The Greatest Mistake

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one."

 

We've talked about it before. The fear of failure can bring on the very thing that you fear...FAILURE! Many times, the more we focus on avoiding making mistakes simply leads to us making MORE mistakes!

Why keep talking about failure? Because it impacts the lives of most - if not all - of us. Some move on past failure while many others get stopped "dead in their tracks" due to this failure and fear of failure.

So, indeed, it IS something that we must discuss and address!

Have you ever been so afraid of something that you just could not move?

I've shared before that I am afraid of heights. You put me in certain situations and I simply freeze. I have to FORCE myself to move when I find myself in those situations. A different situation occured when I was a kid and I had a locust on my leg. I had never seen one before and I didn't know what it was! I froze and started screaming at the top of my voice...I COULD NOT MOVE!

Fear of mistakes and/or failure can literally do the same thing in our lives. It can also be literally debilitating.

Obvioulsy (easier said than done) we must learn to OVERCOME this fear and learn to move forward regardless. It's like I said in one of my podcasts last week: the way we overcome our fears is to FACE our fears.

It won't be quick. It won't be easy. But, if you ever want to move forward and get past your fear of failure then you MUST make that move.

You can do  it. You've proved that you can!

How do I know? Let me give you a few examples.

Now, unless you have some sort of disability that you were born with the fact that you learned to walk proves my point. You don't remember the routine but you failed plenty before you wre successful. You fell often before you learned to walk and way before you learned to run. You did not allow the fact that you "failed" many times keep you from trying. You did not let the fact that you fell down - and sometimes HARD and with PAIN - keep you from trying until you did it again and again.

Want more proof?

Did you ever ride a bicycle? If so, then you have more proof and, this time, you probably remember SOME of the routine that went along with that successful venture. But it was not a success right off! Even if you had training wheels on your bike you likely didn't do it right the first time. For those of us, like myself, that never had trainig wheels on a bike there were many "failed attemtpts" before we enjoyed the freedom of riding that bike. And I can tell you from what I do remember that some of those crashes were, indeed, painful. I know from experience of teaching my own sons how to ride that there was some FEAR involved. Heck, who wants to crash? It really came down to wanting to ride that bike MORE than being afraid of another crash. And, eventually...SUCCESS!

Friend, you can find all kinds of "firsts" in your life that will give you even more proof.

So, there you have it...PROOF that you've overcome this fear of mistakes and failure already in your life. So what's stopping you from doing it now?

YOU ARE.

Rid your life of that fear by taking action TODAY.

And, as you do so, be sure to...


"Make it an AWESOME day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"

Mike


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No Fear of Failure

It's fun to dream, isn't it? Do you ever DARE to dream or have you forgotten how?

 

The magic of the "what if" is limitless! That's what makes it so magical.

 

So, take a few moments (be sure to listen to the podcast...I get pretty excited there!) and let's dream together. Put all "reality" aside....reality has no place in dreams, right?

 

WHAT IF...

 

What if you knew - 100% guarantee - that you COULD NOT FAIL...what would you do?

 

Take the time to answer that. Share that with someone if you'd like but, before you read any further - TAKE A MOMENT TO DREAM AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION!

 

Now, WRITE IT DOWN and hang on to it!

 

You see, too often we focus our attention to the opposite. Not only do we think about "if" we might fail we even go to the extent of thinking and even planning about "when" we fail.

 

Why is it acceptable in our world to think this way and be looked at (or thought of) like a lunatic if we dare dream of what might be possible if it was IMPOSSIBLE for us to fail?

 

Maybe - just maybe - if we focused more on the possibilities of the "dream" rather than on the negative viewpoint, we may find ourselves further along and closer to the "dream" becoming a reality than we ever thought possible before.

 

Then we can go from "WHAT IF" to "WHAT IS".

 

If that doesn't send chills down your neck then, as we say in the South, "your wood's all wet!".

 

Seriously though, if that doesn't excite you and/or inspire you then you need to check your pulse and wake yourself up. I mean that.

 

Get fired up and start living the dream once again!

 

WHAT IF.....?

 

And as you do so, be sure to...

 

"Make it an AWESOME day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"

Mike

 

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Knowledge is Not Enough

You've heard the term "book smart" haven't you?

 

Simply put, it refers to anyone that is really smart and educated. However, that same person doesn't have much "common sense" to go along with all of that knowledge - with what they have learned from books.

 

Many people - maybe even you - have had to put up with people like this at their place of work. You know what I'm talking about, right? Some person that may be younger than you but, for sure, less experienced than you, is put into a position OVER and in charge of you.

