Stop the Sabotage;
Come on… admit it. We all have an ability to dwell on “what if” questions. If we really let them, sometimes those “what if” scenarios that we visualize in our minds can even grow into overblown exaggerations of the realistic outcomes in our circumstances. In today’s challenging economy, it’s sometimes easy to ask ourselves, “What if my manager doesn’t think that I’m a strong enough team member in my company to keep on staff?” In our personal life, we might worry, “What if my appearance doesn’t measure up against other women who are more fit than me?” If you’ve been plagued by energy-draining thoughts like these, you are NOT alone… but there is a more fulfilling way of thinking.
How about trying on a new “what if” for size? What if… you took action on what you can control instead of dwelling on what you cannot? What if… you commit to engaging more in thoughts that bring you joy instead of self-consciousness? What if… you shift yourself from worrier to warrior? I believe you can do it!
Take a moment and really examine your own thought life. Be honest. Are you allowing your concerns to direct you towards taking responsible actions for the manageable aspects of your life? Great! Those are healthy concerns. Act on them by staying focused on being productive at work, working out and eating healthy. Then, once you handle those tasks that are within your control, do you allow your mind to let go and trust that you’ve done all you can? If so, you might already be a warrior instead of a worrier.
Alternatively, are your healthy concerns growing unrestrained, like weeds, into unproductive worries that send you spiraling? Watch out! That path will lead to feelings of dissatisfaction and troublesome worry. Take some time to consider which of your thoughts might be troubling you, and wrestle with them. Once you’ve taken action and done everything you can in your situation, practice releasing your worries about the outcome.
My desire for you is that you’ll thrive in life from learning to keep your worries in check. I believe that you have it in you to do it! Just taking the first step toward recognizing your unhealthy concerns will lead towards minimizing worries in your mind. I encourage you to take one step at a time to develop a system that works specifically for you in locking out toxic worries from your thoughts.
Trust me - you’ll feel more inner peace than ever before!
Your Coach,
Bill
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Move the Bar?
Getting Out Of Your Comfort Zone;
How easy is it for you to try new things, to meet new people, to enjoy new experiences? If you find yourself limited to the same activities, the same circle of people, essentially the same life day after day, it’s probably time to expand your comfort zone.
Remember, a successful life is not about being timid or hiding in the shadows. It’s about getting out there and living life to the fullest, having as many new and varied experiences as you possibly can. It’s a about pushing yourself beyond what you thought where your limits to experience more love, more joy, more fulfillment than you ever thought possible. It’s about learning and growing every single day.
To do all that, you absolutely need to be able to expand your comfort zone.
Moving beyond your comfort zone is not like violating a boundary – although it might feel like it. It’s about going someplace new because of the positive things it will add to your life. A successful person welcomes and celebrates the chance to move beyond there comfort zone, because every time he or she does means another opportunity to learn more, be more and grow more. And those are the kind of opportunities you absolutely don’t want to miss.
Your Coach,
Bill
How easy is it for you to try new things, to meet new people, to enjoy new experiences? If you find yourself limited to the same activities, the same circle of people, essentially the same life day after day, it’s probably time to expand your comfort zone.
Remember, a successful life is not about being timid or hiding in the shadows. It’s about getting out there and living life to the fullest, having as many new and varied experiences as you possibly can. It’s a about pushing yourself beyond what you thought where your limits to experience more love, more joy, more fulfillment than you ever thought possible. It’s about learning and growing every single day.
To do all that, you absolutely need to be able to expand your comfort zone.
Moving beyond your comfort zone is not like violating a boundary – although it might feel like it. It’s about going someplace new because of the positive things it will add to your life. A successful person welcomes and celebrates the chance to move beyond there comfort zone, because every time he or she does means another opportunity to learn more, be more and grow more. And those are the kind of opportunities you absolutely don’t want to miss.
Your Coach,
Bill
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Get Out Of The Rutt!
5 Steps To Move Out Of Stagnancy In Life
In the journey of growth, there are times when we grow and excel. We are endlessly driven and hyped up, motivated to get our goals.
Then there are times when we stagnate. We feel uninspired and unmotivated. We keep procrastinating on our plans. More often than not, we get out of a rut, only to get back into another one.
