Peta Pendlebury http://petapendlebury.co.uk Just another WordPress site Tue, 15 May 2012 10:59:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Thought for the Day http://petapendlebury.co.uk/thought-for-the-day/thought-for-the-day-16/ http://petapendlebury.co.uk/thought-for-the-day/thought-for-the-day-16/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 10:53:48 +0000 petapendlebury http://petapendlebury.co.uk/?p=247 Allow yourself to get lost in the forest of your imagination

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Zig Ziglar

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So the authors say: select your sacred task, monitor and pace your progress toward that goal, eat and sleep regularly (lack of both diminishes willpower), sit and stand straight, be organised and well groomed (apparently Stanley shaved every day when he was in the jungle!) and surround yourself with a supportive social network that reinforces your efforts.

 

Great advice.  Off to perform my morning ritual of a 2 mile walk/nature meditation - and the sun has just come out!  Lovely.

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Marcel Proust

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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