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By karen | March 8, 2007I have been issued a challenge. I’ve been tagged. Ophelia and Shauna at BreathingProsperity.com are the ones I realized had tagged me. Aaron Potts at Todayisthatday.com started a Simply Successful Secrets experiment. You can read all of the details here. Apparently Aaron had tagged me also but I didn’t know it so Ophelia and Shauna get the credit.
The challenge is to name 5 or 6 or 10 or however many things you deem important that you do every day to create success.
So my first thoughts were “Everyday? Do I do something everyday? Don’t these people know that I am actually just a emotional, neurotic train wreck with only just a few flashes of brilliance?” But then I remembered my Self. I remembered that we are all brilliant and talented and fabulous, even me.
So I have considered this and pondered that. I do have some things that I do everyday that lead me to success. Actually after I thought about it I have many things that I do or try to do every day that lead me to the life I want and what I consider to be “Success”, the success that makes my life worthwhile and that fits into my own definition of what I want success to be.
So I am going to start with what I consider to be the most important thing for my definition of success.
1. JOY–I find the Joy! I look for the Joy! I search out the Joy! There is Joy to be had in every single day. I have written extensively on my blog about how we all have choices about how we can think and the polarity to everything. I consciously put this into action everyday. I consciously look for the best in everything, every situation, every person. Sometimes it may not be easy to see but I look for it anyway. I know I have a choice. I choose to see the Best. That is part of the Joy of every day but I also revel in other things that I know bring me Joy– hugs and kisses from my three beautiful daughters, the absolute beauty of the mountains that surround this valley that I live in, the fact that I am lucky enough to be married to the best friend I ever had. One of my favorite spiritual teachers has said, “We are here to experience Joy”. I experience the Joy.
Okay. That is the most important thing I believe that I do for success but of course there are other things too. So moving on.
2. Read—It seems funny to me to say I do something that comes as naturally as breathing to me as something I do every day for success. It seems I have read continuously since first grade when I first learned how. But I know that my love of reading has opened my mind and expanded my possibilities. Every day I read, everything from self-help to fitness magazines and “The Sun” to the multitude of books that I always have checked out from the library, and children’s books. I read children’s books to my daughters and I read children’s books for myself, because my next thing that I do everyday for success is….
3. Write—I write every day. I may not blog every day but I do write every day. I always knew that I needed to write. I didn’t always do it. For many years I denied the urge to write. I can’t tell you why. Maybe I had to grow into the discipline. Now it doesn’t take discipline. Now I follow my heart and I follow my passion and I write.
4. Visualize—I spend a lot of time in my own mind. Actually I always have. But now I know that my daydreams are worthwhile so I try to visualize and see my end results. It has truly worked miracles for me in my life.
5. Exercise, Diet and Sleep—My days are better when I exercise. So I try to get to the gym almost every day. Some weeks are better than others for this but I do have a commitment to work out and exercise. I also try to eat healthy and sleep well. My energy levels, my emotions and my life all work better when I exercise, eat right and get my sleep.
6. Quiet time—Some days I meditate but with 3 small children that can be difficult but if I just get my quiet time to reflect I’m okay. Often it is with knitting while my family watches T.V. but I absolutely require some quiet time every day.
7. Gratitude—This is something I have done every single night for about the last 10 years. I know that it contributes to my happiness and success. Every night before I go to sleep I think of at least 10 things that I am grateful for. Sometimes it gets written down, sometimes it is just in my own mind before I crash into sleep. But every night before sleep I consider what I am grateful for.
Okay, there are more things but as I thought about it these 7 are the things that I believe are the most important to me for my definition of success for my life.
Ophelia and Shauna and Aaron, I thank you all for tagging me and asking me to participate in the Success Secrets Experiment.
I enjoyed it.
Now I tag…..
Nneka-Balanced Life Center
Debra Moorhead-DebraMoorhead.com
Edward Mills-Evolving Times
Cardin Lilly Routh-OptimistLab
Patricia-abetteryoublog.com
Craig Harper-Renovate your Life with Craig
Linda Freedman-Everyone needs therapy
Dr. Hal-Northstar Mental Fitness Blog
Dave Lorenzo-CareerIntensity.com
Susan Velez-The Secret to Life
March 8th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Karen,
Thanks for participating! Not only am I already starting to see a theme in the habits of everyone who has responded so far, but I am also learning so much about my favorite bloggers!
I guess in retrospect that was bound to happen, but I didn’t think about that part of it. It’s awesome getting to know everyone better.
Also, I bookmarked your effective visualization post to share with my audience in the future. Great information!
March 9th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Hi Karen,
Thanks for accepting the challenge- I loved your post, I was laughing at first -You are hilarious. Looks like this is a success!
March 9th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Aaron,
You asked us to bare our souls didn’t you? LOL!
Anyway it was a fun thing to reflect on. Thank you!
Ophelia,
Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed it and I am happy you asked me to participate!
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March 26th, 2007 at 11:37 am
Hi Karen
What a great list! I love that you listed Joy as #1.
Thanks for the tag. I never got it. But I had already been tagged by Aaron and posted my list a couple of weeks back. You can read it here:
http://evolvingtimes.com/2007/03/the-top-10-secrets-to-my-success.htm
Thanks again.
March 26th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Hi Ed,
Yes, I’m learning about how this all works. Nobody ever emailed me to tell me I was tagged I just saw it on the links but I realize it works better if you tell the people you tag! LOL!
Thanks for stopping by. I’m going now to check out your list.
March 29th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Great list Karen, thanks for sharing. I will be borrowing “Quiet time” from your list
March 29th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Absolutely, Quiet Time is high priority for me! Can’t live without that!
March 29th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Hi Karen,
Thanks for the tag! I enjoyed your list a lot.
Here’s the link to mine:
http://www.optimistlab.com/index.php/2007/03/29/simply-successful-secrets-im-it/
March 30th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Hi Cardin,
I enjoyed your list too! You sound like a kindred spirit! Very happy to meet you!
July 29th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
This is a great list. Thanks for sharing.
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