The Mighty Power of Self Discipline

The Mighty Power of Self Discipline

When you were young, you had parents and elders to look after you and tell you when you were going over the edge and are about to hurt yourself and other people. The elders in your life when you were younger, however, will no longer be with you when you come of age. Your parents will not always be there to tell you to be careful. Your teachers will not be there to remind you to work on your task. You will have to learn to keep yourself disciplined, so that you can manage yourself and your life.

The Benefits of Self-Discipline

When you were young, the elders around you made sure to discipline you because they wanted your life to follow a specific course and direction. By keeping yourself disciplined, you are able to direct yourself to your desired destination, amidst all the hardships and obstacles.

·        It gives you the power to carry out the decisions you have made in life, even if the current conditions deems it impossible. In other words, it teaches you to be preserving. It teaches you not to give up even if all you are getting are failures and setbacks.

·        It empowers you to act, to be able to achieve the results you are expecting to have.

·        It helps you overcome practices that keep you away from progress such as addiction, laziness and procrastination.

·        It makes you strong enough to avoid and resist temptations that may hamper your way to the top. It keeps you firmly on the ground and keeps you where you are supposed to be, and what you are supposed to do.

·        It will help you control your actions and keep you from acting based on impulses.

Developing Your Ability to Discipline Yourself

Self-discipline is very powerful. If you are fortunate enough to have a little of it going in your life, you can surely work harder to be able to develop it. First of all you can by taking responsibility for your own life. You no longer have your parents and teachers to look after you, so you have to take the responsibility and learn to look after yourself. You can do this by first determining your goals and writing out a specific plan to make it happen. Your plans do not have to be grand. In fact, you can start really small, and reward yourself for every achievement you make.

Making Things Happen

Can one really strive to keep himself disciplined? By following these techniques, you can work on it:

·        Keep your focus. Despite all the other things going on in your life, you have to learn to keep your head in the game and focus on what is most important and that is, attaining your goals.

·        Keep away from distractions. Do not waste the time you have. Identify practices that only succeed to waste your time, and take them out of your life

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·        Write a to-do list. To keep focused and so that you will not lose your way, you have to write a to-do list that will keep you right on track and help keep you from wasting the little time that you have.

·        Write a success map. This will help track your progress so that you can feel good about what you have accomplished and do something about the things that you have not done good in.

    

The Leader and the Follower

The Leader and the Follower

Leadership is a heavy responsibility to take, and even heavier when you realize that leaders are not just born to boss around, dictate and dominate. Leaders have a very big role to take, so before you take on the challenge, you need to be sure that you are ready for the responsibility. As a leader, the spotlight is on you, and you will know how to shine, for your own benefit.

The Principles of Leadership

Many wannabe leaders still do not understand how leadership works. They think that leaders are mere figures of power, but there is really more to leadership than just bossing people around. There is so much more about leadership than just power. Leadership is guided by the following principles, and you should equip yourself with these things to empower yourself more:

·        Be more self-aware: As a leader, you should understand your weaknesses and strengths, so that you can enhance and improve them for your benefit. As a leader, you should strive harder to be a better version of yourself, so that you can lead more responsibly.

·        Make sound judgments and decisions: Since you are making decisions more than for yourself, you have to make sure that you make smart ones. The decisions that you make have the potential to ruin people. They also have the ability to bring people up, especially if you do the right thing about it.

·        Be a good example: If you want to be an effective leader, you should show your people how to be more sufficient. Tasks need to be covered and work has to be done. They should be done efficiently, and your leadership skills can guarantee this.

·        Build a great team: To be a good leader, you have to build an effective team. As a leader, you have the opportunity to pick the players whom you will be working with, and if you do your best in building your team, you can fortify the foundation that will hold you all together.

Being the Leader Who is a Follower

As a leader, you will have people under you and these people will look up to you when they make decisions for themselves. Despite this position that you have, you need to realize that leaders are also supposed to be followers. To be able to lead a group of people, they should know how it is to be at the other side of the fence. To be able to direct a flock, they should know how it is to be amongst those who are expected to follow. The most effective leaders of this world are those who are able to put themselves on their followers’ shoes. They lead not because they want to be applauded for their work; they do it because they understand how great it means for their people.

Everyone Can Be a Leader

Everyone can be a leader, but not everyone can be a good one. There are thousands of leaders that have come by in history, and the most effective ones are those that have truly understood what leadership entails. Are you an effective leader?

