What Is A Habit?

Habit is a recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition. In other words, something that a person does often in a regular and repeated way. 

Typically, most people think of a “habit” as being negative.

“Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.”–Dale Carnegie

Understand that the secret to your future lies within your daily habits, so ask yourself
right now:

“Are my habits today, going to help me achieve my ‘WHY’ in life?”

This is a life-empowering question if you truly ask it,  and then listen for the answer.

“Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.”–Aristotle

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”–Aristotle

Definition of Habit:

I am your constant companion.
I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command.
Half the things you do, you might just as well turn over to me,
and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed; you must merely be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done, and after a few 
lessons I will do it automatically.
I am the servant of all great men.
And, alas, of all failures as well.
Those who are great, I have made great.
Those who are failures, I have made failures.
I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine.
Plus, the intelligence of a man.
You may run me for profit, or run me for ruin; it makes no difference to me.
Take me, train me, be firm with me and I will put the world at your feet.
Be easy with me, and I will destroy you.
Who am I?
I am a HABIT!

One of my daily habits which has become the foundation of my life is
spending 45-90 minutes each and every morning, six days a week feeding my body physically by exercising and feeding my mental spirit by reading  my Bible or listening to a motivational message. This habit perks me up for the day ahead.

Everyone washes their physical body and feeds their body each morning, nevertheless, there are still approximately  95% of people who will find an ‘excuse’ about why they can not find the “TIME” to invest in a habit of feeding their MINDS!

“Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.”–Norman Vincent Peale

“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”–Napoleon Hill

This goes along with the statistic that 95% of people are dead or dead broke by the age 65. I consider this particular daily habit of mine to be the driving force behind my ability to consistently maintain my intense focus on the journey of success and living a dream life.

A good habit is not usually easily maintained.  It will take purposeful action, however, if you commit today,  to begin each morning warming yourself up for the day ahead by feeding your mental spirit,as well as your physical body,  you can be sure that your entire life will change in a positive fashion very quickly.

“Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.”–Brian Tracey

It can be expressed as driving a race car with the emergency brake on and then trying to move forward, but you find that you can’t move.  Instead, you remain in the same location with your wheels spinning, burning up, making a lot of noise, but never going anywhere!  When in all actuality, all you have to do is to ‘release the brake’ and you will fly towards your ‘WHY’ in life!!

Your entire future lies in your daily habits—positive or negative. You have the most powerful force  in your hands, the ability to decide what your habits will  be.

What Is A Habit?  Habit is your constant companion, which will either reinforce you or break you down.  The choice of course is yours.

“Winning is habit.  Unfortunately, so is losing.”–Vince Lombardi

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How Is Your Brain Programmed?

Have you ever wondered how your brain is programmed?

Well from birth our brain has been collecting material, some good, some bad, some mediocre, some sedentary, some useful, some not so useful and the beat goes on.

Your attitudes,beliefs, choices, actions, dreams, including your ultimate success happens to be tied directly to certain programs located in certain portions of your brain.

“The line between “open-mindedness” and “tight-mindedness” is sharp and clean cut–and the only people who have ever contributed anything to human progress have been the “open-minded” who have been able to see there is a better way.”
–Albert E. Wiggam

Quote:

I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half of the things you do you might just as well turn over to me and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly. I am easily managed–you must merely be firm with me. Show me exactly how you want something done and after a few lessons I will do it automatically.

I am the servant of all great men; and alas, of all failures as well. Those who are great, I have made great. Those who are failures. I have made failure. I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of a man. You may run me for profit or run me for ruin–it makes no difference to me. Take me, train me, be firm with me and I will place the world at your feet. Be easy with e and I will destroy you.

Who am I? I am habit!           -—-Unknown

Everyone you know, including yourself, end up thinking, believing, making choices, seeing, walking and looking as you do, are all due to the programs carried around in your brain.

Think about it; How Is your brain programmed? Is it programmed for success or failure. Realize that everything you think and do is a living, breathing picture of every program inside you.

Truth is: Everything you think or do to reach your goals will be affected, influenced, or somehow controlled by the programs that you are carrying around with you at the present time. Whatever you entertain to do today, tomorrow, or any day from hence on to reach your goals will be determined by those same programs.

It’s time to get past any old negative program and replace them with new programs geared to bring about a better life, more opportunity, encouragement, development, success consciousness, as well as, a positive mental attitude towards successful living.

Just as ‘Iron sharpens Iron’, become the Leader who is able to bring “Increase” and “Value” into the lives of others.

So the next time someone asks you “How is your brain programmed?”  Without hesitation you can say, To love my God first, to change lives, the betterment of my family, my success and the ability to help bring about the success of others. I live my Dreams and bring them into Existence. (Or whatever it is that you want your brain programmed for.)

