"Do not wait, the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."~Napoleon Hill
"Are you waiting for things to get better before taking action? The fact is that things will not get better until you go ahead and get yourself moving forward. The best time to start is always now. For no matter what the outside circumstances may be, the most effective strategy is to get your inner strength revved up and rolling right away.
As a recovering perfectionist, I was always waiting for things to be perfect.
My excuses for delaying were very reasonable and impressive, but those excuses didn't move me forward. Circumstances improved when I made the effort to improve them.
Even the smallest effort was much better than doing nothing. And small efforts that bring results motivated me to take bigger, more effective steps.
You know from your experiences that you can do what you set your mind to do. START NOW! STOP WAITING. THE TIME WILL NEVER BE JUST RIGHT!
"Do not wait, the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."~
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Are You Dreaming or Wishing?
"Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and your reality. If you can dream it you can make it happen."~Belva Davis
Are you afraid of that space? Is that what is holding you back? Afraid of the space between your dreams and your reality?
There's nothing to fear in that space. It's all just a story that you are telling yourself.
If you are dreaming it, you've already been given everything that you need to make it happen, did you realize that or are you still focused on the 'space?' Do you believe that you can create your reality? Really?
Do you believe in your dream or is it just a fantasy, a place where you can go and wish? Too many people who say they have dreams, just have wishes, never working on them, just wishing for them.
What is your dream? Start focusing on it now and take the first step toward attaining it. Without taking the steps to attain it, it's just a wish.
Are you dreaming or are you wishing?
"Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and your reality. If you can dream it you can make it happen."
Are you afraid of that space? Is that what is holding you back? Afraid of the space between your dreams and your reality?
There's nothing to fear in that space. It's all just a story that you are telling yourself.
If you are dreaming it, you've already been given everything that you need to make it happen, did you realize that or are you still focused on the 'space?' Do you believe that you can create your reality? Really?
Do you believe in your dream or is it just a fantasy, a place where you can go and wish? Too many people who say they have dreams, just have wishes, never working on them, just wishing for them.
What is your dream? Start focusing on it now and take the first step toward attaining it. Without taking the steps to attain it, it's just a wish.
Are you dreaming or are you wishing?
"Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and your reality. If you can dream it you can make it happen."
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Are You Reaching High?
"Reach high, for stars lay hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."~Pamela Vaull Starr
Are you reaching high? Why not? Whats holding you back?
Fear? Don't let fear hold you back. Most people "live lives of quiet desperation." Is that you? Why? It doesn't have to be that way. What lays hidden in your soul? Take some time to look at your soul and see what's hidden there...It might surprise you! It might scare you! It might make you feel good about where you're at! But take a look, now.
Are you dreaming deep? Without the dream, no goal can be accomplished...you know that don't you? Some people don't realize this. They think that they can just have goals without the WHY behind them. You can try that, but then you will find that the goal has no power and you will think that goal setting is a waste of time.
What are the goals that you have for the coming new year? What? You haven't started to work on them yet? That's ok. START NOW! Start dreaming of what you want to make happen in the coming year and write it down. If you don't write your dream down, it's just a wish, you know that don't you? Write it down now in all of its detail. DO IT NOW!
"Reach high, for stars lay hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."
Are you reaching high? Why not? Whats holding you back?
Fear? Don't let fear hold you back. Most people "live lives of quiet desperation." Is that you? Why? It doesn't have to be that way. What lays hidden in your soul? Take some time to look at your soul and see what's hidden there...It might surprise you! It might scare you! It might make you feel good about where you're at! But take a look, now.
Are you dreaming deep? Without the dream, no goal can be accomplished...you know that don't you? Some people don't realize this. They think that they can just have goals without the WHY behind them. You can try that, but then you will find that the goal has no power and you will think that goal setting is a waste of time.
What are the goals that you have for the coming new year? What? You haven't started to work on them yet? That's ok. START NOW! Start dreaming of what you want to make happen in the coming year and write it down. If you don't write your dream down, it's just a wish, you know that don't you? Write it down now in all of its detail. DO IT NOW!
"Reach high, for stars lay hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Encouragement
"There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through the encouragement of someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or how successful a person may be, each hungers for applause."~George M. Adams
Think about the 'high spots' in your life and the person who encouraged you to get there. Have you thanked them? Have you let them know the impact that they had in your life? Do you do this on a regular basis or just at certain times...or not at all?
A smile may only be a smile to you, but it may mean the world to someone else. Are you liberal with your smiles, or are you stingy with them...
Do you think about the effect that you have on others?
Tell someone the effect that they have had on your life. It might impact their life even more than they affected your life.
We are all looking for that applause, that encouragement, that recognition. Let them know.
"There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through the encouragement of someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or how successful a person may be, each hungers for applause."
