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Who Gets to Say Your Successful?
Are you successful? How do you define success?
Is it working hard and attaining a certain amount of
money, the dream home, the ideal relationship, a
certain position, winning the game, or is it
doing something good for someone else or for
mankind in general? Can you be successful without
truly being happy?
"If your success is not on your own terms, if it
looks good to the world but does not feel good in
your heart, it is not success at all." Anna
Quindlen
There is no one, all-encompassing definition of
success because success is a relative concept. To
achieve success, you must define it for yourself,
otherwise how do you know when you are
successful.
Only you can define success for
yourself. Letting the expectations for success be
determined by your family, your culture, society,
or anyone else, is setting yourself up for
failure.
Think in terms of health, relationships,
finances, environment, career, and spirit. Each
of these areas impacts your life and is part of
your recipe for success. Once you are aware of
what will concretely make you feel successful,
you'll be that much closer to achieving it.
Being successful and feeling successful are
also interwoven with happiness. Your big bank
account or wall of awards may project a level
of success to any outsider, but if you aren't
happy and fulfilled, what's the point? If
happiness is your ultimate goal, and you are
doing whatever it is that makes you genuinely
happy, then you can consider yourself
successful.
Success is not merely a destination but an
emerging experience.
May Ralph Waldo Emerson inspire you with his
success list:
"To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people, and the
affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics, and
endure the betrayal of
false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a
healthy child, a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;
To know that even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded."
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No Classes(tele-classes) in July
A Brand new Program will be offered in the fall more information
next month!
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July 9, 2007
Hi {!firstname_fix},
Sweet summertime, life somehow seems juicier
and more laid back. Next
week is our annual
pilgramage to Hampton
Beach...the extended family
(minus husbands) lots of time
to visit and play on the beach with sisters, cousins,and parents, it's always great fun.
I'm going to a Kenny
Chesney concert later in the month. For me part of being successful means making time to do fun stuff with family and friends. How about you? Drop me a note to let me know how you define success. coach@pathwayscoach.com
The featured wellness items this time around are blueberries. Bet you'll be surprised at how good those blueberries in your muffins really are for you. No classes this month
but next month will feature some very interesting content.
Namaste',
Cathy
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Blueberries for Wellness
Here in the northeast it's blueberry season. As
blueberries are one of my favorite fruits I'm
thrilled with the health benefits they bring.
Though blueberries themselves are not a cure-all,
they contain a number of substances which are
thought to have health benefits. These substances
include, but are not limited to fructose, fiber,
vitamins and antioxidants.
Antioxidants thus far, seem to have the most
conclusive role in the prevention/ delaying
of such diseases as cancer, heart disease and
the aging process. All this for 84 calories per
delicious cup.
Another bonus is in a USDA Human Nutrition
Research Center laboratory, neuroscientists
discovered that feeding blueberries to laboratory
rats slowed age-related loss in their mental
capacity, a finding that has important
implications for humans.
Preliminary results show
that people who ate a cup of blueberries a day
have performed 5-6% better on motor skills tests
than the control group.
Blueberries are also thought to promote urinary
tract health and reduce the risk of infection by
preventing bacteria from adhering to the cells
that line thewalls of the urinary tract.
Blueberries can be easily added to yogurt,
pancakes, smoothies, or best of all simple by
themselves.
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