May 15, 2007

3 Steps To Achieving More... With Less Stress

In This Issue:

Feature Article: "3 Steps To Achieving More... With Less Stress"

Food For Thought: "One of The Most Important Things You Can Teach Your Kids"

Fast Facts: "How Cavemen Preferred Their Women"

* FEATURE ARTICLE *

“3 Steps To Achieving More... With Less Stress”

Do you sometimes take on more than you can chew?

Do you occasionally set yourself unrealistic targets?

Do you have a tendency to over-promise and under-deliver (whether to yourself or others)?

Well, here's the good news: you think big! You have big ambitions, are prepared to stretch yourself, and are likely achieve much, much more than the average person.

But here's the bad news: you have a tendency to over-commit yourself.

Which might be okay if you're prepared to accept somewhat less than you expect - if you're happy to shoot for the stars in order to hit the moon (or however that saying goes).

But it's not okay if it stops you from keeping your promises (including promises to yourself)... if you take on so much that nothing gets done... or if brings you worry and stress.

That's when - if you don't reign in your ambitions - your tendency to over-commit could seriously affect your career, business, relationships and health.

So how do you stretch yourself... without stretching so far that you break?

Well, as someone who has the tendency to over-commit, here's my top tip for working out how much to take on... without taking on too much:

Step 1

Make a list of everything you want to do in a given week. Not just "goals" but also ongoing responsibilities, like looking after your family, and leisure activities. Organize them in order of priority.

Step 2

Now imagine you have only 5 days in a week instead of 7... then have another go at working out how many, and which, activities you can handle.

Step 3

Commit to doing ONLY the activities you can handle in a 5-day week.

That's it!

The idea behind thinking in terms of a 5-day week, rather than a full 7-day week, is to build in a "margin for error". Specifically, it's to make sure that:

1. In a "good" week you have at least 2 whole days (or 48 hours) for those important but not urgent fitness, rest, leisure, friend and family activities that all too often get relegated to the bottom of the list; and

2. In a "busy" week - or in a week where you become ill or there's an emergency - you have 2 extra days to work with.

Taking this approach doesn't mean that you can't accomplish all your goals. It just forces you to be more realistic about WHEN you can achieve those goals... and perhaps to tackle those goals one at a time.

The benefit is that you'll probably have a much more realistic chance of completing everything... won't end up over-promising and under-delivering... and will still have time off from the hustle and bustle.

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* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED *

“Can It Be This Easy To Get a Great Job?”

A few weeks ago I started consulting with a local real estate agency. I love it! New possibilities are opening up for me, not least of which is the chance to build a new force in the real estate industry.

But if you think I went through some rigorous application process to get the gig... if you think I had to make a formal presentation... or that the woman who owns the company conducted extensive reference checks, reviewed my resume, or evaluated my credentials before bringing me on board... think again.

All it took were a couple of chats over coffee, a few emails to keep in touch... and bam! I was asked to come in and start work.

Yes, getting a job or consulting assignment can be this easy.

Actually it can be easier.

When you go through the SIDE door, that is.

Now, finding that side door may take a little creativity and effort. And patience too. But when you find it - you'll be walking right on through while everyone else stands in line, waiting and mostly failing, to make in through the front door.

Discover how to find the side door and walk on through to the job you want:

==> InsiderJobSecrets.com

* FOOD FOR THOUGHT *

“One of The Most Important Things You Can Teach Your Kids”

When it comes to education, there's one thing that, as a parent,
I believe is my responsibility to teach my children.

It's something that I'm confident will not only prepare them for school, but for life.

It's something that I believe will help them excel at school and beyond... and yet won't require me to browbeat them into doing homework or extra studies.

It's something that, I hope, will allow them to grow and develop, and discover for themselves which areas of study, work, sports, hobbies and interests inspire them the most.

It's something that I believe will help them become successful, and above all, happy.

It's something that my parents imbued in me.

It's this: a love of learning.

I truly believe that if you can raise your kids to love learning - to be self-motivated to learn how to read, write, do math, learn about science, history, geography, and so on - the "battle" (in terms of giving them a sound education) is half over.

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* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED *

“How To Publish Your Own Successful Email Newsletter”

I was going to write a report on how to publish a successful email newsletter.

After all, I've been publishing Success Accelerator for about a year and a half now, and prior to that, I wrote 3 weekly newsletters for my previous Internet business. So I reckon I've learned a thing or two.

But Kevin Riley has beaten me to the punch!

Kevin, who's a good friend of mine, has just produced a report" Recipe For Delivering Your Own Popular Newsletter" which pretty much covers everything you need to know about publishing email newsletters, autoresponder series, and promotional emails.

So I'm not going to re-invent the wheel... get Kevin's report instead:

==> Recipe For Delivering Your Own Popular Newsletter

* FAST FACTS *

“How Cavement Preferred Their Women”

According to Romuald Schild from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology at the Polish Academy of Sciences, prehistoric men
15,000 years ago preferred "full-figured" women.

Schild drew this conclusion after studying dozens of flint figurines excavated from a Paleolithic hunting site in Poland.

The figurines are consistent with almost identical depictions found elsewhere in Europe and detailed in the book, The Nature of Paleolithic Art by R Dale Guthrie, an emeritus professor in the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

According to Guthrie, most of the humans featured in stone carvings and cave art were depicted by men. In these images - some dating back 35,000 years ago - "female images dominate and are nude, almost every one full-figured above and below."

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