Things I know: I look good today!

Things I know: I look good today!: You know how you can look at yourself in the mirror, and from one angle you look great, but from another, you don't look as good?  Well,...

I look good today!

You know how you can look at yourself in the mirror, and from one angle you look great, but from another, you don't look as good?  Well, it's kind of like life...it all depends on how you look at things.  When looking in the mirror, do you keep going back to the bad angle?  Or do you focus on the good one?  When you focus on the good angle before walking out the door in the morning, you're going to feel better throughout your day...more confident, a little lighter in your step, a smile upon your face.  You feel good!  Now think about it...when you're smiling, standing tall, walking with a little more bounce, confident...aren't you more attractive?  Aren't you more likely to have positive encounters?  Don't people respond to you in a more pleasant way?  Aren't you in a better mood?  So I ask you...why even give that bad angle more than a passing glance!?  Of course, if there was something you could do to improve that bad angle, by all means, do it...but if its just a bad angle, that stop looking at it!

You all know me by now...you know I'm talking about more than your reflection in a mirror.  Every situation in life has a good and a bad angle...as a matter of fact, there are infinite angles in varying degrees of appeal.  How you look at every situation can change your life!  In my observation, many people want to focus on the negative side of a situation.  They dwell on it, want to tell everyone about it, lose sleep thinking about it, worry, cry...the list is never ending.  But what do you think would happen if we stopped dwelling, thinking, worrying...do you think the situation would get worse?  Of course not!  Our attention will not improve a bad situation...in fact, it will make us feel worse!  So why not find that better angle?  At the very least, you'll be better equipped to deal with the situation because you'll be starting from a better place.   I choose, every day, what angle I am going to focus on.  The choice is mine!  I am responsible for my mood, my appeal, my confidence, how I feel, my stress level, my life!  There's nothing more empowering!  I choose the best angle I can find...which do you choose?

Things I know: The Secret to Success

Things I know: The Secret to Success: I know it's been a long time, but unless I feel inspired, I just can't write. I've been thinking this morning about success. My ...

The Secret to Success

I know it's been a long time, but unless I feel inspired, I just can't write. I've been thinking this morning about success. My measure of success is simple... Every day I strive to inspire, motivate, help or make smile at least one person. Now I know you may be thinking that this is a cop out. You're looking for the key to wealth, positive love relationships, career success...but in a way, that's what I'm talking about. I have found that making the world around you a better place, even just a little, brings you peace, brings you joy, makes you happy. When you are at peace, when you are happy, wealth, love and career success follows. I can't explain why, I just know it to be true. I've seen it over and over, not just in my own life, but in the lives of others. 

So my measure of success: To inspire, motivate, help or make smile at least one person, every day. In return, I am rewarded with peace and happiness. Personally, I think that's a pretty good deal. :-)