The Key Requirements for an Effective Personality Development Plan

       The Key Requirements for an Effective Personality Development Plan

If you are intent on improving the quality of your life, you should understand that there are powerful strategies that you can employ to be able to be more exacting with your endeavor. Personality development can be the key to your success so if you think you are short on some areas in your life, then you should not hesitate to seek improvement and change. You deserve better things and you deserve to live a better life, thus, if you want to be more successful in your struggle to develop your own personality, then you ought to write out a personal development plan.

The Self-Development Plan

This plan will direct your journey, and it is written for the purpose of providing information and guidance. Some people want to seek change in their life, but they do not know how to do it. A written plan will make your journey more bearable because it is as if you will be going at it, with someone virtually holding your hand and guiding you. If you lose your way, you can look at the plan and refer to it. If you feel like quitting, you can let your end goals inspire you to move further. It is normal to falter along the way and to lose interest and desire to keep moving. Realizing this, you need to have a means to “troubleshoot” the situation and this is where your written plan is going to be most useful.

The Characteristics of a Good Plan

There is a good plan and there’s also a bad plan. A good plan is one that is effective and is able to produce significant results. On the other hand, a bad plan is one that is useless. To make sure that the plan you have is a good one, you should make sure that it possesses the following characteristics:

·        It should be written: A good plan should be written because that way, you are provided with a physical record of its existence. Since it exists as a hard copy, you can refer to it when the need arises, and this gives you no reason to complain about not having the means to catch up and know where you are going.

·        It should be clear: It should be specific. Your goals should be clearly defined because that is what’s most important. The steps that you have to take should be described properly too so that you can perform efficiently.

·        It should be concise: Not only should the plan be clear, it should also be concise. There is no need to play around with words. Go straight to the point and keep it simple.

·        It should be definitive: The plan that you will write should be complete. Since it will be your road map, it should have a beginning and an end, and the end should be defined precisely. Your goals should be stated and it should be attainable. It should be what you truly want and what you need. It should meet all of your expectations, without having to compromise anything.

The Importance of Self Development Planning

The Importance of Self Development Planning

True and complete self development is not achieved overnight. You might be looking at the lives of those who are in the midst of it, thinking they must be lucky, but that is not really the case. Success must be worked hard for, and if you want to taste it, you have to want it seriously enough. Claiming success is better achieved through the following:

·         Defining your goals: So you want to get to the top, what is exactly there? Be more specific when you make a claim. Know exactly what you want so that you can give your journey a more definite direction.

·         Being more optimistic: Even if you’re being thrown with negatives, give yourself a good reason to turn all the negative things into a positive that you can use. Optimism is positive power that can be useful for your claim to success.

·         Having the right support system: When you surround yourself with the right people, you become more powerful, even more than you ought to be. 

·         Writing out a plan: A plan is a blueprint and in this case, it will become your blueprint for success.

The Importance of Writing Out a Self Development Plan

When you write a self-development plan, you offer yourself a better means to evaluate your progress.

·         As it is part of self development to grow and progress, and towards your journey, you should be able to measure how much you have gained, how far you have gone and more importantly, you should be able to gauge specific levels of strength, capabilities, self-sufficiencies and so forth.

·         Writing out a plan helps you transform your goals into something more tangible. By getting it out there and setting it out with your plans, you give it an opportunity to be transformed.

·         Writing out a plan will also give you an opportunity to anticipate occurrences. You can begin to picture yourself in the future and allow yourself a means to prepare for certain outcomes.

·         Plans give your journey a stronger focus. It helps to keep your head on the game, and it gives you a means to have a stronger grasp over all your plans.

What a Self Development Plan Should Be

If you want be more exacting with your claim to success, write out a plan. A plan serves the same purpose as a map. When you are writing out your self development plan, there are some things that you need to take into consideration. First of all, you have to make sure that your plan is goal-oriented. Your plan should not just be written for the sake of having one, it should aim to accomplish goals and bring finality to hopes and dreams. Second, a plan should be clear and concise. There is no point in writing a long-winded plan, if it can be written in a short and understandable one. This plan should contain all the necessary information, and it should not beat around the bush.

The Importance of Managing Time

The Importance of Managing Time

In a day, you probably have a large list of things that you have to do and accomplish, and if you are the type who never gets to complete all your tasks for the day on time, then you know that something needs to be done about it pronto!

