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“Being successful is no magic pill. It takes discipline and
hard work.”

When a patient presents to the office with complaints of neck
or back pain I tell them that to get better they will have to
work for it on a daily basis. They will have to change their
lifestyle—the way they eat, exercise, sit, sleep, bathe, etc.

The patient usually replies, “Can’t I just get a pill or
vitamin that will take this pain away?”

Sometimes life is not fair.

Sometimes you are dealt cards that you really don’t want.

Sometimes you can’t always get what you want.

The operative word is “sometimes”.

Not all the time but sometimes.

Life is not fair, but most of the time it is good.

Have you created a life, which will survive the grave?

Picture this for a moment.

Your business is booming and you are living life to the
fullest.

And then there is a change in the law that decreases the amount
you can charge for your services. Life changed overnight.

You have two choices—throw a tantrum and walk away from your
business or adapt and create new ways to increase your income.

Learning to adapt will allow you to climb the ladder of
success.

Change can be defined as passing from one state to another
(Encarta dictionary).

It seems so simple to change, yet many people struggle with
change. They don’t want to change, they deny change and often
they can’t accept change.

None the less, change is way of life. We are always
changing—physically and mentally.

What does it mean to be content?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has written nine requisites for
contented living and they are:

Knowing your strengths and weakness can help you climb the
ladder of success.

For example, before I publish an article I have my friend
proofread the article for grammar and punctuation as these are
her strengths.

I have some clients whose weakness is procrastination. Their
strength is their ideas but their weakness is procrastination
and therefore they have difficulty getting their projects  to
completion.

One of my coaching clients last week had lost her job and she
had to cancel her coaching sessions. This is an unfortunate
event for her as we were in the midst of further developing her
blueprint to success.

I wrote her back and said, “Since you can’t make the second
half of your coaching session, would you like me to return half
the money or keep the remaining balance on your account for
when you return?

If the beginning of the week hasn’t lived up to your
expectations, take a breather and fire up your imagination.

 
A great way to fire up the imagination is with a nice, long,
uninterrupted walk.
 

“Uninterrupted” means without listening devices.

If you walk with a companion, any discussion should not include
whining and complaining.  If that is not possible, a time limit
of ten minutes should be established for negative talk.  Then
it stops and restoration starts.

One of the most frequently asked questions I receive relates to
climbing the ladder of success-which some people feel they climb three
rungs only to slip down two rungs.

I often hear, “It feels like I take two steps forward and one
step back.”

Been there, done that. Allow me to introduce you to my friend
Murphy.

You may be asking yourself, who is Murphy?