Next thing you know… The Tipping Point, which appeared to me to be guy number 3.  Guy number 3 was definitely the catalyst, and when guys 4 and 5 joined… it was on!  People not only wanted to join, they ran to join.

This lone, crazy guy started a dance party all on his own at the top of a hill at the Sasquatch Music festival, as far away from the music and main crowd as you could be….

What can you do?      What can you start?

In order to understand just how far from the stage this guy was, and how small this one guy was on the outskirts of a sea of people… see a longer version here showing the bigger picture…

Enjoy…

This is a great resource for royalty free music songs and clips….

http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Enjoy!

Make it a great day!
shane

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. ~Michael Landon

I just love this quote. Its easy to take it all for granted sometimes… we get stuck in our rut… wake up, take shower, get kids to school, go to work, come home, homework, bedtime… repeat.

I challenge you to sit down by yourself for 15 minutes today and think about the things you always wanted to do… the things you were going to do… the things that you would have, should have, could have done, “if only”.

Make a list of these things, pick something, and do it. Learn a language, play guitar, start a band, forgive someone that wronged you, get in shape, start a business…. I’m sure your list is fairly long.

Do this for yourself! You deserve it!

I would love to hear what you have decided to do now. Please leave a comment and let me know.

Your Life Is An Occasion… Rise To It!
~Mr. Magorium

If you haven’t seen Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium… you should. Its a good movie. I loved this line as soon as I heard it. I rewound the DVD to write it down.

Treat yourself, and your life, with respect. Take yourself seriously. Give yourself the time and attention you deserve. You aren’t here forever… make your time here memorable, not only for you, but for those lives around you that you might touch should you aspire to be all that you know deep down you want to be.

If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.
~Anita Roddick

We all have the potential to inspire, motiviate, change lives, feed the hungry, break down walls, do the impossible… We all have the power to have a huge impact on those around us, whether that be on a local level or worldwide. Never think you are too small, or too insignificant… you aren’t!

Go out today and think about this quote… find opportunities to make a difference… help an elderly person across the street, deliver flowers to a hospital, just smile at a child…. do something!

I think you will find this most rewarding. Try to do something to make a difference every day. Start with one positive action each day… soon you’ll be addicted and it will be a very worthwhile, lifelong habbit.

Napoleon Hill said, “You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and belief, the mind can achieve.” I’ve always liked that quote. Even if you don’t believe that the mind can achieve anything, this is still the place to start. Although I do believe it is true that the mind can achieve anything, it seems to me that there is something even more basic in the Principal. If you don’t believe it, you will never try… and if you never try it, you’ll never achieve it. So even if the mind isn’t the factor in this case believing you can is.

So, no matter what you’re trying to achieve these days, I suggest you begin believing in yourself and those around you. For many people, this seems to be a large stumbling block… I hope it’s not yours. Believe in yourself. It is possible. Get started today and take action as soon as possible.

In fact, I think the vehicle is much less important to worry about than the destination. You first choose the destination and then evaluate the different options available. Its the same thing as when you decide to go to Colorado on Vacation… You first choose Creede, Colorado (notice how exact this is), and then you decided how you will get there… Will you drive? Maybe you will fly, or maybe you will fly to Colorado Springs and then drive the rest of the way… No matter what, when it comes to your life… you should decide where you are going FIRST.

Jack talks about making an “I WANT” List. This was a pretty fun exercise. You are supposed to list 30 things that you want to have and 30 things you want to do, before you die. The list helps you define what is really important to you. It starts pretty simple like, “I really want a new Mercedes”… but it gets deeper and deeper into “you” by the end of this process.

There are several exercises in this chapter to help you better define what you really want… but for me, it all starts with this next thing Jack talked about:

“Is worrying about making a living stopping you?”
This was my problem for a long time… I kept looking at things that I liked to do, looking for my “passion”, and trying to figure out how to make a living with it… and I always got stuck on this, thinking “how in the world can I really become a millionaire if I do ‘X’?” But as Jack put it: Tiger Woods loves playing golf, Ellen DeGeneres loves to make people laugh. Oprah Winfrey makes a living hanging out talking with people…. Again, choose your destination first, then lets worry about the potential vehicles. I work on this with my coaching clients all the time (which by the way, I now have a couple of openings for new clients if you are interested, just email me if you are interested), and it is something I personally love to do. I have so much fun doing this, and my clients have been surprised by the amount of opportunities that actually await them when we start talking about this.

I hope you are reading along… Please join in the conversation. I am getting quite a few emails from people on every post so far, but not many comments on the blog post… Please feel free to post a comment so everyone can benefit from the comments.

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1. The first group of people are those that don’t care… they never even think about it. They feel they aren’t even worthy of a “purpose”. As if a purpose in life is reserved for those that are successful, rich, celebrities, etc… Well, at least they have part of that right… the successful people do know their purpose, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have a purpose. Jack says he believes everyone is here for a purpose, and I tend to agree with him… completely.

2. The second group are those that struggle day in and day out to figure out their life’s purpose. They know its out there, they want to utilize it, but they just cannot figure it out. This chapter does a good job in trying to help you find your purpose. There are a couple of exercises meant to help you find your purpose, and I believe they are pretty good at doing so. However, I will say right now that I think this is one of the most difficult things in life to do. It feels so permanent, so restrictive sometimes to name your purpose… I guess this is because you know it is such an important aspect of your life, or it is supposed to be anyway… and that if you know your purpose, you should, you must pursue it with all you do. Boy its tough… but more about that later.

3. The third group is comprised of those that know their purpose. Like Jack Canfield, Tony Robbins, Robert Kiyosaki, Donald Trump, Bill Gates, etc, etc… These people are truly successful. They know their purpose, and they have organized their entire life around that purpose. That is true success. But you know, those are just the names we know… There are people everywhere that know their purpose, they live full lives, they touch people every day. But that doesn’t mean they have banks full of money. That really isn’t really the point; to have money… but you know what, it doesn’t hurt does it!

For those interested, the first draft of my Purpose Statement, sure to be revised later to some extent, is:
“My purpose is to motivate & Inspire others to build and grow their own business so that they may obtain true financial freedom.”

Until next time…

Make it a great day!

And as Jack puts it: “No doubt all of these factors do exist, but if they were the deciding factor, nobody would ever succeed.”

We need to change oure responses to things that happen to, or around, us. You choose to be upset when you get stuck in traffic. You choose to say you are having a bad day just because you get out of bed and bump your head right away. Think about that for a minute. You might have bumped your head, and it probably hurt… and it most likely annoyed you as well… but next time something like this happens, I dare you to laugh it off… smile about it. Consciously think about how significant it really is in the scheme of your life… and ou know what? Suddenly, its not that big of deal… and you avoid the domino effect of letting each of the following “little things” get to you.

As Jack says: “Everything you think, say, and do needs to become intentional and aligned with your purpose, your values, and your goals.”

If you don’t like the results you are getting in your life, change your actions. If you don’t like the situation you are in, get out of it. You don’t have control over others, or the weather, or many other things around us, but you do conrol your responses to these things around you.

Take ownership of your life and you will be that much closer to the life you desire. I know its hard, but even if you really and truly were a victim of discrimination, or some circumstance of bad luck, or whatever… take ownership! Realize that you have the power to do something about it… change your actions, change your mind, change your words, change your friends, change your job, change your car… whatever it takes… Take ownership of your future, and steer your own ship in the direction want to go instead of aimlessly floating about letting everyone else, or random chance, take you where you dont want to go.

Make it a great day!