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Hi Everyone….
I had to share this post with you from Jim Rohn it really made me think about many of the obstacles I have had to overcome to achieve the success and lifestyle I was looking for …
I loved the story of the butterfly it is such an interesting fact that I din’t know about
but also could relate this process to my life.
Which of these stories do you relate to the most and I would love if you could share a story of your
own on how you have succeed after adversity.
Cheers Chrissy
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Obstacles Are the Stepping Stones of Success by Harvey Mackay
A man was walking in the park one day when he came upon a cocoon with a small opening. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through the little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It looked like it had gotten as far as it could, so the man decided to help the butterfly. He used his pocketknife and snipped the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily, but something was strange. The butterfly had a swollen body and shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected at any moment the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and deformed wings. It was never able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to emerge was natural. It was nature’s way of forcing fluid from its body into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives.
If we were allowed to go through life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly.
History has shown us that the most celebrated winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
My good friend Lou Holtz, football coach of the University of South Carolina, once told me, “Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.”
Beethoven composed his greatest works after becoming deaf. George Washington was snowed in through a treacherous winter at Valley Forge. Abraham Lincoln was raised in poverty. Albert Einstein was called a slow learner, retarded and uneducable. If Christopher Columbus had turned back, no one could have blamed him, considering the constant adversity he endured.
As an elementary student, actor James Earl Jones (a.k.a. Darth Vader) stuttered so badly he communicated with friends and teachers using written notes.
Itzhak Perlman, the incomparable concert violinist, was born to parents who survived a Nazi concentration camp and has been paralyzed from the waist down since the age of four.
Chester Carlson, a young inventor, took his idea to 20 big corporations in the 1940s. After seven years of rejections, he was able to persuade Haloid, a small company in Rochester, N.Y., to purchase the rights to his electrostatic paper-copying process. Haloid has since become Xerox Corporation.
Thomas Edison tried over 2,000 experiments before he was able to get his light bulb to work. Upon being asked how he felt about failing so many times, he replied, “I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2,000-step process.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, elected president of the United States for four terms, had been stricken with polio at the age of 39.
Persistence paid off for General Douglas MacArthur. After applying for admission to West Point twice, he applied a third time and was accepted. The rest is history.
In 1927 the head instructor of the John Murray Anderson Drama School instructed student Lucille Ball to “Try any other profession. Any other.”
Buddy Holly was fired from the Decca record label in 1956 by Paul Cohen, Nashville “Artists and Repertoire Man.” Cohen called Holly “the biggest no-talent I ever worked with.”
Academy Award-winning writer, producer and director Woody Allen failed motion picture production at New York University (NYU) and City College of New York. He also flunked English at NYU.
Helen Keller, the famous blind author and speaker, said: “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved. Silver is purified in fire and so are we. It is in the most trying times that our real character is shaped and revealed.”
Mackay’s Moral: There is no education like the university of adversity.
Educational and Inspirational
Posted on: October 8, 2011
Hi Everyone…Over the next few weeks I’m going to share the stories of Real Mums creating Real Success in their own home business. These Mums are MUMS that made the decision that they wanted to be home with their children but also wanted to create Financial Success. I love being apart of their amazing journeys and I know you will enjoy their stories of success also..
Hi my name is Helen, I’m mum to 5 beautiful children who are in ages ranging from 30 down to 12 years. I also have 3 grandchildren. My experience with personal development has transformed my life to a positive, full of awareness existence. Through personal development I have been able to implement into my daily life the principles I learn, which helps me achieve a positive outcome to challenges that come up in my life. My eldest son has schizophrenia and can be very difficult to live with at times, through personal development I have been able to empower myself to be aware of my reactions, and not allow them to take over, which has made a very peaceful family life. I’ve learnt to change the way I think and develop acceptance and positive strategies that empower me and change me from a victim to someone who is in control. Personal development has enabled me to change the dynamics of my family for the better, show my children there is a better way to live, a life filled with positivity and one that is limitless in what they can achieve for themselves.
Hi Everyone…Over the next few weeks I’m going to share the stories of Real Mums creating Real Success in their own home business. These Mums are MUMS that made the decision that they wanted to be home with their children but also wanted to create Financial Success. I love being apart of their amazing journeys and I know you will enjoy their stories of success also..
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Alison and Paul (Brisbane, Australia)
We started this business after the birth of our first child. Once our baby came into the world we realised that we did not want to do life they way we had been. Working long hours making money for someone else. We would have missed out on seeing our daughter grow up and someone else would have been raising our child during the day. This was not something either of us wanted. We also wanted to be shinning examples of success to ourselves first and then our daughter. We did not want to teach her that you have to wait for your dreams or no sorry “we can’t afford it”. We were motivated to create the life we wanted, with true abundance, flexibility, fun and pleasure. This business has not only given us all of that but the support programs that run along side it have allowed us to grow as individuals to become the leaders we have always known we are. We are now in control of our lives, not someone or something else. We are living our life we design not designing it in the hope we can live it one day.
