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Tuesday 29 March 2011

How To Avoid a Guy Who Likes You That Thinks You Like Him

Step

  • Tell him you don't like him. This step may be the only one you need!
  • Pretend that he doesn't exist. If he stares at you, act like you can't see him. In other words, ignore him. Completely.
  • Forbid your friends to give him your personal info. e.g Telephone number, MSN address, email address etc.
  • If he tries to stand next to you, keep moving. Or go to the loo/restroom, where he can't possibly follow you unless he's a stalker.
  • If you want to put him down, pretend your looking at him,this will get him all excited. Then, pretend to spot someone/something behind him. This will make him disappointed as he will think you don't even know he exists, which will mean that he will stop thinking that you like him. This is harsh, only do this if necessary.
  • Stay away from him as much as possible. If you have a class with him, sit far away. If you are forced to be with him for a project or extracurricular activity with a lot of other people, pretend he doesn't exist. If you cannot possibly avoid him,tell him to leave you alone or tell whoever is in charge about your "problem" and ask them to steer him away from you in partner projects, or have them inform him that you aren't comfortable. This is embarrassing, but almost always works.
  • Or, whenever your friends talk about him, make fun of him, just a bit. like saying "remember when John fell and couldn't get up? I think he needs life alert" or "Remember when Danny got the math question wrong? he started crying like a baby! wimp!" He might back off a bit, because this may make him think you are joking with one of your friends who likes him. he'll think he had it all wrong. Unfortunetly, he might fall for one of your friends.
  • If he keeps on flirting with you like hitting you in the head or mess with your hair, then simply turn around and tell him to STOP! He will start to think that you are getting annoyed with him.
  • Smile when he's upset about you not liking him. this has a powerful impact.

Tips


  • Sometimes it can go too far; be sure to tell a parent or adult person if you think he is stalking you.
  • One of the reasons he will think you like him is because you keep glancing at him; you're only peeking at him to make sure he's not staring at you! So you have two options; 1. Accept that he's into you and will probably be staring at you until his eyeballs burn through the back of his skull. 2. Just make sure that he doesn't catch you checking up on him. This can be embarrassing.


Warnings


  • Doing step number four can backfire, you can end up having two guys hot on your tail. Or, you could flirt with 10 boys at the same time!
  • Be sure to tell an adult if it gets too serious. e.g if he's following you everywhere, then he could be a stalker
  • Don't ignore them completely because you don't want to go out with them. That's just plain mean.
  • If your friends know that he likes you and they think that you like him even if you say no, then they might set you up with him. Just say to your friends that you simply don't like the guy and for him to move on.

Sunday 27 March 2011

10 Tips to Prevent Breast Cancer

There is a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer in your life, but hopefully with this plan the odds will change. Although there are many drugs on the market and much research is being done, the odds of a woman getting cancer in her lifetime aren't shrinking.

It seems that diet has a lot to do with the handling of this disease and it is something we can definitely control. Diet has be proven to be the most effective way to reduce your risk. There are many other suggestions such as exercise but today we will focus on 10 simple ways you can change your diet and start protecting yourself today.

1. Reduce your Fat - Limit your fat intake by 20 percent of your overall caloric intake. Research has proven that a diet high in fat will increase the risk of breast cancer. High fat diets have also been proven to produce chemicals in the intestine that bacteria convert to carcinogenic estrogens. These estrogens can then be stored in the fatty tissue of the breast, making the cells in the area more susceptible to cancer growth.

2. Choose Crunchy Veggies - Eat plenty of cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, turnips and cauliflower. It is best to steam them or eat them raw to best preserve their cancer fighting nutrients. These types of vegetables contain sulfurous compounds called indoles, which have shown to help eliminate estrogen from the body and prevent it from triggering the growth of breast cancer.

3. Increase your Fiber - Get plenty of fiber from foods such as vegetables and fruits, legumes and whole grains. The fiber tends to interrupt the metabolism of estrogen and decreases the blood levels of estrogen. The high levels of blood estrogen in the body are close in relation to higher risk of breast cancer. High fiber diets have been shown to reduce the risk of of breast cancer by up to 54 percent.

4. Try Seaweed- Try eating seaweeds such as kelp and nori or consider taking spirulina (blue algae) and chlorella in a glass of juice daily. High consumptions of kelp may explain the lower incidence of breast cancer in Japanese women. Kelp and chlorella have shown to have anti-carcinogenic effects.

5. Soy Secret - It is smart to eat soy products such as tofu, miso or tempeh. Soybeans and other soy products contain a plant estrogen called genistein. This plant estrogen binds to receptors in the breast, making it impossible for potentially cancer causing forms of estrogen to connect with breast cells.

6. Shop organic - Buy organic foods such as fruits, vegetables, meates, dairy and grains when ever possible. Organic products do not contain pesticides that have been linked to breast cancer. Dairy products and meats that are certified organic do not contain any growth hormones, such as bovine, a chemical usually fed to cows. This chemical has been shown to promote the growth of breast cancer cells.

