The way People Respond to Failure

There are three way in which people respond to failure.<br /> <br /> <b>Model 1 : <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-way-people-respond-to-failure.html">Provide Excuses, Assign Blame & Give Up</a></b><br /> <br /> What finish some people wrap up whwn they don't amuse what they hunger? They will dawn giving themselves lots of excuses and blame antity and everyone around them. they affirm thing  equaling,<br /> <ul> <li>' It's not fair', 'I'm just not smart enough', </li> <li>'It's just too difficult', </li> <li>I'm too young', or 'I'm too old', </li> <li>I just didin't have luck', the depressed economy affected me'.</li> </ul> Sense helpless and frustated, this first group will discontinuation enchanting scene and give up! They will drop out themselves to their purpose being out of grasp and animate a get up and go of mediocrity.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_246803055" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3V1JWqdXOT0dRfdl15SSSmRv3euUrinzwbYF5rsc-uZJrZ-Ye-IpIh-v6g68_RaSPc0icRfvwwjA6EaUYD2wQta0WFM_HKL9BZV5I0slbeUqn5h7ntiINc_EEMIu9kfc9rfKjQlkLTUec/s320/the+way+to+success.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-way-people-respond-to-failure.html">The way to Success</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <b>Model 2 : <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-way-people-respond-to-failure.html">Keep Trying the Same thing over and Over Again</a></b><br /> <br /> These are the people who posses a lot also determination than the fundamental. When they don't strike their outcome, they will not vacate. They will excite themselves tp proceeds enterprise and. The motto of this grade is, "I failed because I did not try hard enough' If I keep trying. I will eventually succeed. So they keep taking action, putting in expanded moment, energy and travail. No matter how abounding times they fail, they just keep trying harder and harder.<br /> <br />  Will they eventually achieve their goals? It depends. If they set small, incremental goals, they may, with enough time and effort eventually succeed. However, if they set big and exceptional goals, like becoming the top in their field, they will never be successful by just trying again and again. They may experience a better result, but they won't reach the goals they desire. Why? <br /> Because, although they keep taking action, they do not change their strategy. If you keep using the same approach, you are going to keep getting the same result. I have seen so many professionals and businessmen repeat this limiting pattern. <br /> I know many businessmen who fail in their business only to start again and do the same thing. They keep putting in ads that don't work, they hire ineffective people or they use the same business model.<br /> <br /> <b>Model 3 : <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-way-people-respond-to-failure.html">Get Feedback, Change Strategy and Take Action until you Succeed</a>.</b><br /> <br /> In consequence what is the design that all blossoming person exhinbit/ When they don't win their goals. they don't conceive of actual due to failure. Instead, they perceive undoubted through feedback. Either feedback that contrivance they used was idle or that they did not booty enough proposition. They therefrom exertion this feedback to forthwirh pennies their treatment and haul bustle besides.<br /> <br /> If they still don't succeed, they will ispire extended feedback, coopre their trick and gate deal and. They stack repeating this progress until they inspire what they yearning. They look after whatever indubitable takes. Ergo, enshire, even infinity you don't amuse what you fancy, undoubted is activity giving you feedback. Corporeal is this identical feedback you commitment to relief you adjust your reaching until you hit your target.<br /> <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-way-people-respond-to-failure.html">Thomas Edison</a> took almost 10,000 attempts before inventing the light bulb. When asked how he did it, he said that he had to first find 9,999 strategies of how not to invent the light bulb. He then used this feedback to change his strategy until he got what he wanted.<br /> Successful people re-look and change their strategy whenever they encounter 'failure'. They understand that failure is feedback. Understand this principle and you will overcome failure and achieve success in no time at all.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-way-people-respond-to-failure.html">Then Which way That You Respond to Failure</a><br /> <br />

The way People Respond to Failure

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can We Do it ?

