How Do You Measure Success?

October 6, 2009 Issue 140 Welcome to this issue of the Denis Waitley International online newsletter! My goal is to offer valuable, relevant, leading-edge and interesting content, with some innovative and refreshing differences from the other e-zines and newsletters you may receive. Warm regards, Denis Waitley P.S.: Today's issue is going out to more than 108,678 weekly subscribers. If you've enjoyed this edition and have found it to be valuable, then if you would do me the favor of forwarding it to your friends, family and associates, it would be very much appreciated. If they would like to subscribe, have them visit www.deniswaitley.com for easy and convenient sign-up. Many Thanks! In This Issue..... 1. This Week's Jump-Start 2. The Champion Within Article 3. Seeds of Greatness 4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips 5. Learn the Secrets of Elite Performers 6. More Information 1. This Week's Jumpstart How Do You Measure Success? In America today, quality of life is often measured by the amount of money you make. Success is defined by the kind of car you drive. By the neighborhood you live in. By the toys you own. After all, he who dies with the most toys wins. True or false? Life was difficult before remote controls and automatic door locks. Skiing was so boring before the new shape skis hit the market. Fishing without a carbon-fiber rod was next to impossible. And the best part of life today is that big-screen plasma HDTV, the one with the universal remote that controls everything. It’s the best escape devised yet from an otherwise dull evening. In contrast, the people of the remote Himalayan country of Bhutan were recently rated as having the poorest quality of life of all but one other country in the world—after all, their average annual per capita income is only $500. Ironically, however, when you visit the country, there are no beggars, only beautiful, snow-capped peaks, virgin forests and clean air. The crime rate is extremely low, no one is in a hurry, and there is a strong sense of community. You might almost think that instead of depending on their belongings to entertain them, they’ve learned to enhance their lives by building relationships with each other. Be careful to avoid the trap of “the more you buy, the more you need.” Because, oftentimes, the more we think we need, the unhappier we are with what we have. So, this year, before buying those new golf clubs, stop and think. Will that $1,000 bring you more happiness through a bag of irons, compared to a few days off with your family, or as a donation to an organization, or a person who is trying to make a difference? It’s your choice. It’s how you measure it. So, this week, count your blessings instead of your possessions. Spend more time with those you love, instead of spending more money on things you lack. —Denis Waitley 2. The Champion Within Article Avoid Fair-Weather Supporters by Denis Waitley When you seek support and feedback, be sure it is from people who are truly interested in seeing you succeed. Don’t seek feedback from fair-weather friends, competitive peers or any person who doesn’t have your best interests at heart. Neutral doesn’t count. Get feedback from someone who is on your side but will still be objective and brutally honest with you. Misery truly does love company, and jealousy creates some of the most miserable people. Surpass the achievements of your particular social crowd or your business colleagues, and look out for the slings and arrows of those who wish you were back where they are. You have to dodge the snide remarks and catty comments. Let them roll right off you. Don’t internalize them. Only pay attention to feedback from those who have similar goals or who are working actively alongside you to achieve goals of their own. Motives and fears run deep. Study them in others. The manager who supports you and comforts you when you’re down may like you best when you are in just that state: down and dependent. When you start succeeding beyond his expectations and comfort level, he may be among the first to get you to back off, limit your horizons and lower your goals. Recognize this feedback for the insecurity it is. It will rarely be objective or well-intentioned. Even parents and significant family members aren’t immune to emotional conflicts that can pollute their feedback. Many relatives and siblings have difficulty accepting the success of others in the family or encouraging further success. Ultimately, nobody is responsible for your life but you. Nobody is accountable for your actions but you. Therefore, nobody’s expectations for you and opinions about you are as important as your own. So make sure your opinions take precedence in your mind over all others, and when you do need to consult with someone else, think very carefully before you choose exactly who. —Denis Waitley The secrets of elite performers are now within your grasp! Get details now on a very special offer! Denis Waitley has studied, counseled and trained leaders in virtually every field including Apollo astronauts, Olympic gold medalists, Super Bowl champions, returning POW's, heads of state and Fortune 500 top executives. Denis is recognized as a world class speaker and author and has traveled the globe sharing success ideas and strategies to thousands of companies the past 25 years. To book Dr. Waitley to speak for your company or to be part of your upcoming Regional or National Convention send an email to speaker@deniswaitley.com or call 877-929-0439 and ask for Hilary. 3. Seeds of Greatness by Denis Waitley Believe (excerpt from Safari to the Soul) Belief as a positive force is the promise of realizing things hoped for and unseen. As a negative force, it is the premonition of our deepest fears and unseen darkness. (Many people lead lives of quiet desperation, having most of their 365 nights each year spent in anxiety as I had on my first safari night in my tent.) There’s no such thing as an absence of faith; it’s always one kind or another—optimism, or cynicism and despair. —Denis Waitley 4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips This week’s coaching tip comes from my book, Safari to the Soul. We’ve all heard the phrase, “It’s a jungle out there!” and so.... If life is a jungle, fraught with violence, turmoil, danger lurking everywhere, insecurity and predators, how do we survive and thrive? Do we put bars on all our windows, wear body armor, hide behind double-locked doors at night? Do we carry weapons, become masters in martial arts, start pumping iron and hire security guides to shadow our every movement? Or do we ourselves become safari guides? I believe we will be best prepared to face any uncertainty in the safari of life with our duffle bags filled with KASH—Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills and Habits that enable us to conquer fear of what might happen, by being equipped to anticipate, become more proactive, and to respond effectively to what happens. —Denis Waitley 5. Learn the Secrets of Elite Performers With Dr. Denis Waitley’s The Platinum Collection: Healthy, Wealthy & Wise, the secrets of elite performers are now within your grasp! When it comes to peak performance, Denis Waitley has for many years trained high-performers, teaching them the secrets to optimal health, greater self-esteem and stronger self-discipline. 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Freedom from Urgency by Denis Waitley

