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It's All About Timing

One more post for July.. Time is flying and it seems to only go faster and faster everyday. Sometimes I wonder how I even got this far and to only think how much further I have to go and how little time there is. It's said that time is the only thing money cannot buy yu and I am not here to argue that. What I can say is that yu can use time to make money though. Obviouslyyy lol. Did you ever think.. yu knew yu were going to be where yu are today 5-10 years ago? Become the person that yu are or come this far or this little? Do yu ever just sit down and think about all the time yu've possibly wasted and regret certain moments where yu could have done better?

I'm sure all of us has certain times where we've wasted away on useless things and only wished that we could have used it more wisely. On the other hand, it has shaped us into the person we are today. But are yu satisfied where yu are today? Could yu have possibly been better? Are yu truly happy if your living a mediocre life with a mediocre job? Have yu already decided to settle for less? Why? I hear people always talking about what car theyre going to get or what type of house they're going to live in but based on where they are today.. I don't see how they are even going to get there anytime soon. If you say yu want this car which costs over $50,000. But yu work and make only $30000 a year, and live paycheque to paycheque. When are yu going to get this car? 10 years from now?

If life is short and yu can die at any given moment.. Why use that as an excuse not to try harder? To use your time more productively and constantly push yourself to do better with all this spare time. If yu want to have all these nice things.. wouldn't yu want it now? Or at the very least sometime in the very near future? How can yu tell people and yourself that yu want all these nice things in life and experience different adventures if all yu do is spend more then yu make and use your spare time doing nothing beneficial to your future? I know a lot of people are going to say things like yu should just live for the moment and enjoy it because life isn't about becoming rich or whatever. This is where the separation lies between your average joe and someone successful. A person who has become successful, would never say such things and has worked hard their whole life to get where they are. I do understand we must live for the moment and money can't buy love, time, etc.. but lets face facts. EVERYTHING ELSE in life cost money. If yu want to eat to survive, yu need money. If yu want to raise a family, yu need money. If yu want to have a home, yu need money. If yu want to give something yu know will put a smile on someone yu care about's face, yu need money.

If yu choose to make only enough to do what it takes to survive, I am sure your not doing a career yu love and yu will deal with a lot of stress to obtain those things and only drain yourself even more by obtaining things of which yu desire and want. Yu don't have to make millions in order to be happy. Yu need to be able to at least find a career which provides slightly more then enough income and happiness for yu. A career which yu love to do and are passionate about. Problem is.. how do we obtain this career. And that's why I say time is your answer. Use your time efficiently to set yu down the path which will lead yu to what yu want to do for the majority of your life. It may be researching and googling things online about a certain field your interested in. It may be getting in contact with people who are in that field and learning from them. Getting jobs that are related to that field so yu can gain enough knowledge and experience to get yu closer to your career of choice.

Why continue to live and stress every morning about going to work at some dead end job which yu hate doing. Some people have bills to pay and I can understand why yu are still doing what your doing. But that doesn't mean yu have to remain there forever. Keep moving forward. Use your time and money wisely. Start applying for jobs yu like with same or more pay. Save, invest and do it now. If yu start now, 5 years from now your money will have at least tripled and yu have something to work with. It's like if yu started investing money at the age of 18 with $1000. By the time yu hit 25, yu will have ten times what yu started with and now your future is more secure and yu already have an advantage over someone who is like 30 and still trying to make ends meat. When yu start while your young, if anything happens, yu can try again and start over. If your 30 and up and have a family, if something happens, your fcuked. It's not going to be easy to just pick yourself up again and start over when yu have mouths to feed and have no choice but to only take what yu can asap. If yu start planning, taking chances, taking risks and working towards your future at a young age, what's going to stop yu from obtaining your goals?

Use your time that yu have off to progress. Life isn't an event. Its about progress. Keep moving forward and improving. Don't waste time because time is always ticking. Time is money. If yu want money.. then put in the time to get it. Don't wake up one day and say.. Man WTF am I doing.. I am in the exact same place I was 5 years ago. Any older person or financial adviser will tell yu that if yu work hard and save at a young age, success awaits yu. If yu wait too long, someone else will have taken your opportunity and yu will be left with only the leftovers. Which side of the fence will yu be on?

If yu don't save $5000 this year.. how will yu ever get to $20000? If yu don't save $20000.. how will yu ever get to $100000? If yu dont workout starting this summer.. How can yu be fit for next summer? If yu dont finish school this year.. How will yu graduate next year? If yu don't graduate this year.. how will yu obtain that career yu want next year? If yu don't obtain that career this year.. how will yu ever live the life yu wanted from the start?

