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Welcome to Australian Monthly News (Oz Ezine)!


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Contents


1. Today's Motivation.


2. Inspirational quote.


3. Useful Sites.


4. This week's sponsors message.


5. Editors notes.


6. Article


7. A little humour.


8. Ezineadnet advertisements.


9. Disclaimer


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1. Today's Motivation


"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into

your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside,

awakens."  - Carl Jung


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2. Inspirational quote.


"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock

long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake

up somebody."


-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


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3. Today's Useful Sites.


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4. This week's sponsors message.



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5 Editors notes


Hi Friends


Welcome back! Been away drinking and carrying on! But also

been concerned about my son Chris and I am glad to tell you

that he is coming out from under the black cloud. Sure taught

us all a lot about depression. I had no idea what clinical

depression was and how it affected people and how difficult

it was to interact with people like that. It is at a time when

they need us most and it is a time when they are the hardest

to approach!


Sure is no depression about the economic climate in Western

Australia with the announcement this week of the signing off

on the Gorgon LPG gas deal with China.


The gas will come from the Gorgon development off the West

Australian coast and comes a week after a $25 billion deal

to supply gas to India, also from Gorgon.


The $50 billion Gorgon LNG project will be the biggest single

investment ever made in Australia, breaking the record set

only a few years ago by the $12 billion Pluto LNG project

now under construction in Western Australia.


Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson said the

unprecedented export deal confirmed Australia's importance

as a global energy superpower.


The deal, between Gorgon partner ExxonMobil and Chinese

energy giant PetroChina, will contribute to the 6,000 jobs

expected to be created at the peak of the Gorgon project.


While the global recession has wiped 20 percent or more off

the value of average house prices around the world, Australian

property prices have softened by just 1.2 percent in the year

to the end of May. The average house across Australia is

worth $395,000, according to Residex research used by ANZ.


And with the recent rain though the wheatbelt here, farmers

are assured of a bumper season. So if you want to come and live

in a place with a great future for you and your family, have

a look at Western Australia.


Lately I have been involved with the writers of Geraldton and with

science week. With all the talk about saving the planet, it is

sobering to think of the vastness of our universe. last Monday

Dr. Charlie Lineweaver from the National University, Canberra,

gave a talk at out Uni titled "is there another universe."


What an excellent evening and he expounded some incredible

theories about multiple universes expanding forever. If we

could possibly conceive that without going crazy?


And on this coming weekend down in Perth, Michael Rowland,

the author of 'Absolute Happiness' and filmmaker is conducting

a seminar on 'writing from the sub-conscious mind!


Looks like being in interesting end to the week.


Hope you had the same and happy holidays in the Northern

Hemisphere.


Kind regards


Stan Maley


Australia 0899652873


http://www.ozfamilyezine.com

 

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6. Article


The Only Way to Change Your Life


You've heard it before, change is inevitable - except from

a vending machine! What isn't inevitable is whether we lead

change, or change leads us. Charles Darwin didn't say the

strongest or fittest of the species will survive, he said

those who most responsive to change will survive. I say

those who lead change will do more than survive, they'll

thrive.


To develop any area of your life you need to master the

mechanics of change. Sometimes change will be dictated from

the outside it will force itself on you. Like an illness,

that you may have been able to prevent now that it's happened

all you can do is respond. Life mastery requires that we do

more than adapt to change. Life mastery requires that we

create change. This process of creation begins inside you

but it manifests in what you do. The way to change your life

is to change your behaviour. Yes it may start with our thoughts,

beliefs and emotions but ultimately change is spelt - ACT,

you've got to take action.


If you don't have what you want it's because of what you're

doing or more likely, not doing. Nobody ever climbed Everest

just by visualising, believing, thinking or conceiving it.

That might be a start but you can't finish something with

a start. I don't care if you can bend spoons with mind

until you get up and do something, all you're going to have

is bent spoons.


So action is essential but it's not enough. If you only

brushed your teeth once you would soon have rotten teeth.

You've got to brush your teeth every day for the rest of

your life. That goes for most success behaviours. They

have to become habits. Aristotle famously said: 'We are

what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act,

but a habit.' Our habits are responsible for more than our

accomplishments; our habits are the basis of who we are.

The word 'habit' comes from the Latin; Habitus meaning

'Character'. Our habits aren't determined by the quality

of our character; our character is determined by the

quality of our habits.


What I love about habits is that they're automatic. Sure

replacing a habit can be a challenge but once you have, you

don't need to think about it. Habits are the brains own

autopilot system. When they kick in, what a pleasure, you

can sit back and enjoy the ride.


Excellent artists, sportsman, scientists and business people

have simply acquired excellent habits. From my early studies

in Academic Psychology I learnt that genius was largely

innate. From this there is a sad conclusion: why aspire to

greatness if its something you can't acquire. The latest

research is turning this notion upside down. Anders Ericsson,

professor of Psychology at Florida State University has spent

the past 20 years studying exceptional individuals in all

fields. His conclusion: 'Nothing shows that innate factors

are a necessary prerequisite for expert-level mastery in most

fields.' The only exception Anders has found is in the

correlation between height and athletic achievement in sports,

most clearly for basketball and volleyball. So what does

determine success? In Anders words: 'extended, deliberate

practice.' In just one example Anders found that the top

classical musicians practice on average double the amount

than their less accomplished counterparts. As a writer when

I go back to my early essays I always cringe at how bad they

are. Today I write for a living, so if ability was fixed I'd

be homeless. Every book I've written has been easier, quicker

and if sales are any indication, better.  The best way to

learn is to do, not once but regularly. Greatness is a habit.

Here are seven steps to turning an act into a habit:


1. Define the behaviour that you want to transform into a habit.




2. Be clear about how the habit will improve your life. For example   

    cutting down your spending will help you secure a comfortable

    retirement.


3. Make the habit as pleasurable as possible. For example exercise

     to uplifting music.


4. Diarise specific times and days to perform it.


5. Get a buddy to hold you accountable.


6. Keep a habit record. Each day check whether you have performed

     the behaviour or not.


7. Manage your slip-ups. If you miss a day don't beat yourself up.

    Figure out what you need to change to make sure you do it next

    time.


Control your habits and you control your destiny!

  �© Justin Cohen


Justin Cohen is an international speaker, trainer and author. For

more personal development resources go to www.justinpresents.com




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7. A little humour.


A truckie pulled up at a roadhouse on the way to Exmouth,

walked in and ordered a burger and chips. Next to him stood

an emu who said "I'll have the same." The truckie put his hand

in his pocket and pulled out the exact right change and they

walked off.


Two days later he came by again and ordered the burger and chips

and the emu with him said "I'll have the same." He put his hand

in his pocket and pulled out the exact right change and they

walked out


Friday they came in and the truckie said "What the heck?

I'll have a steak sandwich." The emu said "I'll have the same."

The truckie put his hand in his pocket and pulled out the

exact right change.


As they turned to leave the waitress called out "Excuse me. How

come when you order you put your hand in your pocket and pull

out the exact right change every time?"


"Well its like this'" said the truckie. " I found this

magic lamp in the dump and when I rubbed it a genie appeared

and granted me two wishes. My first wish was that anytime I

wanted to buy anything I just had to put my hand in my pocket

and out would come the right change!"


"Well done." said the waitress. "You will never be short of money

ever. But what's with the emu?"


"Yeah, you know" said the truckie. "My second wish was to have a

long legged chick that would always agree with me!"


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