Dear Friends,
Many people wonder why others could achieve this or that and begin to pity themselves for not being able to be like them. We admire others (that's OK) but we forget to admire ourselves. Instead we even look down upon ourselves. First we blame our environment (poor family or poor country) and later we begin to blame ourselves (no abilities, no skills etc).
As I have said before, we were born BUTTERFLIES not Caterpillars. We are endowed with all the ingredients to help us surmount any challenges in our life. Whether you believe in God or in evolution, the answer is still the same - our human body is the most magnificent machine that nature can build. But interestingly many people either fail to see it or refuse to see it and therefore do not believe it. We would rather believe in our inabilities than in our greatness - which reminds me of what Nelson Mandela said :-
"Our worst fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually who are you not to be?
YES, ACTUALLY WHO ARE YOU NOT TO BE!
You dare not be because you are fearful. But let's think about it?
What is there for you to fear?
Would you be jailed for what you want to become?
Would you be killed for what you want to become?
So long as you do not break the law it is very unlikely the above two things would ever happen to you.
So what else do you fear?
To tell you the truth, most people fear 2 things:-
1. What others would say about them.
2. What others would think about them.
You will notice that "saying" and "thinking" are non-physical. They can't cause you any bodily harm. But what you say and think about yourself CAN!
So do not give yourself any chance to say and think anything bad about yourselves. Occupy your mind - how? ACTION! Just do it! And I guarantee you will soon find out something very interesting. You will become the person others admire.
Analyse the following proverbs:-
"A single courageous lion can frighten off an army of sheep"
Begin this moment no matter what sheepish life you have lived before. Remember, THE FUTURE DOES NOT EQUAL YOUR PAST. Your future is determined by what you do today!
The coming years offers great opportunity and abundance to those who dare. The world has so much money, so much technology, so much resources. But what we desperately need now are courageous, resourceful human beings.
During my travels I found out one thing. Everywhere I go, people are looking for resourceful people. Opportunities abound. Opportunities are looking for people not the other way round.
If you want to be that resourceful person, below are a few steps one need to take:-
1. KICK YOURSELF
Don't wait to be told to do something. Look around and see what need to be improved or to be done. What do you think your boss would do (if you have a boss).
2. ASK YOURSELF HOW A THING CAN BE DONE
Do not think that it cannot be done because others have not done it or because it is never been done.
3. IMAGINE YOU HAVE ALL THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO DO IT.
In our present time a viable good idea can always attract money.
4. DON'T SIT ON YOUR ASS
Go out, sell and promote your idea. An average sales person only spend about 5 hours selling his ideas a week (A lot of time are spent on traveling, going to toilets, unproductive chitchat etc..) Increase your "selling" time.
5. BE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT YOU DO
Most average people are only excited over new things or new ideas, and after a while they cool off. You have to learn the secret of being excited with your idea even though it's old. Eg. most books in the market are only hot for 3 or 4 months but I managed to keep mine hot for 31/2 years now! And it will get Hotter! The secret is it may be old to you but it is new to a lot of people who do not know about it!
6. WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW, ASK!
Most people would open their mouth for useless chit-chat than to ask for help. They are ashamed to admit that they don't know - therefore they forever do not know.
If you feel that what I've shared with you trigger something within you, it is further proof that we are the BUTTERFILES that we were born to be. Don't loose it, first it may be just a spark, later it will become a Forest fire!
If you feel that spark, do e-mail me about it and then e-mail to 5 people to subscribe to this free newsletter and soon all of us shall be able to tap into the abundance of the new millennium.
"The mind once expanded shall never go back to its old size"
May you have a daring New Year!
Your fellow traveler in Time.
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