Pay attention to the patterns in your life

Pay attention to the patterns in your life Pay attention to the patterns in your life Bởi: Joe Tye “When not preoccupied with ourselves, we actually have a chance to expand the concept of who we are Loss of self-consciousness can lead to self-transcendence, to a feeling that the boundaries of our being have been pushed forward It almost seems that occasionally giving up self-consciousness is necessary for building a strong selfconcept.” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow “My life is made of patterns that can scarcely be controlled,” went the Paul Simon song An essential element of self-awareness is to identify the driving patterns of your life, determine which patterns can be controlled and which cannot, and then to follow the advice of the Serenity Prayer: to have the courage to change the patterns that are within your power to change (e.g eating and spending patterns), the serenity to live with the patterns you cannot change (e.g weather and the price of gasoline), and the wisdom to know the difference In his book The Power of Story, Jim Loehr writes about how our perception of ourselves is profoundly influenced by the stories we allow to shape our thinking These stories both shape and are shaped by the patterns in our lives (“there I go again – it’s the same old story”) The Authenticity journey often begins by recognizing, and quite often interrupting, those patterns Here are several examples: Career Patterns: One of the biggest mistakes I’ve made in my life was spending too many years chasing what I thought was my dream job, and in the process running away from my real strengths and passions I ignored many signs along the way that I was on the wrong path, a path that for me lacked heart Only after being fired for the last time (a friend of mine says that if you haven’t been fired at least three times, you’re not trying hard enough – on that score at least, I was an overachiever!) did I recognize the patterns which had so often caused me to act in ways that were counterproductive to my stated goals, and only when I interrupted those patterns with a radical career shift (the founding of Values Coach) did I see commensurately radical improvements in my own life So 1/2 Pay attention to the patterns in your life the question I have for you is: What are the patterns evident in your career, and what are they trying to tell you? Behavior Patterns: It’s no fun being depressed, but for many people depression is a symptom of self-defeating behavior patterns Many studies have shown a direct correlation between watching lots of television and being depressed; many other studies have shown a direct correlation between physical exercise and the amelioration of depression (as well as anxiety) So if you’re anxious and/or depressed, before you make an appointment with your shrink try turning off the TV and going for a brisk walk And if part of the reason you’re anxious and depressed is that you’re in debt, read The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, cut up your credit cards, and make good use of the time you’ve saved by turning off the TV and get a second job or start a home-based business Changing your life begins with changing your patterns of behavior Personality Patterns: Some psychologists will tell you that your personality is substantially fixed at a ridiculously early age, that you are stuck in your Myers-Briggs box and there’s nothing you can about it I don’t buy it If Keith Harrell can go from being a shy and insecure kid who stutters to being a world-class professional speaker, what says that you can’t get out of whatever personality box you’ve been living in? No doubt, it won’t be easy You might have to get way out of your comfort zone by joining Rotary and the Toastmasters Club, or taking Dale Carnegie classes You might have to sit on a busy street corner trying to sell home-made poetry (I did this once as a way of overcoming an inner demon of my own I met a man who had spent the previous night in a jail cell talking to Jesus – and having Jesus talk back.) Think about his paradox There are six billion (give or take a few hundred million) souls on the face of the Earth Of all those billions of faces, the only one that you will never be able to see is the one that is most important to you - your own You can glimpse approximations - a photograph, a reflection in the mirror, a cameo shadow, a friend’s description - but you are forever barred from directly laying eyes upon your own face That’s a great metaphor for self-awareness It requires indirect measures The more willing you are to make the journey of inner exploration, the more certain it is that you will discover and become the meant-to-be you Do you want to be one of a million or one in a million? 2/2 [...]