Are you listening to that small voice inside, or are you conforming to what the world believes you should be? Do you come up with excuses or results? Are you reading this as something to read, or are you looking for the seed of change within it’s message?
We all get signs, instructions and directions along the highways of life, are you using them? There is a course that has already been predestined for your life, are you following your plan? People try to dress up their exterior, join social clubs, abuse alcohol and drugs, all to avoid themselves. Are you one of them? We live in a world where people take on an identity instead of discovering their own identity!

People are wearing uniforms! Conforming, blending in, without any unique distinction. Your next door neighbors were to afraid to explore themselves, afraid to step out on faith, afraid to follow his/her directions, afraid to live… so they settled!!! Settled for what… one vacation a year with a 30 year fixed mortgage and bills until their number is called? That’s not life! No wonder there are so many diseases, and miserable people. The life as a conformist is unfulfillable!

Hoping their kids will do better. All to have the cycle repeated. Change starts with you! Stop trying to pass the baton without you running your leg first! Most parents live in the fairly tale world “Hopefully my kids won’t have to struggle the way I did”. Well it first starts with you, it’s what you live that is instilled in a child, not what you say! Don’t hope your child will do better, become your child’s greatest example. Live a life of confidence, take risk, speak up, live by faith, don’t socialize with the naysayers, take action, make goals for your kids to see, live by integrity, persist, persevere, strive, and grow. Encourage your child to pick his/her own clothes, by you removing your uniform.

Your uniform isn’t in the clothes, it’s in the mind!

Action: Discover your identity! YES! It takes a lot of energy and time, aren’t you worth it?

Your circle of friends should always be people who you can learn from. Being around people who add value to you, has been dated back to King Solomon and his wise counsel.

Lets say you inherent 1,000,000 dollars and you have a great idea never to work a job again. You now have to find ways to put your money to work for you! Yet your friends and associates are people who make around 25,000 dollars a year (have no concept of residual or passive income), and they love to go to the bar and gossip, and often borrow money from each other. These are the people who you have received advice from for years and you consider their opinion when making your decisions.

What happens when you ask for their advice or you tell them your situation?

Your friends may think you are crazy for thinking you will never have to work a job again. They will also have their hand out to either borrow from you or out right ask for things.

Let say you walked into a room full of millionaires, as you started to network with them you learned many ways to make money outside of your conventional 9 to 5 way. You exchange numbers with them and they start coaching you on what they have done to be successful at never having to work for someone again.

Which example would add value to you, and which one will take away from you?

When you take advice from someone, you buy their lifestyle!

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Personal development is needed! Whether you are eating better to live a healthier life, or you are reading a self help book to acquire a better quality of life. Whatever area you are focused on, it will take a daily commitment for an effective change.

Are you willing to sacrifice?

Lets say my desire is to become successful making $50,000 every month. I would have to find people who make $50,000 monthly and study what they do. See what habits they’ve developed and develop them also. I’ve always heard people say success leaves behind clues!

For example: Joe Girard was famous for selling more cars than anyone else in the World. Now if my goal is to become a great car salesman I would probably look up Joe Girard and one of his many books on selling. To be a great salesman I must first study selling and master the craft!

Which means:

I will turn off the T.V, instead read books on selling!

Instead of a great night of fun with the guys or girls, study the paperwork process for a car purchase.

Instead of long hours on the phone, look for ways to get new customers.etc

Your commitment to these daily disciplines will provide you with lasting success as a car salesman. Now take out the example of the car salesman and replace it with your desire and look for ways to develop into the person you want to become.

Best Wishes Post your comment and let me know your daily disciplines.

To reach any level of success you must be able to separate yourself from any emotional feelings that are contrary to your desires. Once you set a goal for yourself you can no longer think along the lines of: I don’t feel like it, I’m tired, Its to hard, It won’t hurt if I don’t do it right this time etc. These thoughts are a cancer to your achievements. When you break down your goals to daily simple task, you must discipline yourself to carry them out. A great way to discipline yourself is, by visioning yourself doing the task and enjoying it. Hold the vision in your mind all day and replace the emotional feeling of not wanting to do, with the feeling you will have after your goal is complete.

How will you feel after you achieve your goal?

What type of smile would be impressed upon your heart?

Embrace the feeling of becoming a winner!

Once you’ve achieved one goal you now have the successful recipe to go out and achieve many more.

Goalsetting is one of the best things anyone can do! Making a list of your goals and breaking them down into small easy to do task on a daily basis, is a sure way to ensure your success at the end of the tunnel. Self discipline is needed to stay on track, to do the “small but essential” task in order to realize your desired goals.

What is one of your goals every morning before you leave your house? Isn’t it to leave your house clean and presentable? So what do you do… take a shower, brush your teeth, groom your hair, iron your clothes etc. You do all these things to ensure you leave your house clean and presentable, in the process you’ve created daily habits. A step by step process for leaving your house clean and presentable, has now turned into a series of small task that’s done before you leave your house to ensure your goal is achieved.

Achieving your goals isn’t hard, just break them down into simple task.

Picture a staircase there are many small steps before you get to the top, if you removed all of the steps it would be a lot harder to get to the top, and for many its impossible to jump to the top. Yet the each individual step was created to make your journey to the top more attainable. If you take this same approach to all of your goals you will reach your goals every time!