Wednesday, September 12, 2007

ARTICLE

Four Words that Make Life Worthwhile
by Jim Rohn

Over the years as I've sought out ideas, principles and strategies to life's challenges, I've come across four simple words that can make living worthwhile.

First, life is worthwhile if you LEARN. What you don't know WILL hurt you. You have to have learning to exist, let alone succeed. Life is worthwhile if you learn from your own experiences - negative or positive. We learn to do it right by first sometimes doing it wrong. We call that a positive negative. We also learn from other people's experiences, both positive and negative. I've always said that it is too bad failures don't give seminars. Obviously, we don't want to pay them so they aren´t usually touring around giving seminars. But that information would be very valuable – we would learn how someone who had it all then messed it up. Learning from other people's experiences and mistakes is valuable information because we can learn what not to do without the pain of having tried and failed ourselves.

We learn by what we see so pay attention. We learn by what we hear so be a good listener. Now I do suggest that you should be a selective listener, don't just let anybody dump into your mental factory. We learn from what we read so learn from every source; learn from lectures; learn from songs; learn from sermons; learn from conversations with people who care. Always keep learning.

Second, life is worthwhile if you TRY. You can't just learn; now you have to try something to see if you can do it. Try to make a difference, try to make some progress, try to learn a new skill, try to learn a new sport. It doesn't mean you can do everything, but there are a lot of things you can do, if you just try. Try your best. Give it every effort. Why not go all out?

Third, life is worthwhile if you STAY. You have to stay from spring until harvest. If you have signed up for the day or for the game or for the project - see it through. Sometimes calamity comes and then it is worth wrapping it up. And that's the end, but just don't end in the middle. Maybe on the next project you pass, but on this one, if you signed up, see it through.

And lastly, life is worthwhile if you CARE. If you care at all you will get some results, if you care enough you can get incredible results. Care enough to make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough to start a new enterprise. Care enough to change it all. Care enough to be the highest producer. Care enough to set some records. Care enough to win.
Four powerful little words: learn, try, stay and care. What difference can you make in your life today by putting these words to work?

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

GEMPA LAGI !!!

Kebetulan saya baru saja pulang dan kebetulan sudah di Slipi and staff saya telp bilang mereka turun karena gempa keras banget ... dan aku liat di Metro TV kalau memang gempa di Bengkulu 7.9 SR dan berpotensial tsunami dan kebetulan saya baca di Yahoo news, katanya it’s ”small tsuname hits Indonesia after earthquake” dan ”Quake triggers tsunami in Indonesia”.. dll... Tapi setelah tunggu 2 ½ jam.. akhirnya berita dari BMG bahwa tidak akan terjadi tsunami. Lega deh rasanya. Tapi, membaca Detik.com, 7 orang meninggal dan 17 luka-luka.. Andalas Padang Mall rusak parah, Dept Store Ramayana ke bakar, pohon tumbang menimpah orang, orang sakit dikeluarkan dari rumah sakit, orang-orang berlarian ke luar .. perih banget ngebayanginnya...

Baru saja selesai makan dan duduk nonton TV sambil pindah2 channel TV, dan pas lagi nonton om Farhan di ANTV, jam 21.49 malam, tiba2 ada peringatan dini, katanya terjadi lagi gempa dengan kekuatan 6.6 SR jam 21.40 di Bengkulu juga...dan menurut BMG ada potensi tsunami mudah2an ini gempa yang terakhir.

Aduh, kapan dunia ini aman dan damai ya?

Mari kita berdoa semoga kita semua selamat …. salam malam

Friday, September 7, 2007

THE SEVEN C'S OF SUCCESS

By Brian Tracy

  1. Clarity - Eighty percent of success comes from being clear on who you are, what you believe in and what you want.
  2. Competence - You can't climb to the next rung on the ladder until you are excellent at what you do now.
  3. Constraints - Eighty percent of all obstacles to success come from within. Find out what is constraining in you or your company and deal with it,
  4. Concentration - The ability to focus on one thing single-mindedly and see it through until it's done takes more character than anything else.
  5. Creativity - Flood your life with ideas from many sources. Creativity needs to be exercised like a muscle, if you don't use it you'll lose it.
  6. Courage - Most in demand and least in supply, courage is the willingness to do the things you know are right.
  7. Continuous learning - Read, at the very least, one book a week on business to keep you miles ahead of the competition. And just as you eat and bathe, organize your time so you spend 30 minutes a day exploring e-mail, sending messages, going through web sites, because like exercise, it's the only way you can keep on top of technology. If you get away from it, you'll lose your edge.

