A Motivation Metaphor You Can Use to Change Your Life:
Picture this. You're standing on conveyor belt. It's carrying you down a long, narrow hallway. Each side of the hallway is lined with closed doors, small signs hanging just above their frame.The messages on those signs is something that you need to pay close attention to. Very close attention. The speed of the conveyor belt isn't too fast - slow enoughto let you comfortably open and step through one of the doors - but not much time to question your choice.
After a few moments, a door has passed you by forever. Peering down the long hallway you see the belt is heading toward a larger door marked 'EXIT.' You have a fair amount of time before you reach this door,but make no mistake, you are forever moving toward it.
What is Written on Those Signs???
After a few minutes, your curiosity gets the best of you and you focus intently on the writing above each door. After passing a few doors trying your best to make out the small writing, you realize that each sign contains a personal goal, a change you've always wanted to make or a dream you've always wanted to achieve.
This corridor is your life. Each door is an opportunity for change, for happiness, for success. Everything you have ever wanted to be, do, and have is represented by each door along the corridor. And just like life, the longer you wait to step through the doors, the greater the chance that they'll pass you by.
Eventually nearly every door will be behind you, impossible to enter. I say nearly because only one will remain - the one at the end of the corridor. Before we move on, I have a question for you.
Do you know what would be written above each door? Do you know what you really want today, tomorrow, and ten years from now? If you don't know what you want, you'll never get anything more than you have right now.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
America's Most Famous Rags-to-Riches Story
Good Morning,
One hundred and fifty years ago, when a 13-year-old boy stepped ashore in New York with his parents and younger brother, he had no idea that he would one day become the richest man in the world.
This is the story of Andrew Carnegie.
He was born in 1835 in Scotland. During the Depression of 1848 in Britain, his father, a weaver, decided it was best to immigrate to America and brought his family to Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now part of Pittsburgh.
Being poor, young Andrew had to give up any hope of schooling when he arrived, and he quickly got a job in a cotton factory for $1.20 a week.
He studied bookkeeping at night and soon took a job in the office as a clerk. He prepared himself for advancement by doing each job to the best of his ability and seizing every opportunity to take on new responsibilities.
Through trial and error, he developed a personal philosophy that led to a simple formula for success that he followed faithfully.
Quite by accident, he had stumbled onto the same formula for success that had been used by all great achievers throughout history.
Guided by this formula, he accelerated rapidly at everything he did.
At 15, he took a job as a messenger boy in the telegraph office in Pittsburgh, and two years later, he was working full-time as a telegraph operator for the railroad.
When he was 20, his father passed away, leaving him with the responsibility of providing for his mother and 12-year-old brother.
He worked even harder. The division superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad was so impressed with Carnegie that he hired him as his personal clerk and telegraph operator. When Carnegie was 24, he became the superintendent of the Pittsburgh division.
To supplement his salary, he borrowed $500 to buy stocks in businesses that he understood. First the railroad and later in steel production. He became quite successful at it.
At 33, he had an annual income of $50,000 ($1,040,000 in today's dollars) and was toying with the idea of retiring to a scholarly life. But since he was now one of the largest shareholders of the Pullman Company, and a director of the Union Pacific Railroad, he couldn't.
He saw a growing demand for steel and much room for improvement in the way steel was produced. So he started his own steel company, the Carnegie Steel Co. Using innovative methods, he improved the quality of the steel, made production more efficient, reduced costs, and watched his business expand quickly.
Because of his efforts, the United States took the lead away from Great Britain as the foremost steel producer in the world in 1890.
He was now the richest man in America, and in a few years, he would be the richest in the world.
Then, in 1901, at the age of 66, Carnegie shocked everyone when he announced that he was going to sell his holdings and devote the rest of his life to giving away every penny he had for benevolent purposes.
He sold Carnegie Steel to J. P. Morgan, who used it as the nucleus for U. S. Steel.
Then, with the same enthusiasm and determination that built his fortune, he spent the next 18 years systematically giving it all away.
Had he lost his mind? Not at all.
