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Issue No: 173 - March 7, 2011

Today's Quick Tip - Pause, Notice and Choose

We've all hit a natural high at some point - the kind of moment when you simply know that all is well. Of course, that feeling has nothing to do with the external world and everything to do with your state of mind. So, how's your state of mind right now? Stop what ever you're doing to consider this question. Notice how you're feeling and what you're thinking. Consider how far your current state might be from the ideal 'natural high'. You now have a choice. Stay as you have just found yourself or tune yourself into this present moment where all is, indeed, well.

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Today's Reflection

DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING - NOW

FOCUS ON WHAT?

It doesn't matter what you find yourself supposed to be doing at the moment - if you don't do it wholeheartedly you're aiding and abetting your subconscious mind's tyrannical rule over your life. On the other hand, anything done wholeheartedly - no matter how menial, mundane, boring or apparently meaningless - is a leap towards a life of effortless happiness and success. You may not even know why you're doing something right now - but, with proper mental focus, even the most routine of tasks fall into their appropriate place on the road to awareness and peace of mind...

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Success and happiness is directly linked with focus. The abnormally successful possess an ability to be abnormally focused. For some that ability may be innate, it may come naturally. For most, it is learned - often driven by powerfully exciting goals.

But those who have the kind of exciting goals that drive them forward are not focused on their goals - they are focused on what they are doing right here right now. That's what focus is. Focusing on your goals will leave you living in a dissatisfied state of permanent anticipation. And, of course, if you've never conjured up a goal that excites then there's little probability that you're going to get to where you can't see yourself going!

We all need inherant motivation. It's how we are. But the goals or dreams - or however you phrase it to turn you on - should never be the point of focus as you go about your day. If they are, you're not all here and you will never be your effective best if you're not present.

The key point that I'm making is that focus - like living life to the full - is a here and now thing.

Recommended Reading

WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT OUT OF LIFE?

PRACTICING THE POWER OF NOW - Ekhart Tolle

Perhaps not your average Monday morning question. But, it stands to reason that, if you don't know what you want out of life there's little or no chance that you're going to get it!

As a result of all my years working with people, however, I'm not suggesting that you should have a specific answer to the above question. Rather you need to have an innate feel for how you would feel if you were living a stress-free, content, happy and successful life. You need to determine, for yourself, what that feeling might be, who you would be with and what kind of kicks you'd be getting from lliving that kind of life.

Once you have a feel for the 'destination' the journey should then become a one-step-at-a-time experience. Life is lived in moments and, if you miss this one, you may have missed a key turning point in your life.

Find out more about how you can Change Your Life in the kind of structured way that will truly focus the mind...

The 'user's manual' that provides a little more practical advice on how to live in the present moment and benefits of doing so. Whilst 'The Power of Now' itself is, in my view, heavy going, this is somewhat more accessible.

Willie Horton

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