How many of us like our looks? Few if any. Even some of the most beautiful people in the world are self conscious about how they look. When I spoke with a group of teens recently, I shared with them a quote by a famous woman who said she often felt funny about how she looked. I asked them to guess who she was....and no one suspected that it was Angelina Jolie. If she can feel bad about her looks....what about the rest of us??
In a recent article in O Magazine, the author tells us 5 things you should never do if you want to feel beautiful. This is directed mostly to females but it has lessons in it for guys too. Check it out.
How does this apply to Star POWER? Check out the next post...see you then!
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Star POWER
Ever wonder how stars seem to have their act together all the time? We see them on the covers of magazines or walking the red carpet and they look perfect. How do they do it?
Well first of all they're human like the rest of us and don't look that way all the time. I heard Cindy Crawford say that she wishes she looked like Cindy Crawford. She is a beautiful woman no doubt but to look like she does on the cover of the magazines, she has a large group of people working on her. Then the photographer takes the picture and erases out any flaws. We'd all look pretty good with that much help.
But how do they manage to look like they're so together? There are secrets to their success and in the next few posts on here, I'll begin to share what they are. They're things anyone of us can do and I call them Star POWER because each of us the ability to star in our own lives.
More later...
Well first of all they're human like the rest of us and don't look that way all the time. I heard Cindy Crawford say that she wishes she looked like Cindy Crawford. She is a beautiful woman no doubt but to look like she does on the cover of the magazines, she has a large group of people working on her. Then the photographer takes the picture and erases out any flaws. We'd all look pretty good with that much help.
But how do they manage to look like they're so together? There are secrets to their success and in the next few posts on here, I'll begin to share what they are. They're things anyone of us can do and I call them Star POWER because each of us the ability to star in our own lives.
More later...
Monday, March 27, 2006
How good was today?
If you read the blog from yesterday, you learned a new strategy where you ask yourself what's good about things. Did you try it?
What's good about a day in March? Here in New England, it was almost 60 degrees which felt really good after the cold days we've had lately. The sun set later than it had been too. It was still light out at 6:30 pm. And the time is going to change this weekend I think so it will be light much later. All good in my book. (Some not so good things happened...but why think about them and let myself feel bad when I get to pick what I want to think about??)
What good thing happened to you today? How would your life begin to change if every night before you went to sleep you asked yourself, "What good thing happened to me today?" Try it for a few days. Even better, get a notebook and write them down. That's what the most successful people do. Not every day. But lots of days!
Have a day tomorrow full of good things!
What's good about a day in March? Here in New England, it was almost 60 degrees which felt really good after the cold days we've had lately. The sun set later than it had been too. It was still light out at 6:30 pm. And the time is going to change this weekend I think so it will be light much later. All good in my book. (Some not so good things happened...but why think about them and let myself feel bad when I get to pick what I want to think about??)
What good thing happened to you today? How would your life begin to change if every night before you went to sleep you asked yourself, "What good thing happened to me today?" Try it for a few days. Even better, get a notebook and write them down. That's what the most successful people do. Not every day. But lots of days!
Have a day tomorrow full of good things!
Sunday, March 26, 2006
What's good about this?
The world right now is pretty negative - online, on TV, in song lyrics, on sitcoms. No wonder everyone feels so lousy. But there are some fairly simple ways to feel better. One is to ask ourselves a good question. Not, "Why does bad stuff always happen to me?" Because your brain will answer you and you won't like the answer.
Instead, when you're in a situation ask yourself, "What's good about this?" Sounds way too simple I'm sure. But try it. Everyone knows what's bad about their school, their home, their life. When you ask yourself what's good about those things, your brain starts noticing the good stuff. It's just how your brain works. It answers what we ask it. We just usually ask lousy questions.
Give it a try. Over 1000 teens I know personally did and their outlook on life changed to a more positive one the more they used it.
Instead, when you're in a situation ask yourself, "What's good about this?" Sounds way too simple I'm sure. But try it. Everyone knows what's bad about their school, their home, their life. When you ask yourself what's good about those things, your brain starts noticing the good stuff. It's just how your brain works. It answers what we ask it. We just usually ask lousy questions.
Give it a try. Over 1000 teens I know personally did and their outlook on life changed to a more positive one the more they used it.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Welcome to SOS for Teens blog
This blog is a continuation of what I used to do as a teacher. I created a course called "Strategies of Succees" which I taught to over 1000 teens in a public high school. It was one of the most popular courses in the school and the teens who took the course really liked the information I passed on to them. They liked it so much they even asked me to create a sequel!
I am no longer in the classroom but still want to help teens across the country. One way I'm doing that is to take my program to other high schools because one of the best ways to learn how people create successful lives for themselves is with other students around and a great teacher.
But I also want to blog suggestions. This way I can share what worked with the teens in my school with teens around the world. I can also share some of the newest things I've learned and also give a positive outlook to some of the negative things happening around us.
I hope you'll check in frequently and that you'll try out some of the strategies. I promise you that people who are successful...whatever that means to you...are successful for reason. And I think it's time the secret is out. Why wait until you're 40 to pay big bucks to go to a seminar and learn these things? Why not learn them now and create an awesome life for yourself?
Check in tomorrow for the first official 'secret'.
I am no longer in the classroom but still want to help teens across the country. One way I'm doing that is to take my program to other high schools because one of the best ways to learn how people create successful lives for themselves is with other students around and a great teacher.
But I also want to blog suggestions. This way I can share what worked with the teens in my school with teens around the world. I can also share some of the newest things I've learned and also give a positive outlook to some of the negative things happening around us.
I hope you'll check in frequently and that you'll try out some of the strategies. I promise you that people who are successful...whatever that means to you...are successful for reason. And I think it's time the secret is out. Why wait until you're 40 to pay big bucks to go to a seminar and learn these things? Why not learn them now and create an awesome life for yourself?
Check in tomorrow for the first official 'secret'.
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