Look into my eyes so I can determine your level of belief today.
Do you Believe you’re capable doing great and significant things?
Do you Believe you’re designed to endure struggle and hardships?
Do you Believe you’re built to overcome fear and adversity?
Do you Believe that your level of Belief determines what’s possible?
Do you Believe that it’s your time to shine?
Believe you can or Believe you can’t, either way you’re exactly right.
So, START BELIEVING!!!
I consider myself as a person that likes to be nice and welcoming to everyone I meet. I especially like for others to feel welcome in my home but the only visitors that are not welcome back into my home is the visitor of my past mistakes. You see I’ve learned over the years that our mistakes will continue to visit and revisit us unannounced time and time again until we learn the lessons in them.
Yes my friends, there’s usually a lesson in every mistake and if the lessons not learned, the mistake will continue to ring your doorbell. So I caution you today to not fall victim to allowing the unwanted guest of your past mistakes to return to your doorstep repeatedly. Learn those lessons fast and save yourself from some undue stress and frustration and heartache. Let’s tell those mistakes, “YOU’RE NOT WELCOME HEAR ANYMORE!!! I’VE ALREADY LEARNED MY LESSON!!!” Then slam the door shut and move on to the next one.
I’ve found that an even smarter thing to do is to pick up a CD or good book on a regular basis and learn from some of the mistakes that others have made before us. Experience may be the best teacher but I’d rather learn from someone else’s mistakes and experiences whenever possible.
Let’s learn our lessons fast and continue to make it GREAT
One of the most foolish things we can do on our respective journey through this “life” thing is to fool ourselves into thinking that we can please all of the people all of the time. I even believe it’s foolish to think we can please all of the people even some of the time.
As a public speaker I’ve been privileged to witness and experience this phenomenon first hand. When I first started speaking I used to request my audiences to fill out a short, one page survey after each event to let me know their opinions on what worked and what didn’t work.
After collecting and reviewing hundreds and hundreds of these surveys, one day I came across my “Dream Survey” which reflected what I wanted people to say about my content and delivery. It was from a student who was soooo impressed with the content and delivery of the presentation that she took the liberty to right even more uplifting and encouraging comments on the backside of the page.
After reviewing several more surveys that were collected from previous events I also ran across one that was the complete opposite of my “Dream Survey.” It was from a teacher who was soooo disappointed with my presentation that he took the liberty to right even more attacking comments on the backside of the page. Out of all the surveys I’ve ever collected to date 98% of them are all positive and .5% or negative and 1.5% are indifferent.
The most surprising thing I noticed about these two surveys was not that they were sooooo drastically different, but the fact that they were both from the exact same event. So, I had to ask myself the question, “were these two people at the same event?” Hmmmm… I must admit that I was a little quietly concerned about this finding but I quickly realized the lucrative lesson in it all. So as a result, I decided to frame them both and mount them on my shelf in my office. Today they now both serve as a constant reminder that “no matter what I do, I can’t please them all.”
So it’s for this reason that I remind you today that in your day-to-day pursuit of happiness, no matter what you do or say, or how good you are and try to be, you can never, ever, ever, ever please them all and to think you can is two kinds of crazy and three kinds of foolish. This is just another one of life’s little guarantees.
Don’t be discouraged but be encouraged today on your journey in spite of the would-be dream crushers around you and make it GREAT!
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As I look around the world of cyberspace and the internet I see no shortage of coaches and trainers and guru’s personal plans for success.
After careful thought I think a slight shift in perspective is needed to stimulate your thoughts and spice-up your day. So, the following is my Instructions on how to “Fail” in life. Enjoy… Let’s all choose to make it GREAT!
It never ceases to amaze me to see how many people stumble through life neglecting or completely ignoring the development of the number one most important skill this side of the universe.
This skill is without a doubt the key ingredient to any recipe for success. It’s the salsa that makes the chips of life taste so much better and it’s the single most important factor in the formula for accomplishing your biggest goals and dreams.
The most influential leaders of all time have mastered this skill and leveraged it for good and not-so-good means down through the years. Philosophers and intellectuals the world over have hailed this skill as being the undisputed difference-maker that separates and distinguishes humans from any other species on the planet.
So what exactly is this overlooked, underused, juggernaut skill-set you ask? Well it’s quite simply the skill and the ability to Communicate. Yes my friends communication is the fuel that makes the world go round. Growing this skill to its full potential is definitely worthy of our best of efforts but “most people” have resigned themselves to give it no effort at all. Mastering this skill is not an overnight process but the ongoing process of mastering it can yield HUGE dividends in more ways than one.
So I say to you on this Magnificent Monday, master this skill and watch all of your biggest goals and dreams come true. Let’s all go out there and communicate our way to GREATNESS and make it GREAT!
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