positive living # 3
POSITIVE LIVING # 3 Simple strategies you can use to create more fun, success, happiness and enjoyment in your life … Why golf balls are important to happiness: A Professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large empty glass jar and then proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So the Professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
clean the house and fix the waste disposal.” “Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.” One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The Professor smiled. “I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.” This story is a great reminder that taking time for the important things in your life is a vital part of being happy.
They agreed it was.
ACTION EXERCISE:
The Professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
What are the most important things in your own life? Write them down. These are the golf balls in this story.
He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “yes.”
Now take one of these things and spend at least five minute of time on it.
The Professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the space between the grains of sand.
If it’s an important person, phone them and have a chat.
“Now,” said the professor, as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.”
If it’s your health, spend a few minutes eating something that is good for you.
‘The golf balls are the important things--your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favourite passions - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.”
If it’s one of our favourite passions, book some time to treat yourself.
“The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car.
Invest some time every day on the golf balls in your life.
The sand is everything else -the small stuff.” “If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.” “The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical check-ups.
DID YOU KNOW? There is no word that rhymes with orange. Vincent Van Gogh only sold 1 painting his whole life and that was to his brother! Water is the only substance on earth that is lighter as a solid than a liquid.
Take your partner out to dinner. There will always be time to
Positive Living is written by marketing advisor and journalist Graham McGregor (www.TheUnfairBusinessAdvantage.com ) for clients and friends of Joe Voordouw.
Joe Voordouw AREINZ Licensee Agent Mobile: 021 949 448 Phone: (09) 834 2855 Email: [email protected] Web: www.realestatewestauckland.com Buy West Realty Limited Licensed (REAA 2008) MREINZ
POSITIVE LIVING # 3 Simple strategies you can use to create more fun, success, happiness and enjoyment in your life … The easy way to success: One of the big barriers to achieving greater success in our lives is that most of us think it’s going to take a lot of hard work to get there.
The outcome was interesting. Cindy ignored completely traditional book shops as she realised her book would be competing with tens of thousands of other books for sale.
The good news is you can often get much better results in your life without having to work longer and harder hours.
Instead Cindy approached businesses like women’s clothing shops and got them to display her book next to the cash register.
This was explained well in an interesting book called “Living the 80-20 Way” by Richard Koch. The book shows there is both a hard and an easy way to success. The difficult way is to work hard for 60 hours or more a week for several decades. So you sacrifice a pleasant life now in the hope of a much more pleasant future life. You try to do extraordinary things, at extraordinary cost, to get extraordinary results. The easy way is quite different. Just focus on the outcomes that you want and then find the easiest way to achieve them with the least effort, least sacrifice, and most pleasure. Concentrate on what produces extraordinary results without extraordinary effort. First, think results. Then look for ways to get these results with the least energy possible. THE CREATIVE BOOK PUBLISHER: Here’s a real life example of using the easy way to success.
Women shopping at these stores would pick up the book because of the catchy title, laugh when they saw it was totally blank inside and would then buy a whole bunch to give as gifts to people they knew. Cindy kept the price very affordable and sold over a million copies of her book over the next few years. Cindy went on to become one of the most successful selfpublishers in the world. All by looking for a better way to achieve results with far less effort. In your own life always be on the lookout for things you can do that are low effort with high rewards. It’s corny, but the best things in life are free or nearly free, giving a fantastic return on effort. Saying thanks, showing appreciation, displaying affection, watching a sunrise or sunset, caring for a pet or a plant, smiling at a casual acquaintance or stranger, committing a random act of kindness, enjoying a walk in a beautiful place these are all ways of getting great results with very little effort. The reward from doing any of these things is out of all proportion to the effort. ACTION EXERCISE: Write down ten things you could do this week that would create more happiness in your life with very little effort. Then spend five minutes each day doing some of these things.
A lady called Cindy Cashman saw an interesting idea a few years ago that took her fancy. The idea was for a book with the title “Everything men know about women.” The book was over 100 pages long and inside there was nothing but blank pages. Cindy liked the fun nature of the book but she didn’t like the idea of having to work really hard to try and make a few sales. So she began looking for ways to sell huge amounts of her book with very little effort.
Positive Living is written by marketing advisor and journalist Graham McGregor (www.TheUnfairBusinessAdvantage.com ) for clients and friends of Joe Voordouw.
DID YOU KNOW? Your thumb is the same length as your nose. Try it and find out if it’s true. (Just make sure no one is watching or they might think you’re crazy.)
