优秀散文赏析：Seven secrets to a great life
Seven secrets to a great lifeA great life doesn't happen by accident. A great life is the result of
allocating your time, energy, thoughts, and hard work towards what you want your
life to be. Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure, and start setting
up your life to support success and ease. A great life is the result of using
what you get in a creative and thoughtful way, instead of just what comes next.
Customize these "secrets" to fit your own needs and style, and start creating
your own great life today!
1. S—Simplify. A great life is the result of simplifying your life. People
often misinterpret what simplify means. It's not a way to remove work from your
life. When you focus on simplifying your life, you free up energy and time for
the work that you enjoy and the purpose for which you are here. In order to
create a great life, you will have to make room for it in yours first.
2. E—Effort. A great life is the result of your best effort. Creating a
great life requires that you make some adjustments. It may mean re-evaluating
how you spend your time, or choosing to spend your money in a different way. It
may mean looking for new ways to spend your energy that coincide with your
particular definition of a great life. Life will reward your best effort.
3. C—Create priorities. A great life is the result of creating priorities.
It's easy to spend your days just responding to the next thing that gets your
attention, instead of intentionally using the time, energy and money you have in
a way that's important to you. Focus on removing the obstacles that get in the
way of you making sure you are honoring your priorities.
4. R—Reserves. A great life is the result of having reserves—reserves of
things, time, space, energy, money. With reserves, you acquire far more than you
need—not 6 months living expenses, but 5 years worth; not 15 minutes of free
time, 1 day. Reserves are important because they reduce the fear of
consequences, and that allows you to make decisions based on what you really
want instead of what the fear decides for you.
5. E—Eliminate distractions. A great life is the result of eliminating
distractions. Up to 75% of your mental energy can be tied up in things that are
draining and distracting you. Eliminating distractions can be a difficult
concept to many people, since they haven't really considered that there is
another way to live. Look around at someone's life you admire. What do they do
that you would like to incorporate into your own life? Ask them how they did it.
Find ways to free up your mental energy for things that are more important to
you.
6. T—Thoughts. A great life is the result of controlling your thoughts so
that you accept and allow for the possibility that it actually can happen to
you! Your belief in the outcome will directly dictate how successful you are.
Motivated people have specific goals and look for ways to achieve them.
Believing there is a solution to the same old problems you encounter year after
year is vitally important to creating a life that you love.
7. S—Start. A great life is the result of starting. There's the old saying
everyone's familiar with "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single
step." In order to even move from the couch to the refrigerator, you have to
start. There's no better time to start than today. Don't wait for a raise, or
until the kids get older, or the weather is better. Today, right now, is the
right day to start to take a step in the direction of your heart's desires. It's
what you do TODAY that will make a difference in your life tomorrow.
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