I have had a few tyrants in my life. Some were old, others were young, some were easy to recognize, others tried to hide their intent to gain control over my life. I had to deal with difficult situations created by tyrants or where tyrants were at least involved.
Complicated situations where no tyrant is involved are pretty easy to deal with. However, when there are people involved you want to take away your power, who would love to gain control over your life, then these situations are more difficult to deal with.
We have to claim our power and our lives, if we want to deal with tyrants successfully. I will tell you how you can do this in my next free teleworkshop:
How can you turn a difficult situation into an open one? How can you speak and act in the presence of fear? What can you do if you see that someone else is treated unfairly?
How do you keep your voice calm and maintain your composure in difficult life situations? How do you speak out in difficult life situations? When should you ask others for support? Who should you ask for support? When is it better to stay silent?
My telephone workshop "Speaking Out in Difficult Life Situations" will be conducted on Wednesday, the 28th of October, at 3 p.m. EST. Please sign up for the workshop at http://andreaklee.wufoo.com/forms/workshop-signup/. You are welcome, and I will be glad to have you on the call!
Freitag, 23. Oktober 2009
Freitag, 9. Oktober 2009
Creating More Time Than Ever
Do you have the impression that you don't have enough time?
If your answer to this question is "yes," then you are not alone. I have suffered from the "not enough time" disease since I was a child. This is why I know exactly how it is and what it feels like.
Nonetheless, let's have a closer look at this feeling in people who do not have a bad disease and know that they don't have to live much longer. Let's limit our consideration to those who have an average or even high life expectancy. Why should someone like this believe that she or he doesn't have enough time?
The question is "For what reason or task do you need more time?"
There are people who are interested in almost everything. They have so many interests that they can't move in all the directions they'd like to. What is possible for them? Just like everybody else, they can do just one thing in each moment of their life, however, they could change their direction from time to time or choose to concentrate on their most important interests.
But what about those people who have just a few interests, or who have already made a choice for now? What if they still seem to not have sufficient time in their lives? Again we have to ask what is possible. For them as for anybody else it is possible to have a life full of activities that they love. If they lead their lives according to what they love doing, they enjoy their lives and will be able to look back with contentment when they have to leave the earth.
So what about those people who still don't have enough time?
The answer is very simple - they don't do what they love most of their time. They don't do what counts. Instead, they waste their energy on tasks that are not important to them.
How could they create more time and energy then?
Basically, these people should rethink their priorities. Are they leading a life that they love? Do they dedicate most of their time to what really counts to them? Do they have time for the people they love? I know personally how hard it is to make the shift and to create more time with meaning in your life. However, if you don't do it, who else will do it for you? If you suffer from the "not enough time disease," then rethink your values and priorities and organize your life according to them.
Nobody survives forever on this earth. However, we can create our best possible lives. It is easy to look back on a fulfilled life. Nonetheless, it would break our heart to see that we have wasted the precious time that we had.
ALWAYS KEEP THE END IN MIND.
There are certain things that you can do if you want to extend your precious lifetime, or if you would like to live your life more intensely:
· Practice awareness and attention, because then one second can be very long for you. Being able to recognize shorter time intervals will give you power over your own time.
· Take care of your health, and you will increase your lifetime. Prevention is better than getting sick.
· How to deal with tasks you don't love doing: Hire someone, barter, or limit the time that you spend on it.
· How to deal with little time stealers which suddenly show up: Deal with them immediately, delegate time stealers to someone else, or make an appointment with yourself to deal with them. Again limit the time that you will spend on them. Don't let piles of undone work eat up your energy.
The same article published elsewhere:
Creating More Time Than Ever on EzineArticles.com
Creating More Time Than Ever on ShareBazaar.Co.In
If your answer to this question is "yes," then you are not alone. I have suffered from the "not enough time" disease since I was a child. This is why I know exactly how it is and what it feels like.
Nonetheless, let's have a closer look at this feeling in people who do not have a bad disease and know that they don't have to live much longer. Let's limit our consideration to those who have an average or even high life expectancy. Why should someone like this believe that she or he doesn't have enough time?
The question is "For what reason or task do you need more time?"
There are people who are interested in almost everything. They have so many interests that they can't move in all the directions they'd like to. What is possible for them? Just like everybody else, they can do just one thing in each moment of their life, however, they could change their direction from time to time or choose to concentrate on their most important interests.
But what about those people who have just a few interests, or who have already made a choice for now? What if they still seem to not have sufficient time in their lives? Again we have to ask what is possible. For them as for anybody else it is possible to have a life full of activities that they love. If they lead their lives according to what they love doing, they enjoy their lives and will be able to look back with contentment when they have to leave the earth.
