Talking to myself

Sometimes I talk to myself. No, I'm not mad. Yes, it does freak my wife out when i talk to no one but myself suddenly. Really, when i do that, i'm just self talking to myself so that I can sort my thoughts out. I find it easier to make a decision when I do that. This is nothing crazy at all.

In fact, I recommend people to do that. For example, before your semester presentation, do to a corner and tell yourself, you can do it and you are going to impress the teachers in your presentation. Successful people do that constantly i read somewhere. They encourage themselves, give themselves surprises and presents as forms of positive self support. When they face problems, they do not falter easily. Their positive self-talk give them much confidence and prod them to move forward bravely.


This is one way to push yourself on, so that in really adverse time, when you are alone, you still maintain that fire in your belly to drive on, so sticking to something you passionately believe is possible.

Believe in yourself positively. Have a firm grip of your mind so that it works for your positively. Yes, positive self-talking will change your perception of yourself.

Positive Affirmations

Marie Callas says that by practising positive affirmations, it may have a drastic impact in your life. Doing so has certainly made a bit of differences in my life. When I started to use positive affirmations in my life I started by visualising what I want to have and I used positive affirmation to communicate my goals to the subconscious mind.

If you were to ask me how it works this would be very hard to say but I can say it does work if you apply action to your positive affirmations.

Here is a video on positive affirmations which I found at at youtube. You can use them or modify it for your own use.

Have a great 2008

"Seeing through the psychic crystal ball, my clairvoyant reading tells me this is going to be a great year for me!"

That's not enough. 0 action = 0 results.

Positive thinking is a great first step. But it is just a first step. I believe the difference between an optimist's chance of success and a pessimists it something like this:

Optimist: "Wow what a great opportunity - let's get going".

Pessimist: "It probably won't work anyway, so why bother trying?"

Simply put, an optimist is more likely to take ACTION, and less likely to be put off by setbacks. That's why optimists succeed. I want to succeed too that why I need to change.

In my opinion there is no better way to get going on a positive journey than surrounding yourself with people who influence you and inspire you. Something you can't change on your own but will come to you if you are around people that are on an equal level as you.

Let us start the new year with optimism, rather than doom and gloom.

Striving to improve

One thing I have learned of being positive is that you can attract more friends. And most amazingly, most of the people around you are positive-minded even though there are some cynics who always like to retort you when you make a positive forecast of something.

A couple of years ago, I was very negative person. People dislikes me I guess and I know that. That's why I became more negative. Somethings I felt I was ostracised. However, through Marie Callas, I gradually looked into my behaviour and mental process and decided that I need to change something so that I can be at peace with myself.

What I learn from Marie Callas was that when I was thinking negatively, I forced myself to think about something good that has happened to me recently. Come on, I strongly believe no matter how bad your life is, there ought to have something little spisodes in life that cheer you up, even for just a few minutes. Yeah, focus on that! It's the life energy that you should tap on and you go on from there.

If you can, paint these success stories in your mind. We all need to remember these little waves of optimism and positive energy. The more you do it, the better you will get at it.

First Malaysian to reach space

It's really big news here filled with patriotic pride and achievement as a nation together!

Yes, we have our first astronaut.

After months of planning and training, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor will be launching to space soon from Kazakhstan with astronauts from Russia. He will be embarking on a ten-day mission and will return on 21st October.

“It’s a small step for me, but a great leap for the Malaysian people,’’ Dr Sheikh Muszaphar.

There is intense media coverage among all the TV stations here and you also watch the launch over Astro.

Despite all the negative stories recently, this is really a big positive news for all of us. It's nice to read something as inspirational over the papers rather than those depressing criminal exploits.

Proud day for all Malaysians.

Focus on what you CAN do

It's never a chore to keep repeating the benefits of keeping a positive attitude. Sometimes people may get emotionally affected so much that they 'stray' to the negative thinkings. That's why it's good idea to remind people constantly. So remember to keep your thoughts on what you CAN do and have, not on what you can’t do and have.

Clearing the mess

Since the last clean-up, the mess in my home has once again accumulated quickly and this is not helped by the sooty environment that dissipates specks of dust everywhere. I've already told them not to store unnecessary items in the house because they are fire hazards and also they get in my sight. The temperature here has been very hot at 34 to 35 degree celsius so there's always the hidden fire risk.

As I mentioned before, according to Marie Callas, the extra unwanted mess items in the house will slow down the circulation of the positive energy and it increase the level of stagnation. This is something I don't wish to feel. When there's a mess, it's harder to concentrate and so it's my objective to keep my house clean and tidy at all times.