November 14, 2006

Are You Ready To Be Happy?

In This Issue:

Feature Article: "Are You Ready To Be Happy?"

Fast Facts: "The Truth About Small Business"

Quick Tips: "Clear Your Desk, Feel Less Stress"

* FEATURE ARTICLE *

“Are You Ready To Be Happy?”

By Alexandra Watson

Are you happy with your life? Really? Do you jump out of bed each morning with a smile as wide as Paul McCartney’s lawyers? Nope? Then we need to have a chat.

The question is: "Why not? Why aren’t you that happy?"

Okay, maybe using a lawyer is not a great example but you can see where I am coming from, right?

Why don’t we all leap out of bed in the morning? What has gone, or is going, wrong with our lives? Why can’t we seem to move on and change things? And why do we think this is normal?

Being unhappy should not be the norm. Whether it's your work life or home life, or both, you should be enjoying them to the full.

Here’s the first step to doing just that: being ready.

To make any real and lasting improvement in your life, you have to be ready for it. Meaning you are ready to take on challenges, make mental shifts, make a solid commitment to yourself, and take action.

Now, ask yourself, are you ready? Because without the above-mentioned essential elements you may not experience all the joy, fulfillment and happiness that improving your life has to offer.

To see if you are ready, answer Yes/No to the following questions:

1. I feel "Now" is the right time for me to see improvement in my life.

2. I am fully able, willing and ready to learn and grow, and do the work it takes to make the changes I want to see.

3. I am willing to see and tell the truth.

4. I am willing to raise my personal standards, and to set and achieve much bigger goals.

5. I realize I am responsible for my own future.

If you have answered mostly "Yes" to the above, then you are ready to start improving your life.

The next step for you is to identify what improvement you want to make first. What is the first thing you want to change for the better? For example:

• Balance
• Relationships
• Money
• Career
• Energy
• Time
• ...or what else?

If, on the other hand, you don’t feel ready, that’s okay. There are times in life that we don’t feel ready. But, if you really want to make improvements, then think about what needs to happen in order for you to be ready. All you need to do is take one step at a time.

And... Action!

Whether you are ready or not, the key to improving your life is to take action. Every action you take will be rewarded with important information about what works for you. If you don’t take action then you'll never learn anything new.

Even if your action doesn’t work, at least you will have learned that it doesn’t... but you won’t know until you try. Now you can take your newly found wisdom and use it to move forward.

Watch out!

Don’t get caught up with just talking about what you want to do or what you want to improve. Often we never get to "DO" anything about our situations because we spend our time complaining about it with friends instead of creating a good action plan and carrying it out.

Remember, just talking about it will not get you anywhere. True life improvement lies in taking action.

About The Author

Alexandra Watson, The Happiness Coach, has helped countless people all over the world live happier and vastly more fulfilling lives for over a decade. Today she has a very special offer just for you regarding a System for achieving happiness that may change your life forever.

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* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED *

“Not Happy With Your Job? Change It!”

Are you eager to change jobs... but worried that you'll end up spending ages looking for a job... only to get nowhere?

You know, where you spend day after day pouring through job listings... applying for countless jobs... sending numerous cover letters and resumes...

...only to get a “we’ll keep your details on file” rejection letter... or an interview with someone who seems determined NOT to hire you?

Well, it's not so surprising when you discover that 50% of all new jobs go to "Insiders"... people who take a different - and much more effective - approach to getting the job they want.

Yet all the books, career counsellors and recruiters tell us to apply for a job using the conventional "Outsider" approach!

No wonder getting a job is so hard.

Well it doesn't have to be... and it's NOT.

Not when YOU discover and apply the Insider approach to getting a job.

Click here to discover how YOU can use this approach to get a job.

* FAST FACTS *

“The Truth About Small Business”

You've probably heard the scary "statistics" - that 70, 80 or 90
percent of small businesses go out of business within their first
year or so...

That if you start a small business you’re doomed – that it’s just a matter of time before a much larger competitor takes away all your customers and decimates your business.

Well, enough scaremongering! The truth is the small business sector is not only thriving but, in a very real sense, forms the backbone of many Western economies.

That's certainly the case in the U.S. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), small businesses (businesses with 0-500 employees):

And what about the statistics showing that most small businesses go out of business within their first 1, 2 or 3 years?

Well, the truth isn’t nearly as bad as you’ve probably heard:

As for the new businesses that fail... well, it's not because they're "small". In general, it can be traced back to poor planning, business and management skills. All of which can be learned and improved.

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* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED *

“How To Improve Your Management Skills”

Are you an entrepreneur, executive, professional or small business owner who’s realized that to grow your business, fast-track your career or improve your bottom line... you need other people’s help?

Then you’ve probably also realized that to get other people to help you... you need to manage them more effectively – whether it’s managing them up, down or across.

Better yet, you know that if you become a GREAT manager, you'll be able to attract and retain the best people to help you – people you can trust and who will do an even better job than you at the things you want them to do.

There’s just one problem...

How do you become a great manager?

Well, it's not difficult... once you know the "system".

Click here to discover that performance management system... for yourself.

* QUICK TIPS *

“Clear Your Desk, Feel Less Stress”

Unless you're adamant that a messy desk works for you, I urge you to clear everything off your desk and file it away, except for the material(s) you need to do the one task you need to complete right now.

If you're worried that you won't remember everything else you need to do... then keep a "to do" list or diarize the other tasks.

Here's why a "clean desk policy" increases your productivity and reduces your stress:

1. It's easier to find things! If everything is filed away properly (and note, I said "properly") rather than strewn around your desk, you'll be able to find things when you need them instead of spending precious time and energy hunting through stuff.

2. You won't have anything distracting you from the task at hand. Without pieces of paper here and there constantly entering your peripheral vision, you'll be able to focus on what you're doing right now.

3. With a clean desk you avoid constantly evaluating and re- evaluating the items on your desk and save valuable mental energy...

You see, when you have a desk piled high with documents and other materials, every time you sit down ready to work, you're confronted with all the other tasks you need to do. Without really intending to, you find yourself evaluating each item on your desk - what it is, how important it is, when you need to address it, and so on... This evaluation may only take a few seconds but it consumes valuable mental energy... and hinders your ability to concentrate on the job at hand.

4. The more "stuff" on your desk... and the more time and mental effort it takes to evaluate it all... the more likely you are to feel like there's "so much to do"... and the more likely this is to add up to a feeling of stress and overwhelm. With a clean desk, you don't go through this process... so you don't feel this stress or overwhelm!

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