THE GREATEST GIFT

                                                                           GIFT

      OF ALL THE CREATURES IN THE WORLD, HUMANS ARE PHYSICALLY THE MOST ILL-EQUIPPED. A HUMAN CANNOT FLY LIKE A BIRD OUTRUN A LEOPARD, SWIM LIKE AN ALLIGATOR, NOT CLIMB TREES LIKE A MONKEY. A HUMAN DOESN'T HAVE THE EYE OF AN EAGLE, NOT THE CLAWS AND TEETH OF A WILD CAT. PHYSICALLY, HUMANS ARE HELPLESS AND DEFENSELESS; A TINY INSECT CAN KILL THEM, BUT NATURE IS REASONABLE AND KIND. NATURE'S GREATEST GIFT TO HUMANKIND IS THE ABILITY TO THINK. HUMANS CAN CREATE THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT, WHEREAS ANIMALS ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

     SADLY, VERY FEW PEOPLE USE THE GREATEST GIFT-THE ABILITY TO THINK-TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL.

      FAILURES ARE OF TWO KINDS: THOSE WHO DID AND NEVER THOUGH AND THOSE WHO THOUGH AND NEVER DID. GOING THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT USING YOUR ABILITY TO THINK IS LIKE SHOOTING WITHOUT AIMING.

     LIFE IS LIKE  CAFETERIA. YOU TAKE YOUR TRAY, SELECT YOUR FOOD AND PAY AT THE OTHER END. YOU CAN GET ANYTHING YOU WANT AS LONG AS YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE. IN A CAFETERIA, IF YOU WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO SERVE YOU, YOU WILL WAIT FOREVER. LIFE IS LIKE THAT TOO. YOU MAKE CHOICES AND PAY THE PRICE TO SUCCEED.

SELFISHNESS AND GREED

                                                    WHERE DOES IT END

              INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATION THAT HAVE A SELFISH ATTITUDE, HAVE NO RIGHT TO EXPECT GROWTH. THEIR ATTITUDE IS TO KEEP PASSING THE BUCK WITHOUT REGARD FOR THE WELFARE OF OTHERS. GREED ALWAYS WANTS MORE. NEEDS CAN BE SATISFIED, BUT GREED CANNOT. IT IS A CANCER OF THE SOUL GREED DESTROYS RELATIONSHIPS.

            GREED COMES OUT OF PEOPLE SELF-ESTEEM, WHICH MAIFESTS ITSELF AS FALSE PRIDE, PRETENCE, OR KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES.THE WAY OUT OF GREED IS TO LEARN TO LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS AND BE SATISFIED. BEING CONTENT DOES NOT MEAN LACK OF AMBITION.

           A WEALTHY FARMER WAS ONECE OFFERED ALL THE  LAND HE COULD WALK ON IN A DAY PROVIDED HE RETURNED BY SUNDOWN TO THE POINT AT WHICH HE STARTED. TO GET A HEAD START, EARLY THE NEXT MORNING, THE FARMER STARTED COVERING GROUND QUICKLY BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GET AS MUCH LAND AS HE COULD. EVEN THOUGH HE WAS TIRED, HE KEPT GOING ALL ALTERNOON BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE THIS ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN MORE WEALTH.

          LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, HE REMEMBERED THAT THE CONDITION HE HAD TO FULFILL TO GET THE LAND WAS TO GO BACK TO THE STARTING POINT BY SUNDOWN. HIS GREED HAD GOTTEN HIM FAR FROM THE STARTING POINT. HE STARTED HIS RETURN JOURNEY, KEEPING AS EYE ON HOW CLOSE HE WAS TO SUNDOWN. THE CLOSER IT GOT TO SUNDOWN, HE PUSHED HIMSELF BEYOND THE POINT OF ENDURANCE. HE COLLAPSED UPON REACHING THE STARTING POINT AND DIED. HE MAKE IT BEFORE SUNDOWN. HE WAS BURIED AND ALL THE LAND HE NEEDED WAS A SMALL PLOT.

        THERE IS A LOT OF TRUTH IN THIS STORY AND A LESSON TO BE LEARNED. WHETHER THE FARMER WAS WEALTHY OR NOT, ANY GREEDY PERSON WOULD HAVE ENDED THE SAME WAY.

INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATION

  WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATION

 

               I CONDUCT SEMINARS INTERNATIONALLY AND PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME IF I CAN MOTIVATE OTHERS. THE ANSWER IS NO, I CANNOT, PEOPLE MOTIVATE THEMSELVES. WHAT I CAN DO, HOWEVER IS INSPIRE THEM TO MOTIVATE THEMSELVES. PEOPLE CAN CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS MOTIVATING.