Saying “No”

You might not think of it this way but most of the time, a person who is unable to manage his time wisely is also a person who does not know how to say “no”. He does not know how to say “no” to unnecessary invitations, and he does not know how to say “no” to things that are not important or to people who are only trying to muddle his priorities. People who do not know how to turn down temptation always find themselves in the middle of things, but most of these things that preoccupy them do not even hold any significance in their lives. These are time-wasting activities can keep them from accomplishing their goals.

You say “no” because you have something else to do, and you say “no” because you have to stick to the schedule you have. You have to say “no” because some things are more important and you cannot accomplish anything by wasting your time on things that do not matter.

Managing Your Time

If you are tired of cramming and tired of not making it to the deadline; if you are tired of being in the rat race and never really getting anywhere, here are some tips that you can use:

·         Write a to-do list. This might seem unnecessary but it can do wonders. By taking time to list what you have to do, you get a visual of the things you have to do, and you will always be reminded of it. You can refer to it, when you are lost and you can tick off certain items on your list, once you complete it, and this will motivate you to keep moving.

·         Start more important tasks first. After writing your plan and determining which has to be done, you should make it a point to complete the most important tasks first. Things with time limits should be done, first, and things, which will matter, so much, should be given priority to.

·         Learn how to delegate. If you cannot complete things on time, even if you try your hardest, then you may need to ask for help. You are not a super hero and you cannot force yourself to the limit. There are people around you, that can help, and you should learn how to properly delegate tasks, so that you can lighten your load and accomplish everything that needs to be done. 

There are only twenty-four hours in a day. There are only seven days in a week and as much as thirty-one days in a month. If you are someone who knows how to value your time, you will see time as precious, but those who think otherwise will just let time pass, as if they have so much of it. Are you always running out of time?

The Importance of Health and Wellness

The Importance of Health and Wellness

People do not exactly go around with medical tools with them, good enough to tell them about their bodies. So most of the time, people overwork and overexert themselves in their jobs, during physical activities and so forth. They think that they are healthy enough to perform; they forget that they are only human and that they can breakdown.

The Importance of Good Health

Your body is not a machine. It cannot be bought spare parts and it cannot be rebooted like a computer. Your body cannot be tuned-up like a machine, so you have to take care of it. You take care of your body because it is your responsibility to do so; you take care of your body because a healthy and strong body will enable you to perform well; and you maintain your health, to be able to enjoy life to the fullest. Today there are many ways to keep yourself healthy, and you have to understand how important it is.

How to be Healthy

It is possible to maintain a healthy lifestyle, if this is what you are concerned about. Today, more and more people are realizing the importance of health in relation to keeping life at the optimum level. There are many ways that will satisfy what one needs to do in order to be at optimum health level, and some of these are:

·        Eating well. Food is important because this is your fuel. You eat to obtain the right energy to perform all the things that you have to do, but in order for you to enjoy the full function of your body, you need to eat the right combination of food. You need to eat food that is healthy, and not waste your time devouring food that does not really do your body any good.

·        Going to the gym. The gym is fully equipped with the right tools to help keep you in good shape. You go to the gym to lose weight and to maintain your weight. You go to the gym to keep your body healthy and to remain healthy enough to ward off disease and ill conditions.

·        Playing sports. If you do not want to feel like you are working, you play sports. There are different kinds of sport activities that you can participate in, and this will satisfy not only your needs to keep healthy and fit, but it will also keep you happy by boosting your self-esteem and your social life, in the case of teams sports.

Signs of Good Health

People who are unhealthy do not always know that they are. People who assume themselves healthy, do not really know they truly are. But when a person is able to enjoy their life and there is no physical, emotional, mental and spiritual baggage to keep them from it, then they are in fact, healthy.

  

    

The Importance of Good Health for a Better You

The Importance of Good Health for a Better You

Different people have different priorities. Some people are concerned about their careers and they would go to great lengths just to become better at what they do. There are also people who are fueled by their hunger for power, and they do all that they can to be able to be more and do more. And of course, there are people who put relationships as their top priority, setting aside all other things because they matter not to them. Sadly, not a lot of people prioritize health as much as they should, but it is important for you to realize that health truly is wealth. The World Health Organization defines health not just as the absence of disease but a complete physical, spiritual and mental wellbeing. One cannot declare himself healthy without being completely healthy. In other words, you do not have to be bedridden and almost dying to be declared unhealthy. You can be at your very best; thinking that you are well enough, and yet your health is already at its critical levels.

