101 Golden Ways to Relax and Reduce Your Stress - Live Stress Free Life

1. Get up 15 minutes earlier
2. Prepare for the morning the night before
3. Avoid tight fitting clothes
4. Avoid relying on chemical aids
5. Set appointments ahead
6. Don't rely on your memory ... write it down
7. Practice preventive maintenance
8. Make duplicate keys
9. Say "no" more often
10.Set priorities in your life
11. Avoid negative people
12. Use time wisely
13. Simplify meal times
14. Always make copies of important papers
15. Anticipate your needs
16.. Repair anything that doesn't work properly
17. Ask for help with the jobs you dislike
18. Break large tasks into bite size portions
19. Look at problems as challenges
20. Look at challenges differently
21. Unclutter your life
22. Smile
23. Be prepared for rain
24. Tickle a baby
25. Pet a friendly dog/cat
26. Don't know all the answers
27. Look for a silver lining
28. Say something nice to someone
29. Teach a kid to fly a kite
30. Walk in the rain
31. Schedule play time into every day
32. Take a bubble bath
33. Be aware of the decisions you make
34. Believe in yourself
35. Stop saying negative things to yourself
36. Visualize yourself winning
37. Develop your sense of humor
38. Stop thinking tomorrow will be a better today
39. Have goals for yourself
40. Dance a jig
41. Say "hello" to a stranger
42. Ask a friend for a hug
43. Look up at the stars
44. Practice breathing slowly
45. Learn to whistle a tune
46. Read a poem
47. Listen to a symphony
48. Watch a ballet
49. Read a story curled up in bed
50. Do a brand new thing
51. Stop a bad habit
52. Buy yourself a flower
53. Take time to small the flowers
54. Find support from others
55. Ask someone to be your "vent-partner"
56. Do it today
57. Work at being cheerful and optimistic
58. Put safety first
59. Do everything in moderation
60. Pay attention to your appearance
61. Strive for Excellence NOT perfection
62. Stretch your limits a little each day
63. Look at a work of art
64. Hum a jingle
65. Maintain your weight
66. Plant a tree
67. Feed the birds
68. Practice grace under pressure
69. Stand up and stretch
70. Always have a plan "B"
71. Learn a new doodle
72. Memorize a joke
73. Be responsible for your feelings
74. Learn to meet your own needs
75. Become a better listener
76. Know your limitations and let others know them, too
77. Tell someone to have a good day in Latin
78. Throw a paper airplane
79. Exercise every day
80. Learn the words to a new song
81. Get to work early
82. Clean out one closet
83. Play patty cake with a toddler
84. Go on a picnic
85. Take a different route to work
86. Leave work early (with permission)
87. Put air freshener in your car
88.. Watch a movie and eat popcorn
89. Write a note to a far away friend
90. Go to a ball game and scream
91. Cook a meal and eat it by candlelight
92. Recognize the importance of unconditional love
93. Remember that stress is an attitude
94. Keep a journal
95. Practice a monster smile
96. Remember you always have options
97. Have a support network of people, places and things
98. Quit trying to fix other people
99. Get enough sleep
100.Talk less and listen more
101.Freely praise other people

Every Failure Is A Small Step Towards Success - Must Read Abraham Lincoln's Inspirational Story

In the world everyone is meeting failure. Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again. But this time we can begin with more knowledgeable and intelligent.

Never allow your failures let you down. Always try to extract one thing that you have learned from each of your failures. By this your negative thinking are often broken at the time of failure. Here is an inspirational life captured from amazing man.

>>At the age of 22, he has failed in his business.

>>At the age of 23, he ran for legislature election and last.

>>At the age of 24, he failed to another business.

>>At the age of 25, he elected to legislature.

>>At the age of 26, he has lost his girlfriend.

>>At the age of 27, he had suffered from nervous breakdown.

>>At the age of 29, he was defeated for speaker of the house.

>>At the age of 31, he was defeated for elector.

>>At the age of 34, he defeated for US Congress.

>>At the age of 37, he was elected to US Congress.

>>At the age of 39, he was defeated for US Congress.

>>At the age of 46, he was defeated for US Senate.

>>At the age of 47, he was defeated for US Vice President.

>>At the age of 49, he was defeated for US Senate.

>>At the age of 51, finally, he was elected as president for United States of America.

And he is none other than ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Jim Rohn : Ambitiously Pursuing Your Own Self-Direction

What is the origin of true ambition? There exists really only one place to find true ambition and that is within you – in every thought, in every movement, in every motivation. Your ambition is an expression of who you truly are, your own self-expression.

Self-expression

Isn't self-expression really self-direction? How you think, how you move, how you motivate yourself. Ambition is a result of self-direction and self-direction is one of the six key principles necessary for building ambition. Positive self-direction says, "I know who I am and I know where I want to go. I'm accumulating knowledge and experiences and feelings and philosophies that will help prepare me for opportunities that I know will show up without notice or any help on my part." Because you know where you want to go, you have already been working on the parts of your personality that will make you better.

