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Marc Reklau
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January 14 - January 25, 2022
“Never tell your problems to anyone... 20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.” Lou Holtz
“It is better to light one small candle than to curse the d...
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Complaining is poison in your desire to become happier. It’s an absolutely useless behavior that encourages self-pity and doesn’t accomplish anything. Complainers are not attractive at all. It’s the me...
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Action Steps: Make a list of all your complaints. What have your complaints achieved? Transform your complaints into requests.
66 Become a receiver!
Watch Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement address on Youtube.
68 Live your own life
Action Step: In what aspect are you not living your life right now? Make a list!
69 Who is number one?
Learn to spend time with the most important person in your life – YOU.
French writer and philosopher Blaise Pascal says “All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
70 Your best investment
Invest around 5-10% of your income in training, books, CDs, and other ways of personal development.
74 Treat your body like the temple it is!
77 Enjoy more
It’s very important to enjoy the present moment! If you don’t then life goes by and you don’t even notice it, because you are never right here, in the moment!
79 A random act of kindness every day
80 Solve your problems, all of them
81 The Power of Meditation
Just sitting still for 15 to 20 minutes once a day can already make a difference and help you to recharge. If you do it twice a day...even better! Here is how to begin your habit of daily meditation:
1. Look for a space, were you won’t be disturbed and just be in silence for 15 to 2o minutes. Make it a ritual. It’s beneficial to practice in the same spot and at the same time every day. Do you remember the magic of the early morning hours? Maybe that’s also a good time for your meditation.
2. Before you start use the power of affirmations to get your self in a relaxed state by saying for examp...
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3. Set your alarm clock for twenty minutes so that you are notworried about when to stop your meditation, and...
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4. Sit or lie down and shut your eyes. You can also leave your eyes open and focus on one point in the room or on nature ...
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5. While focusing, concentrate on your breath and...
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6. When your mind wanders let it wander. Don’t resist. See your thoughts passing by like clouds in the blue sky and just empty your mind. See your mind sti...
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83 No worries
“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.” Dalai Lama XIV
85 Spend more time with your family
87 How to deal with problems
88 Take Time off
Take time off and connect with nature! It doesn’t have to be a long trip. Walk in the woods, on the beach, or in a park whenever you get the chance and observe how you feel afterwards.
89 Have a highlight every day
90 Step out of your “comfort zone”
91 What price are you paying for NOT changing?
life is a miracle, everything happens for a reason and in the end everything is always going to work out!”
92 Things are only temporary
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” Confucius
MAPPING LIFE: 1. Make a timeline of your life. From birth until now. Mark every key event on the line. All and any moments that changed your life. 2. Write the great moments, the successes above the timeline. 3. Write the challenges, the tragedies, the failures below the timeline. 4. Examine the events below the line and write the positive effects of them above the line. (For example, somebody close to you died. A positive could be that you value your life more. Or perhaps you got fired from a job. This opened doors to an even better job that you have now.) 5. Have a close look at your
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94 Live your life fully. Do it NOW!
Don’t wait any longer. Live your life fully. NOW! Remember that failure is only feedback, that problems are opportunities to grow. Do the things you always wanted to do. Don’t postpone them any longer. Don’t fight life!
