At different times in your life you may have found yourself asking “what causes things to play out as they do in my life.” While I do believe there are random events that determine how things play out much of it is determined by Self-fulfilling Prophecy. Self-fulfilling prophecy is engaging in behaviors that obtain results that confirm existing attitudes. A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that causes itself to become true. For example, I believe that I am going to do poorly in school, so I decrease the effort I put into my assignments and studying, and I end up doing poorly, just as I thought. Another common example is relationships; I think my relationship with my significant other is going to fail, so I start acting differently, pulling away emotionally. Because of my actions, I actually cause the relationship to fail. Read more »
Rob’s Thought Of The Day: Self-fulfilling Prophecy
Want The Secret To Having A Satisfied Life?
I just watched a documentary called “10 Questions For The Dalai Lama”. It was an awesome documentary that took you through the history of the Dalai Lama, the training that he has undergone as well as his way of life. His views on life are truly extraordinary. For example, he talked about some peoples lack of being able to ever be truly satisfied in life. He said “if you always have the feeling of one more, one more, one more, you will never be satisfied in life”. As I personally reflect on the time times that I was happiest in life it was when I was taking the time to appreciate the things I have or just recently gotten without anticipation of more. I feel appreciation and gratitude are the true keys to living a satisfied life and you must take time to slow down and appreciate all the good things you do have without always focusing on what you are lacking. Focusing on what you lack is a vicious never ending cycle that will do nothing but leave you feeling unfulfilled.
One of the other things he discussed in this documentary was life satisfaction from the means of material things. In his Read more »
Want A Better Life? Answers You Already Know…
Everyone wants to live a great life right? Most of us are always asking ourselves, how do we make our lives better and more rewarding. The thing is we know the answers to many of these questions we ask ourselves, whether we want to admit it or not. We block or deny the answers that we already have for many reasons. They make us uncomfortable, they make us afraid, they require action, they eliminate excuses and ultimately they challenge our belief systems and our sense of convenience. People are creatures of habit, and we like staying in our comfort zones and doing the things that come easy even if it hinders our long term happiness. It’s a matter of we want to be happy and create that great life, but just not that much. It’s about leverage people, get leverage on Read more »
Do You Love Your Life? 79 Reasons To Help You Start…
People spend way to much time focused on the things they don’t have in life. When you spend a majority of your time focused on the things that you don’t have it will cause feelings of emptiness, sadness and even depression. You have one life and you really need to focus your energies on making this one life super charged with positive energy and great emotions. I put a list of 79 things together that can get you feeling amazing just by changing your focus. Run through this list or even part of the list daily. Don’t just read the list, but let your mind run and exercise around each item. I promise you that just by going through a few of the items below, if you let your mind truly connect to them, you will realize how Read more »Think You Are Going Crazy? Ground Yourself With Some History.
The Human World
The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.
When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn’t understand German.
St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish.
The lance ceased to be an official battle weapon in the British Army in 1927.
St. John was the only one of the 12 Apostles to die a natural death.
Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.
Some very Orthodox Jew refuse to speak Hebrew, believing it to be a language reserved only for the Prophets. Read more »
The Importance Of Clarity With Questions
I’ve always learned that your quality of life is directly related to the questions that you ask yourself. Have the questions that we ask really degraded this much over time? LOL, something to think about. Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts.
Are You Missing The Boat? Powerful Quote To Get You Thinking.
“Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year – and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!”
~Anthony Robbins~
Robs Thoughts: Time is one thing that you can never get back. Most goals and dreams are missed and never come to fruition because of poor time management. The quote above, by one of my favorite speakers Tony Robbins, really gets the point across as to what is truly possible when you learn to manage your time. Don’t miss the boat, like the picture to the left, get clear on what you want out of life, get a good understanding where your priorities are that allow you to get to your utopia of life. Focus diligently on using every minute of every day to accomplish those high priority items and live your dream life. Live life with passion, not regret!
Seven Blunders of the World
“Seven Blunders of the World”
1. Wealth without work
2. Pleasure without conscience
3. Knowledge without character
4. Commerce without morality
5. Science without humanity
6. Worship without sacrifice
7. Politics without principle
—Mahatma Gandhi
* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar, India. He led India’s movement for independence from British rule and is one of the most respected spiritual and political leaders of the 20th century. In 1948 he was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic who opposed his tolerance for all creeds and religions. Gandhi is honoured by his people as the father of the Indian nation and is called ‘Mahatma’, which means Great Soul.
Are You In A Slump? Break Out Of It TODAY!
No matter how good things are going for you at the moment moment in life, reality is there could be a slump hiding right around the corner. People sometimes get obsessed by slumps often thinking there is no way out and no light at the end of the tunnel. Many people have experienced this with the current economic conditions, loss of a job, down grade in pay, loss of a house and loss of relationships. If you let it, the slump that grabs a hold of you can take reign on your life and direct you away from true happiness and the things that you deserve most. One of my favorite Read more »
5 Problem Solving Questions That Work
Lets face it, life is always rittled with problems. Problems are a necessary evil because they allow us to develop and grow to new levels when we handle them right. The key part of that last sentance was “handle them right”. Most people that have challenges with success are their own worse enemy and the weapon they use against themselves is self talk.
There is always one common denominator that people that are unsuccessful at over coming challenges has and that is negative self talk and question asking. While you may not be able to control every situation that life throws at you, what you can control is how you react to those challenges which puts you in a Read more »