If yu don't start now.. when will yu ever start?

Your actions today.. will shape your tomorrow.

Blood Is Thicker Then Water

I been getting requests to start blogging more often and I just want to say that I am very thankful and appreciative that people actually care to read my posts. Thank you so much because it means a lot to me that someone actually takes in the things I've learned over the years and tell me that they are really inspiring or interesting to read. I been really busy with work and becoming more proactive with my career and goals that I haven't made much time to sit down and blog more. I really do like blogging and I don't write these things because I feel that I'm wise or better then people but I do it because it allows me to expose things that I've learned and try to help people who have grown up in a similar lifestyle as me and don't have the luxuries of someone to provide proper advice and guidance to push them down the right direction.

This post isn't a very knowledgeable post but I hope it will give anyone who doesn't already know this more insight on something that is also important. Family.. A lot of us I'm sure have grown up in a dysfunctional family like mines or with a lot of family problems and conflicts. I notice that a lot of my friends don't appreciate their family or give them the proper attention they deserve. Don't get me wrong, I tend to forget as well and do the same a lot of times. I've changed more and more everyday as I started to realize that my parents, my siblings are the most important thing in the world even if we don't always get along. Now obviously everyone's family is different and this can't apply to everyone because some may be worse and some maybe better then the average family.

However this does apply to most families out there...
Who is there for you when you are in need of help? Who gives you money when you are in need of it? Who comes to bail you out no matter what your location is? Who gives you a place to live when you have nowhere else to go? Who feeds you when you are hungry and have no food? Who comes to save you no matter the situation?

If you have friends that can do that for you.. you should treat them like family because family are usually the only ones, no matter what.. even after an argument or conflict.. will always come to your aid. The worse part is we never treat our family as good as we treat people who would never even do those things for us. We take our family for granted and mostly... our parents. I notice a lot of us and even myself at times take our parents for granted.

Its true that our parents constantly nag and bitch at us over things and it annoys that crap out of us but at the end of the day when you really think about it.. it's only for the best.. They just want to see us become successful and good. Is it not true that it said "You will never know what true love is until you have kids". If so then why do we not feel the same love towards our parents?

I always see children talking to their parents with such negative attitude and always just trying to push them away all the time... so much that it becomes a habit that we never want our parents around or even speak to us... Did you ever stop to think how much it would hurt you if your children showed negativity towards you and replied in such a negative tone every time you ask a question or even want to talk to them?

I can assure that most parents don't have much friends, and they spend most of their days either working, cooking, cleaning and taking care of their children. They don't have the luxuries like us to go out and party and enjoy life anymore because of their responsibilities. They give us the freedom to enjoy life as much as we can because they really can't do much anymore. It makes them happy to see their children succeed and be happy in life. And yet we can't even just take a few minutes out of our day to sit down and talk to them and try to see how their day is going or even do anything to make them smile?

Try going home today and speaking to your parents in a positive tone... ask them how their day was... tell them that your so thankful for all the things they've done for you and that you love them more then anything in the world.. Take them out to a movie or a simple dinner.. See how much joy you could bring to their life with something so simple as spending time with them.. Because they deserve it and they would love to enjoy a day with their children and be happy..

Give your parents the love they deserve and I guarantee it will also make you emotionally positive inside. These are little things we never stop to consider but it's the little things that count.. Instead of going out to party with friends that don't even come to your rescue when your in need.. take some time out and put it towards someone who deserves it.. before its too late.. like when ashes turn to dust.. and all you have left is regret that you didnt give them the love they deserved when you had the chance.. Be there for them when it counts the most.. Now.

Dress For Success / Communication is Key

Here we are again.. it's been weeks since my last few posts and I begin to notice that as the months go on.. I have been posting less and less. Life has taken a huge turn for me lately and hopefully for the best. I recently moved back home in Mississauga with my brother and mother. For those who don't know, I was living on my own and boy did I learn some valuable lessons. It was great having the freedom and being independent. We all want to move out on our own and do our own thang once we hit a certain age and for me I started very young. One thing I learned though.. it is very costly to live on your own. Over the past year, I lost about 12 grand which I probably could have saved had I lived at home. 12 grand is a lot to me cause I only make about 40k a year and thats before taxes. The 12 grand hit is out of the money I made after taxes so it's at least a third of my annual income. Anyways.. the point is I'm back in Sauga and I'm trying to make a change. I have quit a lot of the bad habits I have picked up over the years and I don't go partying or chill with my friends very often anymore. I have set a lot of goals to be accomplished over the next 2 years and failure is definitely not an option for me. I'm becoming more disciplined and hard working and only continuing now to improve my skills.

