How to FACE a Particularly Bad Day

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jul 19, 2010 in Overcoming Challenges, Thinking Differently | 10 comments

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Today's post is written by Julius Charles Serrano. Julius is the research director of Even Grounds, Accessibility Consulting. Find out more at www.evengrounds.com. He has written over a hundred articles about web accessibility and assistive technologies for persons with disabilities as well as conducting web accessibility seminars in a number of Asian countries. He is also a self-proclaimed gothic subculture and metal music enthusiast.

You get out of bed and minutes later, the first annoyance hits you. Then one by one your problems start piling up. Now you're not even halfway through the day but you already wish you didn't get out of bed at all.

We've all had our share of these kinds of day and I'm sure you'd agree that it is neither easy nor pleasant. But don't let the day drag you down. There are a few things you can do to deal with it

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Give everything your heart – guest post

Posted by Ben Lumley on Mar 29, 2010 in Thinking Differently | 29 comments

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Today's post is written by Ryan Hanzel. Ryan writes for Writersaddict.net. A really talented blogger who always makes you think about life and the things involved in it.

When I talk about having heart, I do not mean the actual organ that is keeping you in this world today.  My meaning of heart is putting that amount of effort into whatever it is you are doing and allowing the results to shine.  Even if it is just raking up every single leaf in your yard to living in general. Putting that extra amount of effort into what you do is like washing your car; if you only do a quick spray down with some suds it is noticeable.  If you spend two hours washing, drying, and polishing your car it will reflect brightly as everyone you pass will wonder who is behind the wheel. The same goes with what you do.  Those who are working two shifts to pay the bills and still find time to read your children a bedtime story every day, that takes heart.

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Demotivation: the curse of success? The choice is yours.

Posted by Ben Lumley on Feb 25, 2010 in Thinking Differently | 37 comments

photo credit: TheTruthAbout... So a while ago I asked on Twitter and on Facebook what it was that demotivated people. Thank you very much to all of you that answered by the way, I really appreciate it. From that simple question, I very gratefully received a lot of great answers. Including….

• Having to go somewhere for no real reason that will not benefit your life what so ever..!!
• Being asked to apply for your current job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Being over managed
• Getting outta my bed.!!
• When u want to do something but it's with other people and the others just keep moanin and makin excuses which slows everything down and detracts from the original target!
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The Keys to Unlocking Success: Part 1 – Focus

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jan 12, 2010 in Goals, Success | 19 comments

photo credit: Dylan Luder Everyone wants success. Whether its in the littlest act or in the big adventures that we can possibly experience in life. From the farmer growing crops during a hard season, to the business person trying to make a million; all of us want to achieve success in what we do and no matter what your success currency is, money, family, fame, survival, or recognition the end goal is always the same...success. We're all brought up to strive for bigger and better things, constantly pushed on by others around us, including friends and family. In this 6 part short series on The Keys to Unlocking Success, I want to cover some of the approaches you can take to bring you more success regardless of what you want to be successful at. I recently wrote an introduction to achieving success here and through this short series I want to go into some depth on the subject of success and how to achieve it. So every 2 days I'll talk about a new key to unlocking success and at the end of the series I'll round everything up and give you all a gift from me to you. so let's get started.

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