I’ve been listening and paying attention to my mentors and in doing so have come to peace with what it is that I’m on this planet to do. Just like them I’m here to give to you the best in order for you to believe and achieve. I’ve even changed the subtitle of Belief Equals Possibility to read “The Number 1 Site on Believing and Achieving”.
Have An Eye For Your Life's Purpose And Passion
One common thread that runs between all my mentors is they’ve found their life’s purpose and passion by giving of themselves in such a way that they continuously work to do all they can do to help you, what I’d call “Our loyal fans!”
They give of themselves over and over in a labor of love. It’s not really work to them, but rather an opportunity to do what they love to do. Doesn’t that sound like they’ve found their Life’s Purpose and Passion? Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve recently completed reading “Age is Just a Number” by Dara Torres of which I enjoyed immensely. In this book, Dora talks about her journey through 5 Olympic swimming competitions and in the process having acquired 12 medals including 4 Gold from age 14 to 41. It’s noted at age 45 she expects to be in the 2012 summer Olympics too.
As I thought about Dara and her accomplishments it dawned on me that Dara is a US hero and then I quickly realized she’s a world hero. Regardless who you are or what your age is you can find admiration and inspiration from Dara’s story. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m sure you’ve heard the cliché from Anthony J. D΄Angelo “Your mind is like a parachute, it only works if it’s open”. Isn’t that so true?
I made a recent purchase at my local Apple store and got an iPad2. Now I know Apple’s products aren’t the cheapest around, but they are some of the most innovated. In any event, I heard 3 days before my 14 day return period that the iPad3 was now available. So I decided to return the iPad2 and order the iPad3. My wife asked if they would take the return because it had been used to which I said I believe so.
See Your Life as Open
They did take the return, but what was so memorable to me during that experience was the way the sales person (James) handled the return and treated us. There weren’t any ill feelings about the situation; in fact he did everything right in my opinion. He handled it smoothly, professionally, and even answered questions I had as they came to mind. And it wasn’t just James who had this attitude, it was the person I spoke to before James who routed me to him (I forgot her name). My belief is that the buying experience should be just as good as the returning experience. Read the rest of this entry »
As I walked my dogs tonight I thought about the value of money. Now, don’t get me wrong, I believe money is good. It has the power to do great things in this world in helping people, good causes, and many many wonderful results. So I’m definitely a money making proponent.
My gripe is when making a decision is based on making money rather than “Doing the right thing”. I’m probably talking about this out of frustration and disappointment more than anything, but it’s a story that needs to be told.
Here’s an example, the car industry letting the petroleum companies dictate how many miles per gallon a car can have or making them continue to create cars that run on gas when doing so creates a loud, smelly, polluting, and war causing situation verses creating cars that run on electricity created by solar panels placed on the roofs and bodies of a car. It’s easy to see that the latter is “The right thing to do” and what do we live with?
I really believe in doing the right thing over making money when there is a conflict. And it angers me to see the “wrong” thing being done instead. I don’t believe there is any excuse in doing anything other than what’s right. There’s always an excuse for doing the wrong thing when it is done, but the truth is there is a better solution that will benefit all the so called excuses that far surpasses loss of making a change, for doing the right thing. Read the rest of this entry »
Earl Nightingale said it best when he said “A leader is a person who can help and lead others. It’s the conscientious mother who wants her children to grow up knowing the rules of success and happiness. It’s the father who shows by example that any job worth doing is worth doing well. It’s the student who studies to learn, not just get a grade. Who has a mind of his or her own and sets the pace for his or her fellow students. It’s the farmer who’s farm sets an example in his area. And the small business man or women who’s business continues to grow and prosper with the passing years. It’s the employee who has the good sense to realize that one gets most out of any job by giving loyalty and dedication to the firm who pays his or her wages.”
It’s interesting how in many areas of our life we talk about being a leader or the concept of leadership. Lots of times it has to do with business or getting a new job. I often ask, “What is a leader?” or “What does leadership mean to you?” to friends or acquaintances.
Mainly because I don’t believe most people have a good grasp of what leadership is or what being a great leader entails. You see, it’s not being in a position of leadership like a President of the United States or of a major corporation that automatically promotes a person to the status of a leader.
Being a Leader Takes Work
No, it’s much more than that. Instead it’s more about the kind of person you become or are inside that many times takes years to develop. It’s working on you to become the best you, you can be. Not wishing for things to be easier, but instead wishing for you to become better and stronger at all aspects of your life.
I remember once when outside elements and events would affect my personal attitude in an almost automatic way. Blaming others or circumstances for my dis-satisfaction instead of searching within myself.
Today that doesn’t happen, I’m pretty much in control of my life. And you know what, I’m much happier now and don’t blame others for the bad things that may come occur. In fact it seems like I don’t have as many challenges as I used to, but I’m sure the number and severity of today’s challenges haven’t really changed much. It’s just my approach to challenges and circumstances that has changed in a way which makes life much easier.
