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There are many people out there who can grab a success, yet, you wonder when your turn will come.

Are you waiting for your turn? Do you think those people were just waiting for their turn to come?

No. The answer is a big big NO.

They worked hard for it. Success is not luck. You have to work on it.

Not knowing how to? Check out these simple tips you can do to improve yourself and guide yourself to the road of success:

Be positive. Be optimistic. See everything positively. Look for ways to move forward. Dont focus on disappointment or negative feelings. Try to see failure or stumbling blocks as temporary, something that you will soon recover from.

Learn and learn. Learn from your failure. Learn from other people who have set their feet on the path of success. Never stop gaining knowledge from every aspect of your life.

Minimize your self-doubt. This is beyond important for anyone willing to be successful. Try not to have doubts on yourself.

Be willing to change. Change is important. Dare to make any necessary changes in your life for a better result.

Focus. You need to focus on the present and future and your tasks. Stop looking back. Even if you have to, you do it only to learn from it.

Build a good reputation. Try to be honest and trustworthy. People wont work with those who are dishonest and unreliable. Try to make people trust you, both personally and professionally.

Be energetic. Be as healthy as possible. With a vigorous body, you can do everything with ease. You can move without problem. And, people have more faith in you. If you look weak and seem like someone who can barely do anything, your clients or bosses wont trust you with jobs.

Be passionate. Having passion over your work is the most important factor for a success. If you dont, you will unlikely to do the other steps above.

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Alternatives to Emotions

Ever since the 1960s, most of us (old enough to remember) have been encouraged to express our emotions. To get them out into the open. To 'let it all hang out'. Well, sure, as an antidote to the buttoned-down society we had back then, it was probably good advice. But is it still helpful? Has sharing your emotions done you much good lately? Is it time to reconsider that 'hippy' philosophy? Is there a new lesson we need to learn?

After all, most people have little idea what an emotion is, and what it's for. Above all, they don't stop to think where they come from. Most assume that emotions are all a case of 'cause and effect'. Something happens, you 'feel' something, right? You meet the love of your life, you fall in love, that sort of thing. Okay, let's look at a practical example. You're walking down the road and you stub your toe on a paving slab. You curse, you gasp, you limp away. But what are you feeling? Well, obvious, you say. You're angry and you plan to sue the City Council or whoever else you can blame for your accident. You're aggrieved, then? Also, you're worried about being late for your appointment. Doesn't that rather depend? If you're hurrying on your way to the dentist, some delay, any diversion, might be welcome. But, hey, you've had an accident. Doesn't that ruin your day? Well, maybe, but it might depend on whether it's raining or not.

You see, there are all sorts of things that affect our emotions. The weather, for one. If it was a nice, sunny day, and you were on your way to something pleasant, like a lunch with a loved one, that stubbed toe might not be enough to break your mood. You might grimace, shrug your shoulders and move on. If it was raining, it might be a different story. If you'd forgotten your umbrella and were already feeling wet, the pavement trip might just be the 'last straw'. Or another straw, at least. Suppose you paused, holding your damaged foot and a passing car swept up water from the gutter all over your shoes? That might make you feel even worse, and just about make you ready to call it a day and retreat home.

So, bad weather can affect our emotions. And the feeling we had when we set out. And thinking about what might be coming up next. Well, that's a problem. If we stub our toe and start screaming, is that a 'genuine' emotion? Maybe right then, sure, but if we'd been feeling better, it wouldn't have been the end of the world. And if there were more important things to worry about What if we were on our way to collect a Lottery cheque? Would we allow ourselves to get totally downhearted and cancel our trip? Not likely! The lure of money would get us there, limping, crawling or even in an ambulance. Either way, any way, we'd get there!

Oh yeah, you agree. No doubt. Winning the Lottery would cheer anyone up. Would it? If a man won a million dollars, that sounds like good news, right? What if he'd just been told that his child had a terrible disease and the full course of treatment would cost TWO million dollars? I know, I know, that's an outlandish example, but be honest haven't you ever been sat in a bar with a friend telling you that 'you're lucky' but somehow, at the same time, you feel like all the troubles of the world are resting on your shoulders? No, let's face it, our emotions don't just pop into our heads by 'cause and effect'. Some come out of nowhere, and many can't be relied upon. Look, if you're on top of a building and a howling wind is threatening to hurl you over the edge, you're fully justified in feeling scared. That's downright helpful. Maybe you'll even 'listen to your heart' and keep away from the edge. But if your 'inner voice' is telling you to jump, or not to accept the next job offer, or move in with your new partner, or take the holiday you've been promising yourself, then some thing's wrong. As the old saying goes, 'Feel the fear and do it anyway'. Your subconscious is trying to tell you that there might be risks. They're right. Now ignore it. Go ahead. Take the risk. You'll be better off.

And listen to your friends. When they say how 'lucky' you are, there's always the chance that they might be right. You got a good job, a nice house and a loving family, why the hell you feeling so bad? 'It's just the way I feel', you whine. Check it out. You're whining, that's all, and that's never an attractive characteristic. You need more than that 'inner feeling' to ensure that you're living in the real world. Look around. If the sun is shining, then who knows? It might be that it really is a nice day.

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10 Ways to Thrive as a Creative Artist

1. Connect with your DREAM Indulge yourself in a vision of the bigger picture and get out of the mire of self-doubt, details and challenges of today. Whats the purpose of it all? What are you working towards? What is your unique mission to carry out?

