Don't wait until you are 64 to Achieve your Dream!

Hes finally a doctor at 64."

The national daily (September 12, 2005) front page read, he finally achieved his long cherished wish when he graduated from the Medical College here. Reading the news should spark some motivation to many people. What is the motivation behind a sixty-four years grandfather with heart problem to pursue dream of becoming a medical doctor after retirement age of fifty-five?

Its reminded me of a story I heard; an old woman was enrolling for a degree program in the university with her younger son! The son was feeling a little embarrassed and was trying to talk his smother out of the idea. After sever fail attempts, he finally said the truth, Mother, you will be sixty years old when you graduated three years from now! The mother looked at the young man and calmly replied, my son, I will still be sixty years old three years from now with or without the degree!" So how old will you be with or without achieving your goal thr5B4ee or five years from now?

What are the excuses you were telling yourself and your family, the one you love or the one who loves you?

When are you taking the First Step into the unknown to reach for your DREAM?

Who do you listen to? The little Gizmo on you left say "you can't do it!" or the little angel on you right say "YES! YOU CAN! GO FOR IT!"

What action have you taken today to make your life a little better each and every day?

Some one once said, "Life is not made of big sacrifices, but of little deed that make every day a joyous and fruitful day!"

Put behind the excuse for a moment, slow down the pace of your daily rat race and find a quiet corner, or if you are the type of person who are more productive in noisy environment, find a caf with a judebox and blast it to the fullest. Start writing down your Dreams List and made Online Business one of your priority. It can be as noble as becoming the community leader of your area; as common as seeing your son or daughter going through colleges; or as simply as fixing the broken picket fence in your garden. Or even bring your children to watch their favorite movie that they had been pestering you for days or weeks.

Remember "Rome is not built in one Day" and "The journey of a thousand miles start with a single step!"

But for one thing, sit down and think seriously, how long are you still wanted to be in the rat race?

How nice5B4 if you can have more of your time to fix all your picket fence!

Becoming the community that you have long aiming for but "no time" to serve!

Bring you children to and back from school personally each and everyday!

Bring them for the movie that they has being pestering you!

Remember this Tip On No Time! The late Norman Vincent Pearle once said," The only people who have no time is laying six feet underground." If you are contended with working 80+ hours a week then nobody will blame you. But; just but, what if you use your spare hour to starting you online business and can lead you to Financial Freedom? And if you want something badly enough, you will ALWAYS find enough time to make it happen. Burn the midnight oil for a few months and see what happens.

ACT NOW! Don't wait until you are 64!

Many years later, you will cherish what you have done today as some one once said,

If you do not have dreams, how are you going to make you dreams come true!"

SK Wong is a Charter Marketer with a MBA in Finance providing Marketing and Risk Management training and services to his local business community. His online Business Resources Soho and aspiring netrepreneurs can be view at http://www.clickabiznes.com.

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Midlife Success

Seeking Success in Midlife
By: Anne Uemura, Ph.D.




By the time a woman reaches her midlife she has shed many of the idealistic and romantic notions that her previous goals and dreams were founded on. The middle years can bring unwelcome revelations about a woman’s marriage or relationships, health, career path, spirituality and overall personal development. So it’s not too surprising that seeking success in midlife is both a touchy subject and a hot topic.

While you may not be convinced that all the symptoms of middle age are to be enjoyed, there is reason for a positive outlook. If you look you’ll find significant scientific and anecdotal evidence supporting the fact that the midlife years can be used for unusual personal growth and development. “In a 1997 survey by the North American Menopause Society, more than half of American women aged forty-five to sixty viewed menopause as the beginning of a new and fulfilling stage of life.” Women who tend to feel successful during the midlife years are those who are able to use their struggles as an impetus for change.

* Transforming Struggles into Success in Midlife

From menopause to illness and death, midlife tends to pile on the responsibilities and burdens. This happens at a time when many women expect to be enjoying greater freedom and rewards for their years of hard work. For instance, your own experience may seem to suggest that life is just a struggle and you need to accept it.

Yes, life is hard. But successful midlife women find a way to use their struggles to better their lives. The first step is to acknowledge and accept fully your discontent. Then start turning to what would make you smile. It could mean a new and more fulfilling career, a better relationship, better physical condition or an improved financial state.

