Attract Likes

As we enter a new day, a new season, and a new year, we must attract likes, become who we are, and embrace that which we seek, living in harmony with nature and each other - T.S.Garp    

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New Year. New You.

 

 New Year. New You. New Start. New Way. New Beginning. Make this the year of “Being You” and begin again to transforming yourself into what you want the most. Concentrate, motivate, and explore new and old ideas, and make the leap forward to materializing your deepest goals and aspirations. New Year’s Resolution Ideas.   

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Faith of the Heart

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Make A Stand

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Believing is the Key

Faith will take you there. You must believe in yourself and in the journey that will ultimately take you to where you want to go. Let the waters part, let the obstacles past, let the love in, let the will through, and know in your heart that this is true for you. Sooner or later you will discover your true path, if you fall, no matter, get back up and try again, no two journeys are ever quite the same, for each person the journey is slightly different, for some it seems easy while for others its seems harder, nevertheless, by focusing on the what’s true in the mind, heart, and soul, it will be worthwhile in the end. 

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Have Faith

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Year of The Water Snake

The Chinese New Year starts on February 10, 2013 ushering in the Year of the Water Snake. This fortunate time marks symbols of longevity, prosperity, and a chance to eradicate any negative vibrations or chi from the past. Influences from the Snake can bring more focus, direction, and clarity on purpose or goals. This is a good year for more organization, motivation, and determination on intellectual pursuits. The Water Snake brings insightfulness and a resolute to achieve success in all matters of desire regardless of the final result may have as long as the effort is acknowledged and received pleasantly. However, depending on one’s personally these could play out either agreeably or result in problematic outcomes with friends, colleagues or family. I go into great detail regarding the Year of The Water Snake in an article I have just written. Be sure to check it out and best wishes for everyone in this important year.

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The Traveller Returns

I have been away on holiday on an adventure of excitement and relaxation. Glad to be back and ready to face whatever’s ahead. New projects and new goals are all in the forefront. This year’s summer seems a lot hotter than last year’s and though I am enjoying the summer blaze, I do look forward to the coming of Fall weather, the cooling down, the rain, the wind, and all the coming celebrations of Halloween, Thanksgiving , and Christmas! I shall be updating all web sites soon. Peace to all readers, writers, artist, and creators out there. May you find what your looking for on your many travels. *Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen - Benjamin Disraeli *The journey is the moment, the path unknown, memories that fill a lifetime, have shown more - T.S.Garp

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The Sea Summer Chronicles

Start your day serenely! It's never to late to embrace a new day and start again - Toci, Toltec Wisdom * With those positive words I begin to reflect on the joy of another summer and as the temperature rises thoughts of beachcombing for seashells, swimming, spending time with family and friends, more barbecues, summer movies, music, and trips, all of which I‘m looking forward to. I must admit upon reflection I need to start meditating again, keep my mental focus, and remain upbeat each and every day. Generally speaking, life is good in the big scheme of things, I’m very happy my e-books are done and should be available as I speak. The writing and creating process can be a long road to undertake.

However, life is full of surprises and often than not will put up a few curves here and there about something, life brings opportunity and challenges (keeps things interesting), which is needed for personal growth, but I relent that it really shows us how determine we are in the face of any adversity. We have to maintain our long-term goals, try to create the future that we need, and want. We need to also listen to the wind and the heart of wisdom. Having the vision to create what was not there before and the drive needed for the direction or canvas you hope to see is exactly why you should never let dreams fade away.

We must remember that we are on a journey with other souls too (family and friends) and I greatly want everyone enjoying the life of a “shared-experience” that is on a similar path. This Summer is that goal and well beyond into Autumn-Winter for 2012. Despite the hard economy and “slow-periods” in anything in our lives, we should instead enjoy even the least bit of paradise that is presented to us from the ultimate divine source to our happiness. Let it in and let the universe, God, and the your super-conscious mind work its magic for your happiness. It is never too late to start embracing everything and everyone. * Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. ~ John Wooden

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Connecting The Dots

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life - Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement speech, June 2005

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle - Steve Jobs (Stanford commencement speech, June 2005)

You must believe for great things in your life. Confidently moving in the direction of your dreams. Believe in yourself and have faith from your heart and above that your imagination will produce the life you want to live, and know that all possibilities are possible with that mindset - T.S.Garp

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Goodbye Santa!

