Chapter 6 Imagination

Chapter 6 Imagination

When I was young I had a wild imagination and this lasted for many years. Yet after hanging around the wrong influneces and being unable to recognise such I let this decline.

For many years I have dreamed of having a wife and kids, yet it never came to reality. Owing to being unable to love myself, I also dreamed of building a model train layout of my own. Which only recently I discovered what the layout was to be and what wanted to do with the layout.

For years I was just messing around with my model trains at times it just sat there very little being done, yet I didn’t realise what was wanting to do with my layout. There was very little there. It was only recently that I decided what I wanted the layout to be. Its called Katoomba Mountains which part of the blue mountains a couple of hours from home.

This layout is to be built around the town called Katoomba past and present running trains from the periods. I have sat down for many years being unsure what wanted with my own layout, it was nothing much until I joined the train club. Now I am looking to build this layout with snow, sceenary, 3 sisters, town, waterfall, rocks, stock lines and yard with the station too.

In this chapter we are told that it all comes back to that which we conceive is what we believe. We must have the faith to see it through until it’s completion, for me with my wanting to settle down with a wife and kids has been the same type of thing. Its sat there for years, I have searched and dated so many people with very little success.

However I believe in such, the dream and being able to settle down with a wonderful family of my own. Its taken years to become that person who is making new friends because he hung around the wrong influences which dragged him down. It’s taken years to realise that for years was seeking the friendship and often wanted the social contact yet such was rare to come my way. I was so hurt that was incapable of having such relationships. As I was didn’t love myself as a person.

There have been times when I have literally broken down because relationships were so hard personally, they were a battle. Yet I have had to work through such, I have worked for years rebuilding my own self and building my own confidence within myself. I know I can do this, I imagine that day when I am married on the beach to a wonderful woman and spending the rest of my life with her. Showing her that she means so much to me my wife and living in a world without limits at all.

A world contray to what grew up in. That’s ok, it’s a much better world than what knew. I have had to become that person, to become worth it all. Yes there have been so many challenges and learning to love myself has been the major battle of all. Its been learning to be that wonderful person who cares and loves others, yet also loves himself and wants to share that love with others.

That world exists and I am building it, sharing my love for others. Its time build that world, as many people have said. Should you be able to dream it, then you can do it. For me its time to do such, the world where I travel the world and enjoy time with my family. Yet also have those friends who love most dearly.

Thank you to Michael, Willena, Ken for your love mentoring and guidance, to the wonderful mental cleanse participents thank you for your inspiring and motivating lessons.

Abundent Love,

Ben Drake

Mona Vale Sydney NSW Australia

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Your Date with Destiny by Chris Widener

Your Date with Destiny by Chris Widener

Destiny. What a powerful word. And the great thing about it? Everyone has one! You have a destiny! Another great thing about destiny? We have a significant role in shaping our own destiny! In essence, you can choose your date with destiny - powerful!

Your destiny is the dream that lies within you of your desired and preferred future. And the things that we choose each day are what lead us to that destiny: Our actions, our words, our attitudes, and our relationships. They all add up to develop and shape that date on which we will reach our destiny.

Here are some thoughts to think about as you work on shaping your Date with Destiny:

The Mental Question: Do you believe that you can achieve a life of abundance? The frank truth is that many people simply do not believe that they can achieve what lies in their heart. Success is for someone else, a better person, or a smarter person. This is not true and is perhaps the greatest obstacle we face on the journey to our destiny. If we are to achieve the abundance in life we must first believe we can, or face our own continual self-sabotage of what a college professor of mine called "stinkin'-thinkin.'"

Here is the truth:
It doesn't matter what your intelligence is.
It doesn't matter what your current resources are.
It doesn't matter what you currently earn.
It doesn't matter what family you came from.

Nothing in your current circumstances matters in whether or not you can achieve your destiny! Nothing! Now, your current state may make it a longer or harder journey than someone else, but the possibility is always there no matter what your current circumstances are.

And that is the message we need to continually tell ourselves. "I can do it." Not "I can't do it."

Clear vision. Do you have one of your destiny? Here are some questions to determine whether or not your vision is clear.

Can you describe it in intricate detail?
Can you "see" it?
Can you "feel" it?
Can you "hear" it?

Here are a couple of illustrations.

Perhaps you came from a dysfunctional family and your dream is to have great moments with your family. Let's start with a Thanksgiving meal. Can you see each person there? What are they wearing? Are they smiling? What is the conversation? Can you hear the laughter? Can you experience the joy? Can you smell the turkey? Can you see people hugging each other and saying "This was wonderful," as they leave?

Another scenario: Your Company. Can you see the large building you are in? Can you see the workers? Can you feel the positive attitude they have as they carry out their work? Can you experience the excitement as you get the quarterly results? Can you see yourself handing out healthy bonuses that bring pleasant surprises to your employees?

This is where it begins. A clear vision of your destiny.

Consider your resources. Are you aware of the resources you will need in order to set your date with destiny? Do you know how you will go about getting them? What are your natural gifts and talents that you have? How can you best utilize them in achieving your destiny?

What is your current level of resources?
Money?
Time?
Emotional health?
Help from others such as friends, family, employees or volunteers?

What will be your needed future level of resources? And have you developed a plan to achieve this level?

The last thing I would encourage you to do is fix a date in the future that you believe you could be living your destiny by. A real date. What this enables you to do is then begin to work backwards in setting goals to move you along the way, providing you with future points to strive for and an evaluation point to reflect upon.

Here are the points again:

Answer the mental question: Do I really believe?

Develop a clear vision.

Consider the resources needed.

Set a date with destiny.

Develop a plan to get there.

From Chris Widener as a ppeared in Jim Rohn’s newsletter

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Don’t Be a Complainer by Jim Rohn

Don't Be a Complainer by Jim Rohn

Complaining. There's room for legitimate complaining, but if you let this deadly disease of attitude - complaining – loose, it will conquer you. Complaining can take over your life, destroy you and leave you without anything. Nobody wants to take along a complainer. Nobody wants to promote a complainer. Nobody wants to live with one. Nobody wants to be a partner of one. Nobody wants to have one around. Complaining leaves you out of more opportunities than you can possibly imagine if you let it take over and grab you by the throat. If you don't think complaining is bad ask the children of Israel of Old Testament fame. Now let me say something right here, they are typical of us all (if we had ourselves in a similar position); their story just happened to get in the Book.

The story says that the children of Israel are slaves in Egypt. God performed a series of dazzling miracles and gets them out. Now they have their freedom and are heading for the Promised Land. But... the tragedy of the story - they never got there. Reason - from day one they started to complain.

They griped about the food - they had just been delivered from slavery and they are complaining about the food?! They complained and cried and griped about the water. In the desert they HAD water to drink, but... it didn't taste that good?! They complained about the leadership... that had just delivered them from slavery?! They complained that it was too hot, too cold, too far, too difficult, and too rocky. They cried for years - forty to be exact. Finally, God said I've had it – trip cancelled!

The story says that they died in the desert and never reached the Promised Land - after all that trouble! I believe this story teaches two things:

1) Indulge in complaining long enough and you will get your future cancelled - future promotions, future opportunities.

2) Even God himself can only take so much complaining.

I think you get my point. Complaining is not for the winners in life. You must focus on what you can do, not what you cannot. And you must focus on the opportunities not the difficulties. When you do this you will not only inspire yourself but you will be an example for others to follow as well.

From Jim Rohns Newsletter

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