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How To Get Things Done

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How To Get Things Done

How to Get Things Done – 7 Smart Ways to Accomplish A Goal

Ciara Conlon posted on Lifehack.org a great post on how to gain focus and push ourselves to accomplish our daily tasks and goals. She outlines “7 Wise Ways” to do just that:

“It has to be one of mankind’s greatest challenges; staying focused in the fast paced, technology driven world we are living in. Information overload, a common phenomenon, work overload another. But staying focused is perhaps the best way for us to get things done and move forward with our lives and our jobs. So how do we keep our eye on the ball when it’s accustomed to bouncing around from court to court?”

Ciara Conlon

Ciara is a getting things done (GTD) fanatic. She is obsessed with accomplishing what she sets out to do and feeling as if she has done a lot each day. Here are the seven ways she says we can stay focused on each task:

How to get things done …

1) Focus on one thing

Conlon quotes Confucius, “He who chases two rabbits, catches none.” This idea is simple to understand. Our brains only work at one thing a time despite the multi-tasking claim. If you have numerous things to do you should focus on one thing at a time. Don’t hop around task to task or you’ll lose your rhythm.

2) Eliminate Known Distractions

Get rid of anything that will distract you. Phone, Internet, TV, Music could be examples of this. Don’t do anything that decreases your productivity, and keeps you from concentrating on your task.

3) Calm The Mind

You may consider starting your day with breathing exercises or meditation. You begin with a calm mind and you are ready to face challenges in a professional and productive way. If your mind is not calm it’s easy to get upset about a really busy day. If your mind is calm, you will breeze through the tasks without the dread.

4) De-clutter

De-clutter each day or at least once a week. Do a quick pick-up and get rid of the clutter in your environment. If you let things build up it becomes a real chore. If you do a little cleaning each day it will create a better environment for work, rest, and relaxation.

5) Exercise

When you exercise, your body produces neurotransmitters in your brain that cause you to feel energized. For some people (like me for example it is a high they chase daily. Serotonin and endorphin levels increase almost immediately with exercise. Those are just two of the chemicals that are known to elevate your mood, and make you feel good. If you feel good, work and your daily activities become easier.

6) Clarification of Goals

Ensure that what you are working on is in line with your objectives. For each goal you have there is an objective. Be sure you keep that in mind as it is your reward for working towards your goals. Focusing on your objectives, you will work on things that will help you reach your goals.

7) Simplify

Work at the most important things first. This will give you more progress early. After you have met many important objectives you can work on the smaller details. Simplifying, involves prioritizing, and system analysis. If there is an easier way to do things you need to find it.

These seven steps are guidelines on how to approach your productivity limits. Do you know how to get things done? Please leave your comments about additional approaches on how to boost productivity.

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Mind Movie Review

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:46:47 +0000

Learn how to visualize in order to manifest. With the amazing new Mind Movie Creation kit.

Review of the Mind Movie Creation Kit

The Mind Movie Creation kit is, as the name implies, is a complete movie creation kit.

It includes video tutorials that will help you to quickly and simply build a slideshow/movie of your ideal life.

Then just watch the movie you have created each morning and night to help manifest what you want to be, do, or have via the Law of Attraction.

Mind Movies takes setting intentions, creating treasure maps, vision boards or dream boards and repeating affirmations to a whole new level.

Likely you have seen the movie “The Secret” and know what all the above means. But if not just think of what you want to be, what you want to have, places you would like to visit, amounts of money you want, and maybe that perfect partner and you’re on your way to living your perfect life.

If you are familar with other teachings like Esther Hicks’ Ask And It Is Given or any of the other Abraham-Hicks teachings … if you’ve discovered Jack Canfield’s The Success Principles or any of Deepak Chopra’s books and DVDs, you’re familiar with the concept that transformed the life of every person who ever truly understood it.

Plato, Newton, Carnegie, Beethoven, Shakespeare, Einstein… They all said the same thing.

THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS. But the power of intention has been misunderstood and under-utilized by the majority of people for t many years.

