It Means Everything….
by Doug on August 6, 2010
in Motivation
Your attitude determines your altitude in everything:
- Where you live means nothing
- Your education means little
- Your past means nothing
- How much money you have means nothing
What are you going to do about it? – That means everything!
If you lie down and moan, blaming life and your bad lot. If you feel sorry for yourself and just wish your life could get better, but never take responsibility for yourself and your future. Then you will not get ahead.
But if you choose to look at your life and say: “I’m going to make an enormous success of it anyway”. Then you start looking for solutions, educate yourself in success principles, set goals, plan and work hard to turn it all around. You may have some failures in between, but a failure is a stepping stone to success. You may lose some battles, but you will win the war. You’ll get it right. Keep up your good attitude and just hang in there. With a winning attitude your are guaranteed of achieving success.
When you empower yourself, you can rise above your circumstances and become a beacon of hope that others look to and learn from on their journey. The result is enormous success. That’s what a winning attitude, a constructive heart- and mindset, will do for you. When you change your attitude you will change your actions and this will change your: income, relationships, social life, marriage, exam results – everything.
Success is 20% what happens to me and 80% how I react to it – that’s attitude.
Let it work success for you.
Know Your Limits, Then Ignore Them
by Doug on August 4, 2010
in Motivation
John Mason says: “Know your limits, then ignore them.”
That’s good advice. We all have limits. It’s good to know what they are, but then we should simply proceed as if they don’t exist.
Pierre de Chardin says: “Our duty as men and women is to proceed as if limits to our ability do not exist”
Our whole life has been one of breaking our limitations. Every time we learn and apply a new skill, we break through a past limit.
The problem is that we sometimes convince ourselves, with or without evidence, that we can’t do something, and then we believe it. The more important, more complicated and time-consuming the task, the more we are daunted by it. We tend to be limited by fear and comfort. We are afraid we will fail and don’t like the idea of working long, hard hours on developing a new skill and then applying that skill to achieve a previously impossible goal.
Good News!!
You can do anything. Plan it. Take your time, you’ll get it right. There is no rush. The rewards are worth it, and you have the potential to do it.
Affirmations:
I can do great things
I work hard
I go beyond my limits
