President Obama has been in the White House for only two months and three days, but his strategists at the Democratic National Committee are already looking ahead to 2012.Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia, the chairman of the D.N.C., announced Monday evening the formation of a 37-member commission to study the party’s primary and caucus calendar for the next election. It may seem like a foregone conclusion that Mr. Obama will be the party’s nominee, but (to borrow a cliché) three years is a political e

Achieving Real Success Not Consumerism

Goal setting is the first step to success but have you seriously considered your goals? Or are you setting them to satisfy the popular concepts of happiness?

Studies reveal that success is not measured in the amount of savings you have in the back or in the number of cars parked in the garage of your mansion, real success is when you have reached that point in your life wherein you are contented with your life.

Happiness, on the other hand, is when you have achieved meaningful relationship with other people and have enough money. Do not confuse happiness with consumerism which has been a fast-growing culture in western society, more so with the continuous media input.

What is consumerism? It is defined as the “the equation of personal happiness with consumption and the purchase of material possessions.”

Are you setting your goals based on acquiring material possessions in the hope that these things will give you personal happiness?

The modern western society has evolved to become one which centered on consumption and the process of attaining a position where you are able to buy anything you want. In the past quarter of a century, income has risen dramatically; advertising has become more powerful in dictating social norms, and so people are becoming unhappy and strive hard to achieve a position that will make them “happy”.

Real success, if you ask around, usually refers to having and restoring lasting relationships, contentment with your life but always striving for improvement, and the holding on to human values which are what holds us together – love, compassion and understanding.

Hold on to these values and set your goals according to them and not based on what the media and the advertisers tell you to. You are the only one who knows what can make you happy.

Check out the Go To Goal Achieving FREE Report for more information and helpful tips to help you make the right decisions!

This is a thought-provoking piece in today’s Boston Globe about why setting goals can often lead to failure:IN THE EARLY years of this decade, General Motors had a goal, and it was 29. Determined to boost its flagging profits and reverse a long, steady fall from postwar dominance, the automotive giant did the natural thing: it set a goal. The company pledged to recapture 29 percent of the American market, the share it had ebbed past in 1999. The number 29 became a corporate mantra, and some GM e

“Useless.” This is a harsh, harsh word. I hear it thrown around a whole lot when I’m playing TF2, (usually alongside the incessant whining of “my team, my team”) and it gets thrown around very lightly. Some players use it to describe people who are giving it their best and failing, while others reserve it for people who are literally not moving and doing nothing. When you think about it, to actually be useless , that is, not assisting your team in any way, you have to do some spectacular

Finding your comfort zone can help you reduce anxiety and panic. It depends on your problem or the type of person you are, however you can reach a comfort level within yourself by applying and putting forth the effort to achieve. To help you find your comfort zone we can consider a few options. Do you have problems asserting yourself and often find you doing something you do not want to do? Thus, you need a comfort zone with assertiveness if this is the case. There is nothing wrong with asser