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How to KEEP connected to what MATTERS, in spite of the holiday season

Hi friends! I hope you had a FUN week with Halloween spooks and DRESS UP parties.

This post is for everyone but I want to give a quick shout out to ANYONE who is in transition. Good luck and STAY focused.

You may remember that I’m in currently transition, moving from China to US. During this PROCESS I’ve been working very hard to keep my focus on the big picture but now the holiday is upon us already.

ALL OF US can tend to  feel overwhelmed once the HOLIDAY SEASON hits. There just seems to be one event after the other with increasing demands on our TIME and WALLET.

It can be so easy to slip into AUTOPILOT and let everything and everyone else’s demands crowd out our PRIORITIES and our GOALS. Getting through the holiday’s with your integrity intact requires some focus and that focus needs to be on YOUR VISION.

How do I do that? How can YOU do that? Watch and find out.

Abe

P.S.  I’m reading and awesome book called The POWER of HABIT. It’s amazing. I’ll be sharing some of the insights I’ve connected to in upcoming but if you wanna read just click here. 🙂

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5 Things to Remember When Your Confidence is Low

It’s okay, some days you may not feel like you can take another step. Maybe it seems like your own mind is fighting against you.

Sometimes you just need an espresso boost of positive thought energy to move past that funk.

some-days-you-just-have-to-create-your-own-sunshineSome days you just have to make your own sunshine.

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Don’t count the days, make the days count.

start-where-you-are-use-what-you-have-do-what-you-canStart where you are, use what you have, do what you can.

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Don’t be ashamed of your story. Let it inspire others.

"Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right." - Abe Stone

“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right.” – Abe Stone

the-more-i-focus-my-mind-on-the-good-the-more-good-comes-to-me-affirmation

The more I focus my mind on the good, the more good comes to me. #affirmation

By |Goals and Dreams, Personal Development|
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Why You Can’t Make It to… Your Dream

Did he say, “YOU CAN’T do that. You won’t make any money that way”? Maybe she laughed when you told her how much you wanted to try something out.

Stop and consider the fact that you are on a different PATH than they are.

Sure, it may not work, if they did it… but you are not them.

[shareable cite=”Abe Stone”]Sure, it may not work, if they did it… but you are not them.[/shareable]

Heck, they may have tried and it didn’t work.

There’s a story in which business professors Gary Hamel and C. K. Parahalad wrote about a group monkeys that had been put through an experiment.

They placed the monkeys in a room with a pole, and at the top of the pole there was bunch of bananas. Every time one of the monkeys climbed up, they sprayed it with cold water just before it reached the bananas.

Each one tried several times until they all GAVE UP.

The person saying it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese Proverb

They then replaced one of the monkeys with a monkey which had not been sprayed with water. As it climbed the pole, the other monkey, who knew about the water, pulled it down.

The new monkey eventually gave up.

Then they switched another new monkey with another one which had been sprayed. The same thing happened, but the new monkey who had come just before it joined in pulling this second monkey down.

They eventually exchanged all of the monkeys, until none of the original monkeys which had been showered with water were left in the room.

Though they DIDN’T KNOW WHY, all the monkeys would still pull down any NEW monkey which tried to go for the bananas.

Just think about it, WHO is stopping you? Remember, they may have their story but now it’s time to live your story.

Stop listening to the naysayers.

Expect to have to PERSIST past obstacles.

Go bananas! 😉

[shareable cite=”Chinese Proverb”]The person saying it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. #quote[/shareable]
[shareable]I succeed because I meet resistance with persistence #affirmation[/shareable]
By |Goals and Dreams, Mind and Meaning|
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A Simple Key to Creating the Future You Want Now

Every morning I look at my exercise plan and I know I want to have a healthy, strong body when I’m older. What do you want to have in your future?

Decide, commit, and make today matter. That feeling you want in the future will be your if you chose well today.

In this Video:

00:15 – My Coach Got Me on This
00:40 – How Your Future Depends on One Day
01:18 – Tell Me How You Do Anything, I’ll Tell You Your Future
01:40 – A Top Basketball Coach’s Life Insight
02:24 – Quote from – John Maxwell
02:53 – Affirmation to Move You Forward

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5 Things You Want to Do When You Have to Start Over

If the pain of spending time in a dead end career or a harmful relationship isn’t bad enough, at what point will you be willing to start over, and do something new? I don’t think it’s usually easy saying, “Oops, I guess that’s that. I’ve gotta start over.”

The times it has happened to me I was forced into it but I’ve learned a few things that do make it easier.

In this Video:

00:30 – You Face What Jane in The Mentalist Faced Regularly
01:00 – 3 Tools You Can Use If You Get This
01:34 – Do You Have a Lot of Sunken Cost?
02:17 – Experiencing Divorce
03:00 – Speed Up Failure
03:30 – The Detachment Connection
04:16 – Acceptance Is Magic
05:10 – If You Get This Right The Rest Will Follow
05:30 – Quote from – Guy Vinley
05:45 – Affirmation to Move You Forward

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17 Signs You Have What It Takes to Be Successful

Success is not a destination. The following definition made me so happy when I first heard it years ago: “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”

It’s being in the process, the journey that qualifies you as successful or not. To many people give up and don’t do anything because it looks to difficult.

In this Video:

00:18 – Is This a Guy/Girl Thing?
01:06 – It’s Starts Out With These Things You Do About Others
02:30 – Don’t Be Stingy With This One
03:13 – Use This If You’re New To Goal Setting
04:02 – Do You Know What Transformational Means?
04:22 – Quote from – Arnold H. Glasow
04:37- Affirmation to Move You Forward

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5 Things That Give You Better Focus in Your Life

“Come to the movies with us”, came the beckoning voice of friends. “Can you join a subcommittee to improve an event we’re hosting”, a text from work asked. What do these requests have in common?

These were two unrelated items that came on my radar as I sat trying to focus on completing this post for you. The mind battle I faced, as I subsequently turned each request down, was exhausting but I did. I kept my FOCUS on my priorities. You can learn to do this too.

In this Video:

00:43 – This Will Make You Cry
01:03 – Rituals That Matter
01:40 – Say No to Everything Else Besides This
02:20 – Take Care of Your Lacks This Way
02:48 – 5 Tips to Reduce Operator Trouble
04:53 – Bonus Tip, Find Out Who’s There for You
05:13 – Quote from – Sabrina Bryan
05:28 – Affirmation to Move You Forward

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