July 28th, 2010

A while ago I watched a video on YouTube. It was about a man who was born with no arms or legs. He ‘worked’ at the Tivoli and his ‘job’ was to just sit while people paid money to come and look at him!

One day a circus arrived in the city and the manager decided to visit the Tivoli. Very soon he found himself standing in front of the tent where the man without arms and legs was sitting. He entered and saw the man, and he instantly understood that this man was something that most of us aren’t. He was a great human being!

I will not pursue this story but just say that the point was this:

Whoever you are and however you look on the outside, there’s always a solution inside of you for the problems you encounter. It’s up to you, and you alone, to have the courage and the will to address them – EVERYONE is able.

Finally, it was the circus manager who treated the man with respect rather than making fun of him that started this man growing into that great human being that he was.

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July 26th, 2010

I believe that a problem doesn’t necessarily need to be something horrible and depressing. How can I say this? Well, if you think about it, a problem is just something that exists before the solution is found. It means that – if you allow it – you can get yourself into a better situation when you resolve the issue.

So many big events, changes and breakthroughs have started because a problem occurred. Under these circumstances, if it’s treated as just something that happens before the solution is found and effort is put into resolving it, the end result is often much better than before the problem occurred. As an example, many people who’ve lost their work are back in the situation they were in before choosing that job. This means they can re-think what they want to do and even maybe start up something they have always dreamed about. The ‘problem’ has therefore turned out to be a positive thing! 

There are many more situations like this, so please try to identify some situations in your own life where this has happened, or situations where it could happen

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July 20th, 2010

When you’ve decided to do something extraordinary it requires an extraordinary amount of effort to achieve it. Just wandering around and hoping that the dream will just ‘pop up’ will leave you very disappointed. The more you want to achieve – the more effort you will need to put in..

Every time you choose the easy way without any challenges, it might be that you only challenge the weak side of you which absolutely does NOT want to have those great challenges which require this extra effort.

Often it’s some kind of setback or resistance that tries – and succeeds – to stop you.

Everything has a price to be paid; it might be needing to do something extra or perhaps having to overcome one or more obstacles. As I said before, the greater the things you want to achieve – the greater the effort that required and the resistance you have to overcome.

So many people give up just as they’ve come one through an obstacle and another one occurs. What they’ve missed is recognizing that all their setbacks and resistances and obstacles have made them stronger than before. Because of this I strongly recommend you don’t give up when the next setback arrives because now – even if you’re not quite aware of it – you’re stronger and therefore more able to conquer it and achieve you goal and dreams.

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July 18th, 2010

You’re probably wondering by now what the outcome was? Let me put it like this – the doctor was forced to pick up his jaw from the floor when he read the figures!

I had more than proved to science that it was possible. I had extremely good figures and some of them I had reduced by 80 percent! To all these so-called wise and well-educated people who’ve told me throughout the years that it’s impossible to reduce without medicine (and especially mine because of the fact it was genetic) I can only in all fairness say: “TRIPLE GENERAL BULLSHIT!”

Do you think that within other fields where there are so-called well-educated people that they can possibly get it wrong? Of course not – they’ve spent so much time and invested so much money in learning the truth they couldn’t admit it!

But also in all fairness, – I wonder how much money the drug industry cashes in on these blood fat reducing drugs?

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July 17th, 2010

I had a medical check in mid-May and among other things they did several blood tests, took my blood pressure and did an ECG. About ten days after that I had an appointment to meet the doctor and get the results. When I had these tests I found that my blood pressure was high at 185/95 (should be around 135/70), my weight to height was 105kg (should be around 90-92kg) and there was sugar in my urine. I wasn’t so much shocked as surprised by this, and I went away with very mixed feelings!

After a few hours I made the decision that from now on there had to be some changes; in future I will take more care of my body’s well-being and that will take care of the whole of me. I was very motivated.

I started to exercise at least 4-5 times a week, three of them by jogging and the rest by cycling or power walking. I changed my diet to the GI method and reduced the size of each portion I ate. My weight goal for the end of this summer is 90kg. I discontinued drinking wine during the middle of the week, including with my evening meal.

