Self Help: For a new life in the new year, take action!

For a new life in the new year, take action!

Written by Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.

Stuck? Wondering what to do about finding a job, a relationship or a new home? Don't get caught in repparttar

self-analysis trap: months, days and even years of "thinking." I've met dozens of people who think "getting free" begins with an armchair, a self-help book and a beer. Action creates energy. Have you ever spent a whole day driving? Lying on repparttar 131413

couch with a book and a heavy-duty remote control? At repparttar 131414

end of

day you're exhausted. Action fuels thought. You can sit on a couch all day with repparttar 131416

self-help book, but how will you complete repparttar 131417

exercises? The world looks different as you sit in your living room. When you get off repparttar 131418

couch and face repparttar 131419

outside world, your answers will change. Action is a test of your readiness to change. Are you thinking of hiring a coach or counselor? Before you pick up repparttar 131420

phone, take some small action on your own. Get a list of articles from repparttar 131421

library or web. Make some phone calls. Are you moving? That's a good sign. Want to change? Do something different. In a tape version of her recent book, Thunder and Lightning, Natalie Goldberg advises writers to overcome blocks by changing small elements of their lives. Take a different route when you walk home, she suggests; if you normally drive with your left hand on repparttar 131422

steering wheel, try repparttar 131423

right. Some ideas: Do something alone that you normally do with others: shopping, traveling, eating in a restaurant. Do something with others that you normally do alone. If you have a routine for evenings or weekends, find new activities.

"Three Best Things"

Written by Gary Lockwood

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following article (726 words): "Three Best Things" by Gary Lockwood When my sons were very young, I taught them a game. In turn, that game taught me a valuable lesson that still works for me today.

Play repparttar 131411 game and you will restore your confidence and your sense of well-being. Start today and gain a new perspective, a higher energy level and increased creativity.

If you use repparttar 131412 article below, please let me know. Thanks.

SUCCESS to You... Gary Lockwood

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"Three Best Things"

My two sons, Dan and Doug, were five and six years old.

On their fist day of school, we started a new game. At dinner that evening, I asked, "Boys, what was repparttar 131413 fun-est thing you did today"?

Watching their response, I could tell what they were thinking. "Oh-Oh; Daddy's on a new kick again". Regardless, Doug and Dan each told of something fun and interesting they did that day. I contributed by relating to them something weird and funny that had happened at my office that day (something weird was happening at my office almost every day, it seems).

We laughed at each other's stories and went on to enjoy a delightful dinner together.

The next evening, I again asked them, "Boys, what was repparttar 131414 fun-est thing you did today"? This time, they each had one ready to tell. And I once again told them about something weird and funny that had happened at my office that day. As repparttar 131415 first evening, we laughed and had a good time with this.

Each evening at dinner, I asked repparttar 131416 same question. By repparttar 131417 end of repparttar 131418 first week, repparttar 131419 boys could see that this was going to be a regular thing. They came to repparttar 131420 dinner table already knowing what their evening's story would be.

In repparttar 131421 weeks to follow, Doug and Dan each had at least one fun thing to tell and sometimes two or three. They even competed to see who had repparttar 131422 fun-est story. Dan would say, "I want to go first. My story is better than Doug's".

After a while, it almost seemed that these boys were making fun things happen during repparttar 131423 day, just so they could tell about it at dinner. We laughed a lot and enjoyed each story.

Where was their focus? That's right; on repparttar 131424 positive things that were going on with them. During this time of their lives, do you suppose that Dan and Doug had any unpleasant things happening to them or around them? Of course they did! We all have negative events and negative people in our lives.

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