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While rest and relaxation are a must in living a balanced life, it's not what we were created to do. After all, the Master Creator took his R&R (Rest and Recreation) on the seventh day, only after six days of "definitely directed thought."
Wallace D. Wattles, wrote "There is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that of sustained and consecutive thought; it is the hardestwork in the world." And yet it is the first and primary labor of achievement.
My friend Mike Litman wrote an outstanding article for his ezine（电子杂志） this week. It's called "The Millionaire Composite" and it analyzes one of the big differences between super-successful people and everyone else. He writes "I recently visited with a Real Estate Multi Millionaire Mogul. What did I see next to his desk? His vision statement, along with a list of what he values in life---hand written.
"A few months back, I interviewed an individual who has sold over a billion dollars worth of products on television. He told me that he reads his life and business vision and goals daily, and that he TAKES TIME to visualize exactly what he wants to create-EACH NIGHT before falling asleep."
What is your life's purpose or your personal mission statement? Is it written down? Do you review it and think
Without purpose and goals - definitely directed thought - you are like the proverbial "ship without a rudder." There is power in your purpose and in your goals. It is the power that takes you over obstacles, the fuel that propels you toward the life you envision.
One of my favorite passages of James Allen is one he wrote in "The Mastery of Destiny":
"All successful people are people of purpose. They hold fast to an idea, a project, a plan, and will not let it go; they cherish it, brood upon it, tend and develop it; and when assailed by difficulties, they refuse to be beguiled into surrender; indeed, the intensity of the purpose increases with the growing magnitude of the obstacles encountered." And that's worth thinking
相关单词：relaxation
relaxation解释：n.松弛，放松；休息；消遣；娱乐
relaxation例句：
The minister has consistently opposed any relaxation in the law.部长一向反对法律上的任何放宽。
She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。
相关单词：labor
labor解释：n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
labor例句：
We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
相关单词：consecutive
consecutive解释：adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的
consecutive例句：
It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
相关单词：analyzes
analyzes解释：v.分析( analyze的第三人称单数 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析
analyzes例句：
This approach analyzes management by studying experience usually through cases. 这个学派通常从实例获得经验，用以分析管理。 来自辞典例句
The econometrician analyzes statistical data. 经济计量学者要分析统计材料。 来自辞典例句
相关单词：visualize
visualize解释：vt.使看得见，使具体化，想象，设想
visualize例句：
I remember meeting the man before but I can't visualize him.我记得以前见过那个人，但他的样子我想不起来了。
She couldn't visualize flying through space.她无法想像在太空中飞行的景象。
相关单词：assailed
assailed解释：v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 )；困扰；质问；毅然应对
assailed例句：
He was assailed with fierce blows to the head. 他的头遭到猛烈殴打。
He has been assailed by bad breaks all these years. 这些年来他接二连三地倒霉。 来自《用法词典》
相关单词：beguiled
beguiled解释：v.欺骗( beguile的过去式和过去分词 )；使陶醉；使高兴；消磨（时间等）
beguiled例句：
She beguiled them into believing her version of events. 她哄骗他们相信了她叙述的事情。
He beguiled me into signing this contract. 他诱骗我签订了这项合同。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
相关单词：intensity
intensity解释：n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度
intensity例句：
I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。
