Message From the Universe: Knowledge Is Power, But Attitude Is GOLD

"As many stars as there are in the night sky, as many grains of sand that exist on all the world's beaches, that is how often opportunity really knocks. That's how many second chances you really get. And that's how many voices whisper your name each day.

You have no idea... 

The Universe"

Just look up and see how many stars, planets and galaxies we have in our Universe and you will find your answer. Sometimes, when we deal with challenges that life throws at us, we are left hanging and wondering what did we do to deserve all this crap happening in our life. We work hard, smart, and we focus too much on material assets to determine our level of success. I am not sure if it is coincidence or not, but if you attribute numbers to all letter of the alphabets, you will be astounded by the cumulative points each of these words has. Let's look at it this way. If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z=

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 and 26

So, if my calculations are correct: K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E=96%

H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K=98%

But read this: A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E=100%. So if you have the right attitude in life, you are giving yourself 100% of your energy and faith in everything you do. With the right attitude, you can accomplish anything you want. Despite the challenges you will face, never let your positive attitude change and keep on moving forward. Look at it like a bungee cord ride at an amusement park. You sit in one of these pods, you are locked in, and then what happens? The machine pulls back the pod to propel you higher and higher than before. Again, the machine PULLS YOU BACKWARD to create that momentum so you can reach the highest summits. So when you feel like nothing is working, even though you put in the hard work and attitude, life prepares you for what summit you will reach sooner than later. You are preparing yourself to reach another level that you would never imagine yourself reaching. You are setting yourself up to another level of success that you couldn't fathom. So without pulling backward on that bungee cord, the pod couldn't be catapulted to the summit.

We all want to see great results in our lives after investing time and hard work. It is not solely based on your level of knowledge that will guarantee success, but with the right attitude and belief, nothing can break your moral and no matter what happens, you will always see light at the end of the dark tunnel. You need to keep on moving forward, no matter what life throws at you. I know how annoying all this can be but by learning how to focus on what's really important to you and not on what money can bring to you, life will unravel in front of you and you will experience fortune and glory as time goes by. Just have some faith.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Message-From-the-Universe:-Knowledge-Is-Power,-But-Attitude-Is-GOLD&id=9535642

Message From the Universe: FEAR Is Just an Illusion

"Don't be afraid. You needn't slay the beast or scale the entire mountain. That's not how it's done. You only need to move through today.

Think of the distance you've already covered. Focus on your strengths. Let each new step remind you of your freedom. Let your every breath remind you of your power. Seek out friends and guides; they're anxious to help.

You're not alone. You're understood. This road has been walked before. Dance life's dance, just a few steps at a time, and in the wink of an eye you will wonder to yourself, "What beast, what mountain? Was I having a dream?"

Love you, 

The Universe"

It has been told by many, especially by inspirational speakers, that there is nothing good into looking to the past or focus too much on it. What happened yesterday has already happened and nothing you can do to change that. Look forward and everything should go as planned. However, this statement can be somewhat contradictory to what I am about to say. How can you measure your accomplishment if you do not look into the past and see where you started from? How can you determine your level of success today as to where you were yesterday, or 6 months ago? How can you move forward in life without a clear path into your future? As an entrepreneur, before you start any business, you need to create yourself a business plan right? You write down the key elements to create yourself a path on how you want to build your business. You write about your strength, your weaknesses, opportunities and threats and add some marketing plan into it as well. Now, 6 months into the future, you read back your business plan to see if you are on the right track or if something needs to be changed because of unforeseen situations that occurred. Isn't that looking into the path to direct you into the future? Aren't you focusing on something that was already done to provide you with ideas on a distant future that hasn't happened yet?

The same goes with the stock market. Investors and brokers look into historical data to predict the future outcome of a specific stock. They look into a past that has happened to create a slim possibility of how the future of this stock can behave. So let me ask you, which is right? Looking into the past to predict the future or forgetting the past and create your own future? The choice is yours. Do whatever you need to do to direct yourself a clear path into your future. Let's face it, it is yours and no one else right? Personally, I like to see where I am headed by looking on how it all started a few years back. That allows me to stay motivated and to move forward NO MATTER what.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Message-From-the-Universe:-FEAR-Is-Just-an-Illusion&id=9553693

How to React to Negative Feedback at Work

5 tips to help you accept the criticism as something that may actually benefit, not sabotage, your career path

At some point in our careers, we all receive feedback on our performance—some positive and some negative. And while negative feedback doesn’t have the ability to stall our career, an unwillingness to absorb and act on it does.