Happy New Year! Saying goodbye to Santa is a hard thing to do when you have so much fun during Christmas, but time moves on, and 2012 is waiting just around the corner. Arriving already as I write this down. Its been a wild and up and down ride in 2011 and I'm ready for a better year. Come on, let's make it a good one! Time to hit the re-set button and make those dusty dreams come true. With all the hype surrounding 2012.... forgo the doom and gloom scenarios, and never give up on your long-term dreams and focus on personal goals and improvements for the New Year, and make a better life with everyone you meet.

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Accept Challenges

 
This is an exciting year with many goals and dreams being met and accomplished. Business-wise starting a new company is indeed challenging and after months of development and designing, we now have to undertake minor corporate changes to establish a better company than original. Never fear away from challenges and responsibilities to bring opportunities for you to step out of the box and accept any setbacks, oversee challenges and turn them around into your favor, and in to something better than was originally conceived.

The best advice I can give is stay your course and surround yourself with creative individuals that are on the same path that are aligned with your goals and dreams, and shy away from the naysayers and keep your dreams alive and pursue them with all your heart, never stopping, never giving up, because it's never too late, and there's no time like the present. Your goals and dreams are there waiting for you to act on them, never forget them, never lose sight of them, for if you do, they will forget you.

Keep a positive attitude especially towards other people and work well with others without making unreasonable demands. Remember that all our goals and dreams can be accomplished by first conquering the mind of the individual, ourselves, to be smart and humble, and have enthusiasm not only accomplish your dreams, but also to help others along the way.


T.S.Garp © Copyright 2011 All Rights Reserved.

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Personality Development and Behavior Patterns (Part Two)

Our personality and our behavior are based on patterns from past experiences that have affected us on the emotional level.

Ultimately, we have to take an assessment of our own developing personality and discover what’s motivating us. When psychologists research this type of question regarding what drives us, the answer usually comes up to be on an emotional level. Emotion can greatly affect your motivation in so many ways. Your mind may be the builder, the thinker, the architect, but your emotions express your true feelings, your dreams, and your desired goals. Emotions and motivation can play a pivotal part in how you conduct your life and experience of it.

To paraphrase the late great, Eunice Kennedy, “Never try to stop someone in pursuit of their dreams, only try to encourage them to do the best they can, completed in a reasonable amount of time, and move on to the next journey”. This is truly words to live by, most parents and teachers get this, but there are still those few, friends, rivals, and certain relatives, that fail to impart and encourage you to actively pursue your dreams. This could be a tragic mistake in the development of a young personality into adulthood who suffers from a lack of needed encouragement to pursue a dream. The world would surely lose a future doctor, scientists, humanitarian, actor, artists, writer, philosopher, and perhaps future president of a great nation.

Statistically it is known that a great majority of people are not living out their desired goals and dreams. There is a sad but true consensus that nobody is truly happy with their present job. Many people are disconnected emotionally with the jobs they find themselves doing and realize they are not satisfied or happy with it. Finding yourself in a career that is only motivated out of necessity, in an unhappy environment, stifling your individuality and creativity can only lead to depression, dissatisfaction, and disillusionment. Positive action is needed and fears need to be gone. Associating with other people that have similar goals and ideas can be a great motivator. Working with similar minds and attitudes in an environment that is advantageous to success and emotionally fulfilling can only lead to accomplishing your goals quicker.

