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Still Here!

Hello Everyone!

 In case anyone was wondering if I'd quit writing for my blog, I haven't!  I am just returning from vacation and have been unable to write for several days.  I had originally planned to have an article up before leaving but things got hectic and it didn't happen.  :-) 

This vacation was special to me because it was my first official vacation in seventeen years!  I am so happy how my life is going these days.  I have put into action the principles I write about here on Think For Money and as a result I have overcome many substantial obstacles that were preventing me from living a fuller life.  I'm still learning and growing so I know the future will be exciting and fulfilling!

 I will be posting an article soon and I even have a wonderful guest article on the way!  Meanwhile, here's a few pictures I took.  They're from my phone so please excuse the level of quality.

Somewhere in West Virginia

Crossing the Appalachians

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  My first view of the Atlantic Ocean in 17 years!

Dawn on the Boardwalk


Crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.  Awesome! 

The Power of Focus

Recently, I was asked to write an article for a wonderful blog called The Bold Life.  The article is about the Power of Focus and how mastering your ability to focus your thoughts and efforts will lead you to succeed in any endeavor you undertake.

The Bold Life is the creation of Tess Marshall and it is an amazing work.  Tess has a master's degree in counseling psychology, has authored and self-published her own book (Flying by the Seat of My Soul), and is currently working as an Affordable Life Coach. 

Tess says,

"I started The Bold Life because I wanted to share the knowledge and power of bold living. We all make choices in our lives that either hold us back or keep us growing forward. We all have the opportunity to take bold action and make our dreams happen."

I encourage you to visit her site, not only to read my article, but to utilize a powerful resource for change that will undoubtedly make a difference in your life.  While you're there, do yourself a favor and subscribe to The Bold Life, and you'll have delivered to you every life enhancing article Tess writes.

Thank!

-Keith

Obstacles Are Opportunities

Let's face it.  Life would be boring without challenges.  Accomplishing a goal by overcoming difficulties is what fills us with great feelings such as pride, joy, satisfaction, and that "sense of accomplishment".  Facing challenges is a basic human need and without them, life would quickly become dull and boring.

Encountering an obstacle on the way to a goal gives us a chance to grow, a chance that we would not have had otherwise.  It is a chance for us to use our minds in ways we may have not used them before thus increasing our knowledge as well as our experience.  Obstacles should not be met with dread but with eagerness!  I know that may sound trite, but if you will train yourself to behave in this way you will have much less stress in your life and you'll add some excitement instead! 

Go Ahead!  Screw Up!

You'll make mistakes along the way and that's alright!  My Dad used to say to me "If you aren't making mistakes, you're not doing anything!".  Don't you just love that statement?  If you go for a goal you have never achieved before, you'll surely make a mistake or two along the way and that's good!  Why?  Because they're not really "mistakes", they are actually results!  When you don't get the result you want, you modify your approach and go at it again!  You keep doing this until you succeed!  The joy in success is as much the struggle to achieve you goal as it is to attain your goal.  An easily attained goal is devoid of the great appreciation you feel when you have fought and overcome.

You Decide the Meaning!

It has been said that it isn't what happens to you in life, but how you perceive what happens to you that matters.  You provide the definition for the events that occur in your life.  So when you encounter an "obstacle",  you can define that as an insurmountable problem and then give up or you can define that "obstacle" as an opportunity to grow and dig in your heels and keep moving forward! 

You've heard the saying "There are no problems, just solutions" and that is true, if you train yourself to view any "obstacle" in your path as an opportunity.  Do this and a whole new world of possibility and success awaits you.