Victim mentality, blaming others and circumstances for your misery and not taking action, is sign of weakness. Victor mentality, taking responsibility for your thoughts and decisions and moving forward to change things is a sign of strength.
Blaming will always slow you down. Depression will always slow you down.
Resolution, decision and action will bring you where you want to go.
To all writers/bloggers/communicators, this one is a great read:
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1655960
I wish to get a copy of the book myself.
If you’re looking for a simple but usable to do list tool on your pc, mac or iphone, try wunderlist. http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist/
Haha… This is one good list of productivity tools to help you concentrate and focus.
http://the99percent.com/articles/6969/10-Online-Tools-for-Better-Attention-Focus
Read a nice article about taking breaks:
http://www.myarticlearchive.com/articles/7/026.
From the article, here’s the gist for me:
“Ideally, your smart break should last 10-20 minutes. That’s what experts say gives your body and brain an optimal period of rejuvenation. Now, reality dictates that many afternoons you don’t have 5 minutes to slow down, much less 20. However, even if you’re blazing around at 100 miles per hour, you can have an “on-the-fly” break that consists of taking a couple deep breaths, straightening your posture, reviewing your priorities, and committing to finish the day strong.
Take a Smart Break Today: To experience the benefits of your smart break, you have to take it. Schedule it and make it automatic. Think of it as a “productivity break” if that makes you feel better about not working for a few minutes. Tell yourself, “The fourth quarter is mine”…and it will be!”
Substitute the words standards, morality, spirituality, or culture with the words value system and you’ll get a better perspective. E.g. We don’t have to strive to be like the westerners, because we have a different value system. or I don’t do what you do because I have a different value system.
God gave us functional needs (e.g. food, air, shelter) so that we would know how to live. But He also gave us emotional needs so that we would build relationships with Him and with other people.
