Making Time For The Important
By Jacklyn | July 3, 2008
By Steve Pavlina.
Too often our important-but-not-urgent tasks get put on the back burner… and never make it to the front burner. When you get busy with urgent tasks, you may feel pressured to finish those first before you can justify doing anything less urgent. But then when you finally catch a break, you may decide you need some downtime to rest and regenerate, so those not-urgent-and-not-important tasks fill in the time before the next outbreak of urgency. This pattern can continue for years with the important tasks always seeming just a few days away, but somehow they never reach the action phase.
These important tasks include things like setting goals, planning your future, finding a new relationship, learning new skills, improving your diet, beginning a new exercise program, starting a home-based business, or breaking an addiction. In the short-term they may not produce much benefit, but you can bet they’ll make a huge difference in the long run. Read the rest of this entry »
Topics: Goals Setting, Personal Development, Time Management | 2 Comments »
How to Achieve Your Goals with Healthy Habits
By Jacklyn | June 16, 2008
By Leo Babauta.
We’ve all faced the disappointment and guilt that comes from setting a goal and giving up on it after a couple of weeks. Sustaining motivation for a long-term goal is hard to achieve, and yet the best goals can usually only be accomplished in a few months or even years.
Here’s the solution: Focus instead on creating a new habit that will lead to achieving your goal.
Want to run a marathon? First create the habit of running every day. Want to get out of debt and start saving? Create the habit of brown bagging it to work, or watching DVDs instead of going to the movies, or whatever change will lead to saving money for you.
By focusing not on what you have to achieve over the course of the next year, but instead on what you are doing each day, you are focusing on something achievable. That little daily change will add up to a huge change, over time … and you’ll be surprised at how far you’ve come in no time. Little grains of sand can add up to a mountain over time. Read the rest of this entry »
Topics: Motivation, Personal Development, Positive Attitude | 7 Comments »
Who I Am Makes A Difference
By Jacklyn | May 28, 2008
An inspiring story that leaves a legacy..
Topics: Affirmations, Gratitude, Inspiration, Video | 5 Comments »
Our Deepest Fear by Maryanne Williamson
By Jacklyn | May 26, 2008
From the book “A Return to Love”
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s all of us.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
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Eagle Parable James Aggrey
By Jacklyn | May 25, 2008
Once a man found a young eagle in a forest and took it home and put it in his barnyard. The eagle ate the chicken feed and behaved just as chickens do. One day a naturalist friend noticed it and asked the owner why the eagle, king of all birds, confined with the chickens, “Since I have given chicken feed and trained it to be a chicken, it has never learned to fly,” answered the man. “Still,” insisted the naturalist, “it has heart of an eagle and certainly it can be taught to fly.”
The two agreed to find out whether it was possible. The naturalist took the eagle and said
“You belong to the sky and not the earth. Stretch forth your wings and fly”. The eagle was confused and refused to make an attempt. The second day the naturalist took the eagle to the roof and urged the eagle again. But the eagle was afraid and jumped down for the chicken feed. On the third day the naturalist took it to the top of a mountain. He held the eagle high above him and said. “You are an eagle. You belong to the sky as well as the earth. Stretch forth your wings and fly.”
The eagle slowly looked around, up to the sky and down to the barnyard. The naturalist lifted him further up, and the eagle started trembling, slowly he stretched his wings and with a triumphant cry, he soared away into the heavens.
… from A Return To Love, Marianne Williamson so eloquently states: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness that most frightens us.” We are all eagles. Once we have flown, we can never go back to live like a chicken. It is not a delusion to think we can fly; it is a delusion to think we can’t. Manage your fear of greatness and then … stretch forth your wings and fly toward the dreams that are awaiting you.
Topics: Inspiration, Motivation, Personal Development, Video | No Comments »
Business Network International (BNI)
By Jacklyn | May 22, 2008
I was invited to attend a Business Network International (BNI) breakfast meeting on Tuesday. In fact, this is the 3rd time my cousin Catherine Pang invited me. Thanks to her persistence, I finally get to know and understand what BNI is all about.
The mission of BNI is to help their members increase their business through a structured, positive, and professional “Word-of-Mouth” program that enables them to develop long term, meaningful relationship with quality business professionals.
As the saying goes “Word of Mouth is the most cost-effective form of advertising possible.” And BNI provides a structured environment for the development and exchange of quality business referrals. I am very impressed on how professional the meeting was conducted in conducive environment with high level of energy and trust.
I have learned that in every chapter (group), each individual industry or trade can only be represented by one member. So there is no competition or conflict of interest in who the members should refer their friends to. It came as a not-too-good news for me as my profession with E.Excel International is in the wellness industry, one of the fastest expanding industry in the globe today. This slot has long been taken up in every chapter in Singapore.
Well, that gives me another inspiration. I can always start a brand new chapter myself! Invite enough people from different trade, abide by the rules of BNI, get registered with HQ, and a new chapter is born. If you are residing in Singapore and keen in this idea, drop me a note and we can discuss it together.
Continue to learn, continue to network and continue to grow your business which you deserve. Cheers!
Topics: Network Marketing, Personal Life, Recommendations | No Comments »
Jim Rohn: How to Avoid Being Broke and Stupid
By Jacklyn | May 21, 2008
Stop being lazy!
Learn ~ self improvement ~ from books, from seminars, from mentors, from successful people, … Start taking actions!
I was once sick and broke, luckily not stupid and ugly. I took actions and I got the results! Now, I continue to learn everyday. One of the platform I’m learning from daily is Success University. It has more than 50 world highly sought after authors, trainers and speakers under one umbrella. Some of my favourite trainers are Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Jay Abraham, Les Brown, Johnny Wimbrey, Denis Waitley and Jerry Clark!
I encourage anyone who needs personal development to bring their lives to the next level to join me in this, I would call it, flexible education. I can log into the web anytime of the day, be it very very early in the morning or middle of the night to continue my courses. And the best part is that I have a group of highly energized team mates that will meet up with me almost every weekend to inspire, empower and share our learnings.
Take actions! Without stepping into it, you won’t know how much Success University has to offer. Here is the chance for you test drive for free. You can also download personal development materials and resources worth US $848 for free!
Topics: Inspiration, Personal Development, Personal Life, Recommendations, Video, Wealth Creation | 1 Comment »
