"People can only learn when their original assumptions have been broken." Steve Chang – Founder, Trend Micro
"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power." Alan Cohen
"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." Will Rogers
"Live your life, forget your age." Norman Vincent Peale
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain
"You’ve got to live it – to live!" Frank Moffatt
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death” Albert Einstein
“Our beliefs create the world that we live in, and our beliefs and thoughts therefore also create the stress we experience. If we think something is safe and possible to conquer, then it is. But if we think the opposite then that will be our experiences.” Janice Calnan, Psychotherapist
"To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old." Oliver Wendell Holmes
"In life we get what we give - so if peace and happiness is your wish - be first to give it away!" Frank Moffatt
"In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first." Harry S Truman
"…in navigating our lives, it is our fears and envies, our rages and depressions, our worries and anxieties that steer us day to day. Even the most academically brilliant among us are vulnerable to being undone by unruly emotions. The price we pay for emotional literacy is in failed marriages and troubled families, in stunted social and work lives, in deteriorating physical health and mental anguish…" Daniel Goleman
"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible." Anthony Robbins
"Life is difficult. This is a great truth; one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult – once we truly understand and accept it – then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters." Scott Peck
"Pain is temporary and glory is forever"
"Trying is a noisy way of doing nothing."
The objective behind Your Second Fifty is to open the door and show you the path to a positive, happy, healthy and exciting second fifty years of your life. What you make of it will depend 100% upon your willingness to overcome your previous beliefs and behaviors and open your mind to a positive faith that yes it can and will get better if you are willing to work at it.
Three 4-Step Programs for Positive Living
Within the majority of conversations, there is often an underlying concern that is not being expressed by one if not both of the parties. To truly understand what others are trying to convey and to get to the root of these concerns and a peaceful resolve we must learn the art of NVC.
The Four Steps are:
Step # 1 – Observations
Step # 2 – Feelings
Step # 3 – Needs
Step # 4 – Requests
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We all need to learn how to set boundaries. When we learn to set boundaries we teach our selves how to respect ourselves and at the same time how to respect others.
The Four Steps are:
Step # 1 – State Your Request
Step # 2 – Re-State Your Request
Step # 3 – Re-State Your Request with an Ultimatum
Step # 4 – Leave
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If you want a positive, productive, happy and healthy life, it certainly is within your reach, however that doesn’t mean life won’t be filled with challenges and trying days. Here are four steps that can help tip the scales in your favour.
The Four Steps are:
Step # 1 – Be Honest
Step # 2 – Know You Have a Choice
Step # 3 – Give to Receive
Step # 4 – Forgive
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