Lets review...

Yes, we are well and truly in the second half of 2007
How are you going with your self care goals?
Whats working for you?
What self care practices have you nailed solidly in place?
What do you need to do more of?

PLOM's can leave a bad taste in your mouth

A little more on the PLOM (poor little 'ol me) syndrome mentioned in the last post
PLOM's are great at playing the victim - and we can all do that from time to time - the trick is not to make it a habit!!
To do so means we have all care & no responsibility for anything that happens in our life
Its becomes all about what others have done to us
No responsibility is accepted for anything
Much easier from such a perspective to blame others than to reflect on our own behavior & actions
Such behavior is really challenging for others to work with,
Of course its all about an attempt to control others & our environment
Perhaps a better approach would be a little introspection & to focus on controlling or managing our own responses - which is after all the only thing we can genuinely expect to control
Don't be a PLOM - your colleagues will respect you for it & you will be a joy to be around

Essential Life Success Strategies

People generally want success in their lives.

But what is success . . . ?

For each of us the answer will differ and that's OK.

The issue will be when we view success as the goal. For it does not necessarily follow that success equates to happiness. When and if we reach our goal of success it often brings unexpected challenges and happiness is not necessarily the outcome.

What is important is to ensure you know what success means to you and view success as a way of life, rather than as a goal. Life, it means so much to some and so little to few. We only get one.

How do you make the most of your life?

How do you live a 'successful' life?

How do you milk every last moment for maximum enjoyment and learn the lessons you were meant to learn?

Top tips for success at life

• Define what success means to you
• Be clear -- is success a goal or the way you life your life?
• Remember who you are and what you hold dear to you
• Find the courage to live your values on a daily basis
• Pay yourself first with daily compassionate self care: great food and water, exercise, quality sleep, good friends and relaxation.
• Know yourself, both your light and your dark side
• Gain the knowledge but then practice, practice, practice. It's the doing that will be transformative.
• De-stuff your life -- those of us who reside in the Western World have lives full of 'stuff'-- people, commitments, clutter, busyness . . .
• Realize your life is made up of your time, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks and so on which is exactly what happens . . . and so on your life goes -- how do you want to spend each precious minute? What do you want to do with your time or in other words your life? Learn to minimize the waste of time which is essence is your life-- learn to say no: politely, gracefully, tactfully but with meaning
• Take charge of your life's blueprint, what are your needs / direction?
• Take what you want from your past & move forward. What is it that you will take forward?
• Use the power of a reframe and the magic of humor
• Connect with those around you and the environment
• Rejoice in every single moment -- good, bad & ugly