In 1911 he wrote: "My chief happiness lies in the thought that even after I pass away, the wealth that came to me to administer as a sacred trust for the good of my fellow men, is to continue to benefit humanity for generations untold."
It may sound cliche, but Carnegie sincerely wanted to leave the world a better place. One of his first acts was to create a pension fund for his employees. This quote from his workers expresses the common sentiment toward him:
"The interest which you have always shown in your workmen has won for you an appreciation which cannot be expressed by mere words."
Inspired by the heroic but futile rescue effort in which a former Pittsburgh mine superintendent and others lost their lives in the Harwick Mine Disaster in 1904, he set up the Hero Fund to honor and financially reward acts of non-military heroism.
He gave a lot of money to causes: to establish the first great medical research laboratory in the U.S.A. at Bellevue Hospital in New York, to the Institute for the Blind, and to Madame Curie for her radium research. He also funded Carnegie Hall.
But his two main interests were education and world peace.
Believing that people in the teaching profession were underpaid, he established The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a pension plan that looked after aging teachers.
Though he was denied an education, he knew the value of learning and was determined that everyone should have access to knowledge. His pet project became his free public libraries.
He made the following offer to communities: He would build a library for free if they agreed to stock it with books and maintain it.
Over the years that followed, he built 2,811 free public libraries. It was estimated that at their completion, 35 million people made use of his public libraries each day.
Most of his money went to build new educational institutions or fund existing ones. He created the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute of Washington, and Carnegie-Mellon University, and he assisted more than 500 others, especially the smaller, lesser-known universities and colleges.
World peace was his other passion. He created the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, with headquarters in New York City and Geneva, Switzerland, and the Peace Palace at the Hague in Holland.
Being a full-time philanthropist wasn't as easy as Carnegie thought it would be. Each day, he was flooded with 400 to 500 "begging" letters. After each announcement of some large benefaction, the number would increase to 700 a day.
For instance, when it was reported that Carnegie donated a new organ to the church his father had attended, requests for new organs poured in from all across the country.
When it was over, Carnegie answered each of their requests and donated 7,689 organs.
Contrary to common belief, he did not require or encourage institutions to bear his name.
"I find it difficult to avoid having gifts for new things called after the donors. Carnegie Hall was called by me The Music Hall. Foreign artists refused to appear in 'a music hall.' The Board changed it in my absence in Europe without consulting me."
He said he didn't want to be remembered for what he gave, but for what he persuaded others to give. By building libraries, he inspired communities to fill them with books, asking only that they inscribe the words "Let there be light" above the entrance.
It's true that he was very public with his library project, pursuit of world peace, and the advancement of education for all people. But there was another side to him that few knew. One of his most enjoyable acts of philanthropy was the millions he gave away anonymously.
During his lifetime, he gave away 90 percent of his fortune. To this day, The Carnegie Corporation, the philanthropic foundation he created, still gives away millions of dollars every year.
But there's something else that he gave away that was even more valuable. I'm sure you've heard of the saying ...
"Give a man a fish, and he can eat for a day. Show him how to fish, and he can eat for a lifetime."
He learned that everything we do starts in the mind as a simple thought.
Whatever you think about, you will be drawn to. Taking that a step further, whatever you think about ... will eventually come to pass.
Your thoughts become the blueprint for your life — dictating what you do and expect from life.
For instance, if you think about misfortune, you'll expect misfortune to happen. And it will.
You've probably seen it yourself. A loser will quit at the first obstacle, saying, "See! Things never go my way! Why do I even bother trying?" And if things do go right, the loser says, "It was a fluke. I never win." They lose because they expect to lose.
Winners, on the other hand, think about winning. They are successful because they think of themselves as successful.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape yur destiny!!
One hundred and fifty years ago, when a 13-year-old boy stepped ashore in New York with his parents and younger brother, he had no idea that he would one day become the richest man in the world.
This is the story of Andrew Carnegie.
He was born in 1835 in Scotland. During the Depression of 1848 in Britain, his father, a weaver, decided it was best to immigrate to America and brought his family to Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now part of Pittsburgh.
Being poor, young Andrew had to give up any hope of schooling when he arrived, and he quickly got a job in a cotton factory for $1.20 a week.
