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Each year in December, I create for you my online Greeting Card and I add to it this very special Forward Steps Countdown Calendar, plus a bit of Forward Steps Festive Humour. Also accept a 'December only' free gift from Brian, this month's V.I.P.

This December Triggers edition is a Best Of 2008 Collection from all the past eleven editions this year. If you are someone who devours every teensy snippet of Triggers every month, then you will recognize many of the entries within this December edition. However, if you are someone who is a selective reader of Triggers and are not able to get through every inch of the magazine each month, then you will greatly appreciate this December Best of 2008 edition!

Forward Steps Countdown To 25 Dec.

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During the month I continue to refine the Forward Steps 35 Favorite Self Growth Products and add yet more to the Forward Steps list of 50 Free Personal Development Gifts

It has been a long time coming, yet I anticipate that Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones will also be completed, and ready for your brand new year in 2009. Add yourself to the notifications list at that site. You won’t want to miss it!

Did you know that all my blogs are now also duplicated at this single Forward Steps blog?
It is an easy way for you to access the individual blogs that I publish and it's a place where I republish the posts that are placed at each of my other blogs.

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2. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is an impossible task. You can certainly experience moments in absence of fear, however accept that fear will be with you whenever you are in the process of living creatively. The challenge is to go ahead regardless, simply notice the feeling and manage being courageous.

3. don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. To live a fulfilled life, we need to keep creating the "what is next", of our lives. Without dreams and goals there is no living, only merely existing, and that is not why we are here.

4. Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. You cannot eliminate habits that no longer serve you. You can only replace them with new habits that support your goals. Moment by moment, you need to live with awareness and structure the habits that you include or exclude in your days.

5. It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.

6. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. When you are seeking to bring big plans to fruition, it is important with whom you regularly associate. Hang out with friends who are like-minded and who are also designing purpose-filled lives. Similarly, be that kind of a friend for your friends.

7. Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. When you make a decision to "be" a particular way, you can count on change and external circumstances to come along which will challenge that decision. Remain vigilant after declaring a major decision and manage yourself in relationship to the goal. Set up structures that support you staying on target.

8. You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. As in the words of Wayne Dyer, when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Sometimes to know with certainty that a particular thing is "true", will actually be the very thing that keeps you from attaining the things you seek to achieve.

9. All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. You can "already know for sure" things that could actually impede progress. Always be on the look out for the things you did not know, that you did not know. Secondly, work on strengthening personal belief that a particular will be achieved regardless of any adversity that may show up, or evidence to the contrary.

10. We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Sometimes we are too close to the scene, to see clearly. We "know" ourselves so well that we cannot see how we are perceived by others. Our opinion of ourselves is only "one" opinion, and it may not be the truth.

11. I can teach anybody how to get, what they want out of life. The problem is that I can’t find anybody who can tell me what they want. Once you are crystal clear about the intended end result that you seek to produce, all the ways that it can become a done deal start to reveal themselves to you. There are many who have accomplished exactly what you want to achieve and could show you the way. You are not ready to ask them because you are not clear and you have not determined which questions need answers.

12. If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill always came together, who would escape hanging? Framed in a more positive light, this tells us also that if we wish to accomplish a particular thing then we need to increase our level of desire for that thing and to create or seek out the opportunities and right environment for it to happen without fail.

13. We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. There is no failure, there are no accidents, and there are no mistakes. They are all learning experiences and stepping-stones. How many times does a baby fall over in the transition from crawling to walking? Do they give up on ever being able to walk simply because of a few tumbles?

14. The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them. It is said that leaders are readers. However if they read trashy magazines for the majority of their time and they never run with the information that they glean from resourceful books, then they may as well have not taken any time to read at all.

15. I have spent most of my time worrying about things that have never happened. Worrying is not an action! In fact, it is action that alleviates concern and dissipates worries. Take more actions when you feel that worry is creeping in to steal your time. It need not be a huge action, any action in the direction you want to go will do.

16. When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. See what happens when you "know it all", at any stage of life? Farther down the track you may see clearly how certain personal opinions, held onto too tightly, could be fogging up the view, and providing incorrect insight.

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Download to your iPod or MP3 player short excerpts and enjoy them wherever you are. Maharaji, known also as Prem Rawat, introduces people to the possibility of peace within. Enjoy the weekly videocasts of excerpts from Maharaji's addresses

Before you listen to this 70-minute "Creating Your Ultimate Life Teleseminar" with Jack Canfield and Jim Bunch, please make sure to have pen and paper handy. They're going to discuss some very valuable success concepts, techniques, and strategies on the call to make 2009 an amazing year for you and you’ll want to be able to refer to your notes later.

Scott Martineau knows James Ray's work as well as anyone I know - and they really got into the nuts and bolts of why his program works. More importantly, to me - they talked about why this is the time of the year you need to take action and make your 2009 dreams come true. Take a listen to this free teleseminar

Want a little more luck? Here is a great bit of research about being more lucky, and how to attract more luck into your life. Richard Wiseman's research scientifically explores why some people live such charmed lives, and aims to develop techniques that enable others to enhance their own good fortune. You can watch the segment about Richard and his findings at the ABC TV Catalyst program page.

In Celebrate What's Right With The World, Dewitt Jones asks: Do we choose to see possibilities? Do we really believe they're there? He assures us that there is always more than one right answer. Celebrating what's right with the world helps us recognize the possibilities and find solutions for the challenges before us. This 22 minute video is a real treasure.

Story Waters' and Lee Harris' only reservation in giving away The Freedom Exercises comes from our experience that people often cannot believe something free could possibly be of life changing value. The power of this recording is unleashed by you choosing to take the journey it offers - self-empowerment can only come from within you. The more you open yourself to the value of The Freedom Exercises, the more you will receive from it.

This is an audio that's not to be missed. It's 60 mins. long and is jammed full of fantastic learning. Stephen Pierce presents This Will Change Your Life! Make the time today to have a listen, and take action for yourself. You are also welcome to share that link with anyone you wish.

Take the weight off your feet, sit back and view this beautiful four-minute visual created by Jim Edwards. With the free e-book at the end of this presentation, you receive a free mp3 track that's not to be missed. This is a perfect time to revisit this short movie, ebook and MP3 audio by Jim Edwards ...just because!

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“The Man Who Planted Trees tells the story of a solitary sheperd who patiently plants and nurtures a forest of thousands of trees, single-handedly transforming his arid surroundings into a thriving oasis. Undeterred by two World Wars, and without any thought of personal reward, the sheperd tirelessly sows his seeds and acorns with the greatest care. As if by magic, a landscape that seemed condemned grows green again. A film of great beauty and hope, this story is a remarkable parable for all ages and an inspiring testament to the power of one person.” -amazon.co

Soak up the inspiration within this Story Of The Man Who Planted Trees...

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Each day I maintain several blogs. This Forward Steps blogs link accesses each of my blogs and is useful for quick reference.
You can also subscribe to my daily 'Forward Steps' at that page. These daily messages will set you up for each day with thoughts that empower you. Be sure to bookmark it and pass it forward.

"If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two week's vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days." ~Dorothy Canfield Fisher~

"You see, I do something real good for three people. And then when they ask how they can pay it back, I say they have to Pay It Forward. To three more people. Each. So nine people get helped. Then those people have to do twenty-seven. Then it sort of spreads out, see. To eighty-one. Then two hundred forty-three. Then seven hundred twenty-nine. Then two thousand, one hundred eighty-seven. See how big it gets?" ~Trevor [Pay It Forward]~

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