You wanted to fix how you felt, but if you did, you believed that you would end up wasting a great deal of time. So you continued on edge, feeling badly instead of satisfied until you lost your success out of fear or doubt that you were in the right place at the right time. We're supposed to enjoy our success right? Emphatically yes! Not only that, we're supposed to enjoy our path to success as well. We're supposed to be enjoying our lives, not lamenting every day that we've taken a wrong turn. But what if we did?

There are two steps to take for redirection. First we diagnose why things are going wrong or why we're not feeling right about things the way they are. Then we stop thinking about time and how we've wasted it. Doing that will only cause us to waste even more time. What one needs to do is understand how success is achieved beyond the hard work and determination to reach our goals in the fastest amount of time possible.

There are times when "time" must be taken out of the equation for attaining our goals. However what we should do quickly is to change the way we think about taking a wrong turn in our careers or goal setting. So you must not look at getting sidetracked as a waste of time, but a valuable lesson in your path to success. Everyone gets redirected that has had success. The greatest scientists and inventors have experienced hundreds of redirections that have all led them to the right path. And without taking what many call, "wrong turns" they may not have ever realized their goals that have helped humanity and the ! world in general.

I've always admired Thomas Edison and I've always looked to him to gain incites for success secrets unknown to many because he was a person who understood that the path to meeting his goals was not always a straight line. He never gave up and never saw failure as error; instead he saw a clearer path to his ultimate goal. To him mistakes were valuable lessons that always lead to the next step, allowing him to press on, while carrying the banner of triumph because he lived his successes one step at a time. We can see that very ideal in his famous quote which encourages us to keep an inner strength and press forward. "Be brave as your fathers before you.

Have faith and go forward." This is what we all need to do in the face of giving up our dreams. I read about Thomas Edison's stalwart determination to live his dreams over and over until I understood that success is not born out of a mere desire to create what we want, it's also a mix of wisdom, knowledge, and experience that all work together to create our dreams beyond a mediocre level. By not rushing to achieve quickly, we'll instead travel the path to our goals by taking little side trips, thereby gaining the development needed to fulfill them at their greatest level and to keep them alive.

Margaret Lukasik Christian Author and Teacher

For example I have two websites where my audiences are quite small because they are both targeted at a Christian audience. Christian audiences are very small and when they are reduced even more with a niche theme, it can be almost impossible to find the targeted traffic needed to make the time and money spent on a website worthwhile.

So if you have a similar problem with your website or a website in the making, I'll share a few success secrets that I've learned about from various site owners to find the targeted traffic you need for your website theme. Using Social Media Social media sites are a perfect way to find the best audience for your website. You can find others to socialize with or you can find others to do business with.

No matter how you plan to use these people, you can use social media sites to find them. Social media sites like Twitter.com and Facebook.com are perfect for finding people with the same interests as your site theme. These sites are both fun and a great way to meet others. There are many ways to find others on Twitter. Some of these options are listed below. TweetBeep.com TweetBeep.com is a site that you can join and receive updates based on keywords you select. You can choose your sites keywords and then use these to find people on Twitter. Twellow.com Twellow.com is a site that you can use to find others.

You look through categories based on people you are looking for. For example, you can look in the Society category to find people to communicate with. Search.Twitter.com is a great ! way to find others based on the keywords you use. Now the downside to this type of search is that you may get results that contain screen names or if a person talks about a person or business with that keyword in it, that will show up as well.

Using the options listed above will help you find others, but you may find you are limited on the number of people. What you can do is follow the people that your followers are following. There are many ways to find others using Facebook. Some of these options are listed below. Twitter If you follow people that list their name on their Twitter page, you can follow them on Facebook as well. You might see a lot of the same posts on the two sites, but you may find different posts on Facebook because you are able to type more than 140 characters. Facebook friends Check out other friends on your friends pages.

If they make posts that are of interest to you, then you can ask them to be your friend. You may want to send a message explaining why you want to be their friend. Facebook groups Search for groups and then become friends with the people that are a part of those groups. These groups are a great way to communicate with others who feel the same way as you do and believe the same as you. Happy people finding!

Margaret Lukasik

But that doesn't mean I believe it's wrong to have them. If you like making New Years resolutions and you plan on keeping them and do, then by all means, begin making yours now. I have an idea for a change that will affect your whole life with greater productivity, more confidence, and most important, greater health. Yes, you guessed it, make a resolution to eat healthier throughout the New Year. And by beginning right away, as soon as Christmas Day, you'll have a head start.

Begin the New Year now by understanding portion size, the value of fresh vegetables, the idea that the meat isn't supposed to take up most of your plate, and the necessity of not making dessert a must at the end of every meal. Keeping the simple eating tips above in mind, you should face Christmas and New Years Day festivities with a resolve to be a healthy, happier person which will result in becoming a more successful person in your everyday life. So when preparing the foods you love, keep the fat content low.

By using herbs and seasonings you can make your food more appetizing and therefore, help yourself and your family to enjoy good eating, while cutting back on sugar treats and rich foods. Successful eating habits will change your life and will make your new year the best ever! So stop frying. You know it's wrong, but you keep doing it anyway. The frying process adds simple carbohydrates and fat to your cooking. These are two things you want to try to eat less of. Now I didn't say eliminate them altogether. There's no sense depriving ourselves, and besides we shouldn't cut out carbohydrates and fat from our diets completely.

