Problem Solving

How many times have you caught yourself saying that there could be no other solution to a problem - and that the problem leads to a dead end? How many times have you felt stumped knowing that the problem laid before you is one you cannot solve. No leads. No options. No solutions.

Did it feel like you had exhausted all possible options and yet are still before the mountain - large, unconquerable, and impregnable? When encountering such enormous problems, you may feel like you’re hammering against a steel mountain. The pressure of having to solve such a problem may be overwhelming.

But rejoice! There might be some hope yet!

With some creative problem-solving techniques you may be able to look at your problem in a different light. And that light might just be the end of the tunnel that leads to possible solutions.

First of all, in the light of creative problem-solving, you must be open-minded to the fact that there may be more than just one solution to the problem. And, you must be open to the fact that there may be solutions to problems you thought were unsolvable.

Now, with this optimistic mindset, we can try to be a little bit more creative in solving our problems.

Creative thinking exercises can also help you in your quest to be a more creative problems solver.

Here is one example.

Take a piece of paper and write any word that comes to mind at the centre. Now look at that word then write the first two words that come to your mind. This can go on until you can build a tree of related words. This helps you build analogical skills, and fortify your creative processes.

So, next time you see a problem you think you can not solve, think again. The solution might just be staring you right in the face. All it takes is just a little creative thinking, some planning, and a whole lot of work.

How Does The Law of Attraction Work?

I heard a story once about a farmer who was about to lose his farm, because of a continuing drought. They hadn’t had rain for over 2 years, so he was becoming desperate.

He decided as a last resort he’d kneel down and pray to God for rain which would save his livelihood. He said to God, "Please make it rain so that my crops will grow and I can sell them to the market and save my farm?"

God’s reply was, "Why would I make it rain? You haven’t dug the irrigation ditches yet, so you’re not expecting it to rain."

Don’t we all do this? We expect the Law of Attraction to work for us but we do nothing to make it happen. We’re really just "wishing" for something to happen.

To attract what you want in your life, you have to prepare the "ditches" first. No ditches, no rain. If you were going for a new job, would you turn up without a resume’? Of course you wouldn’t. You’d make sure your resume’ was up to date and professional, so that you had a good chance of securing the job.

The same goes for anything we want in life. For the Law of Attraction to work properly, you have to take the time and effort to know what you want and a plan of how you’re going to get it. Whatever it is you’re attracted to won’t just fall into your lap. It’s up to you to take all the steps necessary to achieve your goal.

What Will Your Final Wish Be?

If you accumulated a substantial amount of wealth before you died, what would you want done with it once you’re gone?

There was a man who had worked all of his life and had saved all of his money. He was a real miser when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife, "Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. I want to take my money to the afterlife."

So he got his wife to promise him with all her heart that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him.

Well, one day he died. He was stretched out in the casket, the wife was sitting there in black next to her closest friend. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said "Wait just a minute!" she had a shoe box with her, she came over with the box and placed it in the casket.

Then the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away.

Her friend said, "I hope you weren’t crazy enough to put all that money in the casket."

She said, "Yes, I promised. I’m a good christian, I can’t lie. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."

"You mean to tell me you put every cent of his money in the casket with him?"

"I sure did," said the wife. "I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a check!"

Now I don’t think I’d go that far, but it does make you think about the disposal of your assets once you die. That is why it’s so important to have a will, especially if you are quite wealthy. It’s much easier to disperse your wealth accordingly if you have a plan set up.

Most families don’t have any problems after the death of a loved one, but, in the absence of a will, it’s more than likely that your family will squabble about their rights to your inheritance.

It would be a shame to put a blight on your memory just because you didn’t have a will. Do it now! Even if you’re in your early 20’s, you do need a will, and it is much more urgent if you are a young entrepreneur who’s going places.

Healthy Meal Plan

Implementing a nutrition plan does not have to be tedious! The Fit Yummy Mummy System is all about making better choices and evaluating how you take care of yourself on a daily basis. Not only will these choices boost your metabolism, eliminate cravings, burn more fat and increase your energy dramatically, but you’ll also learn how to start living successfully, each and every day.

Energy is found in the food we eat. The amount of energy food has is measured in calories. Calories come from proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Calories FUEL our body. Not only does your body need all three nutrients for growth, metabolism and other vital body functions, the quality of these nutrients contribute to satiety and the amount of calories that you burn.

