10 Words to Keep You Going On In Life

The journey of life is a long and winding road. Let these powerful words motivate you to venture into the future no matter what:

1.      Persevering: Life is full of obstacles and the journey to achieve your goals is never smooth sailing. The most important thing is to like what you do and enjoy every moment of it.

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.  ~Newt Gingrich

2.      Tenacious: Be very clear about what you want in life. Write it down and look at it every day. Be determined to go all the way and accepting defeat is not an option.

Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper’s principle: “The next mile is the only one a person really has to make.” ~ Eric Sevareid

3.      Sustained: Just continue to do what you have to do.  Success is working at it every day with great effort.

 Construct your Determination with Sustained Effort, Controlled Attention, and Concentrated Energy. Opportunities never come to those who wait... they are captured by those who dare to attack. ~ Meyer. Paul J. 

4.      Persistent: Problems will not dampen your spirit. Obstacles will not hinder your will to succeed.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. ~  Elbert Hubbard  

5.      Constant: Success is working towards your goals every day and not just once in a while. It is your constant and persistent effort that counts. 

The secret to success is constancy to purpose. ~Benjamin Disraeli

  

6.      Believing: Are you confident and optimistic in what you do? Believing in yourself is the way to conquer the world and realize your dreams. 

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy. ~Norman Vincent Peale

7.      Enthusiastic:  Get excited when you get up in the morning. It’s a brand new day to get things done wholeheartedly and zestfully.  

Enthusiasm – the sustaining power of all great action. ~Samuel Smiles

8.      Focused: Do not get distracted. Be single-minded and trust what you do is right.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~Bruce Lee 

9.      Passionate: Keep the fire in you burning, be committed.

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. 
~Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch

10.  Resilient: Getting defeated is not the end of the story. Getting stronger with each failure is the key to success.  

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
~Confucius

What are the other motivating words that you are inspired to carry on living?  

Top 3 Posts in February 2012

1. Are You Ready For a Tax Audit?

The tax department may call you and send you a letter telling you that they are coming to do a tax audit. It is an examination of your tax returns, especially for those who are in business, to make sure that you have reported correctly your income and expenses and paid the correct amount of tax. Like fighting a legal case, whatever you have reported, it must be properly supported by documents.  Here are a few things you must observe and watch out for:


2. 7 Ways to Obtain True Wealth

If you don't think you're rich, try counting all the things you have that money can't buy... ~Rob Hawkins

Yes, money is a measurement of your material wealth, but money is not everything in your life. Your true wealth is more than your fortune. You can be truly wealthy in seven great ways:

3. How I Get Ideas to Write an Article Every Day

It is by sitting down to write every morning that one becomes a writer. ~Gerald Brenan

Yes, I have the habit of writing every morning, but reading and writing go hand in hand. To improve writing is to read widely and write every day. Here are the main sources of my writing ideas:

10 Wise Choices in life

Life is the sum of all your choices.  ~Albert Camus

Life is a series of choices. Making choices is to move forward in life. When you make the wrong choice you will learn a valuable lesson. When you choose correctly you will make progress in life. When you don’t make choices, you will miss a lot of fun and excitement in life. Here are the ten choices which I believe will make your life worth living:

1.      Choose happiness: Happiness is a wise choice from within. However, there are other choices in life that you have made and contribute to your happiness. You can find most of them in this article.   

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. ~ Leo Buscaglia

2.      Choose gratefulness: To be thankful is to live life abundantly. Just think of your existence in this world, your talents, your job, your family - you are blessed.  

3.      Choose decisiveness: You are more likely to regret things that you have not done than having done the wrong things in life. Making the wrong choices and doing the wrong things is part and parcel of living. Taking action is the natural pathway to move ahead in life. Just do it.  

4.      Choose patience: Perseverance is the key to success. It is what you will get when you work on it every day with great effort for a long time and also meet and overcome challenges in life.  I have not heard of overnight success, not even Jeremy Lin.

5.  Choose peacefulness: Peace of mind and serenity is what you get when you choose goodness. Think good, be good, do good and cause no harm to others.

6.      Choose contentment: It is a very simple fact of life; if you are not contented with what you have in life you will never be contented with what you are going to get.  You can choose to have more things in life but the most important thing is to be happy and appreciative of what you have got.

7.  Choose confidence: Life can be gloom and doom but you can choose optimism and hopefulness. Confidence is the way to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Be cool, calm and collected to face obstacles in life. Be resilient and rise from every fall.

8.    Choose health: To be able to live life fully is to choose fitness and energy. Health is the greatest wealth in life. There is life and happiness when there is health in you. 

9.      Choose preparedness: There will be no luck or opportunities if you are not ready. Jeremy Lin has prepared for a long time to grab his lucky break in life. So, be prepared for a chance in a lifetime.

10.  Choose simplicity: When you are efficient and effective, simplicity is what you get. Living a life without complication reduces tension and stress. Simplicity is the key to live in a complicated world productively. 

What are the other wise choices you have made in life?

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.  ~William James

10 More Popular Quotes of Readers

1. Live-decently, fearlessly, joyously- and don't forget that in the long run it is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts!

Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
Statesman


2. Life itself is a party; you join after it's started, and you leave before it's finished.

Elsa Maxwell


3. As soon as you are complicated, you are ineffectual.

Konrad Adenauer


4. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.

Mark Twain


5. Luck is not chance--
It's toil--
Fortune's expensive smile
Is earned.

Emily Dickinson


6. You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future.

Zig Ziglar


7. Our business in life is not to get ahead of others but to get ahead of ourselves--to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.

