Here is how you can do that—13 ways to improve your life:
That's how you conquer them. Don't dismiss them; face them. Say,
Here's what I'm afraid of. I wonder what I could do to change that. Face your fears today.
You don't have to keep doing what you've been doing the last six years if it's not yielding the benefits you want.
Pick a new destination and go that way.
Use your willpower to start the process. You don't have to repeat last
year. Clean up the errors. Invest it now in the next year. Watch it make
the difference.
Sometimes you have to admit them to others. Here's one of the best
phrases in the English language: "I'm sorry." Those words could start a
whole new relationship. They could start two people going in a whole new
direction. Admit your mistakes to yourself. You don't have to babble
about them to everyone in the neighborhood. But it doesn't hurt you to
sit down and have a conversation with yourself and say,
There's no use kidding myself. Here's where I really am. I've got pennies in my pocket and I've got nothing in the bank. That's what I said after a Girl Scout left my door. I had a conversation with myself and I said,
I don't want this to happen anymore.
Start the process.
Set some higher goals. Reach for some higher purpose. Go for something beyond what you thought you could do.
You've got to believe in the possibilities. You've got to believe that tomorrow can be better than today.
Believe in yourself.
There isn't a skill you can't learn; there isn't a discipline you can't
try; there isn't a class you can't take; there isn't a book you
couldn't read.
Ask for wisdom that creates answers. Ask for wisdom to deal with the
challenges for today and tomorrow. Don't wish it was easier; wish you
were better.
Sometimes we get faked out. Motivational speaker Bill Bailey says the
average person says, "I've got 20 more years." But Bill says you've got
20 more
times. If you go fishing once a year, you've only got 20 more times to go fishing, not 20 years. That fakes you out.
Here's one of the philosophies that my mentor, Earl Shoaff, gave me:
Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living, profits make you
a fortune. Could we start earning profits while we make a living? The
answer is yes.
You might as well turn it up a notch or two. Invest more of you in
whatever you do. Be a little stronger; be a little wiser. Step up your
vitality contribution. Put everything you've got into everything you do
and then ask for more vitality, more strength and more vigor, more heart
and more soul.
If you just work at a job, find the best place you can serve well,
and sure enough they'll ask you to occupy a better place. Keep doing a
job well; do the very best you can. That's your best way out.
Integrity is like loyalty. You can't demand it of someone else; you
can only demand it of yourself. Be the best example of loyalty and
you'll get loyal followers. Be the best example of integrity and you'll
have people around you who have integrity. Lead the way.
I can't give you much better advice than that because
disciplines create reality. Disciplines build cities. A well-disciplined activity creates abundance, uniqueness and productivity.
It’s extraordinary to be able to say: “I fought for my kids; I fought
for what was right; I fought for good health; I fought to protect my
company; I fought for a good career that would bless my family. I fought
a good fight.” It's good to fight the encroachment. Opposites are in
conflict and you're in the middle. If you want something valuable,
you've got to fight for it.
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