 

Frustrating, isn't it?

 

They know a lot but, at the same time, they don't know much of anything when it comes to what is needed in your workplace.

 

The same is true when it comes to continuing to work toward our goals and dreams. However it is that you are working toward that - whatever your "vehicle" is that is getting you there - we must do more than just KNOW what to do. We must do!

 

"I know what to do" does not equate to doing it and getting it done.

 

"I'm willing to do whatever it takes" does not equate to doing it and getting it done, either.

 

The Bible says something similar, "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."

 

You can go back to the podcasts and blogs from last week and find this same theme. ACTION is necessary in any pursuit of improvement in any area of life.

 

Excuses can be made but they do not change this fact.

 

No one can do it for you. It's totally up to you and only YOU can make it happen in your life.

 

Stop talking and start walking.

 

One day at a time and one step at a time but GET STARTED TODAY!

 

And, as you do so, be sure to...

 

 

"Make it an AWESOME day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"

 

Mike

 

 

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Who's On First?

We can make any excuse that we wish to make but the truth is still the truth. The truth is found in the little blue box above.

 

No, I'm not saying that it is possible for you or me to get EVERY possible customer there is out there for us to get. BUT...I am saying that there are many that you and I both are mssing out on because someone else found them first.

 

You can have the absolute BEST product in the world but if you don't have anyone to show it to, tell about it to, share it with, it doesn't really do much for you.

 

I'm not here today to try to share ideas on how to advertise best. That's not my gig. I'm simply here today to encourage you to simply do whatever you need to do to make this work.

 

Stop making excuses. Stop the blame game and simply realize that we CAN control this to a large extent. Right?

 

First and foremost you MUST believe that what you offer is simply the BEST OF THE BEST OF THE BEST!

 

You MUST understand and believe that people out there WANT and NEED what you have to offer!

 

If not, what are you doing? Why are you even here?

 

Yeah, it's that serious and that important to understand and believe.

 

You got it. They want it. Now get out there and get it to them and, at the same time, make you AND them happy about the whole thing!

 

And, as you do so, whatever you do, be sure to...

 

 

"Make it an AWESOME day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"

 

Mike

 

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Action Removes Doubt

If you've never taken the opportunity to do so when I have mentioned this before, I want to tell you that you NEED to go to www.DaniJohnson.com and check out what this lady has to share and offer you and anyone that goes to her site. There is a LOT of free stuff for you there. This lady KNOWS what she is talking about - that's why I share stuff from her so often on the Facebook fan page that you can access here.

 

It's been said many times in many different ways by many different people but what you see said in the graphic above comes from Dani Johnson for this day: "ACTION takes you out of doubt, while doubt takes you OUT OF ACTION!"

 

Doubt - or FEAR - can and will paralyze you, freeze you, to the point of doing nothing. This only creates more doubt and/or fear due to the lack of results. It is a vicious downward spiral that CAN be corrected but it can only be corrected with ACTION!

 

Hey friend, I'm speaking to myself here as well!

 

I did come up with this little phrase a few years back that applies today: "If you want the plan to work you must work the plan!"

 

There was a time in my life a little over twenty years ago when I was out of work and, partly due to this, I slipped into a deep depression. One of the most frustrating things about this was also something that added to the depression. The very thing(s) that I knew I NEEDED to be doing - HAD to be doing, I did not - COULD NOT, do. I KNEW that I needed to get out of bed and go find a job - ANY job...but I just couldn't do it. Now, if you've never been through that I understand that you cannot understand that concept but, if you have been there, then you know exactly what I'm describing.

 

The very thing I needed to do to help (at least to some point) my current state of affairs was not being done which simply added to the frustration, depression and desperation.

 

I promise that I'm not trying to be over-dramatic on this but it really does relate to what we are talking about today.

 

ACTION is a necessity in ANY desire and attempt toward improvement in any area of life. Specifically for this discussion, ACTION is a necessity in any job or opportunity designed to help improve your financial situation.

 

Many are afraid and/or doubtful of their ability to do what is needed and, as a result, add to their own frustration and desperation - and DOUBT - by their very actions (or LACK of actions).

 

To change up a well known commercial phrase: "Just GET UP and DO IT!"

 

You've often heard that the only way to overcome a fear is to face it.

 

ACTION removes doubt AND fear.

 

It's as simple as that but, at the same time, one of the hardest things to DO. But, do it, you MUST!

 

And, as you do so, be sure to...

 

"Make it an AWESOME day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"

 

Mike

 

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