Free Copy of “Think and Grow Rich”
Posted on: July 30, 2011
HI Everyone….
I loved reading this book “Think and Grow Rich” but I have to admit the first couple of times I picked it up to read I found it heavy going and not enjoyable at all and put it down after only a couple of pages.
Several months later and a new business in Personal Development I picked it up again and loved every word of this amazing book. The reason I believe I was ready for it was I had learned how to have a more open mind to learning and I was ready to accept the lessons within the book. At one stage I set myself a challenge to read the chapter on Persistence everyday for a month.
Also what is important to notice is that the book is called “THINK AND GROW RICH” not Do and Grow Rich..so many of us are busy doing, doing and doing but not spending the time on learning how to think yourself to success.
As always Jim Rohn says it best “Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.” Jim Rohn…
I believe this book is life changing so please accept my Free Copy using the link below..
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Recipe of Self Love
Posted on: January 5, 2011
Recipe of Self Love
Take full responsibility for your life. Stop blaming others.
See yourself as the cause of what happens to you.
Do things you like to do. Don’t stay in a job you don’t like.
Participate in life at the highest level you can.
Stop terrorizing yourself with your thoughts.
Be gentle and kind and patient with yourself.
Give yourself the simple pleasures of life abundantly.
Wear clothes you feel good in, get a massage etc.
Watch what you say. Avoid self put-downs.
Stop being critical of yourself and others.
Take care of your body. Give it exercise and good food.
Be willing to create a life-style that generates and nourishes
self-esteem. Associate with others with high esteem.
Acknowledge yourself frequently.
Keep a diary of your successes and accomplishments.
Avoid comparing yourself with others.
Remember that it’s who we are, not what we do, that’s important.
Give yourself permission to do nothing periodically.
Schedule time by yourself.
Frequently take deep breaths. Discover the benefit and pleasure of breathing fully.
Eat first class frequently. Don’t look at the right side of the menu.
Stop trying to change others. Focus your attention on being the way you want others to be.
Look into a mirror regularly and say “I love you, I really love you”.
Stop feeling guilty and saying “I’m sorry”. See mistakes as valuable lessons and avoid judging yourself.
Consciously generate positive thoughts and feelings of self-love
in place of old thoughts of inadequacy.
Be willing to laugh at yourself and at life. Stop taking yourself so seriously.
Accept compliments from others without embarrassment. Don’t invalidate their positive thoughts and feelings about you.
Be kind to your mind. Don’t hate yourself for having negative thoughts. Gently change your thoughts.
Keep your awareness and your thoughts focused in present time instead of living in the past or future.
Acknowledge others frequently. Tell them what you like and appreciate in them.
Invest money in yourself. Go to seminars, workshops and courses that develop your talents.
Make a list of 10 things you love doing and do them frequently.
Treat yourself as you would treat someone you really loved. Praise yourself.
~Author Unknown
So lets get childish.
Posted on: December 1, 2010
Hi Everyone…Below I have included some important points from the man himself “JIM ROHN”.
I only discovered Jim after joining my Personal Development business and now have so many of his books and audio’s.
What he talks about below is re-discovering the child in you.
When I read this it reminded me off how hard it was for me to sit with my kids when they were little and play make believe.
I thought I was a busy grown up and had so many more important things to do than sit and pretend.
WOW …..
How wrong was I….
Please read what Jim has to say about embracing the child in you.
So lets get childish.
I would love to hear what childish exciting things you have decided to do.
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Remember the master teacher once said 2,000 years ago, “Unless you can become like little children, your chances are zero, you haven’t got a prayer.” A major consideration for adults.
Be like children and remember there are four ways to be more like a child no matter how old you get :
Curiosity
Be curious. Childish curiosity. Learn to be curious like a child. What will kids do if they want to know something bad enough? You’re right. They will bug you. Kids can ask a million questions. You think they’re through. They’ve got another million. They will keep plaguing you. They can drive you right to the brink.
Also kids use their curiosity to learn. Have you ever noticed that while adults are stepping on ants, children are studying them? A child’s curiosity is what helps them to reach, learn and grow.
