I'm attending ask you to something very weird right now. Firstly, I want you to listen to your thoughts. Now tell me, what thoughts fill your head? Would you label them as positive, or negative?

Now let's say you're walking down the street with these thoughts. Do you think anyone who'd meet you would be able to tell you what’s on your mind?

The answer to number one is up to you. But, the answer number two can be pretty generic. Although people won't be able to tell you exactly what you think, they'll more or less have an idea of how you're feeling.

Here's another question. When you enter a party filled with friends, do they all fall silent as though something terrible had happened? Or does everybody there perk up as if waiting for something exciting to happen?

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You know what? The answer to all these depends on your frame of mind.

Thoughts are very powerful. They affect your general attitude. The attitude you carry reflects on your appearance, too – unless, of course, you are a great actor.

And it does not end there. Your attitude can also affect people around you.

The type of attitude you carry depends upon you. It can be either positive or negative.

Positive thoughts have a filling effect. They are admittedly invigorating. Plus, the people around the person carrying positive thoughts are usually energized by this type of attitude.

Negative thoughts on the other hand have a sapping effect on other people. Aside from making you look gloomy and sad, negative thoughts can turn a festive gathering into a funeral wake.

A positive attitude attracts people, while a negative attitude repels them. People tend to shy away from those who carry a negative attitude.

We can also define attitude as the way of looking at the world. If you choose to focus on the negative things in the world, more or less you have a negative attitude brewing up. However, if you choose to focus on the positive things, you're more likely carry a positive attitude.
You've much to gain from a very positive attitude. For one, studies have shown that a positive attitude promotes better health. Those with this kind of attitude also have more friends. projecting a positive attitude also helps one to handle stress and problems better than those who have a negative attitude.

A positive attitude begins with a healthy self-image. If you'll love the way you are and are satisfied, confident, and self-assured, you also make others are around feel the same way.

A negative attitude, on the other hand, has, of course, an opposite effect. So, carrying a negative attitude has a twofold drawback. You feel bad about yourself, and you make others feel the same way.

If you want to have a positive attitude, you have to feature healthy thoughts. This is probably very hard to do nowadays since, all around us, the media feeds us nothing but negative thoughts. A study shows that for every 14 things a parent says to his or her child, only one is positive. This is truly a saddening thought.

If you want a healthier outlook in life, you need to think happy thoughts, and you have to hear positive things likewise. So, what can you do? Well, for starters, you could see a funny movie, you could play with children, spend some time telling jokes with friends. All these activities fill you with positive stimuli, which in turn promotes positive attitude.

Although it's impossible to keep ourselves from the negative things around us, you are able to still carry a positive attitude by focusing on the good things, the positive things in life.

And this positive attitude you now carry can be of benefit to other people. Sometimes when other people feel down, the thing people mostly do is try to give them advice. But sometimes, all they need is somebody to sit by them, and listen to them. If you have a positive attitude you may be able to cheer them up without even having to say anything.

If positive attitude is really great, why do people choose to adopt a negative attitude instead? One who carries a negative attitude may be actually sending a signal for attention. Before you get me wrong, feeling sad, angry, or gloomy isn't wrong itself. But dwelling on these thoughts for far too long is not healthy either. There is a time to mourn.

As always, if you're beset by troubles, even in your darkest hour, concentrate on the good things in life, you'll always have hope. Problems become something you can overcome.

You do not have much to lose by adopting a healthy, positive attitude. Studies show that such an attitude actually retards aging, makes you healthier, helps you develop a better stress coping mechanism, and has a very positive effect on all the people you meet every day. So, what's not to like about a positive attitude? Adopt one

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Time direction is basically about being focused. The Pareto Principle a.k.a. the '80:20 Rule' states that 80% of efforts that is not time managed or unfocused generates only 20% of the desired output. All the same, 80% of the desired output can be generated using only 20% of a well time managed effort. Although the ratio '80:20' is only arbitrary, it is used to put emphasis on how much is lost or however much can be gained with time management.