7. Eat Fish - Eat at least 3 servings of cold water fish a week. Some cold water fish are tuna, salmon, halibute, cod and sardines. If you can't eat fish you can take fish oil capsules or vegetarian supplements. The omega-3 oils inhibit the effects of compounds known as prostaglandins. Prostaglandins have been associated with inflammation that will suppress the immune systems's ability to identify tumors. A higher consumption of fish and fish oil has been found to reduce the cases of cancer.

8. Choose the right oils - Avoid canola oil, safflower oil, sesame oil and margarine. It is best to use virgin and extra-virgin olive oil when cooking. Flaxseed oil is also very wise to use as long as it is not heated; can be added to foods already cooked. Olive oil, a monounsaturated fat has been linked to lower rates of cancer. Trans fats also called hydrogenated oils mainly found in margarine have been linked with high rates of cancer.

9. Add phytonutrients to your diet - Introduce nuts, legumes, seeds as well as fruits and a variety of vegetables to your diet. These particular foods contain phytonutrients. Phytonutrients are plant compounds that protect against cellular damage and prevent cancer growth. Cooking with herbs such as dill, which contains a phytochemical called limonene, is important for breast protection and rosemary has antioxidant and anti-tumor properties.

10. Mushrooms - Mushrooms have medicinal properties. Some medicinal mushrooms include the Japanese variety of shiitake and maitake. Studies have shown that maitake mushrooms actually stimulate the immune function and prevent tumor growth. The ingredients in maitake mushrooms do not kill the cancer cells directly, it activates the immune system protecting against breast cancer. Shitake mushrooms have also been found to boost the immune system.

Unhealthy Relationship - What sign should you look out for?

What are the signs that tell you you're in an unhealthy relationship and what can you do about them? This article will give you some examples of the kind of situations you need to be aware of and what action you need to take to resolve these issues.

Lack of communication
Warning sign: lack of communication really is the biggest issue of all in any relationship. If one or both you have stopped, or are having a problem in communicating with each other your relationship is in serious trouble. Communication is the number one, the most important element in any successful long-lasting relationship. without being able to discuss your feelings and problems with each other there is absolutely no way you are going to be able to resolve any of the issues either of you have with your relationship.
Fixing a breakdown in communication can be hard, especially if the other person is reluctant to talk about how they feel or just won't try. But one of you has just got to try to get the other to communicate. Because if you cannot solve a communication problem it would be better if you both just walked away and found some other partner that you can communicate with.

Feelings of being taken for granted
Warning sign: one, or both of you have the feeling being taken for granted. One of you is doing all the work to keep the relationship together and the other is doing nothing except taking advantage. Again this is a critical sign of an unhealthy relationship and you need to sit down together and discuss your feelings before it is too late.

Sex
Warning sign: intimate relations have ceased or become very infrequent. The cuddling and holding of each other has stopped. You are no longer making love, or if you are still making love one, or both of you are not enjoying it anymore. Now while it is still possible to have a good relationship without sex, if you are feeling stress in your relationship because of it, you both need to sit down and talk things over.

Fear of loss
Many people remain in an unhealthy relationship even though they know that they should get out. One of the reasons that stops them walking away, other than having children, is the fear of being on their own again. But what these people don't realize is that by staying in the relationship and living in an environment full of negative feelings, they are damaging themselves and the others around them. This damage can also spill over into their working environment and their relationship with their work colleagues and it can even hamper their career prospects.

So if the signs seem to indicate that you are headed for, or are already in an unhealthy relationship, you and your partner/spouse need to take steps to resolve the matter sooner rather than later and remember the key to a healthy relationship is COMMUNICATION.

Saturday 19 March 2011

How To Express Your Love

Wish to make a declaration of love to your beloved? But do not know how to make it? There is a weight of ways: it is possible to tell just «I love you», or «I cannot live without you», or «You are everything for me!». And it is possible to keep silent … But allowing him hearing inexpressible, deeply experienced, sincere and coming from the bottom of your heart.

So, 15 ways of love declaration are offered to you. Alternative ways. They can be useful to you in the offered kind, and maybe they will tell you new ways of expression of feelings, and you will expand the list to 30, 40 or 50. Dare – and do not be afraid of your feelings!