How do you know if you are stagnating? Here are some tell-tale signs:
If you have been experiencing chronic procrastination on your goals
If you don’t ever feel like doing anything
If you keep turning to sleep, eating, games, mindless activities and entertainment for comfort
If you know you should be doing something, but yet you keep avoiding it
If you have not achieved anything new or significant now relative to 1 month, 2 months or 3 months ago
If you have a deep sense of feeling that you are living under your potential
When we face stagnation in life, it’s a sign of deeper issues. Stagnation, just like procrastination, is a symptom of a problem. It’s easy to beat ourselves over it, but this approach is not going to help. Here, I will share 5 steps to help you move out of this stagnation. They won’t magically transform your life in 1 night (such changes are never permanent because the foundations are not built), but they will help you get the momentum going and help you get back on track.
1. Realize you’re not alone
Everyone stagnates at some point or another. You are not alone in this and more importantly, it’s normal. In fact, it’s amazing how many on the team actually face the same predicament, even though all of them come from different walks of life, are of different ages, and have never crossed paths. Realizing you are not alone in this will make it much easier to deal with this period. By trying to “fight it”, you’re only fighting yourself. Accept this situation, acknowledge it, and tell yourself it’s okay. That way, you can then focus on the constructive steps that will really help you.
2. Find what inspires you
Stagnation comes because there isn’t anything that excites you enough to take action. If you don’t have a habit of setting goals, and instead just leave yourself to daily mundanes, it’s not surprising you are experiencing stagnation. What do you want to do if there are no limitations? If you can have whatever you want, what will it be? The answers to these questions will provide the fuel that will drive you forward.
On the other hand, even if you are an experienced goal setter, there are times when the goals you set in the past lose their appeal now. It’s normal and it happens to me too. Sometimes we lose touch with our goals, since we are in a different emotional state compared to when we first set them. Sometimes our priorities change and we no longer want to work on those goals anymore. However, we don’t consciously realize this, and what happens is we procrastinate on our goals until it compounds into a serious problem. If that’s the case for you, it’s time to relook into your goals. There’s no point in pursuing goals that no longer inspire you. Trash away your old goals (or just put them aside) and ask yourself what you really want now. Then go for them.
3. Give yourself a break
When’s the last time you took a real break for yourself? 3 months? 6 months? 1 year? Never? Perhaps it’s time to take a time-out. Prolonged working can cause someone to become disillusioned as they lose sight of who they are and what they want.
Go take a day from work, Go on a day trip and get away from your work and your life. Use this chance to get a renewed perspective of life. Think about your life purpose, what you want and what you want to create for your life in the future. These are big questions that require deep thinking over them. It’s not about finding the answers at one go, but about taking the first step to finding the answers.
4. Shake up your routines
Being in the same environment, doing the same things over and over again and meeting the same people can make us stagnant. This is especially if the people you spend the most time with are stagnant themselves.
Change things around. Start with simple things, like taking a different route to work and eating something different for breakfast. Have your lunch with different colleagues, colleagues you never talked much with. Work in a different cubicle if your work has free and easy seating. Do something different than your usual for weekday evenings and weekends. Cultivate different habits, like exercising every day, listening to a audio every morning to work, reading a book. The different contexts will give you different stimulus, which will trigger off different thoughts and actions in you.
When I’m in a state of stagnancy, I’ll get a sense of what’s making me stagnate. Sometimes it’s the environment I’m in, sometimes it’s the people I’ve been hanging out with, sometimes it’s my lifestyle. Most of the times it’s a combination of all these. Changing them up helps to stir myself out of the stagnant mode.
5. Start with a small step
Stagnation also comes from being frozen in fear. Maybe you do want this certain goal, but you aren’t taking action. Are you overwhelmed by the amount of work needed? Are you afraid you will make mistakes? Is the perfectionist in you taking over and paralyzing you?
Let go of the belief that it has to be perfect. It’s precisely from being open to mistakes and errors that you move forward. Break down what’s before you into very very small steps, then take those small steps, a little step at a time. I have had people who had been stagnating for a long period because he was afraid of failing. They didn’t want to make another move where he would make a mistake. However, not wanting to make a mistake has led them to do absolutely nothing for 2-3 years. On the other hand, by doing just something, you would already be making progress, whether it’s a mistake or not. Even if you make a supposed “mistake”, you get feedback to do things differently in the next step. That’s something you would never have known if you never made a move.
"Don't look where you fell, but where you slipped."
Your Coach
Bill
In the journey of growth, there are times when we grow and excel. We are endlessly driven and hyped up, motivated to get our goals.
