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Vigor

This weeks values is vigor. When I think of being vigorous I think of zest and whole hearted energy.its like being bold and a leader and growing with passion.I'm excited to see how we can been more vigorous people together .

Perky makeup

start in the morning

1. Freshen up with a tingly lemon shower gel. If you can bear it, switch the water on to cold just before you finish showering for an ultra-invigorating start to your day.
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   Wash your hair while in the shower. Take time to massage your scalp with your fingertips. It's a great pick-me-up.
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   Eat some breakfast - it really is the most important meal of the day and gives you the energy you need to get going. Try wholewheat toast and a glass of orange juice, or a bowl of unsweetened muesli with a chopped banana and yogurt.
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   Try this simple deep-breathing exercise to increase your energy levels. Lie on your back, supporting your head with a cushion, and place your hands on your tummy. Shut your eyes and concentrate on expanding your tummy as you breathe in, and flattening it as you breathe out. Continue for 5 minutes.
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   Your body needs lots of fresh air and daylight, so take a brisk 10 minute walk at some point in the day and drink plenty of water to refresh yourself.
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   Put on the spritz with a fresh-smelling body spray. It will lift your spirits and make you smell great too.
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   Gently pinch your cheeks to give them a red glow that will make you look instantly healthier.
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   Lie down and place a cold tea bag over each eye for 5 minutes. There is an ingredient called 'tannin' in tea, which reduces puffiness in your eyes and makes them look brighter.
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   Peppermint oil on one's feet, or even just a few whiffs of it, is an excellent refresher.

steps to be perky

1. Posture is always important. Make sure to always stand up straight and never to slouch. Always be lively and bouncing to avoid standing still too much.
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   Smile. Always have a smile plastered to your face, no matter how bad you really feel. Lively and perky people aren't frowning all the time. If you find it hard to smile, don't force it! Just think about something funny or something that makes you happy. Soon enough, you will be smiling and everybody around you will realize just how perky you are.
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   Consider becoming a cheerleader or gymnast. In most cases, all cheerleaders and gymnasts are known for their perky personalities.
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   Make sure you always get enough sleep. You cannot be perky if you're half asleep or grumpy with bags under your eyes. Remember to maintain a good sleeping habit, and always get at least 8 hours of sleep.
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   Exercise. Healthy and fit people are perky people. This is because they are confident and healthy, so are just naturally perky and always act perky.
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   Diet. Stick to healthy foods to keep you healthy inside and out. Always remember to eat the right amount and the right types of foods. You cannot act perky on an empty stomach, or a fat belly either.
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   Moisturize. In any case, you want to have smooth, shiny and happy skin. If you are perky with dry or peeling skin, this won't have any positive effects and you will certainly not be perky. So always remember to keep your skin happy and have that perky face.
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   Attitude. Maintain a perky, confident and happy attitude and you will be known for it.
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   Water. Always stay hydrated and drink lots of water. 6 - 8 glasses a day is recommended, and this is extremely good for your skin. This doesn't apply to just being perky, but it does help you to appear perky and feel perky.
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    Overall, just relax and have fun! Remember to stay true to who you are and never change yourself for someone.

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Wear makeup, especially foundation and brightening eye makeup. Everyone, male or female, benefits from a little concealer under the eyes.

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Find makeup colors that look natural with slightly pink and warm accents. Practice taking pictures with a camera flash to make sure you don't look like a ghost.

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Walk quickly with a slight bounce to your step. Do so in fabulous, open-toed heels.

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Respond to everything other people say, even if you paraphrase what they just said back to them. Always act engaged and affirming.

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Act tirelessly interested in other people, and downplay your own needs and problems.

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Use perky body language. Lean slightly towards people during conversations, and occasionally touch their arms while smiling in agreement. Flick your head back slightly when laughing or chuckling.

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Drink espresso. Sing a cheerful song aloud. Constantly smile.

Read more: How to Act Perky | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_2078829_act-perky.html#ixzz2NTErGPtn

Value 3:Perkiness

This weeks value is perkiness. I personally think this is hilarious and I am just going to try and act like a ditz all the time. One thing I will say is that even if you are just pretending to be in a good mood, very friendly and sociable after awhile you may start to believe it.

steps to being composed.

One of the first things I am going to do to help with being composed is to start doing deep yoga everyday and see if that helps my overall composure during the day. I have an interview tomorrow and alot to execute tonight, also a big event coming up so I feel my composure will be challenged this week and we can see how it goes.

Composure and Leadership

Composure is an important trait for a leader. To have composure is to not panic in the face of danger and not to over worry over grim situations. The ability to think things through without any psychological factors that can skew the thinking process defines a true leader.

A composed mind is obtained through reasoning with the mind. The mind is your best and worst enemy for the mind is influenced by either positive or negative thoughts. That is why the mind can either be very fragile for some and very strong for others.