  1. Suggest him to go riding on horses. Finish walk by a picnic on a wood glade. Bring a meal cooked in advance to have a snack.
  2. Smile to him more often and think about your feelings. He will definitely feel it. And for this purpose it is absolutely unessential to wait an occasion!
  3. Take in hire a video film which you once have looked together for the first time. If he chews chips, looking in the TV, try to make it synchronously with him. A meeting of your hands in a package with chips can become fatal for tonight.
  4. While he takes a shower, iron a towel and give it to him behind until it is still warm, when you hear water noise has stopped.
  5. Use fruits on a kitchen to compose three words “I love you” and wait silently, while he sees this work of art. If he does not love fruits or for any you have not them at the moment of your creative impulse, show ingenuity: in any house you can find a few macaroni (imagine a flowery style you can use with them?), a salt pack (of course, only not for superstitious) or sugar packing - that will be even more original!
  6. Look through his clothes and sew come off buttons on his jackets, shirts and trousers. Try to satisfy one condition: do not tell him about it!
  7. Put an ice, filled in the form of heart, in his glass and a candy in the form of heart  into a pocket of his jacket.
  8. Before work put a box with home meal imperceptibly into his portfolio. Just check up, that a box is densely closed, and food is not in liquid condition. Otherwise your small surprise can be misapprehended.
  9. Play with him his favourite game, even if it is called “Sea fight”, and you are guided in the Cartesian system of co-ordinates badly. (If you preferred a game which you understand better than him, do not forget allowing him to win too!)
  10. Turn on music with his favourite songs at home or in a car.
  11. Invite him meeting a dawn together.
  12. Let the freezer of your refrigerator be always hammered by his favourite ice-cream!
  13. Join his morning jog with a plausible smile.
  14. Cook him a dish he loves, but knows well that you hate it.
  15. As a sign of special love make a housework which he got tired to do from year to year: for example, cut a lawn, paste (beat) unstuck wall-paper, clean waste in a kitchen bowl, walk his favourite doggie …


What Is True Love?

    
 Love is an intense feeling that can easily be confused. You've been together for a while now. That euphoric, queasy, pit-of-the-stomach, sign of true love has settled down only slightly and you know this is your one and only love, your heart's desire.

     You can't imagine life without your partner. In fact, you won't ever consider it. The very thought is more than just upsetting; its devastating. The very thought of him or her with anyone else but you sends into frenzy. You feel empty and sick at the thought of not being together. Without your lover, there are no you. This is true love!

   Or is it? If this sound like what you are experiencing, it may be this is a love addiction or not love itself. What's the difference? Simply stated, love exists in an open system; addiction in a closed one. Let's take a look at what that means.

     In a fully loving relationship, mutuality and trust are the themes. Each partner is secure in his and her own sense of worth and believes the other has a right to grow and expand. Each encourages and provide room for that growth.

     This means that while you and your partner share many things, you may very well have separate interests and other friends of both sexes. Neither of you is threatened by the investment in and maintenance of meaningful friendship, realizing that each friendship enriches your love relationship. It also means both of you have th ability to enjoy your own solitary company, that being alone is not about rejecting the lover but a recognition that each is o whole person, not two halves of a whole, with your own unique needs and patterns of living.

     Secure in each other's love, you are able to respect each other's boundaries. Each is trusting and trustworthy. You both work at preserving the others sense of integrity. Most of all, there is a willingness to risk you in the relationship, to be real, to be honest. In short, the hallmark of a loving relationship is the ability to be true to oneself while honoring and respecting the others unique being.

     If this describe your relationship, Congratulations! Nurture and celebrate your love! If, on the other hand, most of the above - or even some of it - doesn't ring true, consider that you may locked into an addictive relationship.

Thursday 17 March 2011

How To Lose Weight in a WEEK!!


Calorie shifting diet is a very popular diet plan that has caught the fancy of various people around the globe and is the current favorite of health conscious people and weight watchers who are always aiming at how to lose weight in a week. The calorie shifting diet is also known as a calorie shifting meal plan. As the name suggests, it is a sort of diet plan which aims at shifting of calories by trying out different diets. This is one of the best fat loss easy diets that work by increasing the metabolism of the body and a body with a high metabolic rate is more prone to burning calories and is the perfect answer for how to lose weight in a week. The major plus point of the calorie shifting diet is that you do not have to cut down on the quantity of food that you are consuming. You can eat as much as you want, but you have to eat in accordance to combining calories that are most conducive to helping you lose weight.
It implies that though you can eat from all the four food groups, you just have to gather the calories constructively for triggering weight loss in your body. These are not baseless claims, but it has been proved that every person of any body type can reduce about 6 pounds in a week by using the calorie shifting diet and it does not involve hours of staying hungry or eating tasteless boiled food or green veggies. At all times we are unknowingly following a calorie shifting diet, though it may not be the perfect calorie intake for the induction of weight loss.

How to Lose Weight in a Week With Fat Loss Easy Diets?

Following these steps will be highly beneficial for easy and well defined weight loss without compromising on food or health.
1.    Consume food until you are satisfied. Not until you are full or out of breath. The key for this is eating slowly, eating and chewing the food properly. It takes 20 minutes for the food to reach the 1st stage of digestion and hence the brain receives the signal also after 20 minutes. So, it is advised to take a break before taking a second helping, lest you feel stuffed later.
2.    Do some form of exercise daily. However cliched this may sound, exercise increases the metabolism of the body. You are not required to do strength exercises that build muscle, just brisk walking will do.
3.    Calorie shifting diet plans are drawn for each person individually based on their body mass index. So, there is a customized menu for individuals to help you lose all the fats without compromising quality of foods and health.
4.    The calorie shifting diet requires the consumption of four meals a day and this should neither go down or up. Follow this customized meal plan and you are ready to see the new figure in just weeks. The four meals can be eaten in any order depending on your work load and daily pattern. These things can come in to play when one talks about how to lose weight in a week. A sample of four meals can be chicken, a fish fillet, a banana milk shake and fruit salad. How to lose weight in a week is no longer a worry!