Then there are times when we stagnate. We feel uninspired and unmotivated. We keep procrastinating on our plans. More often than not, we get out of a rut, only to get back into another one.
How do you know if you are stagnating? Here are some tell-tale signs:
If you have been experiencing chronic procrastination on your goals
If you don’t ever feel like doing anything
If you keep turning to sleep, eating, games, mindless activities and entertainment for comfort
If you know you should be doing something, but yet you keep avoiding it
If you have not achieved anything new or significant now relative to 1 month, 2 months or 3 months ago
If you have a deep sense of feeling that you are living under your potential
When we face stagnation in life, it’s a sign of deeper issues. Stagnation, just like procrastination, is a symptom of a problem. It’s easy to beat ourselves over it, but this approach is not going to help. Here, I will share 5 steps to help you move out of this stagnation. They won’t magically transform your life in 1 night (such changes are never permanent because the foundations are not built), but they will help you get the momentum going and help you get back on track.
1. Realize you’re not alone
Everyone stagnates at some point or another. You are not alone in this and more importantly, it’s normal. In fact, it’s amazing how many on the team actually face the same predicament, even though all of them come from different walks of life, are of different ages, and have never crossed paths. Realizing you are not alone in this will make it much easier to deal with this period. By trying to “fight it”, you’re only fighting yourself. Accept this situation, acknowledge it, and tell yourself it’s okay. That way, you can then focus on the constructive steps that will really help you.
2. Find what inspires you
Stagnation comes because there isn’t anything that excites you enough to take action. If you don’t have a habit of setting goals, and instead just leave yourself to daily mundanes, it’s not surprising you are experiencing stagnation. What do you want to do if there are no limitations? If you can have whatever you want, what will it be? The answers to these questions will provide the fuel that will drive you forward.
On the other hand, even if you are an experienced goal setter, there are times when the goals you set in the past lose their appeal now. It’s normal and it happens to me too. Sometimes we lose touch with our goals, since we are in a different emotional state compared to when we first set them. Sometimes our priorities change and we no longer want to work on those goals anymore. However, we don’t consciously realize this, and what happens is we procrastinate on our goals until it compounds into a serious problem. If that’s the case for you, it’s time to relook into your goals. There’s no point in pursuing goals that no longer inspire you. Trash away your old goals (or just put them aside) and ask yourself what you really want now. Then go for them.
3. Give yourself a break
When’s the last time you took a real break for yourself? 3 months? 6 months? 1 year? Never? Perhaps it’s time to take a time-out. Prolonged working can cause someone to become disillusioned as they lose sight of who they are and what they want.
Go take a day from work, Go on a day trip and get away from your work and your life. Use this chance to get a renewed perspective of life. Think about your life purpose, what you want and what you want to create for your life in the future. These are big questions that require deep thinking over them. It’s not about finding the answers at one go, but about taking the first step to finding the answers.
4. Shake up your routines
Being in the same environment, doing the same things over and over again and meeting the same people can make us stagnant. This is especially if the people you spend the most time with are stagnant themselves.
Change things around. Start with simple things, like taking a different route to work and eating something different for breakfast. Have your lunch with different colleagues, colleagues you never talked much with. Work in a different cubicle if your work has free and easy seating. Do something different than your usual for weekday evenings and weekends. Cultivate different habits, like exercising every day, listening to a audio every morning to work, reading a book. The different contexts will give you different stimulus, which will trigger off different thoughts and actions in you.
When I’m in a state of stagnancy, I’ll get a sense of what’s making me stagnate. Sometimes it’s the environment I’m in, sometimes it’s the people I’ve been hanging out with, sometimes it’s my lifestyle. Most of the times it’s a combination of all these. Changing them up helps to stir myself out of the stagnant mode.
5. Start with a small step
Stagnation also comes from being frozen in fear. Maybe you do want this certain goal, but you aren’t taking action. Are you overwhelmed by the amount of work needed? Are you afraid you will make mistakes? Is the perfectionist in you taking over and paralyzing you?
Let go of the belief that it has to be perfect. It’s precisely from being open to mistakes and errors that you move forward. Break down what’s before you into very very small steps, then take those small steps, a little step at a time. I have had people who had been stagnating for a long period because he was afraid of failing. They didn’t want to make another move where he would make a mistake. However, not wanting to make a mistake has led them to do absolutely nothing for 2-3 years. On the other hand, by doing just something, you would already be making progress, whether it’s a mistake or not. Even if you make a supposed “mistake”, you get feedback to do things differently in the next step. That’s something you would never have known if you never made a move.
