Have you ever been sitting there thinking, “I give up, I can’t take anymore”. You are not alone in having this thought. Every person that is successful has had that thought at some time along their pathway to success.

When you are chasing your dreams you are going to have highs and lows. At some point you will come up against obstacles and challenges that seem like they are impossible to get over. It will feel like a large mountain in front of you that you have to climb in order to be successful but you have no energy left to try.

The difference between success and failure is that moment, right then and there when you are at the bottom of the valley looking up. Successful people keep going at this point regardless of how tired they feel, or the pain or pressure they are under. They keep going even if it seems impossible to do so. They find the energy from within to give them the strength to climb that mountain.

No matter how deep the valley, you have the power within you to climb the next mountain to your success. You have the courage to keep going through these difficult times and achieve your life’s purpose. You can do it!

Simon Cartwright

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Of course you do and I have just been watching a free video series from ThinkPositive Coaching and I can tell you right now that Simon Cartwright has got all of the answers.

Do you think that you could do 5 simple things if those things meant that your life will become better, you will be happier and more successful? I know that I can and that a lot of other people are doing them RIGHT NOW! Do you want to be the only person who doesn’t know these 5 secrets to a happy, more fulfilling life.

Click through to http://www.ThinkPositiveCoaching.net right now and see for yourself how easy it can be to be happy.

It isn’t difficult, but I bet that these 5 things are not something you do every day, or even regularly. It is about time you started… no, really, you should do it because right now you don’t understand how much happier you could be. You don’t understand how much easier it will be to become successful. All it takes is a little bit of happiness and the answers on how to do that are right at your fingertips.

Treat yourself, be happy today.

Thursday September 1st, 2011
Starting 7pm

David Lloyd Leisure
Raich Carter Way
Kingston Upon Hull
East Yorkshire HU7 4HS

So, a few weeks ago it was time to upgrade my mobile from the Sony Ericsson Vivaz that I had grown accustomed to using. I was particularly looking at the Sony Ericsson Experia Arc however the release was delayed and I couldn´t wait any longer for my smartphone fix.

I was inspired by all the raving reviews of my HTC owning friends but was sadly disappointed by the feel of the phones, not to mention the lack of any exciting update after the Desire.

So, I ended up with the Samsung Galaxy S II – or the GT-I9100 for those otherwise inclined. I didn´t really want to go with Samsung with recent history of poor build quality but it felt NICE in the hand, had Gingerbread installed and was Dual Core. I decided to risk it with the caveat that if all else failed I could revert back to the Vivaz if I got desperate.

Let me tell you right now, that ain´t happening.

Anyway, being a “novice” smartphone user and knowing that there are an increasing number of us joining the smartphone revolution on a daily basis I thought I would offer a list of 5 things you must do with your new smartphone device.

1. Learn how to use it.

Now this might seem particularly obvious but having spent an hour trying to work out what a notification meant only to find out it was facebook chat it seems practical to advise you to learn about your phone. Find out how to lock your phone and how to read any notifications it has for you. Learn how to turn on and off the Wifi, GPS and other connection settings. It could be important and save you loads of cash on data charges. Don´t forget the connection to your home computer – although you possibly won´t need it to upload your pics to Facebook or your videos to YouTube it will be handy to backup your data. Work out how to use the camera and video recording software so that you can comfortably record your happy snaps. Explore the apps that come with the phone and know how to download more apps, in particular the free ones!

2. Download Angry Birds

If you haven´t heard of Angry birds you have possibly been locked in a basement for the last 10 years. If you have heard of it, it is a free game that is highly downloadable and addictive. It also comes in some additional versions such as Angry Birds Rio and Angry Birds Seasons. You may love or hate the game but you should at least know what it is and be able to capably discuss it at business functions or over the water cooler.

3. Download a Light Saber app

You aren´t a proper smartphone user until you have done this. There are a few around but they all basically do the same thing – insert whizzy light saber noise here. Essentially they turn your mobile into a Star Wars special effect and you can happily run around “attacking” people with your whizzy sounding smartphone as they look at you and contemplate your sanity. Anyone who has wanted to be a Jedi should have this on your phone and for all geeks it is a total necessity.

