Just Another Day in Paradise: "Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds con...

Just Another Day in Paradise: "Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds con...: I have this thing about getting busy and accomplishing something - I am bothered when people sit around with apparently nothing to do (and e...

"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." Dale Carnegie

I have this thing about getting busy and accomplishing something - I am bothered when people sit around with apparently nothing to do (and expect to get paid for it) ....with that said I also feel strongly that we need to learn how to work smarter and not harder. It's easy to keep busy shuffling papers here and there and making phone calls, checking e-mails, etc. - looking busy but what are we accomplishing? Where are your goal posts? Where is your field of play - are you even in the game? What is your score?
"Score?" you say...YES, how do you know if you are winning if you aren't keeping score!?! Start one day at a time. It's all about numbers...the bottom line is how much time or money do you need to accomplish today's task. Write it down and track it. When you realize you have just met your goal and you still have time or used less money or made more money that you had planned - that is awesome. On the other hand, when you realize you are behind the gun, then you have to ask yourself - how can I improve, what change do I need to make, what went wrong that I can avoid next time.
It's either WOW or HOW - "Wow, great job" or "How do I fix this?" Keep it simple, start tomorrow, but only with tomorrow - one day at a time. Don't over think it, just do it! When you mess up, smile or laugh out loud and start over - now. Don't put it off - fix it now. Would you continue to drive your car with a flat tire? No, you would fix it. Although things don't always appear as cut and dried as a flat tire, they are never the less just as detrimental to the flow of accomplishing things. Fix it now and move on. Keep moving, with movement comes a feeling of accomplishment, with that feeling of accomplishment comes the reality that you are accomplishing things and the confidence to continue on to the next thing and the next and the next. And yes, it is another great day in paradise!

Just Another Day in Paradise: “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the ...

Just Another Day in Paradise: “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the ...: Change is a noisy thing, and during change the truth is a fast-moving target. Change is not only noisy but at first it is rather inefficient...

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Andre Gide

Change is a noisy thing, and during change the truth is a fast-moving target. Change is not only noisy but at first it is rather inefficient. The key to change is communication and the more communication the better. And before you know it, the change has become the norm.

Change can be frightening as well. It's sometimes easier to continue in our old ways because we already know the result and it's comfortable, even if it's wrong. Once you start stepping out of your comfort zone, your confidence level drops, your focus isn't as focused and you just want to go back to those old ways....take a deep breath and keep moving. Every step gets easier, focus harder, just do it. ( Nike came up with a great saying!)

My brother lost 157 pounds in a little over a year. How did he do that, you ask? He left the shore behind and headed for a new ocean. Was it easy? Probably not at first. Has he embraced the change? Oh yeah! (You can find out more about his journey at www.trustmeonthesunscreen.com)

If you aren't happy with where you are at, YOU have to make a change. You cannot keep doing the same things and expect more than the same old results. (You can't keep taking a left turn and expect to go right....)

Bottom line is, life is short and we make it what we want, so get out there and enjoy your life, no more regrets, no more excuses. Make a decision and then take action. I would rather be saying, "Well, that didn't work, let's do this now!" instead of "What if?"

Just Another Day in Paradise: "The greater part of our happiness or misery depen...

Just Another Day in Paradise: "The greater part of our happiness or misery depen...: The buck stops here. My happiness is up to me, not you or anyone else. With that said, how hard is it to NOT blame someone else for our pr...

"The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances." Martha Washington

The buck stops here. My happiness is up to me, not you or anyone else. With that said, how hard is it to NOT blame someone else for our problems, etc.? And there are some people that it's just easier to say it's all their fault because of how they treated me, etc. Sure things aren't always fair and sometimes the right road is not the smoothest road, but you will get much farther if you let go of the hurts and disasters in our life so they don't hold us back.

I have found if I can become content (as in accepting where I am at) then I am able to move forward. The more I struggle with my circumstances the worse things become. Remember the saying, "Just let  it go."? Sounds simple, it's just not always easy. We have to let the past go and live in today so we can go forward. We have to accept where we are to move forward. Contentment is not giving up, it's just plain acceptance. 

Listening to my grandsons bickering over who's turn it is on the Wii game and how "You had more turns than me!" and off one would go crying that someone else made them unhappy, it's all their fault, etc. Hopefully as an adult, I have matured to the point that it's easier to give someone else a little more than I have so that someday I may actually get more in return. 

“You’re at the zoo, you have a popsicle, how can you be unhappy?”
Dewey, Malcolm in the Middle.
Appreciate the small things :) -Dan O'

Just Another Day in Paradise: "Every thought we think is creating our future." -...

Just Another Day in Paradise: "Every thought we think is creating our future." -...: Where are you are now is a result of your past thoughts. And you decide where you go from here. Life is shorter than we think and it's re...