"Don't look where you fell, but where you slipped."
Your Coach
Bill
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Getting to the finish line;
Getting to the finish line – Setting goals:
Living by example. Loving by example. Being the person who you are proud of being, Truthful, healthy, happy and wealthy!The biggest example a person can set for others is continually working on themselves. People are not perfect, but it starts with being honest with one's own self and being proud of the person you are today.
If you don't like the person you have become it is not too late to change the person you can become today. We are all constantly changing our goals and evaluating our purpose in live. We aren't the same as we were 5 or 10 years ago or even a few days ago. Be who you want to be not how others tell you to be. Live like you want to live. Be happy for what you have and strive for more in the coming year it is all within reach of what you want and can have. Life is a blank book and you get to write your story each and every day by what you do and what you give back to others.
Exercise:
Let yourself have fun and enjoy the big and small things life has to offer. Remind yourself daily that Rome wasn't built in a day.
As always your coach,
Bill
Living by example. Loving by example. Being the person who you are proud of being, Truthful, healthy, happy and wealthy!The biggest example a person can set for others is continually working on themselves. People are not perfect, but it starts with being honest with one's own self and being proud of the person you are today.
If you don't like the person you have become it is not too late to change the person you can become today. We are all constantly changing our goals and evaluating our purpose in live. We aren't the same as we were 5 or 10 years ago or even a few days ago. Be who you want to be not how others tell you to be. Live like you want to live. Be happy for what you have and strive for more in the coming year it is all within reach of what you want and can have. Life is a blank book and you get to write your story each and every day by what you do and what you give back to others.
Exercise:
Let yourself have fun and enjoy the big and small things life has to offer. Remind yourself daily that Rome wasn't built in a day.
As always your coach,
Bill
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Become Brilliant on the Basics
Become Brilliant on the Basics
Success in all its forms consists of simple fundamentals.
- Professionals respect while amateurs loathe them.
- Professionals master while amateurs neglect them.
- Professionals practice while amateurs undermine them.
Whether you refer to them as the ABC's, 123's, rudimentary skills, basics, foundational principles, universal truths, elementary steps, or simply as square one, the fundamentals are the foundational building blocks on which all success stands.
In my career as a i-commerce business expert and coach, I am constantly reminded of, and reminding others about the importance of becoming brilliant and well-disciplined on the basics.
Why?
Because, success is neither magical nor mysterious, it's neither complex nor confusing.
Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.
A foundation anchors your house to the earth, holding it up and, just as importantly, holding it down. A well constructed, rock solid foundation will last several lifetimes, while a poor foundation will forever remain unstable.
The foundation must be strong enough to shoulder the entire weight of the house, as everything built into the house becomes vulnerable or strengthened by the quality of the foundation.
When well constructed, foundations escape notice, quietly doing their thing below grade. But when they begin to fail, their weakness is quickly exposed along with the fingerprints of mediocrity and incompetence.
When constructing a house, there is nothing more fundamental than a firm foundation. The same applies in every aspect of life. Anything of quality and durability is constructed carefully, patiently and lovingly to ensure a proper end result.
Fundamentals are basics; they are important because they are something that other things can be successfully built upon.
Success in any sport, career, or hobby is built on a foundation of timeless, universal, and pragmatic principles.
From accounting to astrophysics, education to engineering, fly-fishing to firefighting, computer programming to construction, rock climbing to rocket science, and from raising kids to raising capital, all consist of fundamental principles and each fundamental counts.
Eight Fundamental Rules
1. Fundamentals Come First
You must learn these before anything else. Strong foundations are built on strong fundamentals; there is no shortcut to mastery.
You must crawl before you walk, ski the bunny hill before attempting the double diamond trails, and you must learn the fundamentals first.
2. Fundamentals are Simple
Anything and everything is based on a foundation of simple truths. Even quantum physics is simple once you learn the fundamentals.
Our minds create fallacies of complexity which betray us so often that we fail to see the simplicity which is hiding in plain sight.
3. Fundamentals Require Patience
Rome wasn't built in a day and they were using local, well-trained help.
