Monday, November 11, 2013
HAPPY REMEMBRANCE DAY!
HAPPY REMEMBRANCE DAY TO YOU ALL…LEST WE FORGET!!!
The poem below “In Flanders Fields” was written in 1915 during the First World War by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae…enjoy!
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Be a Survivor!
“Be the change you will like to see in the world” — Mahatma Gandhi
“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” -- Mary Dunbar
What will it take to survive in this challenging world full of surprises? Is it an inner spirit that will not give up no matter what? Is it a mindset that says anything is possible instead of a no-can-do attitude? Judging from my own experience, I think its all the above. Besides a positive mental attitude, self-confidence, initiative and enthusiasm are all necessary ingredients to survive and live a happy peaceful life.
According to Dr. Benjamin Barber, when smart people fail they learn from their lesson.
He doesn't divide the world into categories. Instead he divides the world into learners and non-learners. If we learn from an experience, there can be no such thing as failure. It can teach us how to be human. It can inspire us to learn how to be compassionate and humble. For example, when we are really down, we can choose to stay down, grumble, and pity ourselves or choose to seek a helping hand with humility. We can also learn to pick ourselves up.
Research by Carole Hyatt & Linda Gottlieb indicated that sometimes when we fail, we learned a new attitude toward risk. We reorganize our priorities and become a little more cautious in our behavior. However, knowing and believing that we can survive failure, can lead to greatness. Failing motivates us to tap into our internal power, energy and resources. We gain a sense of power that leads directly to greatness. This is perhaps the most paradoxical lesson of all. That which seems to render us powerless can (if well understood and lessons properly learned) bestow on us a new sense of inner power that we can use to accomplish anything we focus our mind on.
Here is the story of Helen (name has been changed): when she was a teenager at the age of 15, she lost all her family members due to a terrible accident. After Helen recovered and was released from the hospital, she began to think unceasingly about what had just happened to her family. It was a very difficult time for her as she did not understand why such a thing could happen to her. The more she thought about it, the more she became depressed, angry and devastated. Then one day something happened, whereby a thought occurred to her that there must be a reason why she survived the accident. She eventually began to realize that she has been given a chance to live, and so she will make the most of it and become so successful that she could honour her lost parents and siblings. That change of mindset immediately changed her attitude toward life and motivated Helen to transmute all those negative feelings to positive cause and endeavours She has graduated from a university with honour, and she’s looking forward to becoming a successful lawyer in the future.
Whenever we feel a sense of loss, we have the power to use our mind. We have the power to figure out what went wrong and to correct it. We have the power to introspect, analyze, re-energize, to interpret what happened to us and put it in the most innovating scenario possible. We have options before us if we choose to see them. We can listen to our conscience and do what is right for our own highest good. Therefore, you have the power to change yourself and things around you. Learning to maintain a positive mental attitude, self-confidence, initiative and enthusiasm will definitely help you to survive any difficult situation.
“It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” — Chinese Proverb
“Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.” — Dr. Denis Waitley
“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” -- Mary Dunbar
What will it take to survive in this challenging world full of surprises? Is it an inner spirit that will not give up no matter what? Is it a mindset that says anything is possible instead of a no-can-do attitude? Judging from my own experience, I think its all the above. Besides a positive mental attitude, self-confidence, initiative and enthusiasm are all necessary ingredients to survive and live a happy peaceful life.
According to Dr. Benjamin Barber, when smart people fail they learn from their lesson.
He doesn't divide the world into categories. Instead he divides the world into learners and non-learners. If we learn from an experience, there can be no such thing as failure. It can teach us how to be human. It can inspire us to learn how to be compassionate and humble. For example, when we are really down, we can choose to stay down, grumble, and pity ourselves or choose to seek a helping hand with humility. We can also learn to pick ourselves up.
Research by Carole Hyatt & Linda Gottlieb indicated that sometimes when we fail, we learned a new attitude toward risk. We reorganize our priorities and become a little more cautious in our behavior. However, knowing and believing that we can survive failure, can lead to greatness. Failing motivates us to tap into our internal power, energy and resources. We gain a sense of power that leads directly to greatness. This is perhaps the most paradoxical lesson of all. That which seems to render us powerless can (if well understood and lessons properly learned) bestow on us a new sense of inner power that we can use to accomplish anything we focus our mind on.
Here is the story of Helen (name has been changed): when she was a teenager at the age of 15, she lost all her family members due to a terrible accident. After Helen recovered and was released from the hospital, she began to think unceasingly about what had just happened to her family. It was a very difficult time for her as she did not understand why such a thing could happen to her. The more she thought about it, the more she became depressed, angry and devastated. Then one day something happened, whereby a thought occurred to her that there must be a reason why she survived the accident. She eventually began to realize that she has been given a chance to live, and so she will make the most of it and become so successful that she could honour her lost parents and siblings. That change of mindset immediately changed her attitude toward life and motivated Helen to transmute all those negative feelings to positive cause and endeavours She has graduated from a university with honour, and she’s looking forward to becoming a successful lawyer in the future.
