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.