While fundamentals are always simple, they conversely require time and patience to be understood. The process of trial and error correction is different for each person.
4. Fundamentals Must Be Mastered
The objective is and will always be to become brilliant on the basics.
In order to perform at the top of your abilities, you must become a master at your trade. There is no other way to personal excellence; you must pay your dues in advance and in full.
5. Fundamentals Require Practice
Everybody loves a great performance and behind every great performance is the consistent practice and reinforcement of the fundamentals.
Repetition is everything, as the quality of your performance will never exceed the quality of your practice.
6. Fundamentals are Universal
When it comes to fundamentals it really is a one size fits all world.
The wonderful part about fundamentals is that it provides a level playing.
For anything to be mastered everyone must pass the same test. No one gets a passing grade simply for showing up.
7. Fundamentals Once Lost are Found in Humility
The minute a performer gets away from the fundamentals-whether it is proper technique, work ethic, or mental preparation-her entire game begins to break down.
This inevitably leads to embarrassment, missed opportunity and finally to a helping of humble pie.
Humility leads you back home, to the fundamentals of success.
8. Fundamentals Never Change
There is nothing new under the sun.
The fundamentals of investing, raising kids, mathematics, science, accounting... you name it have been identified, in place and will not be changing anytime soon.
There is nothing more fundamental to success than making everything you do count.
Meticulous attention to details, focusing on superior quality, proper preparation and planning, well crafted strategy, consistency of purpose, flawless execution, exemplary character, uncompromising standards and the discipline to honor each commitment is how we make everything count.
In times of high uncertainty, companies understandably tend to get carried away by a dizzying array of management fads.
But to avoid distraction, management must stay focused on the key fundamentals, which shape the business landscape.
You must never choose fad over fundamentals. I repeat: you must never choose fad over fundamentals.
Stay The Course
Your Coach
Bill
Success in all its forms consists of simple fundamentals.
- Professionals respect while amateurs loathe them.
- Professionals master while amateurs neglect them.
- Professionals practice while amateurs undermine them.
Whether you refer to them as the ABC's, 123's, rudimentary skills, basics, foundational principles, universal truths, elementary steps, or simply as square one, the fundamentals are the foundational building blocks on which all success stands.
In my career as a i-commerce business expert and coach, I am constantly reminded of, and reminding others about the importance of becoming brilliant and well-disciplined on the basics.
Why?
Because, success is neither magical nor mysterious, it's neither complex nor confusing.
Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.
A foundation anchors your house to the earth, holding it up and, just as importantly, holding it down. A well constructed, rock solid foundation will last several lifetimes, while a poor foundation will forever remain unstable.
The foundation must be strong enough to shoulder the entire weight of the house, as everything built into the house becomes vulnerable or strengthened by the quality of the foundation.
When well constructed, foundations escape notice, quietly doing their thing below grade. But when they begin to fail, their weakness is quickly exposed along with the fingerprints of mediocrity and incompetence.
When constructing a house, there is nothing more fundamental than a firm foundation. The same applies in every aspect of life. Anything of quality and durability is constructed carefully, patiently and lovingly to ensure a proper end result.
Fundamentals are basics; they are important because they are something that other things can be successfully built upon.
Success in any sport, career, or hobby is built on a foundation of timeless, universal, and pragmatic principles.
From accounting to astrophysics, education to engineering, fly-fishing to firefighting, computer programming to construction, rock climbing to rocket science, and from raising kids to raising capital, all consist of fundamental principles and each fundamental counts.
Eight Fundamental Rules
1. Fundamentals Come First
You must learn these before anything else. Strong foundations are built on strong fundamentals; there is no shortcut to mastery.
You must crawl before you walk, ski the bunny hill before attempting the double diamond trails, and you must learn the fundamentals first.
2. Fundamentals are Simple
Anything and everything is based on a foundation of simple truths. Even quantum physics is simple once you learn the fundamentals.
Our minds create fallacies of complexity which betray us so often that we fail to see the simplicity which is hiding in plain sight.
3. Fundamentals Require Patience
Rome wasn't built in a day and they were using local, well-trained help.
While fundamentals are always simple, they conversely require time and patience to be understood. The process of trial and error correction is different for each person.
4. Fundamentals Must Be Mastered
The objective is and will always be to become brilliant on the basics.
In order to perform at the top of your abilities, you must become a master at your trade. There is no other way to personal excellence; you must pay your dues in advance and in full.
