Listen. Listening is harder to do than speaking in my opinion. Most of us wants to speak, to be heard. Yet, how many among us really know how to listen and not just hear?
These past months I have gained a little bit of weight and I was stressing myself out trying to lose the pounds. See, I was only 105 lbs and I suddenly ballooned to 125 lbs. Honestly, I can shed those off in two weeks had I returned to my GM diet. That was the quickest way to lose the excess weight. However, my second try with the GM diet left me sick because my immune system wasn't that good and I was always swamped with work.
Then my mother said she attended a Herbalife meeting since she also wanted to lose weight. The moment I heard "Herbalife" I was very skeptical because I had a previous bad experience with an MLM company I tried to join before. I told her that they are just going to force her to recruit members and only 1% of the uplines earn and 99% fail. She told me she was not told to recruit any. She was just in it for the weight loss program. She told me to just try the products.
To cut the story short, I did try the 10-day program and I lost 6 lbs after the program. I liked what I saw and my wellness coach gave me a meal plan and explained the biology behind the diet - or should I say the new lifestyle. It was slower than the GM Diet but I am confident to say that it works and I didn't get sick. It made me feel better than ever. I lost weight yes, while not losing muscle. I definitely see the glow in my face. No make-up needed here.
My wellness coach suggested that I should attend the N.C.I.P. (Nutrition Club In-depth Program) training in Cagayan de Oro so I could learn more about the company should I decide to open my own Nutrition Club here in Bacolod. And so I did. Boy oh boy.
I thought I went there to learn about the ropes of the business - how to open and run a nutrition club, the sales and marketing plan, the techniques. To my surprise, we spent only about 2 days studying the techniques and more was in Personality Development. I loved that training!
Our teacher, whom I now see as my success model, stressed that more than techniques and skills, ATTITUDE is what differentiates successful people from unsuccessful people. Before I joined this program, I admit I am a very critical and skeptical person. I react a lot to negative things the negative way. I am still a work in progress but now I am aware of my tendencies and I try to control them.
She taught us the magic words "NO PROBLEM!" Even when we are faced with problems just say out loud "NO PROBLEM!". Crazy huh? It's called POSITIVITY. It is because our thoughts become words and our words become our reality. It is such a challenge to stay positive in the midst of annoyance, chaos, disorder, etc. but I am trying. In the end, I feel happier that I do not let the negative things get to me like I did before.
So there I was armed with my new found skill of counting calories, looking into the person's fat percentage using our body scanner machine. But what I found more valuable was that I returned to Bacolod a much better and positive person and a strengthened relationship with my God. While I was someone who was ready to strike those who wants to hurt me, while I always want to prove my point that I am right, here I am now asking "WHY DO I HAVE TO BE RIGHT? WHAT FOR?" What do I get from letting everyone know that I am right. Let them think they are right. Make other people feel good about themselves. I don't have to prove that I'm right. It's too much stress. I want to be happy.
I am practicing now the virtue of GRATITUDE. I have much to be thankful for because I am a child of God and He only wants the best for me and will always bring me to my destiny.
Someday, when it is my turn to mentor somebody, I wish I could also affect them in a way that reaches the soul like it did for me. I came to Cagayan wanting to equip myself the skills to become a better businesswoman. I returned here with a better attitude and outlook towards life and people instead. God indeed makes ways to communicate with us. I believe this was His way with me.
So it does pay to LISTEN sometimes and not drown God's voice by our noise.
These past months I have gained a little bit of weight and I was stressing myself out trying to lose the pounds. See, I was only 105 lbs and I suddenly ballooned to 125 lbs. Honestly, I can shed those off in two weeks had I returned to my GM diet. That was the quickest way to lose the excess weight. However, my second try with the GM diet left me sick because my immune system wasn't that good and I was always swamped with work.
Then my mother said she attended a Herbalife meeting since she also wanted to lose weight. The moment I heard "Herbalife" I was very skeptical because I had a previous bad experience with an MLM company I tried to join before. I told her that they are just going to force her to recruit members and only 1% of the uplines earn and 99% fail. She told me she was not told to recruit any. She was just in it for the weight loss program. She told me to just try the products.
To cut the story short, I did try the 10-day program and I lost 6 lbs after the program. I liked what I saw and my wellness coach gave me a meal plan and explained the biology behind the diet - or should I say the new lifestyle. It was slower than the GM Diet but I am confident to say that it works and I didn't get sick. It made me feel better than ever. I lost weight yes, while not losing muscle. I definitely see the glow in my face. No make-up needed here.
My wellness coach suggested that I should attend the N.C.I.P. (Nutrition Club In-depth Program) training in Cagayan de Oro so I could learn more about the company should I decide to open my own Nutrition Club here in Bacolod. And so I did. Boy oh boy.
I thought I went there to learn about the ropes of the business - how to open and run a nutrition club, the sales and marketing plan, the techniques. To my surprise, we spent only about 2 days studying the techniques and more was in Personality Development. I loved that training!
Our teacher, whom I now see as my success model, stressed that more than techniques and skills, ATTITUDE is what differentiates successful people from unsuccessful people. Before I joined this program, I admit I am a very critical and skeptical person. I react a lot to negative things the negative way. I am still a work in progress but now I am aware of my tendencies and I try to control them.
She taught us the magic words "NO PROBLEM!" Even when we are faced with problems just say out loud "NO PROBLEM!". Crazy huh? It's called POSITIVITY. It is because our thoughts become words and our words become our reality. It is such a challenge to stay positive in the midst of annoyance, chaos, disorder, etc. but I am trying. In the end, I feel happier that I do not let the negative things get to me like I did before.
So there I was armed with my new found skill of counting calories, looking into the person's fat percentage using our body scanner machine. But what I found more valuable was that I returned to Bacolod a much better and positive person and a strengthened relationship with my God. While I was someone who was ready to strike those who wants to hurt me, while I always want to prove my point that I am right, here I am now asking "WHY DO I HAVE TO BE RIGHT? WHAT FOR?" What do I get from letting everyone know that I am right. Let them think they are right. Make other people feel good about themselves. I don't have to prove that I'm right. It's too much stress. I want to be happy.
I am practicing now the virtue of GRATITUDE. I have much to be thankful for because I am a child of God and He only wants the best for me and will always bring me to my destiny.
Someday, when it is my turn to mentor somebody, I wish I could also affect them in a way that reaches the soul like it did for me. I came to Cagayan wanting to equip myself the skills to become a better businesswoman. I returned here with a better attitude and outlook towards life and people instead. God indeed makes ways to communicate with us. I believe this was His way with me.
So it does pay to LISTEN sometimes and not drown God's voice by our noise.
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