You’ve done it. I’ve done it. Just about everyone’s done it. So, if everyone’s set goals at some point in their life, why isn’t everyone experiencing success, happiness, abundance and joy? That’s the real question.
I have studied for years and years and years the true masters like Tony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay and T. Harv Eker to name a few on the power of setting goals keeping positive. I have also practiced and failed so many times I can’t even recall here. But one thing is for certain, they work. And once you experience success from setting them, you are well on your way.
However, my problem was that I would experience success but then not really understand why the goal was achieved and thus didn’t completely replicate it. This was done many, many times over the past 15-20 years. But then I got it and it was so simple I couldn’t believe the simplicity.
It was something I learned from T Harv (but I believe he learned from Tony Robbins). It was, “What we focus on EXPANDS.” So, at one point I started practicing setting goals while ALSO focusing on them regularly, and I achieved my goals at lightning speed. I even used it in the business world too! I was regularly completing complex contract negotiations consisting of over millions and millions of dollars in only a few weeks while others with the same suppliers spent months to do. AND, I was getting better results. I was simply amazed.
The problem is that it is easy to forget. Something negative would happen and guess what? You got it, I would unconsciously focus on the negative issues and experience more of exactly what I didn’t want. But, the beauty is to simply become aware of it and when I did, I could reverse it in a few minutes, for real!
This week’s Daily Positive Points is dedicated to Tony Robbins and his Ultimate Edge program I took a several years back. Today’s action step is to start setting goals so let’s do a quick exercise.
Today, join with me in setting a minimum of 3 goals in the following categories: Personal, Emotional and Social. Feel free to email me at bill@positract.com or post in the comment section here if you would like to share them.
Remember, what you FOCUS on EXPANDS so keep your thoughts on the POSITIVE aspects of the goals you set. Together, let’s make a difference in the world!
With gratitude and peace,
Bill
Books About Bullying
As the number of children who are bullied in schools throughout the United States keeps rising, it becomes obvious that bullying is definitely not something that should be overlooked or ignored. Half of the student population between 4th and 10th grade claims to having been bullied, either verbally or physically, at one point while they were at school. Since this issue can often scar a person for life, it is essential for a victim to get as much help as possible, and one of the best ways of helping a child deal with bullying is by encouraging him or her to read books about bullying.
Kids always find it extremely difficult to handle bullies and their obnoxious behavior, but books about bullying can be very useful. These books, written by experts, offer sensible advice on how to behave when an aggressor tries to abuse you verbally or physically. When it comes to threats and taunts, the best way of handling them is by remaining calm, shrugging off the insults and reporting the bully to your parent, trusted teacher, school counselor or other authority figure. Aggressive teenagers who like to humiliate their peers often lose interest if the victim doesn’t react, so remaining calm is one technique to get rid of the bully and ensure safety.
Books about bullying also mention different kinds of physical bullying, such as hitting, slapping, pushing, tripping, spitting, or even sexually harassing someone. Stealing one’s lunch or pocket money is considered physical bullying, too, and it is recommendable to report the problem to an authority that can intervene and protect you the next time a bully attempts to strike.
Stories About Bullying
According to various surveys and statistics, about 25% of school kids in the United States are bullied by their peers on a regular basis, whereas the percentage of those who are only occasionally bullied is certainly much higher. Most kids have their own stories about bullying and it is well worth listening to them in order to find out how to deal with this very frequent problem.
Compared with other groups, teenagers can be especially cruel to one another, which is why the number of bullies and victims is extremely high in this age range. Bullying can take different forms, but more than 75% of it is verbal abuse, whereas in other cases offensive comments are combined with physical force. Many recent stories about bullying mention social networking websites as a place where this awful behavior flourishes. This particular type of bullying is known as cyberbullying and it includes not just using the internet to send hurtful remarks or spread rumors about someone, but also using text messages and other means of electronic communication with the intention of causing pain and suffering to someone.
