T.E.A.C.H. SUCCESS THURSDAYS ~ Education Doesn't Stop When The School Bell Rings!

Through Education All Can Have Success Thursdays
by Chris Johnson

Many of us as adults, parents and students make the critical mistake of thinking that the school system is providing a full education to those enrolled. 
 

In reality most schools only teach enough to make the student a sufficient laborer or executive assistant in the case of college. Of course this does not apply to skilled trades such as Doctors, Lawyers, Dentist and the likes. If you disagree consider this, what class is Financial Management, Entrepreneurship or Professional Etiquette taught in? What class encourages you to learn multiple languages as our foreign counter parts do, so that we can compete in a global society?

I have a business associate that lives in Brazil. He speaks 4 languages fluently (Portuguese, his native language, French, English and Spanish). He has lived in France for a year and traveled abroad to other countries as well. All of this and he is only in his early 20's! While in the United States we are not encouraged to compete at this level.

Consider this the next time your child spends 8 hours on the XBOX or you watch the latest reality shows all night. Education is an ongoing event!

Personal Development, Languages, Financial Management, Entrepreneurship and more should be implemented as a daily regimen. My children have a routine for after school that includes Math, reading Entrepreneurship books, planning a candy store business for the summer, Public Speaking and Home Economics and more to come.

You don't have to be a master of any of these, but at least try. The internet is always there as a support system!

I offer this YouTube video for your consideration.

Chris Johnson is a resident guest blogger for T.E.A.C.H. Thursdays.  

Chris The Entrepreneur is a husband, father and decorated U.S. Coast Guard Veteran.

Chris' business achievements include:

• Johnson National LLC- a Success Management Company. We specialize in teaching others to live the Entrepreneur Lifestyle by way of coaching, webinars, publications and much more.

• "Own My Own" Talk Radio- An exciting LIVE talk radio show specifically tailored for aspiring Entrepreneurs.

He’s the author of the book: "From Resume to Interview: The Guide to Employment Training" Chris shares his expertise and experience with anyone who has a desire to learn from students, aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners. In addition to traditional media, Chris is no stranger to Social Media. He can be found sharing advice on Twitter, Facebook and his own website www.JohnsonNational.com 

To contact Chris: Twitter: @CJ_Entrepreneur or his website above

Peace, Love, Joy, Abundance, Health, Happiness, Success,

and Vitality, Namaste! 

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS ~ MEDITATION

Recently I was watching a YouTube video about melanin.  Ironically within the video the subject of meditation came about.  The video mentioned how meditation could help curb children's behavior.  It made me think about Russell Simmons book and how he spoke on the incorporation of Yoga in some NY public schools and how behavior in students have changed dramatically.

What is meditation? Webster defines mediation as the act or process of spending time in quiet thought.  All of us should meditate everyday, yes all of us.  This can be difficult for some to find the time to even have to themselves but it is so very necessary for your mind, body, and spirit.  When you first start meditating it may be hard to clear your thoughts completely.  Don't worry about it, don't beat yourself up about it just continue and go with it.  The more you meditate the better you will get at it.

What are the benefits of meditation?

7 Health Benefits of Deep Relaxation 

The next time you tune out and switch off and let yourself melt, remind yourself of all the good work the relaxation effect is doing on your body. These are just some of the scientifically proven benefits …
1. INCREASED IMMUNITY
Relaxation appears to boost immunity in recovering cancer patients. A study at the Ohio State University found that progressive muscular relaxation, when practised daily, reduced the risk of breast cancer recurrence. In another study at Ohio State, a month of relaxation exercises boosted natural killer cells in the elderly, giving them a greater resistance to tumours and to viruses.
2. EMOTIONAL BALANCE
Emotional balance, means to be free of all the neurotic behavior that results from the existence of a tortured and traumatized ego. This is very hard to achieve fully, but meditation certainly is the way to cure such neurosis and unhealthy emotional states. As one’s consciousness is cleansed of emotionally soaked memories, not only does great freedom abound, but also great balance. As one’s responses then are not colored by the burdens one carries, but are instead true, direct and appropriate.
3. INCREASED FERTILITY
A study at the University of Western Australia found that women are more likely to conceive during periods when they are relaxed rather than stressed. A study at Trakya University, in Turkey, also found that stress reduces sperm count and motility, suggesting relaxation may also boost male fertility.
4. RELIEVES IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
When patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome began practising a relaxation meditation twice daily, their symptoms of bloating, diarrhoea and constipation improved significantly. The meditation was so effective the researchers at the State University of New York recommended it as an effective treatment.
5. LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE
A study at Harvard Medical School found that meditation lowered blood pressure by making the body less responsive to stress hormones, in a similar way to blood pressure-lowering medication. Meanwhile a British Medical Journal report found that patients trained how to relax had significantly lower blood pressure.
6. ANTI-INFLAMATORY
Stress leads to inflammation, a state linked to heart disease, arthritis, asthma and skin conditions such as psoriasis, say researchers at Emory University in the US. Relaxation can help prevent and treat such symptoms by switching off the stress response. In this way, one study at McGill University in Canada found that meditation clinically improved the symptoms of psoriasis.
7. CALMNESS
The simple difference between those who meditate and those who do not, is that for a meditative mind the thought occurs but is witnessed, while for an ordinary mind, the thought occurs and is the boss. So in both minds, an upsetting thought can occur, but for those who meditate it is just another thought, which is seen as such and is allowed to blossom and die, while in the ordinary mind the thought instigates a storm which rages on and on.

