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The Benefits Of Keeping A Journal
By Borat Sagidiev
Some people refuse to reminisce about the past, intent on putting everything behind them and living only in the future, but the events of your past are what make you who you are today, and who you will be tomorrow. Only in learning from the past can you change your life now and direct what it will be. For this, a journal is the perfect tool. Usually journals are pictured as gilt-edged diaries in which exciting events and private thoughts are recorded in neat, flowery handwriting. Although such an elegant tone might make entries seem more impressive, it is possible to achieve the same literary and self-analytical results using a spiral-bound or loose-leaf notebook. Computer, type-written, tape-recorded or video journals all present delightful possibilities as well. There are as many reasons to keep a journal as there types of journals to keep. Other than keeping a diary, which offers the most possibilities, you may want to try one or a combination of the following: Use a journal to practice and hone your writing skills Brainstorm solutions to problems Keep track of the life of a project; this can be either a "scientific-type" journal or a record of your personal thoughts about the under-taking Record your dreams and your thoughts about what they may mean Remember special vacations by keeping a travel log Create a historical relic by recording personal encounters with history in the making Create a general, permanent record of your life so that future generations of your family can see what things were like in the "olden days" Keep a record of your goals and your advances in achieving them You can use your journal as a supplement to any self-help program by tracking your progress and creating motivation for future programs A journal is a very personal piece of writing, and in order to be able to record your thoughts accurately, you must write in a style in which you're completely at ease. Using first person, past tense form as if narrating a story is the norm in journaling, unless you're recording events as they occur, for which you would use the present tense. Of course, this doesn't apply to all the situations mentioned above. For example, some journals are just comprised of lists or shorthand notes, and if you are practicing your writing skills, you can write in any style you want. When you first start out keeping a journal it can be difficult to start writing. I've known people who have sat in front of blank pages for hours, stressing over every word or idea. A good rule of thumb to follow is to just write whatever occurs to you, instead of trying to edit or curtail the flow of your thoughts. It's also a good idea to sit for a few minutes in quiet reflection and think about the momentous things that happened to you during the day, before you even open your journal. Then when you begin writing, you'll be
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able to focus your thoughts and not be intimidated by a blank page. Kept regularly over a long period of time, a journal can be an invaluable tool of self-knowledge. Journals can link together generations of family, giving them a history. Our memories of events are often fragile when recalling events of the past, and keeping a journal allows us to see the relationships between events and gauge the consequences of our actions. Journals are by no means impartial observers of history. Although you can attempt to be objective in your recording, they are, almost by definition, very one-sided documents with definite opinions; your own. In order to use them to see things as they really are, it is important to read old accounts with an open mind. Even though your entries may be on any topic, try to see what they tell you about yourself; your attitudes, emotions, and ideas. Ask yourself how each recorded event made you feel, if you were right to feel that way, and if you would react the same way today. What would you do differently? Don't beat yourself up over wrong choices or pat yourself on the back over good ones. Just try to look past the defense mechanisms that often make you blind to the truth, and learn from what you're reading. Analyze past entries for patterns of behavior and connected events that can span years. As the old saying goes, those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. Are you always getting involved with the wrong kind of person? Do you repeatedly make bad business decisions or get into conflicts with coworkers? Is there something in your past that's keeping your from being as successful as you want to be? A detailed journal is the story of your life, and if you were honest while writing, there is little you can't learn about yourself from it. Once you see the relationship between events and the consequences or your actions, it will become easier to change future events if you are dissatisfied with how things are going. Or, if you find a positive trend, you can consciously continue and enhance it. Eventually, you'll be able to look back on your life not as a pile of scattered pieces, but as a complete puzzle that forms a distinct image. Life may be too fast-paced these days for most of us to sit around and record the chapters in our lives in great detail, although nobody I know who has done it has every regretted doing it. If the thought of a thick book filled with blank pages is too intimidating or make you cringe at the thought of hours taken from your work and family time, yet you still want to use a journal to fit those puzzle pieces of your life together, then use shorthand. You can use a weekly planner to write down a few sentences about what you feel is the most important thing that happens to you each day, More than a paragraph won't fit the space, so you won't be overwhelmed by the space or time, and you'll still be able to make those connections between important events in your life, or just relive them. Journals help us to take the time to savor life as it happens, to record events while fresh in memory and thoughts while immediate in mind. Then, like a few written notes help you remember an entire meeting, you can revisit this time in your life, recapture emotions and ideas, simply by reading a few old entries. You will never regret the time you spend putting together a detailed journal. Copyright©2007 by Joe Love and JLM & Associates, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Article Source: http://www.articlerocket.com Borat is an owner of www.proessay.com. The site about custom essay and term papers. The place where you can buy custom essay buy essay buy dissertation
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Index: Missouri, Kansas economies weaken
Missouri’s Business Conditions Index was 39.3 in November, down from 48.1 in October and 53.3 in November 2007, Creighton University said Monday.
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Saint Luke?s names Quirin as CEO
Julie Quirin is the new CEO of Saint Luke’s Hospital, Saint Luke’s Health System said Monday.
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Sprint, Clearwire complete WiMAX deal
Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. have closed on a $14.5 billion deal to create a new company that will roll out WiMAX, an ultra-fast, high-capacity mobile Internet service. (S) (S) (TWC)
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How to Protect Your Customer Data and Your Reputation
When it comes to safeguarding customer data, the stakes are higher than ever in today's wired world. A single security breach can create a legal and regulatory nightmare. How vulnerable is your organization to hackers and disgruntled employees? What can you do to protect your company?<br><br>Sponsored by Cisco, this 30-minute BizWise TV broadcast for small and mid-sized businesses outlines the legal, ethical, and business obligations you face. A panel of security experts will show you how to assess your vulnerabilities, implement an effective security plan, handle an employee suspected of committing a security breach, and execute "damage control" through effective PR if a breach does occur.<br><br><br><br>BizWise TV features TV Style Broadcasts on topics relevant to SMBs. Tune in for a new topic on the third Thursday of every month or watch the previous broadcasts on demand at your convenience.
