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March 2007: Commuting again... |
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In
this Issue:
1. Welcome & Update
2. Thoughts for the Week
3. Site Plan and Progress
4. Cool Resource Online
Welcome
and Update
Hi
again. Welcome to my first issue using the paid and
professional service by Zinester! This should be coming to
you AD-FREE. This is the first step in my plan for the big
re-launch of the site later on in the year, I hope you enjoy it.
As for me, I'm now firmly back in the world of train commuters.
I didn't used to think Australia had a monsoon season, but it
seems we've lately developed one. In the last two weeks,
we've had two days where severe storms have meant the trains were
stopped part way home, changed to buses (the lightning keeps hitting
one particular area) and taken on a hair raising ride down Bulli Pass,
then shunted back onto trains again for the last bit. Not to
mention that I then have my 25min walk home. I'm now
averaging 12,000-20,000 steps per day - and that's without doing
anything more than going to work, getting lunch and coming home again!
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be helping the scales any :(
Getting home so late and having dinner well and truly after
8pm I think may not be such a good idea for my system. Not
knowing how long I'll be doing this for, since it's temporary until
they find me something else, doesn't help in establishing routines
either, but on the bright side I am working with a great bunch of
people now, and slowly should be able to build my confidence back up
after the 2 years of bullying tactics by my previous management.
It's become a hot topic at HQ level, and there are moves to
try and address it - from feedback I'm getting I'm far from the only
one.
This week's "Thoughts" are along the lines of the insights I'm getting
not only from hearing other people's stories, but from the book I'm
currently reading: "Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman.
I've had it a while, just never finished it. Now
I'm finding it incredibly appropriate to what I'm going through.
It's amazing how coincidences tend to put the right book in
front of you at the right time, isn't it?
Also, I'm still going through the new (and amazing) stuff Rich is
putting out in the lead up to his next course. I'm close to
3/4 through the current one, and excited to see the insights I'm
getting from going over the freebies he gave away before I signed up.
One of the best decisions I ever made, and it will make a
HUGE difference to my value to my organisation, and my earning power,
as I bit by bit put the pieces into place.
Anyway, enough waffling. (Long train journeys do that to you.
Sorry!) Here's your first edition of my train ride
ramble. Hope you enjoy! |
Thoughts
for the Week
Science
has had a huge impact on the way we think in the Western World.
The ideas of objectivity, facts and proof are pretty much
considered the be-all and end-all of what we choose to believe.
For most of us, anyway. But the focus on logic and
facts ignores the reality that as people, we have another side.
We're emotional creatures. Admittedly, some more
than others, but why do we assume that being emotional is such a bad
thing?
How often do we as adults wish that we had the wide-eyed wonder and joy
of a child? What's stopping us from having it? At
what point do we learn that emotion is something adults put aside for
the demands of 'reality' - and how much do we lose by doing so?
During my own journey of personal growth, getting in touch with my
innermost self has been the same thing as getting in touch with my
feelings. In many ways, I now allow myself to act like a
child. I cry and laugh at the movies, and enjoy them all the
more for doing it. When I'm sad, I've learnt not to push it
away but to ask why, and how I can make it better. Even in
the little things, like going out for a wonderful meal, letting myself
savour the tastes and express that joy on my face. It's sometimes
embarrassing for the people around me, but more often I see faces that
reflect a wish that they were enjoying their own experiences to the
same level. The saddest part is, nobody is stopping them but
themselves and their own ideas.
Over the past two years, there have been many times that I've wished I
didn't feel so deeply. Having someone working to hurt you in
any way they can, it's not an advantage when they see by your face the
things that work the best on you. But it's a double edged
sword - would I give up savouring the joys of my life in order to numb
the pains?
No.
Life is about experiences, to me. Just because our society
teaches us that some are 'bad' and some are 'good' doesn't mean we only
want to know half of what's on offer. The joys are sweeter
for knowing sorrow, and sorrow builds the character that helps you find
the joys. Emotions may not be highly valued in our Western
World, but maybe they should be. Maybe, for each of us, we
can choose to honour them in ourselves. It's a part of you,
your life, and your learning - accepting the range of what you feel has
got to be a critical step in accepting who you are.
One day, I dream that we'll have organisations that honour Emotional
Intelligence too. Imagine - going to a workplace that allowed
you to express not only your satisfaction at achieving something big,
but gave you the freedom to be sad when things aren't going well, so
that you could work through what you needed to, learn what you could
from it, and tack on that added motivation to your regular work.
Wouldn't that be incredible? Organisations that
valued enthusiasm and commitment as much if not more than technical
skills and experience would have to run better, I believe, and would be
so much more fun to work for. One day...
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Site
Plan and Progress
The
foundation of SelfPositivity.com is still under construction, still a
few months away from launch, but the plan is getting revised
this week based on the two latest videos just released by Rich, which
I'm going through now. I've had some incredible ideas for how
to make the site the best it can possibly be from those, and am getting
excited about how it's all starting to come together. My
target at this point: to go live just after the Financial Year, in
July, but that doesn't mean I won't be giving you guys sneak peeks
beforehand!
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Cool
Resource Online
While
I'm now walking well over the 10,000 steps a day they say you need to
lose weight, it still doesn't seem to be happening, so I'm seeking
help. I've dug a great ebook back out that I got part way
through before everything started falling apart on me and am going
through it again. It's by Jon Benson, the author of Fit over 40 (some amazing photos in
that book) and the MPower course
online, and a guy who's personally gone from overweight to awesome.
It's called "Simply Eat"
and has some great stuff in it. I intend to refresh my memory
and try out what I can do even while commuting. I'll let you
know how it goes over the weeks to come.
Wish me luck?
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