"There is no limit to your potential. For there is no limit to what you can imagine, and whatever you can imagine, you can bring into your life."~Ralph Marston
When you focus your imagination on positive possibilities, and you focus your efforts on making them real, you can bring them into your life. Most people say, "I'll believe it when I see it" when what they should be saying is "When I believe it, then I will see it." Look at the power of that phrase when you change a couple of words around...
Our imagination is unlimited, but we have trained our brains to limit our imagination to only things that we think are possible. When most people set goals, they are usually goals that they think they can achieve. Most people don't set BHAG goals or Big, Hairy Audacious Goals. A BHAG is a goal that you don't believe that you can do and the only way you can reach it is to stretch further than we thought we could, so most people choose goals that are acceptable, reachable, safe.
Screw safe goals. Set goals that you have no way to know if you can achieve them and just start working on them. As you start, you realize that you can do a little of it and then you can do a little more, till finally, you did it all.
Think of all the things that once were deemed impossible that are now commonplace. Thomas Watson of IBM said, "the world-wide market for computers is about 5, that's all." Really? Who would have believed that there is more computing power in your cell phone than the command module of the lunar missions?
You have a unique potential. Explore that potential. Make a Difference.
"There is no limit to your potential. For there is no limit to what you can imagine, and whatever you can imagine, you can bring into your life."
Friday, January 8, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Make A Difference
“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” ~Sir Cecil Beaton
Are you daring? Different? Impractical? What sets you apart from everybody else? Really? Do you have an imaginative vision of what is ahead for you or are you just trucking on down the road, without a thought of what's ahead?
A slave to the ordinary...is that you? Are you a creature of the commonplace? It's real easy to get into a rut of the ordinary. You know what the definition of a rut is? It is a coffin with the ends kicked out, that's what a rut is. Think about that as you go about your day, the same way, day after day after day.
Know. Be Known. Make a Difference! You will never make a difference being ordinary. You won't be known for being a creature of the commonplace.
How can you step out of the ordinary, out of the commonplace? It's different for each individual and you need to seek it out for yourself. I challenge you as this new year is getting started to step out of the ordinary, to be different, to be daring. I challenge you to stop being a "play-it-safer" kind of person.
Make a Difference!
“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.”
Are you daring? Different? Impractical? What sets you apart from everybody else? Really? Do you have an imaginative vision of what is ahead for you or are you just trucking on down the road, without a thought of what's ahead?
A slave to the ordinary...is that you? Are you a creature of the commonplace? It's real easy to get into a rut of the ordinary. You know what the definition of a rut is? It is a coffin with the ends kicked out, that's what a rut is. Think about that as you go about your day, the same way, day after day after day.
Know. Be Known. Make a Difference! You will never make a difference being ordinary. You won't be known for being a creature of the commonplace.
How can you step out of the ordinary, out of the commonplace? It's different for each individual and you need to seek it out for yourself. I challenge you as this new year is getting started to step out of the ordinary, to be different, to be daring. I challenge you to stop being a "play-it-safer" kind of person.
Make a Difference!
“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.”
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Everything You Want
"Everything you want is outside your Comfort Zone. If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will settle for the ordinary."
Now, unless you are happy with where you are, you do realize that "Everything you want is OUTSIDE of your Comfort Zone, right? You can't continue doing the same things and expect different results. Where you are now has been based on your current thinking, but your current thinking will not be able to lift you out of this spot. You need new thinking...that's right NEW thinking, or at least different thinking to help you get what you want. Getting out of your Comfort Zone is not always easy and sometimes it's even irritating, but you have to do it if you are going to get what you want.
"If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will settle for the ordinary." Are you willing to risk the unusual or are you too deeply ingrained in your Comfort Zone that you can't? Have you settled for the ordinary when you could have had the extraordinary?
Reminds me of another of my favorite quotes and that is "The space for what you want is currently occupied by what you have settled for." This doesn't just mean material things, but relationships, jobs and thoughts. What have you realized now that you've settled for? Can you change that? Do you even want to change it or do you want to continue in your comfort Zone and ordinary?
