I will return later to share my day with you. I am so excited and looking forward to a very enjoyable Thanksgiving dinner!
Until later, stay safe, enjoy your family, friends, food, and keep the faith.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
The Power of Meditation
Today’s world, thankfully, is changing. People are incorporating more holistic practices and mindful practices into their daily lives. From children to elders, meditation is one of those practices.
We all know someone who takes on the practice of meditation. For some people, it’s a daily practice, while for others, it’s just for emergencies. What are some of those emergencies? It’s those moments where you feel like your life is spinning out of control. It’s for times when you can’t seem to get out of your way.
Can you become one of the masses and take on the practice of meditation, as well? Does it sound like it’s too time-consuming and not worth the trouble? If you think this way, you’ll be in for a delightful surprise. Not only is meditation most certainly worth the time and effort, but the rewards will speak for themselves.
There are so many benefits to meditation that will delight and surprise you. First of all, let’s get into the subject of what meditation is. Some people think you have to be a highly spiritual person or an expert in meditation with a certification to your name.
It is not the case. Meditation is available for everyone, and why not? It has a multitude of benefits.
What is Meditation?
The practice of meditation has been around for centuries. People have used it for religious purposes and cultural reasons. There are as many forms of meditation as there are practices.
The art and practice of meditation have one goal in mind – to slow down the mind. Especially in today’s culture, we all have such busy lifestyles and even busier minds. Stress levels are up, blood pressure is up, and relaxation is down. This is where meditation comes into play.
The art and practice of meditation is one where you allow yourself and, most importantly, your mind to relax, rest, and rejuvenate itself. You take time to practice the art of breathing, slowing down your mind, and coming back to the center.
What is the center? Center is the place where your deepest desires live and breathe. It’s the place where you can move forward and get back on track. The true history of meditation is the practice of getting into a thought consciousness of total awareness and not letting the mind wander.
However, this is something that takes time and practice. The history and background of meditations are to serve one higher purpose. That purpose is to be in and experience present-moment living.
What is the Power of Meditation?
While some people might view meditation as some woo practice that doesn’t really work, the truth is that there is power behind meditation. When a person meditates, your brain waves change. Meditation can change your mind, or at least your mindset.
When someone meditates, their brain waves can slow down. With proper breathing techniques, beta waves in the brain are reduced. When the beta waves calm down and slow down, there’s a sense of overall calm and well-being as an after effect.
Meditation affects the brain and its brain waves. Each part of the brain, according to scientific studies and research, is affected by meditation. Incoming information slows down when meditating:
- Emotions are not as strong
- Sensory input slows down
- Over-thinking ceases
- Information overload slows down
Several parts of the brain are positively impacted by meditation:
- Frontal lobe
- Parietal lobe
- Thalamus
Imagine being able to control your brain to some degree and relax, focus, and have more clarity. All this can come from meditation.
Until next time, stay safe, and keep the faith.
Challenges
It has been a challenging year, but also rewarding. I stepped outside my comfort zone, and have enjoyed myself. I am grateful for the challenges, both large and small. I have learned things about myself and that gives me great joy.
I will share more gratitudes tomorrow. You are welcome to share yours in the comment section. Until next time, stay safe, and keep the faith.
Self-Discovery
Um-mm, I am relaxing now, and it feels so good.
It is the beginning of Thanksgiving week, and I decided to share something I am thankful for each day this week. I am so grateful to be part of this day. That is something I thank God for every day. Today, I am thankful for my family. I am thankful to have so many relatives in my life, but I am most grateful for my children, grandchildren, and my great-grandchildren.
Tomorrow, I will share something else I am thankful to have in my life. Please share in the comment section something you have to be grateful for this year.
Until next time, stay safe, and keep the faith.
Journaling!
Journaling is a great way for men to unwind, especially when I have a lot on my mind. What purpose do you use journaling? Share in the comments section your purpose for journaling. Until next time, stay safe, and keep the faith.
Social Skills and Quotes
Below are several quotes I thought might give you something to think about. We are a social people and need the personal touch.
I noticed we tend to be more me oriented than caring about each other. I saw some change with COVID. Suddenly we started to realize how easily we could lose love ones. We started reaching out to family and friends via zoom. It was amazing how important our families became.
Let’s each reach out to family, friends, and even that stranger who appears lost for lack of friends. Smile and say something positive. Let’s regain our social skills when it was important to be gracious and courteous to each other.
