Sleep Training

Early to bed, early to rise….

Before a big event or a competition or an important day – sleep a lot.

When you are fully rested you will feel and perform so much better.

In fact, if I had a choice to study/practice more into the night or get more sleep = I’ll take the sleep any day.

Not a morning person?

I read this recently – “People who claim not to be a morning person, most certainly have been an irresponsible or undisciplined evening person.”

I understand the point.  If you go to bed late, you surely will not be a morning person.  

That makes sense, right?

Sleep is an act of caring

When you sleep ENOUGH, your body will heal, your energy stores will replenish themselves, and your spirit will rise – and this makes the next day a good day!

Sleep enough.  Start early.

Get Karma on your side!

Having a bad day?  Things keep going against you?

Keep giving to other quality people and helping them.

With this attitude – it will get better!

"Target Practice"

This from Darren Hardy – 

Target Practice –

0) Accept your current reality.

1) What do you want? (be clear)

2) What can you do right now to get more of what you want?

3) Take action.

A calm mind, a fit body and a house full of love.

A calm mind, a fit body and a house full of love.

These things can not be bought, they must be earned.

Are you earning them?

Wealth, health and happiness

We pursue the big 3 wants in life – wealth, health and happiness – and we pursue them in that order.

But the importance is in reverse.

Happiness, health and then wealth.

Of course, it is far easier to be happy if you have your health, but if you don’t, you can still be happy.

(I would have trouble understanding this if I didn’t see it myself from a dear friend.)

Do you have your pursuits in the right order?

Consistency

What if you were great at work four days a week and one day a week you slacked off?

What if you kept your promises most of the time?

What if you were nice to your spouse five times out of six?

What if you worked out only when you felt strong and energized?

The answers are that it would be very different than if you were consistent.

When you are consistent at a thing you become that habit.  People know it and rely on you for it.  You build discipline and results that only consistency over time can bring.

Are you consistent in the areas that matter? 

Being a problem solver

One way to earn respect and advance in any group is to be a problem solver.

Problems always come up, and the more we are trying to change things (the greater the goals) the more problems there are to solve.

Some people complain and whine, and many wait for someone else to solve a problem.  The person that steps up and takes the problem on gets a lot of attention and admiration from the rest – they are leading.

Find out what the problems are.  What stands in the way of it getting better?  Ask leaders what needs to be solved.  

Then learn all about the problem – what caused it, what’s been tried, what a good solution might entail, etc.  Then take initiative.

By being a problem solver, you can get what you want.

The world needs more problem solvers.  The world needs you.

Defects in conversation

Building rapport with someone is how you connect with them to get cooperation, build personal and professional relationships, and be able to get things done in the future by knowing so many people, and just the right one to call in any given situation.

Conversation is how we start.

Some people are not comfortable with themselves, and it shows when speaking to others.  (You can be an introvert and still be comfortable with yourself.)

Some people don’t talk.  Maybe they think they have worthy nothing to talk about. 

Some people talk too much, and don’t let others speak much, dominating the conversation.

Some people only talk about themselves and show little/no interest in others lives.

Having a great conversation isn’t very hard. 

Smile, ask questions with great interest, try to be helpful, match their body language and tone of voice/volume, and pay attention to how they are responding and adjust accordingly.

A good conversation with another person leads somewhere….