Habits play a very crucial part in life. The personality of a person is determined by his habits. Good habits make a person calm, genial and great while bad habits deform and disfigure a personality. Everyone is responsive of the importance of habits and many wish to change their bad habits in order to improve their character, traits and personality.

Here a the top 7 of the most destructive habits that people have:

1. Sleep Deprivation
Sleep deprivation is a general lack of the necessary amount of sleep.
Sleep deprivation can have serious effects on your health in the form of physical and mental impairments. Inadequate rest impairs our ability to think, to handle stress, to maintain a healthy immune system and to moderate our emotions. Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells. In fact, sleep is so important to our overall health that total sleep deprivation has been proven to be fatal: lab rats denied the chance to rest die within two to three weeks.

2. Lacking in stimulating thoughts
The brain is a muscle and it can atrophy if you do not take good care of it. Thinking is the greatest way to train our brain. Lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.

3. Negative Thinking
Negative thinking is counterproductive, self-defeating thinking that makes you feel worse, see things in a worse light, and act in ways that often interfere with goals. The more you think negatively, the worse you feel. Changing habits of negative thinking helps a great deal in changing emotions and improving personal problems. Read more

Intuition is defined as the power or ability of attaining direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference. Intuitive knowledge is considered to be knowledge which cannot be gained either by inference or observation, by reasoning or past experience. As such intuitive knowledge is thought of as independent, original knowledge.

Intuition is helpful, because sometimes it leads you to something that cannot be achieved otherwise. A lot of lives have been saved by intuition alone. Decisions are accomplished easier if you are lucky enough, or determined enough, to use this gift. Develop your intuition now and reap benefits like you have never imagined.

Here are few steps you can take in your life to develop your intuition:

• - Believe in your first impressions: When you see someone for the first time and think that he is a bit too arrogant for your taste, chances are that impression actually holds true. Most of the time, first impressions are brought by intuition. And remember, you only have one chance to make (or receive) a first impression! Later on, go back and think about what your first impression was and see if it holds true.

• - Never expect: After letting go of the inhibitions and all those things that stop you from thinking and feeling clearly, never expect an answer right away. Never expect that the “hunch” will just fall into your lap immediately. Give it a little time. You’ll be surprised that all of a sudden you have your answer. Read more

A workaholic. This is what you have become. The only time you don’t think of work is during the three or four hours a day that you spend sleeping. You devote 16 hours of your day each day to working furiously: making money, reaching goals, working on giving your families the best, planning and mobilizing yourself for success.

Here are a few tips to help you, the workaholic, re-focus and get the best out of life :

• - STRICTLY FAMILY ON WEEKENDS! Resolve to make Saturdays and Sundays strictly for family time. And stick to this! Mondays until Fridays you make an excuse not to relax and spend time with your family because it’s work time, why not make a similar excuse for Saturdays and Sundays? “I can’t work today because I’m spending time with my family.”

• - WORK TO LIVE! Always keep in mind that you work so you can live and have a comfortable life. Always remember that you don’t live to work. Working is just one of the many useful and fruitful activities you do that enables you to live a good life and give your family (or any of your dependents) their needs. Don’t make work your life.

• - SAY “NO” if you are over-committed or before you get in that position if possible.

• - HAVE A MOTIVATION REFUEL. Physical fatigue is not the only threat to your energy. Emotional fatigue in the form of rejections, disappointments or making mistakes can all dampen your motivation. Having a motivation refuel means having a day, hour or even a few minutes where you go over your goals, listen to motivational tapes, meditate or do whatever will recharge your drive. Read more

Music has an amazing power to influence our emotions and behavior. It stimulates many different parts of the brain and body. It can reduce stress, aid relaxation, alleviate depression, and help store and recall information. Music can affect our emotions without our even being aware of it.

