ARE YOU A WINNER?

If you’d like to become a winner, you’re not alone. Winners are the icing on the cake of society, the cherry in the cocktail of life and overall just the coolest people on earth.
But what is a “winner”, actually? Is Bill Gates a winner? How about Mother Theresa? Or Gandhi? What about Vincent van Gogh, who hardly sold any paintings during his life time? Can you be declared a winner in retrospect? And who declares the winners in the first place?
Ah… hold on. I think we may finally have found the right question: Who declares the winners?
Is it God? Does he point his finger to draw a line between winners and losers? Or maybe it’s a highly regarded group of success gurus who make the decision? Do they publish a list of winners online? And do you have to buy their training course to earn your winner badge?
What about your friends? Surely, what they think of you must be right? But what if you find new friends who think differently?
The one with the right to judge you
Darn… this is getting complicated. We might actually have to stop asking questions and start facing the truth. You might have to accept the harsh reality that there’s only one single person who has all the power to decide whether you’re a winner or not. Someone who can determine your fate, who has the right to judge you and who can change your life with his or her thoughts alone.
It’s you, of course. Which really doesn’t make things any easier. I mean, what are you supposed to think of yourself? Who tells you what you should think? Is it God? Or maybe a group of highly regarded — ok, let’s not go through all that again.
The bottom line is this: It’s all on you. You’re the only one who gets to decide and nobody else has the power to “help” you with your decision.
By now, we realise that our starting question doesn’t quite fit. “Are you a winner?” isn’t really a question anyone can answer. Why don’t we replace it with “Do you feel like a winner?”. If you’re the only who gets a say in this anyway, then your feelings and thoughts are all that matters, aren’t they?
So, do you feel like a winner? I certainly do. Sometimes. At other times, I feel like a total failure: weak, vulnerable and helpless.
My guess is that you’re like me. I think that you try to think well of yourself, and often succeed — but not always.
How to feel like a winner
To help you feel like a winner more often, I’d like to show you a little exercise that has helped me personally a lot. In order to do so, I’ll build on the exercise that Douglas Cartwright has suggested for changing the way we look at problems.
Here’s what to do:
Step 1:
In writing, make a list of your successes in life. Start with your childhood. How you learned
to swim, or to ride a bike. Then work your way up to today. Your first kiss, your high-school
graduation. The first job. Your first promotion. You get the picture.
Steps 2 – 1,000,000:
From now on, every time you experience a new success, read through the whole list again. Then
add the new success to the list.
This activity shifts your thinking significantly. Instead of registering your successes as isolated events, your mind will start to interlink them.
As a result, you don’t just think “Wow, I’ve achieved a success” whenever you have a success-experience. Instead, you think “Wow, I’m a successful person” — a winner.

For more details check out: http://cytguides.com/84PersonalDevelopmentReports/?e=Kasinspain

Frigiliana
Frigiliana

All On Board For A Spanish Life!

ARE YOU ALL ABROAD FOR A SPANISH LIFE
All Abroad is looking forward to its link-up with ‘A Spanish Life’ which will see one of the most comprehensive websites covering communities in Spain combine its resources with one of the most popular expat magazines around! We offer advice, info, features, and articles all relevant to life as an expat in Spain and with the help of A Spanish Life we’ll be able to spread our message (and some cracking jokes…).
A Spanish Life, like All Abroad, offers expats the chance to tell their story and recount their experiences and now those tips and advice (and warnings!) will be spread around the Costas via the web with A Spanish Life and All Abroad which is a hard copy magazine (free, 5th every month) available at the moment, on the Costa Blanca only.
All Abroad has been running for seven years now (formerly known as The Jungle Drums) and their experts and contributors know what it is like to be an expat in Spain, and they always tell you about anything with a smile on their face!
Welcome and we hope you’ll experience your Spanish Life with all of us here at All Abroad and A Spanish Life!

Frigiliana

Your Guide to Spanish Inheritance tax.

Your Guide to Spanish Inheritance tax.

Your Guide to Spanish Inheritance tax.

A Guide to Spanish Inheritance tax,

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

You may be aware of this already, but it’s something many people who own property in Spain don’t know.

It’s about the taxes payable when an owner of property in Spain passes away.

If you have ever wondered about the details of inheritance tax, it’s simply this:

Your hard earned legacy may have to be sold off to pay crippling tax bills when you pass away?

Spanish Inheritance tax, death duties , legal fees - up to 40% .

So, right now, can you be absolutely sure that those you leave behind will have the money to cover those costs?

Of course we would all prefer our children and grandchildren to enjoy the property we’ve worked so hard to own, and not be forced to sell it to cover onerous tax demands.

Equally as worrying, did you know that in the UK system of IHT, a husband or wife is usually an exempt beneficiary?

But in the Spanish system...

Your husband or wife will not be exempt from Spanish Inheritance Tax.

It's a sobering thought, isn't it?

For a Fuller explanation
http://www.spain-info.co.uk/Spanish-Inheritance-Tax.htm

Great Book

My wife bought a book from Amazon.co.uk, brilliant, its a single ladies view of being single in her 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. Title "Another one bites the dust" by Wendy Bolton-Williams, check it out, we both laughed out loud, true story.

Frigiliana

Free Spanish Lessons

Free Spanish Lessons

Spanish NOW

Are you looking to learn Spanish http://www.learnspanishtoday.com/cmd.php?af=265297
Pop in and have a look it is fairly easy this way.

Frigiliana

Bumblebee Prints Personalised Gifts and Clothing

Calling all bars, businesses, clubs and individuals!! Personalised t shirts, polo's, sweatshirts and more! No minimum order on ANY clothing. Ideal as one off gifts or larger orders for clubs, bars etc. Vehicle signwriting, magnetic signs, flyers and business cards, personalised gifts and more! Please email for any further info (including our special August business pack offer!!)
Not in the La Marina area?? Don't worry - all our items can be posted!!!

Established for 5 years on the Costa Blanca

Email : [email protected]
Web : www.bumblebeeprints.com
Web (clothing only) www.roly.es
Tel : 659788394

Horse Life In Spain

Horse Lovers Everywhere: we now have a page just for You!.
http://losbalcones.aspanishlife.com/topics/103-horse-life-in-spain/articles

You can tell us your stories, advertise your stuff, and make use of this fabulous website:

‎"A Spanish Life a website for the people, run by the people."

Frigiliana

A SPANISH LIFE - UPDATE

A SPANISH LIFE - UPDATE
Did You Know! that: we are operating 117 community websites in most major towns all over Spain and 3 other countries, (England, Florida, Caribbean and soon Ireland. We are the fastest growing websites, now ranking 257,652 in the world, with 49,228 visitors in the last 30 days FACT!!
ITS FREE TO USE FOR ALL SO TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO JOINT TODAY!!
IMPORTANT!!! don´t forget to post this posting on to Facebook (Use Your New Tools) TO SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Frigiliana

New and Budding Authors Sought

I am looking for budding authors at the moment, if you could write a chapter on a personal experience in your life with a positive outcome, and want to see it in print, then follow this link to find out how

https://www.lindasagementoring.com/Author_s_Club.html

Have a great day.
Regards
Linda

Frigiliana
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