Understanding your own personality traits and what truly motivates you can help determine your true purpose and unlock the fear of goals and endeavors that truly moves you. Look at the real reason why you’re inspired by something. Is the reason an emotional one or by something else? Are you motivated by a love? Money? Self worth? Competition? Having a healthy competitive attitude is a good personality trait to have that helps give you a needed push for growth, but having an overly aggressive competitive nature can be misguided, and often very costly.

Deciphering the real reasons that make up your personality and motivation is the key. Why did you decide to buy that particular house? Why did you buy that particular car and color? Why did you decide to marry that person and not the other? What characteristics are you attracted to that you see in other people that affect your emotions? How did you decide to pick this particular career versus doing some other kind of job? These are the types of questions you need to ask yourself, in an open and honest manner, regarding personality traits, self-worth, self-esteem, and self-motivation. Discovering what truly inspires your personality on an emotional level, can guide you to a more satisfying outlook on life and personal endeavors.

There are many psychological theories that debate on what really motivates people and how they are affected by internal drives that determined their choices in life. On a completely emotional level, what really motivates us in achieving a desired goal is based solely on what’s beneficial, pleasurable, and gives us a feeling of accomplishment that is comforting and rewarding at the same time. Nevertheless, it is your indelible personality and your emotional state of being, that will ultimately decide how you view your past, how you live in the present, and how you see yourself in the future.


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The Self-Motivation Fundamentals (Part Two)

Understanding how self motivation can help you succeed in all your endeavors and help you follow through with completing your ideas and goals that you have set to accomplish in your life.


Throughout our entire lives we are motivated by everyone around us. When we are young, we are motivated by our parents and teachers. We learn about words of wisdom and applied knowledge to help give us a solid platform to work on and grow with our own experience in life. We begin to learn about ourselves, our strengths, our weaknesses, and discover our own abilities. As we get older, we begin to admire and respect certain people that have made an impact in our lives. For some this could easily be your parents, teachers, mentors, and then the shift will focus on highly profiled individuals such as famous celebrities, religious figures, certain government elected officials, and successful entrepreneurs.

Having the ability to motivate yourself when others around you do not is crucial for your own success to continue. These moments of doubt, despair, and lack of faith can strike any moment and at any time. There are many naysayer’s out there, and jealous individuals, who will try to stomp on your parade, and your own success. Look at these encounters, as small steppingstones and obstacles, and ignore them, and push aside their sad commentary as you go boldly forward to the goals that you have set for yourself in life. They are not on the same path that you are traveling on and they are not your friends. Friends on the other hand are great allies, eagerly pointing out your skills, achievements, and praise you when you’ve done well.

The best way to motivate oneself is to discover your skills and abilities. What are your interests and what are your likes and dislikes? You can easily assess your own characteristics of personality and discover what type of person you are. It is true that certain people are born with a splash of character, but most people know and agree that character comes from gained knowledge, time-tested experience, and observation which lead to an amount of insurmountable wisdom, mixed with your own personal characteristic traits about how you view life and your place in it. Your personality alone can greatly determine how successful you are going to be in motivating yourself.

Discovering what your interests are, experience, long-term goals, and understanding the key strengths of your personality can help motivate you even in the darkest of times. Self-motivation is what keeps us going and is a must-have tool for entrepreneurs who want to be successful, organized, savvy, and strive for excellence. Determining your skills, strengths, room for improvements, and really tapping into your creative side can greatly fuel your motivation level, and guide you to the optimum platform to release your ideas and sets all your goals in motion.

The road to self-motivation starts with you and keeps you on your desired path to reach your final destination, which is the creation of your goal, dream job, artistic endeavor, finishing that novel, building that house, saving and investing your hard earned cash, tuition for college, helping the needy, the poor and the sick, imparting wisdom and knowledge to others, to reaching as far as the moon, anything is possible, and most importantly to yourself and your own entrepreneurship of life in general. Having self-motivation is very much like having faith in your own abilities to see your creation fully accomplished. It is said that motivation and faith can create a paradise where there was once a desert, and that is surprisingly true. Self-motivation is a push that keeps you focused and faithful to your desired goal.

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