Processed foods generally provide too many calories and too much sugar, rapidly increasing/decreasing blood sugar, resulting in hunger and fatigue. A healthy meal plan consists of whole natural foods, which pack more nutrients, are higher in fiber, and leave you feeling energized and satisfied and force the body to work harder to use them as energy. Thus you burn more calories, lose more fat.

There are 3 categories with a list of the most nutrient rich foods. The "quick start" action plan is to choose a serving from each of the 3 categories as you plan each meal. Make an effort to choose
fresh over frozen whenever possible. When in doubt go with the 2P’s: Protein and Produce. These 2 food categories alone are all you need to give you the most nutrients and lowest calories. Fill your plate with 1 part protein and 3 parts produce. Or you may use the "two-thirds, one-third rule" vegetables/fruits and whole grains should visually occupy about two-thirds of a 9-inch plate and a quality protein the remaining one-third. This is a small snapshot of a healthy meal plan.

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From Debt To Wealth

Most of us, at some stage of our life, get ourselves into debt and don’t know where to start to pay it off.

So how do we get from debt to wealth? There’s a few simple steps you can take before you can do anything about your current debt.

• Do a spreadsheet showing every item you pay for either weekly, every 2 weeks or monthly, which includes everything, such as your mortgage, insurances, credit cards, utilities, groceries, car expenses etc.
• Add up all the columns until you come up with a total
• Divide the total by 52 (weeks in a year) which will then show how much you have to earn each week to pay off your debts
• Take your net salary amount for the year and divide it by 52
• Take your debts away from your salary and you’ll either have debt or be in surplus

If you’re in debit, don’t despair as there are things you can do to get from debt to wealth.

The first thing you must do is get in touch with your creditors, tell them your situation, and then work out a payment plan. You’ll find that they will co-operate with you if you are up front and honest with them, and pay the agreed regular repayments.

Don’t expect your debts to be paid off overnight, but if you stick to your plan you’ll be on the road from debt to wealth in no time.

How I Achieved An “Unrealistic” Goal!

Have you ever heard the term "dream stealers"? I’m sure a lot of people have but aren’t sure what it means.

Whatever you do, if you have a goal you want to achieve, don’t share it with others, keep it to yourself. There are people out there who will do anything they can to steal your dream from you and tell you that "all that stuff is nonsense". The more people you tell the more they suck the energy right out of you.

The idea of a goal is to focus all your energy on it and to believe that you have already achieved it. A goal is not something you think about and sit waiting for it to happen.

A goal without a plan is just a wish. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French writer (1900 - 1944)

For a goal to materialize you have to set out what you want and when you want it.

As an example I’ll tell you my story. My goal was shared with one other person and that was my husband!

We had lost our previous house through a bad business venture in 1990 and I was determined that some day I’d have my own home again. I started putting pictures of houses on my walls and I knew that my daughter was getting married in September 1995, so I set my goal to be in my new house by August 1995.

One Saturday afternoon my husband was working so I took a drive and came across some new blocks of land. I got talking to the salesman and he said I only needed $100 to secure a block. We had $3000 in the bank so I took the gamble and paid the deposit. My husband agreed to go along with it thankfully!

A couple of weeks later my husband was working again so I hopped in my car and started looking at display homes. I came across one I really liked and once again started chatting to the salesman who told me he could build us a house while we paid off the deposit, legal fees etc., so he came to talk to us that night and we signed up. It’s amazing how quickly things began to happen once we put up a picture board the means to attract the required deposit seemed to appear from many sources. This would not have occurred if we did not have a passionate goal.

To cut a long story short, we ended up moving into our brand new home on 4th August 1995 and all our fees etc. were paid for, and we also paid for our daughter’s wedding.

I knew that if I’d discussed my goal with anyone else they would have said I was crazy, especially when we only had $3000 to our name! But I knew with all my heart that we were going to achieve the goal no matter what stood in our way.

Stay away from the "dream stealers"!

Taking Steps To Achieving Success

Success is more than economic gains, titles, and degrees. Planning for success is about mapping out all the aspects of your life. To succeed you must do the following.

1. What Is Your Starting Point?

Every map has a starting point. Before you start your journey on the road to success, you first have to have some idea of how you’re getting there.