Through positive thoughts, being optimistic and having a strong will, you will find composure within. Surrounding yourself with good friends creates positive thoughts. Thinking that the future holds hope and dreams is being optimistic. Being challenged thoroughly in all aspects of life gives you a strong will.

To have composure is to be self possessed and having the ability to sort things out. With it, you will not be shaken over anything psychological of physical. The power of composure is realized when a composed leader faces a grim situation. The ability to think, plan and inspire in any given situation marks a true leader.

Breathe

Our natural temptation when something goes wrong is to panic. It’s almost a built in instinct, but it doesn’t serve us well at all. In fact when we panic our breathing becomes shallower and we start to take actions out of fear. As a result we get in too much of a hurry and end up making poor decisions. Breathing is actually a great place to start because deep breaths calm our nerves and quiet the mind. If you’ve ever listened to any guided meditation tape, you’ll notice that they almost always start with some sort of breathing exercise. Spend 10 minutes taking deep breaths and you’ll notice that your nerves calm quite a bit.

Ask Yourself What’s Possible

I found that this one simple question can dramatically change your interpretation of every experience. When you ask yourself the question what’s possible as opposed to how am I going to get out of this mess, a world of potential options open up to you. Those options are usually significantly better and ultimately you’ll find yourself in a better off place than you might have expected from being dealt a bad hand.

Reframe

The way we use words has tremendous power. The minute you label something a problem or challenge, your actions align accordingly. However, if we label something an opportunity, we tend to take a completely different and much more productive set of actions. When we can reframe a situation we change the results that the situation will ultimately produce. The book The Three Laws of Performance had a great quote that I think really summed up this point well:

“As you label an object or situation, so you behave towards it.”

Think 5 Years Ahead

Do you remember something terrible that happened to you five years ago that seemed like a really big deal at the time? Maybe you broke up with somebody. Maybe you lost ajob. At the time when it happened it seemed like a really big deal. But when you look back at things that happened 5 years ago they often don’t seem like such a big deal. If we take our current problems and challenges and look at what their impact might be 5 years from now all of a sudden they start to lose the power they’ve had over us.

Unplug

We live in an age where it’s possible to be connected 24-7. You can search for a job for 24 hours a day if you wanted to (even though it’s a poor use of time). You can check your email all day long looking for the next catastrophe to occur in your inbox. You can worry endlessly about everything that could go wrong. Or you can simply unplug. For me unplugging means going to the beach and surfing for a few hours. I find that a few hours in the water not only gives me a fresh perspective on things, it calms my mind. Find any activity that forces you to be completely present and you’ll be amazed at just how much it will do for you mentally.

Do the Thing You’ve Been Putting Off

We tend to put things on hold quite a bit. If we purchase a self help program, we’ll often let it sit on our hard drives for months before ever going through it. We say to ourselves we’ll start that new exercise habit tomorrow and never end up starting at all. Doing that one thing that you’ve been holding off on will give you an opportunity to refocus your efforts on something that’s actually productive.

If I told you that you’ll always get great cards, and everything will be perfect I would be lying to you. Life is full of uncertainty, and the higher of a tolerance you develop for it, the better off you will be. Once you develop the ability to weather the storm, you’ll sail through the world with flying colors.

definition

Definition of COMPOSURE

: a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance

Value 2:COMPOSURE

I am very excited today is the start of a new week and a new value. To wrap up last week I feel like I did pretty fair with self control. I took a personal self control quiz and I received a 70% self control capability and learned it really comes down to will power and self. I feel as though self control is something I will continue to try and implement daily and that is more important than I thought or at least it should be. I have one of those personalities where people are unhappy with themselves or think that they are not good enough. So I feel that the values I pull keep being very appropriate and then new value this week composure is something most of us definitely lose on a daily basis.

I don't need it

http://www.adaringadventure.com/guest-posts/how-to-increase-self-control/

This has some pretty good info and examples on self control

Willpower: Self-control, decision fatigue, and energy

Day 4

The hardest thing I have realized about self control is discipline and that you have to be your own boss. Try this: look at your life as a business that you have invested all your time and money in, because really that is what you are, you are the figure head (the boss) of the business of you. You determine how successful you are, whether or not things get done on time, the quality of your establishment, the way you make exchanges with other people, it is all up to you. So now pretend that you obviously have employees in different sectors, except those employees are also different sides of you. You know the things that need to get done , you know where you want your company to be in a year but how can you get there if you keep letting the head of education, the head of physical fitness, the head of social connections slack off on the job. If it really mattered to you as the boss you would fire all those poor feelings and negative attitudes.You need to be the boss and know that the only person who loses by trying to outsmart yourself is you.

Self control test

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Day 2 -self control

Joey brought up a good point yesterday about self control.As I got through no eating and no ciggarettes ,hey said wouldn't real self control be if you just had one. So today im smoking one ciggarette and eating one thing. However controlling ambition is defintely a little bit harder. Yesterday I was 50% succesful at getting myself to do everything I needed to but I kept looking for distraction.I had good intentions of going to bed early to wake up early but got to talking on the phone to someone speacial n then it was 3am. Self control is being able to do things in moderation.

