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How Can NASA Help You Succeed?
“One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” As Neil Armstrong stepped out onto the moon’s surface, he spoke the now famous words, “One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” Like that historic first walk on the landscape of the moon, one small step at a time is the basic unit needed to make your goals attainable. Space Walk for Success NASA needed years of preparation, education, knowledge, commitment and focus before Neil Armstrong was even sent into space. As an astronaut, Neil Armstrong, had to spend years on education; practice; knowledge, commitment and focus. … Continue reading
4 ~ A path to success is unique
Another in the countdown from Top 10 Life Lessons of 2010 4 ~ A path to success is as unique as the person walking the path… It would be so convenient if there was just one path to success. Anyone who decided they wanted to succeed, would just buy a map and get on this road. Then you would walk in this happy grand procession along with others and reach the Emerald City called Success. Except… What you call success and what I call success are different. But it is not limited to you and me, almost everyone in the world … Continue reading
8 You Are Stronger Than You Know
Top Ten Lessons from 2010 8 ~ You are able to bear and do much more than you think. It may seem hard to accomplish big goals. Problems may seem to be overwhelming. These are moments that your inner rockstar shines. You have a lot more power inside of you than you may realize. Sometimes it takes going through problems to see your own power. Likewise when you keep your eyes on a seemingly impossible goal you will see you are capable of much more than you realized. These are the moments that help you reach your success. 2010 was … Continue reading
Learn From Your Mistakes
Over the past year I have made several mistakes. It is part of being human. Yet there is one in particular I want to call to attention. This one is a major faux pas, I knew it when I made it, I knew what I should have done instead, but… It was electric. Over a year of unemployment and few job prospects (most requiring medical education or commercial trucking licenses) I sought some way, “any way” to make money. So in the quest to pay bills, an extended family member encouraged selling energy. It IS something people MUST HAVE. There … Continue reading
Why Are You Delaying?
Have you ever dreaded something that you delayed and delayed, and finally just had to do it? Then the experience that you dreaded wasn’t nearly as bad as you thought it was going to be? Why does that happen? This feeling of dread is actually fear. Fear is common problem; however, when you let fear run what you do, things do not get done. Your dread that it is going to take a long time or it is a lot of work tends to actually make the task that much longer. Instead of being able to get done and enjoying … Continue reading
Flexibility Helps You Reach Goals
Even a goal that you have firmly in your sights has obstacles and swerving paths that do not lead straight to your destination. This is just a part of life and a part of living. While it would be nice that your path was straight it would not allow for the beauty that has a tendency of surprising you. And even the obstacles have their benefits as well. Learn From Obstacles You may think that inventing something that does not work as intended as a bad thing. It may seem like it, but then again it could be the key … Continue reading
Bullies Are Not Just Children
It would be nice to outgrow bullying. Unfortunately some adults are bullies as well. Some adults will encourage children to bully other children, others will actually bully children. And some adults will bully other adults. Here are some types of bullying. Passive-Aggressive One mom I know started belittling another mom because the other mom buys mixes. She pronounced she was a better mom because she makes all her cakes and cupcakes from scratch. She makes the frosting from scratch. She flew into a rage when confronted with that does not make her a better mom. So no one knew what to … Continue reading
End of October Blog Challenge
What did you learn? What did you achieve? 31 days is a short period of time in some aspects. In others it is a lifetime. Jogging 2 miles a day you ran over 2 marathons. If you wrote an average of just 150 words per average post, you wrote 4650 words. It takes 21 days to change a habit. That gives you 10 days to get used to a habit. Life is full of challenges. Some good, like the blog challenge, some bad like losing a job. Some you think are bad, but are in reflection something that can change … Continue reading