* Defining Success for Women in Midlife

Success-coaches find that most women know exactly what they don’t want in their lives: e.g., poverty, loneliness, illness. However the key to building a successful midlife experience is to invest fully in gaining with full clarity and detail the vision you want to create.

Coaching women through midlife has become one of the fastest growing careers because permanent change is so hard to implement. Just think of how many struggle and fail trying to lose weight, manage money or start exercising. When a woman seeking success in midlife employs a life coach to guide her they both will need to take some very specific steps regardless of the individual journey.

Since all permanent change is rooted in your underlying beliefs you must be willing to examine your preconceived notions about your self and the world. For instance, if your mother raised you to believe that a healthy woman “has a little meat on her bones” your attempts to lose weight are combated by your subconscious believing that that is an unwise move. We are full of beliefs that don’t serve us. Most of us cannot see ourselves without bias, which is why a life coach can add clarity and perspective to this process.

Once you have identified your coach she needs to have the resources to help you rewire key thoughts so you won’t recreate the past. Also from your dreams and list of “wants” for your life, you need to dig deep to find out what the best idea of your life purpose is. What goals would be in line with this life purpose? Then you and your coach will need to outline an action based on achieving those goals. Finally, you will embark on the journey with your coach guiding, prompting and helping you along the way.

* Build a Community for Success in Midlife

The concept of a life coach really goes back centuries. They were referred to as wise elders and given much respect. We have lost that tribal connection, and women need to build community and seek out mentors in other ways. One of the benefits of choosing a life coach is that you can seek out someone who has already been down the path that you are traveling and can point out both barriers and shortcuts to midlife success.

In addition, you can look for or create a support group of midlife women within your community, church or other organization. Having other women who intend to create the best opportunity for themselves in their present challenges are good to have on your side. Mastermind groups as described by Napoleon Hill in Think and Grow Rich are a specific form of a support group.

The challenges of the midlife years can be seen as a wake-up call. Stop to take a long look at your life and the path you are traveling. Remember Lao-tsu said: "If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."

Your struggles can be transformed into the power to pave a new path that leads toward a more fulfilling future. Midlife offers a huge opportunity if you are willing to invest in you and adopt new ways of thinking.



About The Author

Anne Uemura, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and therapist of 25 years, and also an energy healer and life coach. She combines traditional and alternative approaches to her work with women. Her website is at http://www.coach4womeninmidlife.com/

Great Book

Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)
Conversations with God Book 1 began a series that has been changing millions of lives for more than ten years. Finally, the bestselling series is now a movie, starring Henry Czerny (The Pink Panther and Clear and Present Danger) and Ingrid Boulting (The Last Tycoon). Produced and directed by Stephen Simon (producer of Somewhere in Time and What Dreams May Come) and distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Fox Home Entertainment, the theatrical release is set for October 27, 2006. The movie is the true account of Walsch (played by Cierny), who went from an unemployed homeless man to an "accidental spiritual messenger" and author of the bestselling book
The Complete Conversations with God

Striving For Success

Beyond Success
By: Kade Gillingham




Striving for success can be a long and winding road with many speed humps and pot holes along the way. Success means different things to different people, whether it be relationships, finances, careers, family or health.

Realistically we all want to be successful in all areas of our lives and we are only limited by the questions that we ask ourselves.

While you may be very successful in one area of your life, let’s say your career, your health may be a little down as a result from the extra effort you have put in to your work to achieve that level of success.

Another example would be if you are spending a lot of time on your investing and finances you may be putting pressure on a relationship.

In order to bring some balance into your life you need to prioritize your values and spend your time on different areas of your life accordingly.

Looking at the example above, if your health is being affected by the hours you are doing at work you really need to sit down and prioritize your values. If you keep putting pressure on your body and your health, eventually it will catch up with you and won't be able to do your job.

Working out what is most important to you is the first step towards achieving the level of success that you desire. Being grateful for what you already have will enable you to grow.

Paul Blackburn is founder of Beyond Success and has been a coach for over 25 years. His top ten clients have a combined net worth of over 100 million dollars. He has coached CEO's, high profile athletes and business owners from all over the globe.

Paul has recently launched a new product called "Blockage Busters" which teaches you how to smash through the mental blockages that stop you from achieving what you set out to achieve. In his course he talks about goal setting and how most people rarely achieve there desired goals due to their subconscious thoughts.