Innovators and leaders have known this secret and have tapped into this limitless pool of power to change the world. This power is what drives the universe, and it is available to EVERYONE no matter what his or her circumstance or challenge in life.

As Deepak Chopra puts it, “The Universe consists of a single energy or consciousness; this energy is the Field of All Possibilities.”

The power of intention is simple: think about what you would like to manifest in your life…good health, loving relationships, as much money as you need or want, work that inspires you, peace on the earth, a healthy environment. All of these things are our birthright, and through the Law of Attraction we can bring them into our daily experience. All we have to do is focus on what we want instead of what we don’t want.

The next step is to create positive statements that are full of joy and gratitude and state them in the present tense.

Don’t forget that Attitude of Gratitude… affirming those aspects of your life that are already bringing happiness into your life will help you to attract even more joyful, fulfilling experiences. The secret is to engage yourself in the process rather than just stating the affirmation.

By making a Mind Movie you can take your ideas from the abstract and “wish” state into a reality in a short period of time. Depending on how much emotion you attach to your desire, and how much your belief systems align with your desire, will determine how quickly you see your reality rearranging to fit your desire. A Mind Movie can help you put it all together-the desire, how you describe it, what it looks like, what it feels like, and inspiring music to align the desire with your deepest, strongest feelings and emotions.

To give you an idea of how all this works, watch the video below by clicking on the banner. Also get 6 videos, completely free (with no hidden catches). Surprise yourself – go make your first Mind Movie.

Kevin Gianni -Charlotte Gerson On Alternative Cancer Treatments

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Dr. Keri Peterson Today Show “All About Breasts”

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Dr. Keri Peterson discusses Breast Health with Savannah Gunthrie on The Today Show.

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Brian Goldman: Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that? Self help guide.

admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:21:06 +0000

www.ted.com Every doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine’s culture of denial (and shame) keeps doctors from ever talking about those mistakes, or using them to learn and improve. Telling stories from his own long practice, he calls on doctors to start talking about being wrong.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates… TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design.

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Buns of Envy Workout. Best self help video pick.

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:01:10 +0000

Buns Of Envy engages your lower body using core exercises to reshape, tighten and tone your butt. This workout will have you looking slim, sexy and fit. For full selection of great workouts like this one, go to the BeFit Channel on YouTube at: www.youtube.com Check us out on Facebook at: www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter at: www.twitter.com

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JJ Virgin: Stopping the sniffles with Alkalol Nasal Wash

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:49:09 +0000

Celebrity fitness and nutrition expert JJ Virgin, the star of TLC’s “Freaky Eaters,” discusses how Alkalol Nasal Wash can provide natural relief from nasal congestion caused by sinusitis, allergies, and head colds.

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Quick 10 Minute Abs Workout

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:40:59 +0000

www.renegadehealth.com – Last week we covered the reverse bicep, this week let’s tone up those abs with a quick 10 minute abs workout… This short circuit is all you’ll need to do to work on that 6-pack. Go ahead and give it a shot today or over the weekend…

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Can Money Buy Happiness?

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:45:05 +0000

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Money and Happiness

Money can buy you happiness, but maybe not in the way you think.

It seems that spending money on others (pro-social spending) makes most people happier than spending money on themselves (personal spending).

A lot of research has shown that there is only a weak link between personal happiness and how much money people have.

On a global scale, happiness is strongly associated with income up to a level where people have a roof over their head and the basic needs safely covered.

Having more money than this does not necessarily make you happier.

One factor that affects how happy you are on a particular income is comparison.

If you have adequate income to cover simple needs and live amongst others with similar income levels, you will most likely be reasonably happy (assuming no other major problems). But if you have your nose rubbed into the wealth of your neighbours and through TV ads, you may be less happy.

So- comparisons can make you less happy. But pro-social spending can make you happier.

A survey of randomly selected people in the USA showed that the level of personal spending did not influence happiness.

People spending more on bills or ‘gifts’ for themselves were not happier. But, people spending some of their money to support charities or to buy gifts for others were on average happier.