Mid day

Not eating really is not difficult if you keep yourself busy ,however it makes me want a ciggarette more. Procrastination is also seeping in and fighting my self control. I realize they are direct opposities as self control sucks at first but feels really good after .the best way to stay on track is to assign times frames to tasks with rewards such as a texting break or 10 minute music jam out ,like I am currently hot tubbing ..awwww yea.

Self Control Mantra

I am fully in control of myself.

I have the power to choose my emotions and thoughts.

Self-control brings me inner strength and leads me to success.

I am in control of my reactions.

I am in charge of my behavior.

I am gaining control of my emotions.

I am the maser of my life.

Day by day my ability to control my feelings and thoughts is increasing.

Self-control is fun and pleasure.

A poem

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“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

 “He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”

― Lao Tzu

What is Self Control?

Self Control.                                                                                                                                          Self-control is the ability to control one's emotions, behavior, and desires in order to obtain some reward, or avoid some punishment. B.F. Skinner's Science and Human Behavior provides a survey of nine categories of self-control methods.^[31]

Physical restraint and physical aid

The manipulation of the environment to make some response easier to physically execute and others physically more difficult illustrates this principle. Things such as clapping one's hand over one's own mouth, placing one's hands in one's pockets to prevent fidgeting, and using a 'bridge' hand position to steady a pool shot all represent physical methods to affect behavior.^[32]

Changing the stimulus

Manipulating the occasion for behavior may change behavior as well. Removing distractions that induce undesired actions or adding a prompt to induce it are examples. Hiding temptation and reminders are two more.^[33]

Depriving and satiating

One may manipulate one's own behavior by affecting states of deprivation or satiation. By skipping a meal before a free dinner one may more effectively capitalize on the free meal. By eating a healthy snack beforehand the temptation to eat free "junk food" is reduced.^[34]

Manipulating emotional conditions

Going for a 'change of scene' can remove emotional stimuli, as may rehearsing injustice to motivate a strong response later.^[35]

Treating an activity as "work" or "fun" can have an effect on the difficulty of self-control.^[36]

Using aversive stimulation

Setting an alarm clock to awake ourselves later is a form of aversive control. By doing this we arrange something that will only be escapable by doing things (turning off the clock) which tend to awaken ourselves.^[35]

Drugs

The use of self-administered drugs allows us to simulate changes in our conditioning history. The ingestion of caffeine allows us to simulate a state of wakefulness which may be useful for various reasons.^[37]

Operant conditioning

The use of a token economy, or other methods or techniques unique to operant conditioning may be seen as a special form of self-control. It can take great self-control to stay off drugs or to stop smoking.

]Punishment

Self-punishment of responses would include the arranging of punishment contingent upon undesired responses. This might be seen in the behavior of whipping oneself which some monks and religious persons do. This is different from aversive stimulation in that, for example, the alarm clock generates escape from the alarm, while self-punishment presents stimulation after the fact to reduce the probability of future behavior.^[37]

Punishment is more like conformity than self-control because with self-control there needs to be an internal drive, not an external source of punishment that makes the person want to do something. There is external locus of control which is similar to determinism and there is internal locus of control which is similar to free will. With a learning system of punishment the person does not make their decision based upon what they want, rather they base it on the external factors. When you use a negative reinforcement you are more likely to influence their internal decisions and allow them to make the choice on their own whereas with a punishment the person will make their decisions based upon the consequences and not exert self-control. The best way to learn self-control is with free will where people are able to perceive they are making their own choices.^[38.                                                      "Doing something else"

Skinner noted that various philosophies and religions exemplified this principle by instructing believers to love their enemies.^[39] When we are filled with rage or hatred we might control ourselves by 'doing something else' or more specifically something that is incompatible with our response.

 

Self Control Day 1

Self Control.
     I was not to happy when I pulled this out of the box as my first value to focus on. I think it's definitely a sign though and couldn't be more appropriate for a time in my life when I couldn't get myself out of bed to live. I made bad decisions or just ran away from the things I should have done and blamed it on my depression but what it really comes down to is having the self control to be able to do them. I think if you can have self control its one of those values that will allow you to do anything you want, however in today's society it is probably the one value were lacking the most. Everything for us is instant and accessible and there are no punishments for the things we do that immediately effect us so we just don't care, and that's how we ended up here where we all are unhappy with ourselves. Then I rethought about self control and how I didn't want to focus on this first but maybe this is what is needed in order to be mentally strong enough to stick with this values journey. I think one of the hardest things we can learn in life is to fully embrace commitment.

So my plan is to kick start this with bodily self control to mentally control my body. So today I will not be eating, smoking, and hopefully sleeping, I will be drinking large quantities of water and exercising at least three hours.  I did however wake up at 11am but that just shows how bad I need some self control.