December 2, 2009 Issue 144 Welcome to this issue of the Denis Waitley International online newsletter! My goal is to offer valuable, relevant, leading-edge and interesting content, with some innovative and refreshing differences from the other newsletters you may receive. Warm regards, Denis Waitley P.S.: Today's issue is going out to more than 109,956 weekly subscribers. If you've enjoyed this edition and have found it to be valuable, then if you would do me the favor of forwarding it to your friends, family and associates, it would be very much appreciated. If they would like to subscribe, have them visit www.deniswaitley.com for easy and convenient sign-up. Many Thanks! In This Issue..... 1. This Week's Jump-Start 2. The Champion Within Article 3. Seeds of Greatness 4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips 5. Gifts for Achievers | PLUS Free Shipping—less than 36 hours left! 6. More Information 1. This Week's Jumpstart Freedom from Urgency by Denis Waitley Freedom from urgency…. That’s what will allow us to live a rich and rewarding life. You may have thought your problem was “time starvation,” when in truth, it was in the way you assigned priorities in your decision-making process. Have you allowed the urgent to crowd out the important? Each day we will continue to encounter deadlines we must meet and “fires,” not necessarily of our own making, we must put out. Endless urgent details will always beg for attention, time and energy. What we seldom realize is that the really important things in our life don’t make such strict demands on us, and therefore we usually assign them a lower priority. Our loved ones understand when we are preoccupied with our urgent business, but it’s hard for us to understand, many years later, why they appear preoccupied when we finally find some time for them. Harry Chapin’s classic song “The Cat’s in the Cradle” is still a mirror reflecting our priorities. All the important arenas in our life are there awaiting our decisions. But they don’t beg us to give them our time. The local university doesn’t call us to advance our education and improve our life skills. I have never received a call or e-mail from the health club I joined insisting that I show up and work out for 30 minutes each day. My bathroom scale has never insisted that I lose 30 pounds. The grocery clerks have never made me put back on the shelves the junk food I put in the cart, nor has a fast-food restaurant ever refused me a double cheeseburger and large fries because of my high cholesterol. Nor have I ever been subpoenaed by the ocean or the mountains to appear for relaxation and solitude. Yet I receive hundreds of urgent phone messages and e-mails each week from people with deadlines. You see, it’s the easiest thing in the world to neglect the important and give in to the urgent. One of the greatest skills you can ever develop in your life is not only to tell the two apart, but to be able to assign the correct amount of time to each. Beginning tomorrow, throughout the day, and every day thereafter, stop and ask yourself this question: “Is what I’m doing right now important to my health, well-being and mission in life, and for my loved ones?” Your affirmative answer will free you forever, from the tyranny of the urgent! —Denis Waitley 2. The Champion Within Article Motivation from Within by Dr. Denis Waitley Motivation is a contraction of motive and action. An inner force that compels behavior, it comes from within, not from any external circumstance. You know where you’re going because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel poster on the wall, a financial statement with a big bonus, or a slogan in the hall. The performance of many externally motivated individuals begins declining as soon as they win contests of one sort or another. I’ve personally witnessed this among Super Bowl champions and World Cup teams that lost the incentive to maintain their excellence after winning the cup, the honors, and the cash. If you’re really committed to peak performance and leadership, you must motivate yourself from within. Studies of achievers show that inner drives for excellence and independence are far more powerful than desire for wealth, status or recognition. The Inner Drive Behavioral scientists have found that independent desire for excellence is the most telling predictor of significant achievement. In other words, the success of our efforts depends less on the efforts themselves than on our motives. The most successful companies, like the most successful men and women in almost all fields, have achieved their greatness out of a desire to express what they felt had to be expressed. Often it was a desire to use their skills to their utmost in order to solve a problem. This is not to say that many of them did not also earn a great deal of