All victims experience a host of terrible feelings such as insecurity, low self-esteem, depression, fear etc. In their stories about bullying, some victims report having frequent negative thoughts about themselves or developing long-term phobias, anxieties and other psychological issues. It can be difficult for an individual to overcome these problems by himself or herself, so the best thing to do is talk to a close friend or a professional who has enough experience in the matter and who can give sound advice.
Bullying Websites
If you are being bullied or know someone who is in that situation, there are various bullying websites you can go to and learn more about the problem and the solutions for it.
Most people at one time or another have to deal with offensive comments about their looks (weight, height, acne, physical characteristics, braces etc), but when these derogatory remarks come too often, one feels really hurt and needs comfort from close friends or relatives. However, sometimes these well-meaning people in our surroundings are unable to give us advice on how to escape the constant bullying and the feeling of inferiority and depression that it inevitably causes. This is why it is recommendable to search online and check out various bullying websites that provide free information and advice on the topic.
If you type in “bullying websites” in your search engine, it will come up with a list of the most popular and useful ones. Feel free to explore them at your leisure and familiarize yourself with different ways of handling bullies and their aggression, threats, blackmail and so on. Most websites allow you to publish your own bullying story and to correspond with other victims who can describe their awful experience and how they managed to end it and to recover from it.
Since bullying has a tremendous mental and potentially physical health impact on a victim, it should never be taken lightly or disregarded as something unimportant. Parents should monitor their children’s behavior and talk to them regularly in order to find out on time whether something bad is happening to them. Schools also need to improve their measures for the prevention of bullying, and one way of increasing everyone’s awareness about the problem is by encouraging them to visit bullying websites.
Bullying Stories
All tyoung people, no matter how popular, attractive or clever they are, at some point have to endure the taunts and mockery aimed at them by their peers. However, when these occasional hostile remarks and denigrating comments become too frequent, it is difficult for a child to lead a normal life. We have all heard numerous bullying stories and have sympathized with the victims, but what is really frightening is that some bullies that start out using words to hurt others can become extremely aggressive with not just psychological but also physical pain inflicted on others.
Children are bullied not only at schools and in face-to-face encounters, but on the internet as well. This is called cyberbullying and it can be as harmful as other forms of bullying. Judging by the authentic bullying stories one can read in the newspapers or online, victims often develop serious mental issues, such as anxieties, phobias and even severe depression, which can have adverse long-term effects and significantly diminish the quality of a victim’s life.
Bullying stories are truly frightening accounts of various ways of hurting another human being. Bullies are ruthless and often sociopathic individuals who in extreme situations go as far as to use blackmail, threats, physical torture and other methods in order to make someone’s life a nightmare. Even when they have no personal gain from such awful behavior, bullies feel a pathological need to humiliate those around them and make them look weak or ridiculous. Such bullies need professional psychological help, and an expert’s guidance so that they can they overcome the urge to hurt others.
What if Negative Thoughts Really STINK?
It got me to thinking. What if thoughts really had a smell to them? How would people react in our presence? Would we even leave the house? Just imagine where you are right now and if you knew thoughts smelled. They could smell SA-WEET or quite badly if you had lots of negative ones. What would you smell like? Kind of makes you wonder, huh? Well, look no further my friend. You can find out right now if your thoughts are stinky and more importantly, what to do about them. Click here to determine your current state of thoughts and whether or not they would SMELL.
What do your thoughts SMELL like? Come back here and post your score and what they smell like. Or, if they STINK too badly, email me at bill@positract.com so we can help you get your STINK out!
Bill
Napoleon Hill – 2 Envelopes
I found a Napoleon Hill YouTube video last week when I was searching for Friday’s Daily Positive Points video. In one of the 7 minute videos he produced there was a reference to a Andrew Carnegie lecture where he discussed 2 envelopes. These two envelopes are made available to us at birth and we get to choose one of them. The two envelopes are basically positive things and emotions versus negative outcomes. What a great way to describe how we choose to determine our destiny and that destinies don’t just choose us. Some of us may not be aware of our choices but this is a great reminder that somewhere, somehow we are choosing what to live. You can watch the 7 minute video by clicking here.