This post is going to hopefully provide you with another important lesson in becoming successful and remind myself of what are some important factors I need to maintain and improve as I grow. This may already be known to some of you but I still feel some still do not know this. First is your public image. We live in a world where people tend to judge a book by it's cover and it's unfortunate but it is reality. We all should come to realize that. Take for example a person who is going to apply for a job or even for a job interview. There will be plenty of other candidates and if you were the person hiring, you would have to base it on the first impression. Your appearance says a lot about you. How clean cut you are, how pressed your clothes are and how well put together your clothes are. All these little attention to detail things will may not seem like alot but there really do play their part. You always have to compare yourself to others who are better then you in order to excel. If two people came into my office with the same skill set but one is dressed properly in business attire and one in casual, who would I choose? The answer is clear.

Even if you are doing something as simple as meeting your boyfriend/girlfriend's parents or family. They will judge you first on your appearance as well and treat you the way they feel they should treat you based upon your look. Like I said, even though people shouldn't judge a person by their physical appearance, in reality.. we all do it. If your brother brought home a girl who was dressed scandalous and had a lot of skin showing, what would be your first thought? If your sister brought home a guy all thugged out in baggy clothes and tattoos, what would you think? It's always easy for us to defend ourselves about how we are and look but when it comes to someone else, we become hypocrites.

As you get older, you must always maintain your reputation as well as your image. People will judge you upon that, always. Until you get to a point where you are successful and the best at what you do, you can dress and be however you want because at that point.. your success speaks for itself and it doesn't matter anymore what people think of you because your actions are louder then your words and appearance. Invest in yourself and I guarantee it will help. You must look the part that you want to be. If you want to be taken serious, you will have to present yourself the way you want to be perceived.

Communication. A lot of us grew up to media's influence and causes us to use words that don't even exist and grammar which is totally wrong. Yes, I'm talking about slang and slurs. In life I've learned that the most important tool that everyone has is their mouth. The way you speak. The way you phrase your sentences and the vocabulary you use. The way you talk can get you into places and obtain things you want just by the way you say something. Everything is based on communication. Communication among family, communication in your workplace, between your spouse, between your business partners, etc. Without communication, life would be pointless.

How well you do in an interview is based on how well spoken you are. How well your relationships go is how well you are able to communicate with your other half. How well your team progresses and is how well you are able to communicate ideas and objectives amongst each other. Why do you think people always say reading is good for you. Because not only are you gaining knowledge but you learn words that you can use. Do you think Obama would be where he is today if he wasn't well spoken? Have you ever actually heard Arnold Schwarzenegger talk now? He's the Governor of California.. He is damn good at english even though his accent is hilarious.

Take for example you want to show someone your very thankful for what they've done for you and you would like them to always be able to do things for you. You can either say "Thank you." or you can say "Thank you very much, I really do appreciate what you've done and it means alot to me." Both mean the same thing but which sounds better? Or how bout an interview sentence such as "I really would like this job because I think I would be good for it." Or how about "I strongly feel that this job suits me because if given the opportunity, I will accelerate and perform to the best of my ability and accomplish any task you provide to me." Get the point? Build your grammar and vocabulary and make yourself into a person which people will respect and take seriously.

You can easily make someone smile by saying something.. you can make someone laugh by saying something.. you can make someone cry by saying something.. Your words are so powerful you don't even realize. A simple sentence can change everything. Learn to master your communication skills and you will master a big part of your life. You can obtain so many things you want just by simply saying things. Now I'm not saying to go start talking smack or telling a bunch of lies. But whoever is taking this post seriously will understand what I mean. Communication is key.

These are very simple things we can all learn to improve on but will take us much further down the road of success and give ourselves a more respectful image and career orientated state of mind. You can either keep doing what your doing and be all g'd up or you can take yourself serious and so will others. When people need someone to help represent them in a professional way, they will think of you. When people think of intelligence and need a business oriented person who will make a great addition to their team or company, they will think of you. Your public image and your speech will take you further then you can imagine. Remember...

You'll never know unless you try..