Archive for July, 2009

What’s Your Problem?
Friday, July 31st, 2009

There are many types of problems; there are worldly problem, social economic problems and day to day problems.

The key to success and moving forward is having the ability to identify the different types of problems that occur in your life.

We just need to remember that there are bad problems versus quality problems in life. Any time I have a decision to make I always ask myself ‘is this a bad problem or a quality problem?’.

For example, when we had to make the decision to turn our Aunty’s life support off this was a bad problem; and deciding where we will dine for dinner; this is a quality problem as I know there are many who aren’t fortunate enough to be in a position to dine out when and where they feel like.

If you make a habit of asking yourself this simple question, you’ll be surprised how easy your life will become. I know the major shift this made in my life – you know one of those light bulb moments!

Feel free to let me know your thoughts, feelings or changes this had made in your life.

Have a great day!

Cheers
Katie

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Success and the Opinions of Others
Monday, July 20th, 2009

One of the biggest challenges to becoming successful is the negative opinions of the people around you. Once you embark on a journey of education and self improvement there will always be people that you regularly associate with that will question what you are doing and try to instill doubt in your mind about the direction you are heading. You will be told that ‘it’s risky’; ‘you need a lot of money to get started’; or ‘you’re out of your league’.

If you observe these people closely you will find that their opinions on most subjects are formed from the opinions of other similarly ill informed people. For example, I know a lot of people who tell me that share trading with Options is risky; however, when asked what Option is, they can’t answer the question. If they don’t know what an Option is, then how can they form a legitimate opinion?

The same goes for property investing, internet marketing and so on. I don’t mean to sound unkind but on a subconscious level most people don’t want you to be more successful than they are, so a negative opinion will be a natural reaction from their subconscious masked as advice to protect you from failure. This is rarely deliberate; in most cases they don’t realise this is even happening. It is not always as sinister as that either. In some cases these people are so entrapped by their own fear that they won’t even try to understand what it is that you are doing.

The important thing to always remember when confronted with someone’s opinion is to think about that person’s knowledge and results in the subject of opinion. You have to learn to shield yourself from the negativity of others and only listen to the opinions of people who are experienced in the subject and have proven results in that field. For example, if Warren Buffet held a particular opinion about events on the stock market, it would be worth listening to over an opposing opinion from your cousin who has never owned shares because he works hard for his money and he doesn’t want to lose it.

I have found that the best approach to this problem is to lead by example and not offer your opinion unless it is requested. Sooner or later the negative opinions become curiosity and before you know it, people will ask you your opinion because it has credibility.

The best way to fend off negativity is to stay focused, choose carefully whose opinion you will consider and strengthen your resolve to stay positive and you will succeed.

Bye for now

Tim

Filed under: Tim's Thoughts — Tags: , , — Tim Lawrie @ 9:51 am
What’s on the Back of Your Toilet Door?
Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Today, I thought I’d share with you what is on the back of my toilet door. Some of you might be thinking ‘I’m not sure I want to know’.

I’ve got a few words of wisdom on there that I read if not once but a few times a day.

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1. You will receive a body: You may like it, you may hate it, but it’s yours to keep to the end; so look after it.

2. You will learn lessons: You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called ‘life’.

3. There are no mistakes only lessons: Life is a continual process of trial and error. The experiments that fail are as much a part of the process as the ones that work.

4. Lessons are repeated until they are learned: A lesson will be presented to you in a variety of forms until you have learnt it. When you have learnt it, you can go on to the next lesson.

5. Your learning curve is infinite: There’s no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you’re alive, then there are lessons you still have to learn.

6. The greenest grass is under your feet: When your ‘there’ becomes ‘here’ you will simply find another ‘there’ that will look better than your ‘here’.

7. Other people are merely mirrors of you: You cannot love something about another person unless it reflects something you love about yourself. Similarly, if you dislike something about another person it reflects something about who you are.

8. What you make of your life is up to you: You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. Your answers lie within you: The answers to life’s questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen and trust.

10. You will forget all this.

I really like it and some days one point stands out to me more than others; just depending on what is going on in my life at the time.

Feel free to copy and paste this text and print it off and put it up somewhere in your home, or email me and I will send you the text.

Have a great day!

Cheers

Katie

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