The problem is that these techniques require discipline and most of us are too caught up in the daily living to dedicate what is necessary to be successful. If we can get to a place where we love what we do, what we do will love us back in the form of happiness, abundance, prosperity, joy, and love. Boy, that sure beats the other options, doesn’t it?
The key is to start now. Watch that short video and practice what he states. Before very long at all you will start having “coincidences” show up regularly in your life. Go ahead, try it now and start living the live you were meant to live.
With gratitude and peace,
Bill
P.S. Or I could end using Napoleon Hill’s gratitude: “I ask not, oh Divine Providence, for more riches but more wisdom with which to accept and use wisely the riches I received at birth in the form of the power to control and direct my mind to whatever ends I desire.”
Daily Positive Points 07/07/07
Today’s Message
Have you ever heard the saying, “Fake it until you make it?” Well, it’s time to get really enthusiastic about something. The first place to start is to look for how you can help others and that will change your state instantly. Click here to check out Friday’s awesome video.
Today’s AFFIRMATION
I AM a shining example of enthusiasm. The best part is that I share my enthusiasm with everyone I meet today.
Today’s Quote
“Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic” Dale Carnegie
Daily Positive Points – 6/19/13
Today’s Message
The past is the past but only stays in the past if we decided to make it the present.
Today’s ACTION
Today, focus on your attitude. When something negative comes up, acknowledge it, thank it, release it and then change it to the complete opposite
Today’s Quote
Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today. #quotes Will Rogers
Tony Robbins Short Motivational Quotes
Below are a few of my favorite Tony Robbins Quotes. Using these quotes and others that he has delivered help me to stay on the track to achieving my goals. Thank you Tony!
“All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.”
“When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears.”
“Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.”
“Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential.”
“Commit to CANI! – Constant And Never-ending Improvement.”
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
“The more rules you have about how people have to be, how life has to be for you to be happy, the less happy you’re going to be.”
“People are bigger than anything that can happen to them.”
“The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.”
“You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”
“What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.”
“If you are truly flexible and go until . . . there is really very little you can’t accomplish in your lifetime.”
“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.”
To learn more about Tony Robbins, checkout his website at tonyrobbins.com.
With gratitude and peace,
Bill
How to Set Goals So They Work
You’ve done it. I’ve done it. Just about everyone’s done it. So, if everyone’s set goals at some point in their life, why isn’t everyone experiencing success, happiness, abundance and joy? That’s the real question.
I have studied for years and years and years the true masters like Tony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay and T. Harv Eker to name a few on the power of setting goals keeping positive. I have also practiced and failed so many times I can’t even recall here. But one thing is for certain, they work. And once you experience success from setting them, you are well on your way.
However, my problem was that I would experience success but then not really understand why the goal was achieved and thus didn’t completely replicate it. This was done many, many times over the past 15-20 years. But then I got it and it was so simple I couldn’t believe the simplicity.
It was something I learned from T Harv (but I believe he learned from Tony Robbins). It was, “What we focus on EXPANDS.” So, at one point I started practicing setting goals while ALSO focusing on them regularly, and I achieved my goals at lightning speed. I even used it in the business world too! I was regularly completing complex contract negotiations consisting of over millions and millions of dollars in only a few weeks while others with the same suppliers spent months to do. AND, I was getting better results. I was simply amazed.
The problem is that it is easy to forget. Something negative would happen and guess what? You got it, I would unconsciously focus on the negative issues and experience more of exactly what I didn’t want. But, the beauty is to simply become aware of it and when I did, I could reverse it in a few minutes, for real!
This week’s Daily Positive Points is dedicated to Tony Robbins and his Ultimate Edge program I took a several years back. Today’s action step is to start setting goals so let’s do a quick exercise.
Today, join with me in setting a minimum of 3 goals in the following categories: Personal, Emotional and Social. Feel free to email me at bill@positract.com or post in the comment section here if you would like to share them.
Remember, what you FOCUS on EXPANDS so keep your thoughts on the POSITIVE aspects of the goals you set. Together, let’s make a difference in the world!
With gratitude and peace,
Bill