LAYING
A PATH FOR OUR JOURNEY
I was talking on the
phone to a friend the other day and we were discussing our relative
journeys and what an impact your mental attitude has toward your
destination and result. As usual it was a refreshing and enjoyable
conversation. While we were talking I was catching him up on my
podcast and I had a sudden realisation that I had to share with him
and I will now share with you.
Every time you read
a book, attend a seminar, or listen to a recording the presenter will
say 'I was once where you are, I'm here now, this is how I did it.'
It made me realise a few flaws that most of these products have and
that is they are always created retrospectively. To explain, if
someone has lost a lot of weight, what do they normally do? They
write a book. If you need to lose weight, what do you do? You read
their book and you'll lose weight doing what they did. Easy, right?
No. The problem is
that you will stumble, have challenges, be tempted to fall off the
wagon and so on. What you need at this time is a reference that you
can turn to, to explain how to overcome these challenges. If the
person who has lost the weight had kept a daily diary, that you could
read that explained how they overcame the challenge in real-time that
would help you more often than not.
Well, I realised
that this is what I am doing. I have only started turning my life
around three years ago. I still have a way to go, but I am getting
it under control and I am keeping a record of my journey in real
time. This way you can look back on my journey, where I have
recorded my thoughts, feelings, beliefs, challenges, tactics and
tools that I've used to keep my momentum.
There are two
reasons that I am recording all of my journey in as many formats as
possible and that is this.
One; I want you to
have a comprehensive record that you can turn to that when you have a
challenge that is not just a book, or a CD, but a multi-faceted tool
that will give you the greatest chance of success. The more
information you have access to and the greater the accessibility, the
greater your chance of success.
Two; There is an old
tale that has been attributed to Napoleon, Caesar, George Washington
and others. I'll use Caesar for this version that goes something
like this.
Caesar and his
troops had sailed to the enemy shores. The enemy outnumbered them
and it was their land. Once the troops were disembarked, Caesar
ordered the boats to be burnt. As they stood before the burning
ships, Caesar said 'We only have one way way to get home. That is in
their boats. If you want to go home, we have to defeat them'. They
defeated them and went home in their boats.
I have decided to
burn my boats. It has been said that if you make your declaration
for success public, you are far more likely to succeed because
everyone else is making you accountable. My potential failure is the
boat I am burning. The only way I can get home is on the boat of
success. Success with my relationship, my career, my money, my
health, my mind-set, my children. I want to succeed and I want to
guarantee it as much as possible.
Do you fancy burning
your boat and maximising your chance of success? Complete the
following declaration, copy and paste it into an e-mail and send it
to me at the7bigquestions@yahoo.com
and we'll encourage each other to succeed, we'll hold each others
feet tot he fire and make each other accountable, we'll make sure we
succeed. Take a brave step, you know you can do it, come on!
I (your name)
of (your address including country)
do hereby declare that I will dedicate myself to succeeding in my
life, no matter what it takes. I will answer my 7 Big Questions and
create a life that enables me to be all I can be so that I may give
all that I am to the world. I deserve the abundance that life
offers, and will take my share and maximise the time that I have on
this earthly plane. This I do declare on this (day)
of (month),
(year)
Signed (your name)
I really look
forward to receiving your e-mail.
Wayne
Brown is a facilitator and promoter for life change. Contact him at
or
listen to his podcasts at
www.the7bigquestions.podomatic.com
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