Whenever we feel a sense of loss, we have the power to use our mind. We have the power to figure out what went wrong and to correct it. We have the power to introspect, analyze, re-energize, to interpret what happened to us and put it in the most innovating scenario possible. We have options before us if we choose to see them. We can listen to our conscience and do what is right for our own highest good. Therefore, you have the power to change yourself and things around you. Learning to maintain a positive mental attitude, self-confidence, initiative and enthusiasm will definitely help you to survive any difficult situation.
“It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” — Chinese Proverb
“Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.” — Dr. Denis Waitley
If you have any question, need any help in achieving your goal(s), or working strategically to grow your business, then do not hesitate to follow/connect with me @ www.google.com/+EllAWilson, www.linkedin.com/in/ellawilson, or www.twitter.com/#!/Ell_Wilson
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Why life’s strategy?
Dr. Maxwell Maltz said “Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively. You either have no goal that is important enough to you, or you are not using your talents and efforts in striving toward an important goal.” Therefore, I would say live fully by being creative, and use your imagination. Have a passionate goal and you will effortless use your talents to accomplish that important passionate goal.
We are all born on a specific date and time and we will die or leave our bodies on a specific date and time–guaranteed! However, how do we play this game of life between birth and death successfully, peacefully, and happily?
We need a strategy! Let’s start by identifying some specific points:
- Passion - What kind of vocation makes you happy, and gives you peace and inner satisfaction? What job or project are you enthusiastic about? Something you have intense desire to accomplish it so badly that you don’t see it as work, but just a labor of love.
- Objective - What is your end goal? What would be the specific result and achievement of your labor of love by the end of year 1, 2, 3, or 5? (even by the end of this month)
- Game plan - To achieve your objective, what would you do on daily basis to contribute to achieving your specific goal. What is your step-by-step process that needs to be followed and accomplished to reach your goal.
“A goal is not the same as a desire, and this is an important distinction to make. You can have a desire you don’t intend to act on. But you can’t have a goal you don’t intend to act on.” - Tom Morris
“Dreaming is wonderful, goal setting is crucial, but action is supreme. To make something great happen you must get busy and make it happen. Take that action step today that will put you on your path to achievement.” - Greg Werner
It’s always a great idea to use the SMART tool in your decisions to accomplish your passionate objectives: Thus, if you need to break down your BIG IDEA into several goals, each goal must be SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ACTIONABLE, REALISTIC, and TIME-BOUND.
Also, don’t forget to do your homework to have the right information to work with. If you are not sure about something or a concept that may enhance your project, be humble and ask for help from an expert or a growth strategist like myself. Remember, you make/create your own LUCK (Labor Under the Correct Knowledge)!
“All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on the goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.” - Orison Swett Marden
If you fail, try again and again until you succeed! However, you must learn something from each failure. Life is a school and what you learn from each failure would be the benefit of your graduation lesson/certificate for life. The pain of failing would be your tuition. Therefore if you don’t learn a lesson from failure and graduate, you would just waste an opportunity - a highly paid tuition.
“You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.” “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.” - Les Brown
“If you have had a wonderful family relationships, you’ll be able to call yourself a true success in life no matter what else you’ve achieved.” - Vic Conant
Please feel free to share this blog post with all your friends…
If you have any question, need any help in achieving your goal(s), or working strategically to grow your business, then do not hesitate to follow/connect with me @ www.google.com/+EllAWilson, www.linkedin.com/in/ellawilson, or www.twitter.com/#!/Ell_Wilson
Friday, June 7, 2013
Should We Rush to Regulate New Technology?
We definitely need to understand all the risks and implications involving new ideas such as Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). However, to rush to regulate new ideas is a resounding no as it could hinder the progress and growth of society.
In a civilized society, or any civilization for that matter, fear doesn’t help us to grow, but our quest for new knowledge regardless of how preposterous, ridiculous and outrageous it might seemed at first. Remember the introduction of the first airplane by the Wright brothers and why most newspaper reporters didn’t even show up to report “one of the greatest inventions of multiple generations” simply because it was deemed absurd, hilarious, risible, farcical, silly, ludicrous and derisible. These days, fortunately for us, we can’t fly without it!
As intelligent species, our growth and survival depend on new ways of thinking and taking calculated risks - even if sometimes the predictability factor is off the charts!
I encourage you to always share your positive voice but keep your negative voice to yourself.
I encourage you to always share your positive voice but keep your negative voice to yourself.
If you have any question, need any help in achieving your goal(s), or working strategically to grow your business, then do not hesitate to follow/connect with me @ www.google.com/+EllAWilson, www.linkedin.com/in/ellawilson, or www.twitter.com/#!/Ell_Wilson
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