Who's
Master Of Your Destiny?
Make Sure It's You!
Are You A Talker Or a Doer?
Like
it or not, the world is composed of two types of people - talkers
and doers.
Which one are you?

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