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Comment by Fred G. Slabine on December 31, 2010 at 11:47am

"Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound."

James Allen

Comment by Fred G. Slabine on December 30, 2010 at 11:32am

Emmet Fox, the spiritual teacher, once said, "Your main job in life is to create the mental equivalent within yourself of what you want to realize and enjoy in your outer world." Your focus must be on creating the beliefs within yourself that are consistent with the great success you want to be in your outer world. You achieve this by challenging your self-limiting beliefs, rejecting them, and then acting as if they did not exist.

Comment by Fred G. Slabine on December 29, 2010 at 9:03am

"A vision is a clearly-articulated, results-oriented picture of a future you intend to create. It is a dream with direction."

Jesse Stoner Zemel

Comment by Fred G. Slabine on December 28, 2010 at 10:31am

There are two possible approaches to take when you see someone doing something wrong. One is to speak harshly, telling him what he did is wrong. But this approach does not help the other person understand how they can correct the behavior. This is more like stabbing than healing!

The approach of the wise is to show people how they can correct what they did wrong. The only words that should be said are those conducive to healing.

Today, resolve to internalize and practice this valuable piece of wisdom.

And… think of someone you can share this with, who might gain from hearing it. 

Rabbi Pliskin - "Consulting the Wise"

Comment by Jack Higginbotham on December 28, 2010 at 10:01am

"Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a
rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you."
— Zig Ziglar

Comment by Fred G. Slabine on December 27, 2010 at 11:25am

"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."

Grace Hopper, American Computer Scientist

Comment by Fred G. Slabine on December 25, 2010 at 11:49am

A Special Kind of Courage

By: Brian Tracy

There are several different aspects of courage. Perhaps the most important is the courage to endure, to persist, to "hang in there" in the face of doubt, uncertainty and criticism from others.

Practice Patience in Adversity
This is called "courageous patience," the willingness and the ability to "stay the course" in the face of uncertainty, doubt and often criticism from many quarters.

Stay the Course
In my experience, there is a critical time period between the launching of a new venture and the results that come from that venture. During this hiatus, this waiting period, many people lose their nerve. They cannot stand the suspense of not knowing, of possible failure. They break and run in battle, they quake and quit in business.

The True Leader
But the true leader is the person who can stand firm, who refuses to consider the possibility of failure. The turning points of many key moments in human history have been the resolution, or lack thereof, of one person. Courageous patience is the acid test of leadership.

To encourage others, to instill confidence in them, to help them to perform at their best requires first of all that you lead by example.

Allow Honest Mistakes
The second thing you can do to help alleviate the fears of failure and rejection in others is to encourage them to take calculated risks and allow honest mistakes.

Build People Up
Give the people who look up to you regular praise and approval. Celebrate good tries as well as success, large and small. Create a psychological climate where people feel safe from censure, blame or criticism of any kind. Then do things that make people feel terrific about themselves.

Become Unstoppable
Courage comes from acting courageously on a day-to-day basis. Your personal development goal should be to practice the behaviors of a totally fearless person until you become, in your own mind, unstoppable.

Action Exercises
Here are two ways for you to develop courageous patience.

First, prepare yourself in advance for the inevitable disappointments and setbacks you will experience on the way to your goal. Don't be surprised when they occur.

Second, resolve in advance that you will bounce rather than break and continually encourage others to think and act the same way.

Comment by Fred G. Slabine on December 21, 2010 at 9:51am

"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed." 

 

 Booker T. Washington, Educator

Comment by Fred G. Slabine on December 20, 2010 at 10:15am

"One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. "

 

Michael J. Fox, Actor

Comment by Fred G. Slabine on December 20, 2010 at 10:12am

Don't Take Disagreements Personally

When someone disagrees with your ideas, realize that he's not attacking you personally. This perspective will help you be more open to listen to someone who disagrees with your position.

As an experiment, go an entire week without reacting defensively (unless it is necessary to do so to protect yourself from loss or harm).

 

Rabbi Pliskin's "Gateway to Self Knowledge,"

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