They had not sad but still excited after experiencing bad things in life. They continue to be motivated with the ability they still had to finally get a good achievement.<br /> the following below are the children who inspired many people with their <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html">achievement.</a><br /> <ol></ol> 1. <b><a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html">Callum Truscott</a>,</b><a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html"> </a>If you had no legs, you would, of course, want to play football (soccer). Callum Truscott does just that, on his school team of able-bodied classmates. The 12-year-old from St Austell, Cornwall, participates in swimming competitions and is taking dance classes as well. Callum was born with legs that end just below the knees. He wears prosthetics for soccer, rugby, and cricket. Although safety rules prevent him from playing official rugby matches, he is a star on the football team. Callum is also an endurance swimmer, recently beating most of his classmates in a 1,500 meter race. He wants to become a sports instructor someday.<br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1519696706" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiCThcChiZakK5vX3HWss_yzWp0qgXC38-S9UGl2yPB_oE93Ijer2yzbyjqg5pgt7Q8rJU_3yaWrILY6An_tamn67ABv50uLOfiVSQKf5PTv3L09RbV8uM61Yvtf5XNedrSkiMlDnrLIL/s320/Callum+truscott.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html">Callum Truscott</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html"><b>2. Josh Sundquist,</b></a>  Josh Sundquist was nine when his left leg was amputated due to bone cancer. He took up skiing at age 13, and was a member of the 2006 U.S. Paralympic Ski Team. Sundquist is also the founder of a <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html">social networking</a> site for amputees, LessThanFour.org. His book, Just Don’t Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made it Down the Mountain, became a best seller when it was released earlier this year. But that’s not all: Sundquist is a rapper, a dancer, and a wit, as you’ll see in The Amputee Rap.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1519696701" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Sqb-CaP8m8D2RS8-y3p6Peyv_UJkTVkD4bM1gMgB5WkJvPhzqiXAudyZN-K1XnwE_86iCoNCINjAOerZx9sHoj2LTEPjrSoeFkmI1x34gJ5Wp25VvXQLdibM3ltxDiv2KjWrRq4vlW2U/s320/Josh+Sunquist.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html">Josh Sundquist</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <ol></ol> 3.<a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html">Cody McCasland,</a>Cody McCasland was delivered prematurely in 2001 missing several bones in his legs, and had other birth defects as well. He was not expected to live for more than a few days. Cody underwent multiple surgeries to correct defects in his organs and limbs. His legs were amputated in 2003. That same afternoon, Cody was caught trying to walk on his stumps! He was fitted with prosthetic legs and learned to walk immediately -and never looked back. He started using running prosthetics at age five. Cody runs, swims, plays games, and competes in athletic competitions. He’s won gold medals for both swimming and running, and hopes to represent the US in the Paralympic Games someday. At just short of nine years old, Cody is also busy speaking to groups about limb differences and promotes <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html">the Challenged Athletes </a>Foundation.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1519696696" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yFmd19v5nE3tTn4gwAU3ZvR_ZCxR1ujs7RHJOuB4S1dp9J2uDfn93eOp4LaU5QPU9OlKjSfEC3gxoFkKesdE7QyqvFquUs7-JG0WI-dY1J_W_6GXun64xap0Y1nXSSdjCgi8ETzQ-ytN/s320/Cody+McCasland.jpg" width="286" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html">Cody mcCasland</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> 4<a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html">.Gabe Marsh</a>, Ed and Ann Marsh of Guntersville, Alabama have birthed, adopted, or fostered 60 children altogether. Ann Marsh taught them all to swim for their own safety, and saw many of them on the Guntersville swim team. Then in 2004, they took home newborn Gabe, who had no legs and only one full arm. But Gabe wanted to swim like the rest of the kids, so at age five he jumped in with them -and swam! Now six years old, Gabe swims on the local team like his siblings. And he’s gaining speed with every meet.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1519696691" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3pUJu25irVRGOecNXP8yzKeeT9t12l9cgdi6zwB__nklu-WzusVuAH0AaOeQ_VW-l2uQbfR2mTGCy2x5XbxH47w2GuklntGI_AS2XwrUpINm-GOmY3uOTNwK2qT0zY7lmrEDs2DTtBBD/s320/gabe+marsh.jpg" width="245" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html">Gabe Marsh</a></td></tr> </tbody></table>  <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-do-it.html">Can we Do It ?</a>

can We Do it ?

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The Law of Levitation versus Grafity