money and prestige. William Shakespeare, Thomas Edison, Estee Lauder, Walt Disney, Oprah Winfrey, Sam Walton and Bill Gates all became wealthy. But far more than thoughts of profit, the key to their success was inspiration and inner drive by creating or providing excellence in a product or a service. All were motivated by the desire to produce the very best that was in them. Go for the Inner Applause The late Ray Kroc, a former neighbor of mine who founded McDonald’s Corporation when he was in his 50s, stressed the importance of people working for the inner satisfaction, not just for the money. Ray said most people find it difficult to associate applause with their work when they can’t hear literal applause—but the important applause should come from within. It is the faster heartbeat, the pride and satisfaction of accomplishment. Kroc told the University of Southern California’s Business School that the first thing a business executive needs is love of an idea. If you don’t love your concept, drop it. If you prostitute yourself at an early age by taking a job where the money is, you’ll be working for money all your life. Loving their work is particularly important for younger people. If they lose that love early, they may never grow to anywhere near their potential for self-actualization. Hire People Who Have Empowered Themselves An inner drive for excellence motivates you always to be the best you possible can in whatever you do. Leaders and managers should take special note here. They must be careful in their use of external motivators—money, perks, prestigious offices and titles—in trying to inspire their team members and employees. Enduring motivation must always come ultimately from within the individual. That’s why empowerment and vision are so crucial to team performance and quality. Their power and their vision, not those of the leader, must compel team members. Interviewing potential members, you should look for internally motivated individuals who hold their work important for its own sake, who love their field or their industry, who seek the exhilaration of testing their limits and contributing to the world. Be wary if they show more interest in your compensation package than in their contribution package. Commit to achieving peak performance and leadership, by motivating yourself from within! —Denis Waitley Denis Waitley has studied, counseled and trained leaders in virtually every field including Apollo astronauts, Olympic gold medalists, Super Bowl champions, returning POW's, heads of state and Fortune 500 top executives. Denis is recognized as a world class speaker and author and has traveled the globe sharing success ideas and strategies to thousands of companies the past 25 years. To book Dr. Waitley to speak for your company or to be part of your upcoming Regional or National Convention send an email to speaker@deniswaitley.com or call 877-929-0439 and ask for Hilary. 3. Seeds of Greatness Seeds of Purpose: Focus Precedes Success (These quotes were taken from Denis Waitley’s Excerpts from The Seeds of Greatness Treasury booklet) If you don’t know where you’re going, it doesn’t matter if your alarm doesn’t go off in the morning. There is a gold mine, in your goal mind! Your mind is the most marvelous bio-computer ever created. It does not deal with vague ideas; it is activated by specifics. Purpose is the engine that powers our lives. If you go to your place of business to see what happens, you’ll put out fires but make little progress toward your goals. What you get is what you set! Focus always precedes success. 4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips This week I'm featuring a little something by Brian Tracy, titled I Believe. It was excerpted from Brian's The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success. Enjoy! —DW I Believe by Brian Tracy I believe every person has within themselves inexhaustible reserves of potential they have never even come close to realizing. I believe each person has far more intelligence than they have ever used. I believe each person is more creative than he or she has ever imagined. I believe the greatest achievements of your life lie ahead of you. I believe the happiest moments of your life are yet to come. I believe the greatest successes you will ever attain are still waiting for you on the road ahead. And, I believe through learning and application of what you learn, you can solve any problem, overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal that you can set for yourself. —Brian Tracy 5. Gifts for Achievers | PLUS Free Shipping—less than 36 hours left! Find the perfect gifts that’ll not only make an immediate impression, but also a positive difference in someone’s life! 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Change, the Only Constant by Denis Waitley

