Peaks and Valleys

Saya telah membaca sebuah buku motivasi yang saya rasa cukup terkesan dan mendalam.  Buku ini memang sesuai dijadikan panduan kepada sesiapa yang mengalamai masalah ups and downs at work and in life. Ia menceritakan bagaimana pertalian di antara lembah (valley) dan puncak (peak) di dalam kehidupan kita untuk diterjemahkan sebagai jatuh dan bangun.  Di sini saya catatkan apa yang saya perolehi hasil dari bacaan buku ini.  Tetapi maaf, kerana saya catat dalam bahasa Inggeris.  Nak terjemah belum sempat dan takut lari dari maksud sebenarnya plak.  Kepada sesiapa yang hendak tahu lebih mendalam lagi, dapatkanlah buku ini.  Saya beruntung kerana beli buku ini di Big Bad Wolf Sale pada hujung tahun lepas di MIECC dengan harga yang teramat-amat murah sekali.  Cadang nak bagi orang tapi bila baca, eh! nampak menarik dan terus tk jadi bagi.  Tak baik kan! Buku ini adalah hasil tulisan Spencer Johnson.  

PEAKS AND VALLEYS (ups and downs)

#Discover three (3) things in your life:

1. How to get out of a valley sooner.

2. How to stay on a peak longer, and

3. How to have more peaks and fewer valleys in your future.

#It is natural for everyone everywhere to have peaks and valleys at work and in life.

#Peaks and valleys are not just the good and bad times that happen to you. They are also how you feel inside and respond to outside events.

#Peaks and valleys are connected.  The errors you make in today's good times create tomorrow's bad times.  And the wise thing you do in today's bad times creates tomorrow's good times.

#Peaks are moments when you appreciate what you have. Valleys are moments when you long for what is missing.

#You cannot always control external events, but you can control your personal peaks and valleys by what you believe and what you do.

#The path out of the valley appears when you choose to see things differently.

#You change your valley into a peak when you find and use the good that is hidden in the bad time.

#Many people don't realize that they need to be truly prepared if they want to stay on a peak longer. - managing your good times.

#Between peaks there are always valleys.  How you manage your valley determines how soon you reach your next peaks.

#If you do not learn in a valley, you can become bitter.  If your truly learn something valuable, you can become better.

#A plateau can be a time for you to rest, reflect and renew.

#If you can have fewer bad times when you appreciate and manage your good times wisely.

#Your ego can make you arrogant on the peak and fearful in the valley.  It keeps you from seeing what is real.  Your ego distorts the truth.

#The most common reason you leave a peak too soon is arrogance, masquerading as confident.  The most common reason you stay in a valley too long is fear, masquerading as comfort.

#A great way to get to your next peak is to follow your sensible vision.  Imagine yourself enjoying your better future in such specific, believable detail that you soon enjoy doing what takes you there!

#When you reach the higher peak, you might want to see if you can gain insights into deeper truths of your own.  You might want to listen with your heart to your own thoughts, and recall real moments in your work and life that will guide you to your own truths.  What you discover will become your own wisdom, not mine or anyone else's.

#How you manage your valley determine how soon you reach your next peak.

#The pain in a valley can wake you up to a truth you have been ignoring.

#Avoid believing things are better than they really are when you are on a peak, or worse than they really are when you are in a valley.  MAKE REALITY YOUR FRIEND.

#A personal peak is a triumph over fear.

#The difference between wishing for a better future and following a sensible vision is in the doing.  Wishing leads to no action, but when you truly follow a sensible vision, you wan to do the things that make it happen.

#Truly look for what was real, rather than live in illusion.

#You create a peak when you truly follow your sensible vision.  Your fear fades and you become more peaceful and successful.

#"I have also learned that both the good and bad times in my life are truly gifts, and that each  has great value, if I manage them well."

#You get out of a valley sooner when you manage to get outside of yourself:
At work by being of greater service, and in life, by being more loving.

#A joyful, rich life is a naturally changing landscape of peaks and valleys.

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Summary of Peaks and Valleys

Making your good and bad times work for you - at work and in life.

1. To manage your good and bad times:

Make Reality Your Friend

Whether you are temporarily up on a peak or down in a valley, ask yourself:

What is the truth in this situation?

2. To get out of a valley sooner:

Find and use the good hidden in a bad time.

Relax , knowing that valleys end.  Do the opposite of what put you in the valley.  Get outside of yourself: be of more service at work and more loving in life.  Avoid comparisons.  Uncover the good that is hidden in a bad time, and use it soon to your advantage.

3. To stay on a peak longer:

Appreciate and manage your good times

Be humble and grateful.  Do more of what got you there.  Keep making things better.  Do more for others.  Save resources for your upcoming valleys.

4. To get to your next peak:

Follow your sensible vision

Imagine yourself enjoying a better future in such specific, believable detail, that you soon enjoy doing what takes you there!

5. To help people:

Share it with others!

Help people make good and bad times work for them, too.

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Semoga catatan ini dapat membantu sesiapa yang ingin manage good and bad times wisely agar kehidupan sentiasa dipenuhi dengan kegembiraan dan keceriaan.  Buangkan emosi negatif dan sentiasalah mendampingi orang-orang yang positif.  Yakinilah bahawa kehidupan ini dipenuhi dengan warna-warna yang ceria jika kita bijak mengawal suasana.



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