Think about the 'high spots' in your life and the person who encouraged you to get there. Have you thanked them? Have you let them know the impact that they had in your life? Do you do this on a regular basis or just at certain times...or not at all?
A smile may only be a smile to you, but it may mean the world to someone else. Are you liberal with your smiles, or are you stingy with them...
Do you think about the effect that you have on others?
Tell someone the effect that they have had on your life. It might impact their life even more than they affected your life.
We are all looking for that applause, that encouragement, that recognition. Let them know.
"There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through the encouragement of someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or how successful a person may be, each hungers for applause."
Friday, December 11, 2009
Education - Jim Rohn
"Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune."~Jim Rohn
We've all had some formal education, but how often are you educating yourself? Really??
Most people will say, 'oh, I learn all the time.' But are you really learning if you're making the same mistakes over and over? Or doing the same thing in your business every day and expecting different results?
What was the last seminar you went to? What was the last book you read? How often are you trying to learn more about your business or do you think that you know everything about your business and you just need to do it?
If you want to become a master at anything, you need to spend 5000 hours working on that thing. Not working IN that thing, but working ON it. If you sell a product, do you kow everything about that product? Really? If you sell a service, do you know every benefit that the service can provide?
Start working ON your business instaed of just in your business.
"Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune."
We've all had some formal education, but how often are you educating yourself? Really??
Most people will say, 'oh, I learn all the time.' But are you really learning if you're making the same mistakes over and over? Or doing the same thing in your business every day and expecting different results?
What was the last seminar you went to? What was the last book you read? How often are you trying to learn more about your business or do you think that you know everything about your business and you just need to do it?
If you want to become a master at anything, you need to spend 5000 hours working on that thing. Not working IN that thing, but working ON it. If you sell a product, do you kow everything about that product? Really? If you sell a service, do you know every benefit that the service can provide?
Start working ON your business instaed of just in your business.
"Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune."
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Silently Wondering - Jim Rohn
"The worst thing one can do is not to try, to know what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing."~Jim Rohn
How many ideas have you had that you never went after for "some reason???"
Everyday we get great ideas and then we talk ourselves out of doing them because of "some reason."
The 'some reason' is fear. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of change, fear of loss, fear of gain, fear of what other people will think...fear, fear fear. Why do we allow fear to control our lives? I wish I knew, but we sure let those fears dictate our lives.
We've all heard the acronym for FEAR: False, Evidence, Appearing, Real. But to us, we allow it to become real just by allowing it to cloud our mind. What do you do when you are confronted by those fears?
Think about all those ideas that were never pursued. The next time you get one of those ideas, don't allow 'SOME REASON' or FEAR dictate how you will proceed. Take the chance, break through the fear, find out so that you won't have to wonder for the rest of your life.
"The worst thing one can do is not to try, to know what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing."
How many ideas have you had that you never went after for "some reason???"
Everyday we get great ideas and then we talk ourselves out of doing them because of "some reason."
The 'some reason' is fear. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of change, fear of loss, fear of gain, fear of what other people will think...fear, fear fear. Why do we allow fear to control our lives? I wish I knew, but we sure let those fears dictate our lives.
We've all heard the acronym for FEAR: False, Evidence, Appearing, Real. But to us, we allow it to become real just by allowing it to cloud our mind. What do you do when you are confronted by those fears?
Think about all those ideas that were never pursued. The next time you get one of those ideas, don't allow 'SOME REASON' or FEAR dictate how you will proceed. Take the chance, break through the fear, find out so that you won't have to wonder for the rest of your life.
"The worst thing one can do is not to try, to know what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing."
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Planning - Jim Rohn
"I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.”~Jim Rohn
How true is that statement? If you don't have a plan for your life, someone else will, and guess what? They really don't care about you!!
Most people spend more time planning their vacations than planning their work and personal life. Jim also said "You should never start your day until you've finished it on paper." I'm sure that he would allow for PDA's or mobile tech stuff as well. But the question is, 'How often to you start your day with no idea of what is in store for you?
I started planning my day the night before a long time ago and it's amazing how during sleep, answers and thoughts leading to issues that were to be faced that day would come to me. I don't know how it works, I just know that it works.
If you haven't started planning your days, what are you waiting for? Permission? I GIVE YOU PERMISSION!
"I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.”
How true is that statement? If you don't have a plan for your life, someone else will, and guess what? They really don't care about you!!
Most people spend more time planning their vacations than planning their work and personal life. Jim also said "You should never start your day until you've finished it on paper." I'm sure that he would allow for PDA's or mobile tech stuff as well. But the question is, 'How often to you start your day with no idea of what is in store for you?
I started planning my day the night before a long time ago and it's amazing how during sleep, answers and thoughts leading to issues that were to be faced that day would come to me. I don't know how it works, I just know that it works.
If you haven't started planning your days, what are you waiting for? Permission? I GIVE YOU PERMISSION!
"I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.”
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