THE KONGQUEST

Yeah, it’s closer than you think…

This video made an impact in my life today. Watch it:

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Imagination! You can do whatever you want in this world: make as much money as you want, date whoever you want, and be as fit as you want as long as you can imagine it in your own mind. Visualize your goals and believe in it. That is how you can bring forth your goals. If you can obsess over an ideal, you will suck in all that good energy for that ideal. Talk about it, work at it, and the universe bring the success elements to gravitate to you. Grasp it and seize the day! The important step in bringing your imagination into reality is directing your mind and not letting it vear off the path. That is why all those self improvement books and blogs are so tempting. They tell you want you want to hear everyday, but like they say, easy come easy go. Don’t let an automatic feed of good feelings be your driver. You have to build your own self improvement mindset and that takes a lot of work. You can do it! Use your imagination.

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I would like to talk about positive constraints and how they can improve your life! Inspired by Timothy Ferriss’ post talking about new office environments and the positive constraints in his own work environment, I started thinking how I could apply this to my own life.

First, you have to understand that by limiting your options, you can limit how you naturally deviate from your own goals. To channel this for results, you have to selectively choose what you allow into your attention environment and actively block things that will disrupt the flow to success.

For example, when I am trying to work on creating my business website, I have often been distracted by online entertainment such as Youtube, Facebook, Meebo, and RSS Feeds. I use LeechBlock in Firefox to block a list of sites I have found myself to wonder to over and over again in the past for a set period of time. I call this my productivity time. Whenever I am in this time period, I am totally focused on my work and have kept my working environment free of known distractions.

Another example is losing weight. I almost always never buy snacks or junk food because I know I have the tendency to scarf down more than I intend to. Just by deciding not to walk down the isle of junk food in the supermarket is enough to build this positive constraint. I also stay away from watching TV for long periods of time and instead opt to get out of the house and do active sports such as rock climbing and basketball. This is because I know if I stay at home, I’ll most likely spend my time in a chair behind a computer or in front of a TV.

The theory of positive constraints is that within an unlimited environment of distractions at the tip of your finger, the only way to fight it is to take yourself out of situations that can hinder you from your true goals. Build positive constraints and flow to your success!

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It pays to be smooth. I only know a small handful of people who have even dared to master the art of tipping to get better service, let alone enjoy paying for great service regularly. Well I’d like to educate and spread the wealth in the power of tipping. The following article by Bruce Feiler hits the nail on the head on the beauty of tipping to get only the best!

Here is an excerpt of the tips he offers:

Tips on Tipping

1. Go. You’d be surprised what you can get just by showing up.
2. Dress appropriately. Your chances improve considerably if you look like you belong.
3. Don’t feel ashamed. They don’t. You shouldn’t.
4. Have the money ready. Prefolded, in thirds or fourths, with the amount showing.
5. Identify the person who’s in charge, even if you have to ask.
6. Isolate the person in charge. Ask to speak with that person, if necessary.
7. Look the person in the eye when you slip him the money. Don’t look at the money.
8. Be specific about what you want. “Do you have a better table?” “Can you speed up my wait?” A good fallback: “This is a really important night for me.”
9. Tip the maître d’ on the way out if he turned down the money but still gave you a table.
10. Ask for the maître d’s card as you’re leaving. You are now one of his best customers.

Link: Pocketful of Dough