Raising Angel Finance

Are you ready to learn some of the most important lessons of your life?

Good, because what follows will act as a wake-up call to take a long, hard look at your life and re-evaluate your priorities.

When doctors tell patients that their time here on earth is nearing an end, a whole string of regrets immediately start flooding into their minds.

The life that they had taken for granted is coming to a close, and most people immediately wish they had learned a few key lessons earlier on.

Time is fleeting. It is the one resource which we can never recover. Sadly, most people only realize this once it is too late.

If you are reading this right now, take advantage of these common lessons that all too often take a lifetime to learn.

Apply them to your life today and enjoy a more fulfilling existence. Don’t wait until you are lying on your deathbed.

1. Failures Are Lessons In Disguise

Some of the toughest lessons we learn in life are from our failures. While making big mistakes doesn’t feel like an awesome learning opportunity at the time, that is exactly what they are.

Learn to embrace them instead of letting them weigh you down.

In fact, take risks and leave your comfort zone as often as you can, even if it means that you risk failure.

Our failures are gifts. They teach us to accept ourselves as we are. They teach us to face our fear. And they teach us integrity.

Our failures are the reasons we are able to grow into great people. Learn to love them.

2. Live In The moment

All too often we get caught up obsessing about the past or worrying about the future. When your time runs out in this life, you’ll realize that it is only the present that matters.

The past is gone, and the future isn’t a guarantee. The only thing you have control over is how you act and what you do with your time right now.

Close the door on the past. Process the things you learned, apply the lessons to your current life and then never look back. Have a plan for your future, but don’t overthink it.

Live in the present tense. Get out there and live today. Tomorrow is not a done deal.

3. Live For yourself

When people realize that their life is almost over, they look back with a kind of clarity they never before had. It becomes apparent that the dreams they had been chasing all those years were the wrong ones.

They were living a life based on external pressure. Their goals were based on what they thought they should do, what they believed they were expected to do, or what someone else told them to do.

We only get one life to live. Why live it for someone else? Have the courage to be true to your deepest desires. Ask yourself what it is that you really want out of your life, and then go for it.

4. Work Hard, But Don’t Work Too Hard

Chase your dreams and work hard to make them come true. Work your backside off all day long, but go home to your family and be with them when the clock strikes five.

One of the biggest regrets that dying people have is that they didn’t spend enough time with those who meant the most.

They missed their child’s soccer game. They failed to go out on dates with their spouse. They never visited their parents while they were alive.

While it is so important to pursue your dreams and work feverishly to accomplish your goals, strive to keep a balance in your life. Make time for your family, friends, and yourself.

You may also like (article continues below):

5. Procrastination Turns You Into A Slave

Time is a precious resource and, unfortunately, it is easier than ever to waste it in today’s world.

When you procrastinate and waste your valuable time, you become a slave to the past. You’ll have to work harder to play catch up, but you’ll just keep spinning your wheels. You’ll keep looking backwards instead of forwards.

If, instead of letting laziness win, you can be proactive and take care of what needs to be done now, you can confidently move into tomorrow without the shackles of yesterday holding you back.

Resist the urge to procrastinate, even though the temptation is everywhere.

6. Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Even though most of us have probably heard this popular phrase, it can take a lifetime to fully understand it.

We believe the lies of the world, of other people, and from ourselves. We allow people to continually mistreat us and we choose to believe the words that promise it won’t happen again.

We tell ourselves that we are going to change our lives (get healthier, finish our education, make more money), but we never take action towards our goals.

The words provide temporary comfort, but action is what truly defines who we are and who others are.

If you can talk the talk, you should walk the walk. Be true to the words that leave your mouth, but trust others based on their actions rather than their words.

7. Kindness Is So Important

Smile at strangers who appear to be having a bad day. Give ten dollars to the woman who forgot her purse at home and is now embarrassed standing in line at the fast food restaurant with three screaming kids. Tell a joke to a friend who is hurting.

Learn to give more than you receive.

There are opportunities for kindness everywhere you look, and not a single one is too small.

Not only does kindness make a world of difference to those around you, it will also change your life. When you focus on being kind, you will bring so much positivity into each and every day. By helping others, you help yourself.

8. Show Gratitude

The older we get, the more we appreciate all the things we have in life. Yet we still tend to focus on all of the things that we do not have.

Of course, there are a million things we don’t have. But there are so many things we do have.

For example, because you are reading this article right now, it means that you have the education to be able to read, an internet connection, and a device enabling you to utilize that connection. There are many people in this world without any of those luxuries.

Establishing the habit of gratitude is the true key to happiness. With true appreciation, you will be enlightened in life. You will be able to live in the current moment and be thankful for all of the amazing things that make your life worth living.

So start taking the time today to appreciate everything you have. From the warm shower you are able to take each morning and the food in your pantry to the job you have and your family who you love.

Our lives should never be filled with regret, yet there is a remorse epidemic that plagues many people as they are dying.

These people realize that their lives would have been much fuller had they only learned these lessons earlier.

Don’t let these mistakes take away the beauty in your life. Take a moment to learn these life lessons today.

Article first published 10th April 2019 here: https://www.aconsciousrethink.com/4673/8-things-people-take-lifetime-learn/

38 Word and Phrases to Increase Your Credibility

If you think choosing precisely the right words doesn't matter much, you're wrong. A single word can have amazing power to change human behavior, usually without our being aware of it. Which means those who know how to use powerful words convincingly have an advantage over everyone else.