Joe Voordouw AREINZ Licensee Agent Mobile: 021 949 448 Phone: (09) 834 2855 Email: [email protected] Web: www.realestatewestauckland.com Buy West Realty Limited Licensed (REAA 2008) MREINZ
clean the house and fix the waste disposal.” “Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.” One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The Professor smiled. “I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.” This story is a great reminder that taking time for the important things in your life is a vital part of being happy.
They agreed it was.
ACTION EXERCISE:
The Professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
What are the most important things in your own life? Write them down. These are the golf balls in this story.
He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “yes.”
Now take one of these things and spend at least five minute of time on it.
The Professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the space between the grains of sand.
If it’s an important person, phone them and have a chat.
“Now,” said the professor, as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.”
If it’s your health, spend a few minutes eating something that is good for you.
‘The golf balls are the important things--your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favourite passions - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.”
If it’s one of our favourite passions, book some time to treat yourself.
“The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car.
Invest some time every day on the golf balls in your life.
The sand is everything else -the small stuff.” “If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.” “The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical check-ups.
DID YOU KNOW? There is no word that rhymes with orange. Vincent Van Gogh only sold 1 painting his whole life and that was to his brother! Water is the only substance on earth that is lighter as a solid than a liquid.
Take your partner out to dinner. There will always be time to
Positive Living is written by marketing advisor and journalist Graham McGregor (www.TheUnfairBusinessAdvantage.com ) for clients and friends of Joe Voordouw.
Joe Voordouw AREINZ Licensee Agent Mobile: 021 949 448 Phone: (09) 834 2855 Email: [email protected] Web: www.realestatewestauckland.com Buy West Realty Limited Licensed (REAA 2008) MREINZ
POSITIVE LIVING # 3 Simple strategies you can use to create more fun, success, happiness and enjoyment in your life … The easy way to success: One of the big barriers to achieving greater success in our lives is that most of us think it’s going to take a lot of hard work to get there.
The outcome was interesting. Cindy ignored completely traditional book shops as she realised her book would be competing with tens of thousands of other books for sale.
The good news is you can often get much better results in your life without having to work longer and harder hours.
Instead Cindy approached businesses like women’s clothing shops and got them to display her book next to the cash register.
This was explained well in an interesting book called “Living the 80-20 Way” by Richard Koch. The book shows there is both a hard and an easy way to success. The difficult way is to work hard for 60 hours or more a week for several decades. So you sacrifice a pleasant life now in the hope of a much more pleasant future life. You try to do extraordinary things, at extraordinary cost, to get extraordinary results. The easy way is quite different. Just focus on the outcomes that you want and then find the easiest way to achieve them with the least effort, least sacrifice, and most pleasure. Concentrate on what produces extraordinary results without extraordinary effort. First, think results. Then look for ways to get these results with the least energy possible. THE CREATIVE BOOK PUBLISHER: Here’s a real life example of using the easy way to success.
Women shopping at these stores would pick up the book because of the catchy title, laugh when they saw it was totally blank inside and would then buy a whole bunch to give as gifts to people they knew. Cindy kept the price very affordable and sold over a million copies of her book over the next few years. Cindy went on to become one of the most successful selfpublishers in the world. All by looking for a better way to achieve results with far less effort. In your own life always be on the lookout for things you can do that are low effort with high rewards. It’s corny, but the best things in life are free or nearly free, giving a fantastic return on effort. Saying thanks, showing appreciation, displaying affection, watching a sunrise or sunset, caring for a pet or a plant, smiling at a casual acquaintance or stranger, committing a random act of kindness, enjoying a walk in a beautiful place these are all ways of getting great results with very little effort. The reward from doing any of these things is out of all proportion to the effort. ACTION EXERCISE: Write down ten things you could do this week that would create more happiness in your life with very little effort. Then spend five minutes each day doing some of these things.
A lady called Cindy Cashman saw an interesting idea a few years ago that took her fancy. The idea was for a book with the title “Everything men know about women.” The book was over 100 pages long and inside there was nothing but blank pages. Cindy liked the fun nature of the book but she didn’t like the idea of having to work really hard to try and make a few sales. So she began looking for ways to sell huge amounts of her book with very little effort.
Positive Living is written by marketing advisor and journalist Graham McGregor (www.TheUnfairBusinessAdvantage.com ) for clients and friends of Joe Voordouw.
DID YOU KNOW? Your thumb is the same length as your nose. Try it and find out if it’s true. (Just make sure no one is watching or they might think you’re crazy.)
Joe Voordouw AREINZ Licensee Agent Mobile: 021 949 448 Phone: (09) 834 2855 Email: [email protected] Web: www.realestatewestauckland.com Buy West Realty Limited Licensed (REAA 2008) MREINZ
