Tuesday, September 28, 2010

My five goals for next mont

Five short term goals, that I will try to accomplish in next mont are:
1-Every day spend minimum hour doing homework and studying. My goal is to have 4.0 GPA.
2-Every weekend spend 2 hours volunteering. My goal is 8-10 hours in next month.
3-Every day make improvements to my poster about Serbia, and spend half-hour per day creating it. This is for accomplishing program requirements. Goal is to have it ready for presentations next month.
4-Every morning get up at 6:45 and go jogging to keep in shape. My goal is to get from 175 to 170 pounds.
5-Every day lift weights for half hour. My goal is to get from 25 to 30 pounds.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Core values

This weeks topic are Core values. There is a lot of definitions what Core values are, but I am not going to write them. I will write my seeing of Core values.

Core values are things you believe in. They are like a root for a person, and they determine how we act and what is important to us. Decisions we make are consequence of our Core values. Our values actually show what we believe in. As you grow up and get older you have more and more Core values, but you never loose your previous ones. If you think something is good, you will still believe in it but you will just add some new values or you will expand old ones. One of Core values is family, and when you grow up and expand your family you also expand your values related to your family. Man has a lot of values, and if he believe in them 99 percent of his decisions are already made. If your values are strong, and you believe in them that says a lot of you as a person.If a person has core values and believe in them, they have them because think their values are good and that person will have no problem making even the hardest decisions. They will just follow their values and know that they did a good thing, and made right decision. I have Core values in which I believe in. Some of my values are family, faith and persistence. I have more of them, but these are some of most important.

And so, every person should think about their Core values and to see are they relining on them while making decisions. If you want to have Core values have them because you, and do not look at other people values. Close your eyes and you will see thing that mater to you, those things are your Core values.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Vision

This week topic is vision. Probably everyone of us know what it is, but how often do you make your vision and more important, how hard do you try to accomplish it?

What is vision? Vision is plan that you make for future, that is how you see yourself in certain period of time. If you have vision, you probably have faith because those two go together. Faith is ability to believe in something even if you can't see it. If you have vision, and you believe that you can accomplish it you are on half way there.

There is quote I like, it says: "When you are born, everybody are smiling but you are only one crying. Live your life in such way on the end you are the only one smiling, and everybody else are crying". I like this quote because it shows us that you can make your life worth something, and that people will be sad that good man died but you will be happy because you know you did good job and that you accomplished your vision.

Success comes when readiness meets opportunity. If you have vision and try to accomplish it, eventually there will be chance for you to use it. Vision without action is like a dream, action without vision is simply passing time. When vision meets action, that is making positive difference.  This is also a good quote, and it shows thing I wrote on beginning of this paragraph.

So for the end, dream big and try to accomplish it. My favorite quote is:"You do not lose until you quit trying".  
Never quit trying, if you accomplish smaller tasks every day they will lead you to your goal.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Law off process, and our rights

This week was fast one, it passed quickly but in that time I learned a lot about Law or process. You have to work on your changes and improvements daily, you can't wake up and say "I will change" and think that is enough. You have to put effort in what you do and to it every day. I like the quote "Leaders are not born, they are made", because it shows us that everyone can improve it-self and to be better. You only have to try, sometimes maybe it will seem that goal is not worth of changes and that everything is good how it is now, but think twice. Nobody is perfect, you should admit that and try to improve your-self. Life is like an open book, and with lots of free pages to write every day.

And about our rights. I think all people are free to do whatever they want, wherever they want, whenever they want, BUT only if that does not hurt other people. It is hard to find middle, because it is hard for all people to get along and all people can't be satisfied with all rules, but what would life look like without that. People should not be controlled for no reason. When I heard about people being ticketed for taking beer cans on street on Iowa game days I was shocked. People should have right to take those, if they are not causing problems. Some person can get alcohol at home, and go drunk to game but he wont be ticketed because he did not have can with  him. Thats way it is hard to find middle. Rights are really heavy topic, because people should have rights, but they often abuse them and then it is hard to adjust them to fit all people. Because small percentage of people does some things, bigger percentage has to make rules and to adjust them.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Things I would like people to say about me for my 85th birthday

These are things I would like people to say about me for my 85th birthday, and I hope that I will live the day to hear this things. I hope that I would accomplish my goals, and that I will deserve to hear this words.

1-He believed that his has a purpose, and that he can change things to better. He changed himself even do it was not easy to do. He set a trail there where no one did, and he was truly a leader.

2-He never complained about life, and asked why am I not rich or powerful. He accepted it and always tried to be better, not because others but because himself.

3-He had his commitments and he fought for them without fears. When it was hard he continued, because he knew it has to be hard to become better.

4-And probably the most important, he is a husband and a father who loves his family and they are most important thing in his life, and he is also a good man.

If I live day that I will hear this words, I will know that I did not wasted my life and that I am truly a happy man.