Your Own Vision - A Guiding Light on the Fearless Journey of Self-Discovery

Ready or not, acquire put to leap in!

Because once you've clarified your vision of what you desire to achieve, you volition be full steam ahead on your journeying towards achieving it.

A vision goes a "guiding light" for your procedure of self-improvement, both a beacon fire of inspiration and an ground tackle that maintains you focused and grounded.

And when you confront the inevitable obstructions and challenges along the way, having a strong sense of what you're working towards will actuate you to transport on.

A clear vision will also assist you to turn to distractions that tin endanger your advancement and overpower you on a day-to-day basis. When you've go clear about what IS important, you'll be less tempted by what is NOT, so you can concentrate your clip and energy where it belongs.

What's Fear Got To Make With It?

Vision work intends venturing into new territory, and it can be chilling to begin something new without knowing how it's going to turn out. Trust the procedure and seek to happen the exhilaration that's amalgamated in with that fear.

If you've never considered the possibility of calling forth your ain vision, you may be afraid of getting exactly what you inquire for. Many of us are just as afraid of success as we are of failure.

Now's the clip to acquire unafraid and make a world check. Are you hanging on to any old beliefs that state you don't rate to have got what you really want? You rate everything and anything you want, but you must first be willing to allow travel of old beliefs or values that no longer function you.

Clarify Your Vision

Begin by creating one simple avowal about your vision that you can reiterate to yourself whenever you experience like you're straying from your course.

Speak your avowal in the present tense, such as as "I love living in my big place in the hills," or "It is so fantastic to finally be working at my dreaming job."

This simple measure alone will renew your religion in your vision and maintain it alive and strong, giving you the impulse to maintain moving towards it!

© Carey Powell, 2007.

Is Arrogance Creeping In On You?

A general dictionary defines arrogance in many ways like, "offensive display of superiority, self-importance, overbearing pride, pompous, haughtiness, behaving in a superior manner toward inferiors, etc." Each one of us would have definitely seen or experienced arrogance by someone at some time.

An arrogant person can impact you in many ways, and depending on your current position you may or may not be able to control such people. For example, an arrogant professor, teacher, boss or reputed personalities can make life hell for all his subordinates, and continue to behave with brazen superiority with everyone for years. Often you will not be able to do anything because such people control your core necessities like passing exams, promotions, salary hikes, sales figures, brand, etc. In some cases you can hit back with all your power at arrogant people. Nevertheless arrogant people in all walks of life are a pain and will be an important topic of discussion everywhere. Behind the back gossip like, "He or she has become arrogant, but wasn't like that before" is quite common in most workplaces, amongst friends, relatives, etc. However it does not mean people will be arrogant with everyone, but they will definitely not miss an opportunity to demonstrate it on someone they can afford to be rude with. Often the person being branded arrogant may not truly realize they have indeed become arrogant. It is always someone else who can be arrogant, but not we. We rarely think of ourself as being arrogant. But arrogance does exist in various degrees in everyone, including you and me. Now suppose you discover that people who matter to you are calling you arrogant behind your back? Or worse, someone tells you flat on your face that you are indeed arrogant. What will be your reaction? Being branded arrogant is something that nobody would like to hear. It can rudely jolt you from the grand benevolent image you hold of yourself. You could get furious, outraged and vehemently disagree with their opinion, or you can stop and think of it as a wake up call to mend your ways.

Arrogance is like a special body odour that you can't smell, but others can. But unless somebody tells you openly, or you have a mirror of snow white's stepmother you don't get to know it. Similar to how people recognize the harmful effects of junk food, high cholesterol, etc., it is also important to recognize some vital signs that could make one arrogant over time. So what are those signs that can make you arrogant? Here are seven signs that could make you arrogant over time, unless you take appropriate steps to puncture your bloated ego periodically.

1. Knowledge: Your subject knowledge is good and improving day by day. People come to you for advice, tips, guidance. Soon you begin to think you have become an expert and feel others are dependant on you. You have all the answers for anything and everything, or you believe so. And you gradually become dismissive of suggestions and recommendations by others, except yours, of course.

2. Salary: You have a juicy salary. You are able to pay all your bills, loans, expenses and still have plenty of spare money to buy the things you desire. Your bank balance makes you feel invincible and you start comparing everyone based on the money they make.

3. Job title: You have a fancy job title that can create an aura of awe around you. Titles having groovy words like global, enterprise, strategy, leader, etc., can quietly corrupt a person's ego faster than a person who is having a mediocre title like sales manager, though both could be doing identical jobs.

4. Contacts: You develop contacts and connections with reputed people, famous personalities, top brass, etc., and hover around important people. You have the blessings of a powerful godfather who worships the ground you walk on, protects you, listens to you and does not make a move without consulting you. So you now feel like a VIP with the power to crush ordinary mortals.

5. Successes: You have had a series of successes and promotions that are the envy of others. Everything you do seems like success. Or you have been very smart and quick in burying your failures before anyone notices them. Or somebody is doing the work and producing the results, while you are getting the rewards and hikes. Frequent success and winning can be a powerful arrogance booster. During temporary lucky periods in life a feeling of Midas touch can get into people's head. This is often the reason why many sportsmen, film personalities, businessmen, etc., become haughty and pushy.

