CONTENTS LIFESTYLE & LEISURE
06 | 7 Essential Tips to Make 2013 Your BeST YEAR EVER 14 | The Absolute Beginner’s Guide To Starting A Small Online Business
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18 | DID YOU KNOW? 22 | The Willingness to Think Differently 24 | 10 Benefits of Rising Early, And How to Do It 26 | House Cleaning: A Simple System 28 | Medicinal Herbs BITTER LEAF
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Essential Tips to Make 2013 Your Best Year Ever
1 One goal
2 Create new habit
This will sound crazy to many of you who have so
Goals are achieved by habits. What habit can you
many goals you’d like to accomplish. And trust me, I
develop this month to help achieve your One Goal
know how that feels. I started out 2012 with a whole
for this year?
bunch of goals, but I only accomplished about half of them. I didn’t realize how things would change
Once you’ve identified that goal, you’ll need to
for me during the year, and anyway, 9 goals is too
commit yourself, hold yourself accountable to a
many. I’ve said this before, but it’s so important I’m
group of people, and focus completely on that
going to repeat it: you’re at your most powerful
habit for a month.
if you focus on one thing at a time. If you have 10 goals, you’ll spread your focus thinly. But if you have one goal, you’ll be able to focus you energy and attention completely on that one goal. And that’s one of the secrets of success. You might have 10 goals to achieve for your lifetime. If so, choose just one to accomplish this year. And focus completely on that this year. You might have shorter-term sub-goals to achieve in a month or two, but those should lead to your One Goal for 2013. Put your goal on your wall, on you computer desktop. Make it your mantra. Keep it your focus for 2013, and you’ll not only achieve it, but you’ll feel great for doing so.
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3 Take action now It’s all good and well to set goals or resolutions, but the best plans are worthless if you don’t act on them. Action is everything. Take action today to make your goal come true. Tomorrow, take another action. In fact, take one action toward your One Goal every day, first thing in the day, and make it the most important thing you do every day. If you do that, there’s almost no way that you won’t achieve that goal. The actions can be small things: making a list, making a call, doing some research. But take action.
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5 Schedule time for you and your loved one
7 Learn to focus To make this your best year
Spending time with yourself,
ever, learn to focus. Make it
doing something you love to do,
one of your monthly habits.
will give you time for reflection.
Start by identifying your One
It will make you happier, and
Goal and your 4-5 priorities.
give you time to decompress. Don’t have time? Make time.
Then, every day, focus
Spending time with loved ones,
yourself on those things.
connecting with them, is in my
Each morning (or the night
opinion absolutely essential to
before), make a list of the
happiness. Make it a priority.
3 Most Important Things
6 Focus on happiness
(MITs) that you want to accomplish today. Then start on the first one, first thing, instead of getting distracted
If you make your happiness
by email or any of the other
become your focus, you’ll be
things that take away your
happier. It’s really that simple.
attention. Shut everything
What makes you happy? That
off except what you need
should be the focus of your life.
for that task. Clear your desk
This year, make happiness be
and turn off the phone and
your priority.
any notifications on your computer. Then focus on that one thing, trying your utmost to complete the task. When you’re done, take a break and reward yourself. Then focus on the next task. Working like this, there’s nothing you can’t accomplish.
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What’s important? Action.
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Whatever business you want to
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absolutely necessary.
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accessible some people I was
These days, whichever
important skill you can learn,
initially afraid to contact are.
community you should
no matter what business
Bonus hint: I’ve had greater
be a part of is larger and
you’re starting, is marketing.
success connecting with ultra
more easily accessible. Take
I don’t make a distinction
successful people than those
advantage of that.
between online and offline
who are just ultra successful
marketing. Once you learn
in their heads. :)
marketing you can use it anywhere, with a few tweaks
The key to getting a
of course.
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I liken it to learning computer programming. The language you learn isn’t as important as the logic behind it. You can adapt to any language.
3. Ask For Help If you’re a bit introverted like me you might be shy about asking for help. Don’t let that
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5. Don’t Quit Your Day Job Your ultimate goal may be to quit your job, but don’t jump the gun.
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e-mail to five sentences and
of people who quit their
make it clear what you’re
jobs before they had their
asking.
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Whatever niche you’re in there is a community.
People who failed furiously because they didn’t have an income to support themselves in the lean
be a barrier to your success.
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business startup phase don’t
In other words, feel the fear
days when I used to sell
usually write about it. And
and do it anyway.
on eBay, I hung out on a
because they don’t write
few eBay message boards.
about their failures, you
I helped people where I
never hear about them.
