There are two Camps those that are empathetic for those who have occupied “Wall Street”, “Oakland”, Seattle etc. and those that are tired of those that feel entitled. The only thing that anyone is entitled to is to “Occupy Today”. Occupy Today would mean that you have evaluated your past and where you will be in the future, and are engaged today to correct your path, set goals and work with insistent intensity “TODAY” to achieve what you want.
From my experience I need to do a few things to ensure that I can be engaged to work with insistent intensity each day. Health, Spirit, Mental, Financial, Relationships.
1. Health: Make exercise a routine part of your day, find the time at least 30 min. to break a sweat. Eating the right foods in the right portions, will enhance both your energy and stamina. Eating heavy greasy processed foods although convenient don’t improve your quality of life. Try eating 4 smaller portions each day instead of 3 big meals. One trick that I’ve used is to eat off of a smaller plate.
2. Spirit: Living at peace with your moral and standards. No matter what your beliefs are when you are acting in a way that your conscience is at peace then you are on the right track. I use prayer, meditation, and reading uplifting books/articles to better align my actions with my beliefs.
3. Mental: If you stop using a muscle it atrophies and you lose strength, however when you exercise and stretch that muscle it will increase it’s strength. Likewise flex your mental muscle everyday. My wife who so graciously stays home with our beautiful children. You could say that her muscles could atrophy if all she did each day was talk with the kids and play games; however she reads books on parenting, blogs regularly and has recently started reading financial investment books, to further stretch her mental muscles.
4. Financial: Given the recession, most people including corporations have taken a closer look at their financial health. For many this meant to tighten the belt and spend less. I am in the camp that I need to find ways to make more money, to enhance my financial bottom line.
5. Relationships: I’m not sure this needs a separate category because I think that when focused on 1-4 your actions will naturally benefit your relationship. Nonetheless, relationships are materially important to one’s overall happiness, and being selfless in a relationship is the best way to enhance your relationship. To me when I am hitting on all cylinders then my relationships naturally benefit.
What are your thoughts? How do you achieve insistent intensity?
”OCCUPY TODAY”
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