5. Fundamentals Require Practice
Everybody loves a great performance and behind every great performance is the consistent practice and reinforcement of the fundamentals.
Repetition is everything, as the quality of your performance will never exceed the quality of your practice.
6. Fundamentals are Universal
When it comes to fundamentals it really is a one size fits all world.
The wonderful part about fundamentals is that it provides a level playing.
For anything to be mastered everyone must pass the same test. No one gets a passing grade simply for showing up.
7. Fundamentals Once Lost are Found in Humility
The minute a performer gets away from the fundamentals-whether it is proper technique, work ethic, or mental preparation-her entire game begins to break down.
This inevitably leads to embarrassment, missed opportunity and finally to a helping of humble pie.
Humility leads you back home, to the fundamentals of success.
8. Fundamentals Never Change
There is nothing new under the sun.
The fundamentals of investing, raising kids, mathematics, science, accounting... you name it have been identified, in place and will not be changing anytime soon.
There is nothing more fundamental to success than making everything you do count.
Meticulous attention to details, focusing on superior quality, proper preparation and planning, well crafted strategy, consistency of purpose, flawless execution, exemplary character, uncompromising standards and the discipline to honor each commitment is how we make everything count.
In times of high uncertainty, companies understandably tend to get carried away by a dizzying array of management fads.
But to avoid distraction, management must stay focused on the key fundamentals, which shape the business landscape.
You must never choose fad over fundamentals. I repeat: you must never choose fad over fundamentals.
Stay The Course
Your Coach
Bill
Monday, July 5, 2010
Story of Love,Wealth and Success
The Story of Love, Wealth and Success
A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, 'I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.'
'Is the man of the house home?' they asked.
'No', she replied. 'He's out.'
'Then we cannot come in', they replied.
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.
'Go tell them I am home and invite them in!'
The woman went out and invited the men in.
'We do not go into a House together,' they replied...
'Why is that?' she asked.
One of the old men explained: 'His name is Wealth,' he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, 'He is Success, and I am Love.'
Then he added, 'Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.'
The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed...
'How nice!!', he said. 'Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!'
His wife disagreed. 'My dear, why don't we invite Success?'
Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion:
'Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!'
'Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice,' said the husband to his wife.
'Go out and invite Love to be our guest.'
The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, 'Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.'
Love got up and started walking toward the house.. The other 2 also got up and followed him.. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: 'I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?'
The old men replied together: 'If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him.
Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!!!!'
Your Coach
Bill
A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, 'I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.'
'Is the man of the house home?' they asked.
'No', she replied. 'He's out.'
'Then we cannot come in', they replied.
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.
'Go tell them I am home and invite them in!'
The woman went out and invited the men in.
'We do not go into a House together,' they replied...
'Why is that?' she asked.
One of the old men explained: 'His name is Wealth,' he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, 'He is Success, and I am Love.'
Then he added, 'Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.'
The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed...
'How nice!!', he said. 'Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!'
His wife disagreed. 'My dear, why don't we invite Success?'
Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion:
'Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!'
'Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice,' said the husband to his wife.
'Go out and invite Love to be our guest.'
The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, 'Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.'
Love got up and started walking toward the house.. The other 2 also got up and followed him.. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: 'I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?'
The old men replied together: 'If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him.
Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!!!!'
Your Coach
Bill
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Warren Buffett Thoughts;
Warren Buffet: The Oracle of Omaha
Labels: FYI, Great Advice, Life, Self Improvement, Warren Buffet, Worth Forwarding
1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
Things were very cheap that time;
Encourage your children to invest.
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with saving from delivering newspapers.
One could have bought many things with the little savings.
Encourage your children to start some kind of business.
3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house.
His house does not have a wall or fence.
Don't buy more than what you really need
and encourage your children to do and think the same.
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
You are what you are.
5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
Always think how you can accomplish things economically.
6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis.
Assign the right people to the right jobs.
7. He has given his CEO's only two rules.
Rule No. 1: Do not lose any of your share holder's money.
Rule No. 2: Do not forget rule no. 1.
Set goals and make sure people focus on them.
8. He does not socialized with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch television.
Don't try to show off.
Just be yourself and do what you enjoy doing.
9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cellphone or has a computer on his desk.
10. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago.
Bill Gates did not thought he had anything in common with Warren Buffet, so he scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for 10 hours and Bill Gates become a devotee of Warren Buffet.
