Growing up in Mississippi, I ate a lot of pimento cheese, mainly on crackers or in sandwiches with white bread. If these were the only two ways I ever consumed this wondrous spread, I would be happy, but pimento cheese can be so much more. Below you will find a multitude of tasty uses for “the caviar of the South.”
You’ve had this happen before. More than once. You’ve been to a party or a gathering where there were numerous people there and each and every one of them sucked a little bit more out of you than you would have liked. They were time vampires and you were a wonderful sieve for them to draw from. The trouble is, you are home now and exhausted. Not only exhausted but you feel heavy, very heavy, and you’re not really sure why.
The heaviness you feel is simple other people’s energies and it’s time to let them go. Release them if you will. You’ve been carrying them long enough. When we pick up on other people’s energies, and I must say that not everyone can, but for those of you who can, it is easy to block energies. For others? Not so much. We take it all in and by the end of the night we’re done. We’ve picked up almost everyone we’ve come in contact with, the good the bad and the ugly.
So what do we do now? How can we dump this energy or better yet, can’t we just shield from all this? You can shield yourself, indeed, by imagining a shield all around you, choose whatever material you like, and keep it securely around you so no one can break through it. Easy way to shield yourself. So if you have trouble shielding, what do we do with all this toxic energy?
For as long as you have to. Breath in good energy, breath out the bad. Sounds simple because honestly it really is. All you are wanting to do at this moment is simply get rid of the negative energy. All you have to do is blow it out through y our mouth into cyber space. This way too, that energy won’t hurt anyone else that night either.
Sounds kind of mean actually to just ignore the person you are with but really it’s not. You’re in the same room, you’re listening, sort of, you’re just not engaging as much as they would like you to. It’s all good. You engage as much as you want and when they get into negative energy mode you can either politely walk away or diplomatically ask them to change topics. No one deserves to hear shit like, all the time.
An hour, a day, a week a month. However long it will take you, do it. Spend time alone to get all their energy out of you so you don’t come across as an angry person to all your friends and family. Spend time alone listening to Zen like music, reading, or anything else nice and quiet. Just be with you, in the moment and zone out. This will be a great clearing exercise too.
You don’t just have to smudge your space; you can also smudge your body too. Sometimes that’s very necessary to do. When we take in too much energy from others around us, especially after a large event or party, the only way to cleanse yourself from all that is a full out smudging ceremony with your whole body. You will feel a mil lion times better. If the event happened to be at your place, then by all means, smudge your house too . It definitely won’t hurt.
To a friend, that one trusted friend you have who totally gets you and is always just a phone call away. That one friend that has been there from elementary school to the birth of your first born. They get you. You need them. Call them. Sometimes just talking it out helps to release all the negative vibes that are sitting inside of you. When we talk it out we can hear ourselves discussing it and realize that some things we picked up on, are about us, not them.
No one likes to have the energy sucked out of us and some of us don’t even realize it is happening until too late. Before you pollute everyone else’s energy, clear your own. You’ll feel a million times better after too!
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“…at any moment in time there can be only ONE Thing, and when that ONE Thing is in line with your purpose and sits atop your priorities, it ill be the most productive thing you can do to launch you toward the best you can be. Actions build on action. Habits build on habit. Success builds on success.”
— Gary Keller, Jay Papasan from The ONE Thing
One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. Give up the following four thieves of productivity in order to get more of what you want, and less of what you don’t. Let’s get into it…
As a rule of thumb, you should avoid saying yes to most things unless they’re connected to your most important goals. If you’re afraid of saying no to someone because it might hurt their feelings, come up with a way to say it that you’re comfortable with. Here’s Seth Godin on saying no: “you can say no with respect, you can say no promptly, and you can say no with a lead to someone who might say yes. But just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.” Love it.
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Stuff happens. Messes occur. Wives (and husbands) get angry. These things happen. But it doesn’t mean you should give up on your goals. Chaos is natural. In fact, the more you focus on what you want, the more of it you’ll probably get. That’s okay. In fact, problems are a good thing. When you’ve got problems, it means you’re taking action. You can’t grow unless you take action. And the more action you take, the more problems you’ll face. In fact, one of the biggest differences between productive people and unproductive people is this: when productive people come across a problem, they keep going — they take action. When unproductive people come across a problem, they stagnate — they stop.
Create time blocks to control the chaos in your life and remain as productive as possible. Use your time blocks to work on your most important projects, and protect them with your life. In time, you’ll learn to deal with the chaos in your own unique way. But don’t let chaos control you. YOU control the chaos… by focusing on one thing at a time. One time block at a time.
Poor health habits— especially poorly managed energy habits— are one of the most underestimated thieves of productivity. Your health and your success are intertwined with one another and depend on each to survive and thrive. For maximum energy management and productivity, plan your days to include the following:
Did you know that if one of your close friends becomes obese, you’re 57% more likely to become obese [1] as well? Crazy, eh? This is because the people we see and spend time with most tend to set our standards (see: The Law of Averages).
