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How I Was Able To Quit Smoking

March 14, 2007 on 12:02 pm | In Self Improvement, Personal Development, Self Discipline, Stop Smoking | No Comments

Smoking is probably one of the hardest things to quit – it is a very serious addiction. Partly, this is because it is so acceptable in society. We all see smokers around us and view it as a norm. This however makes it harder for those of us who want to break that habit, as it adds a layer of social pressure to an addiction that is already hard to overcome.

Like any addictions, smoking has a physical as well as a psychological aspect. Cravings are a common knowledge, but what isn’t widely known is that you can get cravings long after you have broken through binds of physical addiction. I was blown away that after 10 years of being smoke free all of a sudden I got an urge to light up.

It is well known that quitting is hard, but are there things we can do to increase our chances of success?

Let’s first of all look at what we have to overcome.

Physical addiction may seem the hardest aspect, but from personal experience I can assure you that it is not. It only lasts a couple of weeks at the most, while the body tries to filter out the toxins. I didn’t really do much to help the physical aspects of my addiction. But there are a few tools you can use. One of them is the patch. It doesn’t work for everybody, but can be very helpful for many people. The other thing we do not normally think of when talking about quitting smoking is acupuncture. This ancient tradition can not only calm your cravings but also help you detoxify faster.

Next step in recovery is battling the psychological aspects of addiction. I personally thought that this part was the hardest of the two. I actually had to quit three times before I did for good. The reason it took that many times to quit I attribute entirely to the fact that psychological addiction has much bigger grip on the person then the physiological aspects of addiction. I think what helped me the most in my recovery, was the fact that I really decided to quit. It didn’t matter how many times I failed and started to smoke again - I was determined to quit. There are however tricks you can use even in this endeavor. For example one of the thing I did, in my attempts to stop smoking, was that I chewed tooth picks. I think that chewing anything will do the trick, but for me tooth picks worked best. Every time I would get a craving I would put a tooth pick in my mouth and that seemed to distract me from wanting to smoke. It wasn’t a cure, but it helped a lot.

The last part that, personally, I found very hard to overcome was how other people affected me when I was trying to quit. The social aspect of smoking is incredibly powerful aspect of addiction. It gives us a sense of belonging, and for many of us including me, it is very powerful. When you decide to stop smoking and someone asks you to go for a cigarette, it is often very hard to say no. That’s how I started smoking again when I quit the first two times. I can’t really offer much advice about this. My best advice would be to simply stick to your convictions and be firm in your decision to quit.

All of the suggestions I proposed in this article will be a great help to you on your way to recovery from the addiction of smoking. This however will not guarantee success, only your determination will. If you truly will decide to stop smoking - one way or another you will. Just don’t stop trying, and your success will be guaranteed!
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How to Change Your Money Fate

March 5, 2007 on 7:43 am | In Self Improvement, Business, Money management, Money Fate | 9 Comments

Have you noticed that people seem to be broke for generations? Grandparents bring up their children to have certain out look on money, and they in tern pass on the same ideas to their children and so on and so forth. The same seems to be happening with people who do extremely well with money. They stay wealthy for generations. Why is that? What is that factor that keeps us poor or wealthy? Can we influence or change it?

I believe that the answer is yes. Not only we can change our money fate, but we can also change it for our children and their children.

Imagine a following situation. You grow up poor, but something changes and in the midst of your life and you become very wealthy. Knowing your past, you treat that money with great respect and teach your children to do the same. That legacy stays with your family for generations.

The question remains - what do we have to change in order for us to change our money “fate”?

One of the biggest things we are going to have to change about our selves is how we view money. If our attitude about money is negative (i.e. we look at it as a “necessary evil”, something that is against our nature but a must if we want to survive in this life) what do you think are chances of you being fantastically wealthy? This kind of attitude will give us exactly what we deserve – we will be able to survive on a bare minimum all our life. As a matter a fact how you view money will in large dictate you financial situation, giving you a sort of a blueprint your life follows, financially speaking. For example an attitude of lack (a constant financial shortcoming) will effectively keep you struggling for as long as you think of it as a reality. In fact it is a self fulfilling prophecy. Because you think that money is a struggle, it de-motivates you not to try to bring your self to find ways to improve your situation. So the first step is to change your attitude about finances - learn to respect and honor money.

Next we must learn how to make more of it. The truth is that there is no magic that will give us the riches we desire. Short of winning the lottery, our chances of all of a suddenly becoming wealthy are very slim. So in order to realistically improve our money situation we must first learn about making money from someone who’s done it. After all it is only logical that we go to school in order to learn a profession, why wouldn’t we do the same to learn how to make money. There are plenty of ways to help you become wealthy - be it starting your own business or learning how to invest. All of these wealth generating methods have a steep learning curve and aren’t easy to master. As a matter a fact you will probably fail the first three or four times. However with perseverance you will be successful. The only way you can really fail at it, is if you will stop trying.

Next step should in my opinion be combined with previous. Money management will be a key to your long term success. Have you heard of lottery winners who after winning millions, go broke within a few years? The only reason that happens is lack of money management knowledge. So in order for you to be able to keep your new found fortune, you must learn how to manage you money.

These tips might seem very common sense to you, and they are. The important thing is that they work. There are countless examples of people going from rags to riches. Every single one of those people followed some version of a plan I described earlier.
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