"Everything you want is outside your Comfort Zone. If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will settle for the ordinary."
Now, unless you are happy with where you are, you do realize that "Everything you want is OUTSIDE of your Comfort Zone, right? You can't continue doing the same things and expect different results. Where you are now has been based on your current thinking, but your current thinking will not be able to lift you out of this spot. You need new thinking...that's right NEW thinking, or at least different thinking to help you get what you want. Getting out of your Comfort Zone is not always easy and sometimes it's even irritating, but you have to do it if you are going to get what you want.
"If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will settle for the ordinary." Are you willing to risk the unusual or are you too deeply ingrained in your Comfort Zone that you can't? Have you settled for the ordinary when you could have had the extraordinary?
Reminds me of another of my favorite quotes and that is "The space for what you want is currently occupied by what you have settled for." This doesn't just mean material things, but relationships, jobs and thoughts. What have you realized now that you've settled for? Can you change that? Do you even want to change it or do you want to continue in your comfort Zone and ordinary?
"Everything you want is outside your Comfort Zone. If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will settle for the ordinary."
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Pretensious Nonsense
"Children respond when you are genuine and vulnerable with them. So do adults. Let's cut out the pretentious nonsense and get real in everything we do."~Tom Asacker
Are you ready to cut out the "pretentious nonsense?" Really? What role have you been playing so long that you don't even recognize that it is a role and not who you really are? Start getting real in everything that you do. How would that change your life?
People respond to genuineness and vulnerability. Can you show these qualities or are you too trained never to show emotion, either good or bad? Especially in business. That used to be me. I was a stoic and never realized that I was unable to show emotion or vulnerability. I've been remembering who I was when I was me. Not that genuine stoic who I trained myself to be, but being able to be both genuine and vulnerable...and it FEELS good and bad, but it FEELS. I haven't had feelings like these for a long time.
Jonathan Swift said "May you live all the days of your life." I know that I haven't always done that. I've played a part, but not lived, not really. Is that you too? Have you lived all the days of your life or have you just mailed some in? Maybe you just didn't want to live that day. Never allow that to happen to you. You lose too much not LIVING all the days of your life!
Learn from my example. It doesn't pay to be ungenuine or unvulnerable. It's just not worth it in the long run.
"MAY YOU LIVE ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE."
Are you ready to cut out the "pretentious nonsense?" Really? What role have you been playing so long that you don't even recognize that it is a role and not who you really are? Start getting real in everything that you do. How would that change your life?
People respond to genuineness and vulnerability. Can you show these qualities or are you too trained never to show emotion, either good or bad? Especially in business. That used to be me. I was a stoic and never realized that I was unable to show emotion or vulnerability. I've been remembering who I was when I was me. Not that genuine stoic who I trained myself to be, but being able to be both genuine and vulnerable...and it FEELS good and bad, but it FEELS. I haven't had feelings like these for a long time.
Jonathan Swift said "May you live all the days of your life." I know that I haven't always done that. I've played a part, but not lived, not really. Is that you too? Have you lived all the days of your life or have you just mailed some in? Maybe you just didn't want to live that day. Never allow that to happen to you. You lose too much not LIVING all the days of your life!
Learn from my example. It doesn't pay to be ungenuine or unvulnerable. It's just not worth it in the long run.
"MAY YOU LIVE ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE."
Monday, January 4, 2010
Doubts Are Traitors
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt." ~William Shakespeare
Do your doubts stop you from doing things? Why? What hold over you do those doubts have?
We all fear some things but our doubts shouldn't be one of those things. Heights, snakes, going too fast, these are some things to fear but not our doubts. Why you ask? Because our doubts are just stories that we tell ourselves, not that there is any truth to them, but stories that we believe.
What stories are you telling yourself that are holding you back?
Don't ever not do something because of a fear of failure. Why? Because you will fail your way to success. It's the only way anyone succeeds. They fail their way to success. Think about it. That "overnight sensation" band that has played every scum bag bar in town for 10 years finally makes it big.
Historically, predators from the T-Rex to today have only been successful in 1 out of 10 hunts. Yet they keep trying, why? Because survival dictates that they do. The same goes for me and you.