December 15, 2009 Issue 145 My friend and colleague Jim Rohn was laid to rest Saturday, December 12, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. As I said in my note to you last week, I simply cannot find the words to describe my heartfelt emotions concerning the loss of perhaps the greatest business and personal-development philosopher of our time. However, what I can do is offer you some words of wisdom taken from some of the many articles that Jim wrote and left us as part of his great legacy. I hope you enjoy this issue’s “Seeds of Greatness” section with Jim Rohn quotes and a special “Winner’s Edge Coaching Tips” article by Jim. Nearly 5,000 people whose lives were impacted by Jim and his personal achievement philosophies have posted their memories and thoughts on the Memorial Wall at the Jim Rohn Tribute Site. If you haven’t had the chance, you can share yours here. This bears repeating: His voice will be heard for generations to come. Warm regards, Denis Waitley P.S.: If you've enjoyed this newsletter and have found it to be valuable, then if you would do me the favor of forwarding it to your friends, family and associates, it would be very much appreciated. If they would like to subscribe, have them visit www.deniswaitley.com for easy and convenient sign-up. Many Thanks! In This Issue..... 1. This Week's Jump-Start 2. The Champion Within Article 3. Seeds of Greatness 4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips 5. The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan 6. More Information 1. This Week's Jumpstart Change, the Only Constant by Denis Waitley There’s a Chinese proverb that is more relevant today than ever before: “If you haven’t seen a man or woman for three days, look them over very carefully when you next encounter them, for they will have changed dramatically during that three-day period.” More changes are crammed into every day of our lives than our grandparents experienced in decades—and this process is just beginning. Every 15 seconds a new Web site is launched! Every 15 minutes a new technological breakthrough occurs! Every 15 days a new product or service is introduced that didn’t exist before! Consider for a moment that the musical greeting card you ordered via the Web has more computing power than existed on the planet when the first satellite went into orbit. Consider the computer’s impact. Designed as a tool for managing complexity, it also adds complexity, just as freeways add more traffic. The computer enables us to sort, store, retrieve and transmit information with ever-increasing speed. But the faster data can be analyzed, the faster decisions are expected, and the greater the pressure to reach them. And the computer’s efficiency is hardly lost on our competitors. They utilize them to produce goods and services of comparable quality, for less money. As this year comes to a close and the New Year arrives, welcome change rather than try to resist it. Learn how to make change work for you rather than against you. Develop unique strategies and skills that enable you to create opportunities from challenges. In response to rapid change, introduce it in the form of new business systems, pricing and marketing that increase effectiveness and efficiency; create new products and new services; lower costs and encourage ideas to enhance productivity. In everything we do, there are more choices available today than at any other time in history. To become the “brand” or “person” of choice, give others what they want in a time-starved world. Save others time and money, and you will gain more time, freedom and wealth. This week embrace change and make it work to your advantage! 2. The Champion Within Article Be Committed to Keeping Your Personal and Professional Life in Balance by Denis Waitley It is so important to be living in prime time, rather than watching TV in prime time. On your way to success make certain you grow friendships, not just bank and mutual fund accounts. Life is a collection of memories, not of material things. The Egyptian pharaohs were buried with all their treasures, and were mummified in the hope that they could enjoy their bounty in the next life. But we are only caretakers of possessions. There is a big difference between standard of living and quality of life. Standard of living is based on income earned. Quality of life is the enjoyment of the thousands of minutes between accomplishments. Having money is only one aspect of wealth. To the sick person, wealth is health. To the lonely person, wealth is someone to talk to and share with. To the estranged person, wealth is hearing words of love and forgiveness. Borrowing the free verse style from Brother Jeremiah’s classic poem “I’d Pick More Daisies,” here are a few things I’d do, the second time around. I’d laugh at my misfortunes more. Spend more time counting my blessings than my blemishes. Spend more time playing with my children and grandchildren and less time watching performers in the arena. More time enjoying what I have, less time thinking about the things I don’t have. If I could live my life again, I’d walk in the rain more without an umbrella and listen less to weather reports. I’d spend more time looking at trees and climbing them, less time flipping through magazines made from dead trees. I’d spend more time fully involved in the present moment, less time remembering and anticipating. I’d smile more, frown less. And most of all I’d be more spontaneous and active, less hesitant and