Doro Explorero's Quest to Travel Around The World

I got this from a post of one of my friends. I enjoyed reading it. I may not have done everything here, but I could say I could pass 50% in enjoying life.  Get up 15 minutes earlier. Prepare for the morning the night before.  Don't rely on your memory. . .write things down. Repair things that don't work properly. Make Duplicate Keys. Say "No" more often. Set priorities in your life. Avoid negative people.  Always make copies of important papers. Ask for help with jobs you dislike. Break large tasks into bite sized portions. Look at problems as challenges. Smile more. Be prepared for rain. Believe in you. Visualize yourself winning.  Develop a sense of humor. Stop thinking, tomorrow will be a better today. Have goals for yourself. Say hello to a stranger.  Look up at the stars. Practice breathing slowly. Do brand new things. Stop a bad habit. Take a stock of your achievements.  Do it today. Strive for excellence.  Not ...

Developing your attitude is like developing a skill on a musical instrument - it takes consistent practice to improve. When the great Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski was elected Prime Minister of his country, he made one request before accepting the prestigious office. He would lead the country, but he must be allowed to practice his scales for two hours every day. Guitar virtuoso Andres Segovia requires the same of his students - two hours a day of playing scales. And yet, who plays scales in a concert? You've never heard of a composition by Mozart or Brahms called "The Aelian Scale" or "Major Scale." However, without being thoroughly familiar with scales, a musician would remain remedial in his or her art. It is the complete mastery of the basics that gives birth to freedom of expression, ease of movement and cohesiveness in the delivery of each phrase. So it is with each of us in our attitudes. Though we may have excelled in our approa...

According to Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich" there are thirty-one major reasons or failure. As you go over the list, check yourself by it, point by point, for the purpose of discovering how many of these causes-of-failure stand between you and success. Unfavorable hereditary background. There is but little, if anything, which can be done for people who are born with a deficiency in brain power. This philosophy offers but one method of bridging this weakness - through the aid of the Master Mind. Observe with profit, however, that this is the only one of the thirty-one causes of failure which may not be easily corrected by any individual. Lack of a well-defined purpose in life. There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or a definite goal at which to aim. Ninety-eight out of every hundred of those whom I have analyzed had no such aim. Perhaps this was the major cause of their failure.  Lack of ambition to aim above medio...

No one has been given an unalterable attitude. You can change, but it's up to you. Decide now how you want to approach life and develop that kind of attitude. A new attitude doesn't happen on its own. You must develop it, and the sooner you begin the better. Some people hide behind the excuse that they just can't change: "I've been this way since I was a kid, and I'm not about to change now." It's never too late to change! Change is indespensable to growth. If you stop changing, you stop growing. And if you stop growing, you're in trouble! What do you call a tree that has stopped growing? That's right. Dead. It's no different with people. When they stop growing, they start dying. Some people stopped growing years ago. We might not bury them until they have stopped moving, but they really died years ago. You can change your attitude. Thank goodness for one church secretary who was willing to change hers. One morning, a big...

Have you ever noticed there are people you know who are literally at the same place today as they were five years ago? They still have the same dreams, the same problems; the same alibis, the same opportunities, and the same way of thinking. They are standing still in life. It's like their watch stopped five years ago, and so did they. God's will for us is to grow, to continue to learn and improve. The biggest room in our house is always the room for self-improvement. A famous saying reads: "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." I must admit that I am somewhat of a fanatic about this. I hate to have idle time - time in which I am not learning anything. Those around me know that I must always have something to read or to write during any idle moment that might arise. In fact, I try to learn from everyone. From one I may learn what not to do, while from another, I learn what to do. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long e...