The pros far outweigh the cons in this program. You can really lose weight in a week and every week without fail if you follow the unique calorie shifting diet program. Let’s say you target to lose 3 to 5 pounds a week and repeat the 11 day cycle twice which is about 28 days including the 3 free days of “wild eating”. According to past experience and feedback, there is an average drop of 7 pounds each cycle from this program, so you will lose about 14 pounds in a month.

Choosing The Right Diet To Lose Weight

What kind of diet will help me lose weight?

Each individual is different. There is no universal diet that will help every person lose weight.
The idea of "going on a diet" to lose weight implies that eventually, you will "go off" the diet and return to your old eating habits. This could lead to up and down weight loss and gain, which is bad for your health. The best way to lose weight and keep it off is to make lifestyle changes that include healthy eating and exercise habits.

Why am I overweight?

There may be many reasons for your weight problem. Weight problems often run in families, or you may be overeating to comfort yourself when you are sad, stressed or lonely. Sometimes a low metabolism (the rate at which you burn the calories you eat) or a problem with hormone levels may be the cause.
A new diet may help you lose weight for a little while, but the weight often comes back unless you find new ways to deal with the problems that are leading to your weight gain. This may mean learning new ways to deal with stress and loneliness.

What kind of diet should I follow?

You should follow a healthy diet that you like and that you can stick to. The diet should be low in fats (especially saturated and trans fats) and sugars, and high in fiber and protein. You can learn more about making healthier food choices here.
Your doctor or a nutritionist can give you advice on what kinds of foods are healthy choices. Remember to watch portion sizes. A healthy portion of meat is about the size of a deck of cards. A healthy portion of rice or pasta is about the size of your fist. Most restaurants tend to double or even triple these amounts, so be careful when dining out.
Read the nutrition labels on food packages before you buy them. If you need help understanding the labels, ask your doctor or a nutritionist to explain them.
Sugar-sweetened drinks, such as fruit juice, fruit drinks, regular soft drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, sweetened or flavored milk and sweetened iced tea can add lots of sugar and calories to your diet. But staying hydrated is important for good health. Substitute water, zero-calorie flavored water, non-fat or reduced-fat milk, unsweetened tea or diet soda for sweetened drinks.

Will it be hard to change my diet?

It might be hard and it may also take time, but try not to get discouraged. Your effort will be worth it! The key is to keep trying to eat the right foods. The following are a few suggestions to help you change your eating habits:
Make small, slow changes, which will be easier to make a part of your everyday life.
Keep a food diary. Use this record to help you see if you need to eat more from any food groups, such as fruits, vegetables or low-fat dairy products.
Ask for help from your family doctor or a nutritionist, especially if you have a medical problem that requires a special diet

Prevent Hair Loss

     The normal cycle of hair growth lasts for 2 to 3 years. Each hair grows approximately 1 centimeter per month during this phase. About 90 percent of the hair on your scalp is growing at any one time. About 10 percent of the hair on your scalp, at any one time, is in a resting phase. After 3 to 4 months, the resting hair falls out and new hair starts to grow in its place. It is normal to shed some hair each day as part of this cycle. However, some people may experience excessive (more than normal) hair loss. Hair loss of this type can affect men, women and 
children.

     When you start finding your hair strands floating under the shower after shampooing or when you find that your comb has more hair than your head, there is a pretty good chance that you are facing the problem of hair loss. If stress, lack of balanced diet, irregular sleeping patterns or the wrong choice of hair-care products has landed you in excessive loss of hair, then you can probably find a cure for the problem. On the other hand, if you are genetically predisposed to hair loss, you would rather have to keep your fingers crossed, because baldness can strike you any day. However, you can always prevent hair loss in both the cases completely, or at least reduce the number of strands falling off. Here in this article, we have 
provided some surefire solutions to prevent hair loss.

Hair Loss Solution

·         Overuse of hair dyes, hairdryer and curling iron can aggravate the problem of hair loss, leading to baldness. Hence, do not use such products on a regular basis, if you are facing the problem of excessive loss of hair.

·         In case you are coloring your hair on a regular basis, be sure to leave a gap of at least 6 to 8 weeks between each session. This will prevent hair loss. Let your hair turn gray naturally. After all, it is better to sport gray hair than baldness!

·         Tight hairstyles such as braids, buns and ponytails can also lead to hair loss. The best way to prevent hair loss is to adopt easy hairstyle.

·         Hair follicles are made of protein. Therefore, it is advisable to eat a diet rich in protein. Include protein-rich food such as low-fat cheese, eggs, almond, beans sprouts, fish, seafood and yogurt in your diet. Soy milk and tofu are smart additions to the diet, as they are enriched with protein.