             INSPIRATION IS THOUGHT: MOTIVATION IS ACTION. WHEN THINKING CHANGES IT REFLECT IN BEHAVIOUR. IN ORDER TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO MOTIVATE THEMSELVES WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS AND WANTS.

            WHAT IS THE GREATEST MOTIVATOR? IS IT MONEY? RECOGNITION? IMPROVEMENT IN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE? ACCEPTANCE BY THOSE WE LOVE? ALL OF THESE CAN BE MOTIVATING FORCES. 

            PEOPLE WILL DO A LOT FOR MONEY, MORE FOR A GOOD LEADER, BUT DO THE MOST FOR A BELIEF. PEOPLE DIE FOR THEIR BELIEFS. THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY, ALL OVER THE WORLD. WHEN WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR LIVES AND OUR BEHAVIOUR, OUR OUTLOOK TOWARDS LIFE CHANGES FOR THE BETTER.

           MOTIVATION IS LIKE FIRE- UNLESS YOU KEEP ADDING FUEL TO IT, IT DIES. YOUR FUEL IN YOUR INNER VALUES. WHEN THIS BELIEF IN INNER VALUES FEEDS YOUR MOTIVATION, YOUR MOTIVATION BECOMES LONG LASTING..

QUALITIES THAT MAKE A PERSON SUCCESSFUL

                                                                DESIRE

       THE MOTIVATION TO SUCCEED COMES FROM THE BURNING DESIRE TO ACHIEVE A PURPOSE. NAPOLEON HILL WROTE, "WHATEVER THE MIND OF MAN CAN CONCEIVE AND BELIEVE, THE MIND CAN AVHIEVE"

      A YOUNG MAN ASKED SOCRATES THE SECRET TO SUCCESS. SOCRATES TOLD THE YOUNG MAN TO MEET HIM NEAR THE RIVER THE NEXT MORNING. THEY MET, SOCRATES ASKED THE YOUNG MAN TO WALK WITH HIM TOWARD THE RIVER. WHEN THE WATER GOT UP TO THEIR NECKS, SOCRATES TOOK THE YOUNG MAN BY SURPRISE AND DUNKED HIM UNDER THE WATER. THE BOY STRUGGLED TO GET OUT BUT SOCRATES WAS STRONG AND HELD HIM DOWN. WHEN THE BOY STARTED TURNING BLUE, SOCRATES RAISED THE BOY'S HEAD OUT OF THE WATER. THE FIRST THING THE YOUNG MAN DID WAS TO GASP AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH OF AIR. SOCRATES ASKED, WHAT DID YOU WANT THE MOST WHEN YOU WERE UNDER WATER? THE BOY REPLIED, AIR. SOCRATES SAID, THAT IS THE SECRET TO SUCCESS. WHEN YOU WANT SUCCESS AS INTENSELY AS YOU WANTED AIR UNDERWATER, THEN YOU WILL HAVE IT, THERE IS NO OTHER SECRET.

        A BURNING DESIRE IS THE STARTING POINT OF ALL ACCOMPLISHMENT. JUST LIKE A SMALL FIRE CANNOT GIVE MUCH HEAT, A WEAK DESIRE CANNOT PRODUCE GREAT RESULTS.

STICKY BUSINESS

                           THE LAW OF ATTRACION IS A STICKY BUSINESS

       THE LAW OF ATTRACTION IS A STICKY BUSINESS. WHEN YOU REJOICE IN ANOTHER PERSON'S GOOD FORTUNE, THEIR GOOD FORTUNE STICKS TO YOU! WHEN YOU ADMIRE OR APPRECIATE ANYTHING ABOUT ANOTHER PERSON, YOU'RE STICKING THOSE QUALITIES TO YOURSELF. BUT WHEN YOU THINK OR DISCUSS NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE, YOU'RE STICKING THOSE NEGATIVE THINGS TO YOU TOO, AND YOU'RE PUTTING THEM INTO YOUR OWN LIFE.

      THE LAW OF ATTRACTION IS RESPONDING TO YOUR FEELINGS, WHATEVER YOU GIVE, YOU RECEIVE , AND SO IF YOU STICK A LABEL ON ANY PERSON, CIRCUMSTANCE, OR EVENT IN LIFE, YOU ARE STICKING THE LABEL ON YOU, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE.

