Don’t Settle For Less Than Your Personal Mission

Written by JoAnna Carey, The Rat Race Relaxer


Success is not an easy concept to define. What does it take to be successful? How does success look? When should a person feel like a success? Once success is achieved, how can new goals be set without diminishingrepparttar value of one’s previous accomplishments? Can success ever be realized when time is finite and obligations seem endless? These questions may be answered best withrepparttar 122896 following question, “Who isrepparttar 122897 person defining success?”

Takerepparttar 122898 initiative to define your own success by developing a personal mission statement. A personal mission statement is developed by focusing onrepparttar 122899 qualities that make you unique, such as, who you are, what you would like to do, your hopes, fears and wishes. It can be as ambitious or as simplistic as you desire, and it is ever-changing.

What if you don’t feel confident enough to create a personal mission statement? Start with a group of goals you would like to accomplish overrepparttar 122900 next year. Keep experimenting until you find an idea that you believe you were meant to relentlessly pursue. Remember, it is your mission and it can change as you grow and excel; you arerepparttar 122901 only limit to what you can become.

Still having trouble defining personal success? Imagine that a genie were to grant you three wishes. If all you can come up with is, "I would like to be rich and thin," you haven’t taken enough time to know your true goals. Ask yourself what you would DO if you were rich and thin and you will see a hint of your true mission. Now ask yourself if any ofrepparttar 122902 things you named are things you can do right now and, if so, why do you choose not to follow through.

It’s the Most Wonderful Gift of the Year

Written by Joy Fisher-Sykes


It’srepparttar most wonderful time ofrepparttar 122895 year. As we deckrepparttar 122896 halls and fillrepparttar 122897 malls, we’re filled with anticipation, joy, and excitement. The holiday season is upon us, and it’s a special time we choose to show our appreciation and share our love withrepparttar 122898 special people in our lives. However, with all ofrepparttar 122899 joyrepparttar 122900 holidays bring, this still tends to be one ofrepparttar 122901 most stressful times ofrepparttar 122902 year. Why?

Could it be because it’s intoxicating to buy loved ones whatever their hearts desire – and we’re willing to rise inrepparttar 122903 dark of night to shop inrepparttar 122904 pre-dawn hours forrepparttar 122905 “gift ofrepparttar 122906 year”? Ah, yes,repparttar 122907 mad dash torepparttar 122908 5 a.m. sale where you’re guaranteed to be pushed, run over, stepped on, and after a long wait told “Sorry sold out;” only to then haverepparttar 122909 pleasure of standing in a check out line as long asrepparttar 122910 east coast. Hum. Do you ever questionrepparttar 122911 sanity of a day like this in a life that seems to have so little time, and a world that’s filled with job insecurity, war, and economic ups and downs? If so, why do you still feel so torn? Could it be because we’ve allowed marketers, advertisers, manufacturers, and retailers to shape our outlook and convince us to buy into their vision ofrepparttar 122912 perfect life? This life where you shop to createrepparttar 122913 perfect body, so you can be withrepparttar 122914 perfect partner, live inrepparttar 122915 perfect house, and driverepparttar 122916 perfect car torepparttar 122917 perfect job so we can affordrepparttar 122918 perfect lotions and potions to forever liverepparttar 122919 perfect life. Wake up and smellrepparttar 122920 perfect hype! The holidays are not about being manipulated into believing in some artificially created image that drives sales; it’s about your vision of giving and sharingrepparttar 122921 joy your choose to create.

Stress ofrepparttar 122922 season happens when we fret about how our gift will be received. A disconnect exists when we fear if our gift is disliked, then somehow we too will be rejected and deniedrepparttar 122923 friendship, affection or acceptance we so desire. Although intellectually, we know nothing could be further fromrepparttar 122924 truth, we may still feelrepparttar 122925 need to explain away or apologize for our gifts of love. I say if you hold this to be your truth and also believe thatrepparttar 122926 worth of your relationships is based onrepparttar 122927 monetary value of gifts exchanged, then I strongly urge you to re-examine and re- evaluate your relationships.

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