<a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2011/05/law-of-levitation-versus-grafity.html"><b>The law of Levitation versus Grafity</b></a> kira-kira demikian untuk memberikan judul lain dari  sebuah perenungan Gede Prama yang begitu apik menyoal beratnya beban kehidupan. Di dalam arikel ini Gede Prama dengan sangat apik memberikan pencerahan dalam  menyelesaikan beban kehidupan dengan cara yang sangat sederhana. Teori Newton tentang hukum berat "Grafiity " di konfrontir dengan ringan tapi bermakna dengan hukum penguapan "Levitation". Terbang Bersama Keheningan adalah judul sebuah perenugan Gede Prama di bawah ini :<br /> <br /> TERBANG BERSAMA KEHENINGAN<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1840875428"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCus9En59shD0MYyGDh1LkGuVmuCAKtrVH9r7hHZ8WRjkX3QCE6D47grkalvgyBsjzMWWv35AdkrVo1f_VkGTMGHvF5ssDrvjAZT_ZbkkU8PUvTRWVn976hZBxUQ-WYMwpFpxDA9cUL6Pk/s320/3+Rings_frm+wht+to+blck.jpg" width="308" /></a></span></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2011/05/law-of-levitation-versus-grafity.html">Terbang dalam Keheningan</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> BERAT, itulah kata yang bisa mewakili tantangan hidup kekinian. Orang miskin dihadang penyakit di sana-sini. Orang kaya alisnya dibikin berkerut oleh berbagai masalah. Sebagian malah sudah dipenjara, sebagian lagi menuggu giliran untuk beristirahat di tempat yang sama. Manusia biasa menggendong berbagai beban ke sana ke mari (dari mencari nafkah, menyekolahkan anak sampai dengan mempersiapkan hari tua), pejabat maupun pengusaha juga serupa: senantiasa ditemani masalah kemanapun ia pergi. Di desa banyak orang mengeluh, luas tanah tetap namun jumlah manusia senantiasa tambah banyak. Sehingga setiap<br /> tahun memunculkan tantangan penciptaan lapangan kerja. Bila tidak terselesaikan ia bisa lari kemana-mana. Dari kejahatan sampai dengan kekerasan.<br /> <br /> Digabung menjadi satu, jadilah kehidupan berwajah serba berat di sana-sini. Tidak saja di negara berkembang, di negara maju sekali pun tantangannya serupa. Kemajuan ekonomi Jepang yang demikian fantastis tidak bisa mengerem angka bunuh diri. Kemajuan peradaban Amerika tidak membuat negara ini berhenti menjadi konsumen obat tidur per kapita paling tinggi di dunia. Jangankan berbicara negeri Afrika seperti Botswana. Rata-rata harapan hidup hanya 30-an tahun. Orang dewasa di sana lebih dari 80 persen positif terjangkit HIV. Sehingga<br /> menimbulkan pertanyaan, "Demikian beratkah beban manusia untuk hidup?"<br /> <br /> Ada sahabat yang menghubungkan beratnya hidup manusia dengan hukum gravitasinya Newton yang berpengaruh itu. Sudah menjadi pengetahuan publik, kalau Newton menemukan hukum ini ketika duduk di bawah pohon apel, dan tiba-tiba buahnya jatuh.<br /> <br /> Sehingga Newton muda berspekulasi ketika itu, ada serangkaian hukum berat (baca: gravitasi) yang membuat semua benda jatuh ke bawah. Sahabat ini bertanya lebih dalam, "kalau gravitasi yang menarik apel jatuh ke bawah, lantas hukum apa yang membawanya naik ke puncak pohon apel?" Dengan jernih ia menyebut <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2011/05/law-of-levitation-versus-grafity.html"><b>"The law of levitation"</b></a> (hukum penguapan). Kalau gravitasi menarik apel ke bawah, penguapan menariknya ke arah atas.<br /> <br /> Dalam bahasa yang lugas sekaligus cerdas, sahabat ini mengaitkan kedua hukum fisika ini ke dalam dua hukum kehidupan: <b><a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2011/05/law-of-levitation-versus-grafity.html">"Hate is under the law of gravity, love is under the law of levitation."</a></b><br /> Kebencian berkait erat dengan gravitasi karena mudah sekali membuat manusia hidup serba berat dan ditarik ke bawah. Cinta berkaitan dengan gerakan-gerakan ke atas. Karena hanya cinta yang membuat manusia ringan dan terbang ke atas. Sungguh sebuah bahan renungan kehidupan yang cerdas dan bernas.<br /> <br /> Kembali ke soal hidup manusia yang serba berat, tidak ada manusia yang bebas sepenuhnya dari masalah. Bahkan ada yang menyederhanakan kehidupan dengan sebuah kata: penderitaan! Hanya saja kebencian berlebihan yang membuat semua ini menjadi semakin berat dan semakin berat lagi. Ada yang benci pada diri sendiri, ada yang membenci orang tua, suami, istri, teman, tetangga, atasan kerja, sampai dengan ada yang membenci Tuhan.<br /> <br /> Perhatikan wajah-wajah manusia kekinian yang miskin senyum, yang mudah tersinggung, yang senantiasa minta diperhatikan, penerimaan bulanan yang serba kurang, dan masih bisa ditambah lagi dengan yang lain. Semuanya berakar pada yang satu: kebencian! Sehingga mudah dimengerti kalau perjalanan hidup seperti buah apel, semakin tua semakin berat dan semakin ditarik ke bawah.<br /> <br /> Terinspirasi dari sinilah, kemudian sejumlah guru mengurangi sesedikit mungkin berjalan dalam hidup dengan beban-beban kebencian. Dan mencoba menarik kehidupan ke atas menggunakan sayap-sayap cinta. Semua perjalanan cinta mulai dari sini: mencintai kehidupan. Makanya sahabat-sahabat penekun meditasi Vipasana berkonsentrasi pada keluar masuknya nafas. Tidak saja karena membuat manusia mudah terhubung dengan hidup, tetapi berpelukan penuh cinta dengan kehidupan. Dan segelintir penekun Vipasana yang telah berjalan amat jauh, kemudian mengalami cosmic orgasm. Semacam orgasme kosmik yang ditandai oleh terlihatnya keindahan di mana-mana. Karena semuanya terlihat serba indah, tidak ada lagi dorongan untuk mencari jawaban. Bahkan pertanyaan sekalipun sudah lenyap dari kepala. Ini yang disebut seorang guru dengan terbang bersama keheningan.<br /> <br /> Ada yang menyebut ini dengan emptiness. Sebuah terminologi timur yang amat susah untuk dijelaskan dengan kata-kata manusia. Namun Dainin Katagiri dalam Returning to Silence, menyebutkan: "The final goal is that we should not be obsessed with the result, whether good, bad or neutral." Keseluruhan upaya untuk tidak terikat dengan hasil. Itulah keheningan. Sehingga yang tersisa persis seperti hukum alam: kerja, kerja dan kerja. Dalam kerja seperti ini, manusia seperti matahari. Ditunggu tidak ditunggu, besok pagi ia terbit. Ada awan tidak ada awan, matahari tetap bersinar. Disukai atau dibenci, sore hari dimana pun ia akan terbenam.<br /> <br /> Mirip dengan matahari yang tugasnya berbeda dengan awan dan bintang. Kita manusia juga serupa. Pengusaha bekerja di perusahaan. Penguasa bekerja di pemerintahan. Pekerja bekerja di tempat masing-masing. Penulis menulis. Pertapa bertapa. Pencinta yoga beryoga. Pengagum meditasi bermeditasi. Semuanya ada tempatnya masing-masing. Ada satu hal yang sama di antara mereka: "Menjadi semakin sempurna di jalan kerja". Soal hasil, sudah ada kekuatan amat sempurna yang sudah mengaturnya. Keinginan apalagi kebencian, hanya akan membuatnya jadi berat dan terlempar ke bawah.<br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> oleh Gede Prama<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2011/05/law-of-levitation-versus-grafity.html">The Law of Levitation versus Grafity</a> atau Terbang Bersama Keheningan karya Gede Prama mengingatkan sebuah perjalanan bersama "Ayah" yang seharusnya tidak boleh diri ini berhenti walau sejenak.....</div> </div> <br /> .