Music Therapy utilizes music and music related activities to modify ineffective learning patterns, help to promote emotional, mental, social and physical growth and to develop non-musical goals. Music Therapy works as a creative, flexible and sometimes spontaneous means of utilizing the appeal of music to help people of all ages and abilities. Music Therapy is an established health care profession that uses music and “techniques” in order to address physical, psychological, cognitive and social behavioral patterns. Music Therapy can positively affect children and adults alike. Music Therapy can make the difference between isolation and interaction and has been proven in situations such as: depression, anger, pain, autism, stress, grief, loss, time management, motivation, growth, change, procrastination and improving communication

Therapeutic Characteristics of Music:

Music can be characterized by how it heals. The way music fires the neurons in the brain to the tempo it is played, helps bring into play the characteristics that bring the biggest healing benefits to an individual. Although the power, range and effectiveness of music as a healing tool has many variables, there are certain traits that are Universal.

• 1. Music captivates and maintains attention, stimulating and utilizing many parts of the brain.
• 2. Music is adapted to, and can be reflective of, a person’s ability.
• 3. Music structures time in a way that we can understand.
• 4. Music provides a meaningful, enjoyable context for repetition.
• 5. Music sets up a social context by setting up a safe, structured setting for verbal and nonverbal communication.
• 6. Music is an effective memory aid.
• 7. Music supports and encourages movement.
• 8. Music taps into memories and emotions.
• 9. Music and its related silence, provide nonverbal, immediate feedback.
• 10. Music is success oriented. People of all ability levels can participate.                              Read more

Definitions
Goals — the general statements that describe the desired solution to a problem or issue.

Ask some truly successful people what accounts for their achievements and you’ll often hear this answer: goals. Indeed, clear goals are the fulcrum on which all prioritizing turns. To set goals is worth a good block of your time. Without goals your time will be aimless.

However, what kinds of goals? What must goals be?

1. Specific - A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a general goal. To set a specific goal you must answer the six “W” questions:

*Who: Who is involved?

*What: What do I want to accomplish?

*Where: Identify a location.

*When: Establish a time frame.

*Which: Identify requirements and constraints.

*Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal.

2. Attainable. Successful people set goals that are ambitious yet realistic. Cycles of success mark achievers’ lives.
When such people fail, it isn’t from a lack of planning or effort. Dreamers, on the other hand, set unreachable goals. They ride a rollercoaster of ups and downs, sometimes never making it to the top of the first hill.

3. Measurable. Imagine a football game with no yard lines, end zones, goal posts, scoreboard, clock, or even clear-cut teams—just a bunch of players whose goal is to pass a
football, run around, and collide. It might be fun to watch for a while, but not for long. The chaos would soon drive the fans out of the stadium. Shortly thereafter, the players,unmotivated and confused, would wander off the field.
To work without clear-cut, measurable goals is, in reality, not much more productive or engaging than our imaginary football game. To motivate yourself and others— to know if you have won—you absolutely need goals that can be measured.                                                    Read more

Feng shui experts have great reverence for family. Unless you are able to express gratitude for your elders, it will be difficult for you to make your own way in life. That’s why it’s so important to reserve a space in your home for your family. Take heart: there’s no need to associate with toxic family members. These days, family can be comprised of blood relatives, close friends or a combination of both. Using the front door of your home as the entry point, the Family Gua is located to the left of the center. Here are some tips for making this space happy, healthy and supportive.

• Look Up — Your Family Gua should convey hope and optimism. Torchiere floor lamps that cast light up toward the ceiling can help you from getting bogged down by toxic relatives. Pictures that are hung slightly above eye level can inspire you to rise above old resentments. Remember, when it comes to family, the goal is to move onward and upward. Staying mired in the past isn’t healthy for anyone. Keep reaching for the stars!
• It’s Easy Being Green — The color green is associated with the Family Gua. Therefore, this is a good color to use in the center portion of the left side of your home. Not only does green represent healthy growth and new beginnings, but it also symbolizes the union of two different colors: calming blue and optimistic yellow. The fusion of these two energies can help heal any rifts that have occurred in your family, allowing you all to form more compassionate relationships.

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