subdued. When some spur-of-the-moment idea came up to go hiking, play Frisbee, color Easter eggs, sing in a chorus, go kayaking, or watch an eclipse, I’d be less likely to sit in my chair objecting, “It’s not in our plan.” I’d be inclined to jump up and run out the door next time and say, “Yes, we can!” Although I can’t live my life again, I’m still going to live the new way every day anyway. I’ll never have all the moments I’ve missed, but I do have all the time remaining. Action Idea: Choose one activity this month that you really want to engage in, but that you have been putting off because it isn’t a priority. Schedule that activity in your planner, as if it were a “must do” business or financial commitment. When you have done it, while you are still feeling good, schedule one for next month, and do it as long as you live. Denis Waitley has studied, counseled and trained leaders in virtually every field including Apollo astronauts, Olympic gold medalists, Super Bowl champions, returning POW's, heads of state and Fortune 500 top executives. Denis is recognized as a world class speaker and author and has traveled the globe sharing success ideas and strategies to thousands of companies the past 25 years. To book Dr. Waitley to speak for your company or to be part of your upcoming Regional or National Convention send an email to speaker@deniswaitley.com or call 877-929-0439 and ask for Hilary. 3. Seeds of Greatness Personal Responsibility by Jim Rohn “Don’t become a victim of yourself. Forget about the thief waiting in the alley; what about the thief in your mind?” “It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens, happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts.” “You say, ‘The country is messed up.’ That’s like cursing the soil and the seed and the sunshine and the rain, which is all you’ve got. Don’t curse all you’ve got. When you get your own planet, you can rearrange this whole deal. This one you’ve got to take like it comes.” “Walk away from the 97% crowd. Don’t use their excuses. Take charge of your own life.” “Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘Since I will be no one’s slave, I will be no one’s master.’” “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. You don’t have charge of the constellations, but you do have charge of whether you read, develop new skills, and take new classes.” “Your paycheck is not your employer’s responsibility; it’s your responsibility. Your employer has no control over your value, but you do.” 4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips I hope you enjoy this article from one of the world's most authentic and valuable teachers in how to live successfully: Jim Rohn. —DW Change Begins with Choice by Jim Rohn Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year. We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause. As Shakespeare uniquely observed, “The fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” We created our circumstances by our past choices. We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today. Those who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more time to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need the truth. They need the whole truth. And they need nothing but the truth. We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us down the wrong path. We must keep coming back to those basics that make the biggest difference in how our life works out. And then we must make the very choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily lives. And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life—if you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life, and it all begins with your very own power of choice. 5. The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan How have you done in achieving the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of 2009? Did you make any progress? Was it more like one step forward and two steps back? As you look toward 2010, what’s your plan to keep yourself growing, learning and achieving throughout the year? Now is the perfect time to incorporate a system that helps you stay focused and on course for reaching your goals. The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan is one of the most comprehensive resources and success plans ever created. Throughout the 12-month program, you will be empowered to grow and continually transform yourself (daily/weekly/monthly) while focusing on a new pillar of success each month. This consistent game plan will keep you on track, help you take action and give you the motivation to achieve the life of your dreams! Click here now to view a short video from SUCCESS publisher Darren Hardy talking about why he strongly endorses The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan. And take advantage of an amazing introductory offer with a special bonus! 6. More Information Newsletter Archives - To review previous issues of Denis Waitley's Newsletter, please go to Newsletter Archives. Printer-Friendly Version - Denis Waitley's Newsletter: Issue 145 All contents Copyright 2009 Denis Waitley International except where indicated otherwise. All rights reserved worldwide. **Duplication or reprints only with express permission or approved Credits (see above). All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. This email was sent by: Denis Waitley International 200 Swisher Road Lake Dallas, TX 75065 877-929-0439 International and/or Dallas/Ft. Worth 940-497-9265

