What a 10-Day Negative Thought Fast Can do For You.

What a 10-Day Negative Thought Fast Can do For You.

Would you like a simple way to really change your life? Instead of merely getting by, you'll find that your life can truly be exceptional when you focus on positive solutions rather than the constraints of your challenges.

This 10-Day Negative Thought Fast, originated by Emmett Fox, one of the most popular self-help authors and speakers of the early 20^th century, is an adventure you’ll reap many benefits from.

Here are the rules:

1.      If you break any of the other rules, you must start the 10 days over from the beginning. To get the full effect, you must complete 10 consecutive days. Giving up negative thoughts is a little like giving up a drug; you've got to stop using them completely, otherwise you haven't truly quit.

2.      You cannot focus on a negative thought or remain in a negative emotional state for more than five minutes. Ideally, the time should be much shorter. Five minutes should be plenty of time to recognize what's going on and put a stop to it. Remember, even one instance of lingering for more than five minutes means starting over.

3.      You must focus on solutions. When the negative thoughts start, the idea is to immediately start contemplating possible solutions. Spend your time solving your challenges instead of focusing on them.

• If you're like most people, you've probably had the same challenges for quite a while without resolution. It's time to try something else instead of dwelling on what's wrong.

This sounds deceptively easy, but you may be surprised how difficult it is to give up negativity. We tend to think that worrying helps in some way. But you've probably been worrying about a lot of things for a long time and they haven't improved.

When you're faced with a negative thought (and there will be many!), the best response is to think to yourself, "How can I solve or improve this challenge?" The point is to immediately begin focusing on solutions. When you ask a good question, you’ll receive good answers.

Over the 10 days, you’ll begin to form a habit of immediately recognizing a negative mental state and then focusing on solutions for what you feel negatively about. If you continue the process after the 10 days are completed, you’ll develop a permanent habit that will only require a minimal amount of maintenance.

You might need several attempts to complete the full 10 days. It's common to have numerous slips on day one and then a few others later in the process. Refrain from beating yourself up over it. Remember, you're focusing on solutions.

Taking Your Focus Away From A Negative Thought

सोच का असर - लघुकथा

एक बार राजा भोज की सभा में एक व्यापारी ने प्रवेश किया. राजा भोज की दृष्टि उस पर पड़ी तो उसे देखते ही अचानक उनके मन में विचार आया कि कुछ ऐसा किया जाए ताकि इस व्यापारी की सारी संपत्ति छीनकर राजकोष में जमा कर दी जाए.
व्यापारी जब तक वहां रहा भोज का मन रह रहकर उसकी संपत्ति को हड़प लेने का करता. कुछ देर बाद व्यापारी चला गया.

उसके जाने के बाद राजा को अपने राज्य के ही एक निवासी के लिए आए ऐसे विचारों के लिए बड़ा खेद होने लगा.

राजा भोज ने सोचा कि मैं तो प्रजा के साथ न्यायप्रिय रहता हूं. आज मेरे मन में ऐसा कलुषित विचार क्यों आया?

उन्होंने अपने मंत्री से सारी बात बताकर समाधान पूछा. मन्त्री ने कहा- इसका उत्तर देने के लिए आप मुझे कुछ समय दें. राजा मान गए.

मंत्री विलक्षण बुद्धि का था. वह इधर-उधर के सोच-विचार में समय न खोकर सीधा व्यापारी से मैत्री गाँठने पहुंचा. व्यापारी से मित्रता करने के बाद उसने पूछा- मित्र तुम चिन्तित क्यों हो? भारी मुनाफे वाले चन्दन का व्यापार करते हो, फिर चिंता कैसी?

व्यापारी बोला- मेरे पास उत्तम कोटि के चंदन का बड़ा भंडार जमा हो गया है. चंदन से भरी गाडियां लेकर अनेक शहरों के चक्कर लगाए पर नहीं बिक रहा है. बहुत धन इसमें फंसा पडा है. अब नुकसान से बचने का कोई उपाय नहीं है.

व्यापारी की बातें सुनकर मंत्री ने पूछा- क्या हानि से बचने का कोई उपाय नहीं? व्यापारी हंसकर कहने लगा- अगर राजा भोज की मृत्यु हो जाए तो उनके दाह-संस्कार के लिए सारा चन्दन बिक सकता है. अब तो यही अंतिम मार्ग दिखता है.

