A LITTLE SPIEL ABOUT LIFE--AND HANDLING IT

1-Dealing with the old workday: Think of it this way: With each passing minute, each half-hour going by, you are that much closer to the end of your workday, and closer to whatever chosen pleasure awaits you afterward.  If you have to, write this as a note to yourself, to remind you of this.     2-Suffer productively. If you must suffer-for whatever reason (relationship breakup, injury, illness, layoff, firing, traumatic life event, crisis, etc.), then suffer productively; pile on lots of minor accomplishments during this troubled time. Read lots of books, do all that writing you always aspired to do, make the calls to people you've always neglected, tie off all unhandled business.  Be productive! "Work away" the tough times, bad moments of your life.       3-You must do the actions that feed your belief in your plan (toward your goals), and feed your belief in your ability to accomplish your goals. Your belief will then fuel your further efforts-and the quality of those subsequent efforts-and boost the results. Each effort, win or lose, will fuel your output-the physical, tangible validation of your striving-and ultimately, your goals! Each effort you do toward your goal is like one more rung on the ladder you grab and climb, to whatever you want, sitting on top of that ladder!       4-Keep doing, talking about, and showing your "thing", until people start talking about you.       5-You wanna accomplish anything? You wanna win any fight? Simple-it's like boxing; in the ring, in the middle of a fight, you don't stop to complain to the referee about the shots you're taking from your opponent. It's the nature of the fight game to take, and dish out punishment.  Life-and pusuing your goals-is the same thing: your opponent is OBSTACLES; it's his "job" to "hit" you, to get in your way, and try to discourage you with his "shots". Your job is to dial up the quality and quantity of your own "punches"-your further efforts and plans toward your goals. You gotta hit "him" (the obstacles) with harder shots (more telling efforts, better plans) and more shots (tries) than "he" is sending. Outpunch him! That's how you win a fight-in the ring, or in pursuing your goal. You gotta outfight the obstacles. The rule of thumb of boxing also applies to life:  It is generally a game of will and skill; the skill normally beating the will, UNLESS the will of one guy is so much bigger than the skill of the other guy.  Remember this rule.  Think about it, whenever facing your opponent, The Obstacle.  The name of the game is always:   Make the Other Guy quit!          6-The only thing that will happen is what you attempt to make happen. Your actions will ultimately decide the results and rewards you get.      7-Apply relentless (nonstop) attempts, visualized focus (on the desired result), and endless repetition (of a verbal message or a physical action) toward a desired result.      8-If you do something noticeably good, productive, noteworthy, and positive to someone's life, jot it down, and look to build on it, with subsequent, follow-up efforts!       9-Try to have some fun, every minute of your day, your month, your year, your life.     10-Are you your own cheerleader-or your own "cockblocker"? Decide which you have been, recently-and which you want to be, from here on out. Then, act accordingly.