You see, your subconscious mind has the last word on most of your actions. You might say “I want to make a million dollars in the next year” but your subconscious mind has a program that says “making money is hard work and you can’t make that amount of money so quickly. Best you don’t try and risk losing everything”.

If your subconscious isn’t programmed to accept that making a million dollars is possible, then simply asking for it won’t make it come true. You could spend years trying to achieve your financial goal but all you end up with is frustration.

If your conscious and subconscious minds aren’t in agreement then taking action to achieve your goal will stir up negative emotions. You will feel fear, anxiety, frustration and a sense of being overwhelmed and bogged down. Sound familiar?

If so, that’s your subconscious mind saying, “I told you so and I’ll prove you can’t make a million dollars”

To find out more about Paul's "Blockage Busters" system go to, www.blockagebusters.com/amember/go.php?r=391&i=l0

Yours in success,
Kade



About The Author

Kade Gillingham has been involved in the personal development industry for quite some time. He is an experienced investor and works part time as a life coach. Having used his knowledge he has learnt from his mentors, he has created a lifestyle that gives him time and freedom to help others in this area.

Speed Reading

Advanced Top Techniques To Conquer Speed Reading!
By: Joe Okoro




The art of speed reading is a technique each speed reader tries to acquire over time. Speed reading is guided by two main components, speed and comprehension. Once you have comprehension, reading any material in any field becomes less a problem in terms of speed and understanding. However, for the starter, to acquire this art, he will need to employ techniques and strategies to accomplish expertise in speed reading.

To be a good speed reader, you need to implement some strategies. And these strategies need practice upon practice to make them work very well. When you are starting out, do not set unachievable goals such as trying to read and complete a big volume book in a single day. Instead of helping you to achieve speed reading, it will only frustrate your efforts. I would recommend say reading a chapter each and every day to make it interesting for you.

In reading, the focus should be on understanding the contents of a material in a limited time. Therefore, when you are previewing a material you are about to read, your concern should be to familiarise yourself with the topic and possibly scan for main points. When you come across unfamiliar words, brisk over it and try to derive meaning from context, if this fails you may consult a thesaurus later on to clear your mind on the meaning.

As a starter, the initial steps should be to test your reading and comprehension speed presently and time yourself with a stop watch. Do this repeatedly and see if you are able to read faster. If you see improvements, it will help you to want to do more in reading. However, if you do not see any noticeable improvements, then do not worry yourself, because you may need more time and practice to jump from your present rate to a speed readers rate. Just know that this will take you some time and practice to achieve. Now let us be more practical. If you want to start reading, get yourself a progress chart, a stop watch, a pen and a reading material. And follow the steps below:

Get your chart ready by first arranging your reading rate as below:

Progress chart: Words per second/minute / Comprehension
Reading material 1.

As you read a whole article, try timing yourself with the stop watch, record the total time. Count the words of the article and divide by the time it took you, in seconds. Record your comprehension level. Practice more with same article. Now record your time. You will notice that as you continue your word per second increases. Now, take another article of about the same length and read, repeat the exercise again.

You may want to go further by getting all the material you are familiar with and set goals as the time span you would want to complete a particular book. When you set goals, make sure you achieve them. Let's examine the short sample below:

Two prominent people in science Dr. Ulene and his wife discovered vital information about vitamins, this information include administration, uses, and required amount of vitamins in the body for proper body metabolism.

A good speed reader's comprehension goes this way: The Ulene's find out important information about vitamins.

There are still some little additional details that the speed reader would not want to bother himself with, therefore, he picks only needed details to him.


About The Author

Joe Okoro writes about Speed Reading in his free reports. You can sign up for his courses and get additional information by visiting: http://speedreadingguideonline.com

Spiritual Keys To Life

Acceptance is the Spiritual Key to Non-Judgment
By: Richard Blackstone




The paradigm of love, unity and oneness teaches us to neither judge nor condemn because there is no “right or wrong.” There only is “what is.” It is in our judgments that the concepts of “right or wrong” become so real to us. Now think of this. What if we viewed the people and events in our lives the way that the God of unconditional love does?

