Do You Worry About a Bus Crashing Through Your Yoga Studio?

A number of years ago, a story appeared in the Los Angeles times. It seems a man was sitting in his living room one Sunday afternoon, feet propped up, watching TV, eating chips and drinking a soda. Totally relaxed, thoroughly enjoying his day. Not a care in the world. Suddenly, without warning, the wall of his living room explodes into pieces as a Los Angeles city bus crashes into his home before coming to an abrupt stop. The man is unharmed, still sitting there with his feet up and a corn chip in hand. But now with a look of utter disbelief on his face as he stares into the tall glass windshield of the bus which is now facing him from where his TV used to be.

Some of us are prepared for such occurrences we anticipate they will happen and we are sure to build walls that not even a bus can penetrate. That's ridiculous. What is he talking about?, you ask. You see, many of us spend hours of our days (not only while awake, but also in dreams), worrying about anything and everything that can possibly go wrong. Okay, so maybe planning to deal with a city bus crashing into your studio is a bit much, but think about all the things that you worry about which may not be as extreme, but still hurt your business. (More on the bus story in a minute) I know studio owners who say things like:

I won't hire anyone new because they might not work out and then I'd need to fire them. (I'll stick with the mediocre staff I have at least I know their weaknesses)
I don't want to implement an auto-renew program because someone might not like it and tell all their friends that they didn't know they were on an auto-renew program and then no one will come to my studio anymore.
I don't want to sell merchandise (even what we use in class), because then I'd need to figure out what to do if someone didn't like what they bought and returned it. If this happened a lot, I could lose money. I'd better not sell anything.
I don't want to put out an email newsletter because if I write about a student and make a mistake they could complain and even sue me.

My question to you is this: Where in your own life (business or personal) do you spend time and energy worrying about things that might possibly go wrong? How much emotional energy does this take each week? How much time?

When we focus on what might go wrong, we defeat ourselves. First, we use up time and emotional energy. Next, if you follow the law of attraction, we attract into our lives exactly what we don't want. Also, if you devoted all this time and emotional energy to achieving something that you do want as a part of your studio (or of your life), imagine what could you achieve? There is a big difference between playing at life to not lose and playing to win. Virtually anyone in history who make any kind of a difference in the world played to win. Think of Gandhi, Mother Theresa, The Dalai Lama, or whomever you personally admire. Henry Ford once said Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eye off the goal.

So, how do we choose what to devote time and energy to? I often recommend a simple model, called the Circle of Influence. Imagine there is a circle around you. Inside the circle is everything in your life that concerns you AND which you have a reasonable degree of influence over. Things like the friends you have, what you eat for lunch, what you spend your money on, what type of work you've chosen, etc. Outside of this circle are all those things that you care about maybe very deeply but which you have very little or no influence over. This might be national or world politics, the weather, what choices most other people make in their lives, etc.

Now you get to make a choice. Once you've made this distinction, you may choose to focus nearly all of your time, energy and resources on those things within your circle. Sure, you care deeply about those things outside of your circle, but spending time worrying about them won't improve them. On the contrary, often when we focus on things inside our circle, it expands. Soon we find that we have more influence in the world than we did before. What things in your studio and in your life fall inside your circle of influence, and what falls outside of it?

The bottom line is this. Spend nearly all your time, energy and focus on the goal you want to reach. Only deal with those potential obstacles that clearly lie ahead in your path. As far as the guy with the bus in his living room goes, it turns out that the bus was stolen. In fact because it was stolen, the city refused to take responsibility for the damage. In the end, you can't prepare for everything. You can waste a lot of time trying, but there will always be the chance that a bus drives though your living room. Deal with what you need to and trust the rest will work out. If I might make a request: What is one area of your studio that you stress about, but which you could realistically let go of and be willing to just let go of worrying about? Okay, now do it I know if feels like a giant leap sometimes, but remember, many great souls have already proven this path for you. Go in peace.

Namast,
Al Lipper
Coach Al Lipper

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Coach Al Lipper

Business Coach for Yoga Studios
Destiny: Success
Website: http://www.CenteredBusiness.com
Email: fcoach@centeredbusiness.com
Telephone: (805) 544-3938

Coach Al Lipper of 'Destiny: Success' helps Yoga studio business owners smoothly run and expand their yoga studio business. He helps stressed and overwhelmed yoga studio business owners who spend most their time wrapped up in daily business tasks, who can't handle any more clients, or who can't make any more money out of the yoga studio.

