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I would like to share this email that I received with you all:
Have you ever known one of those people
who was an unstoppable goal achieving machine and wondered
what secret they had stashed under their belt?
They might have been someone who lost 30 pounds and kept
it off, or who trained for a marathon, or achieved a weight
training goal.
Maybe it was someone who set the sites on starting their
own business or making a change to their dream career and who
made it. Aghh! Don't you hate how they make it look so easy?
Well, what if instead of standing in envy you could take
your place beside them as a goal achieving machine? Here's
exactly what you need to do.
The Four Ingredients of High Achievement
While there are many things which set high achievers apart
from the rest of the population, there are four primary
ingredients which are always a part of their character:
1) No Excuses Accepted
Most of us are capable of so much more than we allow
ourselves to accomplish. Why is this? Because there's ALWAYS
an excuse to put something off until tomorrow or to quit
when temporary defeat overtakes you. In other words, when
the temptation comes to skip a workout, the excuse is that
you're tired or that you're too busy or that your body needs
sleep more than exercise.
When it's time to sit down and come up with your business
plan, there are dozens of reasons not to do it today...but to
"start first thing tomorrow." There will always be excuses;
the world has no shortage of them. But to become a goal
achieving machine, you have to neither make excuses for
yourself nor accept them from other people who tell you why
it's okay to abandon your commitments.
2) Failure is Just a Learning Experience
High achievers aren't afraid of failure, but it's not
because they are braver than the rest of us...it's because
they view failure as an opportunity to learn and to begin
again more intelligently. The American Actor and writer
Sylvester Stallone once said that success comes from the
ability to effectively manage failure. The legendary
inventor and businessman Thomas Edison said that every
failed endeavour was another step to success.
What a difference this is from the common belief that
failure is either a step backwards, or worse...the death
of their plans. The key to learning how to effectively
manage failure is to stay devoted to your goal, but to
keep your plan flexible. Plans which are too rigid to be
measured for effectiveness and adjusted according to what
really works are certain to lead to failure...and so is the
attitude that success only happens in the complete
absence of failure.
3) A Strong Inner Voice
This is probably the most pronounced difference between
high achievers and the common person: goal achieving people
have an inner voice which is more influential and powerful
than ANY other voice on the outside.
Just think about the condition of the majority when it
comes to their health, their relationships, their happiness
with their career and their financial life...there's a reason
why high achievers are only a minority of the population.
That reason is that they don't think the way that
everyone else does. They don't freak out at bad news on TV
or in the news...they listen and read just enough to know
what's going on in the world, but they don't get caught up
on global gossip and negativity. They don't listen to the
opinions of others around them as much as they trust their
own inner voice.
Just think about how many conflicting opinions are
available to you everyday, that's a recipe for confusion if
you let them all influence you. Build a stronger inner voice
and learn to cultivate the art of selective ignorance.
And finally...
4) WRITTEN Plans of Action
Writing has been said (by Dr. Steven Covey and many other
personal growth experts) to be the greatest exercise for
developing the mind. Writing your goal empowers you to
develop an inner voice which supports your goals, a no
excuses attitude and a positive attitude towards failure.
Written plans also help you to park your goals so that you
can effectively measure and restructure your plans for
achieving them.
TIP: Now choose your most important goal and write it
down, with a timeline and set a plan for achieving it.
Break that plan into milestones and get started right now.
No excuses!
Soooo I went to have a look at my bike last night.. it doesn’t look the same anymore L
My accident was tragic and I’m lucky to be alive, but honestly… I still miss my bike, A LOT.
The only two mugen limited edition VFR400’s in black and red (favorite colors). The bike with white around the rims is Deen’s (my bestieJ) and the other (no tape just full red rims) mine.
Mine has been written off in an accident in December 2010 and Deen’s has been sold in April 2011.