The final thief of productivity is about getting your game up! It’s about raising your standards in every arena of life — your goals, your habits, and your surroundings. I think Oprah’s got a great little nugget of wisdom when it comes to this: “Surround yourself only with people who are going to lift you higher.”
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Here’s a quick recap of the four thieves of productivity — avoid them at all times, unless you want them to highjack your productivity:
You’ve read The 4 Thieves of Productivity (Avoid Them At All Cost), originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’ve enjoyed this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
You’re reading The 4 Thieves of Productivity (Avoid Them At All Cost), originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’re enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
“…at any moment in time there can be only ONE Thing, and when that ONE Thing is in line with your purpose and sits atop your priorities, it ill be the most productive thing you can do to launch you toward the best you can be. Actions build on action. Habits build on habit. Success builds on success.”
— Gary Keller, Jay Papasan from The ONE Thing
One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. Give up the following four thieves of productivity in order to get more of what you want, and less of what you don’t. Let’s get into it…
As a rule of thumb, you should avoid saying yes to most things unless they’re connected to your most important goals. If you’re afraid of saying no to someone because it might hurt their feelings, come up with a way to say it that you’re comfortable with. Here’s Seth Godin on saying no: “you can say no with respect, you can say no promptly, and you can say no with a lead to someone who might say yes. But just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.” Love it.
→ Prefer audio? Listen to this on iTunes
Stuff happens. Messes occur. Wives (and husbands) get angry. These things happen. But it doesn’t mean you should give up on your goals. Chaos is natural. In fact, the more you focus on what you want, the more of it you’ll probably get. That’s okay. In fact, problems are a good thing. When you’ve got problems, it means you’re taking action. You can’t grow unless you take action. And the more action you take, the more problems you’ll face. In fact, one of the biggest differences between productive people and unproductive people is this: when productive people come across a problem, they keep going — they take action. When unproductive people come across a problem, they stagnate — they stop.
Create time blocks to control the chaos in your life and remain as productive as possible. Use your time blocks to work on your most important projects, and protect them with your life. In time, you’ll learn to deal with the chaos in your own unique way. But don’t let chaos control you. YOU control the chaos… by focusing on one thing at a time. One time block at a time.
Poor health habits— especially poorly managed energy habits— are one of the most underestimated thieves of productivity. Your health and your success are intertwined with one another and depend on each to survive and thrive. For maximum energy management and productivity, plan your days to include the following:
Did you know that if one of your close friends becomes obese, you’re 57% more likely to become obese [1] as well? Crazy, eh? This is because the people we see and spend time with most tend to set our standards (see: The Law of Averages).
The final thief of productivity is about getting your game up! It’s about raising your standards in every arena of life — your goals, your habits, and your surroundings. I think Oprah’s got a great little nugget of wisdom when it comes to this: “Surround yourself only with people who are going to lift you higher.”
→ Prefer audio? Listen to this on iTunes
Here’s a quick recap of the four thieves of productivity — avoid them at all times, unless you want them to highjack your productivity:
You’ve read The 4 Thieves of Productivity (Avoid Them At All Cost), originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’ve enjoyed this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
With the potential combinations a salad bar provides, you can get carried away and end up with a soggy, mish-mash of ingredients. These tips will help you build a more balanced salad, both in flavor and in texture.
You’re reading Why Refusing To Acknowledge Your Inner Potential Is Dangerous, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’re enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
Did you know that refusing to acknowledge your inner potential sets you up to be fooled? It was Soren Kierkegaard that said:
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
Yes, it is true that you have more power and inner potential than you are currently using. Refusing to acknowledge this is a dangerous road you should desist from plying. Also, believing that your refusing to acknowledge your inner potential is humility or wisdom is akin to delusion. Both scenarios are dangerous and can lead you into the following:
There are more failure stories than there are successes in modern life today because the minds of many have been beclouded by the pressure of doing just enough to survive. Many are trapped in jobs they don’t like because they have refused to acknowledge their inner potential to develop better skills set to create or get a better job.
Imagine if President Barrack Obama had refused to acknowledge his inner potential to become America’s first black president, perhaps he would have underachieved relative to his inner potential—ended his political career at the senate level.
There’s always a next level in life and your getting there begins with acknowledging your inner potential.
Be it in business, academics, family or relationship life, refusing to acknowledge your inner potential can turn you into a perpetual underachiever. Don’t let good spoil your great, you’ve got to acknowledge your inner potential to move beyond mediocrity into excellence.
Except you are willing to do more than what you already do you may never be phenomenal and can’t attract phenomenal rewards.
If you are not where you think you should be at this moment; if you don’t like your pay cheque; if you feel you are not getting enough from life; that’s what you get for refusing to acknowledge your inner potential.
An elephant that works like an ant will never enjoy the elephant’s size of reward; rather it’ll keep getting the ant’s. Why? This is because the elephant refuses to acknowledge its inner potentials to do the elephant-sized works for the corresponding rewards.
