Continuous learning

What does continuous learning mean? You probably have an idea, from what you've read so far.
It means there is no treading water in life, no running in place, no standing still. If you're not continually learning-if you're not taking advantage of opportunities to increase and use your knowledge-you're not on an upward path and if you're not heading upward, you're heading in the other direction.
Continuous learning means:

• You haven't got it all figured out but are open to new possibilities. You're alert to finding opportunities in classes, programs, internships, and jobs.
  


• You try to develop your talents to the fullest by learning from people who have more experience than you do, usually adults. It means getting a team on your side, so you're not setting out on your journey alone.
  


• Most of all, it means continuously adjusting your course in life, as you learn from mistakes and apply what you've learned to new challenges and opportunities.
  

-Page 98 of "Success for TEENS " by the editors of the SUCCESS Foundation.

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Traditional division and interpretation of the Ten Commandments

1. "I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me..."
   This commandment is to believe in the existence of God and His influence on events in the world, and that the goal of the redemption from Egypt was to become His servants (Rashi). It prohibits belief in or worship of any additional deities.
   


2. "Do not make an image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above..."
   This prohibits the construction or fashioning of "idols" in the likeness of created things (beasts, fish, birds, people) and worshipping them.
   


3. "Do not swear falsely by the name of the LORD..."
   This commandment is to never take the name of God in a vain, pointless or insincere oath.
   


4. "Remember [zachor] the Sabbath day and keep it holy" (the version in Deuteronomy reads shamor, "observe")
   The seventh day of the week is termed Shabbat and is holy, just as God ceased creative activity during Creation. The aspect of zachor is performed by declaring the greatness of the day (kiddush), by having three festive meals, and by engaging in Torah study and pleasurable activities. The aspect of shamor is performed by abstaining from productive activity (39 melachot) on the Shabbat.
   


5. "Honor your father and your mother..."
   The obligation to honor one's parents is an obligation that one owes to God and fulfills this obligation through one's actions towards one's parents.
   


6. "Do not murder"
   Murdering a human being is a capital sin.
   


7. "Do not commit adultery."
   Adultery is defined as sexual intercourse between a man and a married woman who is not his wife.
   


8. "Do not steal."
   According to Rashi, this is not understood as stealing in the conventional sense, since theft of property is forbidden elsewhere and is not a capital offense. In this context it is to be taken as "do not kidnap."
   


9. "Do not bear false witness against your neighbor"
   One must not bear false witness in a court of law or other proceeding.
   


10. "Do not covet your neighbor's wife"
    One is forbidden to desire and plan how one may obtain that which God has given to another. Maimonides makes a distinction in codifying the laws between the instruction given here in Exodus (You shall not covet) and that given in Deuteronomy (You shall not desire), according to which one does not violate the Exodus commandment unless there is a physical action associated with the desire, even if this is legally purchasing an envied object.
    

Source: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments

Make your Habits Serve YOU

What limits you is never circumstance or fate. The limiting factor is always you and what you hold to be true in your mind. And if what you believe is positive, you'll have positive results. The wisest choice you can ever make is to believe in your unlimited possibility. And the tool you use to do that is habit. There are two kinds of habits: those that help you grow, and those that hold you back. The first type of habit is a tool you can use to achieve success. The second type of habit makes you its slave-the habit doesn't serve you; instead, you serve it.

• Facing difficult feelings serves you well, while avoiding difficult feelings does not. By avoiding difficult feelings, it becomes harder to face them later on. Many people develop bad habits to avoid facing difficult feelings


• Looking for the best in people serves you well. Expecting their worst doesn't.


• Looking for the positive side of every challenge can become a habit. So can finding a reason to complain.


• Putting a piece of every paycheck into a savings account can become a habit. So can spending more than you earn.


• Finding out what you believe serves you. Believing and accepting everything you read on the Internet or hear on television doesn't serve you.

Are you going to be a slave to bad habits? Or are you going to make your positive habits serve you?

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Control your Focus

When you put a lot of energy into focusing on what you don't want, you usually get more of it in your life. Because what you focus on, good or bad, grows. It's better to focus on the positive things you want, rather than the negative things you don't want.

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Power of Habit

Habits have enormous power. In fact, habits are what run your life. Whether the habit is good or bad, you know that to be true.

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Embrace your failures

Whether or not you want it to happen, you're going to fail at one time or another. Everyone does. If you go through life with the philosophy that failure is bad, you'll be too hard on yourself when things don't go as planned. You'll never learn from your mistakes. You'll never grow as a person. You may be so afraid of failure that you won't even try in the first place.

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