This God views our lives with total acceptance. This God understands that you are at free will to choose any experience that you desire. That is your mission. To choose experiences here in the relative world so that God may know herself through us and experience all that she knows conceptually from the absolute world.

We are God, Goding so that in, as, and through us we are collaborators in God's experiences. As such, everything we do and every person we meet fulfills our mission and we accomplish this by being the creators of our experience through our free will.

We have created or co-created every person and event that shows up in our lives. When you are awake you are aware of this. When you are sleepwalking you are unaware of this.

From the macro-perspective, from God's perspective, it is easier to see how it makes no sense to judge the people and events that show up in our lives. They are merely people and events that we have drawn to us through our creation of our life.

The tool that is necessary to view these people and events to see if they serve us is the tool of acceptance.

Acceptance allows us to view our creations in their full light. We are not filtering the light of our creations with labels and limitations. We don't limit our perspectives by judging what shows up. We allow maximum exposure so that we can observe our creation and see if it serves us or not.

If we observe that it does not serve us we do not condemn it. We accept it and bless it and then choose another experience and create that. In this way we do not slow down our evolution. We allow ourselves to evolve at a faster pace because we are responsible for our creations. We don't disown them or condemn them through judgment. That would be irresponsible.

Can you begin to see how, by using the tool of acceptance, you can start to eliminate the value judgments of “right and wrong” from the people and events that show up in your life? By accepting what shows up in your life you are merely acknowledging what is. This person or that event showed up in your life. That's what is. It's not “right or wrong” or “good or bad” in and of itself. It's just what is at that point in your life.

If you are awake and aware you understand this and are able to look at what is and see how it can serve you. That is, you get to put the meaning to whatever it is that showed up in you life. Sleepwalkers always add labels like right, wrong, good, or bad.

The person walking in awareness understands these labels inhibit the ability of whatever shows up to serve us. Instead they use the tool of acceptance to allow them to view what is without labels or judgments and put whatever meaning to it that would best serve their purpose for creating it in the first place.

You need to understand that we get to put the meaning to any person or event that shows up in our lives. When we judge, we restrict our ability to make what is meaningful (full of meaning).

When we accept “what is” without judgment we are able to assign a meaning to “what is” that is beneficial to our overall goals. It is totally up to you to assign whatever “what is” means to you. If you are consciously aware you will more that likely use whatever shows up to help you in your evolvement.

If you are sleepwalking you will more than likely judge and condemn whatever shows up and, in effect, slow down your evolution. Once again, the choice is yours. If we observe the two concepts it appears that judging what shows up in our lives does not serve us, while accepting what shows up in our lives does serve us.

Judging is a concept that is based in the fear-based paradigm of separation. Acceptance is a concept that is based in the love-based paradigm of oneness. I don't need to tell you because you already know this, don't you?

In this love-based paradigm of oneness we accept and bless all the people and events that show up in our lives as different aspects of our individual and joint creations. This sounds great and on an esoteric level it is doable. It is also doable on the physical level that we live in.

All you need do is consciously change your perspective of life from fear to love.



About The Author

Richard Blackstone is an award winning author and international speaker on Love, Oneness & Creation. Journey into discovery of Self by reading this FREE report; "The 3 Simple Immutable Laws of the Universe" at: http://www.NutsandBoltsSpirituality.com

Extraordinary Life

Change Your Life By Changing Your Mind - How To Create And Extraordinary Life

Do you want to create change in your life? Do you wake up in the mornings with the sense that you could be doing something different that would be more fulfilling? Do you toss and turn at nights wondering what more is out there for you? Don’t worry, you are not alone. People are dynamic, we need change, unfortunately not many people understand the psychology behind change. If it were as easy as reading the latest self-help book or attending a weekend seminar, you would find yourself accomplishing everything you wanted to accomplish and experiencing fulfillment in every facet of your life. So what’s the barrier to realizing change? It’s habits. As appealing as change may sound, we habitually prefer the comfort of familiarity over the uncomfortable, often difficult process of making the changes that will lead to a more fulfilling life. So how do you break this habit? The first thing you can do is understand the psychology behind change. Don’t worry, it’s not rocket science, it’s about patterns of behavior and thought.

Research has shown that for a lasting change to occur, individuals must have:

1. insight into a need or the desire to make a change,
2. motivation for making a change,
3. knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for change,
4. real world experience to apply new knowledge, skills and abilities, and
5. accountability linked to the change process.

