Good friends. I hope you are all doing fine.
Please I would encourage you all to read, learn and practice these 7 exercises daily. Trust me when I say that it will improve your life in a great way.
Set Goals
If you would like to look back at the end of every year to be thankful
and grateful you would need to set a worthwhile goal. In setting your
goals you would have to be SMART
1. Specific (specify the exact thing you want to achieve)
2 .Measurable(Have a scale to measure your progress towards the
accomplishment).
3. Achievable (easily attainable) 4.Realistic (within your reach).
5. Timely (with a well-defined timeline to create urgency).
This would help you achieve better result every year. Your goals
would guide you all throughout the year and make you more
focused. It is likely to change your lifestyle, it might require you to
quit smoking or drinking alcohol and have a disciplined life.
Consider this goggle map analogy:
From your present position to where you are going, using goggle map, you would just
have to type your destination, then start driving. If your journey takes few hours you are
most likely to be directed to make several turns before getting to your destination. Once
you get there you will know because the goggle map would alert you.
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If you would ever be truly successful and happy you must start by
influencing your physical or mental state by thoughts and ideas that come from yourself rather than from other people. You alone has
the power to make yourself fortunate or unfortunate.
What you say
to yourself matter most than what any world acclaimed prophet says
to you.
Cultivate a daily habit of speaking positively to yourself. In my case I
say the following every morning.
I know I have the ability to achieve financial
Authority and have great political power, therefore,I demand of myself persistence --- continuous action towards It attainment and I here and now promise to render such action.
Reading
When you cultivate the habit of reading daily, you would make a
great difference in your life and people around you. When I advices
you to read I mean you should either get hardcopies of books to read
or softcopies. Get a note and pen to take jottings so you can go over
those points that cross your mind again and again.
It likely not going to be easy at first, start with just 20 minute daily reading There is no specific time or an advised time, just make sure you read
at your own conveniences. Read motivational and inspirational
books, journals, biographies etc. By doing so you are travelling
several places without paying much but for your time. You can
schedule to read about a particular thing each month. For instance
January- books on marketing. February – customer retentions skills,
March – how to rescue a failing biz etc.
Bill Gates, one of the world richest during one of the interviews with
‘’The Times’’ said he reads about 50 books a year and reading is still
the main way that I both learn new things and test my
understanding.
Make good social contacts/maintain good ones:
Good social contacts are hard to come by, if you are opportune to
meet one, place value on them, if you presently have one, place
value on it and make the best of that social contact. I have learnt
overtime that it require only a social contact to change one life
for a life time. Disconnect from non-productive people, nay Sayers
and negative colleagues.
With quality friends, you would achieve your goal faster and
better than the way you could ever imagined.
Check from your whatsapp group for quality members and reach
out to them. The sweetest part of this is that great people always want to relate and make friends with others who make
themselves friendly. I can’t count several people whom I had
never known but via social media we became friends and we’ve
done a whole lots together.
Make the right choice of friend today. Team that work together
wins together. Never walk alone.
Exercise
Physical exercise help to improve your health and by extension the
quality of life.
It has been recommended by medical expert that;
i. One should aim for at least 30 minutes of physical activity daily . Try to find the time for some regular, vigorous exercise for extra
health and fitness benefits.
ii. Minimize the amount of time spent in prolonged sitting and
break up long periods of sitting as often as possible.
As for me I like exercise for healthier state of mind.
A number of studies have found that exercise helps depression. There
are many views as to how exercise helps people with depression:
iii. Exercise may block negative thoughts or distract you from daily
worries.
iv. Exercising with others provides an opportunity for increased
social contact.
v. Increased fitness may lift your mood and improve your sleep
patterns.
vi. Exercise may also change levels of chemicals in your brain, such
as serotonin, endorphins and stress hormones.
Look for a gymnastic Centre or a trainer to help you out.
Prayer
There is a supreme being; God, he is in heavens and control all the
affairs of heaven and earth. No matter how things goes he is in
charge. I know you would like things go in your favor? Then pray to
him. Tell him everything, I mean those things people cannot do for you.
Pray to God for favor, peace of mind, joy, mercies, blessing and many
of his kindness. While you are praying, thank God, ask for the
forgiveness of your sins, pray for mercy and then present your case
before Him. He was the one that created you and he would forever
be by your side till you accomplish His given vision.
Pray without ceasing…prayer is the master key.
Perhaps this should be the first thing expected of you and I to do on daily basis .
Evaluation
If we would ever achieve our set goals, We must daily access our life
consciously. You would have to make a daily appraisal of your life.
This would make you to measure your progress. I hope you
remember SMART goal settings in the first point?
Reconsider the goggle map analogy. After you have made several
journeys using goggle map within a month, you can check from your
phone visited places. This would remind you of your visited places.
Same way at the end of each day appraise your set goal, ask yourself
the following questions?
Did today matters?
Did I achieve my main goal (s)?
Did I learn anything new today?
How did I make others feel?
What can I do better tomorrow?
I set goals, I read since I am 5 years old, if today matters doesn't matter because it always matters or does in some way or to someone.
Walking and house chorus, gardening is exercise too so most if us do this for 30 minutes a day. If you ask me it's not enough.