Excitement
Learn to get excited like a child. There is nothing that has more magic than childish excitement. So excited you hate to go to bed at night. Can’t wait to get up in the morning. So excited that you’re about to explode. How can anyone resist that kind of childish magic? Now, once in a while I meet someone who says, “Well, I’m a little too mature for all that childish excitement.” Isn’t that pitiful? You’ve got to weep for these kinds of people. All I’ve got to say is, “If you’re too old to get excited, you’re old.” Don’t get that old.
Faith
Faith like a child. Faith is childish. How else would you describe it? Some people say, “Let’s be adult about it.” Oh no. No. Adults too often have a tendency to be overly skeptical. Some adults even have a tendency to be cynical. Adults say, “Yeah. I’ve heard that old positive line before. It will be a long day in June before I fall for that positive line. You’ve got to prove to me it’s any good.” See, that’s adult, but kids aren’t that way. Kids think you can get anything. They are really funny. You tell kids, “We’re going to have three swimming pools.” And they say, “Yeah. Three. One each. Stay out of my swimming pool.” See, they start dividing them up right away, but adults are not like that. Adults say, “Three swimming pools? You’re out of your mind. Most people don’t even have one swimming pool. You’ll be lucky to get a tub in the back yard.” You notice the difference? No wonder the master teacher said, “Unless you can become like little children, your chances, they’re skinny.”
Trust
Trust is a childish virtue, but it has great merit. Have you heard the expression “sleep like a baby”? That’s it. Childish trust. After you’ve gotten an A+ for the day, leave it in somebody else’s hands.
Curiosity, excitement, faith and trust. Wow, what a powerful combination to bring (back) into our lives.
Hi Everyone…..
I have shared below some words from the famous Jim Rohn on his thoughts about the Power of Association.
I think it is interesting that we are so influenced by the people that we associate with and sometime don’t even notice it.
I had never considered this until I started my Personal Development Business and the more I educated myself the more I discovered that so many people live their lives in a negative bubble.
I now realize that I did this as well…I think back and cringe about the conversations that I had with friends and family. Why does this stuff always happen to me and it’s not fair why are they so lucky.
I now surround myself with people that are just like me..
*********that love sharing positive thoughts
*********that love creating 6 and 7 figure incomes
*********that love to show others how to do the same
*********that love being in the position to help Charities
*********that love that they are in control of their Lives
********* THEY JUST LOVE LIFE
So I ask you to listen carefully next time you are having a conversation with a close friend or family member and take note are they living their life in a Negative Bubble and more importantly are YOU doing the same.
If you want to make some major changes to your life you must take responsibility for your decisions and thoughts that have brought you to where you are right NOW.
Are you ready to move forward towards a more positive future?????
Then it is time to surround yourself with people that are living the LIFE that you want to LIVE.
You have two choices
1…To live your life surrounding by Negative Events
2…To live your life surrounded by Positive Events
I know which one I choose …What about YOU????
Please share your thought on this TOPIC
To Your Success
Chrissy Greig
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Evaluating Your Associations
If you were to evaluate the major influences in your life that have shaped the kind of person you are, this has to be high on the list: the people and thoughts you choose to allow into your life. My mentor, Mr. Shoaff, gave me a very important warning in those early days that I would like to share with you. He said, “Never underestimate the power of influence.” Indeed, the influence of those around us is so powerful! Many times we don’t even realize we’re being strongly affected because influences generally develop over an extended period of time.
Peer pressure is an especially powerful force because it is so subtle. If you’re around people who spend all they make, chances are excellent that you’ll spend all you make. If you are around people who go to more ball games than concerts, chances are excellent that you’ll do the same thing. If you are around people who don’t read, chances are excellent that you won’t read. People can keep nudging us off course a little at a time until, finally, we find ourselves asking, “How did I get here?” Those subtle influences need to be studied carefully if we really want our lives to turn out the way we’ve planned.
With regard to this important point, let me give you three key questions to ask yourself. They may help you to make better analysis of your current associations.
Here is the first question: “Who am I around?” Make a mental note of the people with whom you most often associate. You’ve got to evaluate everybody who is able to influence you in any way.
The second question is: “What are these associations doing to me?” That’s a major question to ask. What have they got me doing? What have they got me listening to? What have they got me reading? Where have they got me going? What do they have me thinking? How have they got me talking? How have they got me feeling? What have they got me saying? You’ve got to make a serious study of how others are influencing you, both negatively and positively.
Here’s a final question: “Is that okay?” Maybe everyone you associate with has been a positive, energizing influence. Then again, maybe there are some bad apples in the bunch. All I’m suggesting here is that you take a close and objective look. Everything is worth a second look, especially the power of influence. Both will take you somewhere, but only one will take you in the direction you need to go.
