TUESDAY 8th JANUARY 2013 07:15 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (8th January 1943)
On the Russian Front...
German General Paulus refuses Soviet demands for surrender of the German 6th Army in Stalingrad.

In Berlin...
Hitler meets the Bulgarian minister of war.

In the Mediterranean...
RN submarine P-311 disappears, assumed sunk by a mine.
Three Italian schooners sunk by RN destroyers HMS Nubian and HMS Kelvin overnight.

In the Atlantic...
British vessel Yorkwood sunk by U-507
British vessel Oltenia II sunk by U-436

In New Guinea...
Allied forces attacking around Sanananda
Elements of US 127th Infantry Regiment capture Tarakena
Heavy attacks by US 5th Air Force, RAAF, and RNZAF aircraft against Japanese shipping off Lae

In Chungking...
Chiang Kai-shek goes back on an earlier undertaking and notifies Roosevelt that he will not be able to launch a spring offensive.

In Burma..
Elements of Indian 47th Infantry Brigade are unsuccessfully attacking toward Donbaik in the Arakan.

In Madagascar...
Administrative control passes from General Platt to Free French General Legentilhomme.

Today's Air Raids...
Duisburg, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Northern France on military targets by RAF Fighter Command
North Sea Minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Tunis, Bizerte, and Kairouan and Gabes, Tunisia by US 12th Air Force.

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
A day spent mainly at the laptop with client prep and other miscellaneous business tasks. Meditation in the afternoon and some missus time in the evening.

 Twitter Followers = 1,607 (up 3)
    Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
    Unfollowers eliminated = 1
      @Xaheer2002

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
With yesterday devoted to quality time with Missus and Son, missus finally goes back to work today and I can get some much-needed online stuff and client prep done. Business-wise things look promising, but I find myself heaviliy distracted by online issues that are actually of negligible relevance to my life, namely that the page-editing facility of Tumblr doesn't work properly on Microsoft Internet Explorer and that one of the greatest self-help authors of all time, Dr. Susan Jeffers, has had her bio deleted from Wikipedia.

Really these issues are "someone else's battle" - they have little to do with developing my career as a hypnotherapist, but I feel so passionately about them I will regardless devote some time to them, but endeavour not to get "sucked in" to losing the whole day on them. The Internet Explorer issue I will  just circumvent by using Mozilla Firefox instead, assuming that works! The Susan Jeffers issue I will probably just wave a flag on a couple of forums and let someone else take up the mantle.

There is a deeper more relevant learning point underlying these peripheral issues, which is how I respond to frustration, and my ability to let go of things I'm not in a position to change. I am quite pleased with my progress so far - when I'm tired I tend to break off and rest, so I can approach issues with a refreshed perspective later.

4.  TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you know when to let go or break off from tasks?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy all day, evening and overnight.
Wind will be moderate and south-westerly until dusk.
From dusk, the wind will veer gradually to the north-east and there will be a significant drop in temperature by Wednesday morning.
Max Temp = 9 degC
Min Temp = 6 degC
Sunrise at 08:22
Sunset at 16:05
Jetstream: Over northern Scotland and westerly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
What ship has never docked in Liverpool? The Premiership : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Frank Skinner on gay snoring

8. TRIVIA
One quarter of the world's population is online, and of these, three quarters are American.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Behind every word flows energy." – Sonia Choquette