The Law of Levitation versus Grafity

The law of Levitation versus Grafity kira-kira demikian untuk memberikan judul lain dari  sebuah perenungan Gede Prama yang begitu apik men...

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Matahari di Dalam Diri

Hidup penuh dengan jejak kaki. Demikian sejarah bertutur pada manusia. Sayangnya logika dan kata-kata manusia tidak dan tidak akan pernah bisa memotret jejak-jejak kaki tadi sebagaimana adanya. Logika dan kata-kata,di satu sisi memang jembatannya pemahaman, di lain sisi ia juga suka memperkosa. Karena pemerkosaan jenis terakhir inilah, kemudian pengetahuan manusia manapun jadi tidak sempurna. Di tangan manusia yang di giring kepintaran, ketidaksempurnaan terakhir kemudian menjadi wacana. Ada juga yang membuatnya sebagai sarana tawar menawar kepentingan, alat untuk melakukan penyerangan, bahan-bahan untuk memamerkan kehebatan. Ada yang bertanya, tidakkah ini hanya bunga-bunga kehidupan yang membuat semuanya jadi kaya warna?<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1215772202"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVmTKJmgu7zYXFyMjcXujaIrebc2cCQXYP1Y4iDY3m1LCRXCYINQIxYizbRwak0HXJWcCI5y0Xl70yALhPvAuZt6sudvU5x5IrYX95RVCgrCCI0myYspfcxixWaSJffmQIW1cgT5JoGNl/s200/blue_rotational_500x437.gif" width="200" /></a></span></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2011/05/matahari-di-dalam-diri.html">Matahar di Dalam Diri</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> Di tangan mausia-manusia bijaksana nasib <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2011/05/matahari-di-dalam-diri.html">ketidaksempurnaan</a> manusia lain lagi. Bagi mereka, ketidaksempurnaan ada untuk mengajarkan pada manusia. Ada juga yang menyebutkan, kalau hidup ditujukan justru untuk melengkapi sisi-sisi pemahaman yang belum sempurna. Bagi pejalan-pejalan kaki di jalan jiwa lain lagi. Ketidaksempurnaan ada untuk menjadi lahan-lahan latihan jiwa. Bukankah setelah tertabrak berbagai karang kehidupan, jatuh dalam banyak jurang kehidupan, kemudian bisa pulang dengan tenang.<br /> <br /> Ah entahlah, pejalan-pejalan di kaki di<a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2011/05/matahari-di-dalam-diri.html"> jalan kejernihan</a> hanya oleh bertanya. jawaban memang senatiasa diserahkan kepada meraka yang mendengar ketika pertanyaan dilontarkan.tidak semua suka tentu saja. Dan itupun tidak apa-apa. Yang jelas, apapun pertanyaannya, apapun jawabannya,siapapun yang bertanya,siapapun yang menjawab,ada sebuah gejala yang terus menerus berjalan: waktu! Seperti jarum jam di dinding,berjalan,berjalan dan berjalan. Kadang ia berhenti karena baterenya mati, cuman waktu yang ia wakili tidak membutuhkan batere dan tenaga manapun. ia adalah tenaga itu sendiri, ia adalah gerakan itu sendiri,ia adalah hidup itu sendiri.<br /> <br /> Sebagai manusia biasa, kita kerap baru tersadar, kadang malah terkejut, ketika melihat putera-puteri di rumah sudah besar. Tatkala merasakan badan tidak lagi sekuat dulu. Mana kala melihat orang-orang yang lebih muda dipanggil yang kuasa. Logika dan kata-kata manusiapun memberikan judul : tua. Dan judul terakhirpun tidak sama pemahamannya. Ada yang mengkaitkannya dengan badan yang berbau tanah. Ada yang menyebutnya dengan masa-masa panen dalam hidup. Ada juga yang meletakkannya sebagai waktu membalas dendam perhatian ke anak cucu.<br /> <br /> Dan tentu saja, terserah sepenuhnya pada pribadi masing-masing. Yang jelas, ada yang mengkaitkan umur tua dengan perlambang alam yang bernama matahari. Bagi yang melihat beban kehidupan sebagai serangkaian hal yang memberatkan, tua adalah tanda-tanda matahari mau tenggelam. Bagi sahabat yang melihat beban sebagai vitamin-vitamin yang memperkuat, tua adalah awal terbitnya <a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/2011/05/matahari-di-dalam-diri.html">matahari di dalam diri</a>. Ada yang bertanya, matahari apa yang terbit di dalam diri?<br /> <br /> Inilah keterbatasan pemahaman melalui kata-kata dan logika. Pertama, semua hal ditanyakan dan mau dipahami dulu, baru kemudian bergerak dan berjalan untuk menggali. Seolah-olah tanpa bertanya dan paham manusia akan masuk jurang. Kedua, setiap pencaharian yang boros logika dan kata-kata, membuat pencaharian berjalan keluar. Kemudian mengabaikan sumur tanpa dasar yang ada di dalam. Ketiga, begitu sebuah pemahaman terpetakan oleh logika dan kata-kata, manusia terpental jauh dari dirinya sendiri.<br /> <br /> Diterangi cahaya pemahaman seperti ini, ada seorang sahabat pernah berbisik. Kadang, ada saatnya perjalanan pemahaman mirip dengan seorang anak yang baru bisa belajar bicara, kemudian bertanya pada mamanya: mana papa? Dan begitu telunjuk mama menunjuk ke seorang lelaki, setiap bayi langsung mempercayainya. Dan seumur hidup menyebut lelaki tadi dengan sebutan papa. Jarang sekali terjadi ? atau mungkin malah tidak pernah ? begitu mamanya menunjuk seorang lelaki, kemudian anak bertanya ulang : itu papa atau teman selingkuh?<br /> <br /> Bagi sahabat yang diperkuda kepintaran, mungkin cara seperti ini disebut dengan kebodohan dan ketololan. Cuman pada kehidupan manapun yang menyelami lapisan-lapisan keihklasan secara mengagumkan, dan kemudian berpelukan dengan kehidupan secara penuh penerimaan, inilah awal terbitnya matahari di dalam diri. Tidak ada pertanyaan di sana, apa lagi penolakan. Sebutan pintar dan hebat tidak lagi menggoda. Kaya dan terkemuka, juga serupa. Dikasih terimakasih, tidak dikasih juga terimakasih. Seorang pejalan kaki di jalan ini pernah berucap, ketika penafsiran kita tentang semesta berhenti, kejernihan yang mendalam jadi terbuka. Kejernihan itu meliputi segala waktu, tempat dan perubahan.<br /> <br /> Pejalan kaki yang lain berucap pelan, pelepasan adalah jantung kehidupan. Tatkala manusia sudah terlepas dari harapan, pendapat dan apalagi ketakutan, ia memasuki wilayah-wilayah kebebasan yang berkelimpahan. Dalam bahasa lain, ada yang berbisik, seluruh hidup adalah proses pelepasan. Ketika manusia mengalami pelepasan, bukahkah muncul great sun of wisdom dari dalam dirinya? Ada juga yang ragu-ragu dan bertanya, apa yang tersisa dalam kehidupan pasca pelepasan ?<br /> <br /> Yang tersisa di sana hanya satu : kerja, kerja dan kerja. Bedanya dengan kerja orang kebanyakan, bukankah kerja adalah bentuk cinta yang paling nyata? Bukankah melalui kerja Tuhan menjadi nyata?<br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <div> <br /></div>

