Chapter 16
Live Your Purpose Everyday
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Today's Empowering Quote
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"Success is the progressive
realization of a worthy ideal."
--Earl Nightingale
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Today's Empowering Question
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"How did I get so lucky to be blessed
with another day to live my life's purpose?"
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Today's Fast Session
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You know, it's ridiculous.
I watch NBA basketball VERY
infrequently, because it's clear that these highly paid babies have
no idea what success is. They think it's getting a big
contract. They hear the crowd roar when they hit a basket and
they think that's success. The next day, this multi-millionaire
might pout and score only 3 points.
So, feeling full of themselves like
they are some kind of gods, they yell at the coaches and they don't
listen. They yell at the referees. Fight with the fans if
someone says something they don't like.
They should all watch Michael Jordan
highlight footage if they want to see what success is. Day after
day, year after year, he performed at a level no one else could have
demanded of anyone. He held himself to a higher standard.
His definition of success was related to "what I need to do right
now"-not about what he had done in the past.
Have you ever lost weight because an
event was coming up and then put it right back on afterwards... for
say, a wedding? Perhaps even your own?
Why? For pictures?
Don't you realize that everyone who
sees you after that event is going to see your stomach hanging out -
today? Maybe you should just have those pictures of the "thin you"
blown up and paste them to the front and back of you so you can
remind everyone what you "used" to look like.
Questions:
-- In the NFL or college, does anyone
remember who has the rushing record for a game? Most remember Walter
Payton for a career, though.
-- How about the most home runs in a Major League game?
No? Hank Aaron quickly comes to mind for most, when talking about
the lifetime record.
-- Most hits in a game? Me neither. But Pete Rose is who most
remember as the all-time hitting champ.
-- What about how good-looking you were 20, 30, 50 lbs. ago?
It's hard to even remember your "glory
days" when today is a mess isn't it? It kind of makes you laugh when
someone tells you that life is too short, doesn't it? You can't even
remember the "good old days" very clearly, can you?
They lose their impact over time.
Long term success isn't measured that
way, is it? Anyone can succeed for a day or even a month.
But ultimately, it's who you ARE that decides whether you'll suck it
up today and make the right choices or whether you'll "put off" the
right choices.
You can't reach success unless you can
define it.
I like Earl Nightingale's definition
because it asks you to reach inside and give your love today, your
energy today, your best today. It asks you to put forth effort
today and tomorrow. Yet it lets you feel joy NOW, not at some
time in the future.
Stop putting off being happy.
Decide. Isn't life a bit too short to be crying over your lost
opportunities and mistakes?
Just say yes. Do something
important now, follow through and finish it. Do it now. That's it.
Get up, and...
Keep a smile on your face while you're
doing it. You just MIGHT start to enjoy yourself.
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Today's Winning Beliefs
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-- I am successful
-- Success and I are one
-- My road to success is progressive and worthwhile
-- Today is my day to win
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