Self Help Motivation

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What the heck gives me the right to publish articles on self help motivation?

I didn’t suffer abuse at the hand of my parents. I was raised in a loving and caring family. I enjoyed (and am still enjoying) a good education. My early and subsequent career as a “teacher” has been a blessing to me. Yet, I have always felt that there is more to life than this.

Einstein said ” I want to know the thoughts of god. The rest are just details”. I don’t equate myself with Einstein, but I am on a continuous quest to be more than I am and to enable those around me (including you) to be more also, if that is your desire.

Much of my journey has been fueled by the wisdom found in books written by those who have gone before me. My success, such as it is, I put down to their wisdom and teachings. So I have compiled a list of ten books that I believe have had the most positive impact on my life. I highly recommend them to you.

Here we go:

• Think and Grow Rich… Napolean Hill

Sold in it’s millions, Think and Grow Rich is a self help motivation book written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by a suggestion by Scottish-American businessman Andrew Carnegie. It was published in 1937 during the Great Depression which makes it somewhat synonymous with current economic events.

• The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People… Dr. Steven R. Covey

Dr Stephen Covey is a hugely influential management guru, whose book The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People, became a blueprint for personal development when it was published in 1990. The ‘Seven Habits’ are a remarkable set of inspirational and aspirational standards for anyone who seeks to live a full, purposeful and good life, and are applicable today more than ever.

• How To Win Friends And Influence People…Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the first bestselling self help motivation books ever published. Written by Dale Carnegie and first published in 1937, it has sold 15 million copies globally.

• How To Stop Worrying And Start Living…Dale Carnegie

With Dale Carnegie’s timeless advice in hand, more than six million people have learned how to eliminate debilitating fear and worry from their lives and to embrace a worry-free future.

• The Power Of Positive Thinking…Norman Vincent Peel

Born in Bowersville, Ohio, USA, on May 31 1898, Norman Vincent Peale grew up helping support his family by delivering newspapers, working in a grocery store, and selling pots and pans door to door, but later was to become one of the most influential clergymen in the United States during the 20th-century.

• The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success…Deepak Chopra

In just one hour, you can learn how to realize your dreams in all areas of your life. By applying the simple principles Deepak has distilled in this transformative work, you’ll effortlessly manifest material wealth, good health, energy, enthusiasm for life and fulfilling relationships.

• The Way Of The Wizard…Deepak Chopra

The way of the wizard: twenty spiritual lessons in creating the life you want.

• Creating Affluence…Deepak Chopra

Affluence is the experience in which our needs are easily met and our desires spontaneously fulfilled. We feel joy, health, happiness, and vitality in every moment of our existence. Affluence is reality, and the true purpose of this book is to give us an insight into the nature of real.

• The Conduct Of Life…Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, philosopher, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid-1800s. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society.

• Self-Reliance…Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self-Reliance is an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson’s repeating themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson’s most famous quotes,
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”

Many of these title are now free to read or download online. An excellent place to start is: books.google.com

I believe that in the end, self help motivation is the most powerful way to becoming all we wish to be and that reading is one of the best ways to enable our self help motivation.

Wishing you Health, Wealth and Happiness from the team at Self Help Motivation.net

Become Worry Free Through Self Help Motivation

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Overcome your worries with self help motivation.

We all worry about things from time to time. It’s human nature. But for some people worry can become so intense that it can shape and mold their lives for the worse. For these people, worry has become a habit and often they worry about things that are trivial and, as crazy as it sounds, will start to worry if they have nothing to worry about!

A certain amount of concern over a particular situation is a good thing. Concern generally means that we need to think about the situation, to analyze it, to plan around it and this is what distinguishes the non-worrier from the habitual worrier.

The basis of worry is fear. Knowing this we can learn to face our fears by logical thought and analysis.

• Give Thought To What Worries You

Worry like fear is a knee jerk reaction and often prevents us from applying reasoning and logical thought to our situation. Firstly be aware of the emotion of fear. Simply admit to yourself that “this situation worries me” and move on to something else. When it is convenient to do so, give some thought to your concerns.

• Analyze

You might discuss your concerns with someone whom you trust and ask them to repeat your concerns to you. You can write them down. This is an excellent start in analyzing your worries. Some times it’s difficult to think because we’re to busy worrying. But by discussing them or writing them down you can attempt to study them dispassionately.

• Three Types Of Concern

Firstly, is the thing you’re worrying about worth worrying about? Sometimes simply studying the situation shows that it’s not.