Matahari di Dalam Diri

Hidup penuh dengan jejak kaki. Demikian sejarah bertutur pada manusia. Sayangnya logika dan kata-kata manusia tidak dan tidak akan pernah bi...

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Spirit on Pictures

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3djUD7LgWrh2Tyj2nkw_kIzNiAod7xLp0SGQJAD1_UcDT_YO4FwlFIAzRINfGsOiHwlwmxFxBhYv2PLPZ_0hHxVqUjYq7DFIOG8_yT_qkO83sPQi2IZrsONOa8pVRzmiT1ebLdghUpkk/s1600/Leadership.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3djUD7LgWrh2Tyj2nkw_kIzNiAod7xLp0SGQJAD1_UcDT_YO4FwlFIAzRINfGsOiHwlwmxFxBhYv2PLPZ_0hHxVqUjYq7DFIOG8_yT_qkO83sPQi2IZrsONOa8pVRzmiT1ebLdghUpkk/s320/Leadership.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">True Leader</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> A true leader has the Confidence to stand alone..</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> he isn't a follower.</div> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJGIy4Ij8ZLi5n8Im_rbSf6xNqmefG0EEvR6_nUpBTSihqqTHYuuJk_pifdy0WxCkGZdLJpoB71FMHu1DSflrxrQGFnAXGM5wCtAlQuvWQ24PCesZweUXZ214gT5Fr6T2zLElZ0P1Xzl_/s1600/Learning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJGIy4Ij8ZLi5n8Im_rbSf6xNqmefG0EEvR6_nUpBTSihqqTHYuuJk_pifdy0WxCkGZdLJpoB71FMHu1DSflrxrQGFnAXGM5wCtAlQuvWQ24PCesZweUXZ214gT5Fr6T2zLElZ0P1Xzl_/s320/Learning.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spirit of Learning</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> I am not affraid of stroms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.</div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Louis Mary Alcott</div> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DwO3Jl2UVk_Zy0pwVRH6zNf7TGD3WTqw2eHFfJzhLtsQA7kgrddemJCfs21ayNlFOxOg-fouu_HoVO_XkPENrFxQ8oRM8vJxk8MJiRgvhukYyYpHkXU6yr4z-MlBjlcrRhHjuLIPaO3t/s1600/New+Destinations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DwO3Jl2UVk_Zy0pwVRH6zNf7TGD3WTqw2eHFfJzhLtsQA7kgrddemJCfs21ayNlFOxOg-fouu_HoVO_XkPENrFxQ8oRM8vJxk8MJiRgvhukYyYpHkXU6yr4z-MlBjlcrRhHjuLIPaO3t/s320/New+Destinations.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beauty and Wonder</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Dreams lead to rich new worlds of beauty and wonder</div> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSzjgBjP34eGuKSAEtnialcnVZc55aUj8yeqqizDbVprgRWcYU6HdHbn9qfJZN1rgzmhvSPnV3l4kGnyefoy6_yf-ITRV6YsrNkj385ZvbTMO_v6kky4zPmR5pBbNFyCrHfmQYi_UPZgV/s1600/Priorities.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSzjgBjP34eGuKSAEtnialcnVZc55aUj8yeqqizDbVprgRWcYU6HdHbn9qfJZN1rgzmhvSPnV3l4kGnyefoy6_yf-ITRV6YsrNkj385ZvbTMO_v6kky4zPmR5pBbNFyCrHfmQYi_UPZgV/s320/Priorities.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parenting</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> The world becomes different when you are important in the life o a child</div> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAcC3Lbs-DM_I1CM-p4iGawUK7r7sDnplwyPt9xLOloabNwZIITH4QBM35yGaQCJul7CTuF8xmPNo5bFZP6g39e09nkJSyDPZ1m40AR1TUEGSI6cyVQDnKil5W0Cy9QJBNlz9dTVUESLI/s1600/Reach+for+the+Stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAcC3Lbs-DM_I1CM-p4iGawUK7r7sDnplwyPt9xLOloabNwZIITH4QBM35yGaQCJul7CTuF8xmPNo5bFZP6g39e09nkJSyDPZ1m40AR1TUEGSI6cyVQDnKil5W0Cy9QJBNlz9dTVUESLI/s320/Reach+for+the+Stars.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the Power of Dreams</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> If you reach for your dreams, they will reach for you,</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> its works like a pray</div> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gWNYToD3FaJoELGtPdCsjs6Ss0WNFWHHLBFPS9guo0ZTHOlM8dOGtGw8Y-vlWYSFjkSO0Hgj8gTUQ_YF_KL794Zlzrq_vT5hsKiH0WscxkYi2mr2LYcqtQOriE54x71g1jW9jOtzITOB/s1600/Risk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gWNYToD3FaJoELGtPdCsjs6Ss0WNFWHHLBFPS9guo0ZTHOlM8dOGtGw8Y-vlWYSFjkSO0Hgj8gTUQ_YF_KL794Zlzrq_vT5hsKiH0WscxkYi2mr2LYcqtQOriE54x71g1jW9jOtzITOB/s320/Risk.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Fortune</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> A Fortune sides with who dares.