Achieve Success - Break Bad Habits Today!

Do you want to be successful in your business, workplace, home or community? Most of us want to have some degree of success in almost all of these different aspects of our lives. But, all to often, we find that we have some personal habit or mindset that blocks, or prevents us from achieving ultimate success. You DO have the ability to change by breaking these bad habits today! Here's a simple step you can do to start yourself on the road to ultimate success:

Take a few moments to evaluate or thinkn about a personal habit or behavior that "trips you up." Start with one at a time so that you can achieve your goal and build your confidence.

Next, identify how you can design a practice (either a set of physical steps or a new mindset) that will help you break, or overcome the bad habit. For example, if you want to lose weight and yet you find yourself raiding the refrigerator late each night, what can you do to either remind you of your goal or to distract you from late night "grazing?" Identify what you can do when the urge to open the door gets stronger (remember, you WILL be tempted and you will need a strategy or distraction in place to deal with this.) Who can you enlist to help you and remind you of your goals?

Take a notebook or journal and write your goal down. Review it frequently, or post it in a prominent place that you will see frequently during the day to remind you of your goal. Structure will help you be more creative and to give you positive reinforcement to help you meet your goal and break the bad habit.

Write down: "This week I will ______________________ to break my habit of ____________________."

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Katrina Victims Need Your Help and Prayers

The images we have seen on TV and the stories reported in the past week have been tragic, even horrific. Here and there we hear of loved ones that are found, pets that are rescued and families reunited. Unfortunately, it's not near enough to wipe out the devastating and long-term effects that we will see, everywhere in the USA, for the coming months and years.

It came to me that I could either be depressed and simply watch the news, or I could do something to help. I don't have much money to give, but I've dug as deep as I can. Now I'm looking at volunteer opportunities. Volunteers are going to be needed for many months ahead as these folks try to rebuild their homes and lives.

I encourage each of you to take the time, dig deep and to give as much as you can, either money or your time, to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. There are two organizations, specifically, that are mobilized and ready to give mass care: American Red Cross (Red Crescent Society outside the USA) and the Salvation Army. Please either visit their websites or call your local branch office today to do what you can to aid our family, friends, neighbors and fellow countrymen who are in desparate need!