So what about those people who still don't have enough time?
The answer is very simple - they don't do what they love most of their time. They don't do what counts. Instead, they waste their energy on tasks that are not important to them.
How could they create more time and energy then?
Basically, these people should rethink their priorities. Are they leading a life that they love? Do they dedicate most of their time to what really counts to them? Do they have time for the people they love? I know personally how hard it is to make the shift and to create more time with meaning in your life. However, if you don't do it, who else will do it for you? If you suffer from the "not enough time disease," then rethink your values and priorities and organize your life according to them.
Nobody survives forever on this earth. However, we can create our best possible lives. It is easy to look back on a fulfilled life. Nonetheless, it would break our heart to see that we have wasted the precious time that we had.
ALWAYS KEEP THE END IN MIND.
There are certain things that you can do if you want to extend your precious lifetime, or if you would like to live your life more intensely:
· Practice awareness and attention, because then one second can be very long for you. Being able to recognize shorter time intervals will give you power over your own time.
· Take care of your health, and you will increase your lifetime. Prevention is better than getting sick.
· How to deal with tasks you don't love doing: Hire someone, barter, or limit the time that you spend on it.
· How to deal with little time stealers which suddenly show up: Deal with them immediately, delegate time stealers to someone else, or make an appointment with yourself to deal with them. Again limit the time that you will spend on them. Don't let piles of undone work eat up your energy.
The same article published elsewhere:
Creating More Time Than Ever on EzineArticles.com
Creating More Time Than Ever on ShareBazaar.Co.In
Freitag, 18. September 2009
12-Session Tele-Workshop "Life Beyond Limits"
My 12-session tele-workshop "Life Beyond Limits" will start next week on Wednesday at 8 p.m Middle European Time or 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
I would like to thank all people who have already signed up for the workshops! However, since the number of participants is unlimited, you still have the opportunity to participate.
If you sign up for all 12 sessions, then you will get the full benefit of the workshop, since it is designed as a sequence of lessons with a specific order. For those who can’t make it to all of the sessions, it is possible to sign up for as many of them as you like.
The workshops will be conducted in English. There will be call-in numbers available for Germany and for the US. The calls themselves will be to a landline in the appropriate country, so the rate is just the one that you pay for a call to a landline within your country. If you have a flat rate for landlines, then it is free for you.
This is what the first tele-workshop is about:
Workshop 1: Create a Great Life
· Why is it important to create a great life?
· How to discover, affirm and accomplish your dreams.
Teleclass Date: September 23, 2009, at 8 p.m. Middle European Time or 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
If you would like to know what the other workshops are about, you can check it out here:
http://www.create-great-life.com/12-session-workshop.html
If you are interested in participating, then please sign up here:
http://andreaklee.wufoo.com/forms/workshop-signup/
I am looking forward to our call on Wednesday joyfully,
Andrea
I would like to thank all people who have already signed up for the workshops! However, since the number of participants is unlimited, you still have the opportunity to participate.
If you sign up for all 12 sessions, then you will get the full benefit of the workshop, since it is designed as a sequence of lessons with a specific order. For those who can’t make it to all of the sessions, it is possible to sign up for as many of them as you like.
The workshops will be conducted in English. There will be call-in numbers available for Germany and for the US. The calls themselves will be to a landline in the appropriate country, so the rate is just the one that you pay for a call to a landline within your country. If you have a flat rate for landlines, then it is free for you.
This is what the first tele-workshop is about:
Workshop 1: Create a Great Life
· Why is it important to create a great life?
· How to discover, affirm and accomplish your dreams.
Teleclass Date: September 23, 2009, at 8 p.m. Middle European Time or 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
If you would like to know what the other workshops are about, you can check it out here:
http://www.create-great-life.com/12-session-workshop.html
If you are interested in participating, then please sign up here:
http://andreaklee.wufoo.com/forms/workshop-signup/
I am looking forward to our call on Wednesday joyfully,
Andrea
Montag, 7. September 2009
Obstacles in the Writing Process
My comment to Fiona McIntosh’s blog entry about obstacles in the writing process at Voyager Online:
Hi Fiona! Thank you so much for your deep insights into the writing process. I am currently writing a non-fiction book about moving beyond limits, creating a great life and speaking out. Your blog post “The Obstacle Course of Writing” has given me hope that I will finish my own book within a time frame.
So far, I have changed my chapter titles and my content very often so that I have not been able to finish it until today. I agree with you about the importance of pushing the book forward, and about setting a deadline for finishing it. It won’t get any better anyway, will it?