Prevention is Better Than Cure

When you are young, life seemed simple. Health seemed to pose no amount of risk because usually, it is only during the final few years of one’s life when health hazards come to haunt them. Unknown to many, these health risks can be reduced significantly and even be avoided, if one begins a campaign to live a healthier life, as early as possible. The seeds you sow today will be reaped bountifully in the future. In other words, if you put much attention to your health when you are still young, you can protect yourself from natural deterioration, as you grow older.

Tips for Good Health

Today, more and more people are realizing how precious it is to be healthy. Life is short and to be able to enjoy it, it is important that you are at optimum health, and not merely clinging onto your very existence. Unknown to some, health is every person’s greatest investment in this life and it can prove to be a great asset in everything that you deem yourself capable of doing.

To be able to stay healthy, here are some tips that you can follow:

·        Eat regularly and healthily. Eating healthy does not always pertain to quantity. You can be eating a lot, but if you were eating a lot of the wrong things, it would not matter at all. To be at optimum health, it is important that you maintain a diet that is enriched with the proper vitamins and minerals. It is also important that you eat regularly, and that is three full meals a day. Skipping meals is not good because you deprive your body of its needed energy to be able to combat disease and carry out certain functions.

·        Have enough sleep. Rest is very crucial to the maintenance of good health. Everyone should have eight hours of sleep every night to allow the body to be fully recharged for the next day’s activities. Some people think that they can go on without proper rest. They push themselves to the limit and until their body breaks and malfunctions.

·        Exercise is also a good inclusion for maintaining healthy lifestyles. Exercise keeps the body at par and it keeps the proper hormones going.

The Different Ways You Can Boost Your Self-Esteem

The Different Ways You Can Boost Your Self-Esteem

Some people are born with high self-esteem, and they are quite lucky, but there are some who will have to try a little harder to develop this admirable quality. Self-esteem is the power that gives people the extra push needed to make things happen. When a person is physically, emotionally or mentally incapable of performing something, his or her self-esteem will be the one to make things happen. Self-esteem is the fuel that gets someone going. When a person has high self-esteem, he or she is motivated to move forward. Most of the time, this person is pro-active and has initiative. On the other hand, a person with low self-esteem is going to be weak. He or she may not be physically, mentally or emotionally weak, but the inherent self-esteem issues will hamper productivity and action.

How to Increase Your Self-Esteem

If you are tired of being timid and lacking in self esteem, you can do something about it. Everyone has a potential to shine but most people are only able to achieve a certain level because of their self-esteem. They are hindered by their own ability to accept who they are, and this is detrimental to a person.

If you are tired of living a worthless life and you would want to make a positive change, you can try fixing your personal image:

·        Have respect on yourself. When you respect yourself, you will not allow anyone to belittle you. When you respect yourself, you will not allow yourself to be abused. When you respect yourself, you will regard yourself highly and you will accept and believe that you deserve something more, something great.

·        Be grateful of what you have. Some people love to focus on the things they lack. They love to lament on their misfortunes like counting them every day will ever make a difference. Instead of focusing on what is bad and unfortunate, why should you not focus on the things that will make your realize how special life is? Learn to count your blessing and learn to be grateful of what you have. Do not focus on what you cannot have because it will come, if it is for you. Instead, look at your life and relish what is great about it.

Self-Affirmations

There are so many ways for you to boost your self-esteem so that you can accomplish so much more for yourself. One very effective method is to use self affirmations. These are select words or phrases that you repeat to yourself, usually in the morning when you wake up, to be able to program it in your mind. People believe that by repetition, man is able to condition his mind to think a certain way. By carefully choosing positive self affirmations, you can make yourself think a certain way:

·        When you affirm your confidence, you will learn to be more courageous and stop putting yourself down.

·        When you affirm strength, you are willing yourself to push beyond your limit and you are making yourself believe in your ability to do more than what is expected of you.

·        When you affirm greatness, you convince yourself that what the others are thinking is not true. You make yourself believe that you are a star, and eventually become one.

