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Show Volume II , Issue IV The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 13 January 2000 HELLO NEW YEAR! By Lorine C. Murtagh, Chair of Ogden Canyon Club I am of the opinion that the New Year should begin with thought provoking material that stimulates your desire to improve in what ever area you may need improvement. In an effort to find meaningful suggestions, I found my quote@ notebook and searched for great wisdom. Page after page was turned until a worthwhile quotation appeared that would serve me well. A great quote I found that I am going to memorize and practice throughout this year (and hopefully thereafter) is one from The Ann Landers Encyclopedia A to Z.” It goes like this, “Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and, when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, ‘I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.’” Then repeat to yourself the most comforting of all words, This too shall pass.” Selfinflicted pain is the worst kind, Ann Landers writes, and offers this advice. “It’s done. Finished. Over. There is nothing you can do to change the past. Take heart from the knowledge that something good can come of it if it teaches you a lesson. Profit from it...then forget it.” Some additional thought provoking quotes that offer lots of food for thought are: “Buck-passing acts as a boomerang.” “Carrying tales and gossip about is the easiest way to become unpopular.” “Everyone is human. Make the day happier for others by smiling and saying “Good Morning.” “Giving others a mental lift by showing appreciation and praise is the best way to lift one’s own spirit.” “The world will not end when you fail or make an error. There is always another day and another chance.” “People are not any more difficult to get along with in one place than another. Getting along depends about 98 percent on your own behavior.” I ride on a man’s back hitting and choking him, all the while telling myself and those all around me that I am willing to do anything to help him...except get off his back.” “The power of self-love. A person who respects and values himself is much more likely to be able to do the same for others. When we are not sure who we are, we are uneasy. We try to find out what the other person would like us to say and speak, would like us to do before we act. When we are insecure, our relationship to others is governed not by what they need but by our needs. Authentic people, on the other hand, are there, not only for themselves but for others. No energies are wasted in protecting a shaky ego.” “When the conversational ball bounces into your corner, don’t feel you’ve got to hang on to it, bounce it back.” “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him.” Quotes from “How to Live to be 100—Or More” by George Burns. SECRETS FOR LONG LIFE: • Think positive. Worry, stress and tension not only are unpleasant, but can shorten your life. • Stay active. I know that for some people retirement works out fine. They enjoy it. I also know that for a great many others it presents lots of problems. One problem is that all those things that you thought were so much fun when you were working are not so much fun when you’re retired. To me, the biggest danger of retirement is what it can do to your attitude. When you have all that time on your hands, you think old, you act old. It’s a mistake. I see people who, the minute they get to be 65, start rehearsing to be old. They practice grunting when they sit down and practice grunting when they get up, and by the time they get to be 70 they’ve made it . . .they’re a hit . . .they are now old! • Challenge yourself. I firmly believe that you should keep working as long as you can. And if you can’t, try to find something that will interest you. Don’t wait for it to happen; make it happen. Remember, you can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old. There is an old saying “Life begins at 40.” That’s silly! Life begins every morning when you wake up. Open your mind to it; don’t just sit there . . . do things. The point is, with a good positive attitude and a little bit of luck, there is no reason why you can’t live to be 100. Once you’ve done that you’ve really got it made, because very few people die over 100.” “Before you are frank with others, ask yourself: Why? Is it to diminish the other or to make yourself feel better at his expense? The ethical question is to ask: Will this foster the relationship? There is always a way to be honest without being brutal” (Arthur Dobrin). SIX SIMPLE STEPS TO SUCCESS: STEP 1: Cultivate Energy. Energy is an active, positive quality, a desire to get things done and done correctly, to move from one point to another, to rise to a specific goal, to advance to a new position, to accomplish a given job. The best way to develop energy is to split up your day into the smallest possible segments of time. Launch yourself into one thing, get it done, then go on to the next task. This will give you a change of pace and a renewed sense of accomplishment. STEP 2: Control Laziness. Too many of us fail because we delay tackling difficult jobs that would win us recognition. We are held back by simple laziness, which produces a kind of permanent inertia if allowed to fester. Attack a big project as if it were the enemy, get it out of the way, and give yourself a spell of earned laziness. When you set out to do something, complete it. Energy thrives on STEP 5: Motivate Memory: If you achievement and declines as things want to succeed, you cannot afford to drag on. forget things. Become a list maker. STEP 3: Be Natural. If you’re not a Successful people are compulsive morning person, don’t overload about written lists. Care about the yourself with major tasks early in the things you put down on the list. day. If you like to go to bed early and STEP 6: Dream Dreams: Successful rise early, put your hardest tasks first. people are usually those who have If you thrive on routine, devise one thought about their mistakes and you can live with and enjoy. The more learned from them. When something energy you spend fighting your goes wrong, face up to the inclinations, the less you will have to consequences, do what you can to put put to work for you. things right, then think about how it STEP 4: Boycott Boredom. Boredom happened . . . and how it might be saps one’s energy like nothing else. If prevented in the future. 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