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HIS ADVICE TO YOUNG PEOPLE:
"Stay away from credit cards (bank loans) and invest in yourself and remember:
- Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
- Live your life as simple as you are.
- Don't do what others' say, just listen to them, but do what you feel is good.
- Don't go on brand name; just wear those things which you feel comfortable.
- Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who are really in need.
-After all, its your life, then why give chance to others to rule our life?
Labels: FYI, Great Advice, Life, Self Improvement, Warren Buffet, Worth Forwarding
1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
Things were very cheap that time;
Encourage your children to invest.
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with saving from delivering newspapers.
One could have bought many things with the little savings.
Encourage your children to start some kind of business.
3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house.
His house does not have a wall or fence.
Don't buy more than what you really need
and encourage your children to do and think the same.
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
You are what you are.
5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
Always think how you can accomplish things economically.
6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis.
Assign the right people to the right jobs.
7. He has given his CEO's only two rules.
Rule No. 1: Do not lose any of your share holder's money.
Rule No. 2: Do not forget rule no. 1.
Set goals and make sure people focus on them.
8. He does not socialized with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch television.
Don't try to show off.
Just be yourself and do what you enjoy doing.
9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cellphone or has a computer on his desk.
10. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago.
Bill Gates did not thought he had anything in common with Warren Buffet, so he scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for 10 hours and Bill Gates become a devotee of Warren Buffet.
---
HIS ADVICE TO YOUNG PEOPLE:
"Stay away from credit cards (bank loans) and invest in yourself and remember:
- Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
- Live your life as simple as you are.
- Don't do what others' say, just listen to them, but do what you feel is good.
- Don't go on brand name; just wear those things which you feel comfortable.
- Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who are really in need.
-After all, its your life, then why give chance to others to rule our life?
Thursday, July 1, 2010
The Real Strength
The Real Strength;
The ability to stay purpose-driven during all of the different seasons of your life is a major key to overcoming rejection and the manifestation of phenomenal break-throughs that will occur down the road.
Real strength isn’t about being to run a marathon or bench-press your own weight – although it certainly takes strength to do those things. But the purest, truest form of strength is emotional strength. If you are not strong emotionally, you really can’t consider yourself strong at all.
It takes emotional strength to live your life to the fullest, to be the person you were meant to be, to achieve just about anything. Because almost anything worth doing, and worth doing well, is not easy. The things in life that really matter are the things that are going to test you at your core. They’re going to push you and challenge you.
In order to meet those challenges, you absolutely must be emotionally strong.
The good news is, no matter how you see yourself emotionally, you already have emotional strength inside of you. There have no doubt been times in your life when you pushed through pain to move on, to be there for another person, to get to the next level. That strength is there for you whenever you need to call on it – whenever you need a boost to move beyond where you are.
A wildly successful life will always have its share of challenges – it’s not a life lived in the darkness. It’s not a life lived without reaching, and without sometimes falling. Which is why emotional strength is essential to see you through the difficult times and keep you moving forward.
Team call to action is posted in our 30 day focus make July and August memorable to your growth going forward!!!!
Your Coach
Bill
The ability to stay purpose-driven during all of the different seasons of your life is a major key to overcoming rejection and the manifestation of phenomenal break-throughs that will occur down the road.
Real strength isn’t about being to run a marathon or bench-press your own weight – although it certainly takes strength to do those things. But the purest, truest form of strength is emotional strength. If you are not strong emotionally, you really can’t consider yourself strong at all.
It takes emotional strength to live your life to the fullest, to be the person you were meant to be, to achieve just about anything. Because almost anything worth doing, and worth doing well, is not easy. The things in life that really matter are the things that are going to test you at your core. They’re going to push you and challenge you.
In order to meet those challenges, you absolutely must be emotionally strong.
The good news is, no matter how you see yourself emotionally, you already have emotional strength inside of you. There have no doubt been times in your life when you pushed through pain to move on, to be there for another person, to get to the next level. That strength is there for you whenever you need to call on it – whenever you need a boost to move beyond where you are.
A wildly successful life will always have its share of challenges – it’s not a life lived in the darkness. It’s not a life lived without reaching, and without sometimes falling. Which is why emotional strength is essential to see you through the difficult times and keep you moving forward.
Team call to action is posted in our 30 day focus make July and August memorable to your growth going forward!!!!
Your Coach
Bill
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