Read this full article at http://foodmatters.tv/articles-1/7-health-benefits-of-meditation

Emotional Balance and Calmness, this helps in the behavior management of adults and children.  The video we were watching focused on the chakras.  Many of us operate from our root chakra (red) and that is where sexual energy, aggressiveness, and other emotions are stored.  The goal is to raise our consciousness to the 7th chakra which is enlightenment, or Christ Consciousness, however simply raising it from the root chakra would help with behavior.  Why?  Many operating from their root chakra are usually sexually promiscuous, may be violent, aggressive, and display counter productive behaviors in an attempt to self-regulate.

Here is a link to test your chakras and it also provides what meditations can be done to open chakras that may be closed, http://www.eclecticenergies.com/chakras/open.php.

AUM (OM) NAMASTE!!!!!!! 

Peace, Love, Joy, Abundance, Health, Happiness, Success, and Vitality, Namaste! 

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TAKE CHARGE TUESDAYS ~ PUT IN THE WORK

If your dream is to be a successful business owner and one day become a millionaire or simply have whatever your definition is of financial freedom.  Put in the work!

"You cannot have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic!!!!"  

When or if you have a job there is a start/end time.  Whatever you schedule is you have to wake up at a certain time, get ready, commute to & from work.  I will use myself as an example, I woke up at 5AM to exercise & shower before waking up my son, I was out the door by 7A and at work by 8:30A, I worked until 5 or 6P then traveled back home and arrived around 6/7P.  Now its time to do homework, cook/eat dinner, have some alone time and then build my dream.

Well in 2012 I was laid off from my job.  I had motivation at first but it slowly waned.  I still was out the door by 7A because I had to take my son to school.  However, once I got home, I was on social media just to be social, watching TV, basically wasting time.  Nevertheless, I wanted to have my own business and build my dream.  In my mind that is what I wanted however, my actions said something totally different.

Fast forward to today.  After I take my son to school at 7A, I come home read my I AM Statement, Meditate and then I get to work building my dream.  I add to the book I'm working on, write this blog, follow-up with people I have partnerships with, build programs.  I work on my dream, I give my dream the same time or more that I gave to my employer.  I also built my dream later on in 2013 when I had an employer.  I did this by denying myself television and using my FREE time to build my dream.

What happened was, I learned a valuable lesson.  When I was laid off I allowed my current circumstance to effect my future destination in a negative way.  So when I worked a contract position in November 2013 it made me appreciate my time as I realized my job was taking me away from my dream.  The job is and was a great tool to provide the necessary finances to live the life I need to live in the present.

Yet, it taught me balance.  It taught me not to be comfortable in my job that it takes me away from my dream.  It taught me to use my job as a tool, learn whatever it was I needed to learn, and make the connections I needed to make. Everything happens for a reason, I met a woman that spoke life into my future marriage, business, and my child's educational future.  

Again, "YOU CANNOT HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR DREAM WITH A MINIMUM WAGE WORK ETHIC."

Do you have a million dollar dream and a minimum wage work ethic?

What are you doing today to ensure your tomorrow is what you want it to be?

How much time do you put into building your dream?

You can say that you want it, words are great, words are powerful.  Words also have to be backed by action.  Let the work show.  Faith without works is dead.

PUT IN THE WORK!!!!!!!

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MINDSET & MOTIVATION ~ DID YOU SAY THE #$%# WORD????????

There is a 4 letter word that is worst than any other 4 letter word out there.  This is a word that should never leave the tip of your tongue let alone enter into your mind.  That word is F......nah it is CAN'T or CANNOT!

Using the word Can't gives a sense of hopelessness, despair, it creates a state of things being out of your control and impossible.  Now you may be saying, there are things that I cannot do.  I cannot fly a plane or perform open heart surgery.  You are right however you chose not to learn how to do those things and that is not what I am talking about.

I am talking about using can't in this sense:

• I can't make ends meet because....
• I can't lose weight because.....
• I can't find a job because....
• I can't start my own business....
• I can't buy a property because....
• I can't workout because.....
• I can't find a man because....
• I can't do this or that because.......

I think you get the point.  Please, please, please, get the word CAN'T out of your vocabulary.  I love the scripture that say "I can do all things through Christ".  Now, you may not be into scripture, religion, or Christianity.  That is alright.  Within the Universe ALL things are still possible, you can do whatever it is you say and believe you can do and you cannot do whatever it is you say and believe you cannot do.  Its that simple.  How is it that simple?  It is that simple because it is a Universal law.  Gravity is a universal law, what goes up here on earth must come down.

The Universe is here to grant you your wishes and desires based on your energy, thoughts, and words.  So when you say the things that you can't do.  The Universe responds your wish is my command and fulfills exactly what you said. 

So if there are things that you want to have a job, business, property.  If you want to exercise, lose weight, save, budget, whatever it is that you want to do.  Change your words to I can, I AM, I have.....and follow it up with exactly what you want in a positive sense.

• I have my dream job
• I AM a property owner
• I AM a successful business owner
• I AM at my dream weight
• I can work out regularly
• I can do whatever I put my mind too
• I AM well able!

"If its important to you, find a way!" Diane Nyad (swam from Cuba to Florida at age 60) ~ Super Soul Sunday, OWN

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