2. What Can You Do To Start?

It’s important that you know yourself so that you have a clearer idea of who you want to be, the things you want to change such as attitudes, habits, or points of view. If you hardly know yourself, then your vision and targets for the future will also be unclear. Your destination should cover all the aspects of your being: the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual.

3. Set A Goal

Without a goal you don’t even have a starting point. We all need a purpose in life and something to aim for, so set a goal that you know you will be very passionate about achieving.

4. Use Your Knowledge, Skills and Attitude

You bring with you certain knowledge, skills, and attitudes. These determine your competence and help you in attaining your vision. Given such, there is a need for you to assess what knowledge, skills, and attitudes you have at present and what you need to gain along the way.

5. Have A Realistic Timeline

In planning out your life, you also need to set a time for your goals to be realized. Start with goals you can easily obtain in a week, then a bigger one for a month and so on. Once you start seeing results you can aim for the bigger goals.

6. Be Prepared For Obstacles

The purpose of your life map is to minimize hasty and spur-of-the-moment decisions that can make you lose your way. But oftentimes our plans are modified along the way due to some inconveniences, delays, and other situations beyond our control. One thing you need to achieve success is persistence, so don’t give up, no matter what the challenge.

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

That’s the old saying isn’t it? If the body isn’t healthy then how can you possibly think clearly.

Having a healthy body all starts with what you put into it, and eating lots of junk food is definitely not the way to go!

Getting from the body you are in to the body you want requires that you implement a complete and integrated program. You now know what drives you and what you are willing to do to reach your goals.

The next step in your transformation is to acquire the knowledge that can be turned into new positive habits. It’s time to implement the Fit Yummy Mummy Fat Loss Factors.

Supportive Nutrition, Intervals and Short Burst Resistance Training.

The Fit Yummy Mummy Lifestyle System At-A-Glance:

• 16 Week Supportive Nutrition Plan
• Preparation Phase
• Application Phase
• Supercharge Phase
• Troubleshoot Phase

16 Week Fit Yummy Mummy Workout Plan:

• Introductory Workout A & B
• Beginner Workout A & B
• Intermediate Workout A & B
• Advanced Workout A & B

Each Plan is outlined into phases of essential steps to help you focus, get organized and take action. This format will help you master the time you do have, putting your energy and focus into the strategies that will give you the biggest payoffs.

Now, before we begin, I need to make sure we are clear on this up front….THERE ARE NO SHORT CUTS when it comes to Losing Body Fat! There is nothing you can "skip over" to save more time or get to the end result faster.

What you NEED to Know to go from Frazzled and Frumpy to Fit and Yummy.

• Each pound of fat equals 3500 calories. To Lose 1lb. of Fat you must create a deficit of 3500 calories. (500 calories less a day so in 1 week you’ll lose 1 pound of fat)
• Healthy fat loss is about 1-2 pounds of body fat each week
• Eating 500 less calories a day is much easier than burning off 500 calories a day.
• Dieting without exercise is a dead end. Starving yourself to lose 1 to 2 pounds each week will bring your metabolism to a screeching halt, increase stress, craving and mood swings.
• Eating supportive foods every 3 to 4 hours burns more calories and creates a healthy, thriving metabolism.
• Short Burst Exercise not only boosts your metabolism and burns more fat, it is energizing and is the only way to Re-Shape your "Mommy Body"
• Both Nutrition and Exercise are Vital to Boosting your Metabolism to meet and exceed your fat loss goals

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Being Healthy, Wealthy and Happy!

Being a healthy functioning person can actually change the way you think, and can open up your mind to possibilities you’d never thought of previously. It can bring happiness you’ve never felt before, and bring abundance into your life. Once your mind is clear and you’re able think about what you really want, then your imagination takes over. "First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination".…Napoleon Hill, "Think and Grow Rich" We all need a plan of where we’re going and it all starts with a thought. You wouldn’t plan a road journey without a map, so why would you set out to achieve a goal without a plan in place. "Understand that "images" are mental pictures that are made from thoughts, and the magnificence of the mind lies in the fact that it can "think".  That is to say, it can tap into thought and create whatever image it chooses. Everything we do is preceded by an image. We think first in order to form an image, then we do the work"…Bob Proctor, "You Were Born Rich" Bob Proctor is my mentor and his writings are a result of many years researching the greatest philosophers of our time eg. Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, Wallace D Wattles, to name a few. To find out more about Bob and his teachings, click HERE.