77 thoughts to change your life

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77 THOUGHTS

TO CHANGE

YOUR LIFE

By Stuart Semple


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Using your thoughts to change your world is surprisingly easy and in this short document

I will share with you my top 77 tips!

You can read them all in one go, or perhaps use the book daily to provide a thought foryour day.

I hope that you enjoy them and that some of them will help you greatly.

Please feel free to share this with your family and friends or offer it for download on yourwebsite, use it in any way you want.

All I ask is that you keep this intact and help me spread the word…

YOU CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE!

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Yours,

Stuart Semple

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1. Become aware of your "background thoughts" when you

wake up in the morning and are getting ready for the day. If

they are negative, such as "I'm not looking forward to..."change them to something positive!


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2. Make your house into your own home - even if you are

just renting a place, add as many touches as you need to

make it a happy and comfortable place.


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3. Be proud of what you have! It's important to dream and

believe that you can have all the things that you want, but

don't forget to enjoy all the things that you've already

achieved.


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4. Don’t let your age change the way you act. You are asold as you feel - and if you feel old, change the way you

feel!


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5. If you feel like nothing is happening in your life, giveyourself something something to look forward to every day.

A reason to jump out of bed in the morning, even

something small, like a little treat.


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6. Do something you love for a job. "Money will comewhen you are doing the right thing."


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7. What would you like people to say about you after you

die? What kind of person would you like them to say youwere? What did you do? Work towards these things so they

really will say them!


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8.Businesses make a mission statement - make your own

mission statement saying how you want to live, what isimportant to you, who you'd like to be and what you'd like

to contribute and accomplish.


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9. Explore all the different sides of your personality and

don't get stuck thinking that you are just one thing - you are

not just a hard worker, you happen to be a wild dancer too!You are not just a mum, you're a great conversationalist.


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10. Don’t accept everything at face value - question

everything!


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12. Find the positive side to every situation. This sounds

easy to say, but I guarantee that everything has an

advantage if you think hard enough.


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13. Spend time with Mother Nature. Wherever you live,

there is almost certainly somewhere green to escape to oncea week. Recharge your batteries.


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14. Choose one negative trait that you'd like to overcome,

for example negativity. If you think that's just a part of your

personality and you can't overcome it, try this: justPRETEND that you are a positive, upbeat person for aweek. See what happens...


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15. Put some genuine fun and childish joy and creativity back into your life. Visit a toyshop and try out the new stuff,

make sandcastles, finger-paint...


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16. Stop and notice all the wonderful things around you.

Look again at the things you've looked at a hundred times,admire the ways that things are designed, the texture of a bunch of flowers.


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17. Create your own destiny - life might be guided by fateor by the stars but how do you know that fate doesn't want

you to make the first move?


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18. Give yourself a little bit of attention. Let things be quiet

sometimes and just think, or think about nothing. Go for awalk, or lie in bed an extra half an hour at the weekend.Give your mind a break!


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20. Don’t let failure defeat you! As they say, try, try, andtry something different. That way, you will achieve yourgoals where countless others didn't because they already

gave up.


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21. To get on in life, slow down a bit! Let peace, calm and

clarity enter you, and pull you forward.


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22. Life can be horrible, frustrating and depressing, or itcan be amazing, funny and fun. You choose!


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23. Let the everyday annoying things pass you by. Ignorethe rain, ignore the long queue, and smile at that person

who just jostled you in the street.


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24. They say choose your friends wisely, and this is true.However, there are some people you just can't avoid seeing,

although you'd rather not. When this happens, rememberthat you can learn something from everyone, so it need not

be a negative experience.


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26. Start today! Whatever it is, no more excuses!


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27. Don’t try to dismiss negative thoughts. Concentratingon them will only make them worse. Instead, crowd them

out with creative, happy ones!


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29. Give someone else an unexpected treat.


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30. Believe in yourself and what you are doing totally. If

people offer criticism, listen, because it can be helpful, butdon't let it shake your inner belief that what you are doing

is right, you can achieve anything you want to.


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31. be generous in your appreciation and praise of other'sachievements. Don't feel even a teeny bit jealous, this will

poison your own efforts to achieve.


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32. Always see the big picture, but be aware of the finerdetails too.


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33. Give yourself satisfaction by stretching yourself. Dosomething difficult and the sense of achievement will be

tremendous.


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34. Stop waiting for things to get better, or easier, morecomfortable or more convenient. Go with what you have

here and now.


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35. Stop talking about what you are going to do, and put

your energy into actually doing it! People get tired ofhearing you but they will be far more impressed when they

see for themselves what you have achieved.


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36. Don’t believe the people who tell you "It can't be done".

It can be done - it might take commitment, energy, andtime, but if you want do it, it can be done.


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38. Do you really want the things you think you want? Will

you really never be happy until you have them? Let go ofyour trivial and frivolous wants and needs and shallow

desires - you'll somehow find that you don't miss them.


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39. Smiling will make you happy.


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40. You might not be where you want to be yet - but look at

how much closer you are to it than when you were born!How much have you learned already? How much more is

still to come every day!