Moderate coffee consumption offers protection against heart failure

Moderate coffee consumption offers protection against heart failure Time:6/29/2012 3:17:30 PMLarger Medium SmallerSource:Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center A review finds that moderate coffee drinkers, who drink two 8-ounce servings of coffee per day, were at 11% lower risk of heart failure BOSTON – While current American Heart Association heart failure prevention guidelines warn against habitual coffee consumption, some studies propose a protective benefit, and still others find no association at all. Amidst this conflicting information, research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center attempts to shift the conversation from a definitive yes or no, to a question of how much. “Our results did show a possible benefit, but like with so many other things we consume, it really depends on how much coffee you drink,” says lead author Elizabeth Mostofsky, MPH, ScD, a post-doctoral fellow in the cardiovascular epidemiological unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). “And compared with no consumption, the strongest protection we observed was at about four European, or two eight-ounce American, servings of coffee per day.” The study published June 26 online in the journal Circulation Heart Failure, found that these moderate coffee drinkers were at 11% lower risk of heart failure. Data was analysed from five previous studies – four conducted in Sweden, one in Finland – that examined the association between coffee consumption and heart failure. The self-reported data came from 140,220 participants and involved 6,522 heart failure events. In a summary of the published literature, the authors found a “statistically significant J-shaped relationship” between habitual coffee consumption and heart failure, where protective benefits begin to increase with consumption maxing out at two eight-ounce American servings a day. Protection slowly decreases the more coffee is consumed until at five cups, there is no benefit and at more than five cups a day, there may be potential for harm. Protective causes still unclear It’s unclear why moderate coffee consumption provides protection from heart failure, but the researchers say part of the answer may lie in the intersection between regular coffee drinking and two of the strongest risk factors for heart failure – diabetes and elevated blood pressure. “There is a good deal of research showing that drinking coffee lowers the risk for type 2 diabetes, says senior author Murray Mittleman, MD, DrPH, a physician in the Cardiovascular Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, an associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of BIDMC’s cardiovascular epidemiological research program. “It stands to reason that if you lower the risk of diabetes, you also lower the risk of heart failure.” There may also be a blood pressure benefit. Studies have consistently shown that light coffee and caffeine consumption are known to raise blood pressure. “But at that moderate range of consumption, people tend to develop a tolerance where drinking coffee does not pose a risk and may even be protective against elevated blood pressure,” says Mittleman. This study was not able to assess the strength of the coffee, nor did it look at caffeinated versus non-caffeinated coffee. “There is clearly more research to be done,” says Mostofsky. “But in the short run, this data may warrant a change to the guidelines to reflect that coffee consumption, in moderation, may provide some protection from heart failure.” Other study authors are Megan Rice, Sc.D., and Emily Levitan, Sc.D. The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health. http://us.industrysourcing.com/Page/VerticalSites/news.aspx?id=256221&utm_source=fpmj&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=title&utm_campaign=fpmjJuly

