Motivational and Insightful Poem

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Today you can choose to count your blessings
or you can count your troubles.
Today you can live each moment
or you can put in time.
Today you can take action towards your goals
or you can procrastinate.
Today you can plan for the future
or you can regret the past.
Today you can learn one new thing
or you can stay the same.
Today you can seek possibilities
or you can overwhelm yourself with the impossible.
Today you can continue to move forward
or you can quit.
Today you can take steps towards resolving your challenges
or you can procrastinate.
You see today the choices are up to you
in deciding what you do today.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

~Oscar Wilde

How to stop procrastinating

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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.  ~ Charles Darwin

 

You only have on average 24,445 days to live on the face of this earth. If your 25,  you’ve only got roughly 15,000 days left. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it’s quite true.

If you haven’t listened to Randy Pausch’s motivational speech, one of the things he says is “Life is not about living long, but about living well“. Every hour you spend procrastinating, or doing something unproductive, that’s one less hour you have to do something you enjoy, with someone you enjoy being with. As a species, we tend to be reactionary creatures. If we find out we have cancer, then we live the remaining time we have to the fullest. But it doesn’t have to be that way! You have always had a choice. Be proactive, rather than reactive.

Think about that the next time you need to make a tough decision in your life. Don’t live a life of regret, live a life of compassion. Don’t worry about the bad decisions you’ve made in the past, focus on making it right and keep moving forward.

And the next time you decide to procrastinate, I hope you can remember what was said today. Because in the end, if your not doing something you love, what is it all for?

—
Frank Yu Yan

[Video] The Blenz Coffee Guy on Success: His inspiring speech

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Inspiring speech by George Moen of Blenz Coffee:

Below I have summarized the key points of his presentation at Networking with Purpose organized by Ricky Shetty, an amazing individual (which I highly recommend you check out) enhanced with my views:

–          Most great wealth has been created during tough economic times. You can make money in both good and bad times, if you are looking for it. It’s the moment you stop looking, that you’ve given up the opportunity

–          People lower their dreams to meet their current financial income, but remember that what you think you are worth is what you’ll be worth

–          Build value and build trust first with people, before trying to

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Life’s 6 Rules of Success

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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Life’s 6 Rules of Success

While we may not admire Arnie as much, I like his mentality on success:

1) Trust yourself, dig deep down, ask yourself who you want to be? What you want to represent. Figure out what makes you happy, no matter how crazy it is. Build a strong belief system, and don’t let anyone take that away from you.

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Controlling your focus: effective use of QUESTIONS

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Controlling your focus. I lot of people can’t focus, and slip into procrastination. Tony Robbins offers some insight.

Tony, when you’re not listening to the cocky Kobe Bryant, you have some good stuff to say.

Here is one of his presentations on the importance of focusing. I have summarized the  key points below in addition to adding my own insight:

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