       NOW THIS IS FASTASTIC NEWS, BECAUSE IT MEANS YOU CAN STICK EVERYTHING YOU LOVE AND WANT TO YOU BY LOOKING FOR THE THINGS YOU LOVE IN OTHER PEOPLE, AND SAYING YES TO THEM WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART! THE WORLD IS YOUR CATALOGUE, AND WHEN YOU UNERSTAND THE POWER OF YOUR LOVE, IT IS A FULL-TIME JOB NOTICING EVERYTHING YOU LOVE IN OTHER PEOPLE. BUT IT'S THE EASIEST AND BEST WAY TO CHANGE YOUR WHOLE LIFE.IT BEARS STRUGGLE AND SUFFERING. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS NOTICE THE THINGS YOU LOVE IN OTHER PEOPLE, AND TURN AWAY FROM THE THINGS YOU DON'T GIVE THEM ANY FEELING. HOW EASY IS THAT?

            " TAKING THE FIRST FOOTSTEP WITH A GOOD THOUGH,

               THE SECOND WITH A GOOD WORD, AND THE THIRD

               WITH A GOOD DEED, I ENTERED PARADISE"

YOUR FEELINGS

                          YOUR FEELINGS REFLECT WHAT YOU'RE GIVING

          YOU CAN TELL RIGHT NOW IN THE MAJOR AREAS OF YOUR LIFE WHETHER YOU HAVE BEEN GIVING MORE GOOD FEELINGS OR MORE BAD FEELINGS. HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT EACH SUBJECT IN YOUR LIFE, SUCH AS MONEY, HEALTH, YOUR JOB, AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIP, IS AN EXACT REFLECTION OF WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVING OUT ON EACH SUBJECT.

          WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MONEY, YOUR FEELINGS REFLECT WHAT YOU ARE GIVING ABOUT MONEY. IF YOU FEEL BAD WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MONEY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, YOU MUST RECEIVE BACK NEGATIVE CIRCUMSTANCES AND EXPERIENCES OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY- BECAUSE THAT IS THE NEGATIVE FEELING YOU'RE GIVING.

          WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR JOB, YOUR FEELINGS TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE GIVING ABOUT YOUR JOB, IF YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOU JOB, YOU MUST RECEIVE BACK POSITIVE CIRCUMSTANCES AND EXPERIENCES IN YOUR JOB- BECAUSE THAT IS THE POSITVE FEELING YOU'RE GIVING. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY, HEALTH, OR ANY SUBJECT THAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, YOUR FEELINGS TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE GIVING.

           

            " BE CAREFUL OF YOUR MOODS AND FEELINGS, FOR THERE

               IS AN UNBROKEN CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUR FEELINGS

               AND YOUR VISIBLE WORLD".

GOOD MEANS GOOD

                                                            GOOD MEANS 

             MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW IT FEELS TO FEEL GOOD OR REALLY BAD BUT DON'T REALIZE THEY ARE LIVING WITH NEGATIVE FEELINGS A LOT OF THE TIME. PEOPLE THINK THAT FEELING BAD MEANS FEELING EXTREME NEGATIVITY, SUCH AS SADNESS, GRIEF, ANGER, OR FEAR, AND WHILE FEELINGS BAD DOES INCLUDE ALL THOSE FEELINGS, NEGATIVE FEELINGS COME IN MANY DEGREES.

             IF YOU FEEL, "OKAY" MOST OF THE TIME, YOU MAY THINK THAT FEELING "OKAY" IS A POSITIVE FEELING BECAUSE YOU DON'T FEEL REALLY BAD. IF YOU'VE BEEN FEELING REALLY BAD AND YOU NOW FEEL OKAY THEN MOST CERTAINLY FEELING OKAY IS FAR BETTER THAT FEELING REALLY BAD. BUT FEELING OKAY MOST OF THE TIME IS A NEGATIVE FEELING, BECAUSE FEELING OKAY IS NOT FEELING GOOD, FEELING GOOD MEANS FEELING GOOD! GOOD FEELINGS MEAN YOU'RE HAPPY, JOYFUL,EXCITED, ENTHUSIASTIC, OR PASSINATE. WHEN YOU'RE FEELING OKAY, AVERAGE, OR YOU'RE NOT REALLY FEELING ANYTHING MUCH AT ALL, THEN YOUR LIFE WILL BE OKAY, AVERAGE, OR NOT MUCH AT ALL! THAT IS NOT A GOOD LIFE. GOOD FEELINGS MEAN YOU FEEL REALLY GOOD, AND FEELING REALLY GOOD IS WHAT BRINGS A REALLY GOOD LIFE!

       "THE MEASURE OF LOVE IS LOVE WITHOUT MEASURE"