·         Calcium is another important nutrient for strengthening the hair follicles and roots in your scalp. Hence, include food rich in calcium in your diet.

·         The next thing to a balanced diet is sound sleep. Do not compromise with seven hours of sleep, because irregular sleeping pattern is one of the leading causes for hair loss. Therefore, make sure that you sleep enough and on time.

·         Hair care products should be chosen carefully, because they would directly affect the growth of your hair. Never use harsh shampoos, conditioners or stylizing products, because they would have a negative effect on the growth of your hair on account of prolonged use. If any such product causes hair loss, visit a dermatologist and some products that are suitable for your hair.

·         Alcohol and tobacco are the root causes for majority of hair loss problems. Hence, quit habits such as smoking and consumption of alcohol.

·         Certain medications can also lead to hair loss. Therefore, consult your physician in case any medicine causes the heavy loss of hair.

·         Try to use hair care products that have organic ingredients, like the herbal ones. Since such products contain less harsh chemicals, they are often suggested to people suffering from the problem of hair loss.

Managing Your Time Wisely as a STUDENT

   Most students find that their greatest challenge in adjusting to college life and to succeeding in the classroom is in managing their time effectively. This is especially true for community college students who often work long hours. Adult students deal with the additional issues of child care and family and home responsibilities. When evaluating your schedule, or how you spend your time, you also need to consider your goals and priorities. What is most important in your life, right now-- your family, friends, school, hobbies, or other activities? As you look at how you spend your time, ask yourself if this matches your priorities. Even though attending class and completing assignments is a top priority for most students, many find that they are not allowing enough time for their studies. On the average, students should spend about2 hours of study for each hour of class time. For example, if you are carrying 12 credits in a semester, you should allow 24 hours per week for study (this includes time for reading, writing papers, preparing projects, and for test preparation).


   If you are finding it difficult to locate the time you need to study, or that there are conflicts among the various demands on your time, you may need to give greater consideration to your goals. By getting clear on your goals, it will be easier to decide how to spend your time. You'll find that you can more easily put off other things and set aside the time you need for studies, if you know how it will help you to achieve your educational or career goals. Ask yourself:
  • Why are you in college? 
  • What are your educational goals? 
  • What are your career goals?
   If you aren't clear on your goals, you may want to visit the Career Center. In the Career Center, you can take various assessment tests and interact with computer programs that will help you to determine your career aptitudes and interests. There are also a number of resources you can use to read about different careers. You can choose to attend a class on Career Decision Making or one of several workshops on Career Decision Making. You may also make an appointment and meet with the Career Counselor to evaluate your needs and to determine what courses you should take to reach your goals.
You may also choose to meet with one of the counselors in the Student Affairs Office who can work with you and help you to manage other issues that may be causing problems for you.

   Once you have found the time to study, commit to a time and place that meets your needs. In order to do this, ask yourself whether the environment in which you are studying matches your learning style and preferences. Based on your preferences, you should schedule your most challenging classes and intense study sessions in the environments that best match your needs. The following are some aspects of study environment you may need to consider.

Time of day: 
Whenever possible, you should schedule your most challenging courses and most intense study sessions during the time of day when you are most alert. Ask yourself if you are more alert/productive during the morning, mid-day, or evening and schedule accordingly.

Grouping: 
Do you prefer to learn or study alone, in small groups, or in large classes? If your prefer small groups, do not sign up for large classes. Try to get into classes where the instructor uses group activity as a teaching strategy. Form study groups to prepare for tests and exams.

Posture/Mobility: 
Some people prefer to sit at a table or desk (formal posture) in order to concentrate and study effectively. Others are able to learn more easily while sitting comfortably on a sofa or lying on the floor (informal). Still others need to move about in order to learn, and reading while walking on a treadmill might be appropriate. Further, some people have the ability to sit and study for long periods of time (high persistence), while others need to take frequent breaks (low persistence). Recognizing your posture and mobility needs will help you to plan where and when you should study.

Sound: 
Contrary to popular belief, not everyone needs to study in a perfectly quiet environment. However, if you do choose to study to music, choose Baroque classical music. The tempo and instrumentation of this music seems to be most compatible with study and learning.

Lighting: 
Studies have shown that some people become depressed because of light deprivation during the winter months. If you are one of those people, you should try to study and spend as much time as possible in highly lit places. Other studies have shown that reading ability can be affected by the light contrast between print and paper color. There is a high contrast between black letters printed on white paper. Some people find it easier to read black print on blue or gray paper which has less contrast and is easier on their eyes. Being aware that light does make a difference, you should study in the environment that best matches your learning preferences.

Temperature: 
While you can't always control the temperature of a room, you should be aware of your preference for either a cool or warm environment. Dress in layers so that you can adjust to differences in classroom temperatures. Choose to study in the environments in which you feel most comfortable.

Be an Optimist at All Times

Everyone want to be physically healthy. You want to be mentally healthy as well. The true measure of "mental fitness" is how optimistic you are about yourself and your life. Now, you can learn how to control your thinking in very specific ways so that you feel terrific about yourself and your situation, no matter what happens.

