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Showing posts with label positive thinking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label positive thinking. Show all posts
Life gets hectic sometimes. Sometimes you have to prioritize.
Wise Guy Question for the day:
What are some things that used to be a large priority that have gone by the wayside? Should they be brought back into the fold?
Wise Guy Action(s) for the day:
Look at your TO DO LIST: Is there time for health, fitness, and time to yourself? If not, then MAKE TIME FOR THEM!
You are the TOP PRIORITY. You might be giving everyone else top billing but if something happens to you - then what will happen? Remember what it was like to have YOU FIRST!
There are SO many times where we get stagnant in our own lives, simply just moving forward because time keeps progressing, but with out progression in our own development.
Wise Guy Question for the day:
Are you a SUPER PERFORMER in your daily life?
Wise Guy Action(s) for the day:
Look at the 7 steps above. How many of them can you easily put into your life TODAY - RIGHT NOW!
Everyone has a bit of the Dalai Lama in them. If you can't find it - google it and be inspired to be a better you!
Wise Guy Question for the day:
When was the last time you took the time to STOP AND THINK about what you are doing and if you are headed in the right direction?
Wise Guy Action(s) for the day:
Pick your FAVORITE top 5 Dalai Lama quotes and send them to yourself as reminders on your phone for the next 5 hours - see how it changes your path of your day!
During the competition this weekend - one of my students, set off by some mistakes that she had made in her tango, got very emotional on the dance floor. She whispered to me " I should quit shouldn't I." She walked off the floor and found a private place in the corner of the room, where the tears began to flow. At that moment, I knew she was going through a HUGE breakthrough personally. "What is wrong with me" she questioned "dancing has never brought out this emotion in me."
"Absolutely nothing," I explained. "There is no reason for you to be upset - on the contrary you should be smiling from ear to ear, congratulations, you just discovered that you truly care about your dancing. It means more than you thought to you than you thought! It's your passion!"
Wise Guy Thought for the day:
We are all passionate about something. Something that we give our heart and soul to. Some are through life's lessons in responsibility but some we choose. It's the ones we choose that best represent our deepest desires and dreams.
Wise Guy Question for the day:
What are you passionate about? What
means the world to you? Your children, you partner, your work? All of
these are worthy of your undivided attention but what about YOU. Where
are YOUR passions? Are you doing something with them or they laying dormant?
Wise Guy Action for the day:
Draw a picture of your true passion. Use crayons, markers, or pen and pencil. Be childlike about it. Post it on your refrigerator or even give it to someone to share with - see if you can start a conversation about your dreams. . . then take the first step to accomplishing them!
We often settle in life when we could have SO much. So much love, so much laughter, so much happiness. We hold each other to our own sense of morality that we forget that we are only responsible for our own dreams and development - we are only hear to help others grow, not stop them from seeing their true potential.
Wise Guy Question for the day:
Out of the list above, what are things you could work on today? What could you do to have MORE?
Wise Guy Action for the day:
Use the list above and put them in order of importance to you and your life - how to make the biggest changes in yourself. Try to make the first thing happen today, if you can get through the complete list . . . imaging how your entire outlook would be different!
Some of you might not now know this but I am a a professional ballroom competitor and instructor. Through music I believe that we can experience live in ways we would never be able to only though our own visions and dreams. When you dance, you become the dance and give your own visual interpretation of the song playing. The audience gets a peek into your soul as you express yourself as only you can. Music has the power to motivate, inspire, and heal!
Let me say the last one again - heal!
Below are two instances where music has helped the wellness of the one listening . . . please take a moment and watch these clips. Get some tissues:
The older we get, we sometimes forget things. It's funny that you can still remember your favorite television song or jingle but you probably can't remember what you had for dinner last night. The power of music brings us back to happier times:
Simply amazing!
How many times have you been listening to your favorite artist on the radio or through your collection and it seems as if they are speaking directly to you - only to you! They feel your pain and sometimes they help you to get moving in a new direction.
If you personally know me, you know my most favorite performer is the one and only Dolly Parton! Mrs. Parton is such an amazing song writer that there is something for everyone. Below are some of my favorites that have gotten me through times of sadness and anger - both were able to turn my thoughts around and put me back on the path to positivity!
Better Get to Livin - A great song about getting over yourself, pulling your big kid pants on , and getting on with life!
Change it - once again a song about the ability that you have to change your own life. If you don't like it - CHANGE IT!
The wise guy THOUGHT for the day:
Today you have the power to change your life! For better or for worse, you have the tools to make your life shape in the direction you want to. Music is one of those tools - use it often!
The wise guy QUESTION for the day:
What song's motivate you? What songs make you feel certain emotions? What is your JAM?
The wise guy ACTION for the day:
Make yourself an iTunes playlist or "mix tape" that not only lists your favorite songs but what emotions they bring out in you. Next time you need some musical motivation - you have it right at your fingertips!
I had so many wonderful emails about the vision board - I hope everyone decides to create their own. There is however one bit of clarification before we move forward . . .
The Wise Guy Thought for the day:
There has to be a certain level of responsibility that YOU have for your success and even your failures.
You can ask God (or the universe)
for 1 million dollars but it's not going to show up at the door.
You WILL however be given the opportunities to make the million,
but YOU will have to work for it.
in other words:
You can believe in the secret all you want and visualize, use your vision board, you can mediate, and you can think and dream about doing great things but if you don't actually put the effort out there nothing will come of your wishes.
in the most simple of talk:
You can't win the lottery if you don't play!
The Wise Guy Action for the Day:
Pick one thing on your vision board or your "life wish list" and do something towards making it happen. Just one step. Then tomorrow do something else to further yourself to your goal.
Work toward your goals - even if the result is not what you dreamed, the process of getting there might take you in places you never thought possible!
Tomorrow (as I promised today):
Making the Universe revolve around YOU!
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