Empowering Links: Week of 1st October
Best personal development resources for the week:
Kathay reminds us it’s never too late to be a genius, and Seth gives us the ‘success’ story behind Apple and why it’s difficult to ‘hard work’ your way to success.
Matt from 37Signals gives this neat tip: spread good vibes with karma reminders. It’s a great idea to remind yourself once in a while not to take things for granted, and to take action to show someone just how much you appreciate them.
Did you know that a Mars bar is healthier than most cereal bars? Eek!
Life is short, and Paul questions us if the things we fret about are really worth our precious time to fret about?
Fred gives as good an explaination of what a solutions finding approach is as any, instead of looking for the source of problems, look back from where you want to be instead and see what you need to change in your present situation to get there.
And I love this quote from Liz on Life, Weekends, Memories — Finding Time for the Time of Your Life;
Life isn’t made of weekends. It’s made of memories.
And finally, smile, my friend, life is beautiful 
I agree that a key to self management is self esteem. I would offer that true life inspiration happens when you find something you love to do and make it a part of your everyday experience. Here’s an exercise:
1. Write down 10 things you love to do or that bring you the most joy. I call this the “You List”
2. Then record how many times a day you do one of the things on your list
3. Give each day of the week a rating from 1-10
4. Your best day usually comes out to be the day you do the most things on your “You List”
I can easily relate to the first part of the story, in the past I was one of those people pretending you have done something and then be very uncomfortable when someone asks more detailed questions.
It is not a good feeling and being upfront from the beginning really saves you the embarassment later.