Comments on: Why a Strong Foundation is the Key to Change http://www.thechangeblog.com/the-key-to-change/ Change Your Life Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:32:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Effortless Abundance » Blog Archive http://www.thechangeblog.com/the-key-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-3538 Effortless Abundance » Blog Archive Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:35:45 +0000 http://www.thechangeblog.com/?p=982#comment-3538 [...] Read more … [...] [...] Read more … [...]

]]> By: Effortless Abundance » Blog Archive » The best of May http://www.thechangeblog.com/the-key-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-3537 Effortless Abundance » Blog Archive » The best of May Sat, 31 May 2008 01:12:22 +0000 http://www.thechangeblog.com/?p=982#comment-3537 [...] submitted guest articles to a number of Sites. Peter Clemens was kind enough to post my article Why a Strong Foundation is the Key to Change on his [...] [...] submitted guest articles to a number of Sites. Peter Clemens was kind enough to post my article Why a Strong Foundation is the Key to Change on his [...]

]]> By: Michael Miles http://www.thechangeblog.com/the-key-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-3545 Michael Miles Thu, 08 May 2008 23:05:24 +0000 http://www.thechangeblog.com/?p=982#comment-3545 Thanks, Shilpan. Covey says that between stimulus and response there is a gap, and inside that gap is our whole experience of life. I think this is one of the most important things we can understand - if we truly grasp what he is saying here, we would change our whole experience of life. Thanks, Shilpan. Covey says that between stimulus and response there is a gap, and inside that gap is our whole experience of life. I think this is one of the most important things we can understand – if we truly grasp what he is saying here, we would change our whole experience of life.

]]> By: Shilpan | successsoul.com http://www.thechangeblog.com/the-key-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-3544 Shilpan | successsoul.com Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:43 +0000 http://www.thechangeblog.com/?p=982#comment-3544 Micheal - Awesome post. I agree with you that 1) We shape our own destiny - we own our own failures and successes 2) We need to be responsible by knowing our true purpose and 3) controlling vices like ego out of our way to transform our life mission into a pleasure experience not just for us but for everyone who come across our pathway. Shilpan Micheal -

Awesome post. I agree with you that 1) We shape our own destiny – we own our own failures and successes 2) We need to be responsible by knowing our true purpose and 3) controlling vices like ego out of our way to transform our life mission into a pleasure experience not just for us but for everyone who come across our pathway.

Shilpan

]]> By: Craig Harper http://www.thechangeblog.com/the-key-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-3539 Craig Harper Thu, 08 May 2008 12:37:23 +0000 http://www.thechangeblog.com/?p=982#comment-3539 Hey Peter. Just found your blog on the Meg's Top 100 Aussie Blogs and really enjoying it. Great post Michael, you make some great points! I'd like to add: Ego Ego is life's roadblock! It gets in the way. In the way of relationships, personal growth, effective communication, honesty, learning and understanding. Lose the ego and we start to find our true self. Our best self. The self we like. Choices Every day I have the choice of having a great day... despite what happens in that day. Every day I have the choice of seeing the good... while others find the bad. To learn, while others complain. To love, while others hate. To forgive, while other make themselves sick with resentment. I have all those choices. Material Happiness Having worked with some obscenely rich folk over the years, I can tell you with absolute certainty that there is no universal correlation between increased material wealth and increased happiness. And no, financial wealth and happiness are not necessarily mutually exclusive either. Keep up the great work guys! Hey Peter.
Just found your blog on the Meg’s Top 100 Aussie Blogs and really enjoying it.
Great post Michael, you make some great points! I’d like to add:

Ego
Ego is life’s roadblock! It gets in the way. In the way of relationships, personal growth, effective communication, honesty, learning and understanding. Lose the ego and we start to find our true self. Our best self. The self we like.

Choices
Every day I have the choice of having a great day… despite what happens in that day.
Every day I have the choice of seeing the good… while others find the bad.
To learn, while others complain.
To love, while others hate.
To forgive, while other make themselves sick with resentment.
I have all those choices.

Material Happiness
Having worked with some obscenely rich folk over the years, I can tell you with absolute certainty that there is no universal correlation between increased material wealth and increased happiness. And no, financial wealth and happiness are not necessarily mutually exclusive either.

Keep up the great work guys!

]]> By: learning to lose http://www.thechangeblog.com/the-key-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-3540 learning to lose Wed, 07 May 2008 18:58:43 +0000 http://www.thechangeblog.com/?p=982#comment-3540 [...] The Change Blog - The Key to Change In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey gives some timeless insights into living a truly effective life. The key is, before anything else, you must have a good foundation. This foundation is a ‘private victory,’ a self-mastery which comes before the success we aspire to achieve in our interdependent social environments – our work, our business, our family. This foundation is twofold, consisting of ‘habits’ which constitute the cornerstone of our lives. Without practicing these habits we build our life on quicksand, on the shifting, uncertain tides of a complex and ever changing world. But when we have mastered ourselves, when we have this foundation, we need not fear change. Indeed, we can embrace it and use it creatively, integrating new learning and insight into our lives, building greater synergy and reaching higher peaks of personal and social achievement. [...] [...] The Change Blog – The Key to Change In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey gives some timeless insights into living a truly effective life. The key is, before anything else, you must have a good foundation. This foundation is a ‘private victory,’ a self-mastery which comes before the success we aspire to achieve in our interdependent social environments – our work, our business, our family. This foundation is twofold, consisting of ‘habits’ which constitute the cornerstone of our lives. Without practicing these habits we build our life on quicksand, on the shifting, uncertain tides of a complex and ever changing world. But when we have mastered ourselves, when we have this foundation, we need not fear change. Indeed, we can embrace it and use it creatively, integrating new learning and insight into our lives, building greater synergy and reaching higher peaks of personal and social achievement. [...]

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