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">If</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the</span> C<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">hallenge</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">is</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">habit</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">then</span> Fortune <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">is</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">a friend</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">his life.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">madbie</span></span></div> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT76iQcEBHKDCO8MrIrh6uPtkHnBuKaD9X5Bcaa-iehqNf0TX-s1X-Nz-qBKN2ZgzW9Vd1kMtlytMZeQTZrT823CL1sy8ib3vzB9Tk_6QKipqze22qaJj33ITeFUWYgzKztKp3gfpJC3NV/s1600/Achievement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT76iQcEBHKDCO8MrIrh6uPtkHnBuKaD9X5Bcaa-iehqNf0TX-s1X-Nz-qBKN2ZgzW9Vd1kMtlytMZeQTZrT823CL1sy8ib3vzB9Tk_6QKipqze22qaJj33ITeFUWYgzKztKp3gfpJC3NV/s320/Achievement.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Challenge</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Unless you do something beyond what you have already mastered, </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> you will never grow</div> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGB8nqRw4mP3V6VLMphBkjxliyRNVYOTrL8ZFzLAtEXMlfWF15kwZXjNRj7bth8HjzkijxLEz_0c5pm2_hm7k7sgG8vjpSzU_ONfDstgxvFbLpW3IEUfYndzIY3jP0rdgM1l5m4BzZXdem/s1600/Exercise+Your+Imagination.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGB8nqRw4mP3V6VLMphBkjxliyRNVYOTrL8ZFzLAtEXMlfWF15kwZXjNRj7bth8HjzkijxLEz_0c5pm2_hm7k7sgG8vjpSzU_ONfDstgxvFbLpW3IEUfYndzIY3jP0rdgM1l5m4BzZXdem/s320/Exercise+Your+Imagination.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Imagination</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Daydreaming is a workout for the imagination</div> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzNysbvcv3iO5K9knRJWwKmUpl7Us2bfcK4UtNt-mV_CPQSTPQDjIFvhJo9MOn_peJ9fT5QRYIKx9RfaGwrQLDDJCLrOJz5Rbvxpn9Sd1HGIFkaaF_HVvrvdTHD1BAjpNqV-LZd1Or_iy/s1600/Just+Imagine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzNysbvcv3iO5K9knRJWwKmUpl7Us2bfcK4UtNt-mV_CPQSTPQDjIFvhJo9MOn_peJ9fT5QRYIKx9RfaGwrQLDDJCLrOJz5Rbvxpn9Sd1HGIFkaaF_HVvrvdTHD1BAjpNqV-LZd1Or_iy/s320/Just+Imagine.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Follow your dreams</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Follow your dreams to the shores of your imagination</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rRgcH03GLJPtnhC6ac7Sk5Nfex8IMI2DhfMg86z6tJAV0TE5I3_np_k5LGQLspcN79H238chYrfGhLuVaKqdlcgoQ7wWTWfhsrWtdn2SwMf6koLwHQqaRX7qANedPn6Biw3IdUlJ49Qf/s1600/Teamwork.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rRgcH03GLJPtnhC6ac7Sk5Nfex8IMI2DhfMg86z6tJAV0TE5I3_np_k5LGQLspcN79H238chYrfGhLuVaKqdlcgoQ7wWTWfhsrWtdn2SwMf6koLwHQqaRX7qANedPn6Biw3IdUlJ49Qf/s320/Teamwork.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Team Work</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Team work allow common poeple to attain uncommon result</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgIVRPa3mgV_VccgNtqYtpBqpBTmFZmi9UVpmM2HnzDxdW-eNQaYd0c4U9DONu6rDdzMIEBm8Tx6p3g_OEhbXIiG1_uWv51qKNqhdHTWaP_BjU73U_iZ2VlG_NgeKQf9oT287maoR3sh1/s1600/Ambition.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgIVRPa3mgV_VccgNtqYtpBqpBTmFZmi9UVpmM2HnzDxdW-eNQaYd0c4U9DONu6rDdzMIEBm8Tx6p3g_OEhbXIiG1_uWv51qKNqhdHTWaP_BjU73U_iZ2VlG_NgeKQf9oT287maoR3sh1/s320/Ambition.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greatness</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Greatness is not in where you stand but in what direction you are moving</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYCo83J4gtoB4f6SdB2WVd0sQP7gLipRnMyT9_kMrmk1C2ocqVPkD-VoJWYlvAwBpxOt84c238KBEiI_YTRsUFrKuVj8nAnhO_J08WnPaxNtgpO1xrZTPRrog1vXyMhMiW16GWI6kMO_y/s1600/Philosophy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYCo83J4gtoB4f6SdB2WVd0sQP7gLipRnMyT9_kMrmk1C2ocqVPkD-VoJWYlvAwBpxOt84c238KBEiI_YTRsUFrKuVj8nAnhO_J08WnPaxNtgpO1xrZTPRrog1vXyMhMiW16GWI6kMO_y/s320/Philosophy.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Philosophy : Life is a Journey not a destination</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div>