व्यापारी की इस बात से मंत्री को राजा के उस प्रश्न का उत्तर मिल चुका था जो उन्होंने व्यापारी के संदर्भ में पूछा था.

मंत्री ने कहा- तुम आज से प्रतिदिन राजा का भोजन पकाने के लिए चालीस किलो चन्दन राजरसोई भेज दिया करो. पैसे उसी समय मिल जाएंगे.

व्यापारी यह सुनकर बड़ा खुश हुआ. प्रतिदिन और नकद चंदन बिक्री से तो उसकी समस्या ही दूर हो जाने वाली थी. वह मन ही मन राजा के दीर्घायु होने की कामना करने लगा ताकि राजा की रसोई के लिए चंदन लंबे समय तक बेचता रहे.

एक दिन राजा अपनी सभा में बैठे थे. वह व्यापारी दोबारा राजा के दर्शनों को वहां आया. उसे देखकर राजा के मन में विचार आया कि यह कितना आकर्षक व्यक्ति है. इसे कुछ पुरस्कारस्वरूप अवश्य दिया जाना चाहिए...

राजा ने मंत्री से कहा- यह व्यापारी पहली बार आया था तो उस दिन मेरे मन में कुछ बुरे भाव आए थे और मैंने तुमसे प्रश्न किया था. आज इसे देखकर मेरे मन के भाव बदल गए. इसे दूसरी बार देखकर मेरे मन में इतना परिवर्तन कैसे हो गया?

मन्त्री ने उत्तर देते हुए कहा- महाराज! मैं आपके दोनों ही प्रश्नों का उत्तर आज दे रहा हूं. यह जब पहली बार आया था तब यह आपकी मृत्यु की कामना रखता था. अब यह आपके लंबे जीवन की कामना करता रहता है...
इसलिए आपके मन में इसके प्रति दो तरह की भावनाओं ने जन्म लिया है. "जैसी भावना अपनी होती है, वैसा ही प्रतिबिम्ब दूसरे के मन पर पडने लगता है. यह एक मनोवैज्ञानिक सत्य है."...

हम किसी व्यक्ति का मूल्यांकन कर रहे होते हैं तो उसके मन में उपजते भावों का उस मूल्यांकन पर गहरा प्रभाव पड़ता है...

बोध - जब भी किसी से मिलें तो एक सकारात्मक सोच के साथ ही मिलें.
ताकि आपके शरीर से सकारात्मक ऊर्जा निकले और वह व्यक्ति उस सकारात्मक ऊर्जा से प्रभावित होकर आसानी से आप के पक्ष में विचार करने के लिए प्रेरित हो सके क्योंकि,
"जैसी दृष्टि होगी, वैसी सृष्टि होगी"....

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इंसान दौड़ रहा है - लघुकथा

एक किसान के घर एक दिन उसका कोई परिचित मिलने आया।उस समय वह घर पर नहीं था।उसकी पत्नी ने कहा-'वह खेत पर गए हैं। मैं बच्चे को बुलाने के लिए भेजती हूं। तब तक आप इंतजार करें।
' कुछ ही देर में किसान खेत से अपने घर आ पहुंचा। उसके साथ-साथ उसका पालतू कुत्ता भी आया।कुत्ता जोरों से हांफ रहा था। उसकी यह हालत देख, मिलने आए व्यक्ति ने किसान से पूछा-'क्या तुम्हारा खेत बहुत दूर है?
' किसान ने कहा-'नहीं, पास ही है। लेकिन आप ऐसा क्यों पूछ रहे हैं?'
उस व्यक्ति ने कहा-'मुझे यह देखकर आश्चर्य हो रहा है कि तुम और तुम्हारा कुत्ता दोनों साथ-साथ आए,लेकिन तुम्हारे चेहरे पर रंच मात्र थकान नहीं
जब कि कुत्ता बुरी तरह से हांफ रहा है।'
किसान ने कहा-'मैं और कुत्ता एक ही रास्ते से घर आए हैं।मेरा खेत भी कोई खास दूर नहीं है। मैं थका नहीं हूं।मेरा कुत्ता थक गया है। इसका कारण यह है कि मैं सीधे रास्ते से चलकर घर आया हूं,मगर कुत्ता अपनी आदत से मजबूर है। वह आसपास दूसरे कुत्ते देखकर उनको भगाने के लिए उसके पीछे दौड़ता था और भौंकता हुआ वापस मेरे पास आ जाता था।फिर जैसे ही उसे और कोई कुत्ता नजर आता, वह उसके पीछे दौड़ने लगता।अपनी आदत के अनुसार उसका यह क्रम रास्ते भर जारी रहा।इसलिए वह थक गया है।'

