Chapter 22
You Are Not Here To Be Served...
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Today's Empowering Quote
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"Success is about who you are, not
what you have. Successful people work to discover their
talents, to develop those talents, and then to use those talents to
benefit others as well as themselves."
-Tom Morris
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Today's Empowering Question
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"If I concentrate on getting good at
_____, what could I be like in a year? What could my whole life look
like?"
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Today's Fast Session
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When you go from being a
self-centered, lazy, depressed person like I was for over 20 years,
to someone who lives 180 degrees in the opposite direction, you find
it happens by changing your definition of what life means.
We are all given different gifts and
have different interests. If you are trying to start a
business, for example, and you're doing it only because you want to
make a lot of money, you'll probably fail. If you answer a biz-op ad in a magazine and the one you choose is mostly because of a
low investment, you'll probably fail again.
The only way you'll ever feel great
inside your own skin and become successful at anything, especially
in business, is if you decide to become of service to others.
Period.
Watch others closely. You'll find, as
I have, that one of the biggest problems we humans have with one
another is the lack of a desire to help out, to give a hand to
someone who needs it. People who never jump in to help clean
up or offer their help are universally despised.
Recently, I saw a movie I hadn't seen
in years that is the epitome of what life's all about. The
movie is 'Ground Hog Day.' Bill Murray plays an egotistical, selfish
weatherman who travels to Western Pennsylvania every February 2nd to
see if "Punxsutawney Phil" will see his shadow or not.
He and his crew have to stay overnight
due to a snowstorm. And in a seemingly cruel twist of fate, he
wakes up the next day to find it's February 2nd... again. This
happens day after day after day. He's in groundhog hell imprisoned
to relive the same day forever.
After a while he kills himself... only
to be awakened at the same time each morning by his alarm clock
playing Sonny & Cher. He kills himself again. Same result.
Everyone else is living as if it's
Groundhog Day for the first time. He's the only one reliving it.
The same people greet him at the same moment in the same place.
The only difference is how he reacts.
He gets to see how he changes the
outcome of the day for himself and everyone else...over and over.
Soon, he changes his tune and starts
helping each person where they have a challenge; saves a kid from a
fall, performs a Heimlich, fixes a flat tire, etc. He finds
that he retains his skills from the "previous" day. So he
learns about everyone's likes and dislikes, learns how to play
piano, make ice sculptures and learns about the object of his
affection.
Through trial and error, he works to
make each "new day" a masterpiece. Each day, as it progresses, he
learns that the way he viewed life was wrong... that he could have a
great life if he just helped others.
People loved him... every day.
As the "days" went by, he learned
about life. No lesson did he miss. All it took was awareness
on his part.
Remember, at first it seemed like hell
to him. Then as he grew in skill and in character, the woman
he adored loved him back... even though she couldn't stand him
before.
The first time I saw this movie, I
missed the moral. I was too busy being entertained. It
IS funny.
But just like in "real" life, as
you're laughing and crying and living, there are lessons. If
you don't notice them, you're doomed to never learn and will repeat
the same mistakes... over and over.
Any problem you have has a solution.
You just need to find it.
But you must look for it.
To begin, start taking an interest in
other people instead of just yourself. Help out everywhere you can.
You will be amazed.
As if by magic you'll learn faster,
your relationships will improve, your job will be more fun, money
will probably cease to be a problem... in short everything will be
better for you.
Tomorrow your clock will wake you at
the same time as yesterday.
Make that day and every day a
masterpiece...
And be patient. Live just today. Tomorrow will come...tomorrow. Learn what you must to prepare
for tomorrow.
You'll get what you want. But
you must first become what you need to become in order to get it.
Stop with the excuses.
Start today.
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Today's Winning Beliefs
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-- I'm using today to learn, grow and
make my life better
-- When I help other people they love me
-- I'm growing in skill and ability today
-- I let go of petty differences to focus on important
lessons
-- My eyes are open to the lessons in life
-- I'm making today a masterpiece
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