Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Lesson 3: Your Failure is Your Success!

What if, starting today, the word 'no' didn't stop you anymore?
What if every time you heard the word no, you became stronger, more powerful?
What if the greatest success strategy in the world was not to go for yes, but to go for no?
Well, it is.

Most people operate with the following mental model:
SUCCESS ⇔ YOU ⇔ FAILURE
They see themselves in the middle, with success on one end and failure on the other. They do everything they can to move toward success and away from failure. But, what if you reconfigured that model?
YOU ⇒ FAILURE ⇒ SUCCESS

Failure should be viewed as a "stepping-stone" on the path to success.  Success is the destination. Failure is how you get there.To achieve success in anything that you do, failure is not just a possibility. It's a requirement. If it's true that the more we fail, the more we succeed (and it is), then your goal should be to intentionally increase your failure rate! With this thought in mind, you're succeeding even when you fail. If failure is a vehicle that can take you to success, then courage is the fuel! Courage is a muscle. And, like any muscle, you must develop and strengthen it with lots of exercise. As the saying goes: Use it, or lose it. It's no different with courage.  Each time you dare to fail in order to succeed, the courage muscle gets stronger.


I know this song is talking about love however if you just change love to to somehtng that you want to "succeed" in then this song goes great with what we are talking about. She talks about how she is indestructible and how she isn't going to be affraid to go for what she wants. we all need to have that attitude if we ever want to accomplish anything. The only way you will ever succeed in anything wether it is in a job, sports, love, or life in general you first must fail. Fail a hundred times. Fail a hundred thousand times. Because ultimately your failure is your success!!!!!!!

Friday, December 10, 2010

Lesson 2: The Art of Laughter




You may be familiar with the old saying, "Laughter is the Best Medicine." Well people its true!! There are some random things in here that will make you at least laugh if  not I hope they make you smile!!


What did one burp say to another burp?
Shh I know another way out!!!!

Under certain conditions, our body performs "rhythmic, vocalised, expiratory, and involuntary
 actions  Fifteen facial muscles contract and there is electrical stimulation of the zygomatic major muscle in particular. Currents of varying intensity, produce a wide range of facial responses. The respiratory system is upset by the epiglottis half-closing, so that air intake occurs in irregular gasps, rather than calm breaths. Under extreme circumstances, the tear ducts are activated, so that while the mouth is opening and closing and there is a struggle for a sufficient amount of oxygen intake, the face becomes moist and often red. Noises often accompany this odd behaviour ranging from controlled snickers, escaped chortles, and spontaneous giggles, to ridiculous cackles,  and noisy hoots.

I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

A sense of humor can come in handy, whether it's for dealing with an illness, the pressures of daily living, stress, coping at work even, humor can dramatically change the quality and outlook of our lives.

We all need humor in our lives. No matter what people say, everyone needs a good laugh. Not only does it eliminate negative emotions, but it is now known that laughter is good for your helath too. The ability to laugh when you have a problem or are in a situation gives us power and a feeling of superiority. A hopeful and positive attitude is encouraged by laughter and humor.

Laughter/Health
  • Laughter appears to reduce levels of certain stress hormones, and growth hormone.
  • Laughter boosts the Immune System.
  • Blood Pressure is lowered, and there is an increase in vascular blood flow, and an increase in oxygenation of the blood which further assists healing.
  • Laughter may lead to hiccuping and coughing, which will clear the respiratory tract by dislodging mucus plugs.
  • Laughter also gives your diaphragm and abdominal, respiratory and facial, leg and back muscles a workout.
  • If held inside, can make biochemical changes, which effect our body. When we laugh, we are basically playing with our pain. Laughter is warm, bonding and contagious. So beware "LAUGHTER IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR ILLNESS!"

"The Grinch: Any calls?
Grinch's Answering Machine:  You have no messages.
The Grinch: Odd. Better check the outgoing.
Grinch's Answering Machine: [Grinch's voice] If you utter so much as one syllable, I'll hunt you down and gut you like a fish. If you'd like to fax me, press the star key.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Be the Change. Make the Difference.


Everybody can be great.  Because anybody can serve.  You don't have to have a college degree to serve.  You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve.... You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve.  You only need a heart full of grace.  A soul generated by love.  ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in what the World Bank has called "absolute poverty". Every year 15 million children die of hunger. Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger. 1.02 billion people are undernourished. Poverty kills more than 50,000 people every day - 18 million poor people die every year from extreme poverty. More then 2.6 billion people-over 40% of the worlds population-do not have basic sanitation and more then 1 billion people still use unsafe sources of drinking water. Every minute a women some where in the world dies in pregnancy or childbirth. This adds up to 1,400 women dying each day-an estimated 529,000 each year-from pregnancy related causes. Almost half the births in developing countries take place without the help of a skilled birth attendent. One in five adults in the developing world — almost 862 million people — cannot read or write. 90 million children world wide are not in school. 9 million famlies this year have been forced to leave their home's and live as refugees due to war conflicts.

 The world we call our home is shared with people who need our help. We must take a stand and fix the problems that the world is facing. They can not do it alone. It is our responsibility to make the change. To make the difference.


Friday, November 12, 2010

3 Sisters

Sister:  A female having the same parents as another or one parent in common with another.

A sister is more then just someone who shares the same parents. Sisters are safety nets in a chaotic world. We acquire friends and we make enemies, but our sisters come with the territory. Whatever you do they will love you; even if they don't love you they are connected to you till you die. You can be boring and tedious with sisters, whereas you have to put on a good face with friends. Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks - expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief. Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs - that can undermine any tale you're telling

Our parents call us "delicate daisy's". But in reality we are quite the contrary. Around each other we have no shame. We fight and have our melt downs...usually over clothes or who's dance studio is better. But in the end we are sisters. Sisters who love each other, who would do anything for one another. Best friends!!