He studied bookkeeping at night and soon took a job in the office as a clerk. He prepared himself for advancement by doing each job to the best of his ability and seizing every opportunity to take on new responsibilities.
Through trial and error, he developed a personal philosophy that led to a simple formula for success that he followed faithfully.
Quite by accident, he had stumbled onto the same formula for success that had been used by all great achievers throughout history.
Guided by this formula, he accelerated rapidly at everything he did.
At 15, he took a job as a messenger boy in the telegraph office in Pittsburgh, and two years later, he was working full-time as a telegraph operator for the railroad.
When he was 20, his father passed away, leaving him with the responsibility of providing for his mother and 12-year-old brother.
He worked even harder. The division superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad was so impressed with Carnegie that he hired him as his personal clerk and telegraph operator. When Carnegie was 24, he became the superintendent of the Pittsburgh division.
To supplement his salary, he borrowed $500 to buy stocks in businesses that he understood. First the railroad and later in steel production. He became quite successful at it.
At 33, he had an annual income of $50,000 ($1,040,000 in today's dollars) and was toying with the idea of retiring to a scholarly life. But since he was now one of the largest shareholders of the Pullman Company, and a director of the Union Pacific Railroad, he couldn't.
He saw a growing demand for steel and much room for improvement in the way steel was produced. So he started his own steel company, the Carnegie Steel Co. Using innovative methods, he improved the quality of the steel, made production more efficient, reduced costs, and watched his business expand quickly.
Because of his efforts, the United States took the lead away from Great Britain as the foremost steel producer in the world in 1890.
He was now the richest man in America, and in a few years, he would be the richest in the world.
Then, in 1901, at the age of 66, Carnegie shocked everyone when he announced that he was going to sell his holdings and devote the rest of his life to giving away every penny he had for benevolent purposes.
He sold Carnegie Steel to J. P. Morgan, who used it as the nucleus for U. S. Steel.
Then, with the same enthusiasm and determination that built his fortune, he spent the next 18 years systematically giving it all away.
Had he lost his mind? Not at all.
In 1911 he wrote: "My chief happiness lies in the thought that even after I pass away, the wealth that came to me to administer as a sacred trust for the good of my fellow men, is to continue to benefit humanity for generations untold."
It may sound cliche, but Carnegie sincerely wanted to leave the world a better place. One of his first acts was to create a pension fund for his employees. This quote from his workers expresses the common sentiment toward him:
"The interest which you have always shown in your workmen has won for you an appreciation which cannot be expressed by mere words."
Inspired by the heroic but futile rescue effort in which a former Pittsburgh mine superintendent and others lost their lives in the Harwick Mine Disaster in 1904, he set up the Hero Fund to honor and financially reward acts of non-military heroism.
He gave a lot of money to causes: to establish the first great medical research laboratory in the U.S.A. at Bellevue Hospital in New York, to the Institute for the Blind, and to Madame Curie for her radium research. He also funded Carnegie Hall.
But his two main interests were education and world peace.
Believing that people in the teaching profession were underpaid, he established The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a pension plan that looked after aging teachers.
Though he was denied an education, he knew the value of learning and was determined that everyone should have access to knowledge. His pet project became his free public libraries.
He made the following offer to communities: He would build a library for free if they agreed to stock it with books and maintain it.
Over the years that followed, he built 2,811 free public libraries. It was estimated that at their completion, 35 million people made use of his public libraries each day.
Most of his money went to build new educational institutions or fund existing ones. He created the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute of Washington, and Carnegie-Mellon University, and he assisted more than 500 others, especially the smaller, lesser-known universities and colleges.
World peace was his other passion. He created the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, with headquarters in New York City and Geneva, Switzerland, and the Peace Palace at the Hague in Holland.
Being a full-time philanthropist wasn't as easy as Carnegie thought it would be. Each day, he was flooded with 400 to 500 "begging" letters. After each announcement of some large benefaction, the number would increase to 700 a day.
For instance, when it was reported that Carnegie donated a new organ to the church his father had attended, requests for new organs poured in from all across the country.
When it was over, Carnegie answered each of their requests and donated 7,689 organs.
