Greetings,

Another early delivery this week - last week I helped our son and his wife with their "last-minute" packing before they moved into their new house. This week it's our daughter's turn - she's decided not to go back overseas as planned, and has bought herself a unit close to the city. So she has to get her flat packed and cleaned tomorrow ... the joys of parenthood!

John Lennon said it well, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans," now Don Wetmore gives us a few tips on how we can make good use of all our time, even when stuck in traffic, standing in a queue somewhere or waiting for the removalists to arrive.

There are plenty of times when we all feel that everything is just "too hard," aren't there? I know last week when I walked into my son's living room and saw the mountain of packing still to be done before their move the next day, I experienced the "fight or flight" response (my preference was for the latter!) But however insurmountable the obstacle, there are always ways to cope, as this week's quick tip shows.

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Regards,

Jennifer 

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Defeating Delays

Dr. Donald E. Wetmore

We all encounter delays that keep us from doing what we planned to do. Life is often what happens to you along the way when you are planning otherwise.

We can be delayed in traffic, waiting for the dentist, in an airport, or in a line at the bank or elsewhere. You cannot always control what happens to you out there, but you can exercise control over how it will impact you. You do not have to let delays defeat you.

I offer you six tips to defeat those delays. 

1. Don’t get frazzled. A lot of people use their delay time for being crazy. Look around when you are delayed and see how others are reacting. They may be screaming, hitting the steering wheel, and flailing about. They are fulfilling their crazy time. When your flight is delayed or you are stuck in traffic, the delay is upon you and there is little you can do about. There is much you can do to avoid being caught up in a similar delay in the future, but for now, when you are delayed, you are delayed. Your being upset about it, telling yourself that this should not be happening, only makes a bad situation worse. You are not only delayed but are unhappy too. Your unhappiness will not make the delay shorter.
2. Bring important projects with you. Always have stuff with you that you can work on if you experience an unexpected delay. Perhaps a work project or two, some business reading, your laptop, or the envelopes for your Christmas card list. If you get delayed, it gives you the option of making what could be wasted time, productive time.
3. Bring an unread book or two. 95% of the books people purchase are never completed. Why? Because we don’t have the time to read. If your flight is delayed for three hours, you can read a lot of pages in that book you purchased but never seemed to have the time to read.
4. Bring your telephone contact list. Think ahead of where you are going and ask yourself what telephone numbers would be useful if you were delayed. Friends? Family? Business associates? Your travel agent? Make sure you have these telephone numbers with you so when you get delayed, if you can access a telephone, you give yourself more choices to be productive.
5. Bring some entertainment. What do you like? Are you into crossword puzzles? Crafts? Game Boy video games. If you are prepared for it, delay time can be playtime.
6. Sit and think. In our hurry-up-world we have little time just to think about our lives, where we have been, where we are now, and where we are going. Use delay time to reflect upon your life and celebrate the good things that are happening and commit to changing what needs to be improved.

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Have You Ever Heard Of David Braden?
by John Colanzi

I'll bet you've never heard of David Braden. He's not the type of teenager that makes the national news.

It's sad, but true, that bad news travels the globe before good news even has it's shoes on.

Well hopefully after reading about David, you'll see the power of setting a specific goal, followed by unwavering commitment.

You see young David had a goal, actually more than a goal, he had what Napoleon Hill calls a burning desire.

What was David's goal?

This young man from Goose Creek, South Carolina wanted to lead the Boston Pop's Orchestra.

There was one small catch. The Boston Pop's required $10,000 before they would let an amateur conduct their orchestra.

I'm sure that this story would have ended here for the average daydreamer, but remember David had that burning desire and was willing to overcome any obstacle to reach his goal.

What obstacles are holding you back? I know some of the excuses I've had over the years, weren't as large as the $10,000 fee that stood in David's way.

David decided to make some sacrifices and move full speed ahead.

He not only continued going to school full time, he worked three jobs after school hours. He gave up the parties with his friends. He decided he didn't need the car that most of his peers prized.

He was on a mission and nothing would stand in his way.

After months of working day and night and doing without, David could only save $5,000. Was our young hero finished?

Not by a long shot!

He contacted the Boston Pop's and arranged to give them $5,000 and the rest of his fee on his word.

The fateful day arrived and proud as a peacock young David realized his dream of conducting the Boston Pop's Orchestra.

After seeing how determined this young man was and the single minded way in which he pursued his goal, the Orchestra waived the other half of his fee, and in an unheard of gesture returned his original $5,000 deposit.

So who is David Braden?

He's a young man who can teach us all the power of burning desire backed by unwavering commitment.

The next time I'm tempted to make an excuse for not reaching my goal, I'll think of David, and stick in there just a little longer.

Copyright (c) 2001 John Colanzi.
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