Turn Your Problems Into ProjectsWritten by Jan Tincher
Do you have a problem? Here is a simple way to turn it around. Listen up, OK?Take your problem and write it out. Now, as you're writing it out, there will be a few sentences. Take sentences and number them, and leave a space behind each of them. Now, what do you have? You have a project! How do you feel when you say you have a project? Not nearly as bad as you do when you say you have a problem, do you? Now, go back and call it a problem. How do you feel? Bad, right? It's a good thing you know what to do, isn't it? We all learn from our mistakes, and our biggest mistake might just have been to use word problem. What has it ever done for us, except make us feel bad. Our goal in this lifetime is to make sure we don't feel bad unless we absolutely, positively have to. And that should never happen unless you take a poll of 100 people to see how many would call it a problem. Of course, in that poll 100% of them have to say it was a problem. Now, go ahead and change all your problems to projects and let good times roll.
| | Create Your Life Theme Written by Lisa Martin
Ahhh.... ubiquitous New Year's resolution. How many times have you developed a list of New Year's resolutions, which at time sounded great, only to find yourself feeling less than enthused about it six months later? Have you ever felt guilty or depressed because you didn't achieve a New Year's pledge? Alternatively, have you reached a goal and yet felt uninspired or unfulfilled by it? Instead of setting New Year's resolutions, I encourage to develop a theme for their life. This theme gets you focused and sets stage for what you want to accomplish in coming year. Consider what your theme could be for coming months. Step back and observe bigger picture that is your life. Ask yourself what you want your life to look like in 2003.Determine what is important to you and what values you hold. Base your theme on what you find joyful and what you want to accomplish this year both personally and professionally. It is important that your theme resonates with you and brings a smile to your face when you say it. You must own it. It must propel you forward. Spend some time thinking about right words to describe your theme. They will create overriding intention for your year ahead. Once you have developed
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