“There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.” - Logan Pearsall Smith

There are a LOT of “successful” people – high power careers, massive salaries, gigantic houses, nice cars – or for those younger: nearly perfect grades, a full roster of extra curricular activities perfect for their college admission. They seem to have it made.

But are they happy? Do they enjoy what they have? Or have they just traded “success” for a lot of stress and hardly seeing their family? It’s quite nice to get what you have been striving for – but what happens then? Do you enjoy it, or do you relentlessly push on to the next level barely acknowledging what you have accomplished? This isn’t to say you can’t be successful and enjoy it – there are many who do – but you have to do it on purpose. Those who are relentlessly focused on doing better often don’t focus on enjoying and appreciating how far they have come.

There is no stopping point. By the time you “make it” you may finally realize that you will never reach the point that you are ultimately satisfied – once we reach a goal, we see something even better to try for.

So when do you enjoy what you have? Not at the end – the entire time. Enjoy the process, the feeling that you are doing better and moving towards a worthy goal. It’s a shame to spend 4 days climbing up Mt. Everest only to spend 1 hour there enjoying the view.

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal.” - Earl Nightingale

While you may be focused on increasing what you can accomplish and working on your productivity, remember to stay balanced and enjoy it, too. You may find a funny thing happening – when you enjoy the journey, you will end up travelling better.

Take a look at where you are in your life. What can you enjoy, right now?
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I also will be shifting my focus to PRACTICAL applications for growing in character, spirituality, and getting things done, all with a more pronounced Jewish bent.

A few of my beliefs, which will be underpinning my posts:

* You can have anything – if you are willing to pay the price. 

* Everything can be improved, always. Once you reach your improvement, you will see it can still be made better. (We aren’t trying to get everything to 100%, but there are baseline “must haves” for everything, which only takes a fraction of the time it would take to become an expert. This is an application of the 80/20 rule. 80% of the gain can be made quickly, the rest takes much longer.)

* Change can be easy. (R’ Pliskin says: You don’t need to change, just make the wise choice now.) It’s as easy or as hard as you think it is! I think, in the end, the hardest part is remembering!

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If you can’t play the audio, click here.

p.s. Lack of internet and some annoyances from wordpress resulted in no posts last week. My apologies!
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Neil Alejandro

For the average healthy individual who is trying to improve overall fitness, including cardiovascular and lung capacity, these are the rules.

• If you can have a full blown conversation during an aerobic workout you should be working harder.
• If you can’t talk at all, even to scream “help!”, you are working too hard.
• If you are huffing and puffing, but still have enough wind to tell your partner or trainer, “I can’t wait to get this over with”…your pace is juuuuuust right.

Read more about the Talk Test.
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Like the previously mentioned diet, (it’s from the same person) heres a nice exercise routine. Its simple and is great for continuing longterm. You only need one piece of equipment, and you don’t need to get down on the floor at all. And, it’s only 14 minutes!

Read more about it on the Official Site.
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