Secondly, if the thing you’re worrying about is of genuine concern, can you actually do anything about it. In many cases you will not be able to alter the outcome and will have to accept this and move on. Take for example the reported shortage of oil. Many people worry about it but cant actually do anything about increasing oil stocks. So there’s really no point in worrying.

Thirdly, if having analyzed your concern you feel that there is something you can do about it. Great. Get on and do it.

This advice is reflected in a prayer written by Elisabeth Sifton. Note that it is known as “The Serenity Prayer”.

So. What are some of the things people worry about. And how can we use self help motivation to overcome them. Here are a few examples.

• Health

Bit of a paradox this one. Worrying about your health is a sure way to poor health. If you need to see a doctor, see a doctor. If in doubt, read The Serenity Prayer again.

• Lack Of Money

If you’re in debt, plan your way out of it. Get help and advice. Often, talking it through with a debt counselor can work wonders.

• Concern For Others

Do what you can. Sometimes you can do nothing and just have to let people do whatever is is they are bent on doing. Again, in the case of drink or drugs abuse, counseling is often the wisest choice. If you’re concerned that someone you love wants to go rough water rafting or it’s time for a child to start traveling to school on their own, you may have to invest in trust.

• What Will They Think Of Me?

Generally speaking, “others” do not think of us at all. They’re to busy thinking about themselves. The only standards that you have to live up to are those that you’ve impose upon yourself.

• Decisions. Decisions

Many people worry over making the “right” decision. Life is all about taking risks. Some small and some large. Usually your subconscious will know what choice to make but doubt and worry can get in the way. In this kind of situation many people will go by gut instinct and are right more times than not.

• Summary

One of the most helpful resources I can point you to is “Stop Worrying And Start Living” by Dale Carnegie. This book has helped thousands of people overcome the debilitating effect of worrying. I know it certainly helped me.

Wishing you Health, Wealth and Happiness from the team at Self Help Motivation.net

Education Through Self Help Motivation

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Improve your education through self help motivation.

School does not equip us with the knowledge to handle life. Hopefully it equips us with enough knowledge to start learning about life. Schools rarely imbue their students with the kind of knowledge that will be needed in the arenas of finance and personal growth and in these areas self education will be paramount.

Many students who do well in school and in later life are those who learned to organize their own learning and became adept at self study. For them, life is a continuous learning process where they will strive to understand and re-understand in order to get things right.

Here are six ways by which you can continue your self education.

• Become Engaged

Engage with those around you and let them become your teachers. Watch how children go about their daily lives. Kids aren’t weighed down with the accumulated baggage of life and often go about things in an entirely and more effective way than adults. Listen to what they say and the actions they take and see if you can discover from them a simpler way of dealing with day to day problems.

• Be Nosier

Let your curiosity lead you to new learning experiences. By asking questions of yourself and others you may discover solutions to issues that have confused you in the past. Never accept life at face value. It is by questioning that we overcome the hypnosis of social conditioning.

• Read Your Way Forward

It’s a great shame that many people quit reading as soon as they leave school. After all, books are a way for one consciousness to communicate with another. All of life is contained in books, anything you would wish to learn. The level of your current education merely determines the type of book you might read. The more you read, the further your knowledge will expand. It has been said that those who can read and do not are worse off than who cannot read.

• Fail More

Failure is a dirty word in our society and yet without failure we cannot advance. Imagine if as a toddler you gave up trying to walk the first time you fell down! Replace the word “failure” with “feedback” and you will be much closer to the truth.

Here’s the formula in a nutshell. You try. You get results. Some results are not what you wanted. Discard the unwanted results. Keep the wanted results. Try again. Discard the unwanted results. Keep the wanted results. Try again, and keep trying until you have achieved the desired outcome. Remember. Every step takes you one step closer.

• Learn From Those Who Can And Have Done

One of the common traits among the self educated is that they love to share their experiences. Whole lifetimes have been condensed into books, audios and videos. This means that you have full access to their knowledge via libraries, bookstores and the Internet and much of this knowledge is free.

• Hey Teacher

Make a decision that you will use self help motivation to become your own teacher and educator. No one will ever be as good as you are at teaching you. Once you have made the decision, the teaching will go along all by itself because a self learner is not something you do, it’s something you are. Make the decision and soon the world around you will become your teacher. As your knowledge and understanding expand, so will your self confidence.

With self help motivation you can teach yourself to be all that you wish to be.

Wishing you Health, Wealth and Happiness from the team at Self Help Motivation.net

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