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In a cluster of quiet mountain villages in Sardinia, Italy, something unusual is happening. A remarkable number of people are living into their hundreds. And in this global hotspot for longevity, there are nearly as many male as female centenarians. Susan Pinker takes us to the Blue Zone of Sardinia as she searches for the answers to - Why?
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Genius Born of Anguish, Part 3

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"The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection," said Henri Nouwen, Catholic priest, teacher and gay celibate. He has been called a psychologist of the soul.  Born in Holland in 1932, Nouwen wrote thirty-nine books about spirituality. He was interested in the relationship between religion and psychology and studied at the Menninger Clinic, one of the world's leading psychiatric hospitals. He taught at Notre Dame, Yale and Harvard. Concerned about people whom society had rejected, Nouwen spent the last ten years of his life working with people with intellectual disabilities at the Daybreak L'Arche community north of Toronto. A profile by Michael Higgins based on Nouwen's writings, interviews with those who knew him, and archival recordings of Nouwen himself.
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Affirmations for Prosperity

by  Florence Scovel Shinn

I now draw from the abundance of the spheres my immediate and endless supply. All Channels are free! All Doors are open!

I now release the gold-mine within me. I am linked with an endless golden stream of prosperity which comes to me under grace in perfect ways.

Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of abundance forever.

My God is a God of plenty and I now receive all that I desire or require, and more.

All that is mine by Divine Right is now released and reaches me in great avalanches of abundance, under grace in miraculous ways.

My supply is endless, inexhaustible and immediate and comes to me under grace in perfect ways.

All channels are free and all doors fly open for my immediate and endless, Divinely Designed supply.

I give thanks that the millions which are mine by Divine Right, now pour in and pile up under grace in perfect ways.

Unexpected doors fly open, unexpected channels are free, and endless avalanches of abundance are poured out upon me, under grace in perfect ways.

I spend money under direct inspiration wisely and fearlessly, knowing my supply is endless and immediate.

I am fearless in letting money go out, knowing God is my immediate and endless supply.

My ships come in over a calm sea, under grace in perfect ways.

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BRAD MELTZER
Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle and seven other bestselling thrillers. He is also the author of the non-fiction best seller, Heroes For My Son; the host of the History Channel TV series, Brad Meltzer's Decoded; and is the #1 selling author of the comic book Justice League of America, for which he won the prestigious Eisner Award. In addition, he is the co-founder of City Year Miami.




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TED-Ed | Write your story, change history - Brad Meltzer

Published on Jan 16, 2013

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The idea that youth is wasted on the young? Wrong. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the creators of Superman were all under 30 when they wrote themselves into history. 

In this inspirational TEDYouth 2011 Talk, Brad Meltzer encourages us to dream big, work hard, and stay humble.

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The idea that youth is wasted on the young? Wrong. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the creators of Superman were all under 30 when they wrote themselves into history. In this inspirational TEDYouth 2011 Talk, Brad Meltzer encourages us to dream big, work hard, and stay humble.

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Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
 
-- Theodore Isaac

 

Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. 

Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor. 
 
-- Albert Ellis

You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act. 
 
-- Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000 

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. 
 
-- Ben Stein

Man is born to live, not to prepare for life. 
 
-- Boris Pasternak (1890 - 1960), Doctor Zhivago, 1958 

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious. 
 
-- Brendan Gill

 Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it. 
 
-- Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957) 

Life is full of surprises and and serendipity. Being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. If you try to plan every step, you may miss those wonderful twists and turns. Just find your next adventure-do it well, enjoy it-and then, not now, think about what comes next. 
 
-- Condoleeza Rice 

In matters of self-control as we shall see again and again, speed kills. But a little friction really can save lives. 
 
-- Daniel Akst, We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess, 2011

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The work will teach you how to do it.
- Estonian proverb





 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
- Kurt Vonnegut

You can only feel good about what you're not doing when you know what you're not doing.    - David Allen

 We are all viewing ourselves in the fun house mirror.
- John Ortberg



 In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. - Albert Camus


 Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.
- Ogden Nash

 

 Tanmay Vora has written 12 lessons on life and leadership from photography. An excerpt:

Someone said, “To photograph a bird, you need to be a part of the silence.” Photography teaches me to remain silent and immerse myself in the current moment. Only then, the magnificent reveals itself.

 Will 23rd-century historians look back on today's fiscal follies with the same mixture of bemusement and disdain with which we now view the financial affairs of 18th-century French kings?   -- - Kenneth Rogoff






 Wisdom is the ability to see the long-run consequences of current actions, the willingness to sacrifice short-run gains for larger long-run benefits, and the ability to control what is controllable and not to fret over what is not. Therefore the essence of wisdom is concern with the future. It is not the type of concern with the future that the fortune teller has; he only tries to predict it. The wise man tries to control it.

