I seem to have lost count of how many times I’ve read and heard of celebrity marriages failing almost left and right. Not that I care (and personally I don’t). It seems strange that we often see movie and TV stars as flawless people, living the fairytale life of riches and glamor.

I suppose we all have to stop sticking our heads in the clouds and face reality. We all need to realize that nobody is perfect in anyway.

But we can’t lose grab of ourselves and our self improvement efforts either.

There are many ways to lose your sense of self-esteem, despite how trivial it could get. But whatever happens, we should all try not to lose our own sense of self.

I’m sure you have a bright idea hidden somewhere in the back of your mind that you just can’t wait to test out. Of course you’re not the only one with that same bright idea. So what motivates you to churn those creative, or even inspiring juices to its utmost flavor?

It’s always best to set up a personal goal where you can accomplish the most possible in record time, maybe like mowing the lawn in an hour or so right before the big game on TV.  A correct and positive attitude in whatever you do will make things easier, and even enjoyable.

Here are some tips to make it through the week even if you’re just sitting in your favorite couch. An idea takes time to form in your head and is always at work while you are busy, even if you are busy just sitting.

So how do you stay calm, composed and maintain self esteem in a tough environment? Here are some tips you may to consider as a starter guide to self improvement.

Imagine yourself as a Dart Board. Everything and everyone else around you may become Dart Pins, at one point or another. These dart pins will destroy your self esteem and pull you down in ways you won’t even remember. Don’t let them destroy you, or get the best of you. So which dart pins should you avoid?

• Dart Pin #1 : Negative Work Environment - Beware of “dog eat dog” theory where everyone else is fighting just to get ahead. This is where non-appreciative people usually thrive. No one will appreciate your contributions even if you miss lunch and dinner, and stay up late. Most of the time you get to work too much without getting help from people concerned. Stay out of this, it will ruin your self esteem. Competition is at stake anywhere. Be healthy enough to compete, but in a healthy competition that is.
• Dart Pin #2 : Other People’s Behavior - Bulldozers, brown nosers, gossipmongers, whiners, backstabbers, snipers, people walking wounded, controllers, naggers, complainers, exploders, patronizes, sluffers… all these kinds of people will pose bad vibes for your self esteem, as well as to your self improvement scheme.

1. [:ttip="Relation of Power to Tone " id="bullet_1"]Relation of Power to “Tone” -[:/ttip] The effectiveness of magnetism in action depends upon harmony of “tone” between its possessor and any other person, and in securing such “tone” harmony, on any magnetic plane, in any particular psychic state, at any given time, psychic and physical magnetism mutually cooperate.
2. Magnetic Intention – The magnetic intention (”I INTEND MAGNETICALLY”) intensifies otherwise unconscious magnetism, and runs through all the mass of general etheric vibrations like a theme in complicated music, imparting to them unity, character, intelligence, and definite and enormous effectiveness in practical employment.
3. Influence of Purpose - In the employment of magnetism, long-run purpose establishes etheric character, and specialized purpose confirms that character if it concentrates the general purpose, but confuses that character, perhaps destroys it, if it antagonizes the general purpose.
4. Force of the Ideal - Idealism of motive determines the character of etheric vibrations, and idealism of magnetic activities determines the quality of magnetism achieved.
5. Sway of Other Interest - The general sway of other interest in life, and the particular influence of other interest on special occasions, impart to uses of magnetism enormous effectiveness, and not least in relation to self.

Do to-do lists really help? I mean, how many times have you taken the time to write out a to-do list and then at the end of the day, just about everything on the list is NOT checked off.

Are they helpful?

Well, I think they are if you use them correctly.

See, we all have things popup in our day to day lives, and this is usually what makes our to-do lists not so effective.

For instance, I usually print myself out a daily to-do list. Well, today’s to-do list only has about half the things done on it. Things came up and one or two things took a bit longer than I thought they would – this happens though. BUT, I know everything will get done because I’ll be adding the things not done to the top of tomorrows list, and making sure I do them first if possible.

There’s also the issue of not writing out your to-do lists in the best productive way also.

I LOT of people are a victim to this. Even I was for a long time.