Consider the following amazing experiment performed by social psychologist Ellen Langer, and recounted by Buffer's Kevan Lee as an intro to his Big List of 189 Words That Convert, which is very much worth a read.

Langer walked into a series of copy shops (this was before we all had printer/copiers on our desks) and asked the people waiting in line to make copies if she could cut ahead of them using three different specific phrases:

"Excuse me, I have five pages. May I use the Xerox machine?" When she asked it this way, 60 percent of the people in line agreed.

"Excuse me, I have five pages. May I use the Xerox machine because I'm in a rush?" This time, 94 percent of the people she asked agreed. Makes sense--we've all been in a hurry one time or another and the people around us are often kind enough to accommodate us at those moments, so we tend to give back by doing the same for others.

But here's where it gets interesting. In some cases she said, "Excuse me, I have five pages. May I use the Xerox machine because I have to make some copies?" That's completely meaningless--presumably every customer in a copy shop has to make copies. Nevertheless, 93 percent of those she asked agreed to let her go first. That's the power of a single word--the word "because." It's first because it's one of the most persuasive words you can use.

Here are 37 more.

The most powerful word you can use:

1. You

Like most humans, your readers and listeners are primarily focused on themselves. Yes, it's a good idea to speak or write about yourself and your experiences as a way to create a bond with your audience. But before you do that, you need to engage their attention, and the best way is to let them know right from the beginning how what you have to say will benefit them. That makes "you" the single most convincing word you can use when writing or speaking.

Words that convey urgency:

All of us are too busy, and constantly facing competing demands on our attention and time. Given this reality, why should anyone stop and read or listen to what you have to say? Because whatever it is is urgent, and requires their immediate action. These words to convey that notion.

2. Now

3. Need

4. Must

5. Must not

6. Don't miss

7. Latest

8. Hurry

9. Only (as in "only three days left" or "only five available")

10. Today

11. Tomorrow

Words that create connection:

We spend more time connecting with others on social media than we ever have before and yet many of us are also lonely. The trend toward working at home--a wonderful thing in most ways--makes this problem even worse. Your readers and listeners are looking for a sense of connection and community; here are some words that will give it to them.

12. Join

13. Help

14. Discover

15. Create

16. Come along

17. A good fit (as in "our product may be a good fit for your needs")

Words that help people trust you:

"Because" fits into this category, along with many other words and phrases that imply cause and effect. The reason, according to Darlene Price, author of Well Said!, is that cause-and-effect words and phrases make you seem objective and rational. This list of words includes some other good cause-and-effect words, as well as other words that imply you are both objective and trustworthy.

18. As a result

19. Consequently

20. Caused by

21. For this reason

22. Proven

23. Research

24. Results

25. Secure

26. Tested

Words that promise a reward for little effort:

In our busy lives we are constantly, often unconsciously, calculating how we can best spend our time to get the most useful result. That's why it's a powerful tactic to use words that suggest that a small amount of effort--such as the few minutes it will take someone to read your message or listen to what you have to say--will bring immediate benefits. One warning though: Do not use these words and then fail to deliver the goods, or you risk alienating your audience. And that's tough to recover from.

27. Quick

28. Easy

29. Instantly

30. Immediately

Words that promise a surprise:

In modern times we've all become a little jaded, and we're all on the lookout for anything truly unexpected, especially so we can share it with our friends and on social media. These words tell readers or listeners that what's coming next will surprise them in some way. Here again, do not use these words unless whatever follows truly lives up to that promise:

31. Surprising

32. Remarkable

33. Amazing

34. Astonishing

35. Startling

36. You won't believe

37. Unbelievable

This should give you a good start, but there are a lot of other powerfully convincing words and phrases out there. Share your own favorites in the comments. (And see how many of these you can spot in Inc.com headlines.)

First Published by: By Minda ZetlinCo-author, The Geek Gap

@MindaZetlin

16th November 2015

5 Powerful Goal Setting Habits

The secret to success seems deceptively simple: Choose a handful of good life goals--and meet them. What ultimately proves to be the challenge, however, is not setting the goal--it's making sure that you achieve them. Adopt these 5 powerful habits to start realizing your goals--and your dreams.

1.Choose wisely

The more thought you put into your actions, the better the outcome. If we genuinely take the time to sit down with our thoughts and reason out what could or could not feasibly occur, then we're already doing better. Eliminating things that seem too far out of reach--or too easy to finish--will only deter us or give us a false sense of accomplishment.

2. Figure out the big picture

Don't get bogged down in the little steps. Think about the end dream that makes your heart skip an extra beat. What makes you excited to start working? What inspires you? What do you see yourself wanting to be? Answer these questions before thinking about the logistics, otherwise, it's possible that nothing will get done at all.

3. Increment your time

Whether it's something as simple as sticking to a weekly workout--or one day owning a house, or earning your MBA--the important step so many people miss is making a great plan. If you have a realistic, feasible schedule, you're all the more likely to continue trying even when you don't feel like it. Know much you have to do when.

4. Stick to the plan

The hard part, for everything from dieting to homework, is not falling off the wagon. Once you are aware of how much you have done, the most daunting part is finding the motivation to continue. When this happens, however, just remember the big picture. You'll remind yourself of just why you have committed to all this work--and find the strength to forge forward.

5. Enjoy the journey

One of the most important things people forget is that, even when the end destination is the ultimate goal, there's value in getting there too. Don't forget that that it's not only important that you get through the fire--what matters most is how you walk through it too.

Pages