4. Download Shazam 

I did this because it was there, not because I was specifically looking to improve my scores on “name that tune” type pub quizzes…although that would naturally be a bonus. A bit like Angry Birds, this app is well known and a lot of use if you aren´t up to speed with the latest music and want to know what that ultra cool tune it. It may also be practical in showing up your classical music buff by helping you to name the concerto before they do. However, I find that a somewhat surreal situation to envisage so if you do actually use it for that purpose please let me know.

5. Show off your phone to all your friends.

Let´s be honest. Having the latest smartphone is the latest fashionable trend in the world of gadgets. If you have just got the latest smartphone then it won´t stay the latest for long. Show it off while you still can and hopefully before one of your mates gets to upgrade theirs.

6. Enjoy it

Ok, I did say only five things you must do, but I like to over deliver and this is no different. Enjoy the phone and the things that it can do to improve the quality of your life. The whole purpose of having the phone is that it can do things that make life a little easier, like finding out when the next train to Albuquerque is. Utilise its functionality to stay connected to your friends, family and random Facebook stalkers. At the end of the day it is a communication tool and you should try to get the most out of it and communicate to your heart´s content :)

I don’t just mean having a nice clean office with plenty of space and a good, ergonomically sound workstation. This means actually driving for a better employee experience and creating a workforce of happy, motivated people.

Here are just SOME of the things that a better workplace can do for your business:

• Increased sales
• Better customer retention
• Better employee retention
• Increased productivity
• Reduced rates of accidents in the workplace
• Reduced levels of sickness absence
• Increased creativity

If you are interested in getting these things for your business, let me know here:
http://www.thinkpositivecoaching.com/personal.php

So in order to be successful you need to turn this around, you need to approach everything with the belief that you can and that it is possible.

Recently I was in conversation with a company director about the implementation of a new computer system and specifically the challenging timescales that he set. Everyone he had spoken to had told him that it couldn’t be done within the timeframe he wanted. Everyone with experience of similar activities, all of the experts, all of the technical people, everyone told him it would never happen. Yet, it did happen and it was very successful.

The difference

He did not limit his beliefs by what other people thought. He did not limit his beliefs by his or anyone else’s experiences. He took a can-do attitude, set some targets that he thought were possible and made the seemingly impossible a reality.

Often we think things are outside of the realm of possibility only because those things haven’t been done before. You can be the first and open up everyone else’s eyes to the possible.

Most people rely on human experience, their own or other people’s, in order to determine what is possible. Scrap that concept, throw it out with the rubbish and begin a new life full of possibilities.

Question why

Start asking yourself “Why?”. Why are you unhappy? Why are you not following your heart’s desires? Why aren’t you successful? Why aren’t you your ideal weight? Now listen to all of your self-limiting answers and tell yourself that they are wrong. You can do all of these things, you just have to have the right beliefs.

I recently watched a deaf, dumb and blind person get a black belt in karate and it was incredible. If he can do something so amazing, if he can free his beliefs to make that success possible, then what is stopping you?

Metaphorically speaking of course. To do it literally would be, well, amazing but very unlikely unless you actually do have the powers of a comic book hero. Now that would be awesome.

In any case, having not blogged for many years I have decided that it is again time to put my hand and my mind to writing. I used to blog before it became cool to do so and when cool was a very fashionable phrase with the youth of the day. At the time I was in a strange place mentally and didn’t really like what I was writing. It was almost like I had some second, evil personality that had taken over my fingers and was typing pure, unadulterated tosh.

Now, I am in a great place and it is time to share that greatness with other people.

Naturally I hope that you will find the following posts useful, insightful, fun, interesting or at the very least a good way to kill some time when you should be doing something else far more constructive. If not, then nevermind, you won’t get those minutes back so there is little point in worrying about it.

So that is all for now, I had better get this blog on the road, the internet highway that is.

Have a happy day.

Brodie.