Don't let your doubts keep you from the good you might do.
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."
Do your doubts stop you from doing things? Why? What hold over you do those doubts have?
We all fear some things but our doubts shouldn't be one of those things. Heights, snakes, going too fast, these are some things to fear but not our doubts. Why you ask? Because our doubts are just stories that we tell ourselves, not that there is any truth to them, but stories that we believe.
What stories are you telling yourself that are holding you back?
Don't ever not do something because of a fear of failure. Why? Because you will fail your way to success. It's the only way anyone succeeds. They fail their way to success. Think about it. That "overnight sensation" band that has played every scum bag bar in town for 10 years finally makes it big.
Historically, predators from the T-Rex to today have only been successful in 1 out of 10 hunts. Yet they keep trying, why? Because survival dictates that they do. The same goes for me and you.
Don't let your doubts keep you from the good you might do.
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."
Friday, January 1, 2010
Get Inspired By Life
Get inspired by life. Get inspired by the possibilities for friendship, love, achievement and fulfillment.
Get excited about the opportunities for growth and rich experience that comes with every turn of events. But be sure that you are looking for the growth and rich experience. See it. Live it. Get excited about living in a world that's filled with abundance. Can you see the abundance around you? If not, close your eyes for 30 seconds and open them again. Abundance is there, you just have to be looking for it.
Get passionate about making a difference in your own life and the lives of those you can affect. Get passionate about expressing and fulfilling those dreams that are uniquely yours. Stop playing small, it serves no purpose to the world to play smaller than you are supposed to.
Give meaning to each moment. Be in each moment. Live in the moment. Don't be thinking about the past or the future. Just be in the moment.
Get inspired by life. Get inspired by the possibilities for friendship, love, achievement and fulfillment.
Get excited about the opportunities for growth and rich experience that comes with every turn of events. But be sure that you are looking for the growth and rich experience. See it. Live it. Get excited about living in a world that's filled with abundance. Can you see the abundance around you? If not, close your eyes for 30 seconds and open them again. Abundance is there, you just have to be looking for it.
Get passionate about making a difference in your own life and the lives of those you can affect. Get passionate about expressing and fulfilling those dreams that are uniquely yours. Stop playing small, it serves no purpose to the world to play smaller than you are supposed to.
Give meaning to each moment. Be in each moment. Live in the moment. Don't be thinking about the past or the future. Just be in the moment.
Get inspired by life. Get inspired by the possibilities for friendship, love, achievement and fulfillment.
Get Inspired By Life
Get inspired by life. Get inspired by the possibilities for friendship, love, achievement and fulfillment.
Get excited about the opportunities for growth and rich experience that come with every turn of events. But be sure that you are looking for the growth and rich experience. See it. Live it. Get excited about living in a world that's filled with abundance in every direction. Can you see the abundance around you? If not, look around again. It's there, you just have to open your eyes to it.
Get passionate about making a difference in your own life and in the lives of those you can affect. Get passionate about expressing and fulfilling those dreams that are uniquely yours. Stop playing small, it serves no purpose to the world to play smaller than you are supposed to.
Give meaning to each moment. Be in each moment. Don't be thinking about the past or the future. Be in each moment. Give the best of yourself to everything you do.
Get inspired by life. Get inspired by the possibilities for friendship, love, achievement and fulfillment.
Get excited about the opportunities for growth and rich experience that come with every turn of events. But be sure that you are looking for the growth and rich experience. See it. Live it. Get excited about living in a world that's filled with abundance in every direction. Can you see the abundance around you? If not, look around again. It's there, you just have to open your eyes to it.
Get passionate about making a difference in your own life and in the lives of those you can affect. Get passionate about expressing and fulfilling those dreams that are uniquely yours. Stop playing small, it serves no purpose to the world to play smaller than you are supposed to.
Give meaning to each moment. Be in each moment. Don't be thinking about the past or the future. Be in each moment. Give the best of yourself to everything you do.
Get inspired by life. Get inspired by the possibilities for friendship, love, achievement and fulfillment.
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