Preparing to end the year at a friends home to play games in a few hours. I've made teri-yaki meatballs and salsa and chips. Rather international, but at least my family will eat. Hubby is paying bills, and the printer ran out of ink, and refused to print out our last years taxes that we were trying to rush to the bookkeeper. Add in quick trip the office supply store today. I know tonight will be a welcome relief!
Last night the family saw Julie and Julia on dvd. I learned blogs are for writers. And that I wish I could cook. OOHHHHH, there are those words again. "I wish I could __".
I believe you can do anything you put your mind to. So why do I still say "I wish I could". When I began homeschooling, that was the mantra of non-homeschooling families, "I wish I could" or more often it was "I could never do that". Why is that terrible critic allowed to even speak! Shut up already and let's start talking truth. You could do this or that if you wanted to. Just face it, most people don't want to. What they really mean is they wish they could effortlessly just have their dreams whether it is to homeschool, write, cook, tithe, save, etc., etc. For Julie it was tremendous effort and determination. She absolutely met the "impossible" challenge. So what I mean to say is I wish I could cook already....
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
How an Ooops Can Make You a Better Investor
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki opened my eyes to the world of investing and business ownership. But after being introduced to a concept, how do you translate it into something that you can do? This is where mistakes can be your teacher.
Whenever you start a new skill, be it scrapbooking, diving, gardening, or investing, you are a novice. It seem ridiculous to even mention that new = novice, beginner, learning, etc. Yet beginners have to start from where they are before a new skill is mastered. As Jim Carlson said, "Everyone who got where he is had to begin from where he was." So guess what, mistakes will happen. It does not mean defeat, it means mistakes will happen. Are you encouraged yet?
Take this example: my daughter wanted a certain type of crocheted hat. She found one and brought it home. She studied it and then proceeded to copy it. Whenever there was a difference between the two, she had to take out her stitches and try again. And again, and again, until the hat she was making matched the original. That was all it took. She was able to recognize what she didn't want, and create what she did want BECAUSE of her mistakes. After that, she improved and started designing her own beautiful creations.
Maybe crocheting seems a simplified version of learning and mastering a skill compared to buying investment properties or buying precious metals. Yes, and no. It is simplified in that it took her probably 4 hours to copy her first hat. It took my husband and I a full year to buy our first cash flowing investment property. Consider where would we be if we didn't take that year in education, making offers, and tying up the property. We would be a year older and not have the property too.
Don't fear making mistakes - instead learn from them and improve yourself and your abilities.
Whenever you start a new skill, be it scrapbooking, diving, gardening, or investing, you are a novice. It seem ridiculous to even mention that new = novice, beginner, learning, etc. Yet beginners have to start from where they are before a new skill is mastered. As Jim Carlson said, "Everyone who got where he is had to begin from where he was." So guess what, mistakes will happen. It does not mean defeat, it means mistakes will happen. Are you encouraged yet?
Take this example: my daughter wanted a certain type of crocheted hat. She found one and brought it home. She studied it and then proceeded to copy it. Whenever there was a difference between the two, she had to take out her stitches and try again. And again, and again, until the hat she was making matched the original. That was all it took. She was able to recognize what she didn't want, and create what she did want BECAUSE of her mistakes. After that, she improved and started designing her own beautiful creations.
Maybe crocheting seems a simplified version of learning and mastering a skill compared to buying investment properties or buying precious metals. Yes, and no. It is simplified in that it took her probably 4 hours to copy her first hat. It took my husband and I a full year to buy our first cash flowing investment property. Consider where would we be if we didn't take that year in education, making offers, and tying up the property. We would be a year older and not have the property too.
Don't fear making mistakes - instead learn from them and improve yourself and your abilities.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Today's Proverb
Reading from my "new" book today Proverbs to Live By, Truths That Live in Words
a 1968 Hallmark book. Not only Proverbs from the Bible, but around the world and from famous people too. Today's quote is "Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society ~ Thackeray.
I recently had a birthday and was flooded with all kinds of well wishes on my facebook wall. Writing each one back with my own well wishes took considerable time (I believe there is a quote for that; cover page says: "A burden which one chooses is not felt" Italian proverb). So considerable time or not, I did take the opportunity to thank each and every person who wrote to me. I then pondered on manners and etiquette for FB and then decided a lesson regarding doing the right thing was in order. It was cloaked under the business address "Attraction Marketing", however it really was a reminder of having good humor - dressing well - "being" attractive.
So remember: "Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles." George Eliot
a 1968 Hallmark book. Not only Proverbs from the Bible, but around the world and from famous people too. Today's quote is "Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society ~ Thackeray.
I recently had a birthday and was flooded with all kinds of well wishes on my facebook wall. Writing each one back with my own well wishes took considerable time (I believe there is a quote for that; cover page says: "A burden which one chooses is not felt" Italian proverb). So considerable time or not, I did take the opportunity to thank each and every person who wrote to me. I then pondered on manners and etiquette for FB and then decided a lesson regarding doing the right thing was in order. It was cloaked under the business address "Attraction Marketing", however it really was a reminder of having good humor - dressing well - "being" attractive.
So remember: "Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles." George Eliot
Thursday, December 3, 2009
I speak a lot about motivation and positive attitude. But I recently ran across an article that discusses why motivation is not enough in accomplishing your goals. Andre Vatke of Leaders Club address what else you need when the motivation starts to lag: www.leadersclub.com/html/motivation_network_marketing.asp
I'd like to hear what you think.
Personally, I think he makes several valid points.
However, I also see that any changes you want to make in your life, any dreams you want to pursue, any desire you want fulfilled, requires constant motivation. I say that from experience. If you have a life time of "bad" habits and now you desire a change, you need to break the "bad" habits of your thoughts first. That is the reason for me preaching, as it were, positive thinking and finding motivational quotes. It re-trains the mind. It focuses on the new you. It creates new pathways, habits, and character traits that will sustain you in your progress towards change.
I'd like to hear what you think.
Personally, I think he makes several valid points.
However, I also see that any changes you want to make in your life, any dreams you want to pursue, any desire you want fulfilled, requires constant motivation. I say that from experience. If you have a life time of "bad" habits and now you desire a change, you need to break the "bad" habits of your thoughts first. That is the reason for me preaching, as it were, positive thinking and finding motivational quotes. It re-trains the mind. It focuses on the new you. It creates new pathways, habits, and character traits that will sustain you in your progress towards change.
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