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What is Your Gold Medal?
The Olympics are going on in Vancouver Canada. Canada just won it’s first ever gold medal earned on their own soil as a host of the Olympic games. Heckuva goal and they did it.
Do you notice how long some of these athletes have been coming to the games in hopes of claiming a medal? 4? 8? 12 years some of them have been coming back.
Determination. Persistance. Think about the training that goes into to qualifying for the Olympics. Then times 2 or times 3 … times 4 YEARS. Think about what it takes for a salmon to swim back upstream to spawn. Envision you had a FRACTION of that determination to achieve the things that have been on your To Do list year after year after year.
What a rock star you would be if you could just get it together and Do It.
No time like the present. Write and let me know how you are doing with those New Year’s Resolutions.
Later…
February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Creating Value
What is Your Gold Medal?
The Olympics are going on in Vancouver Canada. Canada just won it’s first ever gold medal earned on their own soil as a host of the Olympic games. Heckuva goal and they did it.
Do you notice how long some of these athletes have been coming to the games in hopes of claiming a medal? 4? 8? 12 years some of them have been coming back.
Determination. Persistance. Think about the training that goes into to qualifying for the Olympics. Then times 2 or times 3 … times 4 YEARS. Think about what it takes for a salmon to swim back upstream to spawn. Envision you had a FRACTION of that determination to achieve the things that have been on your To Do list year after year after year.
What a rock star you would be if you could just get it together and Do It.
No time like the present. Write and let me know how you are doing with those New Year’s Resolutions.
Later…
Identify Your Inner Expert
What is Your Gold Medal?
The Olympics are going on in Vancouver Canada. Canada just won it’s first ever gold medal earned on their own soil as a host of the Olympic games. Heckuva goal and they did it.
Do you notice how long some of these athletes have been coming to the games in hopes of claiming a medal? 4? 8? 12 years some of them have been coming back.
Determination. Persistance. Think about the training that goes into to qualifying for the Olympics. Then times 2 or times 3 … times 4 YEARS. Think about what it takes for a salmon to swim back upstream to spawn. Envision you had a FRACTION of that determination to achieve the things that have been on your To Do list year after year after year.
What a rock star you would be if you could just get it together and Do It.
No time like the present. Write and let me know how you are doing with those New Year’s Resolutions.
Later…
Monetize Your Inner Expert
Recognizing the Limits of “Do What You Love”
In the last post I mentioned that finding your purpose might just be as easy as figuring out what you love doing and what you are good at doing and then figuring out how to make a living doing just that.
Works … sometimes. Think about it. How many starving artists and musicians are there? How many frustrated athletes who were the best in their high school and never started in college let alone get into the pros. Plenty of stories of people who followed their dream into bankruptcy.
What happened? If this is my “purpose” Mr Smart Guy, why didnt I succeed. Where is my Nike endorsement contract? Why doesnt The Donald return my calls? Why is God messing with me.
Actor Kirk Douglas had a great line (paraphrasing): “God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is ‘No.’” I suppose the quick way to wind down this post (part of my committment to write shorter blog posts) is when you are looking for your purpose, your passion your place, you have to be honest with yourself: is this real or just something you THINK you want? It is referred to as a ‘calling’ for a reason: is this what is really calling you or is it your ego talking? Recognizing that it doesnt always work out and you may have to ‘do what pays,’ for awhile longer while the planets line up is a call you may have to make.
I quit a long - and highly profitable - career in engineering to do my own thing. I was pretty successful but a) it was not quite right (more on that in a later blog) and b) I was not paying my bills (that is called cash flow negative in the financial parlance. I more into the idea of writing a book and being a trainer/speaker than having that be a call I was answering. So I went back to work in engineering. Now, my situation has changed in many ways and I am getting back into writing and speaking for more of the right reasons than I had before. I’ll get to that next post.
Heard a good joke from a homeless woman yesterday on the beach in La Jolla, CA:
What to know how to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans for the day.
Market Your Inner Expert
What is Your Gold Medal?
The Olympics are going on in Vancouver Canada. Canada just won it’s first ever gold medal earned on their own soil as a host of the Olympic games. Heckuva goal and they did it.
Do you notice how long some of these athletes have been coming to the games in hopes of claiming a medal? 4? 8? 12 years some of them have been coming back.
Determination. Persistance. Think about the training that goes into to qualifying for the Olympics. Then times 2 or times 3 … times 4 YEARS. Think about what it takes for a salmon to swim back upstream to spawn. Envision you had a FRACTION of that determination to achieve the things that have been on your To Do list year after year after year.
What a rock star you would be if you could just get it together and Do It.
No time like the present. Write and let me know how you are doing with those New Year’s Resolutions.
Later…
Entrepreneurship
Jennifer Connelly Had Sex With a Dolphin
Despite the yellow journalism sensationalistic headline that it is, it’s also true. On David Letterman last night, Jennifer related the story of how she was working a gig for a Fantasy Island episode and … oh I dont want to spoil it (find it somewhere else).
No blogging for a long time. Been doing other things. Might as well keep kicking in now and then, my online journal of sorts.
Gave up for now on having my own business and having speaking and writing and workshops work for me to pay the bills. It can be done, I have really good material and my day will come. I just happen to be really good at high end communication network engineering for the US department of defense … so that is what I am doing for now.
So there! I did I did I did see a puddy tatt!
Plus, since I was going to make SO much money as a personal growth enthusiast, I would have EASILY got into the $250K and above “rich” people bracket that Obama has targeted to pay even MORE taxes.
He doesnt get it. Stoopid Democrat Tricks … try out for Letterman. That discussion is for another day.
I’m just getting started. Who cares if anyone reads this (how many times has THAT line been typed in a blog?)
Success Skills
Mark & Jack: Principle #4 - Believe In Yourself
This is the 4th week in my series, Mark & Jack: 52.4 Weeks of Living the Success Principles, my quest to master the Success Principles as written by Jack Canfield in his book of the same name. Last week’s blogs were about getting what you want and my approach to helping people create a Living Wealth Plan. If you didnt read it, check out how I applied this in my own life and some tips on how it can help you to be successful.
This week’s Principle is Believe in Yourself. I have been listening to Wayne Dyer’s latest audio book, Excuses Be Gone (recommended). It mentions another book called The Biology of Belief and how establishing a positive mental position for your intentions at some point goes beyond the thinking and starts to influence your actual cellular biology.
Heady stuff … I believe it. And, as we are discussing, that is the first step. Someone said the same thing about the Law of Attraction: you can either not believe in it and it will act on you without your participation (I prefer “full attention”) or you can believe in it and have it work for you.
At the end of the day, what is wrong with more positive thinking? Decide what one thing you want more in life right now. Financial stability is popular. To be a ranked USTA tennis player. To have self confidence to stand up to a bullying coworker. Put it into words and stand in front of the mirror, looking yourself in the eye and repeat the affirmation over and over, until you feel energized (or someone comes in and wants to know what’s wrong).
After awhile, I find that I cannot help but feel better. “I will be a million dollar a year public speaker in 3 years. I am knowledgeable, funny and helpful and 1000s of people will benefit from hearing what I have to say about being wealthy.”
That’s it - I am heading to the mirror right now. What are you waiting for?
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