Weekly Fraternity Briefs # 345 - December 12, 2006  - Part 1
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2. Life is Like an Obstacle Course
   by Sandy Karn
Each of life's challenges causes us to stretch a bit, increasing our skills, insights and abilities to prepare us to confront the next challenge.

3. It’s Christmas.  Are You a Tired Angel?”
   by Susan Dunn, MA, 
Did you know that the telephone in your office, or your desk or anyone else's, has more germs per sq. inch than the toilet in the office restroom?

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ThinkExist.com Quotes

"I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams." _Dr. Jonas Salk

"At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable." _ Christopher Reeves

"Live out of your imagination, not your history." _Stephen Covey

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that  never were; and I say Why not? _George Bernard Shaw

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if  one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. _Henry David Thoreau
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The greatest thing about man is his ability to transcend himself, his ancestry and his environment and to become what he dreams of being. _Tully C. Knoles

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind." ~~ William James, famed psychologist

Achieving certain dreams often requires FAR LESS WORK than achieving other, seemingly easier goals. 

Why is that so? 

Because it is much, much harder to work for a goal we do not passionately desire. But when you manage to get yourself focused on what is naturally of passionate 
interest to you -- your work becomes play! 

**Are Your Goals a "Good Fit?"
Hopefully you've invested some thought clarifying your life goals ... and you know exactly what you want. So why not take a few minutes to ask yourself an important question -- am I pursuing the right goal for ME? 

Here’s why that is so important: You'll never really achieve your true potential as long as you pour your energy into something that doesn’t really fit your true 
passions and interests! Does that seem too simple? 

Think about that for a moment. It’s unfortunately very easy to automatically adopt someone else’s goal. We were trained to do that very thing as children. 

Ninty-nine percent of us were fully expected to achieve the goals our parents and educational system set out for us. Some of us gave in and tried to do so. Some of 
us rebelled and learned to fail instead. And some of us felt somehow inadequate because we did not have the natural interest and/or aptitude to do what we were 
expected to do. 

If you find you never seem to achieve your goals, you may be setting goals you don't really desire or believe in for yourself. 

This is never going to lead to success. What it will lead to is one false start after another -– and a tendency to want to quit after the first bump in the road. 

This is a major dead-end, and will do nothing but gradually erode your self confidence. 

**Ask Yourself This...
You need to be sure your goal really is YOUR goal for YOUR life. If you feel resistance, take a serious look at that. Ask yourself who you might really be setting that goal for? 

Then ask yourself if you really have a burning passion for that goal, and are willing to butt heads with as many so-called failures as necessary to achieve it. If your answer is no -– this may be a good time to revisit your goal setting exercise. 

**Selecting an Appropriate Goal
Three things will happen if you make the effort to refocus yourself around a goal that is more in keeping with your natural talents and passions:

--First, you will be happier, less stressed, and far more productive. 
--Second, you will be far more likely to hang in as you hit those jarring bumps in the road. 
--And third, there is a higher probability you will achieve a level of excellence at what you’re doing. This increases your "value" -- thereby increasing your 
potential for increased return on your efforts. 

So put your goal to the test. Does it truly "measure up" to your innermost desires? 

**Achieve it! 
The secrets of goal achievement are actually quite clear cut: 
--Have burning passion for what is desired, 
--Set a clear and exact goal to get it, 
--Make an absolute commitment to achieve the goal, 
--Be willing to pay the price for achieving it, and 
--Commit to focused action, focused action and more focused action! 

**Action Point... 
Now ... ask yourself this question: Is 2006 going to be any different than 2005? How? And what do I have to do NOW to make next year more of what I want? Are YOU motivated to improve your probability of achieving your goals in 2006 -- and become a whole lot happier and successful? => 
www.quantum-self.com/smash_your_limits,.htm

While giving her luggage to the agent she made the remark, "I'd like you to send my green suitcase to Hawaii, and my red suitcase to London."

The confused agent said, "I'm sorry, we can't do that."

"Really??? I am so relieved to hear you say that... because that's exactly what you did to my luggage last year!"

Goldie, a middle aged Jewish woman goes to see a fortune-teller.

"Two men are madly in love with me!" Goldie says. "Who will be the lucky one?"

The swami answers...." Morris will marry you, and Irving will be the lucky one. "