Your Measure of Success Is But A Millimeter Away

September 5, 2010 By Angel 1 Comment

There are some days in our lives where everything seems to be stacked against us. The bills are piling up as if they’re trying to make friends with the ceiling, the car is making a noise you can only assume is a precursor to a fiery explosion, and your business seems to have screeched to a halt.

Any of those sound familiar? If not then count your blessings!

For the rest of us, it’s sometimes hard to image that success is anywhere in the vicinity much less close enough for us to grasp. Though in truth, it could simply be that your measure of success is just a millimeter away.

So How Do You Find Your Measure of Success?

First off, you have to understand what success means to you, because it’s different for everybody. For me, it’s simply being able to make enough money so that my brother and I don’t have to worry so much. I don’t need to be filthy rich with a mansion and 20 cars, I simply want to be comfortable.

Though what I consider success may not be what you consider it to be. So for you, the idea of living in a mansion and having more cars than you could ever possibly drive, is the epitome of success. Which is absolutely cool, by the way.

So your measure of success may be when you start making a certain amount of money. Or, it could be when you’ve paid off all of your debt.

The problem is that this can sometimes feel like it’s miles and miles away from where you are right now.

Doesn’t it seem as if it’s over the hill, through the woods, and somewhere down the rabbit hole?

Your Measure of Success Is A Millimeter Away

Though according to Tony Robbins, who is a master of learning to reshape our thinking, “when it seems impossible, when it seems like nothing is going to work, you’re usually just a few millimeters away from making it happen.” It’s not some insurmountable distance. It’s really only a matter of 1 or 2 degrees in either direction.

It’s like being in the cockpit of an airplane and setting a course for New York City, but you were one degree off when putting in your destination. So instead of landing in New York, you end up in Boston. It was a mere 1 degree yet it took you miles off course.

So when you start to feel as though success is somewhere in the far away distance, just think, you’re probably only a few degrees away from where you want to be.

Shift your mindset just slightly in a different direction and see if your course doesn’t get back on track for you to reach your own measure of success.

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Procrastination Is My Middle Name

May 19, 2010 By Angel 17 Comments

procrastination 190x300 Procrastination Is My Middle Name It has come to my attention that I’m a really horrible blogger! Why you say? Well, as I’m sure you can tell, I’m often way behind in posting new content, and I’ve only been averaging about two posts per month. In my opinion, that is pretty pathetic to say the least. It’s not that I don’t have topics to write about or even that I don’t have enough time, it’s simply that I’m a procrastinator. Big Time!

Even this post almost didn’t get written. You see, I finally sat down to begin to write on the topic of procrastination and as I was thinking it through, I realized I would need an image. So off I headed to Google to find just the right one to convey my message. Do you know that there are hundreds of images related to procrastination? Apparently it’s a popular topic.

Well I soon found myself wandering through the pages of Google images only to become lost in the maze that is the internet. After landing on blog sites about everything from writer’s block, to comic strip creation, and witch craft (weird I know), I somehow ended up on Youtube of all things. Youtube, I believe, is a black hole of sorts because every time I’m there, time seems to simply vanish into thin air. So needless to say, I wasted quite a bit of it on video nonsense.

Though I hadn’t yet found the perfect image, I did learn that sometimes dogs and cats really do get along! Once I was through with ooohing and awwing over the adorable animals, I realized I still had a blog post to write! I decided I couldn’t honestly try to help other people deal with procrastination when I couldn’t even manage to write a post on the subject.

However, I’ve decided to blame my mom because of her huge fascination with Scarlett O’Hara who as you may know, is famous for saying “I’ll think about that tomorrow”.

So I think I may have taken on this idea to heart just a little to much and if it wasn’t for the last minute, I would never get anything done. But, I am working on it and I hope that you are more successful than I. Procrastination is the thief of time after all, and as Napoleon Hill said “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right”.

Make it a great day!

