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I found this fascinating quote today:

United Kingdom is one of the most attractive destinations for immigrants in Europe. On 2005 alone, more than 300,000 immigrants came to live in UK. This means that UK is becoming more of an immigrant country like the United States of America. The population is now more diverse, though this is only felt in cities. But still, majority of the population are British natives and their culture is still prevalent in their society.Jan 2009

You should read the whole article.

Focus Is The Key To Achieving

Achieving More With Focus

Goal setting techniques are used by top-level athletes, successful business-people and achievers in all fields. They give you long-term vision and short-term motivation. They focus your acquisition of knowledge and help you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the very most of your life.

By setting sharp, clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals. You can see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind. By setting goals, you will also raise your self-confidence, as you recognize your ability and competence in achieving the goals that you have set.

SETTING YOUR PERSONAL GOALS

Personal Goal Setting

Find Your Direction,Live Your Life Your Way.

Goal setting is a very powerful reflection process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating yourself to turn this vision of the future into reality.
The process of setting goals helps you identify and choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate your efforts. You'll also quickly spot the distractions that would otherwise lure you from your course.
More than this, properly-set goals can be incredibly motivating, and as you get into the habit of setting and achieving goals, you'll find that your self-confidence builds fast.

So the big question is how do you achieve this.

ROAD MAP TO SELF IMPROVEMENT

Your Road Map To Self Improvement

Be all you can be. We often see ourselves as somewhat contented with our life the way things are, but of course it is hard to think of anything else when where real issues to be discussed are. Still we aspire for something deeper and more meaningful.

So we are all bombarded with problems. Honestly it shouldn’t even bother or even hinder us to becoming all we ought to be or to reach our life goals and life long aspirations . Aspirations as children should continue to live within us, even though it would be short-lived or as long as we could hold on to the dream. They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks or can they?

1.What do I really want?

The question of the ages. So many things you want to do with your life and so little time to even go about during the day.

Find something that you are good at can help realize that small step towards improvement. Diligence is the key to know that it is worth it.

2.Should I really change?

Today’s generation has taken another level of redefining ’self’, or at least that’s what the kids are saying. Having an army of teenage nieces and nephews has taught me that there are far worse things that they could have had than acne or maybe even promiscuity. So how does that fit into your lifestyle?

If history has taught us one thing, it’s the life that we have gone through. Try to see if partying Seventies style wouldn’t appeal to the younger generation, but dancing is part of partying. Watch them applaud after showing them how to really dance than break their bones in break-dancing.

3.What’s the bright side in all of this?

With so much is happening around us there seem to be no room for even considering that light at the end of the tunnel. We can still see it as something positive without undergoing so much scrutiny. And if it’s a train at the end of the tunnel, take it for a ride and see what makes the world go round!

4.Am I comfortable with what I’m doing?

There’s always the easy way and the right way when it comes to deciding what goes with which shoes, or purse, shirt and whatnot. It doesn’t take a genius to see yourself as someone unique, or else we’ll all be equally the same in everything we do. Variety brings in very interesting and exciting questions to be experimented.

5.Have I done enough for myself?

Have you, or is there something more you want to do? Discontentment in every aspect can be dangerous in large doses, but in small amounts you’ll be able to see and do stuff you could never imagine doing.

6.Am I happy at where I am today?

It’s an unfair question so let it be an answer! You love being a good and loving mom or dad to your kids, then take it up a notch! Your kids will love you forever. The same goes with everyday life!

7. Am I appealing to the opposite sex?

So maybe I don’t have an answer to that, but that doesn’t mean I can’t try it, though. Whether you shape-up, change the way you wear your clothes or hair, or even your attitude towards people, you should always remember it will always be for your own benefit.

8.How much could I have?

I suppose in this case there is no such things on having things too much or too little, but it’s more on how badly you really need it. I’d like to have lots of money, no denying that, but the question is that how much are you willing to work for it?

9.What motivates me?

What motivates you? It’s an answer you have to find out for yourself. There are so many things that can make everyone happy, but to choose one of the may be the hardest part. It’s not like you can’t have one serving of your favorite food in a buffet and that’s it. Just try it piece by piece.

10.What Really Makes You Tick?

So? What really makes you tick? You can be just about anything you always wanted to be, but to realize that attaining something that may seem very difficult is already giving up before you even start that journey. Always remember, that self-improvement is not just about the physical or philosophical change you have to undergo, but it’s something that you really want.

CREATE NEW CONFIDENCE IN YOU

Inauguration Day 2009
Welcome to the White House
President-Elect Obama and Vice President-Elect Joe Biden

The theme for Inauguration Day is "A New Birth of Freedom," in honor of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.