Daily Practice: Spend a few quiet moments reflecting on your BIG CREATIVE DREAM. Then, capture your thoughts through words, images and/or music and look back on these every day as a way to reconnect.

2. Connect with your INNER ARTIST - That part of you that's naturally exuberant, joyful, free in its pure expression of creative thought; undamaged, unhindered, unencumbered.

Daily Practice: Approach your art as child's play. Start your creative work time by playing your instrument wrong, switching hands or in two different keys at the same time. Write a song using only words that start with the letter d. Make mistakes. Laugh.

3. Connect with your MUSE Nurture your relationship with this special inner voice. Listen for its wisdom and carry out its wishes.

Daily Practice: Your muse is unique to you, and so are the ways you can best tune in to it. Experiment with other forms of art that inspire you, nature walks, meditation, cooking and people who glow.

4. Connect with your BODY When unhealthy habits sap your body of its vitality and strength your creativity and productivity will be sapped as well.

Daily Practice: One of the best practices for a healthy body, mind and spirit is to get enough sleep and rest. Tonight, end your evening activities a half hour early and spend that time winding down. Release the worries of the day by writing or speaking about them. Calm yourself with a bath, tea, massage, music or a good read that doesnt remind you of your work.

5. Connect with SPIRIT Redefining your vision of a Higher Power to one that supports your creative life can unleash a powerful source for your creativity.

Daily Practice: Write a letter, humbly thanking your Higher Power for your creative gifts and describing all of the ways youre making use of them. Include things you wish are true that arent quite there yet, & read this letter daily as a way of expressing gratitude for another day lived as a creative artist.

6. Connect with your THOUGHTS You can learn what your inner critic wants and how to peacefully coexist with it. You have the power to change your perception, and to out-think your fears and your inner critic.

Daily Practice: This is from Taming your Gremlin by Richard Carson. Simply notice when you have a self-criticizing or negative thought. You dont have to act on it, dwell on it, believe it, argue with it or rationalize it. Simply notice it.

7. Connect with your FEARS - There can be fears just under the surface of every choice we make in a days time. Fear of being rejected keeps us from asking someone to join us for coffee. Fear of financial insecurity keeps us from buying something wonderful that would inspire us creatively. Fear of failure keeps us from starting or finishing a new project.

Daily Practice: Name one fear thats guiding your actions today. Write it down, and then talk about it to someone you trust, or explore it in song, musical improvisation or art. Now, identify one small step towards the action youve been afraid to do and commit to when youll do it. If the action is small enough to be done in two minutes or less do it today!

8. Connect with your FELLOW TRAVELERS whether its your band mates, conductor, audience, mother, spouse, artistic community members or children, our relationships can enhance AND challenge our lives in many ways.

Daily Practice: Ask someone else about their dream (creative or otherwise) and listen intently to their answer. Ask questions and let them know youve heard what theyve said by repeating little bits back to them. In this one brief conversation, practice NOT sharing your own personal experiences, simply be there to listen intently and witness their dream.

9. Connect with your STRENGTHS - Learn how to acknowledge your own gifts, accept compliments graciously and to present yourself confidently as the extraordinarily unique artist that you are.

Daily Practice: Create a list of everything thats wonderful about you the different roles you hold in life, your accomplishments, the failures youve learned from and survived, the losses youve endured, the gifts you were born with, the skills youve developed and the knowledge youve gained. Read this list every day and connect with your strengths.

10. Connect with your SURROUNDINGS - A cluttered environment can create chaos and makes it that much more difficult to get things done (Wheres my pen?).

Daily Practice: A major clutter-clearing can take weeks and is best done a little bit at a time so it doesnt get too overwhelming. For today, simply put away your things after youre done with them.

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Linda Dessau, the Self-Care Coach, helps artists enhance their creativity by addressing their unique self-care issues. To receive her free monthly newsletter, Everyday Artist, subscribe at http://www.genuinecoaching.com/artist-newsletter.html

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Social Security and Medicare Mumbo Jumbo

Can you communicate with the Social Security Office? Also, Medicare Office? Do you feel it is a bunch of mumbo jumbo they are speaking? If you have answered yes or no to either question, read on.

Why are the Social Security and the Medicare department of the government a big mish mash of mumbo jumbo? The majority of people who need these services are senior citizens and handicapped people. This whole process is truly complicated for the common person. Most people do not have a chance of finishing their paperwork without questions and being put through this run around or Mumbo Jumbo.

I have been helping a friend who is permanently disabled through the mind boggling mumbo jumbo of paperwork. After waiting on hold for ten minutes with the Medicare Department, I finally get a live person to speak with and they refer me back to the Social Security office to answer my question.

If the Social Security office and the Medicare office can not sort out whose job is what how am I suppose to figure it out.

This bouncing ball theory of calling Social Security and having them refer you to Medicare and visa versa has to stop.

Somebody needs to reign in the duties of each department. The departments must be set up in a very strict assignment on which department is responsible for what.

Most of the trouble lies with the employees. They are untrained - or the rules and regulations change so fast - they can not keep up. Therefore, mass confusion or Mumbo Jumbo.

I can call Social Security and get one answer on Monday and call on Wednesday and receive an entirely different answer on Wednesday. This is not the way to run two of the most important departments of the government.

What do you think?

Thank your for reading my article. Please feel free to read any of my numerous articles on various subjects?

Copyright Linda E. Meckler 2007

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Take a walk with Christy and Brad down a dark hall hunting for Pirates Treasure. You will think were you there right there with them.

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