It’s easy to just dismiss the things that influence our lives. One man says, “I live here, but I don’t think it matters. I’m around these people, but I don’t think it hurts.” I would take another look at that. Remember, everything matters! Sure, some things matter more than others, but everything amounts to something. You’ve got to keep checking to find out whether your associations are tipping the scales toward the positive or toward the negative. Ignorance is never the best policy. Finding out is the best policy.
Perhaps you’ve heard the story of the little bird. He had his wing over his eye and he was crying.
The owl said to the bird, “You are crying.”
“Yes,” said the little bird, and he pulled his wing away from his eye.
“Oh, I see,” said the owl. “You’re crying because the big bird pecked out your eye.”
And the little bird said, “No, I’m not crying because the big bird pecked out my eye. I’m crying because I let him.”
It’s easy to let influence shape our lives, to let associations determine our direction, to let pressures overwhelm us, and to let tides take us. The big question is: Are we letting ourselves become what we wish to become?
Next week, we’ll take a look at the three forms of disassociating from negative influences.
Overcoming the Fear of Rejection
Posted on: October 12, 2010
Hi Everyone….
I have just read this article by Denis and thinking how true it is.
We all find it hard to deal with rejection in any part of our lives but as Entrepreneurs we have many ideas that are different so overcoming rejection is part of Life.
I would love to hear from you on your thoughts on OVERCOMING THE FEAR OF REJECTION
Thanks Chrissy
A great book to read is “Go for No” here is the web site link
http://www.goforno.com/…..
I hope this article by Denis Waitley makes you more comfortable with !!!!!!!!!REJECTION!!!!!!!!!!
Overcoming the Fear of Rejection by Denis Waitley
To conquer your fear of rejection, you need to handle the word “no” in a constructive way. When people turn you down after a presentation, you have to interpret the “no” as “no this is not right for me now.” We also can interpret “no” as meaning, “I need to know more about this opportunity or the products before I can say yes.”
I look at the service I offer to others as a gift that almost everyone desires. It’s like a nutritious dessert. What if waiters or waitresses in a restaurant said to customers at their tables: “Would you like our special strawberry parfait for dessert? It’s the best in the world!” And they were told “no” by their patrons, three out of five times.
Would they go to their manager, throw up their hands and quit, lamenting, “They don’t like me or my strawberry parfait”? Of course they wouldn’t. They’d go on about their business, thinking the patrons had missed out on something delicious.
That’s why I treat products as a gift, much more nutritious and beneficial than a fruit dessert. But what is being rejected is the presentation, not the presenter. When I can separate my self-esteem from offering the products or business opportunity, I can live with rejection and look for ways to get a positive response more often.
When you are experiencing rejection, that’s the time to network with mentors and role models. It’s also the time to listen to upbeat music and read articles like this, to attend meetings and conference calls, and to hang around with optimists and winners.
There are basically four things we do in selling our products and services, and only four. We use the products and services ourselves, we talk to people about the products and services, we talk to people about the financial benefits we offer, and we coach them to refer us to others who do the same thing. First, we are coachable and willing to learn something new every day. Then, we become coaches. All you really need to move up to the next level is have faith in yourself.
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk involvement. To expose your feelings is to risk revealing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk rejection. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk despair. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing at all. People who will risk nothing do nothing, have nothing, and become nothing. They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love or live. Chained by their certitudes, they are slaves.
They have forfeited their freedom. Only a person who risks is truly free. And one last idea you can live and believe, is the more that you give, the more you’ll receive.
DENIS WAITLEY
Excellence Is a Habit
Posted on: October 7, 2010
Hi Everyone….
Below is a Poem by Denis Waitley…….I really related to the words in this poem because with my personal development business I have discovered many limiting beliefs (habits) that have held me back in the past from achieving the results I deserved.
You can be influenced by so many things ..next time you are in a conversation with someone listen for negative comments and think about if you use more negative comments in your conversation than positive ones.
During the day do you have more negative thoughts than positive ones by making notes of these things you can work out if you have negative habits that are holding you back from Living Your Life ….
BECOME MORE AWARE OF YOUR WORDS AND THOUGHTS
I would love to hear from you about what you have learned about your thoughts and words…
Chrissy Greig
http://www.christinegreig.com
Excellence Is a Habit by Denis Waitley
We learn by observation, imitation and repetition.
Habits begin as offhanded remarks, ideas and images.
And then, layer upon layer, through practice, they grow from cobwebs into cables that shackle or strengthen our lives.
Habits are like submarines. They run silent and deep.
First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
Habits are like comfortable beds. They are easy to get into, but difficult to get out of.
Winning and losing are both learned habits.
Seeds of Discipline: Excellence Is a Habit by Denis Waitley
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