...x Introduction The financial tools in this book are arranged into four parts: 1 2 3 4 Assessing your current wealth Managing your debt Managing your investments Planning for your future Using the financial calculators in each section, you will be able to: • Determine how much money you have, how much you owe, and how to better control your finances • Use the time value of money calculations to make... L ATO R determining the trade-off between savings and spending Determining the rate of interest that you can earn on different investments makes it easier to compare your alternatives to save or to spend The financial calculators that follow will help you determine the future values of these investments using the time value of money F I N A N C I A L C A LC U L ATO R # 5 Simple Interest and How to Calculate. .. reduce the outstanding balance of the loan The current outstanding balance of the loan may be obtained directly from the lender or from mortgage statements from the lender You can also determine the balance yourself See the financial calculator in section 20, which explains how to determine your mortgage balance Add up all the amounts owed to others and you have the total of your liabilities Net Worth Your. .. alternative to come to a decision as to whether to take a lump sum now or receive a series of payments into the future The impact of the time value of money is dependent on the following three factors: 1 The amount of money 2 The annual rate of interest 3 The length of time Assessing Your Current Wealth 21 No doubt you are familiar with these factors from your school days when you used them to determine the. .. T he most basic method of calculating interest is the simple interest method The other, more common method of calculating interest is the compound interest method (described in section 6) Interest is the cost charged or payment made for the use of money The simple interest method calculates interest on the principal only without any compounding In other words, the interest earned is not used to earn... investments • Determine your needs in retirement The financial tools presented in this book allow you to work through these and other personal financial problems that you are likely to encounter in managing your personal finances Most personal finance decisions involve choices, and making the right choice most of the time involves more than intuition and guesswork By working through the different calculations,... of your income statement and balance sheet for the past month, months, or year and a reflection of your financial goals It expresses what you would like to achieve in terms of www.GlobalLoveProject.com, © Aine Belton – All Rights Reserved The ladder of love: 5 Steps to More Love in your Life By Aine Belton “The salvation of man is in love and through love." - Victor Frankl Love allows life to become the effortless dance it was always meant to be. It opens the doors to happiness, joy and dreams come true, and returns you to a place of clarity and truth. It is the ultimate consciousness raiser and purifier. Love lies at the heart of all that you seek, and separation from it at the root of your troubles and pain. There is ultimately nothing that enough love can not heal, transform and transcend. We all love to love and be loved! It doesn’t get better than that! “The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is to love and be loved in return.” - Natalie Cole www.GlobalLoveProject.com, © Aine Belton – All Rights Reserved The more you love yourself and others, the brighter and more successful your reality will become. Magic, flow and serendipity abounds in the grace and embrace of love. The Ladder of Love is a 5-step process to help you access more love in your life. Loving yourself and others can be easier at certain times than others. When everything’s going great, when you’re on a high and life is singing sweet tunes around every turn, loving yourself and others can be easy, effortless and natural. Yet it is when things are not so smooth, when you face challenges, blocks or negativity that you need love the most, yet sadly when it can most avail. The steps outlined in the Ladder of Love below can be used in relation to yourself, another or any situation where you are experiencing struggle, challenge or blocks to happiness and success. For the purposes of the example below, it has been explored in relation to loving yourself. "There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer." - Emmett Fox www.GlobalLoveProject.com, © Aine Belton – All Rights Reserved Foundations Before you climb your ladder, it is important to place it on a firm foundation - the foundation of your loveability and knowing that you are loved. You are loved not only by people in your world, but by the source of creation itself, what ever name you hold for that. You are loved totally and unconditionally. There is nothing you need to do to win that love and nothing you can do to lose it, for you are loved completely. The Universe loves you more than you are able to fully know. It loves you more than you love yourself. There are no bounds to that love. You are, and always will be, inherently loved, loveable and loving. Becoming aware of this truth connects you to your true value, increases your sense of worth and deserving, heals the pain of separation and opens