Control Your Reactions and Responses
   There are 3 basic differences in the reactions of optimists and pessimists. The first difference is that the optimists sees setback as temporary, while the pessimists sees it as permanent. The optimists sees an unfortunate event, such as an order that falls through or a sales call that fails, as a temporary event, something that is limited in time and that has no real impact on the future. The pessimists on the other hand, sees negative events as permanent, as part of life and destiny.


Isolate the Incident
   The second difference between the optimists and the pessimists is that the optimists sees difficulties as specific, while the pessimists sees them pervasive. This means that when things go wrong for the optimists, he or she looks at the event as an isolated incident largely disconnected from other things that are going on in their life.


See Setbacks as Temporary Events
   For example, if something you were counting on failed to materialize and you interpreted it to yourself as being an unfortunate event, but something that happens in the course of life and business, you would be reacting like an optimists. The pessimists, on the other hand, sees disappointments as being pervasive. That is, to him or her they are indications of a problem or shortcoming that pervades every area of life.


Don't Take Failure Personally
   The fourth differences is that optimists see events as external, while pessimists interpret events as personal. When things go wrong, the optimists will tend to see setback as resulting from external factors over which one has little control. If the optimist is cut off in traffic, for example, instead of getting angry or upset, he will simply downgrade the importance of the event by saying something like, "Oh, well I guess that person is just having a bad day". The pessimists on the other hand, has a tendency to take everything personally. If the pessimists is cut off in the traffic, he will react as though the other driver has deliberately acted upset and frustrate him.


Remain Calm and Objective
   The hallmark of the fully mature, fully functioning, self actualizing personality is the ability to be objective and unemotional when caught up in the inevitable storms of daily life. The superior person has the ability to continue talking to himself in a positive and optimistic way, keeping his mind calm, clear and completely under control. The mature personality is more relaxed and aware and capable of interpreting events more realistically and less emotionally than is the immature personality. As a result a mature person exerts a far greater sense of control and influence over his environment, and is far less likely to be angry, upset or distracted.


Take a Long View
   Look upon the inevitable setbacks that you face as being temporary, specific and external. View the negative situation as a single event that is not connected to other potential events and that is caused largely by external factors over which you can have a little control. Simply refuse to see the event as being in any way permanent, pervasive or indicative of personal incompetence of inability. Resolve to think like an optimist, no matter what happens. You may not be able to control events but you can control the way you react to them.


Action Exercises
   Now, here are 3 actions you can take immediately to put these idea into actions. First, remind yourself continually that setbacks are only temporary, they will soon be past and nothing is as serious as you think it is. Second look upon each problem as a specific event, not connected to other events and not indicative of a pattern of any kind. Deal with it and get on with your life. Third, recognize that when things go wrong, they usually caused by variety of external events. Say to yourself, "What can't be cured must be endured", and then get back to thinking about your goals.

10 Things That Kill Motivation

No Goals

   Without goals, you really don't need motivation. I mean, what in the world would you do with it? Run around the circles? Many people complain about not being motivated to do anything. The majority of time, it's because they don't have any goals that excite them enough to do anything.

Failure
   This is big one. When we set out to achieve somethings and things don't go as planned, we feel this thing we called failure. It could specifically be feelings like disapointment, embarrassment or overwhelm. Knowing what to do when this happens to get your motivation back is critical.

Negative People
   One comment of discouragement is often enough to kill any motivation some people may have. People who constantly make negative comments directed towards you should be avoided if you want to maintain your motivation.

Negative News
   Bad news sell. If you focus too much on the bad things that are happening in this world, that may suck the motivation right out of you. No matter how good things are, the media will always have something bad to report. Try to focus on what's good instead.

Low Energy
   Being fits plays a big role in your motivation. When you barely have enough to move around and do stuff, your motivation will suffer greatly. A good diet and exercise regimen will help that.

Distractions
   It can come from anywhere. These are the things that tend to throw our focus off course. If you stay off course for too long, you motivation will deteriorate.

Not Taking Actions
   When you don't take action towards your goals, your motivation will die of fast. Often times, people will sets a goal, make all these plan, and then wait for the right time to start. Times like the first of the month, after the holidays, New Years, when summer starts, etc. Once you have a goal, you must take action right away, even if it's on a Tuesday.

Lack of Belief in Yourself
   You could be inspired and motivated by a book you read or a movie you see to go out there and make your dreams a reality, but if you don't believe you can pull it off, you will eventually stop. You must truly believe you can achieve your goals, otherwise, you'll soon start doubting yourself and when you do, kiss your motivation good-bye.

Boredom
   There will be goals that require you to take repetitive actions that may slowly kill your motivation. If you find running to be extremely uninteresting to you and your goals is to lose weight, that's a formula for failure. Change up your strategy if necessary and where possible, hire someone else to do certain mundane tasks for you.

Lack of Support
   Often when we feel like no one is behind us, during the tough times, our motivation will fade. Having people who will encourage you is great motivation booster. They can also help increase your belief in yourself.