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Seasonal Affective Disorder and Christmas

Sadly, Christmas Is Not A Jolly Time of Year For Folks With Seasonal Affective Disorder.

As the days grow shorter and the nights get longer, the cold dark days of winter can become depressing. Less sunlight and colder temperatures cause many people to feel a sense of gloom, even if they don’t quite understand why. This change of moods is often referred to as SAD — an acronym for Seasonal Affective Disorder.

According to the doctor who coined the term, depression during the winter months makes medical sense. It is brought on by various changes that take place in the body’s mood center. The doctor, Norman Rosenthal, explains that this seasonal mood disorder often causes people to feel lonely and desolate. Of course it is true that many people tend to be grumpier during the long, winter months, and unfortunately, I too, know a few of them. So if you suffer from seasonal affective disorder, you may find it somewhat consoling to know you are not alone.

According to different scientific studies, there are about half a million people in the UK alone that suffer from some degree of winter depression. Other studies indicate that more than 2,000,000 Swedish citizens, where the nights are longer and colder, are affected each winter!

Studies indicate that the number of people affected by SAD dramatically increases the further north (or south in the Southern Hemisphere) you go. People in tropical countries rarely suffer from this disorder. If the symptoms of SAD persist, therefore, some people have found it necessary to actually move to a warmer, brighter climate.

Can seasonal affective disorder be treated? Some studies have found that light therapy has proven successful in more than 75% of the sufferers who tried it. While it sounds simple, simply having an adequate amount of light around you seems to brighten up the spirits!

However, a simple light bulb in a desk lamp may not be enough to do the trick. In fact the light may have to be five to ten times greater than that to be effective. Even that comes no where near comparing to the light from the sun that we enjoy on warm spring and summer days. Light boxes specifically designed to emit greater amounts of light have been instrumental in helping people overcome SAD. By sitting in front of the light box for a half hour or longer each day has helped many people, depending upon the severity of their condition.

So far, light treatment has proven to be about the best treatment for victims of SAD. It must be noted, however, that some with severe cases have also required anti-depressants and even sessions of psychotherapy.

Besides light, there are other stimuli that may help people suffering with SAD. For instance, watching films that take place in sunny locales may be of help. Generally any film that has you under clear, blue skies and a bright sun for two hours or more should qualify.

In addition, some people have been helped by watching warm weather sports on television. Watching sports played out of doors in the sunshine, such as golf or tennis, may be very helpful. On the other hand, constant exposure to indoor activities such as darts, billiards or bowling may actually prove harmful if you are suffering with seasonal affective disorder.

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Becoming A Possibility Thinker

Becoming a Possibility Thinker begins when you realize that your life moves in the direction of your most dominant thoughts.

The difficulty that many people have is becoming entrapped in the routines of everyday life. When you are younger, it is easier to conceptualize the idea of taking your life to higher levels, doing things that most people only dream about. Unfortunately, as life goes on, and your dreams are not realized, we become doubtful about what is actually possible in our lives. As a result of this, many people end up getting caught in their daily routines, never achieving what they hoped to accomplish earlier in life.

“Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.” –Aristotle

“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.” –Albert Einstein

You don’t have to brilliant to be successful.  There are many people with what seems to be ordinary gifts who have made extraordinary contributions to society.  It begins with learning where your strengths are, then focusing those strengths to defined objectives.

“Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration.”  – Thomas Edison

However, there is hope for those that would like to change their mundane mindset. It is possible to once again think of all of the possibilities, and believe that you can achieve at least some of them. In this article, I will present some ways of becoming a possibility thinker, someone that can rise from the ashes of defeat and slowly become an achiever that can accomplish what they set out to do long ago.

“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” –Gloria Steinen

One of the first things that you need to do to become a possibility thinker is to “make a list” of what you want to accomplish.

The list is important, but even more so, you need to “visualize” what it is you want to manifest in your life.

“Goal setting” is part of this process, but you must actually see yourself where you want to be, feeling the emotions of actually being in a situation that will make you happy and fulfilled. In essence, you are breaking the normal routines that you currently face everyday by having this different mindset.

Once you do this, and visualize where you want to be on a regular basis, becoming a possibility thinker is within your grasp.

Although there are many other facets to this way of thinking, this is the foundation that you need to set first.

Possibility Thinking requires a focused and  well designed idea of:

a.  where you want to go.

b.  what you want to accomplish.

c.   see yourself achieving these goals.

“If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he has failed.  If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has partly failed.  If he has a talent and learns somehow to use the whole of it, he has gloriously succeeded, and won a satisfaction and a triumph few men ever know.” –Thomas Wolfe

By doing this on a routine basis, you will slowly break the routines of your mundane life. Becoming a possibility thinker which will lead you to greater things, which inevitably, will also manifest as a more fulfilling life.

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