerous, in fact most things are. However, we shouldn’t let fear of taking a risk stop us from taking the necessary action to achieve our dreams just because we are afraid we'll fail along the way.

Like the quote says, if the fisherman would allow the fear of a storm to stop them they would never catch any fish. The same is true for you, if you allow the fear of failure to stop you from trying you will never reach your dream.

I’m not suggesting you need to be fool-hearty and not count the cost and prepare for any possible dangers, I’m encouraging you to not let the dangers stop you from considering and preparing and overcoming them by taking the proper precautions.

Why not think about a dream you’d like to achieve in your life time and then think about what may be holding you back. Sometimes stopping long enough to face and acknowledge your fears is enough to get you headed in the right direction, then solutions often appear that you hadn’t thought of before. 

Wishing you all the best,

Coach Dana

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Motivational Minute (13_007)

Quote of the day:

"Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance." -- John Dryden

Consider:

It's important that you take the time to actually think about all of your options before you make a decision. However, once you have come to a decision, don't drag your feet in following through with it. If you lose momentum you may never get around to it, then the time and effort you put into the decisions will have been wasted. Lack of action is one of the biggest down falls in not accomplishing your goals.

What decisions have you made but haven't followed through with? Stop now and follow through on at least one and then move on to the next even if it takes a few days to accomplish this. 

Wishing you all the best,

Coach Dana

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Motivational Minute (13_006)

Quote of the day:

“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” -- George Halas

Consider:

You never know when an opportunity will arrive. I have found that giving your best in every situation is a great way to be prepared for opportunity. You never know when the big break will come, nor in what form it will appear. -The following story so aptly portrays this.

In the city of Philadelphia there was a little third class hotel. One night two tired elderly people arrived at this hotel. They approached the night clerk and the husband pleadingly said, "Mister, please don't tell us you don't have a room. My wife and I have been all over the city looking for a place to stay. We did not know about the big conventions that are in town. The hotels at which we usually stay are all full. We're dead tired and it's after midnight. Please don't tell us you don't have a place where we can sleep."

The clerk looked at them a long moment and then answered, "Well, I don't have a single room except my own. I work at night and sleep in the daytime. It's not as nice as the other rooms, but it's clean, and I'll be happy for you to be my guests for tonight."

The next morning at the breakfast table, the couple sent the waiter to tell the night clerk they wanted to see him on very important business. The night clerk went in, recognized the two people, sat down at the table and said he hoped they had had a good night's sleep. They thanked him most sincerely.

Then the husband astounded the clerk with this statement, "You are too fine a hotel man to stay in a hotel like this. How would you like for me to build a big, beautiful, luxurious hotel in New York city and make you general manager?"

The clerk didn't know what to say. He thought there might be something wrong with their minds. He finally stammered, "It sounds wonderful."

His guest then introduced himself. "I'm John Jacob Astor."

So, the Waldorf Astoria Hotel was built, and the night clerk became, in the years to follow, the best known hotel man in the world. In 1976, the 47story Waldorf-Astoria in New York City served three-quarters of a million guests in its 1,900 rooms all because he was doing his best.

Motivational Minute (13_005)

Quote of the day:

"In any family, measles are less contagious than bad habits." – Mignon McLaughlin

Consider:

How true! Whether you're talking about bad language, bad thinking patterns, bad personal hygiene habits, or any other bad habit—bad habits are easier to pick up than good ones.

Forming good habits can be difficult. It’s human nature to gravitate to the negative, and in today’s world we are constantly exposed to bad habits, so much so, they often come like second nature.

It’s a challenge to fight against these negative influences so as not to be a contagious carrier of bad habits. It requires restraint and consistent practice, but it is well worth the effort.

Here is an exercise you can try to help get you started: Write down one bad habit that you do in the presence of others. Next, write down three steps you can take that will prevent you from passing that habit on to others.

Wishing you all the best,

Coach Dana

(Compliments of http://www.actionvisioncoaching.com/)

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Motivational Minute (13_004)

Quote of the day:

"Committing your goals to paper increases the likelihood of your achieving them by one-thousand percent!" -- Brian Tracy

Consider:

The power of writing things down is amazing. So often people’s goals are just dreams, or pie in the sky, because the owner of them has never written them down. However, once you write your dreams down they become specific goals.

Then, if you read them over a few times a week, or even every day, your brain begins focusing on how to achieve them.

This is why you are more likely to achieve your "dreams" by writing them down in the form of a story.

Take time to write down every goal you want to accomplish in your lifetime. The great thing about having dreams and goals is that you're allowed as many as you want! Be definite when you write them down. Include specifics and capture as many details as possible, for example: amounts, deadlines, the emotions you will feel around it, steps to get there, etc.

Wishing you all the best,

Coach Dana

(Compliments of http://www.actionvisioncoaching.com/)

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Motivational Minute (13_003)

Quote of the day:

"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." -- Alexander Graham Bell

Consider:

I understand it can be difficult not to dwell on the regrets when we've worked long and hard for something and it didn’t work out the way we had hoped. However, if we continue to think about all the "what if’s" and "what could have been" we may very well miss the new opportunities that are in front of us.

If this is the case with you, start looking at the future instead of the past. Make a list of three past things you should stop dwelling on and make an effort to do so. Then start looking around for the “open door” and the opportunities you have been missing by dwelling on the past and go for them.

Wishing you all the best,

Coach Dana

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Motivational Minute (13_002)

Quote of the day:

“In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.” -- Robert Heinlein

Consider:

Setting goals is more than having a vague idea of what you want to achieve in the next few months. Instead, you have to be very specific. For example, saying, "I want to be wealthy in six months" isn't going to cut it. You need to say, "In six months I will earn $100,000" or whatever the case may be.

Whatever your goal is: to lose weight, to have a better relationship, to start a new career, to earn more money, to reduce the stress in your life, you need to be specific. Being definite will help your mind focus on precise ways to achieve your goals.

Take time to fine-tune your list of goals. Be specific and detailed with each one, make it tangible, set specific times and  measurable success for reaching each goal.

Wishing you all the best,

Coach Dana

(Compliments of http://www.actionvisioncoaching.com/)

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Motivational Minute (13_001)

Quote of the day:

“… On the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.” -- Henry Ward Beecher

Consider:

In the closing scene of Shakespeare's The Tempest, Prospero says of Alonzo: "Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that's gone!" Vivien Larrimore gives similar advice in her poem, Keys.

            I've shut the door on yesterday

            Its sorrow and mistakes:

            And now I throw the key away to seek another room

            And furnish it with hope and smiles

            And every springtime bloom.

            I've shut the door on yesterday

            And thrown the key away.

            Tomorrow holds no fears for me,

            Since I have found today.

Since there is nothing we can do about the past and in fact it just drains our energy thinking about it. Why not make a decision to leave it behind this year by saying to yourself, "The past is gone. There is nothing I can do to change it. So why waste my strength wrestling with the past when I need all my power to grapple with the vital issues of today!"

Wishing you all the best,

Coach Dana

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