While! I am not personally an advocate of removing all carbohydrates from any diet I do believe it is a good idea to switch, whenever possible and tolerable to more complex carbohydrates that are healthier to consume. Fats on the other hand, should always be in moderation. It is best to save their use for those times when it is a real treat, rather than making them a daily habit. Reserve the fats for fun food and rewards rather than squandering them on fuel that is meant to merely get you through the day. All we need to do is cut down.

Prepare for smaller meals rather than cooking large meals and eating perhaps a three course dinner. Begin on Christmas Day to set the tone for the New year by serving smaller portions – at least for yourself. Your guests might get mad at you if you include them in your resolution. Food is the fuel your body needs to carry out its functions properly.

The bad news is that far too many of us really enjoy food to the extent that we overindulge, which also prevents the body from working properly. You will need to work to discover what the optimal amount of food and calories is for your dietary needs. Through this trial and error process you'll gain control over your body and your life. Realizing that you've mastered the challenge of self discipline, you'll become empowered to accomplish whatever task you set out to do.

Margaret Lukasik

Who is Grace you might think? I first learned about her in Sunday School when I was told to bow my head and say grace before eating a cracker. I looked all over for her until I saw the other children bowing their heads and folding their hands. I thought it was strange because they appeared to be praying rather than looking for some illusive person. I kept my head up and my eyes open, looking around, but no one named Grace showed up. I suddenly realized after hearing the "Amen," that grace must mean to pray.

Later I learned that it is a specific prayer said before eating to give thanks for food when one or more persons are about to eat. With that out of the way, I later learned that grace is also an eternal condition God has given us. By His grace we have eternal life. By His grace we have forgiveness, and by His grace we have the opportunity to receive many blessings even though we may feel undeserving of them. This means that we don't have to live with our mistakes. We can ask forgiveness and receive it by faith.

Thus, learning from our mistakes and letting them go rather than living them over and over again to create an atmosphere failure over success. If we don't learn to practice forgiveness over our mistakes, our reality about who we are will be so much less than the truth. We'll give in to that familiar voice that keeps reminding us of the worst things we've ever done.

Even when we close our eyes, we'll hear the echo of it's harsh tone reminding us over and over again why we're not worthy for good things to happen to us. It will remain relentless, until we embrace God's wonderful grace and let it open the door to all each of us were meant to be. So the next time you make a mistake and you begin brow-beating yourself, take a deep breath and! hold it for a second or two. Then replace your negative thoughts with a quick request for forgiveness and thank God for His grace. Let grace stand between you and your past to make your days fruitful and filled with joy.

By walking with grace, you'll have the opportunity to abide in greater love for others. Whining and complaining about your past will never help someone else get over a sad time in their life. It will never build strong relationships or give beyond understanding. But it will destroy the gifts you were given by keeping you from ever using them. Read Ephesians 2:8 and receive the gift of grace. Let this gentle life force empower you with great ability to do more good than the mistakes you've made along the way.

Margaret Lukasik Christian Author, Teacher and Life Coach

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Somehow that doesn't make too much sense. It's counterproductive to plan a successful holiday event or plan to attend one if you have to be angry or stressed before the "Big Day." My thought is to use Christmas holiday preparation as a time to practice being at peace no matter what goes wrong or how much you have to do.

Besides the obvious tips such as prioritizing and not taking on too many activities or responsibilities, I thought I'd go a step further. I suggest we all use this Christmas to become more patient, kind and loving to all – even to those who we find most irritating, such as a grumpy neighbor or the "know-it-all relative we try to avoid.

Taking on this challenge will develop in us a deeper character to not just get through difficult times but to think of them as challenges for improving how we appreciate the good in our lives and the joy of spreading kindness. Patience takes practice, so it won't do to say, "I've never had patience," or "I'm not a patient person," and then expect everyone to work around your determination to be quick to anger or to get frustrated. Be the one to smile and let things go.

Don't point out trivial behaviors in others that may not be acceptable to you, but are not really going to bring anyone harm. A smile and a kind look can dissipate trouble rather than a challenging remark that is guaranteed to begin trouble. Shifting to kindness after a heated moment of anger will set the tone for peace to be restored. I believe that small defining moments create who we really are.

If we care about others enough to think beyond our personal feelings, we'll not only be in control of our environment no matter where we are, but we'll always grow in the direction of successful patterns that will create what we desire to achieve. Practicing self-control is to have control! It makes us leaders, and tells others we're not small-minded, but large hearted and at the same time intelligent and wise. This amounts to respect and honor.

People will give you great blessings because you will be revered as a peace maker and a man or women who is fair and just. Let this Christmas develop in you an attitude of looking at the negative sides of others from the point of view of a parent. They see the faults of their children, yet they love them all the same. We can do this very thing with others. Instead of complaining that someone treated you mean, look at their actions as if they were a child and you are the adult.

Think about how that feels. Doesn't it give you a feeling of empowerment? Don't you feel very adult and in charge of the situation? Those feelings will not only bring successful results in the present, but they will create in you a feeling of confidence that you can make what you want to happen. Let your love so shine this Christmas so that there will be no need to think about New Year's resolutions. You'll already be in control to accomplish whatever it is that you want. Let it always be kindness first!

Margaret Lukasik
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Or, does the thought of people visiting you unannounced fill you with fear? What about getting a message on your answering machine that family is coming — do you panic? Worse, what are you going to do if they're only an hour away? Turn the family into cleaning robots to get the house in shape fast? What about leaving for work and you can't find the report you stayed up late to finish? It somehow got deleted from the computer and there's no backup, so what now besides the obvious stress mounting?