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Articles from the pen of Ralph Marston
Tell yourself
What are you telling yourself that's holding you back? What are you telling yourself that's preventing you from being happy? What are you telling yourself that gives you permission to be less than your very best? What are you telling yourself that gives you an excuse for not taking action.
Every moment of every day you're interpreting the world for yourself, telling yourself what it means and what to do about it. Each time you tell yourself something, you have an opportunity to make a lasting impact on your life.
So tell yourself yes. Remind yourself why you have chosen to step forward and give yourself permission to do so.
Tell yourself that you can choose a life of joy and fulfillment right now. Tell yourself that you're fully capable of whatever you decide to achieve.
Take the opportunity to tell yourself, again and again, how truly outstanding your life can be. And then thank yourself for the great advice as you enthusiastically bring it to life.
The opportunity to respond
You have the opportunity to respond to whatever happens in your world. And the way you respond determines the quality of your life.
What matters most is not what happens to you. What matters most is the way you respond.
You can respond any way you choose. So choose those positive, empowering responses that will move your life forward.
It may seem in certain situations that a negative response is the only possible response, and yet that is never the case. Always, a positive response is just as possible, just as realistic, and a whole lot more beneficial.
Get clear on your purpose and know your intentions. Respond to whatever happens in a way that moves your life in the direction you have chosen to go.
For the opportunity to craft your own response to each event in life is indeed the opportunity to set the direction of your life. Remember always that you have a choice, and use that choice to add great value to your world.
Relax
One great way to maintain your focus is to let go of it for a while. To make your efforts more effective, get away from them for a little bit.
Intense focus requires energy and enthusiasm. To replenish that energy and enthusiasm, make it a habit to take a real break.
Up to a certain point, the more you work the more you'll accomplish. Eventually though, you'll reach a point of diminishing returns.
Enjoy the challenge of working with intensity. Then spend some time relaxing, away from all that work.
Be productive, be effective, be focused and committed. And then regularly sit back and truly enjoy the fruits of your efforts.
For optimum performance, keep yourself balanced. Allow your efforts and your relaxation to positively contribute to each other.
Confident expectation
In ways you can clearly see and in ways you'll never understand, your expectations become your reality. What you expect most sincerely and persistently, you experience.
All that is within you constantly works to meet the expectations you set for yourself and for your world. You will see, and hear, and touch, and taste, and learn, and achieve whatever you expect.
When those around you are filled with dismay, it is easy to expect the worst. Yet surprisingly, it is just as easy to expect the best when you simply choose to do so, and a whole lot more beneficial.
Begin each day with the confident expectation of specific achievements. At the end of the day, most of those expectations will have been met.
Expectation compels you to find a way. Expectation taps into the large and rich store of resources in your life.
Expect the best of yourself and of those around you. For you truly have the power to make those expectations real.
Release your doubts
Can you let go of your doubts? Of course you can.
How do you release those doubts? You simply stop holding on to them.
If you wish to drop an object that you are holding in your hands, you just let it go and it falls away. Visualize doing the exact same thing with each doubt, and allow them all to fall away from you under their own weight.
Every doubt you maintain requires your active participation and energy. Choose to no longer participate in keeping those doubts alive.
Instead, use the energy to grow and build and love and live and accomplish great things. Release your doubts, and stop standing in the way of your own progress.
Move positively forward without the encumbrance of doubt. And discover how amazingly effective you can naturally be.
What are you telling yourself that's holding you back? What are you telling yourself that's preventing you from being happy? What are you telling yourself that gives you permission to be less than your very best? What are you telling yourself that gives you an excuse for not taking action.
Every moment of every day you're interpreting the world for yourself, telling yourself what it means and what to do about it. Each time you tell yourself something, you have an opportunity to make a lasting impact on your life.
So tell yourself yes. Remind yourself why you have chosen to step forward and give yourself permission to do so.
Tell yourself that you can choose a life of joy and fulfillment right now. Tell yourself that you're fully capable of whatever you decide to achieve.
Take the opportunity to tell yourself, again and again, how truly outstanding your life can be. And then thank yourself for the great advice as you enthusiastically bring it to life.
The opportunity to respond
You have the opportunity to respond to whatever happens in your world. And the way you respond determines the quality of your life.
What matters most is not what happens to you. What matters most is the way you respond.
You can respond any way you choose. So choose those positive, empowering responses that will move your life forward.
It may seem in certain situations that a negative response is the only possible response, and yet that is never the case. Always, a positive response is just as possible, just as realistic, and a whole lot more beneficial.
Get clear on your purpose and know your intentions. Respond to whatever happens in a way that moves your life in the direction you have chosen to go.
For the opportunity to craft your own response to each event in life is indeed the opportunity to set the direction of your life. Remember always that you have a choice, and use that choice to add great value to your world.
Relax
One great way to maintain your focus is to let go of it for a while. To make your efforts more effective, get away from them for a little bit.
Intense focus requires energy and enthusiasm. To replenish that energy and enthusiasm, make it a habit to take a real break.
Up to a certain point, the more you work the more you'll accomplish. Eventually though, you'll reach a point of diminishing returns.
Enjoy the challenge of working with intensity. Then spend some time relaxing, away from all that work.
Be productive, be effective, be focused and committed. And then regularly sit back and truly enjoy the fruits of your efforts.
For optimum performance, keep yourself balanced. Allow your efforts and your relaxation to positively contribute to each other.
Confident expectation
In ways you can clearly see and in ways you'll never understand, your expectations become your reality. What you expect most sincerely and persistently, you experience.
All that is within you constantly works to meet the expectations you set for yourself and for your world. You will see, and hear, and touch, and taste, and learn, and achieve whatever you expect.
When those around you are filled with dismay, it is easy to expect the worst. Yet surprisingly, it is just as easy to expect the best when you simply choose to do so, and a whole lot more beneficial.
Begin each day with the confident expectation of specific achievements. At the end of the day, most of those expectations will have been met.
Expectation compels you to find a way. Expectation taps into the large and rich store of resources in your life.
Expect the best of yourself and of those around you. For you truly have the power to make those expectations real.
Release your doubts
Can you let go of your doubts? Of course you can.
How do you release those doubts? You simply stop holding on to them.
If you wish to drop an object that you are holding in your hands, you just let it go and it falls away. Visualize doing the exact same thing with each doubt, and allow them all to fall away from you under their own weight.
Every doubt you maintain requires your active participation and energy. Choose to no longer participate in keeping those doubts alive.
Instead, use the energy to grow and build and love and live and accomplish great things. Release your doubts, and stop standing in the way of your own progress.
Move positively forward without the encumbrance of doubt. And discover how amazingly effective you can naturally be.
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