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41. Whatever limits you might come up against, let your

spirit soar above them, and you will find a solution.


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44. There’s always something you can do toward your goal

or your plan. If you can't do this bit, jump ahead and do this bit. If you can't make a great step, make a small one. Or a

tiny one. But don't stop, don't lose the momentum or youwill lose sight of the goal.


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45. If you feel that nothing good is really happening, that

nothing good has ever happened, sit down with a pen and paper and list five good things that have happened in your

life. Remember how good they made you feel? There'smore like that to come - go out and make it happen!


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46. Got some things that you want to do but don't have time?

Don't ever let that stop you. Get up a bit earlier, cut downon your hours watching TV, save time elsewhere by being

more efficient...


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47. If you know that you want to add some things to yourlife but never seem to get around to them make a timetable.

It might seem a bit un-spontaneous and, well, anal, but it's agood way to get things done. Make it as loose or as

structured as you like, make it cover all day or just a fewhours on a Saturday.


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48. be slow to take offense and quick to offerencouragement. Find pleasure not in the misery of others,

but rather in making a positive, meaningful difference forthose around you.


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49. What you give out you will receive back threefold. Themore help, love, material things and value to give out, the

more will come flowing back to you.


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50. Whatever you believe will become true. If you believe"I never have enough money" "I always struggle to pay the

rent", then it will always be a struggle to pay the rent. Ifyou believe, "I am comfortable and can afford the things I

need," it will happen.


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51. If someone seems in a bad mood with you, or sayssomething to upset you, instead of getting upset, stop and

think about why they did it. Maybe they had a bad day.Maybe they weren't thinking. Probably they didn't mean it.

Don't say something nasty back, wrong-foot them bysaying something nice!


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52. Live as if you might die tomorrow.


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53. Never be bored! Make a list, now, of all the things that

interest you. Even things that used to interest you when youwere a kid and you forgot about it. Even silly or obscure

things. Next time you're bored, pick up the list and start!


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54. Stop blaming other people for your situation in life. "Ifonly my boss was less nasty, I'd have more enthusiasm for

work! If only my boyfriend was less selfish I could getmore done!" You could wait a lifetime for them to change,

or you could just override the problem and get on with yourlife.


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55. Don’t just accept a character flaw in yourself as the wayyou are, change it! Just be aware when you are gossiping,

being lazy etc and stop!


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56. Just because your sister is brilliant at sports and youwere always better at maths, just because your partner is a

professional chef and you are a car salesman, doesn't meanyou shouldn't take up sports or cookery. Maybe you won't

be as good as them, or maybe you'll be better! You shouldtry either way, if you think you'll enjoy it.


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57. Disrupt your everyday routine. Sleep on the other sideof the bed tonight, get up early tomorrow and go for a walk,

if you always have a shower have a bath, spend an hour in acafe after work reading a book. Do something different!


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58. You can have almost anything you want, but don'tdecide that you want everything, all at once. Select and

prioritise what you want and need, and then direct yourtime and energy towards it. It will come.


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59. Focus on what you want, but never on what you don'twant. Don't give what you don't want a moment's thought -

you don't want to attract the wrong thing!


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60. Explore new paths


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61. If you're feeling tense, stressed, overwhelmed, take ahalf hour walk. It will give you a break to think about

things, and make you feel refreshed.


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62. Success doesn't come in one huge bound. But if youkeep putting one foot in front of the other, you will get to

the top.


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63. Do you feel that something's missing from your life?Make a list of your dream jobs. Why are they your dream

jobs? Which facets of them do you like? Put those missingfacets into your life!


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64. Spring cleans your life! Assess your job, yourrelationship, friends, even your house. Anything that

doesn't fit any more? Anything that needs mending?Cleaning? Changing?


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65. Don't take life too seriously. Laughter is clinically proven to increase creativity, sooth and heal physical

problems - as well as reducing stress!


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67. If you're feeling ground down, make a list of the thingsthat are bothering you. Then, make a list of solutions to the

problems. Could you talk to the work mate who is alwaysgetting at you for example? Actually being aware that these

things are the things that are getting to you helps you tolessen the stress, because if nothing else, you can choose to

put it aside and feel less bothered by it.


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68. If you have a goal you are trying to achieve, dosomething towards it every day. Even something small

counts! If you have no specific goal, make one! Giveyourself something to reach towards.


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69. Learn or do something new everyday.


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70. Stick a photo or other image of your goal on the fridgeto remind yourself of where you are going every day.


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71. Today is the day to get out and celebrate all the goodthings that you have. Celebrate all the good things that you

are, too. Celebrate being you!


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72. it’s not because material possessions are bad, but because they're often very good, that it's easy to lose focus.


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73. Living for yourself should be as natural as eating or breathing.


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74. Instead of constantly comparing yourself to others,

focus on improving your own situation.


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75. It is never too late to be what you might have been.


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76. You deserve, and can have, anything that you trulywant in the world. Don't be embarrassed to dream big

dreams.


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