Coach Al helps clients find new yoga business strategies which result in generating more clients, increased profits, and more free time for the business owner. The amount invested was small compared to the results. Contact him today to discuss your yoga studio challenges at (805) 544-3938 or visit http://www.CenteredBusiness.com

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Acne Skin Care Tips

Lets face it, everyone wants to get rid of those unsightly blemishes, unclog your pores, and feel better about your skin. Well, we have scanned the internet and have pulled together the TOP acne skin care tips. So please feel free to browse our list, print it out, or bookmark our site at the end to stay up on new information. Thanks!

Here are the first three basic treatments or solutions to helping you slow or reduce your acne.

Easy Acne Skin Care:

1. Determine what your specific skin type is. Is it dry? Is it oily? Do you have both on different places of your face? Determining what type of skin you have will help determine what treatments are going to work best.

2. The simplest yet most overlooked. WASHING YOUR FACE! Acne is caused by an over reaction of a chemical in your pores. If you have acne you have overproducing sebaceous glands. They secrete a fluid into your pores and since your face is dirty or you have not cleaned the dead skin off of your face, this fluid gets trapped in your pores, gets infected, and you now have acne. SO WASH YOUR FACE

3. Go back and read acne skin care tip #1 then decide if your face needs lotion or drying out with alcohol.

3. OK, the third step in this acne skin care method is to put lotion on your skin that will heal it. This is not the same as drying out your skin with rubbing alcohol or with anything else that will dry your skin. There is a whole industry trying to dry your skin instead of trying to heal your skin instead.

4. Clean your face as it needs it. In other words, if you have been out jogging in the hot sun, washing your face later that night at bed may not do it. You need to was your face as required. When you, look for a acne skin care product that contains cleaners such as Benzoyl Peroxide, Salicyclc Acid, Licochalone, Chamomile, Aloe Vera is Great, and Niacinamide. Don't get high alcohol type products as they will dry out your skin.

Remember, you want to wash as needed, you can over do it so be careful. Also make sure you gently rub, don't scrub your face as it will make your acne even worse.

5. Use some type of ex foliating method. Great for removing dead skin and bacteria from your skin.

6. This one should be first but here it goes; no picking your skin. That's right, now squeezing zits, not going to help you in the long run. Don't start and you won't have to stop. This can cause scaring so you want to follow this rule because at some point the acne is going to go away, but the scares wont.

7. The sun is not your friend. For all of its issues with skin cancer and such, over exposure is terrible for those fighting acne for 2 reasons.

a. Most acne medications make your skin sensitive to sun damage.

b. You don't want to use a sun block as these are predominately oil based and will assist in clogging your arteries.

8. Shaving is an issue with acne. These additional tips can help:

a. Use a safety razor and don't let it get dull

b. Prep your face to soften your beard and relax your skin

c. Use sensitive skin shaving creams and gels

d. Limit your shaving as no matter what you do to prevent it, shaving causes irritation

6. Chose your make up wisely

Only use water based products and don't use cheap Make-up as it could make matters worse. If you HAVE to use blush use a powder. It would be better if you could leave the area untreated. Make sure you take your make up off as soon as you can and no matter what, don't go to sleep wearing it. If you see that your current products are still helping clog your pores, try something new, if that does not help, you may want to consider not using anything for some time as cosmetics do not help heal acne.

7. Eat better, eat more fruits and vegetables. while there is no scientific truth to chocolate and acne, eating better will give you more focus. Now, there is some medicinal benefit to eating certain nuts, Brazil nuts for example have selenium while pumpkin seeds contain zinc ingredients found at lower levels for those with acne problems.

8. Drink plenty of water to assist in the removal of dead skin that causes pore blockage.

9. If you have been prescribed some type of antibiotics, you may need to supplement with yogurt. Why? antibiotics strip your digestive track of good and bad bacteria, therefore you could develop digestion or constipation as the ability for your body to absorb vitamins, nutrients, and minerals decreases.

10. If you are not taking some type of daily supplement start doing so as there are many benefits to making sure you have the right amount of vitamins and minerals in your body daily.

11.Try and use natural skin care products if you can. These will contain a lot less harmful ingredients and are most often made for those with sensitive skin. Make sure your current products say non-acnegenic or non-comedogenic, if they don't, time to look for new ones.

12. Stress causes acne. Help yourself and cut down on stressful situations as much as possible. Make sure you get plenty of rest as well. To cut down on stress try;

Exercise Moderate exercise improves blood flow and supports the healing process. Relaxation techniques such as Yoga, meditation. and breathing exercises. Reduce caffeine consumption to help you relax.

13. Persistance! It isn't going to last for ever!

Acne happens to most everyone from time to time, so it's nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about. You can find other tips and tricks to treating your acne with some fantastic skin care products at http://www.natural-skincare-resource.com

Finding information on Acne skin care products is easy, if you know where to look. Check out http://www.natural-skincare-resource.com for more details.

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