Contrary to common belief, he did not require or encourage institutions to bear his name.
"I find it difficult to avoid having gifts for new things called after the donors. Carnegie Hall was called by me The Music Hall. Foreign artists refused to appear in 'a music hall.' The Board changed it in my absence in Europe without consulting me."
He said he didn't want to be remembered for what he gave, but for what he persuaded others to give. By building libraries, he inspired communities to fill them with books, asking only that they inscribe the words "Let there be light" above the entrance.
It's true that he was very public with his library project, pursuit of world peace, and the advancement of education for all people. But there was another side to him that few knew. One of his most enjoyable acts of philanthropy was the millions he gave away anonymously.
During his lifetime, he gave away 90 percent of his fortune. To this day, The Carnegie Corporation, the philanthropic foundation he created, still gives away millions of dollars every year.
But there's something else that he gave away that was even more valuable. I'm sure you've heard of the saying ...
"Give a man a fish, and he can eat for a day. Show him how to fish, and he can eat for a lifetime."
He learned that everything we do starts in the mind as a simple thought.
Whatever you think about, you will be drawn to. Taking that a step further, whatever you think about ... will eventually come to pass.
Your thoughts become the blueprint for your life — dictating what you do and expect from life.
For instance, if you think about misfortune, you'll expect misfortune to happen. And it will.
You've probably seen it yourself. A loser will quit at the first obstacle, saying, "See! Things never go my way! Why do I even bother trying?" And if things do go right, the loser says, "It was a fluke. I never win." They lose because they expect to lose.
Winners, on the other hand, think about winning. They are successful because they think of themselves as successful.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape yur destiny!!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Think From A Different Point of View
Here's a story I heard a few years ago that illustrates the point perfectly.
Imagine you’re in London’s Heathrow Airport. While you’re waiting for your flight, you notice a kiosk selling shortbread cookies. You buy a box, put them in your traveling bag and then you patiently search for an available seat so you can sit down and enjoy your cookies.
Finally you find a seat next to a gentleman. You reach down into your traveling bag and pull out your box of shortbread cookies. As you do so, you notice that the gentleman starts watching you intensely. He stares as you open the box and his eyes follow your hand as you pick up the cookie and bring it to your mouth.
Just then he reaches over and takes one of your cookies from the box, and eats it!
You’re more than a little surprised at this. Actually, you’re at a loss for words. Not only does he take one cookie, but he alternates with you. For every one cookie you take, he takes one. Now, what’s your immediate impression of this guy? Crazy? Greedy? He’s got some nerve?! Can you imagine the words you might use to describe this man to your associates back at the office?
Meanwhile, you both continue eating the cookies until there’s just one left. To your surprise, the man reaches over and takes it. But then he does something unexpected.
He breaks it in half, and gives half to you. After he’s finished with his half he gets up, and without a word, he leaves.
You think to yourself, "Did this really happen?" You’re left sitting there dumbfounded and still hungry. So you go back to the kiosk and buy another box of cookies. You then return to your seat and begin opening your new box of cookies when you glance down into your traveling bag.
Sitting there in your bag is your original box of cookies -- still unopened. Only then do you realize that when you reached down earlier, you had reached into the other man’s bag, and grabbed his box of cookies by mistake.
Now what do you think of the man? Generous? Tolerant? You've just experienced a profound paradigm shift. You’re seeing things from a new point of view.
Is it time to change your point of view?
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!!
Imagine you’re in London’s Heathrow Airport. While you’re waiting for your flight, you notice a kiosk selling shortbread cookies. You buy a box, put them in your traveling bag and then you patiently search for an available seat so you can sit down and enjoy your cookies.
Finally you find a seat next to a gentleman. You reach down into your traveling bag and pull out your box of shortbread cookies. As you do so, you notice that the gentleman starts watching you intensely. He stares as you open the box and his eyes follow your hand as you pick up the cookie and bring it to your mouth.
Just then he reaches over and takes one of your cookies from the box, and eats it!
