One of the habits I’ve developed over the years is to read daily. I’ve always loved to read, but about two and a half years ago, one of my mentors asked me if I read daily.
I had to honestly answer “no” to that question. I didn’t always pick up a positive book EVERY single day and read at least 5-10 minutes.
He told me I should develop that habit if I ever expected to improve my life and accomplish the goals I had laid out for myself. So, I developed that daily habit.
I highly encourage you to do the same. It’s amazing what you’ll see come from it.
Right now, I’m reading “The Power of Positive Thinking”, by Norman Vincent Peale again. In it, there’s a great chapter called, “Stop Fuming and Fretting”.
I find this chapter fascinating because it starts off with Peale discussing how the modern world is moving so fast and daily life causes too many people to fume and fret, which when he breaks down the definitions of these words, means too many adults are acting like spoiled little children.
Peale discusses how when we become agitated, seethe and distraught (fuming) or act like a “sick child in the night”, with our petulant half-whines or half-cries (fretting), it all has “an irritating, annoying, penetrating quality”.
I think this is fascinating because he wrote this back in 1952. If he thought daily life had become too fast paced then, what would he think about our lives today?!
As we enter a new year, I’d like you to think about your life, its pace and how hard you drive yourself. Peale talks about the effect stress, whining, bitching and complaining has not only on our physical lives, but also our eternal souls.
Be careful of over stimulating yourself with “too much to do”. Consider the stress you’re causing yourself. Consider your long-term health physically, but maybe even more importantly; what are you doing to yourself from a spiritual standpoint?
How far away are you getting from the authentic “YOU”?
And, for what? To run around stressing yourself out and stressing out the loved ones near you?
Maybe in 2012, it’s time to sift out the unnecessary from your life. Maybe it’s time for all for us to relax a bit and dig down deep within and finally figure out what the heck it is that is most important and crucial to our long-term happiness.
Peale calls the new generation he was seeing back in 1952 a “pathetic” one, because if its need to over stimulate itself with “nervous tension, synthetic excitement, and noise”.
As the dad, Frank, on “Everybody Loves Raymond” would say, “Holy CRAP!”…what would Peale think today in the midst of a generation focused so much on the “fake world” of social media, video games, movies, and a general focus of “detachment through entertainment”?
Would he call our society pathetic, or worse, maybe? Are we pathetic?
I think in many ways we are. Too many people today are doing just what Peale started this chapter off with. Too many people are running around bitching, moaning and complaining about everything. They’re so accustomed to seeing what’s wrong with their world that they’re actually uncomfortable being happy.
However, I’m also an eternal optimist. I believe more and more people are seeing the error of our ways. I believe (based on my conversations with many of you who will be reading this) that more people are taking control of their inner mind and are seeing the beauty of life again.
If you’re struggling with any of this, I encourage you to do the same. Slow down just a little. Dig down and think deeply about what you really want out of life. Is it another year of running around like a stressed out child upset because mommy and daddy didn’t provide the latest toy?
Or, do you want to accomplish all your goals and dreams…finally?
Most reading this will be from the “world” of network marketing, affiliate marketing, entrepreneurship, etc. You’re building toward something in your businesses. I encourage you, if you haven’t already, to develop in 2012 the habit of daily reading and daily listening to positive audios.
Do it on a consistent basis. It’s amazing what a 10-minute read will do to your mind. Look what a 10-minute read did for me this morning. It inspired me to sit down and rattle off this post and hopefully that inspiration will rub off on you.
I hope you read these words and become inspired to go out there and make all your dreams come true!
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