6. Answers: You don't provide solutions to questions anymore. Instead you now answer every question with another question. You develop the skill to invent a dozen jargon filled smart, tough and tricky questions on the fly that can make others squirm, chew their head off or make them flee from the scene. Of course, it is not necessary for you to know the answers, or if answering is unavoidable, you can invent some more jargon filled questions to confuse the other party.

7. Personal: In addition to the above factors, an individual's personal qualities, or Mother Nature's temporary gifts to humans, like young age, physical strength, beauty, good health, IQ, etc., can also make one arrogant.

To summarize, the challenge for each one of us is to frequently pause and observe ourselves to see if any of the above factors are making us pompous. And we can conclude with a quote from Henry W Shaw, "It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too."

5 Easy Steps for Energy Space Clearing

There are times that a space clearing is necessary within your living space. It could be after a break-up or divorce; it could also be after the visit of unwelcome or disturbing company.
Whatever the reason, it is important to pay attention to the energy within your home. If it feels as though you can't breathe or something about the room just doesn't feel right, then it is time to cleanse the energy of the home.

It is also a very good idea to do a space clearing once a season. It is especially needed after winter, when the doors and windows have been closed for most if not all of the season. The energy in the rooms can become stagnant and you may find things in your life feel the same.

It is also important to do a space clearing when you purchase something for the home, before introducing it into the home, such as a permanent item of fixture. It is equally important to sage the item using wild sage – not the kind used for cooking – gently light the tip of the dried plant and let the smoke waft over and around the item to be placed in the home) before it enters the home.
We all know that everything has energy and as is its nature, energy needs to move about. Energy is constantly changing; it moves into and out of form. This is how it maintains its balance.

So we need to balance the energy of our space within our own home to ensure that we keep the good energy flowing and moving.

Here are the 5 easy steps for space clearing to ensure you keep the good energy flowing.


1. Light a white candle encased in a jar to allow it to stay lit until it burns out naturally.

2. During the late morning hours open all the windows in the home. Allow the breeze to penetrate the home space.

3. Use a brass bell or Pythagorean lyre a lyre or bells tuned in a precise way) and walk around ringing or chiming. Make sure to get all the corners closets.

4. Burn white sage or organic sandal wood incense in the middle of each room.

5. Mentally chant this Sanskrit mantra "Om gum Ganapatayei Namaha" this particular mantra is used to remove blockages, it means literally "I remove all blockages which I may be feeling, mental, physical or emotional".

Conclude your space clearing ritual by saying a mental thank you and begin to close the windows in each room. Then sit in silence with your eyes closed and feel the vibration of good energy. Visualize a harmonious atmosphere within your home – and then you're done!

Avoiding Friction In Relationships

I have seen lot of friction between intelligent people in my life. How to avoid that friction so that one need not regret afterwards?

First - look at the personality of the other person. Is it verbal, emotional or pictorial? A verbal personality loves to talk. You will hear a word such as it sounds well etc from such person. The word sound tells us about that personality. The emotional personality feels. If she/he buys a car, they will try to feel the car with touch and decide. A pictorial personality thinks in pictures. They go into vivid imagination. Once you know the personality of the other person, you have gone one step ahead.

The second step is reacting. Are you acting or reacting? Many of us react. We get easily provoked without any reason and react and lash out. That kills thinking because anger takes over.

What should be done? Listen to what the other person says. Think about it and before answering count up to 100. I am not saying-10, but 100. After that instead of giving opinion or reacting, ask. Ask what the other person means by what he/she says. that is very important. By asking you make other person feel that he/she is being heard. After you are satisfied that you have asked all- begin your suggestions. No answers. Only suggestions. Begin with words such as- suppose dear we do like this? Or suppose dear, you leave this job and do not get other

Acting in a mature and intelligent way, one can avoid lot of friction. If you find impossible to deal with a person, get away. Verbal duals give nothing but pain. Life is too short to be spent in unnecessary arguments.

How To Achieve Your Goals

Last new years eve, I made a powerful decision to change my life. As the clock started ticking closer towards midnight, I started to psych myself up. I made the decision to stop settling for second best, and to start taking massive action. I didn't want to go back to the same old thing next year; my boring life. Even though my life isn't perfect, it has certainly made a dramatic improvement since that point. Unfortunately, this scenario isn't very common, especially for the average person. I believe that we could all improve our lives if we have enough determination, and enough commitment. If you want to change your life as badly as I did on that faithful new years eve, then this article was designed for you. Here are five steps towards changing your life and achieving the life that you truly deserve:

Step One - Make A Commitment

Without a commitment, you have already failed before you have started. Changing your life takes a lot of hard work, courage, and motivation, something that cannot be achieved without a strong commitment.

Step Two - Decide What You Want

What goals would you like to achieve? What results would you like to achieve? Before you develop an action plan, you must firstly decide what it is that you want.

Step Three - Work Out How To Get What You Want

Whats the best way to achieve the things you want? Research will determine the best way to achieve your goals, and the necessary steps that you must take.

Step Four - Develop An Action Plan

Develop an action plan that is easy to understand. Any action plan should include step by step instructions towards achieving the results you would like to achieve.

Step Five - Start Taking Daily Action

Daily action is the only way you are ever going to achieve any results. Even if you are busy, there is no excuse for not taking any daily action. If you cannot spare thirty minutes each day, then something is completely wrong with your time management.

All Change starts with a massive commitment. From there, you must figure out what you want, develop an action plan, and start taking daily action. If you follow these steps correctly, you will eventually achieve success in no time.