Enjoy the quotes.
- More social skills are required to talk one-on-one than to an audience. You don’t have to be socially fluid to talk to two thousand people. – Jerry Seinfeld
- We’re losing social skills, the human interaction skills, how to read a person’s mood, read their body language, and how to be patient. – Vincent Nichols
- I believe you learn social skills by mixing with people. – Joe Morgan
- People will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou
- Too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person. – Gloria Steinem
- “For most of us, Facebook friends and Instagram followers are supplements to — not surrogates for — our social lives. As meaningful as the friendships we establish online can be, most of us are unsatisfied with virtual ties that never develop into face-to-face relationships. Building real connections requires a shared physical environment — a social infrastructure.”
- ― Eric Klinenberg
Until next time, stay safe, and keep the faith.
Embrace Your Life
Are you doing what you most desire?
If not, what’s holding you back?
Life’s experience is precious, so don’t waste it! Here’s how to live authentically and do what you love…
Begin by knowing what you want.
It sounds simple logic, but many people fail because they don’t know what they want.
Once you know, you can set a plan on how to achieve it.
Identify any thoughts, feelings, habits, or beliefs that are stopping you from living your dream.
Perhaps you feel you don’t have enough self-confidence. You feel inferior because of complex and unfair criticism. Maybe you don’t have enough self-belief.
There’s a saying: if you don’t like the program, change the channel.
You can start doing what you most desire by changing your thoughts. It’s easier than you probably think!
Your goal is to eliminate negative feelings and beliefs and replace them with positive affirmations.
When you believe, anything is possible.
So. be true to yourself. Be authentic.
Need some help?
Be the change you desire by using Plus Kits or manifest what you want through self-suggestion.
You have everything you need to live your dreams.
So, embrace all life has to offer with courage and an ‘I Can!’ attitude and see your life change for the better.
Have a fantastic day!
‘It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.’ – Edmund Hillary
Until next time, stay safe, and keep the faith.
Celebrate the Amazing You!
Do you ever find yourself wishing you could be someone else?
Are you in awe, perhaps slightly envious, of other people’s success, confidence, happiness, and wealth?
Aspiring to be like your favorite role model is fine, but what’s important is to recognize the incredible potential in you. Here’s how…
Stand in your light and believe in yourself.
Wishing you could be like someone else is such a waste of your true promise. You may not realize it, but you have so much to offer.
If you’re busy trying to copy your favorite celebrity or your cool best friend, you deny the expression of your beautiful, original self. It’s akin to putting weed killer on a rare and beautiful flower before it has a chance to bloom.
Grow into yourself. Discover your gifts. Recognize you are perfect as you are and fabulously unique.
If you’re struggling to see the amazing you, work on your self-esteem. Invest in yourself as an individual because you are worth it.
Change whatever thoughts or feelings aren’t supporting you, and you will change your life for the better.
Once you do this vital inner work, you’ll realize that you don’t want to be like anyone else because you’re happy being you.
So aspire to be you and celebrate the fact. You are such a precious gift. Remember! You are truly unique. Author Unknown
Remember to ‘Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.’ – Judy Garland
I ran across this article some emailed to me several years ago and felt it very appropriate for today’s world. We often try to be like the individuals we admire, then forget who we are. It is good to have role models in our lives, but only as examples, not becoming carbon copies. Celebrate the amazing you!
Until next time, stay safe, and keep the faith.
“WHAT MAKES YOUR IMPACT-DRIVEN BRAND COME ALIVE?
and Attract the People You Most Care About?”
By Rich Kozak, CEO, RichBrands & IMPACT DRIVEN Publishing
Today, if you are an individual determined to make positive impacts on people’s lives through your work, your business, your gift, or calling, then you are a good candidate for the process of IMPACT DRIVEN BRANDING. It creates a foundation for your business that speeds your growth and success, then takes your impacts to a higher level.
Women and men who want their business to impact people’s lives have a huge opportunity to use IMPACT DRIVEN BRANDING to stand out and attract. Often entrepreneur Brands lack the clarity they need in their vision and language. Clarity is needed to ensure alignment in all the Brand says and does.
Following the Steps of the IMPACT, DRIVEN BRANDING process creates clarity and delivers alignment through powerful language and messaging.