By becoming aware of these 10 things that kill motivation, you can better prepare yourself to deal with these ahead of time, or when they occur, in order to keep your motivation alive. Being able to keep your motivation up will eventually lead you achieving your goals.

Wednesday 16 March 2011

Advice on Attracting Positive Habits

People do not attract that which they want, but that which they are
   To put it another way: When you stop working on what it is you're trying to get, and start working on you, only then will you get what it is you want.


   It really is very basic when you think about it. To attract attractive people, you must be attractive. To attract powerful people, you must be powerful. To attract committed people, you must be committed. Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. If you become, you can attract.


   I know so many people who work very hard and diligently and sacrifice greatly in an effort to create wealth. But they haven't change who they are, and until they begin to think and act like wealthy people they'll never attract the wealth they seek. Wealthy people don't think and act the way they do because they have wealth. They have wealth because they think and act that way.


    How many people are on diet today who don't stand a chance of losing any weight because they are still the same person who gained all that weight to start with. Let me repeat again, so you'll grasp how important this is: Slim people don't think and act the way they do because they are slim. They're slim because they think and act that way.


   To get what you want , you change who you are, and you change who you are by simply changing the way you think and act. And one technique for doing that which is promoted by a lot of wise teachers is to 'act as if'. If you 'act as if' you're slim log enough , then one day you will attract slimness even though you may be 100 pounds overweight today.


   If you act as if you're wealthy long enough, then one day you will attract all the wealth you can imagine even though you may this moment be destitute and homeless. Before you can do something, you first must be something. And that's worth thinking about.

Lesson From Competitors

   It is important to realize that we can't successfully compete with everyone on every facet of business or life. If i were to come to town or city and ask you which is the best restaurant in the area, you would likely ask a number of questions such as: What kind of food do you want? How much do you want to spent? Do you want something quick? Are you looking for an entire evening-long dining experience?


   If we consider automobiles, the least expensive and most expensive cars on the market both have something to offer to certain customer. Oftentimes, we need to determine what our competitors do well and then consider whether or not we want to compete on that particular aspect of our product or services.


   Expensive luxury cars may be comfortable, more stylish and safer while compact, low priced vehicles are fuel efficient and less expensive to own and operate. Both automobile companies can be excellent at what they do, but they can't be everything to everybody.


   There is a somewhat outdated business principle know as line extension. Line extension is the nation that, because a company or its product have name recognition, they can add new products and succeed by using the same name. Line extension would tell us that McDonalds should be able to succeed in fine dining or Mercedes could get into the low-ended economy car market. In reality, they would not necessarily succeed in the new venture and would, quite likely, damage their core business.


   In business or in life, we've got to pick our battles and select our priorities. If we are to succeed at the highest level, we are going to have focus on a limited number of elements. Rarely do you see anyone succeed simultaneously in two different ventures of fields. To compete against the best in the world, you've got to put forth your best effort which is totally focused and undiluted.


   As you go through your day today, learn from your competition, define your area of expertise and SUCCEED!!
Today id The DAY!

Take 100% Responsibility For Your Life Starting Today

Believe, Believe, Believe!
   Have unwavering faith in yourself, for good or bad. Make the decision to accept the fact that you create all your experiences. You will experience successes thanks to you, and you will experience pain, struggle and strife thanks to you. Sounds a little strange right? but accepting this level of responsibility is uniquely empowering. It means you can do, and be everything. Stumbling blocks become just that-little hills to hop over.

Take no less than 100% responsibility.
   Successful people take full responsibility for the thoughts they think, the images they visualize, and the action they take. They don't waste their time and energy blaming and complaining. They evaluate their experiences and decide if they need to change them or not. They face the uncomfortable and take risks in order to create the life they want to live.

Stop complaining
   Look at what you are complaining about. I'm fat. I'm tired. I can't get out debt. I won't ever get a better job. I can't stand the relationship with my sister. I'l never find soul-mate in life. Really examine your complaints. More than likely you can do something about them. They are not about other people, other things or other events. They are about YOU.

Make an immediate change.
   Are you unhappy about something that is happening now? Make requests that will make it more desirable to you, or take the steps to change yourself. Making a change might be uncomfortable for you. It might mean you have to put in more time, money and effort. It might mean that someone gets upset about it, or make you feel bad about your decision. It might be difficult to change or leave a situation, but staying put is your choice so why continue to complaint?
   You can either do something about it or not. It is your choice and have responsiblity for your choices.

Pay attention!
   Looking to others for help and guidance id helpful, but don't forget to stay tuned in to yourself - your behavior, attitude and life experiences. Identify what's working and what isn't. If you need to, write it all down.

Face the truth and take action for the long term.
   You have to be willing to change your behavior if you want a different outcome. You have to be willing to take risks necessary to get what you want. If you've already taken an initial step in the right direction, now's the time to plan additional steps to keep moving you forward, faster.
   Isn't it a great relief to know that you can make your life what you want it to be? Isn't it wonderful that your successes do not depend on someone else?