- From A Concept of Corporate Planning by Russell L. Ackoff


 Our dream was simple: send IBM back to the typewriter business holding its Selectric typewriter balls. We were members of the Macintosh Division of Apple Computer. This means we were the handpicked soldiers of Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple Computer.
- From How to Drive Your Competition Crazy: Creating Disruption for Fun and Profit by Guy Kawasaki

Serial Multitaskers

 Prof David Sanbonmatsu, who co-wrote the paper published in the Public Library of Science Journal, said: "What is alarming is that people who talk on cell phones while driving tend to be the people least able to multitask well."

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Fishing for a fortune: Chinese porcelain fish bowls found in Essex barn are set to sell for thousands | Mail Online

 
It is a find that would have bargain hunters swooning with envy.
After being smothered in dust and forgotten in an old barn, this pair of beautiful bowls were discovered by an eagle-eyed expert looking around a house.
The giant Chinese porcelain fish bowls had been ignored for so long that they were discovered languishing in dust and containing a mummified mouse.
The matching yellow pair were made in the 19th or early 20th century for the last dowager empress of China, Cixi, to keep her goldfish in. 

What a find! This giant pair of Chinese porcelain fish bowls, that were made in the 19th or early 20th century for the last dowager empress of China, Cixi, are now to be sold at auction

They are now to be sold at auction and have been given a conservative estimate of £10,000, but are likely to sell for much more.
They come with their original, decorative hardwood stands and were spotted by an expert doing a routine valuation at a house near Colchester, Essex.

 

The bowls are decorated with peony blossoms and would have be used to keep fish in, possibly at an imperial palace.
They measure 18 by 21 inches and are stamped with the iron-red Dayazhai character mark enclosed within an oval medallion with a dragon border.
James Grinter, from Reeman Dansie’s auction house in Colchester, was the expert who spotted the bowls.
He said: 'I was on a routine valuation and these bowls were in a barn and had clearly been there for many years and were covered in dust.
'In one on them was a dead mouse and it had been there for so long that it had mummified.
'It had obviously fallen in and couldn’t get out again. The bowls were originally used to keep goldfish in.
'They have the mark of the last dowager empress of China, but we can’t say if they were used by her or came from an imperial palace - we’ll let the market decide that.
'They are large bowls and one of them has been restored a long time ago, which is one of the reasons why the estimate is quite low.
'But they come with their Chinese hardwood stands and are striking pieces.'

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A bright cherry blossom and white crane decorative design, providing a distinctive oriental accent to any home or office. An elegant display for house plants, cut flowers, or lucky bamboo. Note that the 12 inch diameter is measured from the outside of the rim of the opening; the diameter of the opening and of the bottom are smaller.

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Motivational quotes

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
C. S. Lewis


Nothing in the world can take the persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.  Genius will not: unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.  Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.  Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.  The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

- Calvin Coolidge 



I fell.  I got up.  I fell again.  I got up again.  Even when I fell on my face, I was still falling forward.
- Catherine Ann



Persistence is the fifth and final pillar of self-discipline. - anon.



Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
Napoleon Hill


 

 Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Napoleon Hill


 

 Energy and persistence conquer all things. Benjamin Franklin

 Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. Thomas Carlyle

 Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Hal Borland

 Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. William Eardley IV

 Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance. Anthony J. D'Angelo

 The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come. James Whitcomb Riley

 Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Dale Carnegie

 

 As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.  
Denis Waitley

 Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.  
Denis Waitley


 

 Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.  
Colin Powell

 The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.  
Napoleon Hill

 Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these. 
  James Whitcomb Riley
 

 As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end. 
  Paul Kane
 

 Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. Herbert Kaufman

 Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. 
  Bill Bradley

 Paralyze resistance with persistence. Woody Hayes

 

 Survival, in the cool economics of biology, means simply the persistence of one's own genes in the generations to follow. Lewis Thomas

 My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories. 

  Bjorn Borg

 

 If you're going through hell, keep going.  -- Winston Churchill

 

 

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt

 Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.  
-- Thomas A. Edison

 

Nine things successful people do differently

Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? 

If you aren't sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. 

The intuitive answer — that you are born predisposed to certain talents and lacking in others — is really just one small piece of the puzzle. 

In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that:
successful people reach their goals not simply because of who they are, but more often because of what they do.

Nine Things Successful People Do Differently:

 
1. Get specific. When you set yourself a goal, try to be as specific as possible.

"Lose 5 pounds" is a better goal than "lose some weight," because it gives you a clear idea of what success looks like.

Knowing exactly what you want to achieve keeps you motivated until you get there. 

Also, think about the specific actions that need to be taken to reach your goal. 

Just promising you'll "eat less" or "sleep more" is too vague — be clear and precise. "I'll be in bed by 10pm on weeknights" leaves no room for doubt about what you need to do, and whether or not you've actually done it.


2. Seize the moment to act on your goals. Given how busy most of us are, and how many goals we are juggling at once, it's not surprising that we routinely miss opportunities to act on a goal because we simply fail to notice them. 

