A Strong Trading Mind

"Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness.”
—Eckhart Tolle

“Make your move before you are ready. Kick your fears, excuses and procrastination to the curb. Stop giving yourself reasons for standing still, failing to act, and playing it safe! Leap over your comfort zone, and decide to live a life beyond survival. Things may happen to you that you can't anticipate. Roll with the punches and keep moving. You have what it takes to get through any experience in life. Stay focused, determined and positive! You have something special. You have GREATNESS within you!”
—Les Brown

“Live life as a giver — not a taker. Serve the needs of others by giving of your time, energy, resources and skills to encourage, enrich, educate, or enlighten their path. Step outside yourself and your own circle of comfort. Actively look for ways to reach out and meet the needs of others. Your own life force and abilities will enlarge when you serve. Service opens your heart, deepens your feelings of compassion and connectedness, increases your ability to love generously and strengthens your resolve to live from a place of GREATNESS!!”
—Les Brown

This One Hour Exercise can change your Life
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Sometimes we get lost on our path through life or even feel stuck. In those times, personal reflection and taking some time ask yourself the tough questions are what you need. This simple exercise only takes one hour and can help you refocus on where you want to go.

Sometimes the only way to reflect on life is by contemplating death and the end of our time on this world. This exercise takes the common question of "what would you do if you only had this long to live?" and makes it a useful look at what you really want out of your time. If you answer the questions as honestly as you can, you might surprise yourself and see a different path for your future.

A few lessons from Albert Einstein:

1. Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

2. Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

3. Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

4. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

5. A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

6. Love is a better teacher than duty.

7.Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

8.Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

9. A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

10.Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

Believe in yourself right now — even though it may be hard. You don’t have to be up, to look up. Do not allow yourself to be overwhelmed by darkness, surrounded by negativity or give in to despair. None of these things improve your life. Do not give yourself permission to feel sorry for yourself, or give up your power.

Start right now to take massive action on your own behalf to move your life forward. You can do this! Keep your mind focused on the outcome you desire. It takes discipline of mind, heart and spirit to create your breakthrough. What you think about — you bring about. Your circumstances and all of the challenges you are facing know this. Now it is time for you to believe it! Make it happen. You have something special. You have GREATNESS within you!

—Les Brown

Find your Purpose of Life

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/co...elf-youre-looking-for-your-lifes-purpose.html



It’s OK if you don’t know why you are here or what you are suppose to be doing with your life. It can take years to find our true calling but if you can’t wait that long, here are some questions to help you get on the path to finding your life’s purpose.

1. Am I doing what I love?

Asking this question should pertain to your life as a whole. Do I love my family, friends, and work? Am I doing things outside of my job that I love like drawing, writing, or any creative art? If you are not doing what you love, look at why you haven’t been doing them and start incorporating them in your life.

2. Am I surrounded by people that I care about?

It’s important when looking for purpose in your life, you look at the people around you. Your friends, family, co workers should all be people who support you in your quest to find real purpose. Not having those types of people around you could harm your progress in finding meaning. When I pursued writing, my friends and family played an important role in encouraging me to do it. Even if I didn’t think an article I wrote was good, they still knew it made me happy to write and that type of positive reinforcement does wonders.

3. Am I Happy With Where I Am?

Look at every aspect of your life. Ask if you are happy with what you have done. Are you going in the direction you want for your life. If not, what can you do to get there? It is hard not to compare our lives to our friends to measure success but try hard not to get caught up in what others have. The true measurement of happiness is are we doing what we want and happy with the journey that lies ahead.

4. Is there more I can do?

You already know there is always more you can do. The real question lies in what can you do more of. Think of what you would want to contribute to society and what impact you want to have. There are tons of issues in our society that need people looking to make an impact. Think of what are some social issues that trigger you emotionally. Start there and find ways to get involved with organizations who focus on those social issues.

5. Do I feel satisfied?[/SIZE]

Most of us attribute satisfaction with work or material possessions. If we don’t like our job, we are not satisfied. If we don’t have the things like a big house, nice cars, or wealth of money we are quick to call ourselves failures. What we need to do is take a real look at what we define as success for our own lives rather than what others call it.

6. How do I want to be remembered?

This is something I think about often when it comes to looking at my life. I often ask when my time has come, what will people remember of me? It may seem a little extreme but it puts things into perspective.

7. What makes me happy?

If you don’ t know what makes you happy, that’s ok. A good way to start is asking yourself what makes you miserable. We know what we don’t like doing so identifying these things now is a great start to working towards the things that do make you happy.

8. How do I look at today?

When you wake up in the morning, how do you approach the day? Your view on today affects your outlook on life. If you think negatively first thing in the morning, you will have no sense of optimism. Changing your perception will help guide you in finding purpose in your life. Ask what do I want to do today and put it into action.

9. Can I have an impact?

You can always have an impact if you choose to do so. But what you choose to do is a different story. You don’t have to be a visionary who creates a game changing product or a spiritual guru. Sometimes, the real measure of impact is the effect you have on a single person’s life.

10. What am I waiting for?

Well, what are you waiting for?