Some people opinion time management as a list of rules that involves scheduling of appointments, goal settings, thorough planning, making things to do lists and prioritizing. These are the core basics of time management that should be understood to develop an efficient personal time direction skill. These basic skills can be fine tuned further to include the finer points of each skill that can give you that extra reserve to brand the results you desire.

But there's more skills involved in time management than the core basics. Skills such as decision making, inherent abilities such as emotional intelligence and critical thinking are also essential to your personal development.

Personal time management involves everything you do. Regardless how big and no matter how small, everything counts. Each new knowledge you acquire, each new advice you consider, each fresh skill you develop should be taken into consideration.

Having a balanced life-style should be the key result in having personal time direction. This is the main aspect that many practitioners of personal time management fail to grasp.



Time management are about getting results, not about being busy.

The 6 areas that personal time management seeks to improve in anyone's life are physical, intellectual, social, career, emotional and spiritual.

The physical aspect involves having a healthy bodiless stress and fatigue.

The intellectual aspect involves learning and other mental growth actions.

The social aspect involves developing personal or intimate relations and being an active contributor to society.

The career aspect involves schooling and work.

The emotional aspect involves appropriate feelings and desires and manifesting it.

The spiritual aspect involves a personal quest after meaning.

Thoroughly planning and having a set of things to do list for each of the key areas may not be very practical, but determining which area in your life isn't being giving enough attention is part of time management. Each area creates the whole you, if you are ignoring one area then you're ignoring an important part of yourself.

Personal time management shouldn't be so daunting a task. It is a very sensible and reasonable approach in solving problems big or small.

A great way of learning time management and improving your personal life is to follow a lot of basic activities.
Among them is to review your goals whether it be immediate or long-term goals often.

A way to do this is to keep a list that's always accessible to you.

Always determine which task is necessary or not necessary in achieving your destinations and which activities are helping you maintain a balanced life style.

Each and everyone of us has a peek time and a time when we slow up, these are our natural cycles. We should be able to tell when to do the difficult tasks when we are the sharpest.

Learning to say "no more". You actually see this advice often. Heed it even if it involves saying the word to family or friends.

Pat yourself at the back or just reward yourself in any manner for an effective time management result.

Try and get the cooperation from people close to you who are actually benefiting from your efforts of time management.

Don't procrastinate. Attend necessary things immediately.

Have a positive attitude and set yourself up for success. But be realistic in your approach in achieving your ends.

Have a record or journal of all your activities. This will help you get things in their proper perspective.

These are the few steps you initially take in becoming a well rounded individual.

As the say personal time management is the art and science of building a better life.

From the moment you integrate into your life time management skills, you've opened several options that can provide a broad spectrum of solutions to your personal growth. It also creates more doors for opportunities to knock on.
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Everybody, at some point of his or her lifetime, has dreamed of being somebody special, somebody big. Who hasn't fantasized about being the one who hits the game-winning homer? Who has not dreamed of being the homecoming queen? And how many times have we dreamed of being rich, or successful, or happy with our human relationship?

Often, we ambition big dreams and have great aspirations. Unfortunately, our ambitions remain just that – dreams. And our aspirations easily collect dust in our attic.

This is a sad turn of events in our life. Rather than experiencing exciting adventures in self actualization, we get caught up in the humdrum of living from day-to-day just barely existing.

But you know what? Life could be so much better, if only we learned to aim higher.

The most common problem to setting goals is the word impossible. Most people get hung up thinking I can't do this. It's too hard. It's too impossible. No one can do this.

However, if everyone thought that, there would be no inventions, no innovations, and no breakthroughs in human accomplishment.

Remember that scientists were baffled when they took a look at the humble bumblebee. Theoretically, they said, it was impossible for the bumblebee to fly. Unfortunately for the bumble, bee no one has told it so. So fly it does.

