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Living in the past is like driving forward while staring in the rear view mirror.     Believing is seeing.     Be an over-fright success story.     One's actions convince louder than one's words.     Make progress. Make new mistakes.     All work and no play makes Jill want to reach for the Prozac.     The purpose of your life is to find the purpose of your life. It doesn't matter how fast you get there if you're heading in the wrong direction.     If at first you don't succeed, you're doing something stupid.     You're nobody until somebody hates you.     Behind every successful woman is someone who pissed her off.     To get where you need to go you must first see who you really are.     Be a warrior, not a worrier.     Be a winner, not a whiner.     If the coyote had stopped to catch his breath, he might have caught the roadrunner.     A pack of puppies led by a pitbull will always be feared more than a pack of pitbulls led by a puppy.     Brainpower is as important as horsepower. Read, read, read!     You should always pick a job for its passion value not cash-in value.     Don't let a blame preoccupation ruin your occupation.     It's always better to go for longterm greed over short term greed.     A shortcut is often the longest distance between two points.     Time is money...and time wasters are money wasters.     Don't wait to make heaps and heaps of cash to have heaps and heaps of fun.     Every member of the Fortune 500 Club could also be a member of the Misfortune 500 Club.     Money doesn't bring you true happiness...but happiness can bring you true money. If you love what you do, the money will come.     Whatever business you're in you're in the people business.     Fail Faster. Succeed faster.     Behind every successful woman is someone who pissed her off.     Follow the fuscia brick road.   Failure is in many ways like "fullure" - it is always full of lessons to be learned.     Believe in a laughter life.     Don't let your convictions become your restrictions.     Invest in "Fresh Air Fun." Take a walk outside once a day.     If you want your body to be smoking, you've got to stop smoking.     Sometimes, all you gotta do is ask. Duh.     Taking no action is an action. Duh.     Happiness is not about what happens to you -- but about how you choose to respond to what happens.     Comedy = tragedy + 3 months and/or 3 margaritas!     Practice that tongue twister "NO" today.     Take the fat out of your fate. Slim down your schedule to what matters.     It's not just what you know...but what you do with what you know.     The grass is greener on the other side - until you get there and see it's astroturf.     When you grow - you often outgrow.     The only constant is change.     You are a human being, not a human was or a human will be.     Self honesty is the only path to happiness.     Sometimes we're "mad at" someone whom we should merely be "sad at."     Be so proactive you're preactive.     Fast doesn't always last.     Love is a boomerang. What have you and give away is what you get back.     Fear of commitment: it could happen to you...or someone you can't love.     Saying difficult things now is better than fixing even more difficult problems later.     It is better to have loved and lost - than to live with a psycho for the rest of your life.     It is better to have loved and lost - and had some really amazing hot sex - than never to have lived and loved at all.     A man is not a project. A man is a man. And a project is a project.     It's better to have a short bad relationship than a long bad relationship.     It's worth it to hold out for a soul mate and not settle for a cellmate.     Assess breeds success.     Turn all bad experiences into good inperiences - take them in fully, and change in a positive way.    
 

Saturday, January 19, 2008

The 5 Secrets To A Happier Life - Which Should Not Be Kept A Secret



This morning my boyfriend asked me what I was reading. It was a book called THE 5 SECRETS YOU MUST DISCOVER BEFORE YOU DIE -- which after reading I became aware of how non-secretive I should be about the info within.

Not only does the author, Dr. John Izzo, include important concepts we should all be thinking about -- but interesting conversations we can all benefit from sharing with our paramours, friends and family.

Dr. Izzo interviewed several thousand people, asking them each to identify the "wisest" people they knew -- someone who had lived a long, happy life. He then identified 235 "wise elders" - from ages 60 to 105, including a town barber, real etstae tycoon, Holocost survivor, native chief, CEO, etc etc... He then distilled all their wisest insights, finding 5 common patterns. Additionally, he developed some questions we should all ask ourselves and those we love on a consistent basis.

Voila... Dr. Izzo's cliff notes...

BE TRUE TO YOURSELF. Follow your heart and dreams - not the dreams of others. This may mean making a radical change, or small adjustments. QUESTIONS TO ASK: Did this day/week feel like "your" kind of day/week? What might make tomorrow/next week feel more true to you?

LEAVE NO REGRETS. Dr. Izzo found people didnt regret risks they failed at - but rather ones they did not take. QUESTIONS TO ASK: Did you act on your convictions today/this week? How are you responding to setbacks? Are you stepping forward or retreating?

BECOME LOVE. The more you focus on acting with love - the more you'll find happiness. This begins with choosing to love yourself - and breaking away from thoughts that are self-defeating/self-critical. You must also be making love relationships a top priority. QUESTIONS TO ASK: Did you make room for your paramour, friends, family today/this week? Did you spread love/kindness in the world at each interaction?

LIVE THE MOMENT. This means living in the now...rather than simply plannning. QUESTIONS TO ASK: Did you fully enjoy what you were doing today/this week? What are you grateful for?

GIVE MORE THAN YOU TAKE. Each day you have the power to give without limit. Giving connects you to other people and feeling like you are part of something larger than yourself -- whether it's a supreme being or the entire human journey. QUESTIONS TO ASK: Did you make the world a better place today/this week in some small way? Were you kind, generous, empathic? How could you be more so tomorrow/next week?

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