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1. Fwd: Fw: Did you Know
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2. No thanx...
From: KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
3. Tune into the inner critic..
From: KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
4. Top 7 Lies that Prevent Powerful Results...
From: KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:23:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Heaven Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Did you Know
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:35:32 -0400
From: KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No thanx...
~~~ No Thanks ~~~
The rain was falling and the water level was falling. As
the water level rose higher and higher, forcing the man
onto the roof of his house, alone comes a row boat with
an offer to take him to safer ground. "No, thanks." the
man replied. "The Lord will provide."
As the water got higher, alone comes someone in a motor
boat with another offer to take the man to safer ground.
"No thanks, the Lord will supply."
Standing on the very top of his chimney with a helicopter
hovering overhead offering to take him to safer ground, he
yells out, "Thanks, but no thanks. The Lord will provide."
The rapidly rising water finally sweeps the man off the
top of his house, taking him downstream toward destruction.
While being swept alone in the rapids, he cries out, "Lord,
why didn't you help me? You know I was trusting in You." He
hears a voice say, "I sent you a row boat, a motor boat, and
a helicopter. What more did you want me to do?"
Isn't this just like most of us? God sends the help we are
praying for, but all too often we refuse to recognize the
help He sends. When things over our heads and we are out of
control, we blame Him for ignoring us.
Author Unknown
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:37:43 -0400
From: KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tune into the inner critic..
Tune into the inner critic
"A critic is a legless man who teaches running."
-- Channing Pollock
Are you aware of your inner critic? We all have this voice that tells us we are
bad, stupid, clumsy, cowardly.... Although its intent is to help us succeed,
the harsh self talk of our critic just serves to drain our energy and lower our
morale and immune system.
To defuse the inner critic, we need to recognize when the critic is speaking.
We need to know that this voice does not necessarily speak for who we really
are. This is an old pattern that may no longer be serving us. We want to open
to the possibility that the words are not likely true. We can ask ourselves,
"Are these words helpful?"
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement."
-- Donald A. Laird
"Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it
is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business."
-- Norman Vincent Peale
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:38:16 -0400
From: KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Top 7 Lies that Prevent Powerful Results...
Top 7 Lies that Prevent Powerful Results
Have you ever considered that most of what happens in your life happens because
of the way you think? Your thinking directs your emotional reaction, which in
turn directs your behavior. The way you react to a situation is not just a
representation of the events; your reaction also depends on what you think the
events mean.
What you tell yourself, or what you think about your circumstances, may keep
you stuck in a bad situation. That is why recognizing the lies you tell
yourself is very important.
These lies prevent us from being as powerful as we really are.
1. It'll never happen.
It's true, we have all seen our lives change in a heartbeat - sometimes an
upturn, and sometimes a downturn. But generally success is a longer road that
takes daily work to make it a reality. It will happen. Don't expect it to
happen overnight, but expect it to happen. Don't give up. Powerful Results come
from taking baby steps, one after another, day after day, until you reach your
goal.
2. Complaining is OK.
The Law of Attraction states that you will attract whatever you put out there.
If you have a habit of complaining, you will attract more complainers to you.
Life reflects back to you what you are expending. Or as the Bible puts it, "you
reap what you sow." One of my favorite cartoons, "The Far Side," shows the
character contemplating Spring, and she says, "Time to go out in the garden to
see if the bulbs I didn't plant, didn't come up." Powerful Results come from
planting the seeds for what you want to grow.
3. Fix It Later
Winners recognize that it doesn't always matter how the hole got in the boat.
It matters that it gets fixed so that you can get on with the fishing. However,
it DOES matter if you keep running over the same rock day after day, and you
are patching the same hole over and over. It is important to find the SOURCE of
the hole and stop allowing it to happen. Powerful Results come from creating a
lifestyle that supports your desires.
4. Having an *idea* instead of a plan
Did you miss becoming a doctor, or dancer, or chef, or actor, or travel agent
because you were "absent" the day they were handing out those careers. Of
course not. All of those careers require that a person choose to go to school,
sometimes for many years. If you don't purposefully choose the path to go down,
something else will choose it for you. "Those who don't create their future,
must endure the future they get." Powerful Results come from creating a plan
and getting into action.
5. Ignoring your talents
Thomas Leonard, founder of Coach University, suggests that you "perfect or
customize what you want out of life so that it fits you perfectly." This means
using your natural talents in a way that works best for you, in all that you
do. So often we put ourselves into a role or get so busy responding to life's
daily crisis, that we end up frustrated with busy work instead of taking the
time to sort out what we're good at, let our strengths help us, and then be
willing to ask for help with the rest. Powerful Results come from customizing
whatever you do so that's it's a better fit for you.
6. Having Elusive Goals instead of Do-able Goals
An elusive goal is "lose 10 pounds." There's no strategy or plan associated
with that. A do-able goal is "walk 30 minutes each day," or "stop snacking
after dinner." That's a plan of action that has measurable results. Powerful
Results come from specific actions that have measurable results.
7. Adopting a "what I do doesn't matter" attitude.
It's easy to say to yourself that other people and circumstances prevent you
from doing something. It's easy to think that they are more powerful than you
are, so your puny contribution won't matter in the long run. But this attitude
tends to paralyze you, and keep you out of the action of creating better
circumstances. Powerful Results come from being honest with yourself, listening
to yourself, then doing what needs to be done.
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Kathy Gates
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