Seeds of Greatness

The Power of Habit

You may know me.
I'm your constant companion.
I'm your greatest helper; I'm your heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am at your command.
Half the tasks you do might as well be turned over to me. I'm able to do them quickly, and I'm able to do them the same every time,
If that's what you want.

I'm easily managed; all you've got to do is be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want it done; after a few lessons I'll do it automatically.
I am the servant of all great men and women; of course,
I'm the servant of all the failures as well.
I've made all the winners who have ever lived.
And, I've made all the losers too.

But I work with all the precision of a marvelous computer,
With the intelligence of a human being.
You may run me for profit, or you may run me to ruin;
It makes no difference to me.

Take me. Be easy with me, and I will destroy you.
Be firm with me, and I'll put the world at your feet.
Who am I?

I'm Habit!

The “Seeds” above have been transplanted directly from The Seeds of Greatness Treasury by Denis Waitley. The beautiful hardbound book is a collection of some of his best-loved “words to remember.” It truly is a priceless gift of poetry, proverbs, and prose from one of America’s most respected sages. Click here to order The Seeds of Greatness Treasury.

From Denis Waitley’s Newsletter.

"A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one."

-- Henry Ford

"Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face."
Norman Vincent Peale
1898-1993, Author of The Power of Positive Thinking
From Insight of the Day emails

How to instantly ruin three out of four prospects you talk to.
They should have taught this in high school instead of some of the other semi-worthless subjects we were forced to memorize.
I never knew I was instantly ruining three out of four prospects from the moment I moved my lips. This meant I had to work four times harder because no one had explained to me the secret language of the four different personalities.
So why did no one teach me this? Maybe my upline didn't know ... or maybe they secretly hated me and wanted me to fail. It really doesn't matter what the reason was, what mattered is that I didn't know it.
When I talked with prospects, I thought all prospects thought and processed information and presentations the same way I did. As a "green" personality, I gave "green" presentations that totally bored and turned off the other three personalities.
I wish I had known that the "blue" personalities weren't even listening to my logical presentation of the facts, features and benefits.
I wish that I had known that the "red" personalities felt that I was totally missing the point and that I was drowning in information and data.
I wish that I had known that the "yellow" personalities were just being polite, nodding and smiling, and just trying to make me feel good while I explained the products, the compensation plan, etc.
Anyway, we can learn how to talk to the other three types of people.
Here is a no-cost mini-course:
http://www.fortunenow.com/products/item13.cfm

From Tom Big Al, a great training on learning how to speak to people.

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The Champion Within Article

Safari: Changing Your Habits by Denis Waitley

You can change your life by changing you habits. Here are some guidepost rules regarding change:

Rule 1: No one can change you and you can’t really change anyone else. You must admit your need, stop denying your problem, and accept responsibility for changing yourself.

Rule 2: Habits aren’t broken, but replaced—by layering new behavior patterns on top of the old ones. This usually takes a least a year or two. Forget the 30-day wonder ones. I don’t know where motivational speakers got the idea that it takes twenty-one days to gain a new habit. It may take that long to remember the motions of a new skill, but after many years of being you, it takes far longer to settle into a new habit pattern and stay there. Habits are like submarines. They run silent and deep. They also are like comfortable beds, in that they’re easy to get into, but difficult to get out of. So don’t expect immediate, amazing results. Give your skills training a year and stick with it, knowing that your new ways can last a lifetime.

Rule 3: A daily routine adhered to over time will become second nature, like riding a bicycle. Negative behavior leads to a losing lifestyle, positive behavior to a wining lifestyle. Practice makes permanent in both cases. —Denis Waitley

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From Denis Waitley on habits, what a great training. Yes Habits can be created over a short period however they need to be reinforced over time. That is what needs to happen when changing a habit.

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