   If you need just one thing to do different today, than you did yesterday, make it this: Commit to taking 100% responsibility for every aspect of your life. Decide to make changes, one step at a time. Once you start the process you'll discover it's much easier to get what you want by taking control of your thoughts, your visualizations and your actions.

Tuesday 15 March 2011

How To Be Beautiful

Beauty and femininity goes hand in hand. Every woman loves to look beautiful. It is not that only those woman who feel they are ugly want to know how to become beautiful. Even beautiful women wish to become more beautiful. For this, they make a lot of effort to improve their physical appearance. They spend so much of time in selecting the right skin cream, eye makeup, clothing, etc. However, all these beauty products will help to make them beautiful only temporarily. For a permanent effect, you should learn to make yourself beautiful from within.

Here are some tips to be beautiful :

Seek beauty around you.
How do you define beauty? As you go through your day, try to make note of things and people that strike you as beautiful: art, the sky, someone's freckles. If you can, write them down. Find your beauty. Try to understand what makes them beautiful to you. They may not be beautiful to others, but that's why beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

recognize the beauty in yourself. Look in the mirror and search for beauty. By now, you've probably noticed that the most beautiful things in life are often subtle and hidden. The same goes for the beauty you hold. Maybe you have smooth, well-proportioned hands, or a flawless forehead, or perfectly-shaped shoulders. Whatever it is, it's yours--revel in it.

Enhance your physical beauty. Looking beautiful is all about emphasizing those features in you that are already beautiful. There are millions of ways to do this, as there are millions of potentially beautiful features on a single body. The important thing is to experiment with accentuating that beauty until you can look at your reflection and feel like you've given your beauty the representation it deserves.

Develop your inner beauty. There are plenty of so-called beautiful people out there who lie, cheat, steal, and even kill. Their beauty never lasts, but yours can. Byfinding yourself and building your character through integrity, you can be beautiful both on the inside and on the outside. Better yet, your inner beauty will always emanate and never fade, wrinkle, or turn gray.

Create beauty outside of yourself. Now that you see beauty and you are beautiful (as you always have been, but now know it), it's time to make beauty. Art is a very popular emulation of beauty, but it's possible to inject beauty into everything you do (your work, how you interact with people, and the way you decorate your room, for example). This is an extremely satisfying pursuit that will not only make the world a more beautiful place, but it will also bring your quest for beauty full circle.

Avoid Negative Energy: Do not be envious of others for their name, fame, looks, abilities, financial status or any other reason. Also, do not speak negatively about other people. In this way, you will be able to be satisfied with yourself and that will get radiated from your personality, and you will find a glow from within. You will come across many people in your life who are always busy in picking your faults. You have no control over such people. So the best way to avoid them is to stay away from those people.

Do Not Criticize Yourself: We all have an inner critic lying within ourselves who tend to make us look down upon ourselves. It often creates doubt in our mind about our appearance, confidence, talents and so on. However, it is an important job on your part to discourage such thoughts. Thus, you can prevent yourself from being your own enemy.

Accept Your Flaws: Do not think too much about those aspects of your looks that you do not like. If you, yourself can accept them, then you will observe that you are not much bothered when other people are pointing at those flaws. Keep your focus on the things that you like doing and move ahead in life.

Follow Your Passion: Identify one such thing that you love to do the most. It could be taking care of your kids, solving crossword puzzles or any such thing that makes you forget the time. Be involved in that activity for few hours at least once a day or once a week. You will find that it helps to rejuvenate the spirits within you.

Thus, you see when you are interested to know how to become beautiful, it requires a lot of commitment from your side. You should focus more in improving your overall personality, how you carry yourself and how you portray yourself in front of people. You also need to be self motivated to take proper care of yourself. If you feel beautiful from within, it is bound to get reflected on your looks.

Why Women Need Attention

Ever wonder why women need attention? Do you find this emotional need frustrating? Does it seem silly?

There is a very strong evolutionary purpose for women needing attention. Perhaps if this need were better understood, couples would be more comfortable with it.

A few million years ago, our primate ancestors were developing their sexual strategies... or how they would best get their DNA passed on for future generations. Of course they were not consciously thinking about a stategy but it was certainly the essence of behavior and existence.


Some females (those who ended up having a better strategy), discovered that if they could mate with a male who would stay around, they would have protection, investment in their offspring, and even additional food. 

But how does do primates, without written or oral language figure out who would stick around or not? They look for signs or clues. 

The males who were attentive, and could show or express in some way their desire to stick around were the males the females would trust and with whom they would mate. Those males who did not show attention, were less likely to find a long term partner who would want to mate with them.

Females became highly instinctively sensitive to these attentiveness clues. If a male was attentive, she would mate with him. If he was not, she would not.

Today, we have language which can be used to express devotion and attention so men can verbally express their feelings and emotions. But the underlying need for attention and devotion is still operating in humans.

It is important to remember that there is a very clear and powerful instictual reason why women must feel important and loved in a relationship prior to engaging in physical intimacy.