| Organizing your life toolkit and
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| | subconscious will cause your eyes to see
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| acquiring new tools should be an ongoing
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| | the parking spots that are taken. If you
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| project. This article will get you
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| | change your approach and think positive
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| started!
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| | thoughts, such as, "I'm sure I'll find
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| You probably have a toolkit, or a junk
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| | parking easily enough. Many have gone
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| drawer, that contains tools that you use
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| | before me and they have found parking",
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| to perform tasks such as cutting paper,
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| | your subconscious will cause your eyes to
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| tightening screws, gluing things together
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| | see the opportunities, such as, a parking
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| ... Have you ever tried to cut paper
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| | garage or a car that is just leaving a
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| without scissors? Tighten a screw with
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| | suitable parking spot.
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| your finger nail? Get something to stick
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| | Therefore, if you have positive thoughts,
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| together without glue? You probably have
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| | you are more likely to discover positive
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| - and wished that you had (or found) the
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| | things. If you have fearful thoughts you
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| appropriate tool.
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| | are more likely to find that which you
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| And yet, you probably perform life tasks
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| | were afraid of. As Henry Ford said -
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| without giving any thought to using
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| | "whether you think that you can, or that
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| appropriate life tools - the tools that
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| | you can't, you are usually right". So,
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| enable you to more effectively perform
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| | your thoughts are a powerful tool that
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| tasks related to the demands and
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| | impacts your behaviour and your behaviour
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| challenges of everyday life.
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| | creates your circumstances. Positive
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| It's time to check the contents of your
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| | thinking is an essential tool for your
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| life toolkit to determine if you have
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| | toolkit.
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| forgotten, or are missing, some vital
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| | Let's move on to the other toolkit
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| tools!
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| | compartments.
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| Visualize opening up your life toolkit
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| | Likely, the greatest external factor
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| and dumping out the contents. Next,
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| | influencing you is other people. They
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| visualize organizing the layout of the
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| | have their own thoughts, perceptions,
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| toolkit into 4 compartments.
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| | expectations, strengths, and weaknesses.
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| 1) Label the first compartment "ME"
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| | They are a constant source of demands and
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| - this is where you will keep the tools
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| | challenges that you need to deal with
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| you use to enhance your abilities and
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| | effectively. Therefore, you need tools
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| diffuse your obstacles.
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| | for the compartment marked "OTHERS". You
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| 2) Give the second compartment the
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| | should include tools such as giving
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| label "OTHERS" - this is for tools to
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| | others the benefit of a doubt,
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| improve your interactions with others.
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| | understanding 'venting/solving'
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| 3) For the third compartment, give
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| | interactions, understanding insecurity
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| it the label "MAXIMIZE" - this will
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| | and its effects, understanding and
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| contain tools designed to help you get
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| | identifying mirroring, and techniques to
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| the most out of what life has to offer.
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| | facilitate effective communications.
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| 4) On the fourth compartment, put
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| | The world is full of possibilities - so
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| the label "TROUBLESHOOT" - you'll need
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| | is your life. In the compartment marked
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| these tools for when things go wrong.
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| | "MAXIMIZE" you'll want to include tools
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| Now, start putting your tools back in the
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| | such as appreciation, fun, courage, being
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| kit, into the most appropriate
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| | true to yourself, and ways to find your
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| compartment. A particular tool may suit
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| | own meaning of life and happiness.
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| more than one compartment - it doesn't
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| | The world is not perfect. You're not
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| really matter which compartment that you
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| | perfect. Your family, friends,
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| file it under as long as you can find it
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| | colleagues, acquaintances, and strangers
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| when you need it.
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| | are not perfect. Things may not go
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| Organizing your life toolkit and
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| | according to plan. People may disappoint
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| acquiring new tools should be an ongoing
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| | you. So, as the Latin Proverb says, "if
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| project. The objective of this article is
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| | the wind will not serve, take to the
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| to get you started!
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| | oars". In the compartment marked
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| In the compartment marked "ME" include
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| | "TROUBLESHOOT" you'll want to include
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| tools such as positive thoughts,
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| | tools to deal with things like
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| understanding how personal filters
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| | depression, disappointments, perception
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| influence how you evaluate and process
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| | distortions, "poor me" attitudes,
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| information, techniques to control
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| | negativity, anger, grief, nightmares, and
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| unproductive worry and to manage stress,
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| | unsolvable problems.
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| and techniques for practical problem
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| | This exercise of organizing useful life
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| solving.
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| | tools will help you to remember to use
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| It is not possible to discuss all of the
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| | appropriate life tools to perform various
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| tools that can go into your toolkit
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| | life tasks and enable you to better deal
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| compartments in the context of an
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| | with the demands and challenges of
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| article. However, to illustrate how using
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| | everyday life.
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| appropriate life tools can benefit you,
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| | There are far more tools that you can add
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| let's look more closely at a particular
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| | to each compartment than what I have
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| tool. The tool of positive thinking is a
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| | briefly introduced here. If you want more
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| good one.
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| | information about the tools mentioned in
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| You have often heard that you need to
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| | this article or additional tools to add
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| have positive thoughts. Do you know why?
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| | to your toolkit, purchase the book titled
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| It is important to understand why in
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| | "Your Own Devices": A Life Manual. This
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| order to effectively utilize it as a
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| | book is interesting, informative, and
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| tool. Here's why. Thoughts which receive
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| | easy to read. It provides short
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| your attention, whether they are good or
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| | summaries on the more common and
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| bad, go into your subconscious as ideas.
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| | important life tools and their uses. The
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| Your subconscious then looks for
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| | book can easily be purchased at most
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| opportunities to manifest these ideas as
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| | major online bookstores (e.g. Amazon) or
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| events in the real world. For example,
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| | directly from us at
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| let's say that you are driving to a busy
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| | Your life toolkit is an extremely
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| part of town and it will be necessary to
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| | valuable asset. Keeping it well stocked
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| park the car. If you approach the
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| | and organized, so that you can use the
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| situation with negative thoughts, such
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| | appropriate tool to perform life tasks,
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| as, "I hate parking in this part of town.
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| | will facilitate success and happiness in
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| I'll never find a spot", your
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| | your life.
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