Did you really have no time to work out today? No chance at any point to return that phone call? Achieving your goal means grabbing hold of these opportunities before they slip through your fingers.

To seize the moment, decide when and where you will take each action you want to take, in advance. 

Again, be as specific as possible (e.g., "If it's Monday, Wednesday, or Friday, I'll work out for 30 minutes before work.") Studies show that this kind of planning will help your brain to detect and seize the opportunity when it arises, increasing your chances of success by roughly 300%.


3. Know exactly how far you have left to go. Achieving any goal also requires honest and regular monitoring of your progress — if not by others, then by you yourself. 

If you don't know how well you are doing, you can't adjust your behavior or your strategies accordingly.  

Check your progress frequently — weekly, or even daily, depending on the goal.



4. Be a realistic optimist. When you are setting a goal, by all means engage in lots of positive thinking about how likely you are to achieve it.  Believing in your ability to succeed is enormously helpful for creating and sustaining your motivation. 

But whatever you do, 

don't underestimate how difficult it will be to reach your goal. 

Most goals worth achieving require time, planning, effort, and persistence. 

Studies show that thinking things will come to you easily and effortlessly leaves you ill-prepared for the journey ahead, and significantly increases the odds of failure.

5. Focus on getting better, rather than being good. Believing you have the ability to reach your goals is important, but so is believing you can get the ability. 

Many of us believe that our intelligence, our personality, and our physical aptitudes are fixed — that no matter what we do, we won't improve. As a result, we focus on goals that are all about proving ourselves, rather than developing and acquiring new skills.
Fortunately, decades of research suggest that the belief in fixed ability is completely wrong — abilities of all kinds are profoundly malleable. 

Embracing the fact that you can change will allow you to make better choices, and reach your fullest potential. 

People whose goals are about getting better, rather than being good, take difficulty in stride, and appreciate the journey as much as the destination.

6. Have grit. Grit is a willingness to commit to long-term goals, and to persist in the face of difficulty. Studies show that gritty people obtain more education in their lifetime, and earn higher college GPAs. Grit predicts which cadets will stick out their first grueling year at West Point.  In fact, grit even predicts which round contestants will make it to at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The good news is, if you aren't particularly gritty now, there is something you can do about it.

People who lack grit more often than not believe that they just don't have the innate abilities successful people have. If that describes your own thinking .... well, there's no way to put this nicely: you are wrong. 

As I mentioned earlier, effort, planning, persistence, and good strategies are what it really takes to succeed. 

Embracing this knowledge will not only help you see yourself and your goals more accurately, but also do wonders for your grit.


7. Build your willpower muscle. Your self-control "muscle" is just like the other muscles in your body — when it doesn't get much exercise, it becomes weaker over time. But when you give it regular workouts by putting it to good use, it will grow stronger and stronger, and better able to help you successfully reach your goals.

To build willpower, take on a challenge that requires you to do something you'd honestly rather not do. 

Give up high-fat snacks, do 100 sit-ups a day, stand up straight when you catch yourself slouching, try to learn a new skill. 

When you find yourself wanting to give in, give up, or just not bother — don't. 

Start with just one activity, and make a plan for how you will deal with troubles when they occur ("If I have a craving for a snack, I will eat one piece of fresh or three pieces of dried fruit.") It will be hard in the beginning, but it will get easier, and that's the whole point. 

As your strength grows, you can take on more challenges and step-up your self-control workout.


8. Don't tempt fate. No matter how strong your willpower muscle becomes, it's important to always respect the fact that it is limited, and if you overtax it you will temporarily run out of steam. 

Don't try to take on two challenging tasks at once, if you can help it (like quitting smoking and dieting at the same time).

And don't put yourself in harm's way — many people are overly-confident in their ability to resist temptation, and as a result they put themselves in situations where temptations abound.


Successful people know not to make reaching a goal harder than it already is.


9. Focus on what you will do, not what you won't do. 


Do you want to successfully lose weight, quit smoking, or put a lid on your bad temper? 

Then plan how you will replace bad habits with good ones, rather than focusing only on the bad habits themselves. 

Research on thought suppression (e.g., "Don't think about white bears!") has shown that trying to avoid a thought makes it even more active in your mind. The same holds true when it comes to behavior — by trying not to engage in a bad habit, our habits get strengthened rather than broken.

If you want to change your ways, ask yourself, What will I do instead? 

For example, if you are trying to gain control of your temper and stop flying off the handle, you might make a plan like "If I am starting to feel angry, then I will take three deep breaths to calm down." By using deep breathing as a replacement for giving in to your anger, your bad habit will get worn away over time until it disappears completely.

 

Remember, you don't need to become a different person to become a more successful one. 

It's never what you are, but what you do.


 




Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. is a motivational psychologist, and author of the new book Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals (Hudson Street Press, 2011). 

She is also an expert blogger on motivation and leadership for Fast Company and Psychology Today.

Her personal blog, The Science of Success, can be found at www.heidigranthalvorson.com.

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