"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."
George Bernard Shaw
1856-1950, Playwright
Month: November 2011
Healthy Fear by Zig Ziglar
Healthy Fear by Zig Ziglar
There really is “healthy fear.” For example, it’s very healthy to fear drinking before you drive. However, fear should not be allowed to run rampant through our lives so that it becomes such a devastating factor that it produces failure.
The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly. Dr. Judge M. Lyle said, “Someone has said that the basis of action should be love and not fear. Theoretically that is true, but in practice it does not work out that way. There are legitimate fears.
“Fear of ignorance causes you to seek an education and fear of poverty makes you work. Fear of disease motivates you to practice healthy and sanitary living. Fear of losing your job will inspire you to show up on time and do the best you know how to do. Fear of failing a class will drive a student to spend extra time in the books. Fear of losing our family inspires us to be faithful to them, work hard for them, and show them love on a daily basis.”
From time to time I use the acronym “F.E.A.R” for “False Evidence Appearing Real.” However, if the evidence is real, we should certainly have some healthy fear. There’s real fear in walking across a busy street without using the crosswalk. There’s legitimate fear in driving your car at excessive speeds under any conditions, but particularly where the visibility is poor or the streets are slippery.
We must learn to distinguish those helpful fears from the harmful ones. When you can do that, fear is a friend. Until you learn to do it, however, fear can be an enemy. Think about this; learn what you should, approach the rest with confidence, and I’ll SEE YOU AT THE TOP!
A great post from Zig Zilar which is from Ron Whites Newsletter Seed of Success
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
Steve Jobs
1955-2011, Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Quotes of the week – Discipline
Quotes of The Week
Discipline
“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.” —Jim Rohn
“Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” —Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Positive self-discipline puts you in the driver’s seat. When you rehearse the correct moves and internalize them, you will become a high-performance human being.” —Denis Waitley
“Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.” —Roy L. Smith
“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” —General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
“The most important quality in the development of human character is, and always has been, self-discipline.” —Brian Tracy
“Without discipline, there is no life at all.” —Katharine Hepburn
“I’ve never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline.... I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour—this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear—is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious.” —Vince Lombardi