I once heard, it’s not what happens to you that is important, but instead how you react to what happens to you. And keep this in mind, 90 percent of the things we worry about never happen, 5 percent we can’t change and the 5 percent we can change is the portion of our worries that we can work on, right? Notice the percentages in your own life and you’ll find they are correct.
I believe that having challenges, difficulty, and frustrations is just part of life. You’ll only escape such events once you die and nobody wants that. So what do we have to do? We have to learn how to best handle them once they occur, because they will. And the better we are at being prepared for them when they arrive the better results we will have.
Human nature is to focus on how to make oneself happy and successful. Don’t let this innate reaction be the doom of the true success you seek.
One phrase I always come back to is that said by Zig Zigglar and of which has stuck with me for a long time. It is, “Help enough other people get what it is that they want and you’ll get what you want”.
Think if everyone followed this philosophy how much better our world would be. In fact, if we were to realize this kind of world, we would live in a world that knows only peace. It brings great feelings to just think about it.
Open Up A Whole New World Of Happiness By Giving
I challenge you to care about others, always placed after yourself in priority, and to give to them in financial ways, time, energy and effort. By doing so you will experience a new joy and happiness that you have not felt before. Make an experiment out of it. Like I’ll do one nice thing daily to a complete stranger in one way or another.
The help you provide this person will bring them enormous benefit, but will bring you even greater benefits in one way or another. Don’t over commit yourself in any area to make it happen because even little things will benefit you and them.
As you make this a habit in your life you will find new and better ways to serve your common man. There are millions of ways to help people so there’s no excuse not to. Here’s a short list of … Read the rest of this entry »
As I turn to a new Chapter in my life, I discover that there really isn’t anything that you can’t achieve if you believe. The truth is you may never be able to turn plants into gold, but how often do we place far more realistic goals into categories of uncertainty or stack them on piles of dead dreams?
I use two websites to help you to become the best you that you can be called “Believe Yourself To Success dot com” and “Belief Equals Possibility dot com”. Both of which have significant meaning in everyone’s life. Beyond the help I want to provide you to obtain your dreams, I want to highlight goal achieving and reaching success individuals here in order to inspire and show you that others are able to hit their dreams and you can to. My last desire in making my websites successful to you is in providing a focus to the meaning of both website names.
Which Path Will Your Life's Energy Flow Through?
The new chapter I have opened up in my life is that of having a new job that I really enjoy. I have worked hard over the past 5 months and become certified in 2 significant IT Professional certifications (DCUCI and VCP4, which are Cisco Systems Unified Computing solution and VMware’s vShpere version 4 platform) along with taking on other tasks made available to me. Now for a lot of you these certifications may sound very foreign and/or insignificant, and that’s alright.
The point I want to make is that I didn’t have to acquire them. I could have done other things or ignored the required preparation and effort, but I chose to take on the challenge instead. I’ve decided to push myself more than ever and to achieve what some people may think is impossible. You can achieve whatever it is you want if you will program yourself for success, never give up, and be persistent.
You see most people don’t give their all at doing anything. Just think if they did what they could achieve? We have so much more capacity to do, have, and become everything and anything we want to become if we will only believe in ourselves. It may be hard to believe in yourself and/or it may be hard to complete the effort that it takes to reach your goal or dream, but so what?
I found this inspiring and moving video about a guy who wants to live a life that is extraordinary and not the norm. I encourage you to find your path and go for it. What could you do in 100 days if you focused yourself upon it?
I found this video very inspiring, encouraging, and motivating. I believe you will find the same in it. So go ahead and check it out. Your life is too important to just live a mediocre one.
When you inspire yourself, it’s like spraying perfume. Others close by get a few droplets on themselves too. I hope this video inspires, encourages, and motivates you to live an extraordinary life. Help others to do the same.
Remember the days when you were growing up and think about the great times you had. I know we usually think about the opposite, but we all have fond memories of our youth no matter how few they may seem. Some of these great moments might be brought back by the listening of a great old song you used to hear at that time of your life. This is very common for me as I’ve always loved music. There are other triggers to bringing back great times to our consciousness too like scrap books or year books, but you don’t have to have them to remember the days of your past.
Remember The Days Of Your Youth
What did you do in your youth that you had a lot of fun doing? Was it playing basketball? Roller skating? Playing with Barbie dolls or with friends? Going to a state fair? It could be anything? Couldn’t it? There are so many combinations of possibilities because everyone is so different and unique and we are influenced by our surroundings and the people within our lives at that time. It’s nice to dwell on the fun things we did as children. It just about brings a tear of sadness to my eye thinking about it because they are so meaningful to me. What about you?
What if you could do those same things that you loved to do as a child right now? Would you still want to do them? Maybe you should try and see. Some of the things I liked to do when I was a child was play pinball, dance, watch music videos/listen to music, explore the outdoors, roller skate, ride my bike, bowling, going to the movie theater, play on the side of a hill with my cars making roads and on and on. We all filled our youth doing “something’s” that were nice and fun.