Spirit on Pictures

True Leader A true leader has the Confidence to stand alone.. he isn't a follower. Spirit of Learning I am not affraid of ...

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A Written Dream

<div style="text-align: center;"> <b>The Defference between a Goal and a Dream  is a Written Word.</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Gene Donohue</b></div> <br /> Too many of us treat goal setting the same way. We dream about where we wan to go, but we don't have a map to get there.<br /> What is a map ? In essence, the written word.<br /> What is the defference between a dream and a goal? Once again, the written word.<br /> Goal setting however is more than simply scribbling down some ideas on a piece of paper.<br /> <br /> Our goals need to be complete and focused, much like a road map, and that is the purpose behind the rest of this article.If you follow the 7 goal setting steps I've outlined in this article you will be well on your way to becoming an expert in building the road maps to your goals.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3hq7NRJvo0oY7M7tztOF_10UQaXQ1HS7JYXukt9p8wxSu4wrGLhr6QYXJDyLSgAXOX0v2ZdQHCWppz85U9Ot-WsI9efPUyl_UkloFw5G2G8EXUzMedtislSzaU7d93R4CpQKws6XrE65/s1600/Ambition.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3hq7NRJvo0oY7M7tztOF_10UQaXQ1HS7JYXukt9p8wxSu4wrGLhr6QYXJDyLSgAXOX0v2ZdQHCWppz85U9Ot-WsI9efPUyl_UkloFw5G2G8EXUzMedtislSzaU7d93R4CpQKws6XrE65/s400/Ambition.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> 1. Make sure the goal you are working for is something you really want, not just something that sounds good.I remember when I started taking baseball umpiring more seriously. I began to set my sites on the NCAA Division 1 level. Why? I knew there was no way I could get onto the road to the major leagues, so the next best thing was the highest college level. Pretty cool, right. Wrong.Sure, when I was talking to people about my umpiring goals it sounded pretty good, and many people were quite impressed. Fortunately I began to see through my own charade.I have been involved in youth sports for a long time. I've coached, I've been the President of leagues, I've been a treasurer and I'm currently an Assistant State Commissioner for Cal Ripken Baseball. Youth sports is where I belong, it is where my heart belongs, not on some college diamond where the only thing at stake is a high draft spot.When setting goals it is very important to remember that your goals must be consistent with your values<br /> <br /> 2. A goal can not contradict any of your other goals.For example, you can't buy a $750,000 house if your income goal is only $50,000 per year. This is called non-integrated thinking and will sabotage all of the hard work you put into your goals. Non-integrated thinking can also hamper your everyday thoughts as well. We should continually strive to eliminate contradictory ideas from our thinking.<br /> <br /> 3. Develop goals in the 6 areas of life:<br /> <br /> <ul> <li>Family and Home               Financial and Career</li> <li>Spiritual and Ethical           Physical and Health</li> <li>Social and Cultural             Mental and Educational</li> </ul> <br /> Setting goals in each area of life will ensure a more balanced life as you begin to examine and change the fundamentals of everyday living. Setting goals in each area of life also helps in eliminating the non-integrated thinking we talked about in the 2nd step.<br /> .<br /> 4. Write your goal in the positive instead of the negative.<br /> Work for what you want, not for what you want to leave behind. Part of the reason why we write down and examine our goals is to create a set of instructions for our subconscious mind to carry out. Your subconscious mind is a very efficient tool, it can not determine right from wrong and it does not judge. It's only function is to carry out its instructions. The more positive instructions you give it, the more positive results you will get.<br /> Thinking positively in everyday life will also help in your growth as a human being. Don't limit it to goal setting.<br /> <br /> 5. Write your goal out in complete detail.<br /> Instead of writing "A new home," write "A 4,000 square foot contemporary with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths and a view of the mountain on 20 acres of land.<br /> Once again we are giving the subconscious mind a detailed set of instructions to work on. The more information you give it, the more clear the final outcome becomes. The more precise the outcome, the more efficient the subconscious mind can become.<br /> Can you close your eyes and visualize the home I described above? Walk around the house. Stand on the porch off the master bedroom and see the fog lifting off the mountain. Look down at the garden full of tomatoes, green beans and cucumbers. And off to the right is the other garden full of a mums, carnations and roses. Can you see it? So can your subconscious mind.<br /> <br /> 6. By all means, make sure your goal is high enough.<br /> Shoot for the moon, if you miss you'll still be in the stars. Earlier I talked about my umpiring goals and how making it to the top level of college umpiring did not mix with my values. Some of you might be saying that I'm not setting my goals high enough. Not so. I still have very high goals for my umpiring career at the youth level. My ultimate goal is to be chosen to umpire a Babe Ruth World Series and to do so as a crew chief. If I never make it, everything I do to reach that goal will make me a better umpire and a better person. If I make it, but don't go as a crew chief, then I am still among the top youth umpires in the nation. Shoot for the moon!<br /> <br /> 7. This is the most important, write down your goals.<br /> Writing down your goals creates the roadmap to your success. Although just the act of writing them down can set the process in motion, it is also extremely important to review your goals frequently. Remember, the more focused you are on your goals the more likely you are to accomplish them.<br /> Sometimes we realize we have to revise a goal as circumstances and other goals change, much like I did with my umpiring. If you need to change a goal do not consider it a failure, consider it a victory as you had the insight to realize something was different.<br /> <br /> So your goals are written down. Now what?<br /> First of all, unless someone is critical to helping you achieve your goal(s), do not freely share your goals with others. The negative attitude from friends, family and neighbors can drag you down quickly. It's very important that your self-talk (the thoughts in your head) are positive.<br /> Reviewing your goals daily is a crucial part of your success and must become part of your routine. Each morning when you wake up read your list of goals that are written in the positive. Visualize the completed goal, see the new home, smell the leather seats in your new car, feel the cold hard cash in your hands. Then each night, right before you go to bed, repeat the process. This process will start both your subconscious and conscious mind on working towards the goal. This will also begin to replace any of the negative self-talk you may have and replace it with positive self-talk.<br /> Every time you make a decision during the day, ask yourself this question, "Does it take me closer to, or further from my goal." If the answer is "closer to," then you've made the right decision. If the answer is "further from," well, you know what to do.<br /> If you follow this process everyday you will be on your way to achieving unlimited success in every aspect of your life.