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Learning to Have No Shame

March 9, 2010 By Angel 26 Comments

NSlogo Learning to Have No Shame Embrace being different, even when it’s hard is the simple message of a young man’s poem. It’s followed by an upbeat song about how breaking up isn’t always as hard as it seems, and then continues on with an unusual mix of masculinity and flag twirling. A few more acts perform and the night is rounded off by a little improv that includes a skit on “What would Chuck Norris do?”

This is a typical Friday night at the No Shame Theater in Columbus, Ga.

Being somewhat of a poet and musician myself, I can understand the need to want to express yourself, yet feeling as though there isn’t a welcoming environment to do so. Often times, embarrassment or even shame can stifle not only our creativity but our willingness to share that creativity with the world. So what the No Shame Theater has essentially tried to do, is to give people a safe haven in order to express themselves in whatever way they choose.

I find it amazing how many people would be willing to share themselves with others if they were simply given a safe space in which to do so. But this willingness to share is not limited to the arts. It could be something as simple as teaching others a new skill, such as a marketing strategy, that they may have already learned. Or maybe sharing their personal story with those they meet both online and off.

It can sometimes be scary to allow others a glimpse at who we are, whether it be in person, through our writing, or even on video. Yet, it can also be an extremely freeing experience that not only lets people get to know you better, but that can help you grow as a person.

Everyone that I spoke with who had performed at the No Shame Theater told me that they felt a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, even those who had made some sort of mistake in the process. You see, it’s not always about getting it right but rather about getting it done.

So my challenge to you is to find your own No Shame-like safe haven in your online world. It could be your own personal blog where you feel comfortable sharing your thoughts and ideas. Or maybe
if you feel more comfortable on camera, building a youtube channel would be the way to go. Whatever you safe haven is, find it and put it to use for you. Learn to let go and express yourself in whatever medium you prefer.

You’d be amazed how well others respond when you simply allow them into your world, if only for a moment.

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Daydreaming Your Way To Success

January 8, 2010 By Angel 27 Comments

keep thinking.jpg Daydreaming Your Way To Success Have you ever sat down and really envisioned what your life might be like in the future if you took one path over another? I don’t mean what it would be like if you won the lottery, but rather if you started your own business, or finished getting a degree, or maybe moved to a new city. So something concrete that you have complete control over.

You see, it’s something that I do alot of and I’ve frequently been told I’m a bit of a daydreamer. Yet I feel that being a dreamer gives me a slight edge over those that aren’t, because you will never succeed in anything unless you can envision yourself succeeding.

I know it’s a bit cliche, but I finally broke down and read Napoleon Hill’s book Think and Grow Rich and the biggest thing that I got from it is that you become whatever you most believe that you will be. It’s all about being able to completely envision, in every minute detail, where it is that you want to go. So in this respect I am ahead of the game because as I said, I am a daydreamer.

The problem however, that many daydreamers have is not in the creation of an idea but rather in its execution. There’s only so far a dream can take you if you never do anything to make it come true. Sadly, having a dream is only half the battle, because if it wasn’t then we would all be filthy rich, famous, skinny, and living in paradise. The truth of the matter is that to make our dreams come true we need to create a plan of action and actually follow through on the steps to get it done.

This is often were I stumble. While I’m great at creating a vision and even creating a plan of action, I’m horrible on the follow through. I tend to get just far enough into a plan to feel as though I’ve done something then procrastination sets in and my dream fizzles away. I’m sure that I’m not alone in this or else we would have no need to continuously create new resolutions each and every January.

My point is this, with the dawn of a new year lets all try to do things a little differently than the last. Lets find the daydreamer within ourselves and envision every detail of the life that we truly want to live. Then once you can see every moment of your future with clarity, put into place a plan of action and do something to make it happen. My resolution for this year is not to create a new dream for myself but rather to act upon the one I already have. So that is my challenge to you: find your dream and make it come true.

Let’s make 2010 the best year yet!

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