So if you have recently received less-than-desirable feedback from your boss, co-workers or clients, welcome the news! It may be tough to hear, but it is the very next thing to work on to propel yourself into the next level of success.

Struggling to get to that place of acceptance and abundance? The big question you must answer is whether or not you are willing to learn from the feedback. Decide if you are willing to wholeheartedly learn and grow and address the situation.

If your answer is no, get out now, because it will only get worse as you continue to try to justify, defend, manipulate or simply depend on time to get you through it. Get out, but know this—what we don’t welcome and address head on in our lives will reappear again until we get the lesson intended.

If your answer is yes, here are a few tips to help move you forward:

1. De-personalize the feedback.

Feedback is the main avenue toward growth. Yet when you first hear of a development need, it may come as a surprise. In the beginning, you may be totally unaware that there was a need for improvement at all.

But remember, defense is the first act of war. Commit to responding to the feedback with openness and willingness. Provide a response such as, “I would like to do whatever I can to change that and find a way forward” or “I have noticed that about myself, too. Can you help me with that?” Own your actions and demonstrate that you are ready to resolve it. Once you are at a point of gratitude for the feedback, you are in the growth zone.

2. Stop fighting the facts.

When faced with a setback, we tend to argue with the reality of the situation and begin to create our own story about our circumstances—a story that often features ourselves as the helpless victim with everyone else out to get us. Contrary to what we might believe, arguing with the facts of the situation is a complete waste of time, resources and energy. After all, it is not our reality that causes us stress; it’s the story we make up about our realities that causes us stress. When we are in our story, we read into the situation, assign motive and make assumptions about what’s happened—most of which is likely untrue and not rooted in reality.

Work, instead, to conserve your precious energy, understand the lesson at hand and respond in ways that will help, rather than hurt, your career. Be a lover of reality and take action to quickly improve your performance and rebuild your credibility.

3. Stay in your lane, aka focus on yourself.

In life, there are three lanes of traffic: your lane, others’ lane and reality’s lane. You have successfully gotten out of reality’s lane; now get out of other people’s lanes as well.

Focus on your actions, assumptions, choices, etc. and resist the need to point out how others were involved in the poor outcome. Focusing on others only slows your progress in learning the fullest sense of the lesson at hand. Get the most out of the experience by focusing only on what you can impact.

4. Reframe the situation.

If you generally believe that the universe is benevolent, then everything that happens to you can only be happening for your higher good.

Having once lost the contract of a lifetime, I was devastated. I simply couldn’t understand why it was happening to me—I had done everything right and yet the budget was cut. Within a few months, both my sister and mother got very ill and this would have been the same time I would have been out of the country for three months had the contract gone through. While it was terrible to see them sick, it proved to me that the universe definitely knows what is best.

The same is true when it comes to receiving feedback at work. Ask yourself to identify three positive reasons as to why this setback or “growing pain” might be happening in your life right now. Consider the possibility of a positive end result and get busy working toward it.

5. Drive for results and learning.

When faced with a major setback, many people are tempted to stick with their version of reality, digging in their heels and justifying why they were right and someone else was wrong. If you find yourself in this position, ask yourself, Would I rather be right or happy?

If your choice is that you would rather be right, know that you will be giving up great results and valuable learning for the privilege. When you decide that you are right and someone else is wrong, you immediately become righteous, seeking out only that feedback that continues to prove you are right, thus blocking out a ton of great information that could help.

If your choice is happiness, the great news is that results and learning tend to follow. Take accountability for the situation. By accounting for how you got here, you move from being a victim of circumstance to a professional who can account for the many actions and thoughts that led to the current results. What freedom! You can now take responsibility, learn the lesson, gain clarity on what to do differently and learn how to produce better results in the future.

When you are mining the experience for the greatest lesson, know that you are doing all you can to improve and develop. If you can learn to accept negative feedback as helpful, not hurtful, and adjust your reaction accordingly, you can rest assured that amazing things are in store for your career.

http://success.com/article/how-to-react-to-negative-feedback-at-work