A Written Dream

The Defference between a Goal and a Dream  is a Written Word. Gene Donohue Too many of us treat goal setting the same way. We dream abo...

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Boiling Frog

What do frogs to do with self motivation and personal development?<br /> <br /> Here's an old school science experiment for you. Take two frogs,  two pans of water, and two burners. Now, let the first pan of water come to boil the try placing the first frog into boiling water. What happens? He will hop out very quickly, of course. Why ? Because he is not able to tolerance the sudden change in his environment, going from room temperature to the boiling water so quickly.<br /> <br /> <br /> Now. take the second pot of water, set it on the burner and let it just get a little luke warm. Nowplace the second frog in the lukewarm water. Let the water continue to get hot. The frog will stay in the boiling water longer than the first one did. Why is that? Because the change wasn't as drastic so was able to get used to the change in temperature quicker.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQYhP0r3u8tfzp5aQp08cfae621ax6ZMioKLygILNpD8xVRY_NUdw5wZ90x4tN764iQdvuge2UZ1BY11iaGapKY2JfdSYQMpjxkGFk03EO-YDV8IG8wbGtIRjoLOmM7Hb51wiORNd3g16/s1600/New+Destinations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQYhP0r3u8tfzp5aQp08cfae621ax6ZMioKLygILNpD8xVRY_NUdw5wZ90x4tN764iQdvuge2UZ1BY11iaGapKY2JfdSYQMpjxkGFk03EO-YDV8IG8wbGtIRjoLOmM7Hb51wiORNd3g16/s200/New+Destinations.jpg" width="200" /></a>Your personal life is much the same way. You may have reached a point in your life when you are ready for change and are willing to put forth the effort to make that change happen. But it's usually the sudden shifts in your "climate", the drastic upheavels, that let you know there's a problem and it's time to try something different.<br /> The slower changes aren't as noticable, and is one reason why you are usually able to stay in a painful situation longer than you should. Like the second frog, you don't realize the water's getting hotter until it's boiling over.<br /> <br /> When it comes to changing a situation you are in, pain is a great motivator. You finally see the warning signs when things get too rough to handle any longer. For instance, when do you usually realize that you need to go on a diet? When none of your clothes fit you any longer. Or when do you realize that you should quit smoking? When you can't walk a block without struggling for breath.<br /> <br /> The only time most of us ever attempt self motivation is when the whole world is crashing downaround us. The biggest reason you don't like to change is because it can be very painful at times. But the truth is that change is even more painful when you choose to ignore it.<br /> <br /> Change will happen, like it or not. Throughout your lifetime, you are going to experience different turning points and change is going to occur, whether for the better or worse, whether you want to admit it or not.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHM8nepbSrIl5MfTDhW9P6sTVcWyAPEW95NfZTRfSwMkoLVeevV9ANAqiZy75MnASGxDTv9-F_MxO7tIuhiMByAYgu6t1htyFiHFUPpwjjEHqhn_FVwSbdo6EQjyLKeuBBdwpP4BT5AnK/s1600/madbieznet_logo+madbie2-280+x+80.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHM8nepbSrIl5MfTDhW9P6sTVcWyAPEW95NfZTRfSwMkoLVeevV9ANAqiZy75MnASGxDTv9-F_MxO7tIuhiMByAYgu6t1htyFiHFUPpwjjEHqhn_FVwSbdo6EQjyLKeuBBdwpP4BT5AnK/s640/madbieznet_logo+madbie2-280+x+80.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://madbie.blogspot.com/">bieznet</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <div> <br /></div>

Boiling Frog

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