You’re more than a little surprised at this. Actually, you’re at a loss for words. Not only does he take one cookie, but he alternates with you. For every one cookie you take, he takes one. Now, what’s your immediate impression of this guy? Crazy? Greedy? He’s got some nerve?! Can you imagine the words you might use to describe this man to your associates back at the office?
Meanwhile, you both continue eating the cookies until there’s just one left. To your surprise, the man reaches over and takes it. But then he does something unexpected.
He breaks it in half, and gives half to you. After he’s finished with his half he gets up, and without a word, he leaves.
You think to yourself, "Did this really happen?" You’re left sitting there dumbfounded and still hungry. So you go back to the kiosk and buy another box of cookies. You then return to your seat and begin opening your new box of cookies when you glance down into your traveling bag.
Sitting there in your bag is your original box of cookies -- still unopened. Only then do you realize that when you reached down earlier, you had reached into the other man’s bag, and grabbed his box of cookies by mistake.
Now what do you think of the man? Generous? Tolerant? You've just experienced a profound paradigm shift. You’re seeing things from a new point of view.
Is it time to change your point of view?
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
What You Can Do Right Now !!
Good Morning,
What you choose to do in the next three minutes could change your life forever.
'My life change because of a few measly minutes?
I don't think so.' If you're thinking along these same lines, think again. Every action you take, no matter how large or small, has the potential to change your life; even a choice as simple as using the next three minutes to read the rest of this. Making a decision is like choosing which way to turn when you reach an intersection in your car. No matter which way you choose to go, you will find yourself on a unique road consisting of unique twists and turns. Turn left and you'll encounter different circumstances had you turned right. And those circumstances have the potential to change everything because you never know where that next turn will take you.
Routine runs the majority of people's lives. It's a sad truth, but a truth nonetheless. And when you are following a routine day in and day out, your circumstances will rarely change.
You'll think what you thought the day before. You'll feel the way you felt before. And you'll do what you did before. After years of this cycle you'll find yourself far from the kind of life you always wanted to live. I'm sure you know of many people who have let routine run their entire lives. Wake, work, eat, sleep, repeat. It's difficult to see them waste away while routine runs the show because they can never get that time back. Never.
But there is a solution. Making a new decision. One new choice leads to another choice which leads to another unique choice and on and on the pattern goes. Now is the time to make that new choice and break free from the grip of routine.
First, you have to break free from routine. If you're not getting what you want you have no other choice than to stop doing what you've always been doing. You have to make a conscious choice to break the cycle. Think about what you do during the day instead of taking on a zombie-like stare as you follow an ingrained pattern.Take notice of your time and actions and make sure they are bringing you toward the things you want.
Next, you need to start making new decisions and taking new actions. You have to turn down a new road to encounter new and exciting options. Mix it up! Change what you do in the morning, afternoon, and night. Give your brain new information and experiences. And from these two small steps alone your life will begin to take on a new shape. Breaking free from routine and making new choices will create the momentum you need to ensure the changes you want to make last for years to come. But it can't happen if you let routine run the show. A single decision can change your life forever, but it will never get the chance if you keep doing what you've always been doing.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny !!
What you choose to do in the next three minutes could change your life forever.
'My life change because of a few measly minutes?
I don't think so.' If you're thinking along these same lines, think again. Every action you take, no matter how large or small, has the potential to change your life; even a choice as simple as using the next three minutes to read the rest of this. Making a decision is like choosing which way to turn when you reach an intersection in your car. No matter which way you choose to go, you will find yourself on a unique road consisting of unique twists and turns. Turn left and you'll encounter different circumstances had you turned right. And those circumstances have the potential to change everything because you never know where that next turn will take you.
Routine runs the majority of people's lives. It's a sad truth, but a truth nonetheless. And when you are following a routine day in and day out, your circumstances will rarely change.
You'll think what you thought the day before. You'll feel the way you felt before. And you'll do what you did before. After years of this cycle you'll find yourself far from the kind of life you always wanted to live. I'm sure you know of many people who have let routine run their entire lives. Wake, work, eat, sleep, repeat. It's difficult to see them waste away while routine runs the show because they can never get that time back. Never.
But there is a solution. Making a new decision. One new choice leads to another choice which leads to another unique choice and on and on the pattern goes. Now is the time to make that new choice and break free from the grip of routine.
First, you have to break free from routine. If you're not getting what you want you have no other choice than to stop doing what you've always been doing. You have to make a conscious choice to break the cycle. Think about what you do during the day instead of taking on a zombie-like stare as you follow an ingrained pattern.Take notice of your time and actions and make sure they are bringing you toward the things you want.
Next, you need to start making new decisions and taking new actions. You have to turn down a new road to encounter new and exciting options. Mix it up! Change what you do in the morning, afternoon, and night. Give your brain new information and experiences. And from these two small steps alone your life will begin to take on a new shape. Breaking free from routine and making new choices will create the momentum you need to ensure the changes you want to make last for years to come. But it can't happen if you let routine run the show. A single decision can change your life forever, but it will never get the chance if you keep doing what you've always been doing.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny !!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Why Having a Goal Isn't Nearly Enough
Good Morning,
If setting a clearly defined goal isn't enough, what's the missing link?
W-H-Y
That's right, the missing link is why you want the goal. Without a strong and persuasive 'why' behind each one of your goals you'll never achieve it.
Take one of your goals in mind and answer the following questions with as much detail and emotion as possible. Remember, the more powerful your reasons for wanting to achieve the goal, the more you'll be motivated to take action and get what you want.
1. What will achieving your goal do for you physically? Mentally? Emotionally? Financially? Spiritually?
2. What will you think of yourself years from now if you achieve your goal?
3. What will failing to achieve your goal cost you physically? Mentally? Emotionally? Financially? Spiritually?
4. How will failing to achieve your goal negatively affect your friends and family? What will it cost them in the long run?
5. What will you think of yourself years from now if you never achieve your goal?
This short list of questions should be enough to get you started on the right path. All of your goals require this type of questioning. Without it, you'll quickly let habit and routine run the show and fall far short of what is possible in your life.
When you answer this line of questioning with your goals you'll finally enjoy the limitless motivation you need to change your life for the better. Every time you encounter an obstacle and you feel like you can't go on, revisit your reasons and you'll have the leverage you need to proceed.
We all deal with moments of indecision and weakness. We know we should do one thing but we have an urge to do another. While the majority of people will give in to their temptations and regret it later, you will have the secret to staying the course day in and day out.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
If setting a clearly defined goal isn't enough, what's the missing link?
W-H-Y
That's right, the missing link is why you want the goal. Without a strong and persuasive 'why' behind each one of your goals you'll never achieve it.
Take one of your goals in mind and answer the following questions with as much detail and emotion as possible. Remember, the more powerful your reasons for wanting to achieve the goal, the more you'll be motivated to take action and get what you want.
1. What will achieving your goal do for you physically? Mentally? Emotionally? Financially? Spiritually?
2. What will you think of yourself years from now if you achieve your goal?
3. What will failing to achieve your goal cost you physically? Mentally? Emotionally? Financially? Spiritually?
4. How will failing to achieve your goal negatively affect your friends and family? What will it cost them in the long run?
5. What will you think of yourself years from now if you never achieve your goal?
This short list of questions should be enough to get you started on the right path. All of your goals require this type of questioning. Without it, you'll quickly let habit and routine run the show and fall far short of what is possible in your life.
When you answer this line of questioning with your goals you'll finally enjoy the limitless motivation you need to change your life for the better. Every time you encounter an obstacle and you feel like you can't go on, revisit your reasons and you'll have the leverage you need to proceed.
We all deal with moments of indecision and weakness. We know we should do one thing but we have an urge to do another. While the majority of people will give in to their temptations and regret it later, you will have the secret to staying the course day in and day out.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!
Monday, February 18, 2008
It Only Takes One To Succeed
“I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan
Good Morning,
If you try and try again, you will eventually succeed. It's the Law of numbers. It's a law of the universe. If your committed to something and you consistently go after it, again and again and again, there will be that one time you get it. That's all it takes, one time.
A real life example could be a salesman. The law of numbers will allow him a certain number of sales per calls. So, the more he calls, the more he sells. The same could be true for a door to door salesman, the more he knocks the more he sells. If the salesman on average gets one sale per 10 doors and he wants to increase his sale to 5 a day. Guess what he has to do. You guessed it, knock on fifty doors and he will hit his target most of the time.
So, the moral of all this, is to not give up. Be persistent and keep trying to score in the game of life. Don't get discouraged when you fail, that's all part of the process.
Until next time, be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!!
Good Morning,
If you try and try again, you will eventually succeed. It's the Law of numbers. It's a law of the universe. If your committed to something and you consistently go after it, again and again and again, there will be that one time you get it. That's all it takes, one time.
A real life example could be a salesman. The law of numbers will allow him a certain number of sales per calls. So, the more he calls, the more he sells. The same could be true for a door to door salesman, the more he knocks the more he sells. If the salesman on average gets one sale per 10 doors and he wants to increase his sale to 5 a day. Guess what he has to do. You guessed it, knock on fifty doors and he will hit his target most of the time.
So, the moral of all this, is to not give up. Be persistent and keep trying to score in the game of life. Don't get discouraged when you fail, that's all part of the process.
Until next time, be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!!
Friday, February 15, 2008
"Your credit score: Those three little numbers can have a six-digit impact on your life." — Phil X. Tirone
Good Morning,
Many people think that a good credit score simply means you can have more stuff — and a bad credit score means less stuff. But it's far more than that. If your credit score is not as strong as it could be, you're losing money. Every day. Your car payment — more. If you own your home, your mortgage — far more. Or, if you rent your home, you're paying thousands more that could be going toward home equity. It's an endless spiral that affects your wallet as well as your spirit.
You need to take total control of all your finances. If you seem to be struggling with money, you need to sit down and do a budget. Write down all your expenses, every single one. The purpose of this budget is to be able to look, see and identify were your money is going.
If you need to free up some money, while looking at your budget, you might have to do some drastic budget costs to save money. Maybe you need to get rid of cable or at least drop it to the basic plan. Stop making long distance phone calls if you can. Get rid of the cell phone or go to a prepaid plan that will save you money. How about Internet? Get rid of the costly high speed, you can still find dial up providers for $10.00 per month !!
You need to eliminate the waste. Get back to the essentials. What you need, instead of what you want. If you cut the wasted money out of your budget, you can free up a ton of money.With the freed up money, you can start to save or send in more towards those credit card bills, your car, your house. Concentrate on getting things paid off and becoming debt free.
Now, I know all the things you waste your money on will make your life a little less fun. But, if you want to get ahead financially, you have to sacrifice some where. So get out that pad and do your budget and figure out what you can do without. You'll be amazed how much money every month you can free up.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!!
Good Morning,
Many people think that a good credit score simply means you can have more stuff — and a bad credit score means less stuff. But it's far more than that. If your credit score is not as strong as it could be, you're losing money. Every day. Your car payment — more. If you own your home, your mortgage — far more. Or, if you rent your home, you're paying thousands more that could be going toward home equity. It's an endless spiral that affects your wallet as well as your spirit.
You need to take total control of all your finances. If you seem to be struggling with money, you need to sit down and do a budget. Write down all your expenses, every single one. The purpose of this budget is to be able to look, see and identify were your money is going.
If you need to free up some money, while looking at your budget, you might have to do some drastic budget costs to save money. Maybe you need to get rid of cable or at least drop it to the basic plan. Stop making long distance phone calls if you can. Get rid of the cell phone or go to a prepaid plan that will save you money. How about Internet? Get rid of the costly high speed, you can still find dial up providers for $10.00 per month !!
You need to eliminate the waste. Get back to the essentials. What you need, instead of what you want. If you cut the wasted money out of your budget, you can free up a ton of money.With the freed up money, you can start to save or send in more towards those credit card bills, your car, your house. Concentrate on getting things paid off and becoming debt free.
Now, I know all the things you waste your money on will make your life a little less fun. But, if you want to get ahead financially, you have to sacrifice some where. So get out that pad and do your budget and figure out what you can do without. You'll be amazed how much money every month you can free up.
Until next time, always be aware of your decisions that shape your destiny!!
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