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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.
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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.
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