On the other word, some people suffer from dreaming totally outrageous dreams and not acting on them. The result? Broken dreams, and tattered aspirations.

If you limit yourself with self-doubt, and self-limiting assumptions, you will never be able to break past what you deem impossible. If you reach too far out into the sky without working towards your goal, you will find yourself clinging on to the impossible dream.

Try this exercise. Take a piece of paper and write down some goals in your life. Under one header, list down things ‘you know you can do’. Under another header, write the things ‘you might be able to do.’ And under one more, list the things that that are ‘impossible for you to do.’

Now look at all the headers strive every day to accomplish the goals that are under things ‘you know you can do’. Check them when you are able to accomplish them. As you slowly are able to check all of your goals under that heading, try accomplishing the goals under the other header-the one that reads ‘you might be able to do.’


Now look at all the headers strive every day to accomplish the goals that are under things ‘you know you can do’. Check them when you are able to accomplish them. As you slowly are able to check all of your goals under that heading, try accomplishing the goals under the other header-the one that reads ‘you might be able to do.’

As of the items you wrote under things I could do are accomplished, you are able to move the goals that are under things that are ‘impossible for you to do’ to the list of things ‘you might be able to do.’

As you iterate through this process, you will find out that the goals you thought were impossible become easier to accomplish. And the impossible begin to seem possible after all.

You see, the technique here is not to limit your imagination. It is to aim high, and start working towards that goal little by little. However, it also is unwise to set a goal that is truly unrealistic.

Those who just ambition towards a goal without working hard end up disappointed and disillusioned.

On the other hand, if you told someone a hundred years ago that it was possible for man to be on the moon, they would laugh at you. If you had told them that you could send mail from here to the other side of the world in a few seconds, they would say you were out of your mind. But, through sheer desire and perseverance, these impossible dreams are now realities.

Thomas Edison once said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Nothing could be truer. For one to accomplish his or her dreams, there has to be had work and discipline. But take note that that 1% has to be a think-big dream, and not some easily accomplished one.

Ask any gym rat and he or she will tell you that there can be no gains unless you are put out of your comfort zone. Remember the saying, “No pain, no gain”? That is as true as it can be.

So dream on, friend! Do not get caught up with your perceived limitations. Think big and work hard to attain those dreams. As you come forward the ladder of progress, you will just about find out that the impossible has just become a little bit more possible.

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How many times have you gone to sleep at night, swearing you'll go to the gym in the morning time, and then changing your mind just eight hours later because once you get up, you don't feeling like exercising?

While this can happen to the best of us, it doesn't mean you should drop the ball altogether when it comes to staying fit. What people ask to realize is that staying active and eating right are critical for long-term health and wellness -- and that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The more you know about how your body responds to your lifestyle choices, the better you will be able to customize a nutrition and exercise plan i.e. right for you. When you consume well, increase your level of physical activity, and exercising at the proper intensity, you're informing your body that you prefer to burn a substantial amount of fuel. This translates to burning fat more efficiently for energy.put differently, proper eating habits plus exercise equals fast metabolism, which, in turn gives you more energy throughout the day and allows for you to do more physical work with lower effort.
Truth purpose of exercise is to send a repetitive message to the body asking for improvement in metabolism, strength, aerobic capacity and overall fitness and health. Each time you exercise, your body responds by upgrading its capacities to burn fat throughout the around-the-clock, Exercise doesn't have to be intense to work for you, but it does need to be consistent.




I recommend engaging in regular cardiovascular exercise four times per week for twenty to half-hour per session, and resistance training four times per week for twenty to twenty-five minutes per session. This balanced approach provides a one-two punch, incorporating aerobics to burn fat and deliver more oxygen, and resistance coaching to increase lean body mass and burn more calories around the block.

Here's a sample exercise program that may work for you:

* Warm -- 7 to 8 minutes of light aerobic activity intended to increase blood flow and lubricate and warm your sinews and joints.