Working on your attitude, working on your health, working on your time management skills. Putting it all down on paper. And you constantly see yourself in the place you want to be, going in the direction you want to go.

Direction determines destination.

So here is a question you must ask yourself, "Are all the disciplines that I'm currently engaged in taking me where I want to go?" What an important question to ask yourself at the beginning of the month, the beginning of the week, the beginning of the day. Because here is what you don't ever want to do - kid yourself. Kid your neighbor, kid me and kid the marketplace, but don't kid yourself - fingers crossed - hoping you will arrive at a good destination when you're not even headed that way. You have to ask yourself often, Am I? Am I doing the disciplines that are taking me in the direction I want to go? Don't neglect to ask these important questions, questions that help determine your direction, the set of your sail, your destination.

> Is this the direction I want for my life?
> Is this someone else's direction?
> Is this a goal I have been ingrained with since my childhood?
> Is this goal my parent's, my spouse's, my boss', my children's or is it Mine?

Ask yourself these questions and then debate them. After you have answered these questions within yourself, then take it one step further and ask, "What am I doing that is working or not working?" Debate it all. Work with your mind to figure out the best possible direction for you - your self-direction. And then ambitiously pursue your own self-direction. Let the power of your own ambition take you where you want to go, to do what you want to do, to create the life you want to live!

Author : jim rohn

A Very Inpiring Story : The King And The Bees - James Baldwin

One day King Solomon was sitting on his throne, and his great men were standing around him.

Suddenly the door was thrown open and the Queen of Sheba came in.

"O King," she said, "in my own country, far, far away, I have heard much about your power and glory, but much more about your wisdom. Men have told me that there is no riddle so cunning that you can not solve it. Is this true?"

"It is as you say, O Queen," answered Solomon.

"Well, I have here a puzzle which I think will test your wisdom. Shall I show it to you?"

"Most certainly, O Queen."

Then she held up in each hand a beautiful wreath of flowers. The wreaths were so nearly alike that none of those who were with the king could point out any difference.

"One of these wreaths." said the queen, "is made of flowers plucked from your garden. The other is made of artificial flowers, shaped and colored by a skillful artist. Now, tell me, O King, which is the true,
and which is the false?"

The king, for once, was puzzled. He stroked his chin. He looked at the wreaths from every side. He frowned. He bit his lips.

"Which is the true?" the queen again asked.

Still the king did not answer.

"I have heard that you are the wisest man in the world," she said, "and surely this simple thing ought not to puzzle you."

The king moved uneasily on his golden throne. His officers and great men shook their heads. Some would have smiled, if they had dared.

"Look at the flowers carefully," said the queen, "and let us have your answer."

Then the king remembered something. He remembered that close by his window there was a climbing vine filled with beautiful sweet flowers.
He remembered that he had seen many bees flying among these flowers and gathering honey from them.

So he said, "Open the window!"

It was opened. The queen was standing quite near to it with the two wreaths still in her hands. All eyes were turned to see why the king had said, "Open the window."

The next moment two bees flew eagerly in. Then came another and another. All flew to the flowers in the queen's right hand. Not one of the bees so much as looked at those in her left hand.

"O Queen of Sheba, the bees have given you my answer," then said Solomon.

And the queen said, "You are wise, King Solomon. You gather knowledge from the little things which common men pass by unnoticed."

King Solomon lived three thousand years ago. He built a great temple in Jerusalem, and was famous for his wisdom.

Inspirational thoughts

"People waste most of their waking hours every day going through the motions, chatting idly, shuffling paper, putting off decisions, reacting, majoring in minors and concentrating on trivia. They spend their time in low priority tension relieving, rather than high priority goal-achieving activities." -- Denis Waitley

If you are always shouting at your children, when it's really serious, they won't h-e-a-r you. A whisper beats a shout." -- Mark Victor Hansen

"To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effect."--Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882-1945, Former American President

"The kindest thing you can do for the people you care about is to become a happy, joyous person." -- Brian Tracy

"A good laugh is sunshine in a house." -- William Makepeace Thackeray

Success And The Law Of Cause And Effect

Success is achieved or lost, depending on how you see yourself. You have the ability to control your success simply by determining whether or not you are truly worthy of it. How you feel about yourself is all that is standing in the way of your amazing results. Maybe you're saying, "Wow! That's it, Mark? That's all I have to do – love myself? That's easy!" Not so fast. You may think you love yourself. You may pump yourself up in the morning by looking in the mirror and saying, "Go get 'em, Tiger." But what you think you believe and what you actually believe can be two totally different things. Look at your past and present results. Are they astounding? Do you have everything you've ever dreamed of? Have you reached your full potential? Are you fulfilled and satisfied? Chances are the answer to most of those questions is no. And that's okay, because I'm going to show you how to transform any remnant of a negative self-image into an amazing, positive self-image for earth-shattering, mind-blowing, successful results.

