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Reach Your Goals in 2010

Do you feel like you are always talking yourself out of success?  As soon as you start to set goals for yourself, do you suddenly have nagging thoughts about how you aren’t up to the task or how you simply aren’t qualified to carry it through? 

If you have ever experienced either situation, you need to change the way you respond to your inner dialogue.  Instead of obeying your negative commands, you can use positive self-talk to counter the negativity and overcome nearly all anxious thoughts.

Setting Goals and Sticking to Them with Positive Self-Talk

Are you initially filled with excitement when you first set goals for yourself? Are these thoughts then followed by self-doubt and self-defeating thoughts that stop you in your tracks before you even get started?

It can be difficult to make the most of your life when you are constantly talking yourself out of being a success.  It can be frustrating and discouraging to have these thoughts constantly plaguing you. Many of us, in fact, don’t even realize we have them! All we know is that we don’t have the confidence to stick to our plans and reach our goals.

But there’s another way!

Positive self-talk is an effective way to set goals and ensure that you stick to them, even if you have never been able to do this before.  The way this works is that you decide what goal is important to you, and then you plan the logistics of how you are going to attain this goal.  When self-doubt starts kicking in, you will respond with affirmations that prove your success without surrendering to the negative pressure. Since you’re reading this article, it’s clear that you’re no quitter and you’re certainly not a failure, so start believing in yourself!

Re-Programming Your Mind

Affirmations are essentially positive statements that re-program your mind for the positive. The moment you have a self-defeating thought you’d be able to counter the negative with a motivating statement. An example of a positive affirmation is: "I am worthy of great success," or "I see myself in the winner’s circle."  What this does is replace negativity with thoughts that will help you move toward your goals instead of further away from them.

Positive self-talk is easier to implement than you might think. You may not be aware of the severity of the negative dialogue currently within your mind. However, once you begin with positive self-talk, you will suddenly realize that you are self-sabotaging the goals you set for yourself from the minute that you make them. This process can open your eyes to exactly how much this inner conversation has been interfering with your life. You’ll feel hopeful that you can now set goals and surpass them.

Through positive self-talk you will be able easily set long and short-term goals for yourself. And when you use affirmations, you’ll have accessible tools to help you push yourself further than ever before. Learning to quiet negativity with positive thoughts is a great move toward setting and attaining future goals with ease.

Lou Holtz

Things You Need To Know About Iguanas

How you ever wondered what makes up the body of an iguana? Do you want to know more facts about iguanas? Now if you are interested in taking care of one iguana, you better take heed and take into account these vital facts about iguanas.

The term iguana is usually used to refer to all types of the members of the lizard family branded as the Iguanidae. As a general knowledge, the iguanas possess powerful but short limbs added up with their sharp claws. These claws are utilized for digging and climbing. Yes, they do love to climb that is why a set of branches for climbing must be set up in their tanks. The strong tails are used for their defense mechanism.

They whip it in the air especially when a predator corners them. Their tails are likewise used for swimming. The dewlap is a huge flap of skin that is contained on the sides of the body particularly in the areas of the throat of a male iguana is used to either intimidate a predator around or to impress another female iguana. The dewlap also functions in the regulation of their body temperature. Furthermore, the iguanas also contain some crest of very soft spines that lineup the middle part of their backs and necks. Relatively, the male iguanas have longer spines in contrast with the female iguanas.

Read more about Iguana Care at: http://iguanacarereport.com

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France

Today over at the Blogging Success Guide there is a great post on tips for creating traffic to your blog - here are the top ten blog traffic tips:

• Write at least five major “pillar” articles
• Write one new blog post per day minimum
• Use a proper domain name
• Start commenting on other blogs
• Trackback and link to other blogs in your blog posts
• Encourage comments on your own blog
• Submit your latest pillar article to a blog carnival
• Submit your blog to blog directories
• Submit your articles to EzineArticles.com
• Write more pillar articles

Do you use any of these techniques with your blog?

Two new web sites that launched last week are worth mentioning:

Blogging Success Guide

and

Social Media Marketing Reports

Nelson Mandela

Top 10 New Years Resolutions

#1: Lose Weight
Check out healthy cookbooks, low-cal food, diet books, diet pills, motivational aids, and more.

#2: Fix Your Finances
Create a budget, track your spending, and get investing tips.

#3: Go Greener
Already using CFL bulbs? Good for you! Now take your eco-consciousness a step further.

#4: Curb Your Vices
Get the help you need to quit smoking, drinking, or gambling, or to ditch other bad habits.

#5: Get In Shape
It’s never too late to get toned. Your body and mind will thank you.

#6: Relax More
Stress is a killer. Luckily, learning to take it easy is easy.

#7: Pursue A New Career
Break out of your rut and get the job you want.

#8: Upgrade Your Technology
Upgrade to a touch-screen iPod, get your home wired, or focus on fantastic photography.

#9: Organize and Optimize
From file folders to feng shui, and everything in between.

#10: Start a New Hobby
Always wanted to keep chickens, bottle your own wine, or learn to knit? We can help with most any hobby.

Sunday morning thoughts…

"To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is — and rise above it."
– Michael Korda, Publisher

Read More: Power!: How to Get It, How to Use It

"Difficulties in life are intended to make us better not bitter."
– Dan Reeves, Football Coach

Read More: Reeves: An Autobiography

Things not worth doing are not worth doing well.

- Author, Ken Blanchard, Williams Oncken and Hal Burrows / The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey