A scientist marvelled at how a seemingly harmless magnifying glass
could create such intense heat, when the suns rays passed through its
glassy surface. He asked the magnifying glass, 'How can you do what
you do? You have this incredible ability of tapping into the rays of
the sun. You then take those vast rays and bring them to a powerful
point that burns holes in leaves and sheets of paper.' The magnifying
glass replied to the scientist by saying, 'Well sir, I have learnt
this one thing throughout the years. The hotter it gets, the more
focussed I become.'
That is what gives the winner in life their greatest advantage.
THE HOTTER IT GETS, THE MORE FOCUSSED THE WINNER BECOMES
Winners have become tough because they have been through tough times.
Winners become strong because they have replaced their weaknesses
with newfound strengths. Winners appreciate what it takes to win,
because they know what it is to have tasted the bitter taste of
defeat and yet have risen once again. Winners have known what it is
to be in the heat of battle, and yet they know that when all else
seems beyond their grasp, the very worst thing that could ever happen
to them would be for them to lose their focus.
However, for those who choose to lose....
DISTRACTION IS THE LOSERS COMPANION
Losers allow themselves to be moved by circumstances. They are like a
ship without an anchor and are tossed to and fro by whatever storm
decides to head their way. They flit from here to there and back and
forth with no plan in mind, no dream in their heart and no hope of
ever seeing a change in their circumstances. They are locked into a
state of never ending misery.
The winner, on the other hand, no matter what is happening around him
or her at the time, has deep within their heart a dream, a goal or
some purpose that is far bigger than what they are presently
experiencing. It provides them with clarity. It gives them the
courage to push through. It guides them, leads them, directs them in
the decision making process. It brings a smile in the sadness and
sunshine in the storm. It allows the winner to make sense of the
tragedy or the disappointment and allows them to reset themselves so
that if they ever stall or become bogged down, they can go again. It
can be summed up in one word, and that word is FOCUS.
A bunch of prisoners decided that they were going to break out of
jail, so that they could all spend Christmas with their families. So
they devised a plan. The plan was this: to construct a tunnel that
would take each and every one of them under the prison wall and out
to freedom. All went well in the ensuing months. The tunnel was built
and none of the prison officials detected a thing. It was finally
Christmas Eve and the prisoners had decided that they would break out
when all was dark and quiet that night.
Unfortunately, one of the men 'lost it'. He had waited for so many
years to get out of prison, that when he knew that the time was
drawing near, he suddenly snapped and decided that he couldn't wait
any longer. Without warning, he pushed everybody aside and raced down
and through to the end of the tunnel. Before anyone could stop him,
and to everyone's horror, he had pushed up and through the opening on
the other side of the wall.
Now there were two immediate problems. One, it was in the middle of
the day in broad daylight and two, whoever had designed the tunnel
had miscalculated somewhat. The escaped prisoner was not standing in
the middle of an open field, but rather in the middle of a preschool
with preschool children running all around him.
But unperturbed, his excitement overflowed to the point that he cried
out in a loud voice, 'I'm free, I'm free, I'm free!'
Well, this prisoner was surely a sight for sore eyes. He had dirt all
over his clothes, grass sticking out of his mouth and a clump of mud
stuck to the top of his head. Once again he cried at the top of his
voice, 'I'm free, I'm free, I'm free!'
A little girl wandered over to where he was yelling and looked at him
with a stern look that only a little girl can give. She promptly put
her hands on her hips and looked straight at the man, who at that
point had his mouth wide open. In a loud booming voice she responded
to the prisoners cry, 'So what, I'm four!'
The moral of this little story? Whatever you do, don't lose focus.
IF YOU LOSE FOCUS YOU'LL BE BLINDED TO THE TRUTH
And what is that truth? The truth is this: that no matter what you
experience in life, if you maintain a fixed focus on your dream and
on the pursuit of your goals and on your destiny, you will burn a
hole in whatever stands in the way of you experiencing the success
that you most richly deserve.
You were born to win. In order to achieve victory, understand that
there may need to be a fight to achieve it.
Focussed people see the good when others see the bad. They see the
opportunity when others see disaster. They buy when others sell and
sell when others buy. They watch others being carried by the tide and
then swim the other way. They are winners and leaders because they
live not by circumstance but by their inward focus. This is what sets
them apart from the masses and it is this that others admire and at
times misunderstand the most.
Motivational Memo for the Week: A blind man with focus can see better
than a man with perfect sight, but yet has no vision.
You can do it!
Peter Sinclair
============================================================
How To Stay Highly Motivated
The degrees of success and happiness we achieve in life result
overwhelmingly from the actions we take. But the actions which matter
most are not those we do every now and then. It is our consistent
actions
(our habits) which more than anything else determine the direction
and
success of our lives. Thus, the first key to success is to adopt good
habits.
However, the problem with the above bill of advice is that in the
vast
majority of cases our habits are not the result of conscious thought
and
logical decision making. Instead, our habits tend to be "reactions"
to our
experiences. If those experiences are disproportionately negative,
they
will tend to produce negative reactions and when this happens
consistently, the mental foundation for the bad habit would have been
laid.
Always remember that while all experiences count, the ones which
count
the most in shaping our habits are those which are most emotional and
which occur most frequently, especially when we are young. But
despite
their obvious power and near control over our lives, we do not have
to be
slaves to our past experiences. Indeed, if those experiences have
produced low self-esteem, self-defeating habits and other negative
behaviors, we must not be slaves to them.
The most important tool to employ in order to take control of you
habits
(and as a result become the master of your destiny) is to be highly
motivated. You must be driven. Your desire for success must be
greater
than your fear of failure. You must step outside your current
comfort zone
and take a chance. If you are not currently a highly motivated
person,
here are some steps you can take to become a more focused and
motivated individual.
Establish Clear, Specific Goals !
You life goals are the things which give purpose to your life. They
are the
reason you live. Your desire to achieve these goals will be your
greatest
motivator. Thus, you must organize you life around the achievement of
those goals. Write them down and read (internalize) them at least
twice a
day.
Take An Action A Day !
You must establish an action plan which requires that you do at
least one
thing each day which brings you closer to your goals. Never forget
that it
is action which turns goals and dreams into realities. Do something
each
day. Habit is nothing but repeated behavior. Just do it, do it, do
it. And
one day you will wake up and find yourself taking productive actions
without even thinking about it. That is when you would have formed a
habit.
Instill Emotion !
Rational thought and logic can enable us to figure out what to do and
how to do it, but it is only emotion that will make us do it. Human
behavior
is emotionally driven. The two chief emotions are desire and fear.
Strong
desire will make you take action. But fear can also prompt action.
You
act because you are afraid of the consequences if you fail to act. I
recommend the use of self-hypnosis to instill strong, positive
emotional
desire. And self-hypnosis can be as simple as retreating to a quiet
place
twice a day and emotionally repeating positive affirmations.
Take Charge !
Repeat this mantra, "If it is to be, it is up to me." There may be a
host of
reasons for current bad habits ranging from having been raised in a
dysfunctional home to falling in with the wrong crowd, to just not
having
correct information. Regardless, if things are going to change for
the
better, it is up to you. No one else is responsible for bettering
your life. If
you find someone or group which helps, that's fine. But the chief
responsibility is yours. Stop playing the "blame game" and take
charge
of your life.
-- By Robert N. Taylor
could create such intense heat, when the suns rays passed through its
glassy surface. He asked the magnifying glass, 'How can you do what
you do? You have this incredible ability of tapping into the rays of
the sun. You then take those vast rays and bring them to a powerful
point that burns holes in leaves and sheets of paper.' The magnifying
glass replied to the scientist by saying, 'Well sir, I have learnt
this one thing throughout the years. The hotter it gets, the more
focussed I become.'
That is what gives the winner in life their greatest advantage.
THE HOTTER IT GETS, THE MORE FOCUSSED THE WINNER BECOMES
Winners have become tough because they have been through tough times.
Winners become strong because they have replaced their weaknesses
with newfound strengths. Winners appreciate what it takes to win,
because they know what it is to have tasted the bitter taste of
defeat and yet have risen once again. Winners have known what it is
to be in the heat of battle, and yet they know that when all else
seems beyond their grasp, the very worst thing that could ever happen
to them would be for them to lose their focus.
However, for those who choose to lose....
DISTRACTION IS THE LOSERS COMPANION
Losers allow themselves to be moved by circumstances. They are like a
ship without an anchor and are tossed to and fro by whatever storm
decides to head their way. They flit from here to there and back and
forth with no plan in mind, no dream in their heart and no hope of
ever seeing a change in their circumstances. They are locked into a
state of never ending misery.
The winner, on the other hand, no matter what is happening around him
or her at the time, has deep within their heart a dream, a goal or
some purpose that is far bigger than what they are presently
experiencing. It provides them with clarity. It gives them the
courage to push through. It guides them, leads them, directs them in
the decision making process. It brings a smile in the sadness and
sunshine in the storm. It allows the winner to make sense of the
tragedy or the disappointment and allows them to reset themselves so
that if they ever stall or become bogged down, they can go again. It
can be summed up in one word, and that word is FOCUS.
A bunch of prisoners decided that they were going to break out of
jail, so that they could all spend Christmas with their families. So
they devised a plan. The plan was this: to construct a tunnel that
would take each and every one of them under the prison wall and out
to freedom. All went well in the ensuing months. The tunnel was built
and none of the prison officials detected a thing. It was finally
Christmas Eve and the prisoners had decided that they would break out
when all was dark and quiet that night.
Unfortunately, one of the men 'lost it'. He had waited for so many
years to get out of prison, that when he knew that the time was
drawing near, he suddenly snapped and decided that he couldn't wait
any longer. Without warning, he pushed everybody aside and raced down
and through to the end of the tunnel. Before anyone could stop him,
and to everyone's horror, he had pushed up and through the opening on
the other side of the wall.
Now there were two immediate problems. One, it was in the middle of
the day in broad daylight and two, whoever had designed the tunnel
had miscalculated somewhat. The escaped prisoner was not standing in
the middle of an open field, but rather in the middle of a preschool
with preschool children running all around him.
But unperturbed, his excitement overflowed to the point that he cried
out in a loud voice, 'I'm free, I'm free, I'm free!'
Well, this prisoner was surely a sight for sore eyes. He had dirt all
over his clothes, grass sticking out of his mouth and a clump of mud
stuck to the top of his head. Once again he cried at the top of his
voice, 'I'm free, I'm free, I'm free!'
A little girl wandered over to where he was yelling and looked at him
with a stern look that only a little girl can give. She promptly put
her hands on her hips and looked straight at the man, who at that
point had his mouth wide open. In a loud booming voice she responded
to the prisoners cry, 'So what, I'm four!'
The moral of this little story? Whatever you do, don't lose focus.
IF YOU LOSE FOCUS YOU'LL BE BLINDED TO THE TRUTH
And what is that truth? The truth is this: that no matter what you
experience in life, if you maintain a fixed focus on your dream and
on the pursuit of your goals and on your destiny, you will burn a
hole in whatever stands in the way of you experiencing the success
that you most richly deserve.
You were born to win. In order to achieve victory, understand that
there may need to be a fight to achieve it.
Focussed people see the good when others see the bad. They see the
opportunity when others see disaster. They buy when others sell and
sell when others buy. They watch others being carried by the tide and
then swim the other way. They are winners and leaders because they
live not by circumstance but by their inward focus. This is what sets
them apart from the masses and it is this that others admire and at
times misunderstand the most.
Motivational Memo for the Week: A blind man with focus can see better
than a man with perfect sight, but yet has no vision.
You can do it!
Peter Sinclair
============================================================
How To Stay Highly Motivated
The degrees of success and happiness we achieve in life result
overwhelmingly from the actions we take. But the actions which matter
most are not those we do every now and then. It is our consistent
actions
(our habits) which more than anything else determine the direction
and
success of our lives. Thus, the first key to success is to adopt good
habits.
However, the problem with the above bill of advice is that in the
vast
majority of cases our habits are not the result of conscious thought
and
logical decision making. Instead, our habits tend to be "reactions"
to our
experiences. If those experiences are disproportionately negative,
they
will tend to produce negative reactions and when this happens
consistently, the mental foundation for the bad habit would have been
laid.
Always remember that while all experiences count, the ones which
count
the most in shaping our habits are those which are most emotional and
which occur most frequently, especially when we are young. But
despite
their obvious power and near control over our lives, we do not have
to be
slaves to our past experiences. Indeed, if those experiences have
produced low self-esteem, self-defeating habits and other negative
behaviors, we must not be slaves to them.
The most important tool to employ in order to take control of you
habits
(and as a result become the master of your destiny) is to be highly
motivated. You must be driven. Your desire for success must be
greater
than your fear of failure. You must step outside your current
comfort zone
and take a chance. If you are not currently a highly motivated
person,
here are some steps you can take to become a more focused and
motivated individual.
Establish Clear, Specific Goals !
You life goals are the things which give purpose to your life. They
are the
reason you live. Your desire to achieve these goals will be your
greatest
motivator. Thus, you must organize you life around the achievement of
those goals. Write them down and read (internalize) them at least
twice a
day.
Take An Action A Day !
You must establish an action plan which requires that you do at
least one
thing each day which brings you closer to your goals. Never forget
that it
is action which turns goals and dreams into realities. Do something
each
day. Habit is nothing but repeated behavior. Just do it, do it, do
it. And
one day you will wake up and find yourself taking productive actions
without even thinking about it. That is when you would have formed a
habit.
Instill Emotion !
Rational thought and logic can enable us to figure out what to do and
how to do it, but it is only emotion that will make us do it. Human
behavior
is emotionally driven. The two chief emotions are desire and fear.
Strong
desire will make you take action. But fear can also prompt action.
You
act because you are afraid of the consequences if you fail to act. I
recommend the use of self-hypnosis to instill strong, positive
emotional
desire. And self-hypnosis can be as simple as retreating to a quiet
place
twice a day and emotionally repeating positive affirmations.
Take Charge !
Repeat this mantra, "If it is to be, it is up to me." There may be a
host of
reasons for current bad habits ranging from having been raised in a
dysfunctional home to falling in with the wrong crowd, to just not
having
correct information. Regardless, if things are going to change for
the
better, it is up to you. No one else is responsible for bettering
your life. If
you find someone or group which helps, that's fine. But the chief
responsibility is yours. Stop playing the "blame game" and take
charge
of your life.
-- By Robert N. Taylor
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