Let’s look at each of these requirements to change. First is insight into a need, or the desire to make change. This typically stems from a life transition such as ending a relationship, loosing or changing a job, approaching a birthday, anniversary or new year. Whatever the origin of the insight, the result is the same, you are left with an unsettling sense that something needs to be different.

Is that nagging voice in your head enough to drive you to change? That depends. Your life circumstances will greatly influence your motivation. The 45-year-old mother of three will have a different motivating force than the 24-year-old single college graduate. If your desires for change are realistic within the context of your current circumstances, the motivation for action will be present. The thoughts about what the future holds will now be keeping you up at night.

It’s time to take action. “But what action” you may ask. The first step is to clearly define what your future looks like. With a clear picture of your ideal future you can begin to identify the steps it will take to get you there. You will probably need to acquire new skills, make new acquaintances, and have new experiences. You will need an action plan to move you from what you currently know and do to your vision boardof what could be. Here is where most people get derailed. Here is where the difficult and uncomfortable part of change comes into play. It’s easy to dream about a new reality, but to take action requires work. Not only work to learn new techniques or tactical ways of doing things, you have to look at your patterns of thought. Your inner saboteur will come in and tell you “this is too difficult, you’ll never get it, you could be spending your time, energy, money on something else, and it’s not worth it”. So you go back to doing what you’ve always done, and you get what you’ve always gotten.

The only way to break this pattern of complacency is to hold yourself accountable for taking action. Most people cannot do this alone. Most people need someone outside themselves to keep them on track, sticking to the plan. You need to have an unconditional collaborator (partner, friend, family member or coach) to hold you accountable for getting off the couch and out into the world of possibility. You need someone to push you through the difficult process of changing your habits and thoughts. You need someone to slay your inner saboteur.

Do you think you’re ready to take action on changing your life? The first thing you need to do is find that unconditional collaborator. A few people will have these types of relationships readily at hand, a partner, friend or family member. Most of us, however, get lost in the emotional dynamics of their existing relationships so much so that having them play an unconditional role in your change process is unrealistic. Hiring a personal coach to take you through the process is an option many are discovering. Professionally trained personal coaches know the psychological process that underlie change and can customize a program based on your particular needs and goals. Quality Life Solutions personal coaches use the DARE model to creating lasting change. To put it to use for yourself, take the following steps:

Define: What is your burning desire? Where do you want to see yourself a year from now? 3, 5 and 10 years out? Do you want wealth? Do you want to find your soul mate? Do you want a healthy body? Mind? Soul? Do you want to accelerate your career to a higher level of success? Start your own business? DARE to define exactly what you want. Create the vision boardof your future and put it on paper. Cut out pictures, write down aspirations and don’t hold back. Action: Planned, purposeful action paired with affirmations, influence internal forces to create lasting change. Write down the action steps to get there. You may not know all the steps initially, but with each step written and taken, the path will become clearer and you will move closer to accomplishing your goals. Write down affirmations and repeat them several times everyday, especially when you wake up and before you go to sleep at night. Affirmations are a necessary part of reprogramming your thoughts. Receive: By examining the attitudes, behaviors and beliefs that may interfere with achieving goals, you will be prepared to receive and accept the changes that come through the Define and Action process. Use your unconditional collaborator to pull you through this difficult process. Remember, you are worthy of an extraordinary life. Expand: Never stop growing. Reflect and expand on the process. Repeat the cycle and realize dreams you never before thought possible.

Change is a difficult process; however, you can take comfort in the fact that your desire for change is part of personal growth. If it were easy, you would never come across anyone in an unsettled state. The key is to make your transitions in life as effective as possible. Creating your extraordinary life is within your reach, with guidance and determination you can accomplish anything you desire.

Kristin Chamberlin is a Professional Corporate and Personal Coach with Quality Life Solutions.

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Are you ready for a change?

Maybe it’s a birthday or anniversary approaching.
Maybe it was the way your boss spoke to you.
Maybe it’s the relationship you just ended or started.

What ever the source, you’ve been left with the unsettling sense that something in your life needs to change. Quality Life Solutions provides individualized coaching programs to get you living your extraordinary life.

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