देखा जाए तो यही स्थिति आज के इंसान की भी है। जीवन के लक्ष्य तक पहुंचना यूं तो कठिन नहीं है,लेकिन लोभ,मोह अहंकार और ईर्ष्या जीव को उसके जीवन की सीधी और सरल राह से भटका रही है। हर समय मन दूसरे को देखकर उसके पीछे भागता है।अपनी क्षमता के अनुसार जिसके पास जितना है, उससे वह संतुष्ट नहीं।
आज लखपति, कल करोड़पति, फिर अरबपति बनने की चाह में उलझकर इंसान दौड़ रहा है।
अनेक लोग ऐसे हैं जिनके पास सब कुछ है।
भरा-पूरा परिवार, कोठी, बंगला, एक से एक बढ़िया कारें, क्या कुछ नहीं है।फिर भी उनमें बहुत से दुखी रहते हैं।
बड़ा आदमी बनना, धनवान बनना बुरी बात नहीं, बनना चाहिए। यह हसरत सबकी रहती है।
उसके लिए स्वस्थ प्रतिस्पर्धा होगी तो थकान नहीं होगी।लेकिन
दूसरों के सामने खुद को बड़ा दिखाने की चाह के चलते आदमी राह से भटक रहा है और यह भटकाव ही इंसान को थका रहा है।

Truly Committed to Excellence in Your Business?

The best way to really commit to following a path of excellence is by having a good mindset. Once this is in place it will be much easier to focus on actually committing to excellence.

Can you truthfully say that you strive to do your best every day? If you run an online business, do you put out excellent products? Or do you just try and put out a product that will generate lots of sales quickly? What about customer support, do you even have a customer support system in place?

We are not asking you to be perfect, that is not feasible, but we are suggesting that you are accountable for your actions. This is how you commit to excellence.

The problem with running an online business is that it is so easy to hide behind your website. You don't have a physical storefront so you don't see your customers in person. Everything is run behind the scenes so to speak.

Keeping this in mind then, you do have choices for how to commit to excellence with your business. These choices do matter, immensely.

Instead of just hashing out quick money making products, you want to start focusing on how you can add value to your products. What can you do to help your customers use your products?

This even applies to products that you might promote as an affiliate. Are you promoting products just to make quick cash? Or are you recommending quality items and tools that you know your customers can actually use? There is a big difference.

Any product that you promote should be high quality and be useful to your customers. It's even better if you actually use this product yourself. This shows integrity and sincerity to your list of customers.

If you want to excel with your business then quality really does count. This should apply to your own products and those that you promote. It should also apply to the way you market your business online.

The business image you portray online is going to define the perception of excellence people see you from. If you run engaging social media campaigns and are seen in various places interacting, this makes you look open and approachable.

Instead of trying to do a million things for your business. Stop, and focus on one activity at a time. Then while doing this activity focus all of your energy and passion into it. This is the easiest way to develop excellence in your business. 

Are You Committed to Excellence?

Even if you have heard of the term 'committed to excellence', do you fully understand what it means? The following quote is from Aristotle and defines what excellence is.

"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." 

Immediately you can see that excellence is a habit, and any habit can be formed. The best way to create a new habit is by setting yourself new goals and creating a plan of attack. Let's see how you can do this.

First you want to define your reasons, or why, for wanting to commit to excellence. Does this pertain to your business, your family life or for some other reason? If it helps write down your reasons and your why for wanting to achieve this.

If your goal is to be committed to excellence for your business there are some simple actionable steps that you can put into place. If your business consists of clients, then get into the habit of demanding more from yourself than they do of you.

You can easily please your clients by doing any of the following:

·         Giving more value

·         Over delivering

·         Finishing the work ahead of schedule

·         Adding in a bonus

Another way to improve your business through excellence is by portraying a professional image. Is your website, logo, brochure information, business cards etc all up to date and modern looking? If not this is one simple area to improve upon.

Customer service is another area where you can offer excellence. Make sure you have a great customer service center, whether online or offline. It is very easy to set up online help desks today. You can even create one using Google+ Hangouts.

By delivering quality customer service to your clients and your customers you can easily provide excellence. Always respond to tickets in a timely fashion and never get angry at the customer, regardless of the situation.

