50 Ways You Can Be The Change

A note from peter@thewealthyattitude.com for Wednesday December 10 2008

G'day there everyone and welcome to the midweek point.

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Have fun selecting the book.

Also, swing overand check out how your buddies at Daily Insight are doing in the mid of their week.

Now, a new contributor today really gives us something to consider as we all work to "being the change" we most want to see. You're going to like this.

50 Ways You Can Be The Change

by Todd Goldfarb

By advancing our lives in the areas of mind, body, spirit, relationships and environmental awareness we can improve our individual outlook and help the world become an even greater place!

As my favorite Gandhi quote states: “you must be the change you want to see in the world” and here are 50 of the best practices, exercises and philosophies you can begin implementing to “be the change”:

RELATIONSHIPS
1. Be Nice to People and see how positive energy attracts positive energy
2. Take Responsibility For Your Actions and stop making excuses
3. Volunteer Your Time and realize that helping others is the ultimate way to make the world a greater place
4. Ask for Help and give someone else the satisfaction of having the answer
5. Offer the Best Advice You Can and set someone off in a new and positive direction. Do it without expecting anything in return!
6. Smile More and spread happiness to others with the slightest effort
7. Pay Close Attention to Your Language and start seeing how your words and actions define you
8. Make a Donation and feel how giving spreads positive energy and love
9. Ask your Closest Friends and Family “How Are You Doing”? and let them know you are there for them

MIND
10. Do Crossword Puzzles and Other Mind Games and challenge your intellect
11. Find and Work in a Career You Love and spend your valuable time in a job that makes you truly happy!
12. Purposefully Deal with Stress and learn to melt tension away
13. Read Good Books and stir creativity in your brain
14. Take Classes and learn more about the things that really interest you
15. Write in a Journal and let the mind unwind itself through the hand
16. Start Viewing Yourself as Part of a Greater Universe and see how the first step to a healthy planet is a healthy you!

YOUR BODY
17. Vary Your Workout Routines and make your body stronger, more pliable, and resistant to illness
18. Try Ancient Forms of Healing and tap into human knowledge that goes back many millennia
19. Exercise with Trained Professionals and push the limits of what you think you are capable
20. Run a MarathonAgain, push the limits of what you are capable. If not a marathon, find some physical activity that is ultra-challenging for you and do it!
21. Take Long Hikes and appreciate the beauty of nature first hand
22. Sit in a Sauna or Steam Room and sweat out harmful toxins
23 Use Medicines and Pharmaceuticals as Last Resort and have faith in holistic measures and your body’s ability to heal itself
24. Love and Appreciate Your Body and get rid of negative feelings and associations you have with it

SPIRIT
25. Treat Yourself to Massages and literally rub away all stress and tension
26. Start a Spiritual Practice for Yourself and give yourself unparalleled perspective by connecting with the “true you”.
27. Laugh Hard Every Day and generate happiness for your soul
28. Accept Your Universe and have unswerving faith that you can handle it, no matter what happens!
29. Feng Shui Your Home and create a positive energy flow that extends to the external world
30. Listen to Soothing Music and calm your body, mind and spirit
31. Plan a Healthy Retreat or Vacation and ensconce your body and mind in health and vitality for an extended period

NUTRITION
32. Start Treating Your Food as Delicious Tasting Medicine and prevent sickness and disease with the nutrition you put into your body every day!
33. Eat Locally Grown Foods and support your local farms and growers
34. Take Responsibility For Your Health and understand that only you know what is best for you
35. Drink More Water and enjoy nature’s elixir of life
36. Eat Healthy Foods for the Brain and allow your thinking organ to work most efficiently
37. Cook More and really get to know your food; enjoy it in a more complete and satisfying way!
38. Eat Organic Foods as Much as Possible and understand that natural foods treat the body and the planet as they were originally intended
39. Eat More Fruits and Vegetables and begin learning the innumerable benefits these foods contain

ENVIRONMENT
40. Plant Trees and spread clean air throughout the world; donate trees here with American Forests. Even better, give trees as a present with The Arbor Day organization
41. Buy Carbon Offsets and support new and clean renewable sources of energy that offset global warming with Native Energy.
42. Conserve Water and be aware of over-usage at the sink, in the bathroom, and while doing laundry
43. Recycle! and realize how such a simple step like recycling can do so much to improve our environmental dilemma
44. Save a Piece of the Rainforest and help the earth’s atmosphere by purchasing 2,500 square feet of this precious land for $10 at The National Arbor Day Foundation!
45. Buy “Energy Star” Appliances and save a ton of energy with every day activities
46. Use the Internet to Shop
47. Research Reusable Energy Sources For Your Home and utilize more sustainable and renewable power sources which are available!
48. Conserve Paper and send e-cards instead of paper ones.
49. Take a Stand and volunteer your time to head an effort to “go green” at your work, school, place of worship or any organization you belong
50. YOU Decide and start “being the change” based on your most valued beliefs and ideals!

Here's a bit directly from Todd:

Here is some personal information about me:
Professionally, I am a business coach, marketing consultant, blogger and social entrepreneur living in Manhattan, New York.

I am the founder and publisher of We The Change and Worldwide Tipping Point. I am a certified holistic health counselor. I am a sought after public speaker who lectures to holistic practitioners all over the country teaching them how to market themselves. I am a producer of the upcoming documentary film The SHIFT.

I am also going through my own journey, and the content on We The Change is certainly a representation of this. I believe that We The Change begins with I The Change, and I try and not only talk the talk, but walk the walk.