Interestingly, in this survey higher income was also associated with happiness. This is different to some other studies. Perhaps those getting more money had more opportunity for pro-social spending?

Spending money on others increased happiness when regular income, and windfall (e.g. bonuses) income was used, and if money was given to people for pro-social spending.

People did not have to spend large amounts of money on others to be happier. Spending small amounts of regular, windfall or gifted income on others still made people happier.

I won’t get into all the psychological subtleties of how pro-social spending may or may not make people happier.

To put it simply, if you want to be happier, make some real and reasonable effort to make others happier or ‘better off’ and you will be happier.

Those many books on building wealth that advise people to put aside some of their money to help others are correct- ‘money can make you happier’- if you don’t become too selfish and ensure that you help others in proportion to you own good fortune.

Superfood Smoothies

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:38:51 +0000

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Superfood Smoothie!

We would like to share with you 3 superfood smoothie recipes: green smoothie, sweet smoothie (kids will love it) and one of my superfood smoothie (chocolate herbal super smoothie

“Power Plant”, nutrient-dense green superfood smoothie!

Ingredients:

1 cup pure water
2 medium leaves of kale
1 large Fuji apple, cored and chopped
1 and 1/2 tablespoons raw hemp protein powder
2 tablespoons shelled raw hemp seeds
2 tablespoons dried goji berries
2 teaspoons raw maca root powder
1 teaspoon green superfood powder
1 teaspoon chia seeds

Using a high-speed blender like Vita-mix (http://www.vitamix.com and enter 06-005636 to get free shipping), blend together all of the ingredients until the kale, apple, hemp seeds, goji berries, and chia seeds have been completely broken down and the mixture is creamy. Pour the mixture into a tall glass. Serve!

Superfood Smoothie – “Strawberry Shake”

Ingredients:

1 cup almond milk
1 cup ripe organic strawberries
6 small dates (or 4 medium dates, or 2 very large dates), pitted
1/2 of a large vanilla bean, or 1/4 teaspoon of raw ground vanilla powder
1 tablespoon raw coconut butter

Using a high-speed blender (Vita-mix, http://www.vitamix.com and enter 06-005636 to get free shipping), first blend together the almond milk, dates, vanilla and coconut butter until creamy. Then add the strawberries and blend again until the strawberries seeds have been completely incorporated. If you have a Vita-Mix or other type of powerful blender, the end result should be virtually seedless. Pour the mixture into a tall glass. Garnish the glass with a small strawberry. Serve!

If you would like to add more superfoods to this recipe, add some hemp and chia seeds and some bee pollen. You can’t really taste any of them but you will be getting all the benefits.

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“Vegas Style” Chocolate Herbal Super Smoothie

Our friends Kevin & Ann Marie Gianni came to visit us on their Renegade Health Tour and we just had to make them our smoothie. Oksana shows you how it’s done!

You tube video: Vegas Style Smoothie

Ingredients:

Two inches (in Vitamix, http://www.vitamix.com and enter 06-005636 to get free shipping) of warm tea (any combo you like). We use a herb tea consisting of Pau D’arco, Cat’s Claw, Chuchuhuasi, Chanca Piedra and Chaga
¼ cup cashews
2 tbsp coconut oil
1 drop full of stevia
1 tbsp local raw honey
2 pinches of sea salt
1 tsp hemp seeds (optional)

Blend on high for 30 secs

Then add the following:

1 Banana
Big handful of frozen berries
Big handful Goji Berries
2-3 tbsp cacao
1 tbsp maca
1 tbsp mesquite
1 tbsp tocotrienols
1 tbsp barley protein
2 tbsp chia seeds
½ tsp mucuna
1 tsp local bee pollen
¼ tsp ashwagandha
1 tsp shilajit
1 tsp MSM
1 tbsp Green Powder (HealthForce Vitamineral Greens)
1 tsp hemp protein powder (Sunwarrior)
1.5 cups either Coconut Water or Nut Milk

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Sources:

http://hi-rawkus.com/recipe/power-plant-smoothie/

http://hi-rawkus.com/recipe/50s-style-strawberry-shake/