Ten days later when I met the doctor my weight had decreased by 3 kg to 102kg. Now I had to get the results from my blood tests. My blood fats were VERY high – my triglyceride was so high that many of the blood fat measurements were impossible to make. The good thing was that there was no high level of sugar in the blood test this time and my blood pressure had decreased to 159/85 which, although still too high showed I had made progress. This was probably the combined result of a big reduction of salt in my food and my weight loss.

My doctor told me I needed to have medicine to reduce my blood fats and my blood pressure. I asked if I could do it without medicine, by just continuing to change my way of living. The doctor said NO! He added that it’s absolutely impossible to do and that I should not forget that my father died of a heart attack at the age of 44! It was at that very moment I decided to do it my way and not take the ‘drug way’ – after all, I’d started the journey already.

I asked the doctor if I was gambling by doing this and he said no – it’s more like Russian roulette! However, he continued by asking how long I needed to continue the fight to get in shape and have new tests. I asked him to give me one and a half months and he agreed. He said I should go back in mid-July and take new blood fat tests, then we’d meet a few days later for the results. This meeting was yesterday.

What was the outcome from this meeting? Well you’ll get the answer on Sunday in my next blog text!

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July 12th, 2010

Make it a habit to always do whatever you do with passion! Many of you may now be thinking – how can I do that when I’m sometimes forced to do things I don’t really like – at work, doing gardening, visiting relatives or whatever?

This is the point! You need to try to do things you like and if you don’t like your work – then change it! If you don’t like gardening, change it so you don’t have a garden you need to tend or hire someone to do it for you. If you don’t like to be around your relatives, tell your partner and then try to resolve it somehow!

When this is done you really can do what I said – do everything you do with passion, then you will find that your life will be more valuable.

Do everything with passion

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July 12th, 2010

I’ve heard it said many times throughout my career within personal development, that a winner (or an optimist) sees possibilities in all problems whereas a loser (or a pessimist) sees problems in all possibilities. What a great description from real life!

My definition of a problem is when something has happened and now you need to resolve it. When a so-called problem occurs you can easily take control of the outcome yourself. If you start to think how to solve it and how to react in order to get the best outcome, you’re in the solution stage. If you blame others, circumstances and things outside of your control (a horrible thought) then you are absolutely not in the solving stage.

I will end with a story that I have written about in some other texts; there have been about three hundred texts before this one.

It was in the early thirties when two sales people who sold shoes decided they wanted to expand their businesses into Africa. Both visited Africa where they immediately set about finding costumers and each went their own way. Within a few days both of them sent a telegram back home to their offices. 

-          The first person wrote: Please cancel all shipments of shoes as there is no market for shoes here, nobody is wearing them!

-          The second person wrote: Triple the amount of shoes in the shipment; there is a huge market here as nobody is wearing them!

How would you think and react in this situation?

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July 7th, 2010

I once heard someone say: “shall we kill some time playing cards?”

If you think like that, you may as well wish you were dead! Every second counts (read the book with this name by Lance Armstrong ) if we use it for something important. Seconds will become hours and hours will become days. If you don´t agree with me, just try to miss out one day of your life!

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July 5th, 2010

I heard this question on the radio a few days ago, and the person who was asked it was very confused in his mind about it. Personally I’m quite clear about what I think.

First we need to define what success is. To me it’s when you do things you really value highly in your life (not what anyone else thinks you should value highly) and you do it better than you did it the last time. It also was done from your point of view and within your capability, not what somebody else might have done.

If you do things you really love and you do them better and better, then you have success – and if you have success in this way – then you’re most likely to also be happy.

So my straight and simple answer is: YES, you are happy if you have success in your life.

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July 2th, 2010

Finally! Some days ago I read in our local newspaper about some research undertaken about forgiving. It was in fact a whole page, and while I won’t go into it in detail I will give you the conclusions. Scientists have discovered that the principle of forgiving and asking forgiveness is positive for both your physical and your mental health.

For many years, as well as writing about I’ve also made speeches and held seminars about, the importance of forgiving. To me, to forgive is an absolutely selfish act! If you don’t forgive the wrong that’s been done to you, you’ll remain in the bad mood which it causes and you won’t be able to release the pain. You will never be able to move on in your life with joy and peace of mind, unless you get rid of what destroys your emotional life.

Forgive and move on in life; it might seem hard in the beginning, but I promise you that in the long term the joy of what you gain is much greater than if you continue to live with the bitterness and even – with revenge in mind.

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