Who's
Master Of Your Destiny?
Make Sure It's You!
Are You A Talker Or a Doer?
Like
it or not, the world is composed of two types of people - talkers and doers.
Which one are you?
About 10 years ago, a friend
of mine made a life-altering decision. She had been presented with an opportunity
to spend one year as an exchange student in Europe, in several different countries.
Now, she didn't exactly come from a family of world travelers, nor were her parents
wealthy enough to send her overseas for an extended amount of time. Come to think
of it, no one in her poor neighborhood had even dreamed of doing such a thing
- they were to busy struggling with their day-to-day existence.
The temptation
to not consider it any further was certainly very strong. She had no idea what
she might be getting into; She didn't know any foreign languages. Going overseas
for a year meant not working, spending lots of her hard-earned savings (and in
her neighborhood, that meant a lot!) and leaving behind family and friends, something
that she had never done before. More importantly, when she would come back, she'd
come back broke.
She went back and forth for quite a while. In then end,
she said, "what the heck - the worst that can happen is that I hate it
and come home early. Who knows when I'll have this kind of time again?" Her
curiosity was getting the best of her. She called her school counselor. "Sign
me up", she said.
Needless to say, her family thought she
was crazy and didn't believe she was actually going until she scraped together
her meager savings and left for the airport two months later.
Lessons
Learned
Initially, the trip across the pond was a total disaster.
To begin with, the airline bumped her entire group - 50 people - leaving her to
find other airlines to get to Europe. With her luck, she ended up on the later
flight. Then, she ended up spending 10 hours in the airport before she finally
left. She was thinking that she probably should have listened to all the people
that told her she was crazy to go. She arrived, exhausted and with a mean case
of jetlag in Europe the next day; she got to her apartment and passed out.
A funny thing happened the next day. After getting out and exploring a bit,
she discovered that she actually liked Europe. It was so easy to travel and get
around. She found her way to the nearest travel agency and bought a train pass.
The next week, she traveled to a few countries - all on her own, because
several students were too afraid to travel outside the "base" country.
This isn't to say that she wasn't apprehensive, because she was; however, she
made a conscious decision to overcome her fear because she wanted to find out
what else was out there. She wanted to know what was beyond the sheltered world
that she had once known. She discovered that train travel across Europe was quite
easy and safe, if one just used common sense. After the first week, she traveled,
alone, to a different country every week. She felt a newfound sense of independence,
freedom, accomplishment and success that she had never felt before, and it felt
great!
Her year in Europe was a real eye opener for her. It exposed her
to things that she would never have experienced otherwise. She would never have
experienced different cultures, systems, met as many new people or learned that
she had a very adventurous spirit and thirst for knowledge. And she would have
never met her future husband. They ended up running his restaurant together,
quite successfully, in Berlin for another year, before they both returned to the
States. She was not as broke as she had imagined she would be!
What's
the lesson from all this? Don't let fear hold you back - nothing great is ever
accomplished without some risk. Fear is what keeps 99% of people from becoming
successful in life. Don't let that happen to you - know what you want
and go for it!
What You Need To Know
Attaining
success in life is completely up to you. Sure, there are some factors that you
just can't control. The answer? Don't worry about them - worry about factors that
you can control - you and your actions
and your thinking.
Points To Remember:
- Be
open to all possbilities. Don't discount an idea just because it seems new to
you.
- Don't
let fear of failure dominate you, although it can be very powerful. Fear is what
stops 99% of people from being successful.
- Recognize
that sometimes you have to take a risk - successfully negotiating risk-taking
is what makes one successful in the long run.
- Always
keep an eye out for new opportunities.
Success
in life is about finding inner peace, satisfaction and emotional stability. You
can't achieve that until you change your thinking, start thinking out of the box
and take some risk. This applies to business as well as to your personal life.
You've got to be able to step out of your "comfort zone".
Some Of The Pillars Of Success:
- Plan
your work, and work your plan!
- Strive
for excellence. Set your own goals - don't try to reach the goals of others
- Make
a commitment and stick to it!
- Accept
that disappointments are a fact of life. Instead of allowing them to hold you
back, overcome them and you will become stronger.
- Turn
every experience, whether good or bad, into a learning experience.
-
Live each day as if it were your last; have no regrets.
Some
Final Words…..
There
are more talkers than doers in our society. Which one are you? Do you wait
for things to happen, or do you make them happen? If you think that
things will happen for you if you just think about it and fail to take
action, I have bad news for you. They won't. The only thing worse than procrastinating
for a day is procrastinating for a day and a minute.
It's time to stop
thinking about making a change to ensure your future success and time to
do something about it. Starting a home based business if the first step
that you need to be willing to take - for your financial independence, your financial
security and that of your family.
If
you don't look out for you, who will? I have the answer - no one. If you are ready
to take control of your destiny then now is the time to start. I can show you
the way - but it is up to you to make the decision to change your life for the
better and take that first step. Remember, you're not alone - we are with you!
Take the time to fill out the form below to get started on your new path to success
today - because time isn't going to wait for you to make up your mind.
