Getting Better

Remember the first time you played the piano, or violin, or rode a bike? You were probably dreadful. Then you moved up to bad. Then you become good. And if you stayed with it, you became great.

That’s true with pretty much everything in life. You can't look good and get better at the same time. Dare to look bad.

Quotes

Adversity...

Stuff happens. People doubt you. Emergencies come up. Things compete for your priorities. And sometimes you fail at things. Face challenges.

Challenges and adversity cause many people to break. It causes others to break records.




Belief

You will encounter people who don't believe in you. You will have well-meaning people suggest you should be more "realistic," that what you want to accomplish cannot be done.

You can use that feedback to sow doubt in your dreams, or fodder to strengthen your determination. Believe in yourself before you ask anyone else to. And then they will start to believe - or they will get out of the way.

And the only one that really matters - is you.



Self-Discipline...

Self-discipline seems like it's hard. Because it's sometimes about doing things we may not feel like doing at that moment. Things like eating right, exercising, and spending daily self-development time. But once you start it and understand it - NOT doing your daily disciplines seems hard! And here's the most important thing to know...

Discipline creates freedom.




Move Your Feet

There is an African proverb that states, "As you pray, move your feet." In my church we say that God gives you the light, but you still have to turn on the light switch!

You can't just sit on the sofa watching "The Secret" and think your Lamborghini is going to pull up by itself in your driveway. To manifest prosperity, you have to redefine yourself from a recipient to a co-creator.




Success...

The top sales people are the ones who faced the most rejection. The most successful songwriters are the ones that wrote the most songs that didn't get picked up. The gold medal winning gymnasts are the ones who suffered through the most workouts, falls and injuries.

The most successful people made lots of mistakes and experienced lots of failures. And you are no different: Want to live an epic life? Don't be afraid to make mistakes. The level of your success will be in direct proportion to the level of failure you have learned from.

Now go out and start something amazing.







Influence…

Jim Rohn used to say your income would be the average of the five people you spend the most time with. I believe that is true in all areas of prosperity: faith, health, relationships, etc.

And I know this…

For every person seeking greatness, there are hundreds more charged with safeguarding mediocrity. Who you surround yourself with and how much influence you allow them, determines how healthy, happy and prosperous you become. Be mindful...








Habits...

In more than one year I have missed doing my daily cardio exercise twice. And both times I did two sessions the next day. I don't particularly like doing it. Some days I hate it. But I hate being out of shape worse.

So how do I find the time? I don't. I make the time. Habits are very important and very special. Because you don't create your future. You create your habits, and they create your future.





Safety

There are certain situations that make us feel safe. Comfortable routines and regular habits. But there is a danger with these...

When you get too comfortable, it could mean you've settled for mediocrity. Get uncomfortable. Dance in the unknown, because that's where the magic lies.








STAND BACK!

Whenever you attempt to do something great - something epic - you are bound to have some people who want to "help" you by telling you why it won't work, isn't realistic, or is above your ability.

Most of the time, they're don't intend to be malicious. They are simply the victim of their negative beliefs, and have that default setting on everything they evaluate. Don't let their limiting beliefs become yours. Simply thank them for their opinion, then say, "STAND BACK, I'M ABOUT TO MAKE IT WORK!"







When Life Doesn't Work...

Some people learn from the examples of others. I was a slow learner who had to experience almost every mistake firsthand. And when the universe sent me a lesson, I had to receive it a number of times before I got the message.

Are you carrying around too many pounds? Had a business fail? Been repeating negative dysfunctional relationship? Falling back into addictions? Is life just not working very well for you?

Here's what I will tell you...

The biggest breakthrough I ever experienced - was the day I realized I hated my life. Because that was the moment I decided to change. And that changed everything for me.

Just as it can for YOU.

Becoming

Work hard, dream big, and you can accomplish great things. And when you accomplish great things, you’re going to be rewarded with lots of “things.”

But that’s not why you do it. The things you get from success are great. But the best reward...is who you become.

Playing the Game of Life to Win

Through this very same process you can Deliberately Create a successful business, more sales, a beautiful home, education for your children, fulfilling relationships or anything else you desire.

However, Deliberate Creation is not something that you can just accept intellectually. That was my problem in the beginning. I understood it intellectually, but I did not ACT on my beliefs.

There are two kinds of people:

1. Those who play the game of life TO WIN.  (Take Action on what they KNOW.)
   
2. Those who play the game of life to NOT TO LOSE.  (Keep collecting more information and avoid taking Action.)
   

I fell into the second category.  I had all the information I needed, but I did not take action.

This is the reason why most people do not have what they want. Their true or hidden goal is not to get what they want, but to avoid failure and disappointment.  So they do nothing.  They just read and study and accumulate more information.

You always have a choice. You can play the game of life to AVOID LOSING and live an unstable, stressful life of limitation in which, no matter how much you read and study this stuff, you will never CONSISTENTLY get what you want, or..…

You can play the game of life to WIN and DO WHAT YOU KNOW. When you do, your life will no longer be about survival, but about experiencing joy and abundance and creating anything you desire regardless of your current circumstances, the economy or any other perceived obstacle.

Today's quote

What you sow, you reap. It's a law of nature. Network Marketing is perfectly aligned with that. You get truly, EXACTLY what you're worth! No nepotism, no favoritism. That's rare today.".......Bob Proctor

Today's quote

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if he or she were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness, and understanding you can muster, and do so with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again

The Emperor and the Seed

Here is one f the inspirational stories about integrity

Once there was an emperor in the Far East who was growing old and knew it was coming time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or one of his own children, he decided to do something different.

He called all the young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, "It has come time for me to step down and to choose the next emperor. I have decided to choose one of you." The kids were shocked! But the emperor continued. "I am going to give each one of you a seed today. One seed. It is a very special seed. I want you to go home, plant the seed, water it and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from this one seed. I will then judge the plants that you bring to me, and the one I choose will be the next emperor of the kingdom!"

There was one boy named Ling who was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly told his mother the whole story. She helped him get a pot and some planting soil, and he planted the seed and watered it carefully. Every day he would water it and watch to see if it had grown.

After about three weeks, some of the other youths began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow. Ling kept going home and checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by. Still nothing.

By now others were talking about their plants but Ling didn't have a plant, and he felt like a failure. Six months went by, still nothing in Ling's pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Ling didn't say anything to his friends, however. He just kept waiting for his seed to grow.

A year finally went by and all the youths of the kingdom brought their plants to the emperor for inspection. Ling told his mother that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she encouraged him to go, and to take his pot, and to be honest about what happened. Ling felt sick to his stomach, but he knew his mother was right. He took his empty pot to the palace.

When Ling arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by all the other youths. They were beautiful, in all shapes and sizes. Ling put his empty pot on the floor and many of the other kinds laughed at him. A few felt sorry for him and just said, "Hey nice try."

When the emperor arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted the young people. Ling just tried to hide in the back. "My, what great plants, trees and flowers you have grown," said the emperor. "Today, one of you will be appointed the next emperor!"

All of a sudden, the emperor spotted Ling at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered his guards to bring him to the front. Ling was terrified. "The emperor knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me killed!"

When Ling got to the front, the Emperor asked his name. "My name is Ling," he replied. All the kids were laughing and making fun of him. The emperor asked everyone to quiet down. He looked at Ling, and then announced to the crowd, "Behold your new emperor! His name is Ling!" Ling couldn't believe it. Ling couldn't even grow his seed. How could he be the new emperor?

Then the emperor said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone here a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds which would not grow. All of you, except Ling, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grown, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Ling was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new emperor!"