Note:
Brian, after having studied top achievers and peak performers over the past 25 years, concluded that these unique men and women, have in most cases, mastered what he calls the Seven C´s of Success.

ARTICLE ...

Ten Attitudes of Top-Achievers
by Brian Tracy

If you think the same way as the top achievers think, you can begin to get the same results they do. Here are ten psychological and practical ways to mirror the attitudes of top-achievers.

  1. See yourself as a consultant rather than a salesperson. Believe that you are a problem-solver with regard to your product and how the client can best use it.
  2. Become a doctor of selling. Act in the best interests of your “patients’ and have a high code of ethics.
  3. See yourself as the president of your own sales corporation. Accept 100 percent responsibility for your results.
  4. Commit yourself to being the best in your field. Dedicate yourself to lifelong learning.
  5. Be ambitious, hungry, and determined to use selling as a stepping-stone to the success you want in life.
  6. Have integrity. Be honest with yourself and others.
  7. Engage in thorough preparation prior to every call.
  8. Be an excellent listener; be extremely customer-focused.
  9. Have tremendous courage. Be willing to face your fears of rejection and failure, and overcome them.
  10. Be highly persistent. Start your workday earlier, work harder, and stay longer.
To make these changes work you must walk, talk, and behave consistently with them every hour of every day.

Article : Ketawa Pangkal Sehat

Masih ingat kan, posting artikel saya tentang Ketawa Itu Sehat beberapa waktu yang lalu ?

Nah, ada artikel yang mengambil hasil penelitian yang sama, yaitu dari Loma Lina University Medical Center, California tentang Ketawa. Berikut ini ceritanya".

"Tawa merangsang sistem kekebalan tubuh Anda" ungkapan Dan Gascon, presiden Humour for Your Health, Ltd. "Menurut studi belum lama ini, tawa merupakan satu-satunya cara alami bagi organ-organ dalam tubuh Anda untuk mendapatkan pijatan. Tawa juga merupakan elemen penting dalam proses pencernaan. Singkatnya, tubuh Anda membutuhkan tawa".

Bukan itu saja efek baik dari tawa. Menurut penelitian yang diadakan pada 1997 di Lomma Lina University Medical Center, California, humor menurunkan kadar hormon stres, seperti adrenalin, hingga bisa menurunkan tkanan darah dan meningkatkan kekebalan tubuh dengan meningkatkan kadar antibodi, seperti sel-sel T.

Penelitian di Stanford University juga menambahkan bahwa lewat ketawa, Anda akan lebih siaga, bisa melatih otot-otot tibuh, dan memacu sirkulasi darah. Bahkan, jika Anda ketawa sebanyak 100 kali per hari, efek yang ditimbulkan pada pernapasan jantung sama dengan efek dari mengayuh sepeda stasioner selama 15 menit.

Jadi, tunggu apa lagi? Segera tingkatkan kemampuan Anda melawak:

  • saat berbaring di ranjang, coba ajak pasangan anda bernyanyi bersama
  • ganti voice mail di telepon selular anda dengan pesan yang kocak
  • saat bermain dengan anak, gelitik bagian tubuhnya yang sensitif
  • gunakan nada dering telepon selular yang kocak
  • tempelkan berbagai gambar, kartun atau foto locu di dekat monitor komputer anda di kantor maupun dirumah
  • kirimkan kartu ucapan seru dan lucu ke orang-orang yang anda kasihi
  • tontonlah film komedi klasik bersama teman-teman untuk menambah seru suasana acara kumpul-kumpul.

Oleh: Stephanie Osfield, WeighWatchers.ca (Reader's Digest Indonesia, 10/2006)

JUST ASKING !

Apa yang akan terjadi apabila kita mengikat roti mentega di punggung kucing dan menjatuhkannya dari meja ? Roti atau kaki kucing yang terlebih dahulu menyentuh lantai?

ARTICLE

"Telling others is the key to changing your wishes into dreams."

You know that "dream" you have?
The one that nobody else knows about?
That isn't a dream. It is a wish! We all have things we secretly wish would happen.

But those aren't dreams. In order to change that wish into a dream, you have to tell somebody about it!

That gets it out into the realm of something you are actually pursuing, rather than something you are just hoping or wishing for.

"But what do I do, just walk up to somebody and say, 'Hey, want to hear my dream?'"

Well, sure, that works. But you could also start the conversation by saying, "I have a question for you: What is your dream?"

Two things will happen. One, you will foster their wish into a dream and secondly, when they finish, they will say, "So, what's yours?" BINGO!

Action Point:
Have at least two conversations today about your dream. Then do the same tomorrow and the next day - with different people!