Solving Problems

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein

We face problems in our everday life. The only difference is the magnitude of the problem. The only time that we are not burden with problems are when we are dead. So, it is imperative that we should learn on how to tackle our problems than just to avoid it. As Albert Einstein once quoted that we should not solve problems based on the mindset and level of thinking when the problem occurs. You must be ahead one level as to know what exactly the possible solutions that can be. Be above your problem. Be ahead of your problem. Break out of the box. You will tackle your problems more efficiently as ever before.

What is defeat?

"What is defeat? Nothing but the first steps to something higher." - Wendell Phillips

Failure or defeat has no meaning unless it is define by us as something negative and destructive to ourselves. For a man whose spirit is high as the mountain, failure is just things that happens for him to go even higher. The larger the failure, the larger the lessons he learns and therefore the larger the improvement that he will make to improve further. He knows that for every hardships, dissappointment, obstacles and roadblocks will only brings him closer to success.

Either you control money, or it will control you

Actually, it does not matter how much you own, but it is really on how much do you spend. One critical step in your journey to financial freedom is to know your current status of money spending. How much do you pay yourself and how much do you pay others? How much do you save and how much do you spend it on debts? You can only know these information if you track your spending daily and summarise it all monthly. By doing this, you will have greater control on your money and be more alert on where did your money go. Get control of your money first before you can even think of becoming financially free.

Rich people constantly learn and grow, Poor people think they already know

One thing that I learn from observing the lifestyle of the riches are that their house is usually full of books. Tons of them. These groups of people usually love to read. But, in the other hand if you go to a 'not so rich' people, you can hardly find any books. So, I think the statement 'Rich people or success people constantly learn grow, poor people think they know it all' is quite true. The more you read books, the more you know how limited knowledge you have and therefore the more hungrier you become for acquiring knowledge. This is a pattern that will lead you to the key of success.

The Roots Create the Fruits

Imagine a tree. Let's suppose this tree represents the tree of life. On this tree there are fruits. In life, our fruits are called results. So we look at the fruits (our result) and we don't like them; there aren't enough of them, they're too small, or they don't taste good.

So what do we tend to do? Most of us put even more attention and focus on the fruits, our results. But what is it that actually creates those particular fruits? It's the seeds and the roots that create those fruits.

It's what under the ground that creates what's above the ground. It's what invisible that creates what's visible. If yu want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible.

Excerpt from "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker

How to get chaming personalities

Found this article by Dr Sidney Newton Bremer on how to build attractiveness and charm personalities. Interesting perspective on life..

"If we want to add power to our automobile, we do not wax and polish the body, do we? We go directly to the inside of the engine, we go to the source of the automobile's power. It works the same way with individuals. We can not gain a charming personality merely by putting on the mask of charm. We must work on the source of our personality. We must work on the within of us. ....... The greatest thing in life should be to develop ourselves into fullness by calling out all the hidden beauties of our being. In so doing, we attract others to us and become useful beings for the social order of man. It is not enough to build piles of money. We should build a life in the process."

Happiness... A state of mind?

"It has been my observation that people are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be" - Abraham Lincoln

Happiness, as often presumed by people is the state they want to be in everyday life. To some, they spend a lifetime chasing for happiness. They presume that happiness could be gained from outside factors. They thought it can be found in material things. Owning a brand new car, new house, glamourous life even is some of the factors they thought might bring happiness. They might as well chase the shadows as happiness can only be generated from within. You can be as happy as you want to be. It depends on you.

Happiness is in the journey, not in the destination... Happiness is just a state of mind.