A writer’s blog exists when you believe that you need to write perfectly, and when you think that your first draft has to be so excellent that it doesn’t need to be improved anymore. However, if you just sit down and write what comes to your mind about the topic, then your block will disappear sooner than you can believe!
Thank you again for your personal thoughts and experiences about the writing process; I am sure it has helped me to move forward with my own book.
Andrea
This is a short list of suggestions as to how you can get your book finished sooner than expected:
- Set a realistic deadline and stick to it.
- Move the book forward every time you write; don’t spend time on revising what you have already written.
- Write each day for at least 30 minutes or however much time you might be able to dedicate to writing. If it’s more than that, then it’s even better!
- Do not read comments or reviews on work that you have already published.
- Don’t be afraid of rejection. The reasons why you might be rejected vary a great deal and most of them are not of a personal nature.
- Keep on writing, improve your quality and submit your manuscripts over and over.
Hi Fiona! Thank you so much for your deep insights into the writing process. I am currently writing a non-fiction book about moving beyond limits, creating a great life and speaking out. Your blog post “The Obstacle Course of Writing” has given me hope that I will finish my own book within a time frame.
So far, I have changed my chapter titles and my content very often so that I have not been able to finish it until today. I agree with you about the importance of pushing the book forward, and about setting a deadline for finishing it. It won’t get any better anyway, will it?
A writer’s blog exists when you believe that you need to write perfectly, and when you think that your first draft has to be so excellent that it doesn’t need to be improved anymore. However, if you just sit down and write what comes to your mind about the topic, then your block will disappear sooner than you can believe!
Thank you again for your personal thoughts and experiences about the writing process; I am sure it has helped me to move forward with my own book.
Andrea
This is a short list of suggestions as to how you can get your book finished sooner than expected:
- Set a realistic deadline and stick to it.
- Move the book forward every time you write; don’t spend time on revising what you have already written.
- Write each day for at least 30 minutes or however much time you might be able to dedicate to writing. If it’s more than that, then it’s even better!
- Do not read comments or reviews on work that you have already published.
- Don’t be afraid of rejection. The reasons why you might be rejected vary a great deal and most of them are not of a personal nature.
- Keep on writing, improve your quality and submit your manuscripts over and over.
Samstag, 5. September 2009
My Message - Moving Beyond Limits
Today the time has come to talk about my core message to the world. My vision of a better and happier world can only be manifested by improving each single person’s life. What keeps us from living the best and happiest life we could think of? There are very different reasons for each person, however they all have one thing in common – they all represent some kind of limitation. Be it that we think that we cannot do something because we are not talented enough, or we believe that we are too old to start a new interest, or we assume that we need a certain qualification.
Who do we think we are?
This question can be understood in two different ways. One way would be to shout “WHO do we think we are?” This would let us know immediately that the questioner doesn’t want to know who we are and instead just tells us that we are not appreciated. The other way would be to really ask ourselves “Who are we?” The true answer is probably that we are a good human being who cares about other people and who has the desire to change the world to make it a better place.
We are not too old – age doesn’t matter – our souls are wise no matter how young or old we are.
We are talented – talent doesn’t count as much as we assume anyway – perseverance is the key to success.
We do not need certain qualifications to do what we love – does Bill Gates have a university degree? – we are qualified by our interest in a certain subject matter.
In fact, we are much more powerful than anybody would ever assume. We just need to release our power! So if you believe that you got stuck while trying to attain a certain goal, just think about what you could do about it NOW. The present counts. The past is over. The future hasn’t yet begun. What step could us bring closer to our goal? Just do it. Now. Not later. Immediately. Not as soon as possible. JUST NOW.
It is that easy. Then please leave a comment and tell me how it felt.
Who do we think we are?
This question can be understood in two different ways. One way would be to shout “WHO do we think we are?” This would let us know immediately that the questioner doesn’t want to know who we are and instead just tells us that we are not appreciated. The other way would be to really ask ourselves “Who are we?” The true answer is probably that we are a good human being who cares about other people and who has the desire to change the world to make it a better place.
We are not too old – age doesn’t matter – our souls are wise no matter how young or old we are.
We are talented – talent doesn’t count as much as we assume anyway – perseverance is the key to success.
We do not need certain qualifications to do what we love – does Bill Gates have a university degree? – we are qualified by our interest in a certain subject matter.
In fact, we are much more powerful than anybody would ever assume. We just need to release our power! So if you believe that you got stuck while trying to attain a certain goal, just think about what you could do about it NOW. The present counts. The past is over. The future hasn’t yet begun. What step could us bring closer to our goal? Just do it. Now. Not later. Immediately. Not as soon as possible. JUST NOW.
It is that easy. Then please leave a comment and tell me how it felt.
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