Great people are not born great; they are only born with the inner potential of greatness they acknowledged and maximised.
We can all relate to one incident or the other in our lives where we wished we had done a little more or worked a lot harder. We knew we could do more, we were told we could but somehow we refused to acknowledge this and therefore didn’t do anything about it. That thought there, is regret.
Who wants to go through life like that? Well, that’s what refusing to acknowledge your inner potential can lead you into—the “I-wish-I-did-more” lifestyle.
Imagine if Thomas Edison had stopped at the penultimate trial before the eventuay breakthrough. His last mistake would probably have been corrected by the next scientist and voila, the light bulb shines through. Then, Edison would have regretted refusing to acknowledge his inner potential that he could do more.
Refusing to acknowledge your inner potential is tantamount to losing them and the benefits they could bring if you’d maximise them. You’ve got to realise that you are doing yourself a great disservice by not acknowledging your potentials.
From underachieving to getting less than you deserve and regretting your inactions, not acknowledging your potentials is setting yourself up for a mediocre lifestyle. You have to let the best of you come alive.
How have you been able to acknowledge your inner potential? Please share in the comments.
Diena Diallo is an author and the founder of Diena Simply Natural. As a hair stylist and health coach, she helps women looking for change to feel beautiful about themselves, so they can live confidently through life and stay healthy enough to achieve their dreams. You can register for a free account and grab a copy of her self-help book, The Invisible Seed, where she shares her journey from depression to total self-healing.
You’ve read Why Refusing To Acknowledge Your Inner Potential Is Dangerous, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’ve enjoyed this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
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You’re reading Why Refusing To Acknowledge Your Inner Potential Is Dangerous, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’re enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
Did you know that refusing to acknowledge your inner potential sets you up to be fooled? It was Soren Kierkegaard that said:
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
Yes, it is true that you have more power and inner potential than you are currently using. Refusing to acknowledge this is a dangerous road you should desist from plying. Also, believing that your refusing to acknowledge your inner potential is humility or wisdom is akin to delusion. Both scenarios are dangerous and can lead you into the following:
There are more failure stories than there are successes in modern life today because the minds of many have been beclouded by the pressure of doing just enough to survive. Many are trapped in jobs they don’t like because they have refused to acknowledge their inner potential to develop better skills set to create or get a better job.
Imagine if President Barrack Obama had refused to acknowledge his inner potential to become America’s first black president, perhaps he would have underachieved relative to his inner potential—ended his political career at the senate level.
There’s always a next level in life and your getting there begins with acknowledging your inner potential.
Be it in business, academics, family or relationship life, refusing to acknowledge your inner potential can turn you into a perpetual underachiever. Don’t let good spoil your great, you’ve got to acknowledge your inner potential to move beyond mediocrity into excellence.
Except you are willing to do more than what you already do you may never be phenomenal and can’t attract phenomenal rewards.
If you are not where you think you should be at this moment; if you don’t like your pay cheque; if you feel you are not getting enough from life; that’s what you get for refusing to acknowledge your inner potential.
An elephant that works like an ant will never enjoy the elephant’s size of reward; rather it’ll keep getting the ant’s. Why? This is because the elephant refuses to acknowledge its inner potentials to do the elephant-sized works for the corresponding rewards.
Great people are not born great; they are only born with the inner potential of greatness they acknowledged and maximised.
We can all relate to one incident or the other in our lives where we wished we had done a little more or worked a lot harder. We knew we could do more, we were told we could but somehow we refused to acknowledge this and therefore didn’t do anything about it. That thought there, is regret.
Who wants to go through life like that? Well, that’s what refusing to acknowledge your inner potential can lead you into—the “I-wish-I-did-more” lifestyle.
Imagine if Thomas Edison had stopped at the penultimate trial before the eventuay breakthrough. His last mistake would probably have been corrected by the next scientist and voila, the light bulb shines through. Then, Edison would have regretted refusing to acknowledge his inner potential that he could do more.
Refusing to acknowledge your inner potential is tantamount to losing them and the benefits they could bring if you’d maximise them. You’ve got to realise that you are doing yourself a great disservice by not acknowledging your potentials.
From underachieving to getting less than you deserve and regretting your inactions, not acknowledging your potentials is setting yourself up for a mediocre lifestyle. You have to let the best of you come alive.
How have you been able to acknowledge your inner potential? Please share in the comments.
Diena Diallo is an author and the founder of Diena Simply Natural. As a hair stylist and health coach, she helps women looking for change to feel beautiful about themselves, so they can live confidently through life and stay healthy enough to achieve their dreams. You can register for a free account and grab a copy of her self-help book, The Invisible Seed, where she shares her journey from depression to total self-healing.
You’ve read Why Refusing To Acknowledge Your Inner Potential Is Dangerous, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’ve enjoyed this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
It’s easy to get frazzled cleaning your home, especially when you’re short on time. If you want to streamline your cleaning process, you need to pick a room and stay in it until it’s done.
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