February 24, 2010 – 8:00 am
Believing in your dream has nothing to do with chasing phantoms. Your dream is not YET reality – but it CAN be, and with commitment, it WILL be. Our dreams tend to elicit passionate devotion and commitment in our minds and hearts. For this reason, they tend to take over our lives. At the very least, they become the guiding goal of our actions. Although we choose the dreams we will pursue, at some profound and central level, our dreams are the aspirations of our souls. They are not like other ideas and other goals. They demand our passion and our commitment. When we believe in our dreams, they guide us like no other ideas. This is what enables us to achieve them.
February 17, 2010 – 8:00 am
A big dream takes you all the way to where you want to go. Sometimes we are afraid to dream BIG and to aspire to accomplish BIG results. And sometimes that fear causes us to settle for taking smaller steps toward smaller goals. This can be a good strategy if there is a clear and obvious next step from the first small goal to the next. Achieving small goals can move us gradually in the direction we want to go.
February 10, 2010 – 8:00 am
If you expect to pursue the dream that will guide the next phase of your life, you must take care of yourself. At Valentine’s Day, when you are thinking about the people you love and the people who love you, don’t forget to show yourself a little love. Loving yourself involves caring for your mind, your body and your soul. When your mind is working creatively and is fully engaged; when your body is properly nourished, rested and toned; when your soul is at peace – then you are ready to pursue your dream; then you are ready to give back; then you are ready to change the world, or some part of it.
February 3, 2010 – 3:14 pm
Find out just how far you can go – find out what is in you. When you dare to dream BIG and you dare to stretch yourself to fulfill your big dream, you will find out what you are made of. You will discover the amazing depth of your passion for your dream, the breadth of your courage and the extent to which you can go to make your dream into reality. You might need the help and the support of others, but that is a bit part of what makes the journey so much fun! By daring to dream BIG and pursuing your dream with your greatest determination and strength and courage, you will probably test your limits and discover that there is more in you than you ever thought.
September 7, 2009 – 6:35 pm
In this culture of cut-throat competition and fast-paced living, taking a minute would not likely matter to anyone. For some, it’s just a moment of mum. You can achieve the most coveted calmness, peace of mind, and inner serenity on your own. In other words you can find your own inspiration through reading an inspirational article or book chapter in a minute.
What are some examples of readings that can inspire you? It merely depends on the reader’s personality. There are many self-help books, as well as inspirational material written by religious writers that can uplift your spirit. Here are some books that you can choose from:
August 31, 2009 – 6:31 pm
You can be a mom, a WHO doctor on mission, or an Internet marketer, but at one point in your busy schedule, you need a 1-minute breathing space. This minute may mean just a couple of tick tocks on your wall clock but taking a breather has long-term benefits.
August 24, 2009 – 6:15 pm
What’s in store for you in a 1 minute break? More focus, more ideas and imagination, and a more personable attitude are just a few things you can gain from taking a minute from work.
How can you manage to acquire all these in a minute? Surprisingly, you can do this when you allow yourself to do something that makes you happy. Who wouldn’t feel better by looking at a happy picture? A happy picture is any visual representation that can inspire, motivate, or simply make you happy. Once you try this, you’ll see how this can make a difference in your mood.
August 10, 2009 – 7:28 am
When you’re a top executive in a Fortune 500 company, the last thing you have on your mind during working hours is a retreat. It’s even likely that you haven’t the faintest idea what a retreat might look like, since all you know is consistent hard work. Finding time to look out the window for a minute to break away from the daily barrage of meetings and phone or conference calls might be like a retreat to you.
Silence, calmness, tranquility, peace – they’re all synonymous to serenity. It’s the absence of sensory distractions, allowing calmness to rule over. And surely you have a minute to spare for it in a day.
That’s not difficult to achieve in your waking hours. There are opportunities for it at home, even in a quiet room in your workplace.
The best way to achieve serenity is through meditation but you can have your own one-minute version of it. The meditative discipline has several techniques practiced and ‘perfected’ by gurus but if these feel like an added ‘workload’ for you, just find your own quiet breathing space. You don’t have to trade one regimen with another.
Rush. This is the byword of the new generation. Time speeds up and people keep up.
Stopping often means losing in the business rat race. The goals are to do well, have more, and enjoy the best. But do these people really reach their goals, or do the goals just keep getting higher?
You need to distinguish yourself from pumped-up lemmings. Take a pause. Sit awhile. Examine what you have and what you have been missing.
How will you make most of your time when you are at ‘pause’? Consider meditating.
