Archive for June, 2009

Lake Park, FL May 11, 2009 – When was the last time you felt happy? Do you jump on the bandwagon of “negativity” or surround yourself with positive people? Even in a bad economy, there still remains hope at the end of the day where we can turn to those people who bring us joy in something we have a love for. A place where we can share our experiences, favorite movies, or just make new friends from all over the world. It will be a learning experience that is new, refreshing and will bring enjoyment with no cost but to bring human beings together as one talking about their favorite subjects…..themselves!

Mental State.  What does that really mean?  We always hear that successful individuals are “mentally tough.”  Does that mean the “mentally tough” person focuses only on the task and nothing else? 
Mental state as defined in AMP IT UP is a condition.  It is a balance of eagerness to learn, a mind void of unnecessary thought, positive attitude, proper mental preparation, and a firm belief in the task and/or goal to be achieved.  It is a calm,  fully relaxed yet ready for action feeling. 
Having the proper mental state is like setting the table for a meal for peak performance.
How do we achieve our best mental state to perform at our highest levels? 
The proper mental state is not a one-size-fits-all concept.  We need to identify “triggers” that place us into a peak performance ready condition.  We need to understand how stress directly affects our mental state.  Stress can help to a point.  Stress is a basic ingredient for peak performance.  Stress is having a problem to solve: a presentation, a sports competition, a fancy dinner party, mid-term exams.  Too much stress and our mind and body begin to shut down.
To begin let us identify the negative stress factors in your life.  To prepare your mental state, you must eliminate previous disruptive thoughts and emotions.  You must abandon your fear of failure. First,
list activities or goals in which you have failed. Then take each of the above and write a clarifying statement of why you failed and what you were most worried about while executing the task.
Now you have an idea of thoughts and distractions that cause you not to perform at your highest levels. 
When you feel these performance-inhibiting thoughts rising, you must replace them with new thoughts of success. You must visualize a positive end.  You must visualize your peak performance.
In essence, you have two performances to deal with: your mental turmoil and the task.

I was in a bridal shop the other day noticing how happy the young women looked shopping for the “dress of their dreams”. Their faces were absolutely glowing. The women engaged each other in conversation picking out dresses, showing off engagement rings and regaling details of their upcoming wedding receptions. But one bride in particular caught my eye. She seemed a little reserved,even shy, and really wasn’t involved in the banter of the other women. She picked out a dress she liked, though, and took it with her into the fitting room.

“Do The Right Thing” – How many times have you heard parents, teachers and others say this to you. But the question I put to you is how important “doing the right thing” is to you?

We all know what is the right thing to do in most situations, if not all. Yet doing the right thing is the hardest thing to do especially when it has negative consequences. Let’s consider a few situations and see how you would react:  

Many people suffer loneliness across the globe; they sit beside their window and feel the loneliness without realizing countless people roaring in front of them. Everyone seeks a good companion to share their feelings; to gain some confidence and to achieve their goals. But somehow they fail to realize how they can be a good companion to someone else. Anyway, good companion is must for achieving some great things. But how many of us really got at least anyone like that. Though someone can play good part in our life we can’t be so sure we will get someone like that in future; at the same time if they turn down after some time it’ll affect us more worst. It’s a fact that people may get changed over some period.