Are You the Master Of Your Destiny?
April 13, 2009Are You An Action-Taker or Only a Talker?
There are two types of people in the world — those who only talk and those who take action. Which type are you?
A decade or so ago, my friend made a decision which changed her life. She had the chance to spend one year as an exchange student in several different European countries. Her background certainly wasn’t that of a world traveler and her family was not rich enough to provide her long overseas trips. Really, I doubt anyone in her impoverished neighborhood had even dreamed of being able to take such a trip. The hand-to-mouth existence kept people too busy to dream of such world travel.
My friend’s first thought was to dismiss this idea because she had no idea what to expect. She had no command of foreign languages. Traveling to Europe for a full year would mean she had to quit her job, spend the savings she had struggled to squirrel away (a major achievement in her neighborhood!) and leave behind her friends, her family and step into an unknown future. At the end of her year of travel, she would return home without a job and without money to fall back on.
She struggled with her thoughts for some time but finally thought, “the worst that might happen is I find I don’t like traveling and arrive home early. I might never have this change again.” She told the school’s student counselor, “I want to sign up!” and she did.
Everyone thought she was going to back out or that she was nuts to go off to a strange land. But my friend got her small savings together and showed up for her airline flight two months later.
Lessons My Friend Learned
The trip across the Atlantic was a complete disaster. Right out of the starting gate, my friend’s whole group of 50 travelers were bumped and had to find other flights to get to Europe. She managed to book a later flight and had to wait 10 hours before leaving. She thought this was the first sign that she should have listened to everyone who said she was nuts to go off to Europe. Having developed a major case of jetlag, she finally arrived in Europe the next day. She arrived at her apartment and immediately went to sleep.
You know how stories begin with “a funny thing happened”. Well it happened the next day when my friend we exploring and found she really liked Europe. She found travel easy and got around just fine. She went to a travel agent and purchased a pass for Euro rail.
During the coming week, she visited several countries — all alone because most of the other exchange students were scared to go outside their initial country. Sure, my friend had some anxiety, but she made the conscious choice to overcome her worries and learn what was there to see and do. She explored far beyond the small world she had known all her life. She found European train travel to be easy and safe as long as she used her common sense. After her first week of stepping out of her comfort zone, she began going to a different country each week. She found a feeling of freedom, independence, accomplishment and success that she had never ever felt before. It felt absolutely wonderful!
During her year in Europe, my friend really had her eyes opened. She experienced culture she could never have gained access to otherwise. Different systems, different foods, meeting new people, she learned she was an adventurer with a real desire for knowledge. Plus, she would never have met the man who was to become her future spouse! The couple ended up spending a year running his restaurant together in Berlin, making it a huge success before the pair returned to the U.S. together. My friend reflected on the past two year during her flight home, realized her expectation of returning home completely broke had not materialized. In fact, she had more money now than she had when she left for Europe!
Clearly, there are lessons to learn from this. Never let anxiety and fear stop you. Nothing truly great comes without some risk. Fear stops 99% of people achieving success in life. This doesn’t have to happen — just decide what you really want and go get it!
You Need Must Realize
Success or failure in life is up to you. Of course, you can’t control every factor. The answer to those factors is to simply not worry about them, focusing instead on things you CAN control — you, your thinking, and your actions.
Points To Keep in Mind
* Always be looking for possibilities. Don’t discard an idea only because it is something new and different from your past experience.
* Never permit the fear of failing become your focus, even if it attempts to overpower you. Remember: Fear stops 99% of people achieving success in life.
* Accept that some risks are necessary. Prudent risk-taking allow you to become a success in the long haul, even if you experience a few stumbling blocks along the way.
* Again, always, ALWAYS look for opportunities.
Success is really about finding inner fulfillment, peace, satisfaction in life, emotional stability and serenity. To achieve this, you must take some risks in business as well as in your personal life.
You must step outside your comfort zone in order to achieve the success you desire.
A Few Pillars For Success:
* Failure to plan is planning to fail so plan your work, then work the plan!
* Strive for excellence by setting goals for yourself rather than accepting the goals set by others.
* Stick to your plan!
* Accept that life will present us with disappointments now and then — it’s just a fact of life. Don’t let these disappointments hold you back, overcome become stronger.
* Turn each experience, no matter if it is good or bad, into a learning opportunity
* Avoid regrets by living every day as if it were your last day on Earth.
Final Thoughts . . .
The world is full of talkers but there are not nearly as many doers. Are you a talker or a doer? Do you WAIT for success or do you want to MAKE success happen for you? Success will not come force you to accept it. But, if you act you can build success. Don’t be a procrastinator for another minute. Become a success instead.
Stop only thinking that you probably should make a change toward future success. It is now time to ACT ON THAT THOUGHT! Do something toward becoming that success. Start a home-based business is the simple first step required to become a success and earn financial security and freedom for you and your family.
You have to look out for yourself. Take control of your future right now. I’ll show you the way –starting right after you make the choice to become a success and make your life better by taking a simple first step. You will not be alone because we are right with you. Simply take a few seconds to fill in the web form and begin your path to success today because time waits for no one and the faster you get started the more time you have to become successful. Don’t just think about it; ACT RIGHT NOW!
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