you to the love that is there for you in every moment. www.GlobalLoveProject.com, © Aine Belton – All Rights Reserved The sides of your ladder The two sides of your ladder are compassion and responsibility. These hold the rungs in place, guide and smooth your journey, and keep you from falling off into traps such as blame, judgment, guilt or victim. Climbing the ladder – The 5-Steps 1. Acceptance It begins with Acceptance. Accept yourself for where and who you are right now. Accept all parts of yourself, especially the less-than-pretty sides, for it is these parts of you that need your love the most. It is impossible to love yourself (or others) without acceptance. Rather than resist, deny, judge or condemn that which you dislike about yourself or others, acknowledge and accept. In such you create the opportunity and space for letting go, healing and transformation. You are not your dark sides, negative self-concepts, failings or mistakes. Your negativity is sourced in misunderstandings about BioMed CentralPage 1 of 12(page number not for citation purposes)Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental HealthOpen AccessResearchDoes switching from oral extended-release methylphenidate to the methylphenidate transdermal system affect health-related quality-of-life and medication satisfaction for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?Oscar G Bukstein*1, L Eugene Arnold2, Jeanne M Landgraf3 and Paul Hodgkins4Address: 1Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 2The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 3HealthActCHQ Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and 4Shire Development, Inc, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USAEmail: Oscar G Bukstein* - buksteinog@upmc.edu; L Eugene Arnold - arnold.6@embarqmail.com; Jeanne M Landgraf - jml@healthactchq.com; Paul Hodgkins - phodgkins@shire.com* Corresponding author AbstractBackground: To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQL) and medication satisfaction after switching from a stable doseof oral extended-release methylphenidate (ER-MPH) to methylphenidate transdermal system (MTS) via a dose-transitionschedule in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Methods: In a 4-week, multisite, open-label study, 171 children (164 in the intent-to-treat [ITT] population) aged 6-12 yearsdiagnosed with ADHD abruptly switched from a stable dose of oral ER-MPH to MTS nominal dosages of 10, 15, 20, and 30 mgusing a predefined dose-transition schedule. Subjects remained on the scheduled dose for the first week, after which the dosewas then titrated to an optimal effect. The ADHD Impact Module-Children (AIM-C), a disease-specific validated HRQL surveyinstrument measuring child and family impact, was used to assess the impact of ADHD symptoms on the lives of children andtheir families at baseline and study endpoint. Satisfaction with MTS use was assessed via a Medication Satisfaction Survey (MSS)at study endpoint. Both the AIM-C and MSS were completed by a caregiver (parent/legally authorized representative).Tolerability was monitored by spontaneous adverse event (AE) reporting.Results: AIM-C child and family HRQL mean scores were above the median possible score at baseline and were furtherimproved at endpoint across all MTS doses. Similar improvements were noted for behavior, missed doses, worry, and economicimpact AIM-C item scores. Overall, 93.8% of caregivers indicated a high level of satisfaction with their child's use of the studymedication. The majority of treatment-emergent AEs (> 98%) were mild to moderate in intensity, and the most commonlyreported AEs included headache, decreased appetite, insomnia, and abdominal pain. Seven subjects discontinued the study dueto intolerable AEs (n = 3) and application site reactions (n = 4).Conclusion: This study demonstrates that MTS, when carefully titrated to optimal dose, may further improve child and familyHRQL, as well as behavioral, medication worry, and economic impact item scores, as measured by the AIM-C in subjectsswitching to MTS from a stable dose of routinely prescribed oral ER-MPH after a short treatment period. Furthermore, followingthe abrupt conversion from oral ER-MPH to MTS, the majority of caregivers reported being highly satisfied with MTS as atreatment Pay attention to the metaphors by which you create your perception of reality Pay attention to the metaphors by which you create your perception of reality Bởi: Joe Tye “We have found… .. .Pay attention to the patterns in your life the question I have for you is: What are the patterns evident in your career, and what are they trying to tell you? Behavior Patterns: It’s... cut up your credit cards, and make good use of the time you’ve saved by turning off the TV and get a second job or start a home-based business Changing your life begins with changing your patterns. .. requires indirect measures The more willing you are to make the journey of inner exploration, the more certain it is that you will discover and become the meant -to- be you Do you want to be one