Today's Thought..
JOSEPH MENDOZA
"Enthusiasm for 30 minutes is okay, for 30 hours is better, but for 30 days... now you're starting to get serious."
- The Secret Abundance Files
Isn't it interesting how enthusiasm seems to come in with a bang and go out with a whimper? You get a new idea that excites you or you read a new book on how to change your life forever and you actually feel the excitement. The problem
in most cases, however, seem to be that the idea could take some work to come to fruition and the excitement of the
be all you can be book fades quickly from your memory. For all too many people 30 minutes of enthusiasm is difficult to maintain much less 30 hours... and 30 days... enthusiasm seldom reaches the 30 day mark.
With all the money people spend on learning the how to and often what to do, they get together with friends, share their great idea with great enthusiasm only to be shot down in mid-air. To maintain enthusiasm we must work at it. If we are
to be successful in life we need to spend more time with those who are already in life where we want to be. Successful people know what it takes to get to that place called success and they are usually willing to not only share what they know with you but
to be there to support you in your journey.
To be successful it's necessary to live in the dream. Spend all your time in the state of enthusiasm with other enthusiastic people.
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JOSEPH MENDOZA
"Fan the flames of your discontent until they become a conflagration of success."
- J.Sewell Perkins
Fan the flames of your discontent? I sometimes have a flare for the dramatic, don't I? The point is that there is a point to be made here. The point is that all too often I speak with clients that are fed up with life and they, for whatever reasons, gently
fan those flames of discontent just enough to keep that fire burning... just enough to burn their dreams to the point that they go up in smoke and ashes.
Don't be one of those people. Use the discontent you have with your current life to create a bonfire of success. Stop the smoldering thoughts of what you don't have and why you don't have it and get busy doing something about it.
Frequently people come to me as new clients telling me what a lousy business they are in. They share all the problems they've experienced in the business telling me they love what they are doing but just can't make any money at it. I take a long, hard look
at the business for them and immediately realize that it's a great business and many are making incredible money in that same business.
Sometimes it isn't that your vehicle doesn't work... maybe you just need to refuel yourself and your thinking and begin fanning the flames of your discontent until they become a conflagration of success.
JOSEPH MENDOZA
"Life is like a grindstone, whether it grinds us down or polishes us up, however, depends on us."
- L. Thomas Holdcroft
JOSEPH MENDOZA
"Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear."
- Unknown
Everything in life exists only because we can contrast it against its equal opposite. Without big, there can be no small; without up, there can be no down; without in there can be no out...
you've got the picture, right?
A fellow by the name of Albert Einstein came up with this theory way back then and it he called it "relativity." While his theory is far more extensive than anything you're going to read here, the concept is the same.
So, what's the point here? The point is to call attention to the fact that when you are down, you are closer to up than you have ever been before. You need to experience down in order to recognize up.
Everything exists in the shadow of it's opposite, an encouraging fact because when you get it, I mean really get it, you will be able to cease wallowing in your misery. Take time to realize that you can have your rainbows only when you learn to appreciate both
the sun and the rain as they show up in your life from time to time.
JOSEPH MENDOZA
"Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still."
- Lou Erickson
How very true! When you stop to think about it... I mean really think about it, as you are reading this, life is ticking away second by second. I guess the question is whether you will take
heed of these words and begin to make every second matter or will you go back to same ole, same ole?
Do you realize that today is the future in which five or more years ago you were planning to be doing great things? When would now be a good time to stop planning and then setting the plan aside for some future time? The future is now!
JOSEPH MENDOZA
"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."
- Zig Ziglar
While this is an interesting perspective on both motivation and bathing, the fact remains that just as we must bathe regularly to keep ourselves clean, we must also regularly
bathe our minds in thoughts, words and actions that will support our goals.
You can't build a successful life or business if you spend your time hanging out with people who are going nowhere fast. Many people, who could ultimately have and be all they've ever hoped for, stop short of their goal due to lack of support.