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Starting a business isn’t
I decided to start selling
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I’ve ever - the willingness to challenge mainstream ideas. most of the successful people known possess one trait
When you hear an idea that’s
When you are told that this is the
doesn’t mean it’s wrong. They
different than what you’re used
way to do things, take a second
might all be wrong, and this might
to, pause. Instead of rejecting
look. Is this really the best way?
be better. No better way to find
it outright, consider it — is
Are there other possibilities? If no
out than to test it. If it’s not a
there some merit? What are the
one has thought of them, can you?
good idea, drop it and move on.
arguments, the evidence?
Just because an idea is different, don’t just accept it. Look at the
Learn to be proud of your
Let go of the emotions that come
bulk of the evidence, and learn
ability to test things that people
up, the defensiveness. When I
to spot flaws in reasoning. For
traditionally believe in, and not to
mention the cruelty in meat and
example, there is a school of
worry so much if you stand out. In
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people who believe that soy is
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fat) is good for you, we should all
to forge new ground, to challenge
people become defensive and
drink raw milk, slather butter on
ideas, to express your individual
angry. They cover their eyes and
everything (the Weston A. Price
voice rather than blending in.
ears, so they can go on doing
Foundation). This is different than
what feels comfortable. They lash
mainstream science, but it’s wrong.
out and attack. And yet, if you set
The bulk of the evidence is against
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1. Greet the day.
3 Quietude.
I love being able to get up, and greet a wonderful
No other noises. The early morning hours are so peaceful,
new day. I’m inspired by the Dalai Lama, who said,
so quiet. It’s my favorite time of day. I truly enjoy that
” Everyday, think as you wake up, ‘today I am
time of peace, that time to myself, when I can think, when
fortunate to have woken up, I am alive, I have a
I can read, when I can breathe.
precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself,
4 Sunrise.
to expand my heart out to others, to achieve
I love how the day slowly gets brighter, when the
enlightenment for the benefit of all beings, I am
midnight blue turns to lighter blue, when the brilliant
going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am
colors start to seep into the sky, when nature is painted
not going to get angry or think badly about others,
in incredible colors.
I am going to benefit others as much as I can.’ “
5 Breakfast.
2 Amazing start.
Rise early and you actually have time for breakfast. I’m
I have a renewing morning ritual, I’ve gotten so much done before 8 a.m., my kids are early and so am I, and by the time everyone else gets in to work, I’ve already gotten a head start. There is no better way to start off your day than to wake early, in my experience.
told it’s one of the most important meals of the day. Eating breakfast while reading my book and drinking my coffee in the quiet of the morning is eminently more enjoyable than scarfing something down on the way to
work, or at your desk.
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8 Goal time. You should have one goal that you want to accomplish this week. And every morning, you should decide what one thing you can do today to move yourself further towards that goal. And then, if possible, do that first thing in the morning.
9 Commute. No one likes rush-hour traffic, except for Big Oil. Commute early, and the traffic is much lighter, and you get to work faster, and thus save yourself more time.
10 Appointments. It’s much easier to make those early appointments on time if you get up early.
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First, have a big weekend dedicated to cleaning, so you can start your system
3
Also have a daily routine: Every morning, make your bed, take out the trash, and do a quick pick-up. In the
with a clean slate. Get the whole family
evening, sweep the kitchen/dining room, clean up
involved (if you have one), and clean
after dinner, and do a quick pick-up before bed.
one room at a time, from top to bottom, clockwise, until you’re done. It also helps to get rid of tclutter. You might need two big weekends if there’s a lot
4
Have a weekly routine: either designate one day for a quick 1-hour clean (it shouldn’t be that dirty if you’ve been cleaning as you go), or have different days
of cleaning to do.
designated for different things — vacuum the living room, for example, or wash the linens, etc.
2
From now on, have a clean-as-you-go routine: when you’re getting ready in the morning, do a quick wipe of the sink and toilet and bathtub. Put things away
5
Every few months, do a deep clean: clean out the refrigerator and oven, clear out the cabinets and clean them, etc.
as you go through the day, wash dishes when you’re done using them, wipe the counters and table when you’re done cooking or eating.
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11 Berries instead of candy.
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I used to snack on chocolate
If you don’t already, have some
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8 Soymilk instead of whole milk.
5 Cut out red meat.
Whole milk is fatty. Soymilk is
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