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FIFA world cup results can be considered to be the most awaited news in the world. Every media channel and press eagerly waits to publish and broadcast the outcomes of this most popular sport event. In Western countries, soccer is considered as a religion and people religiously worship this particular game. The fans always prefer to check out the last page of any journal i.e. the sports part. When it comes to online TV, people usually prefer to watch the sports channels in order to grab the latest updates and news. Before the 2010 tournament, Mexico and England had a friendly match recently. This was a sort of warm up match in order to get prepared for the forthcoming event, which is scheduled to be started on 11th June. This time South Africa is going to host the world cup.

In this match, England team was coached by Fabio Capello. The former team easily defeated the Mexican team by 3-1. Ledley King had a comeback in the winning team. He had scored his second goal for his team. Peter Crouch, better known as Robot managed to score at a close range after a header from Rooney. However, Mexico was not left behind, as within seconds the loosing team fought back, when Guillermo Franco managed to score a goal. The final goal in the match was scored by Glen Johnson. It was his first international goal and this led England to victory with 3-1 points. Now England will be playing her final match against Japan before the world cup. The game is scheduled to be held in Graz.

Italian football news is always in the limelight. One country that always strikes one’s mind, while thinking of soccer is Italy. The world cup fever has already started to gain momentum. Jose Mourinho recently announced that from now onwards he would be supporting the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, where his team, Milan had just won the Champions League. Earlier, the audience was already given a chance to watch its hero, Christiano Ronaldo in his full spirits. The same enthusiasm is still afresh in the minds of the Italian audience in order to witness another enthralling match.

One of the books that I find myself returning to again and again is James Allen’s As a Man Thinketh. In many ways, Allen’s book was one of the first to draw power from the idea that thought is the most important tool we have to achieving wealth and happiness.

James was a Victorian writer who died before the first World War. Yet despite his short time as a writer, he managed to write a book that changed millions of lives and the path to success.

Born in Leicester, England in 1864, James worked as an administrative assistant and a writer for several years. Unlike many motivational leaders, James defined his success and happiness not in terms of plenty, but in terms of want. His ideal life was one of quiet and peace: inspired by Tolstoy, James lived in voluntary poverty, devoting himself to manual labor and rigid self-discipline whenever possible.

James was also a man of meditation. He realized that the in order to focus your thoughts, you have to give them room to grow. So every day he would meditate for an hour, facing the sea. James believed in the innate goodness of all individuals, that we had been given our rationality as a divine gift. He believed that the highest level of moral evolution was when human beings learned that we ought toand cancontrol our thoughts.

In his book As a Man Thinketh, James writes that as a man thinketh in his heart, so he is. Individuals have the power to form their own character and happiness. The outward world is always in harmony with the inner state.

What really impresses me is James’ emphasis on meditation. I developed the 5-Minute Mindset Workout because I believed that success was impossible without constantly taking time to harmonize our thoughts and feelings with our desires. James came to the same conclusion in his bookwhen we realize the power of mediation, he wrote, we experience kinship with nature.

Kinship is another way of saying that we are in complete harmony with nature. But this is not a harmony where we are brought up to nature’s power and influence; it is a power where we bring nature into harmony with OUR power.

The implications of this are huge! The infinite power of the world can be shaped by us into anything we want or need. Whatever the conditions in our life, we can draw specific powers we need, attracting the elements of nature that will bring our happiness and success.

James Allen’s words were revolutionarythey came out during a dark period in English history, where science and religion were at war. James offered a compromisedivine or scientific, what’s important is the individual and his own happiness. It was the promise of a happy man, who had achieved his happiness on his own terms.