Stewart B. Johnson


8. Getting what you go after is a success, but liking it while you are getting it is happiness.

Bertha Damon


9. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Philosopher and writer


10. Money is a wonderful thing, but it is possible to pay too high a price for it.

Alexander Bloch
Conductor

7 Effective Ways to Conquer Fear

Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop.  ~ Usman B. Asif

Are you fearful of the future and the unknown?  I have found 7 practical ways to overcome the uneasy feeling:

1.      What is bothering you: Always ask yourself this question when you are worried. Most of the time it is just a feeling inside you and there is nothing to worry about. Just ignore it and go on with your life.  In most cases, the real fear is about the future and you know you can’t do anything about it.  Thinking and worrying about it is only a drain of your energy.

Fears are nothing more than states of mind.  ~Napoleon Hill

2.      Plan ahead with a to-do list: I find that when you do planning and getting ready a to-do list for the following day, you get a good feeling about yourself. It is a great way to attack your fears when you know precisely what you are going to do next.   

3.      Action: Taking action confirms that you can do something about an issue. Just go ahead and do it instead of dwelling on the problem. You may not get it right, but you can always try another way to get things done.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.  ~Dale Carnegie

4.      Focus: Instead of allowing your mind to wonder about, paying attention to the tasks at hand and doing the best you can is the most effective way to get rid of your fear.  

5.      Stay positive and calm: When you are healthy and fit, you will stay cool and calm to deal with difficulties and problems in life. 

 A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.  ~George Matthew Adams

6.      Live in the now: The easiest way to deal with anxiety is to live one day at a time. You are here and now, just do what you must do, concentrate on the process and enjoy it. Living in the present is the source of your true happiness. It is real because you can feel it, smell it, hear it and touch it.

7.      Attitude: Instead of looking at your fear like a problem, take it as one of your challenges in your life. Summon your creative resources and think of a workable solution to deal with it. Meeting challenges is the greatest achievement in life. Your confidence is elevated and you will look ahead surely and positively.    

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living. ~SENECA, Epistles

10 Motivating Words for Success

These are powerful words that spell success. You will notice that there are no quick and easy ways to achieve it. You will only reap what you have sown.

1.      Dreams: What inspires you? What is in your mind? Success is to follow your dreams and create an idea in your mind.  Do you remember the powerful speech of Martin Luther King, I Have a Dream? Dream on and be inspired.

Nothing happens unless first, we dream. ~ Carl Sandburg

2.      Passion: Turn your dream into your mission in life.  Set goals that you are passionate about.

Follow your passion, and success will follow you. ~Terri Guillemets

3.      Action: When you are passionate about things you want to do, you are energetic, mindful enthusiastic, and excited about it. You will take immediate action.

An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. ~Arnold Glasow

4.      Focus: You are committed and you take pride in your endeavor. You pay attention in the present moment to do the tasks at hand.  

Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.  ~Oprah Winfrey

5.      Confidence: Be optimistic, positive and have faith in what you do, and do not allow others to dampen your spirits. 

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving. And we all have some power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing. ~ Louisa May Alcott

6.      Consistent: Making your dream a reality is working on it every day.  It is your constant effort that is important.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose. -Benjamin Disraeli

7.      Perseverance: Success will come to those who are willing to be patient. It means overcoming obstacles with determination and going all the way.

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. ~Confucius

8.      Contribute: You create value in what you do when you can give to others. The more you can contribute, the more valuable is your work.

It is not what we get.
But who we become, what we contribute...
that gives meaning to our lives.
- Tony Robbins

9.      Challenges: Everyone will be successful if you can get it without struggling and putting in hard work. Success is attained by going after challenges bravely and boldly. When there is no pain, there is no gain.

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ~ Joshua J. Marine

10.  Learn: Reading and learning is the hallmark of successful people. It is the way to broaden your horizon and keep yourself up-to-date and be ready to make changes.

Learning is like rowing upstream:  not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb

What are the other words that have inspired you to be successful?  

Do You Know the Traffic Sources of Your Blog?

Google Analytics is able to tell you where your blog visitors are coming from. Your site traffic is from search engines, other websites, direct traffic to your site and from your RSS feed. It is good to have a balanced of traffic so that there is no drastic drop in case one area such as search engines changing their algorithms. 

Here is the breakdown of my traffic sources and how I interpret them:

·         Search traffic 75 %: Most of my visitors are using search engines to land on my site. The main search engines are Google (92%), Yahoo (3%), Bing (2%) and others (3%). It means that visitors are using keywords which are matching with my article titles. The take-home message is that if you have written a lot of articles regularly using many different keywords, search engines are more likely to locate your site because you have casted a wider net to capture more traffic from organic search.  It is a good thing to acquire new visitors regularly.

·         Referral Traffic (other websites) 11%: These are the traffic from sites such as Pinterest, Facebook,   Google+, and carnival blog hosts. It is important to be present at major social networking sites and participate more often in blog carnivals. I need to be connected with more people at Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Pinterest to increase the traffic in this sector.     

·         Direct Traffic 13%: People get to know your site from Search traffic and referral traffic. They are now able to come back to you directly when you have created an impact on them for their first visit.  Building a site for visitors to move about and look for things easily and without putting advertisement everywhere is essential for a friendly site.  Writing  more and better articles is the way to go to retain first-time visitors and turn them into regular readers   

·         RSS feed 1%: People from this source are your loyal supporters. They like what you do and they subscribe to your feed and read your articles regularly. Providing a prominent place above the fold of your site for visitors to subscribe to your feed is the right thing to do.

What is the composition of your blog traffic? Are you happy with the various sources?