The Benefits You Can Get When You Have Self Confidence

The Benefits You Can Get When You Have Self Confidence

You can easily distinguish a person with low self esteem from one with self confidence. The outward appearance alone is a good indicator. There are benefits to having self confidence. You are able to live a happier and fuller life because you have no hang-ups and are content with your life and all that you have. How you were brought up reflects on what type of person you will be in the future but you can also change your personality if you really want to. If you have little confidence and low self esteem, it is high time for improvement. You will realize that your life will be much better if you are self confident. You will be healthier and be more successful in your chosen career.   

You Can Hold Your Head Up High

When are self confident, you can look at people straight in the eye. You raise your chin and do not slouch. People with low self esteem tend to focus on the ground more. They often lower their heads when in the company of others. And they are somehow afraid of eye-to-eye contact. They also barely smile or hate the look of their own smile. Low or no self confidence makes a person think he is not good enough. He may feel like other people are more superior to him. Confident people, on the other hand, laugh boisterously, smile often and look happier. They are contented individuals who know their own selves and are willing to change for the better. Having self confidence makes you a happier individual.

Performance is Improved

Whatever field of work you are in, a person who has self confidence performs better. Even a confident student is able to deal with school life easier than those who don’t. The great thing about having self confidence is that you are able to achieve using your full potential. Obstacles and hindrances do not deter you from the goal. In fact, your self confidence is a tool in overcoming them. Maximum performance is delivered and improved because you know your own strengths and utilize them fully. It is important to have self confidence because if you do not believe in yourself, who else will? You are the master of your own life. If you can barely make the effort to do well, you will definitely not be able to succeed. It is important to have self confidence because this will drive you to perform more effectively and efficiently.

You Become More Sociable

Social interaction is important for everybody. No man is an island and you will have to meet and greet people anytime and anywhere. If you have self confidence, you will not be afraid to be in the company of strangers. In fact, you will be able to hold your ground, even dominate the scene. Confident people are able to talk and socialize. They can easily adapt to any situation and can relate to all types of people. Having self confidence is beneficial because people live in societies. There is always the chance for encounters and conversations. Even in the workplace, self confident people get promoted more. They can assert themselves and show that they are capable for higher positions.

The Amazing Power of Meditation

The Amazing Power of Meditation

If you take some time to open your ears and your mind to all the sounds and thoughts around you, you will realize just how chaotic this world is. There are too many people and there are just so many things happening around you, that most of time, it can be very hard to concentrate and make sound decisions. Often times, your choices are influenced by the voices around you and the environment that you are in. In the midst of chaos, you need to be able to channel some inner peace, and you can do that effectively by learning how to meditate.

What Motivation Can Do for You

A lot of people take meditation seriously because they say that through it, you are able to harness your mind so that it travels faster and it can bring you into a state of relaxation that enables you to remain composed, even in the middle of a crisis. People are always confronted by situations that bring them to their own breaking points. If your mind is congested, this can be constancy, but when you learn to meditate, you can cancel out negative thoughts and bring yourself somewhere else.

Your brain is a very complicated anatomical and physiological organ. You are only able to access a portion of your brain, on a normal state, but if you allow yourself to channel through your thoughts in the right way, you can get in touch with your inner self and gain control over your true potential.

Preparing to Meditate

If you want to be able to channel your inner self through meditation, here are some techniques that you can take:

·         Breathing meditation: Stretch out about twelve to twenty breaths per minute and just allow and wait for yourself to enter a state where you can drown everything out and just be alone with your body and your thoughts.

·         Binaural beats meditation: By using headphones, you can open you mind because the beats will bring you to a state where you can access your mind completely.

·         Traditional meditation: The traditional method makes use of music and this allow you to focus and channel specific emotions. The key here is channeling through and you need to be able to relax and just think clearly.

The Proper Way to Meditate

When you meditate, you can do so while sitting down or kneeling. It is important that you are comfortable and not in a position to strain yourself, so make sure to evaluate your position first, before you decide to begin. It is sometimes nice to use cushions. Make sure that your pelvis is in a neutral position and in no way should you ever be slumped forward or backward. It is important that your spine is erect and the neck is positioned at the center of the pelvic basin, so that there is an even distribution of your weight all over your body and bones.

You can choose to keep your eyes closed or they could be open. What is important is that no matter what you choose, you are able to focus. Rest your forearms on your thighs and make sure that you are not strained. A successful meditation experience is one where you are truly comfortable enough to escape from all the noise and distractions.