I do a monthly email newsletter for my job...a little bit of propaganda and some actual useful (I hope!) information. Yesterday I sent out my July edition and got quite a bit of great feedback on two of the items I wrote. Here for your reading pleasure are the items.
One Minute at a Time – Most people try to live their lives as a
total picture, instead of living them one minute at a time. They think about
the future and feel as if they just can’t cope. Yet anybody can handle anything
a moment at a time. Let me give you an example.
It is a typical New Year’s
resolution. For instance, the easiest thing in the world to do is quit smoking.
Anyone can go a minute without a cigarette. If someone asked you if you could
go an hour you’d say “Sure!” So go do it! When the hour is up you’ll have to
decide whether you’ll go another hour without one. But don’t try to decide NOW
what you’ll do then. Live now. It’s easy to use the excuse that you’ll only
want it (cigarette, candy bar, Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon PopTarts…whatever)
tomorrow anyway, so why not have it now.
Your
mind is VERY powerful. Unfortunately, a lot of people use their minds in
negative ways. They begin to tell themselves self-defeating things and then
they stop trying. Next time you want to do “it,” tell yourself to wait for five
or ten minutes. When you can go 10 minutes shoot for 15 or 20. You’ll feel
better and gain the confidence to do for an hour or a day or month without
“it.”Someday – It's a pretty useful word…”someday.” It gives people the
chance to put everything off until another day. 'It will happen,” they tell
themselves, 'but not right now.'
Unfortunately,
it hardly ever works this way (I speak from experience!). Millions of people
will tell themselves that a happier, more successful life will happen someday -
but it never will.
They'll continue to put off the things they want to do with
as they grow older and older, until the day comes when they run out of time.
All
of their someday's keep adding up until an entirely new life is planned to take
place somewhere down the road; the happy, successful life they've always
dreamed about. Until then, they drag through life looking forward to that
magical 'someday.' And the reason so many people believe it will all work out
in the future is because of another seductive trap. They may be afraid to go
for it right now, but this 'someday' they talk about is completely free of fear
and worry. In other words, they've convinced themselves that a time will come
when they won't be afraid to go after their goals.
Have
you done this? H
Have you convinced yourself that the right feeling will hit you
and you'll live the life you've always wanted to live? Chances are good that
you have, and that's why we have to kill the myth with the truth...You will
always, always, always feel out of your comfort zone when it comes to changing
and improving your life, and that 'special' time when everything falls into
place will NEVER come! Successful people aren't lucky enough to be free of fear
and worry; they move forward in spite of it.
Happy Selling!
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