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.