Posted by MyChoices on 08/10/08 in Sports
Mountain climbing is absurdly dangerous. You really will risk your life, over and over. But, oh, to stand on the summit. To be so high, to know that you stand where few have gone before. Very few things come close.
Mountain climbers are just a bit crazy. They risk their lives every moment that they’re up there. More than that, they want to do it! It makes them happy. Yup. Just a bit crazy, to be sure.
There are such extreme dangers in mountain climbing. The top three are things falling on you, yourself falling and bad weather. Things that may fall on you include rocks, ice and snow (avalanches).
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Posted by MyChoices on 06/28/08 in Self Improvement
It has been frequently said that if you were to ask any group of people what they would like you to pray for, their answers and responses will be as varied as their fingerprints.
There are so many people around our world in such dire circumstances that they need our prayer support and whatever material and physical help is available.
I remember seeing those on the refuse tips in Nairobi on my way to teach in one of the slums on the south east of the city at Pastors and Leaders Seminars so that those in leadership might be able to help others with such massive problems.
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Posted by MyChoices on 06/18/08 in Self Improvement
Most people have heard of Norman Vincent Peale’s famous book “The Power of Positive Thinking.” The influence of this book and others of a similar ilk has been significant and thousands of people have applied the principles of positive thinking to achieve personal success.
How important is positive thinking to the achievement of success?
More than anything, it seems that our attitude to life has a greater influence on success than education, experience and other factors. So if you want your dreams to materialize, start by monitoring your attitude.
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Posted by MyChoices on 06/15/08 in Self Improvement
It isn’t always easy to be different; yet, if you want to be innovative, you’ve got to break with trends, traditions, and even your own habits. There’s no way around this; innovators are bringers of new things - not old things. New means change; change means different. You won’t find those inspirations and motivations to do new things, however, by staying in your comfort zone. Innovators in business, industry, and technology all follow certain rules - their own rules - not the standard rules of thinking and acting that most of society uses. To break through to a new reality, try following these “golden rules” for creating change:
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Posted by MyChoices on 06/14/08 in Self Improvement
We love to feel inspired. There’s no wonder the self-help industry is still booming after so many years. Books, tapes, DVD, seminars, webcast, podcast, websites, etc. Almost every imaginable tools are able to be part of the self-help industry. But have you ever thought that sometimes the best things in life are really free? Like the air that we breathe, so is inspiration, sometimes.
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