If you want to excel in your life then you can start by attempting to put forth the best effort you can. If you do this consistently you will have that air of excellence surrounding you. This will rub off on other people and they will begin to view you in a different light.

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How Laughter Can Improve Your Overall Health

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Laughter can be infectious. When you hear the sound of laughter, you can’t help but laugh yourself. When laughter is shared among others, it causes a binding between people and increases both intimacy and happiness.

It is well known that laughter triggers healthy bodily changes and healthy changes in the mind. Laughter can increase your energy level, lessen pain, strengthen the immune system, and protect you from stress. Laughter is the best medicine because it is free, fun, and easy. 

Laughter is Strong Medicine

Laughter can be a strong antidote to conflict, pain, and stress. There is nothing else that works more dependably or quicker to bring your body and mind into balance than laughter. The use of humor can lighten your burdens, connect you to others, inspire your hope, and keep you focused, alert, and grounded. 

With this ability to renew your health and heal you, laughter can be a great resource for whatever problems you may have. It can also strengthen your relationships, and can support your emotional and physical health and wellbeing.

How Is Laughter Good For Your Health?

Laughter can do many things for your health. These include the following:

·         Laughter can increase your immune system. It can decrease the level of stress hormones within the body and increase the number of immune cells and antibodies you have, which will help you become more resistant to disease.

·         Laughter is relaxing. A wonderful laugh can relieve you of stress and physical tension so that your muscles can be relaxed for up to 45 minutes following laughing.

·         Laughter releases endorphins. Endorphins are the body’s feel-good hormones. When your endogenous endorphins are released, you feel a sense of well-being and a reduction in the sensation of pain.

·         Laughter can help the heart. Laughter can increase the ability of the blood vessels to nourish all parts of the body. It can increase your blood flow, which in turn can help prevent heart attacks and other types of heart diseases.

The Overall Benefits Of Laughter

Laughter is known to have many health benefits, including physical, emotional, and social benefits. Some of these include the following:

·         Decreases your stress levels

·         Increases your immunity

·         Relaxes your muscles

·          Protects your heart

·         Lessens pain

·         Lessens fear and anxiety

·         Relieves stress

·         Adds joy to your life

·         Enhances your mood

·         Improves your resilience

·         Attracts other people to us

·         Promotes the bonding among group members

·         Improves teamwork

·         Strengthens relationships

Laughter Can Help Your Emotional Health

Laughter simply makes a person feel good. This good feeling persists even when you are done laughing. Laughter helps you maintain an optimistic, positive outlook so you can better get through situations of loss, disappointments, and other difficult situations.

Laughter is more than just a protection against pain and sadness. It gives you the strength and courage to find other sources of hope and meaning. Even when you find yourself in the most difficult of times, laughter or even a smile can take you far when it comes to feeling better. Laugher really is a bit contagious. When you hear someone else laugh, it primes your brain and sets you up to join that person in laughing, too. 

Laughter And Mental Health

Laughter is associated with better mental health. Some things laughter can do to improve your mental health include the following:

·         Laughter allows you to relax. A good laugh can lessen stress and increase your energy levels so that you can remain focused and get more things accomplished.

·         Laughter can lessen distress. It is hard to feel sad, anxious, or angry when you are instead laughing.

·         Laughter shifts your perspective. It allows you to see things in a less threatening and more realistic light. Being humorous helps create a psychological distance between you and stressful events so that you don’t feel so overwhelmed.

Laughter Has Social Benefits

When you use humor and engage in playful communication with others, your relationships become stronger and you trigger positive emotions and an emotional connection with those you are laughing with. A positive bond develops—one that can act as a powerful buffer against disappointment, disagreements, and stress. When you laugh with others, this is a more powerful thing than when you laugh alone.

How To Create More Opportunities To Laugh

There are things you can do to increase your chances of laughing. Here are some you might try:

·         Attend a comedy club

·         Watch something funny on television

·         Watch videos of funny animals there are tons on YouTube, or just add the search term “funny” into the YouTube search bar

·         Read the comics in the newspaper

·         Be with people who are funny

·         Share a funny story or joke with another

·         Read a funny book

·         Sponsor a game night with your friends

·         Play with your pet

·         Play with children

·         Do something you think is silly

·         Engage in activities you consider fun

Laugher can do a lot to help you feel better on a physical, emotional, and cognitive level. Don’t be afraid to share a good laugh with others for all around better health.