Self Help: How to Have a Life of Satisfaction. Guaranteed!

How to Have a Life of Satisfaction. Guaranteed!

Written by Dr. Freddy Davis

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90% of pretty good people that populate repparttar 130219

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population who are basically good and moral, but simply don’t have repparttar 130221

inner drive to move beyond where they currently are and into repparttar 130222

upper echelons of life. The third group is what I call “Supercharged.” This group only consists of about 5% of repparttar 130223

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ones who have discovered how to raise themselves to their highest potential. Just because this is only a small percentage of repparttar 130225

population, doesn’t mean that everyone else are necessarily excluded. In fact, it is possible for anyone to achieve this third level of success. Unfortunately, it is only repparttar 130226

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initiative necessary to pull it off. In its essence, “Supercharged” is a way of thinking that thrusts you toward constant improvement. Everyone, without exception, lives their life according to repparttar 130228

way they think. If your life isn’t “Supercharged,” it is because you’re not thinking like a “Supercharged” person. Creating a new pattern of thinking that takes you in a new direction is absolutely possible, but it is a process that requires a commitment to change. If you want to get on that road you start by deciding. You can sit down right now with a paper and pad and decide, specifically, what you want your life to be like. Then you can begin to translate what is written into real life. Decide right, and you can have satisfaction. Guaranteed!

Dr. Freddy Davis is the owner of TSM Enterprises and conducts conferences, seminars and organizational training for executives, managers and sales professionals to help develop greater effectiveness and productivity. He is the author of the book Supercharged! as well as the Nutshell Series of books for strengthening business. You can visit the TSM website at www.tsmenterprises.com, or you can contact Freddy directly at 888-883-0656 or davis@iname.com.

Four Keys to Happiness

Written by Jerry Lopper

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Fully accepting something means embracing it as your own- choosing it. It doesn’t mean whining or complaining about it. It doesn’t mean pretending it isn’t there. It means accepting it as part of your life. If that isn’t feasible for you, then...

Work to change it. If your source of unhappiness is a lousy job-something you just can’t contemplate continuing for more than a few months-consider how you might change it. Do you have any room within this job to change some aspect of what you do or how you go about doing repparttar job? Are there problems outside your responsibility that interest you? Ask your boss if you can take on a problem in addition to your regular responsibilities. Few bosses will begrudge you taking on more work. Perhaps you can gradually shift your responsibilities to things that are more interesting and better aligned to your abilities. If you can see no possible way to change your situation, then...

Decide to separate yourself from repparttar 130215 source of unhappiness. Life is too short to continue in a situation that you can’t accept and you can’t change. So leave it. Even in this poor economy with many people out of work, there are still jobs available. Start looking-unless you prefer to keep things just as they are and complain. Be honest with yourself about this. Some people really do prefer to complain than to correct.

4. Focus on that which makes you happy. The fourth key is to consciously control your thinking so that you focus all your thoughts, all your energy, and all your time on things that make you happy. Simply decide to reside within repparttar 130216 positive areas of your life. This may initially impress you as "sticking-your-head-in-the-sand,"-but it’s not. Life surrounds us with diverse experiences. We can choose those to which we give our attention. Does it make you happy or unhappy when your lunch crowd starts whining and complaining? Steer repparttar 130217 conversation to something more positive. Or mentally distance yourself and enjoy repparttar 130218 drama that each person is playing. Avoid feeling sorry for yourself, bitter about your bad luck, or envious of others. Stick with thoughts and activities that feel good and watch your happiness index go up.

An excellent resource on building happiness is "Authentic Happiness," by Dr. Martin Seligman. His web site, http://www.authentichappiness.com, offers many self assessment surveys.

About the author

Copywrite 2004, all rights reserved. Jerry Lopper is an author, personal coach, and consultant. His workshops, ebooks, articles, and coaching are available through http://www.YourCoachtoSuccess.com where you can sign up for complimentary articles and coaching. For a complimentary coaching session email to compcoach@yourcoachtosuccess.com.

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