13 Things You Should Do To Live Life Without Regrets

13 Things You Should Do To Live Life Without Regrets A study that was performed on elderly individuals a few years back, has shown that during old age, there are many people who regret the things they didn’t have the courage to do as opposed to only a few who had regrets about the things they’ve done. By taking this study into consideration, let’s assume that tomorrow is the last day of your life. Would you have any regrets regarding the things you did or did not do? What I want to point out through this mental exercise is that you should review your life in advance before it’s too late and start having regrets, and if you are not exactly sure how to do that, then here is a list that could help you turn things around so you will live a life free of regrets. I would also love to know which of these 13 things you found the most challenging. 1. GET YOUR LIFE ON PURPOSE Firstly you will need to understand how important it is for you to get your life on purpose. If you keep putting all your meaningful plans off and you if you continue doing things just for the sake of doing them, chances are that you will look back at your life with regrets. Stop chasing the wrong things and get your life in order, get your life on purpose. “When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.” Wayne Dyer 2. STOP WASTING TIME It’s funny how for many of us tomorrow looks better than today for getting things done. We put off those things that are so important for us and we lie to ourselves by saying we will do them later, we will do them tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Stop fooling around, it is your life you’re playing with, your future and the future of those close to you. “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 3. STOP PLAYING THE VICTIM CARD Know that the more time you spend complaining the more time it will take you to find a solution and get out of the mud. The brain is hardwired to look for trouble in order to protect you from a great danger, but keep in mind that we are not cavemen anymore. “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” Shirley Hufstedler 4. TAKE ADVANTAGE – EACH DAY OFFERS A NEW BEGINNING It doesn’t really matter where you’ve been, it doesn’t really matter how many mistakes you’ve made and it doesn’t really matter how many times you’ve been rejected and ridiculed in the past because you see, today is a brand new day and you have another chance, a new opportunity to start all new. “Don’t let a bad day make you feel like you had a bad life.” 5. STOP MAKING UP EXCUSES “You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them.” - Zig Ziglar There are so many people out there who managed to go past their disabilities and inspire lives, and we can take Hellen Keller as an example. You and I know that there are plenty of people who have no disabilities whatsoever and still they find all kind of excuses not to move forward with their lives, not knowing this will only bring more pain upon them along the way. Don’t let that be you. Look within and know there is something you can do better than anyone else. Find what that something is and share it with the whole world for that’s where you will find happiness. 6. STOP COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHERS No matter what you do, no matter who you are and where you are, always remember you have your own unique path to walk on. Don’t compare yourself, your work and your journey to anyone else for that would only distract you from your own path, your own journey of self-discovery and self-mastery. “True nobility isn’t about being better than anyone else; it’s about being better than you used to be.” Wayne Dyer 7. STOP SABOTAGING YOURSELF Yes, we sabotage ourselves all the time, whether we realize it or not. We say we want something and the moment we feel it’s coming our way because we get scared, we start sabotaging ourselves in one way or another and this usually happens at the subconscious level. 8. STOP THE WHAT IF “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” - Steve Jobs What if they laugh at me, what if I fail, what if I’ll look stupid, what if, what if… Well, you will never know until you try but chances are nothing terrifying will happen to you and if you ask me, there is nothing more terrifying than wasting your life, there is nothing more frightening than getting to the end of your life and realizing you wasted your life, the only life that was offered to you. 9. STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE Get out of your comfort zone, have the courage to step into the unknown for that is how you’ll allow your mind to expand, to grow and to create new things. Don’t be afraid to try new things, don’t be afraid to make mistakes and most important, don’t be afraid to learn from these mistakes. “Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” Brian Tracy 10. DON’T BE AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS In order to learn and grow you will have to ask questions, a lot of questions. Nobody was born having the answer to everything. It’s okay not to know, so don’t be afraid to ask questions. “He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” Chinese Proverb 11. EMPLOY YOUR TIME IN IMPROVING YOURSELF BY OTHER MEN’S WRITINGS With the Internet and the many resources we have at hand nowadays is quite easy to learn everything we want to learn and even more. You can’t really use your excuses anymore. Take advantage of all that is being offered to you and promise yourself to “Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.” Socrates 12. FIND A MENTOR Find somebody who will help you become the person you aspire to be whether this person is alive or not, whether it’s somebody you know personally or not as this would have a huge impact in your life and your journey. I chose Wayne Dyer as my mentor and I only spoke to him once but that hasn’t stopped me from being inspired and motivated by him and all of his teaching and to master many of the skills he has. 13. DON’T GIVE UP ON YOURSELF No matter how hard life may seem and no matter what happens to you, don’t give up on yourself and don’t give up on your dreams. Have faith in yourself and know that, just like Dale Carnegie said it: “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

KIND HEARTS

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine Kind words and kind deeds. - Henry Longfellow —

EVELYN

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REALITY

REALITY. R:resourceful, E:excellence, A:astute, L:learn n love, I:inspire greatness,' T:trust GOD, Y:yes to divine mandate

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