Intrusion Prevention Case Study: Mainova AG - Energy
This case study examines Frankfurt, Germany energy supplier Mainova AG's reliance on McAfee for its network security.
Corporate Incident Response: Why You Can't Afford to Ignore It
This Foundstone Professional Services paper explains the need for an effective corporate incident response plan and highlights common problems associated with inadequate incident response. It also discusses the steps you need to take when creating a corporate incident response plan and serves as a general guide to the phases that should be included in a comprehensive plan.
Making Your Business Disaster Ready with Virtual Infrastructure
Download this white paper to learn how a virtual infrastructure built on VMware server software can help make your disaster recovery strategy more effective and affordable. The paper emphasizes the need for business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) planning in today's enterprises and explains how a virtual infrastructure enables you to:<ul><li>Extend disaster coverage to more applications</li><li>Reduce recovery time</li><li>Make DR processes more reliable</li></ul>
Master Time Management With a Final 7 Time Management Tips
Time management is a hot topic these days. With more pressure on most people to do more with less, people are constantly turning to gurus in this area to try and improve their time management skills. This paper seven more tips to help people in their quest to master their time usage.
Action Plan in Time Management
Action plans are lists of responsibilities that instruct a person "To carry out to achieve an objective." The list centers on the goals immediately needing achievement on demand. The list or action plan enables one to center his attention on the specific obligations required of him. The marketplace has several software programs that help those people that have busy schedules and time management is a struggle.
Business Continuity Preparedness Handbook
AT&T's Business Continuity Preparedness Handbook provides a broad range of information to support your business continuity planning efforts.<br><br>The 16-page handbook examines business continuity in the context of two potential catastrophic events a pandemic influenza and a hurricane strike and highlights why taking a proactive approach to business continuity planning is essential for all disaster scenarios.<br><br>Topics include:<ul><li>AT&T's own business continuity preparedness efforts</li><li>Planning assumptions for pandemic influenza and the 2006 hurricane forecast</li><li>Best practices recommendations</li><li>AT&T solutions that support business continuity strategies</li><li>AT&T customer support during business continuity "events"</li></ul>
The Inexpensive Instant Message: Creating an E-Mail Newsletter
How does one share accurate, timely information with employees, customers and the community - and do it faster, better and less expensively than using the normal media outlets? The person should turn to e-mail. Faced with a barrage of negative media coverage as a result of innovative steps that provided a few surprises during the 2000-01 upheaval in energy markets, Chelan County PUD (Wenatchee, Wash.) came to this realization: The media were not going to tell their side of the story for them; they had to do it ourselves.
Using Crises as Publicity Opportunities
There are two kinds of Crisis Management: Internal (for when something happens within a company or externally that affects the company directly) and External (for when something happens in the world that indirectly affects the company). The authors' recommend that every company have a written plan on how to handle a range of both internal and external crises. This paper deals with external crisis management, and how one can, with advanced planning, gain positive publicity for the company when an external event occurs.
Telling Everyone You're Ok - A Key Element in Crisis Communications
Have a person ever noticed that one of the first side effects of most disaster situations is that the phone lines in the area immediately go down? The author believes that the first thing people think about in disasters is how it affects the people they know, or maybe just know of. That's why the phone lines go down - calls to check.
Impact of Past Crises on Current Crisis Communication
Previous research based on Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) suggests that an organization's past crises history affects the reputational threat posed by a current crisis when that crisis results from intentional acts by the organization. The study reported on in this paper provides a wider test of crisis history to better assess its role in crisis communication. Results from the present investigation showed that a history of similar crises intensified the reputational threat of a current crisis even when the crisis arose from the victimization of the organization or from an accident, rather than from the organization's intentional acts.
Sample Source: Crisis Management Plans - Part II
This paper includes specific action steps to take in the event of a crisis. Schools should create detailed procedures for each type of crisis that may threaten the school environment. Each process will vary, according to the type and severity of the emergency. The paper also describes the process in which the school recovers and restores its community.
Sample Source: Crisis Management Plans - Part I
Every morning, millions of students pour into school buildings all across the country. Families depend on schools to ensure that the environment in which their children learn and play is as healthy and safe as possible. Emergencies can take many forms, including severe weather and natural disasters, medical incidents, terrorism, and other threats of violence. Although many of these incidents are rare, it is vitally important for schools to be adequately prepared in the case of an actual crisis.
Media Communication Takes on New Dimensions With RMP
It is puzzling why many companies are doing little to prepare the local press for the information that will soon become public. This may stem from the industry's long-standing mistrust of the media. The good news about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Risk Management Program (RMP) rule is that it could serve as the catalyst for improved relations between the chemical industry and the news media. The bad news is that both are going to have to learn a new set of rules. Before the RMP rule, a chemical company's communications with the local media took place on two levels - routine and crisis.
Crisis Management and Disaster Recovery: The New Reality - Response to 21st Century Threats
The unfortunate truth is that many companies have failed to recognize that physical events or nagging perceptions can be their undoing. As keepers of corporate reputation, people need to step up to one of their most important responsibilities: developing the capabilities for responding to threatening situations. In the process, if the planning is founded on ethical core values and implemented properly, it can help avert loss of public confidence. Today, up to 25 percent of every chief communicator's time requires attention to readiness planning. That planning had taken on new dimensions that will be discussed in this paper.
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