Step By Step Issue 5

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Because I spend most of my day working to help others be successful, and thereby helping myself as well, I require a large amount of mental energy that is positive and self-fulfilling. In other words, I keep myself going every day through a practice of mental readjustment. Here are 10 tips to help you do the same thing. They are easy to follow, and a lot of fun. The results are worth a thousand times the effort:

1. First, take control of your attitude. Yes, you can do this. Sit down with yourself and analyze what goes through your mind on a regular basis. Does it bring you up and make you feel good? Does it bring you down and depress you? If your thoughts bring you up, congratulations. You are off to a good start. If they bring you down find new ways of looking at things. Deal with challenges one at a time and then celebrate successes. Don't forget to ask friends and family for help if you need it!

2. Once your attitude is helping you overall, start tweaking your thoughts to empower you. When you reach a challenge or a difficult situation, tell yourself, "I can handle this, it's easy!" And mean it. Then deal with the challenge. As you do you will find that it really is easy to deal with.

3. Adjust your vocabulary. Three words to be aware of and to eliminate are these: Can't, But, and If... CAN'T takes your power away completely and slams the door on any chance of success or even an attempt to deal with a situation. BUT negates everything that comes after it, and destroys forward progress. "That's a nice tie, BUT I like your other one better." This statement implies indirectly that the speaker doesn't like the tie at all. IF implies failure: If I can do it... If that happens... these statements allow the speaker to back out of an agreement, or avoid task completion but more importantly it shifts responsibility from the speaker to an outside force. That is really damaging and needs to stop!

Solution: Replace Can't with CAN . YES YOU CAN! Replace but with AND. Replace If with WHEN! Try this and you will see how you get a lot of your personal power back!

4. Use self-affirmations. Do these work? Yes. They shift your focus immediately and empower your self-belief. Simple self-affirmations may or may not work: such as "I'm great" , "I love the world" , "I'm a great person"... What is more effective is to target a weak area in yourself and use affirmations to crack that belief cycle. Some examples: If you are stubborn and want to change tell yourself on a regular basis "I can be flexible!" If you have a hard time getting organized start slow and tell yourself "I love to have things in their place. It make me feel good!" If you are afraid of your finances and avoid dealing with them, tell yourself: "My finances are ok. I'll deal with them right now!"

Obviously these are simple examples, but they really do work and you can develop your own, as needed, at any time.

5. Deal with your fears! Don't avoid them. Avoiding a fear only makes it worse and increases the reluctance to deal with it. What you need to do is 1. Face the fear. Accept it and admit it to yourself. 2. Deal with it a little bit at a time and add steps as you gain confidence. 3. When you begin to turn the tide affirm your success and keep going. Sooner than later the fear will vanish and your confidence will skyrocket!

6. In an effort to be politically correct here, let me say this: this step is completely your decision, and it may be a little bit difficult to implement although it may be very necessary. Decide if the people you spend your time with are helping you or hindering you! If they are not helping you and are bringing you down you need to decide if this is how you want to be spending your time. If you can't bear the thought of "changing friends" equalize your time by spending time with positive and motivating individuals.

7. Take complete responsibility for your thoughts and mental processes. Emotions can be useful and powerful tools and I actually live through my emotions more than through my thoughts. Because of this I have to spend a lot of time adjusting my thoughts to help my emotions, and vice versa. If you are blue, or depressed, find the source and deal with it. In serious cases you may need professional help, but more likely you just need to work through challenges. If you tend to be angry, the same thing applies. Figure the source and work through the issues. Anger can be refocused into productivity especially if you can visualize success as "revenge" upon those who have made you angry.

8. Eat a healthy diet that energizes you and keeps you productive and mentally alert. This is a personal thing, really, but processed carbs and high fat meals are not good for anyone. Fruits and vegetables, lean meats and proteins, and complex carbohydrates are better choices for most people, unless there is an issue of food allergies.

9. HAVE FUN!!! One of the biggest issue plaguing most people is that we get so wrapped up in our daily lives and work, home-making, and child-raising that we forget to have fun on a daily basis. Kids can be great fun! Do stuff with them. Go on walks, hikes, have daily dinners as a family. Don't forget to laugh on a regular basis!

10. To help with the process of mental strength and vitality remember to solve problems one at a time. Remember to make plans that you can complete daily. Remember to prioritize your time and do the most important things first! And every day remind yourself of the beauty around you. Of the blessings in your life. Of the people that you love and who love you. Now see yourself as the powerful individual that you are and build that business that you desire and deserve! Celebrate Successes and Fix Failures! And keep moving forward. ◄

Working from home brings with it a wealth of benefits which can truly enrich your quality of life. Not only do you lose the commute to the office but also get some serious control over your working hours and working environment. It is however essential that a separation is made within the home between work and recreation in order to avoid an adverse impact on productivity. If your relocation to a home-based office is as a consequence of establishing your own company, then it is particularly important that you create a positive working environment.

When it comes to getting together all of the individual components required to assemble a fully functioning home workstation, planning is imperative. As well as the obvious constituents of the office: the desk, chair and computer, a number of other items substantially aid smooth operation on a day to day basis, some of which may easily be neglected or forgotten.

Computer Peripherals

In addition to the fundamental computer, monitor, keyboard and mouse elements of the computer workstation, it may be useful to invest in further hardware to facilitate the running of a business from home. A printer for instance is bound to be required and it may be particularly useful to invest in a model which incorporates a scanner and photocopying capabilities in order to allow you to digitally back-up all paperwork and chart hardcopy invoices in accounting programs. Further peripherals such as a webcam, microphone and speakers are necessary for video conferencing, or virtual meetings using interfaces such as Skype. If you are likely to make extensive use of the telephone then a VOIP phone set-up may be worth considering with its lower tariff in comparison to a conventional landline.

Stationery, Consumables and General Office Supplies

Even if the majority of your day to day work is likely to be carried out on a computer, it is still very important to have at least a small stock of more conventional office supplies. Inevitably a printer would require A4 paper, printer ink cartridges/toner in order to function. But equally important are notepads and pens for keeping track of tasks and ad-hoc note-taking and envelopes in case snail mail is required over email. In addition to these items, a filing cabinet could very well be advantageous- or at the very least files and folders for the organized storage of important documentation. Not to mention such bits and pieces as paperclips, staplers, pencils, rubbers, rulers: the sort of things you don't realise you need until it suddenly turns out to be an emergency.

When preparing to put together a home office it is very important to carefully consider precisely what you will need...and then take a peek at an online stationery store and add all of the essential items you forgot to list initially!

Written by Jamie Lyons- SEO Manchester on behalf of OfficeYoo Office Supplies

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jamie_R_Lyons ◄

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