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When You Are In Charge Of Your Thoughts

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Thinking is life. If we are not thinking, we are not living. The dead cannot think, but the living can.

The question is, ‘What are you thinking about? Are you dwelling on your past mistakes? Are you dwelling on your past failures? Are you thinking about the future that is not even here?

Or, are you thinking about what you are going to do to make your today better than your yesterday?

Thinking is good. Each time a thought comes to your mind that is not going to help you achieve your dreams, you must replace it with a positive one. Each time a negative thought comes to your mind, do not welcome it. If you do not want it to ruin your day, you must get it out of your system. Do not digest it. Do not welcome it. Do not celebrate it.

Remember, you are what you think. If you want to be happy, then think happy thoughts. If you want to live a meaningful life, then fill your mind with meaningful thoughts. If you want to see love in your life, then you must fill your mind with love thoughts. If you want to be successful in your career, then fill your mind with positive thoughts.

Why is that? Because your thoughts and your feelings are connected. Your thoughts and your actions are connected. Your life and your actions are connected. You cannot separate your thoughts from who you are. You cannot separate your thoughts from what you have. You cannot separate your thoughts from your friends. Because your thoughts attract what you see in your life.

If you want to see positive things in your life, you must focus your thoughts on what is working for you, not on what is not working.

Your thoughts are powerful, but you are more powerful than your thoughts. Since you are bigger than your thoughts, you can do something about them. You can use your thoughts to change yourself. You can use your thoughts to bring great things into your life. You can use your thoughts to change how you live your day. And you can use your thoughts to prepare for your future.

Remember, if you can change your thoughts, you can change your day. If you can change your day, you can change your life. So if you want to change your life, you must start with your thoughts. Stop thinking negative thoughts. Focus on positive thoughts.

When you focus on positive thoughts, you will get positive results. Do we have a deal?

Finerman’s Top Ten Rules For Business And Life

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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If you have the courage to do the right things, you will get the right results. If you don’t, then be okay with what you will get.

According to Finerman,

‘If you don’t proactively want success for yourself, how are you going to convince others that you’re worthy of attaining it?’

‘Act as if, believe as if, plan as if you can and will succeed. There is no reason not to.’

‘You can’t hope the plans happen; you have to make them happen.’

‘A first job is a chance to get paid to learn. So learn all you can.’

‘If decisions are not of great consequence, don’t give them a lot of space.’

‘We have the power to control our emotions; sometimes we just haven’t developed the desire and the right intellectual response to do so.’

‘Figure out what it is you do a half-assed job at, or hate, and let it go.’

‘When you have a big decision to make, wait as long as you can before deciding.’

‘Don’t wait for the fear of failure to subside; move forward as if isn’t there.’

‘If we survive failure, we haven’t failed– we’ve learned and we’ve grown stronger, scars and all.’

‘Don’t belabor a transaction for a small amount of money. If you want to sell something, get out there and sell it. Don’t try to squeeze every last penny.’

‘Markets can change very quickly. Do not extrapolate well into the future what the environment is right now.’

Source

Karen Finerman (2013). Finerman’s Rules: Secrets I’d Only Tell My Daughters About Business and Life