It is detrimental to your success and to your well being to make negative statements about yourself. Why? It's all about the law of cause and effect.

There are two words there – cause/effect. A lot of the time we only see the effect. We don't look behind it and see the cause.

Whatever the effect is, the cause is identical. If you go into a business meeting and you believe that there is no way you're going to get the deal, you've sealed your fate. You have become the writer of your own self-fulfilling prophecy. You said you weren't going to get the deal, you believed it was impossible and so you proved yourself right. Why did this happen? The law of cause and effect, that's why.

The CAUSE of the unsuccessful meeting was that you consciously thought failure was going to be the outcome. Chances are you said it in your mind and out loud, too. That repetitive negative self-talk sunk down into your subconscious and became a belief. Your mind now knows that failure will be the result of this meeting. There is no room for success. Your conscious mind knew it, and your subconscious mind accepted it because of the repetitive self-talk, and now that failure is sent out through your body language and speaking voice into the Universe to ENSURE that you will fail.

You determined the results of the meeting before you walked into the room! That's the bad news.

The good news is that this cause and effect behavior can work just as easily with positive self-talk. If you know you have a meeting in a few days, you can talk yourself into success by ACTING AS IF you already have the deal. It's just as easy as being negative, so why not create the positive results you want? Every time you think of the meeting you can say, "I am so grateful that my meeting is going to be a phenomenal success for me. I am worthy of getting the deal and radiate success wherever I go." You create the cause and the effect. You determine whether you succeed or fail. You write the ending to the story – be it happy or sad. Which ending do you want?

"You are where you are because you want to be there. If you want to be somewhere else, you'll change."

Author : Mark Victor Hansen

The Major Key to Your Better Future is You

Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest. We can talk about sales growth, profit growth, asset growth, but all of this probably will not happen without personal growth. It’s really the open door to it all. In fact I’d like to have you memorize a most important phrase. Here it is, “The major key to your better future is YOU.”

Let me repeat that. “The major key to your better future is YOU.” Put that someplace you can see it everyday, in the bathroom, in the kitchen, at the office, anywhere where you can see it everyday. The major key to your better future is YOU. Try to remember that every day you live and think about it. The major key is YOU.

Now, there are many things that will help your better future. If you belong to a strong, dynamic and progressive company, that would help. If the company has good products, good services that you are proud of, that would certainly help. If there were good sales aids, that would help, good training would certainly help. If there is strong leadership that will certainly help. All of these things will help, and of course, if it doesn’t storm, that will help. If your car doesn’t break down, that will help. If the kids don’t get sick, that will help. If the neighbors stay half way civil, that will help. If your relatives don’t bug you, that will help. If it isn’t too cold, if it isn’t too hot, all those things will help your better future. And if prices don’t go much higher and if taxes don’t get much heavier, that will help. And if the economy stays stable, those things will all help. We could go on and on with the list; but remember this, the list of things that I’ve just covered and many more - all put together - play a minor role in your better future.

The major key to your better future is you. Lock your mind onto that. This is a super important point to remember. The major key is you. Mr. Shoaff always answered when asked, “How do you develop an above average income?” by saying “Simple, become an above average person. Work on you.” Mr. Shoaff would say, “Develop an above average handshake.” He would say, “A lot of people want to be successful, and they don’t even work on their handshake. As easy as that would be to start, they let it slide. They don’t understand.” Mr. Shoaff would say, “Develop an above average smile. Develop an above average excitement. Develop an above average dedication. Develop an above average interest in other people.” He would say, “To have more, become more.” Remember; work harder on yourself than you do on your job. For a long time in my life, I didn’t have this figured out.

Strangely enough, with two different people in the same company one may earn an extra $100 a month, and the other may earn a $1,000. What could possibly be the difference? If the products were the same, if the training was the same, if they both had the same literature, the same tools. If they both had the same teacher, the same compensation plan, if they both attended the same meetings, why would one person earn the $100 per month and the other person earn the $1000? Remember here is the difference...the difference is personal, inside, not outside, inside.

You see the real difference is inside you. In fact, the difference IS you. Someone once said, “The magic is not in the products. The magic is not in the literature. The magic is not in the film. There isn’t a magic meeting, but the magic that makes things better is inside you, and personal growth makes this magic work for you.

The magic is in believing. The magic is in daring. The magic is in trying. The real magic is in persevering. The magic is in accepting. It’s in working. The magic is in thinking. There is magic in a handshake. There is magic in a smile. There is magic in excitement and determination. There is real magic in compassion and caring and sharing. There is unusual magic in strong feeling and you see, all that comes from inside, not outside. So, the difference is inside you. The real difference is you. You are the major key to your better future.

Author - Jim Rohn