Today's Thought..
JOSEPH MENDOZA
"You are destined to always be exactly who and what you believe yourself to be."
- J.Sewell Perkins
Think about that for a minute. You are never who anyone else believes you to be but rather who and what you believe you to be. That pretty much puts the ball in your court, doesn't it? The corresponding fact, however, is that others will also believe what
you believe yourself to be.
You may want to read that again, and again, and again!
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JOSEPH MENDOZA
"Each so-called failure brings us that much closer to the success we seek."
- The Secret Abundance Files
First off, let me hasten to remind you that when you experience a failure you are all that much closer to success. Remember, failure is simply the other side of success. Turn a failure around and there, staring you in the face is the success you seek.
Failure, just as success, is not permanent unless you stop and refuse to continue to work on your dream. It's always too soon to quit... even when you feel you've reached your dream. You don't stop once you reach your goals. You set new ones and keep moving
forward.
JOSEPH MENDOZA
"All of us need to grow continuously in our lives."
- Les Brown
How many people do you know who achieve a bit of success only to come to a screeching halt and begin to rest on their so-called laurels? Hopefully you're not one of those people.
Life is not a destination but rather a journey, a journey that continues as long as we live. Once we reach our goals, personal and financial, it is incumbent on us to reach out and help others understand how to reach their goals. In that way we fulfill our
destiny and open ourselves to making a huge difference in the world. That is what I've just done as I shared these words with you.
Your growing should always be showing!
JOSEPH MENDOZA
"An empty heart is a far greater liability than empty pockets."
- Matthew K. Martin
This is an interesting quote and one with which I certainly agree. The interesting point to be made here is that when one's heart is genuinely filled with love of life... it's unlikely that one's pockets would be empty. As I say those words I can hear some
people mumbling something to the effect of... I love life and I'm flat broke. That's something I've heard countless times before.
Flat broke or any kind of broke is simply a state of mind. Now I hear the grumblers loudly thinking that I should see their bank balance before I suggest such things. The fact is that your bank balance is a reflection of your thoughts just as the metaphoric
empty pockets are a reflection of your thoughts.
When you begin to think differently about anything in your life it will change to match your thoughts about it. Referring to today's quote, if your heart is truly filled with love of life, your thoughts will reflect that and those new thoughts will begin to
fill your pockets and your bank account.
JOSEPH MENDOZA
"An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it."
- Bill Bernbach
Ideas, it is said, are a dime a dozen and the writer of this quotation is right on the money with his words. The talent that rubs against the idea, the talent of the one who owns the idea can make all the difference in the world
in terms of the success or failure of that idea.
On the other side of the proverbial coin, some people can take the worst idea, the one no one thinks is going anywhere, and turn it into something magical. As I tell you this, I'm not entirely convinced that it's clear here what we're calling talent.
Talent doesn't necessarily mean special knowledge or abilities other than the inward belief that allows someone to know that he or she can do what he/she sets out to do.
"When you think you can, you can. When you know you can, you will."
JOSEPH MENDOZA
"Consider your choices well along life's journey because each decision you make adjusts your course and ultimately your destination."
- The Secret Abundance Files
If you've ever made a wrong turn on a motor trip you may be well aware that the seemingly slightest wrong turn can get you very far off course or in some cases completely lost. While maps don't usually lie, the inclination is sometimes to venture of the
charted course for a side trip. In the case of a motor trip, that can be fun and many of us do those things.
In the journey of life, however, a wrong turn can have serious consequences. Sometimes, just as with a motor trip, we actually make a wrong turn. Hopefully we recognize our error and quickly get back on course. If, however, we deliberately leave the road of
our life's journey we can become permanently distracted to the degree that we never get back on course.
We all want the most and best we can have from life but sometimes fail to realize that getting off course can change the entire outcome. Hopefully that will not be something we have to regret someday when we realize our life has been spent and we have little
or nothing to show for it.