Developing and launching an IMPACT DRIVEN BRAND is important work, and we are deeply passionate about its powerful affects:
your business thrives;
you create a business platform that enables you to step into your purpose;
you fulfill your calling;
people whose lives you touch are blessed with high-value impacts!
My name is Rich Kozak and I am the founder and CEO of RichBrands.
I am a certified global branding consultant who teaches the branding process, coaches individuals, guides companies, leads brand teams, writes about many aspects of branding, publishes books, over the past 44 years, and today I speak regularly to audiences who care about growing IMPACT DRIVEN BRANDs.
I want my writing here to give you a gift and to accomplish four objectives:
- Increase your awareness of IMPACT DRIVEN BRANDING;
- Determine if you and your work are a candidate, and first steps you can take;
- Give you an inside look so you know — it’s just a process, and you can do it.
- Offer you resources and support to make the process easier for you.
by Rich Kozak
Below is a list of the authors in this book compilation. Today only you can purchase a copy for 99 cents. I have mine, what about. A great amount of wisdom for less than a dollar.
This book offers powerful thought-provoking entrepreneurial insights, stories, and strategies from a diverse lineup of 20 coauthors from around the world. Chances are this book contains exactly what you need to excel your business into the top 5% in your category worldwide. Created by top peak-performance expert Jim Britt and Kevin Harrington from the hit TV show Shark Tank and 20 empowering entrepreneurs and their stories: Jim Britt, Kevin Harrington, Amy Bolding, Andrea Adams-Miller, Rich Kozak, Tara L Killen, Judy Copenbarger, Arline Warwick, Edith Gondwe, Dawna Campbell, Shenal Arimilli, Frida Bruhn, Andria Barrett, David Chametzky, Careyann Zivich, Janelle Cameron, Pamela Chanel David, Rhonda Grant, Yolanda Martinez, Julie Rivera, Bryan Standish, and Greg Herlean.
The link to “Cracking The Code” is https://tinyurl.com/2z9np53j, until next time, stay safe, and keep the faith.
How to Rock Your Journal Sessions
Angela loved journaling. She always felt better after doing it. But sometimes, she let her procrastination get in the way and she avoided doing it for several weeks. She shared with a friend that it was a bit like going to the gym. She never regretted getting it done but sometimes, she found it difficult to get started.
Angela’s friend, Michelle, suggested a few tips to help her become more consistent with her journaling habit. If you also struggle with consistency, consider trying some of these ideas…
Create a Template
Michelle explained that she had created a template for her journaling time. It meant that when she sat down to write, she didn’t have to wait for inspiration or try to come up with something new to say. A few of the questions on Michelle’s template include:
- What am I grateful for today?
- Who did I show kindness to?
- What I did learn from yesterday?
- How am I feeling?
- What’s one thing I want to do now?
Make It Fun
Michelle told Angela to make her sessions fun. “When it’s fun, you’re naturally drawn to an activity, so make it easy and enjoyable.”
For Michelle, this means brewing a cup of her favorite loose-leaf tea each time she sits down to journal. She savors the tea in her favorite mug and the warm liquid helps her to relax before she begins to write.
Play Music
“Another way to make it fun is to play music,” Michelle shared. “Some people do their best journaling if they have their music blasting. Other people find music is too distracting when they’re trying to write.”
If you enjoy listening to music when you’re working on a project, you might be one of those people who finds it inspiring to listen while you journal. Experiment with different kinds of music until you find the one that makes journaling easiest for you.
Have a Special Journal Spot
Michelle likes to journal from the comfort of her front porch during the early morning hours. She sits in her favorite wicker chair and sips her tea, often getting up early enough to watch the sunrise.
Angela tried to do the same thing but didn’t find the environment stimulating enough. She liked to be surrounded by people and the hum of conversation. So, she decided to make a local coffee shop her journaling spot and found it worked much better for her.
Schedule It
Michelle encouraged her friend to schedule each journaling session like she would a doctor’s appointment or other event. “By scheduling time to journal, you’re more likely to do it,” Michelle explained.
Of course, this doesn’t mean you have to make it a daily habit. Michelle enjoys journaling each morning but Angela found that was too frequent for her. So, she changed her schedule and now journals twice a week at the coffee shop.
Journaling might not feel natural at first, but don’t give up on it too fast. Instead, try some of the tips above. Pay attention what works best for your personality and inspires you to write.