* Resistance coaching -- Train all major muscle groups. 1 to 2 sets of each exercise. Rest forty-five seconds between sets.

* Aerobics -- Pick 2 favorite activities, they could be jogging, rowing, biking or cross-country skiing, whatever fits your lifestyle. Perform twelve to quarter-hour of the 1st activity and continue with ten minutes of the 2nd activity. Cool down during the last 5 minutes.

* Stretching -- Wrap up your exercise session along stretching, breathing deeply, relaxing and meditating.

When starting an exercise program, it's important to have realistic expectations. Depending on your initial fitness level, you should expect the following changes early.

* From one to 8 weeks -- Feel improve and have more energy.

* From two to 6 months -- Lose size and inches while becoming leaner. Clothes begin to fit more loosely. You're gaining muscle and losing fat.

* After 6 months -- Start reducing quite rapidly.

Once you make the commitment to exercise several times a week, do not stop there. You should also change your diet and/or eating habits,' says Zwiefel. Counting calories or calculating grams and percentages for certain nutrients is impractical. Instead, I suggest these easy-to-follow rules of thumb:

* Consume several small meals (optimally 4) and a few small snacks throughout the day
* Make sure every meal is balanced -- incorporate palm-sized proteins like lean meats, fish, egg whites (albumens) and dairy products, fist-sized portions of complex carbohydrates like whole meal bread and pasta, wild rice, multigrain cereal and potatoes, and fist-sized portions of vegetable and fruits
* Limit your fat intake to only what's necessary for adequate flavor
* Drink at the least eight 8-oz. glasses of water throughout the day
* I also recommend that you take a multi-vitamin every day to ensure you are getting all the vitamins and minerals your body needs.

I opine that's all I can think of for now. I should extend my thanks to a doctor friend of mine. Without him, I wouldn't be able to write this report, or keep my sanity.

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When you bring everything down to simple plumbing, the whole question of erectile dysfunction gets easier to understand. It's all to do with pumps and valves. When the arteries dilate, the blood flows into the penis. As it swells, the pressure shuts off the veins that would drain the blood out and, before you can say Jack Robinson (sometimes say it several times), you have an erection. If the problem is with the plumbing, the little blue pill is effective and dilates the right arteries. And, in the majority of cases, the problem is with the plumbing, so it's easily fixed. Unfortunately, the plumbing system sits in a building and there can be problems with the owner. For the whole thing to work, the owner has to want it to work. He has to want to respond to the sexual stimulation. Erections do not happen by accident. They reflect the mind.

This brings the bad news. If the cause of the erectile dysfunction is psychological, trying to rely on the little blue pill is not only a waste of time, it is also going to add a new layer of performance anxiety to the man's list of problems. The truth is that if a man is seriously depressed or has gone through an extremely stressful situation, there may be no enthusiasm for sex. Now add in all the other possibilities, like there are religious or cultural reasons why the man might find the idea of sex inappropriate or distasteful, and the likelihood of an erection recedes into the distance. Worse, suppose the man has been sexually abused or his first experiences with a woman left his self-confidence shattered. If the mind and the body cannot work together, sexual relationships are not going to be a success.

For once, it's actually more appropriate to talk about love rather than sex which tends to be the more mechanical form. When two people are in love, they are more relaxed and the relationship develops more naturally. There is more trust and fewer inhibitions. When the man is depressed, trust in self is lost. The antidepressants often have impotence as a side effect. So therapy rather than drugs is the better route. Once therapy begin to lift the depression and change attitudes towards sex, there will be a time to buy viagra. Self-knowledge and understanding can help someone back into a relationship. Assuming that the partner is still willing, an active sex life can be resumed. In its own right, this decision needs to be planned. Performance anxiety needs to be addressed and viagra is a reliable drug to produce the erection once the mind is willing. Not everyone can recover from a depression and still make the relationship work. But once trust begins to return, the chances are good.



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