Create New Confidence In You

If you lack self esteem and are low in self confidence then you most probably spend too much time wishing you had the confidence to act and behave in the way people with high self esteem do.
If you desire to be happier and get more from life, increasing your self confidence and self esteem is the key .
1. Explore and exploite Your Good Qualities.
If you like something about yourself, give that area more priority over the others. For example; I love my eyes, so when I look in the mirror, I look directly into my eyes first, then I do a wander over of the rest of my body before returning to my eyes. If you like your nose, then do the same. Try making a mental list of the things you like about yourself, no matter how small or insignificant they may be. Then focus on these things, the rest is just insignificant. If you can learn to like yourself for your strong points, then others will find it much easier to do so as well.
2. Learn to Accept Compliment.
It is very hard to accept a compliment from people and not to dismiss it as being kindness. Someone has an opinion and it should be respected, even if you do not argree with it or beleive it ,. If people think good about you then maybe you should too.
When you have a perception of yourself or a view , or even a long term belief , for example you think you dont look good, and someone tells you different, how often do you change your point of view or perception in yourself ? My guess is , almost never. If you feel like you have done something well, and someone agrees with you by complimenting you on it, then your feelings were justified. However, if you think you have not done as well as you would like to have done , and someone compliments you on it, you will just pass it off as someone trying to be nice. When people believe something they look for examples that validate their beliefs as true. If you get something that invalidates your beliefs, then you just dimiss it off. Compliments will do no good until you are confident enough or believe in yourself enough to believe them.
4. Value Your Decisions.
It is true to say that People respect those who respect themselves,so never give other people a reason to laugh at you by starting the laughter. If you make fun of yourself, other people will validate it. If you think you’re ugly, other people will think you’re ugly.
5. Never Put Yourself Down.
If you promote negative aspects in your life you are only reinforcing your low self esteem. If you want to improve your self esteem. Ask yourself sincerely and honestly, how can I improve my self esteem. The answer will always be, find one positive thing about yourself and that will do it.
The more you practice the more likely you will create a positive aura which is commonly known as charisma. Creating a positive aura will benefit you in every thing you do. You will create a warmer ambience with your family. You will be more successful in your career. You will notice a difference on how people perceive you.

PERSONAL GROWTH VS SELF ACTUALIZATION

ACHIEVING SELF ACTUALIZATION

PERSONAL GROWTH vs SELF ACTUALIZATION

PERSONAL GROWTH CAN SIMPLY DEFINED AS THE PROCESS OF GROWING.........................

Personal growth is the process of learning new things ,accepting new things , expanding our horizon and generally improving ourselves , the list of descriptions can go on and on but i'm sure you get the picture , this process can also be described as self growth or personal development.
All of these terms are process. None are destinations. Self-actualization on the other hand is a destination. It is a state of being. If we grow or develop in our daily lives, we can become self-actualized.
Dr. Abraham Maslow first coined the term "self actualization. This is what he had to say on the subject:
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be. This is the need we may call self-actualization ... It refers to man's desire for fulfillment, namely to the tendency for him to become actually in what he is potentially: to become everything that one is capable of becoming ..."
But self-actualization is also a process. Nobody arrives at a point where they can simply say, "Now I am self-actualized. I don't need to grow anymore." Simply put, personal growth is a fundamental element of self-actualization , but clearly a very important one.
To achieve self actualization you must feel at ease with your personal growth path , you must be happy with yourself and what you do and not find achievement a strain, if you do you will have grown personally and reached some of your life goals but you will not have self actualized, simply because the sense of comfort in achievement eludes you.

Personal growth is very important, but you want to achieve the ultimate heights and happiness which is self actualization .

"This above all, to thine own self be true."
William Shakespeare.

This definition by Dr. Abraham Maslow, who first coined the term "self-actualization".
For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.

POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND YOU

THE LAW OF ATTRACTION AND PERSONAL POVERTY
If you’re thinking, “why am I stuck in this poverty stricken state of affairs over and over every day”, then the universal law of attraction will definitely pick up on your thought pattern. The energy you attract will just bring you more poverty.

However, with just a slight change in your thinking — and your talking — you could be attracting the abundance that you really want.

You just need to know how to use the universal law of attraction, and just as importantly, (and this is what many people forget)how to think so the law of attraction will bring what you want into your life.

If you want abundance in your life, create an affirmation. Something like;

“I intend to attract abundance in every way into my life.” This sure beats your old affirmation of;

“Why am I living in poverty every day.”

Then,start thinking abundance. Engage your imagination to try to see things another way, imagine you are living in the life you desire. Engage your imaginary senses to touch, taste, smell and feel the life you want. You’ll soon find yourself doing little things and noticing things that will help you to create abundance. Thanks to the law of attraction, you’ll be meeting people who will be able to help you create the life you desire.

Just give the universal laws of attraction a chance to work. Try to put aside all that negativity and start saturating yourself with positive thoughts and hopes.

For example you might [un]consciously be thinking “I’m no good with money” - is that true? How do you feel saying something like;

“Money comes to me easily” or “I am an excellent manager of my finances”? Is there some sort of dissonance when you say that to yourself?…. It just means there’s some work to be done on your attitude to money.

Jim Rohn says that “affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion”, so, if you’re going to start a new thought - make sure you follow through on your affirmation. Taking the money example - maybe you could take notes of how you spend your money and compare that to your pre-set budget, or reward yourself for saving 2% of your income- small steps that lead to big rewards-EVENTUALLY!

Then you’ll see things working for you!

Patience is the keyword you need to remember when you’re working with the law of attraction. Just because you send out all these wonderful thoughts on attracting more money into your life or a better job, a happier marriage, even a less grumpy spouse, it doesn’t mean you’ll get all this overnight.

The law of attraction does not use FedEx, or UPS, to deliver your thoughts. There’s no overnight delivery guarantee. You are guaranteed, though, that if you really are re-aligning your thoughts and actions to produce your desires that the law of attraction will

react to this. It may take longer than a day, a week or even a month, depending on what you desire.

The key to understanding and getting the most mileage out of the law of attraction is a single word:

Faith

Have faith that the universe delivers in its own time. Okay, so it may be a little slow like the US post office but it will deliver.

The problem is that often we give up believing that the law of attraction even exists. We randomly, even carelessly toss our thoughts out there hoping that somehow they’ll find their way in the maze of other energy floating around in the universe.

In dealing with the universal laws of attraction, we fail to put any muscle behind our thoughts and our desires. We need to put the muscle of intention behind them. We need to buff up our desires with a single-minded focus that won’t allow our thoughts to get lost in the universe.

While the universal laws of attraction may not use an overnight delivery service, they will indeed deliver, if you do your part too!