Thursday, January 12, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Up Your Gratitude
"Nothing can add more power to
your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of
targets." -- Nido Qubein, Author and Speaker
Up Your Gratitude
About three
years ago, a man named John went out for hike on New Year’s Day. He was feeling
down and at an all-time low. He was overweight. His law practice was losing
money. He was entangled in a divorce and
living in a depressing apartment. The
woman he’d been dating recently had broken off their relationship. While on the hike he decided that he would
stop focusing on all he wanted and what he had lost, instead he would begin to
be grateful for what he had. An idea popped into his head – to express a year
of thank you. And the project transformed his life.
John began
to see how he had been blessed by so many people in different ways and as he acknowledged
their blessings, his blessings began to multiply. As he thanked colleagues for directly cases to
him – they referred more. He expressed gratitude to clients for paying promptly
and they did so even more quickly. His
thank you notes told people how much their kindness meant, and they started to
respond and reflect the same message back.
John’s 260th
thank you note went to a Starbucks barista named Kimber, when he wrote how her working
on Thanksgiving made such a difference. He acknowledged that the time and
effort she took to learn his name and greet him each day made him feel like a
person and not a number. The small things can make such a difference. Kimber nearly broke down reading the note
which made her realize that what she did at work did count.
It took him
365 days but every day John succeeded in writing a thank you to express his
gratitude to a different person every day. His life is changed because of it
and he wrote a book called “A Simple Act of Gratitude,” by John Kralik.
What if we all
started right now to do the same? Let’s
up our gratitude. Grab a pen and paper
(or stationary or card). Let’s not do
this in an email but rather take the time to share our gratitude so it is
received with proper impact. Handwritten
notes are special as though we are there with the person.
Next, be
specific. You can write someone who has given you a present: “Dear So-and-So,"
identify the gift (“the beautiful scarf”) and say one sincere thing about why
you like it (“It is perfect to keep me warm during these cool months”).
After
thanking your close friends and family, write to people who helped you at
critical moments. Reach out to a doctor who helped, or a banker, or a janitor,
a waitress, the postman, anyone who showed up for you in a way that makes a
difference.
Keep it
short – your message does not need to be long, just heartfelt. Keep your focus
on the thank you and other person’s kindness which can be done in a few
sentences.
Please let
me start here by saying to YOU from the bottom of my heart:
“Thank you,
all you Dare to Dream radio show listeners for making my dream come true. This show would not exist without you. I show
up each week to share inspiration and an amazing interview guest. And because of
you there are millions of people out there hearing the shows, getting it and changing
your lives because of it. Thank you
being the most amazing, considerate audience – how did I get so lucky? On a daily basis I receive feedback from you -
your upbeat, positive comments mean everything. It keeps me and this show
going. And last, my sincere gratitude -
many of you are out doing this work too – having goals and dreams and doing
what it takes to make your dreams your reality. I could not do this alone; I am
so thankful and appreciative that you are on this ride with me.”
-- With love,
Debbi Dachinger
In
the words of Kahil Gibran:
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
HEALING OVERWHELM AND TOO MANY TO-DO’S
We thrive
when we feel that have been successful at something. I know I do – I love to
feel successful. I thrive when I complete something and it’s a good job. After
I complete something I feel really good about what I’ve done and my
accomplishment.
When you have
a gigantic list of to-do’s that is never ending it’s engaging in self-sabotage.
Why? Because it is a set up to be a failure, for as you know it is impossible
to do a to-do list the size of Milwaukee.
We’ll never get from one end of Milwaukee to the other end of the state in
the allotted time. So why write all of that down to pretend you’ll handle when
it won’t happen and the end result will be disappointment in yourself?
Here is my
suggestion to alleviate the sabotage and create a feeling of success instead:
-From your vast list of things you
want to accomplish - pick three to-do’s only
-Everything else that you may do is a
bonus.
-Let yourself win
-Massive to-do’s are a set up you create
to feel like a failure
-You thrive on winning
-So let yourself win
-Pick the top three must do’s. Those
are today’s to-do’s
-Let the rest go
-If you finish your 3 to-do’s and have
ample space in order to accomplish more – then excellent
-If you have done your three items and
can’t do more - excellent
-Finishing those three to-do’s means
you are a winner. You are triumphant. And you deserve to succeed.
It’s
impossible to ask ourselves to accomplish a ton of things and then go after
ourselves ruthlessly if we have not finished what we set out to do. I’m not talking
about procrastination, I’m talking about those of us who are doing everything
to show up for our dreams, and for ourselves, and for other people and for our
families, and – end up getting exhausted and not feeling like we got ahead.
Instead feeling like we’re not making it.
We need to release ourselves from this punishing standard, and stop
being married to any concept that places more importance on doing and meeting
everyone’s needs, than on the magnificence of who we are and just being. Can you feel that? Does that cause you to
pause and just breathe? Are you willing to hit the Pause button on the Remote
Control of your life and just breathe?
As you can throughout your day
realign your focus, values and attention. To relax into the day ~ keep your
mind focused on the majestic strangeness of the world. Being present requires
letting go of old habits, complaints and hang ups.
Stop insisting that things be done on your punishing schedule.
Take more time to sit, listen to others, refrain from
chasing after everything, skip doing things now and then, and be aware of
presence. Lighten up.
"Soar, eat ether, see what has
never been seen, be lost,
But climb."
-- Poem by Edna St Vincent Millay
Check out these amazing tools from Amanda Knight: - developing a success mindset – see www.ipalite.com/launch
- becoming an authentic leader – see www.ipalite.com/leadership
- working effectively with the Law of Attraction – see www.ipalite.com/manifesting
- developing your emotional intelligence – see www.ipalite.com/eq
- becoming an authentic leader – see www.ipalite.com/leadership
- working effectively with the Law of Attraction – see www.ipalite.com/manifesting
- developing your emotional intelligence – see www.ipalite.com/eq
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