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Issue 256 - April 20, 2006

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Ability, Motivation, and Attitude by Chris Widener

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." Lou Holtz

There are three primary aspects of your life that will determine whether or not you are successful in your endeavors. You will not be successful if you have only one or two. You must have all three working together. Consider them like the three legs of a "stool of success."

Ability – the level at which you are able to actually do things. Your skill level. If you have a high level of skill, that's good. And the better you get, the better it will be for you. To the degree that you can perform your actions at higher and higher skill levels, the more and more success you will find in your chosen field.

Motivation – the level at which you are able to find "a reason to act." This is the internal drive that you find that enables you to exercise your abilities. To the degree that you can find a way, or ways, to keep yourself motivated, you will see yourself right in the thick of things, carrying out your actions to the best of your abilities and succeeding accordingly.

Attitude – this is the mental state that you have while carrying out your actions to the best of your ability. It is the way you view the world around you and choose to see it, either positively or negatively. To the degree that you can maintain a positive attitude about yourself, others, and the circumstances you find yourself in, you will see yourself achieving greater and greater things.

"But Chris, can't I get away with just two?"

No.

What if you have high skills and motivation but a rotten attitude? People will stay away and hinder your success. What if you have a good attitude and motivation but poor skills? People will like you, maybe even root for you, but go to someone else with the skills they need. What if you have great skills and attitude but no motivation? Well, you'll be sitting on the couch like a lazy slug while the go-getters are out there making your money and achieving your dreams!

No, it takes all three. So let's ask some questions:

Ability: How highly skilled are you? Is your skill level holding you back? How so? What could you achieve if you just took your skills to the next level beyond where they are right now? How would improving your skills improve the bottom line of your success?

Motivation: How motivated are you? Why do you answer that way? What would your spouse or close friends say? Would they say you are as motivated as you say you are? Why or why not? Why do you have the level of motivation that you have? What could you do to find a higher level of motivation? What would happen if you became super motivated for the next period of your life. What great things would happen?

Attitude: Do you have a good attitude or a poor one? How would you rate yourself? What about when things go wrong? Are you more of an optimist or a pessimist? What would happen if you took your attitude to the next level for the next 60 days? What if you just chose to have an incredible attitude? What would be the ramifications?

"The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts." Booker T. Washington

This is so true. People will judge you on what you accomplish, not what you know or what you talk about. In fact, if you know a lot or talk a lot but do not accomplish anything, people will wonder what happened. So the question is whether or not you will take the actions necessary to deliver on your potential. To do so, you will need to focus in on the three legs of the stool of success: Your ability, your motivation, and your attitude.

Take some time this week to give some serious thought to these three areas. Your success depends on it! And when you have done some reflection – put the conclusions you come to into action!


A Special Note from Chris Widener: Folks, I turned 40 on Tuesday, and so as I hummed "Happy Birthday to Me, I thought, "Why not do a 'Turning 40' Sale?" Actually I thought about it Monday, so I created it a day early -- a week of Birthday celebrating is better than one day, in my humble opinion! ;-) So join me in celebrating my birthday this week and see what my special "Turning 40" Sale is all about, scroll down to #4 below for all the details or go to http://turning40.yoursuccessstore.com or call 877-929-0439.

 

"Give yourself something to work toward--constantly." Mary Kay Ash

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2. Your Achievement Quotes

REPUTATION

"The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are." -- Denis Waitley

"Take a page from the Ritz Carlton Hotels -- when someone asks directions in the hotel, the employee takes them there. This has limitations -- (I would always be asking how to get to Hawaii), but it also has MAJOR IMPACT on the awareness of the customer that they are someplace special." -- Jeffrey Gitomer

"Accuracy builds credibility." -- Jim Rohn

"Live your life in every way to earn and keep the respect of the people you respect." -- Brian Tracy
 

RESOLVE

"People do not lack strength; they lack will." -- Victor Hugo

"There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul." -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"To think we are able is almost to be so; to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself; earnest resolution has often seemed to have about it almost a savor of omnipotence." -- Samuel Smiles

"Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change." -- Brian Tracy

 

RESULTS

"The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply." -- Denis Waitley

"Well done is better than well said." -- Benjamin Franklin

"You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done." -- Charles Yeager

"The content of your thoughts and personal beliefs can be proven by a single indicator – your current results." -- James A. Ray

 

"Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan."  Tom Landry

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"Make every goal clear, specific, measurable, and time bounded."  Brian Tracy

3. Your Achievement Tips -

Don't Be A Slave To Your Body Fat... Rather... Make It Your Willing Servant! by Christopher Guerriero

Would you like to finally be in control of your body fat level? Yes? Then read this article very carefully. The formula is revealed herein.

As one of the most important elements of the human body, water makes up approximately 70 percent of our muscles, and about 75 percent of our brain, playing a vital role in the proper functioning of the body, and making it an essential part of a healthy diet.

Drinking water also forces fat to be used as fuel, making it one of the main keys to success in shedding any extra pounds. And, without adequate water, kidneys are unable to function properly - prompting the liver to pick up the slack. This causes additional problems for dieters because the liver cannot properly metabolize stored fat as energy, resulting in more fat being stored in the body.

Furthermore, water effectively suppresses appetites, aids in proper digestion, and acts as one of the vehicles for circulating nutrients and oxygen through the body, as well as assisting the body in eliminating waste. Water lubricates joints, protects organs, helps maintain a normal body temperature, and is absolutely necessary for exercise, and even day-to-day performance. With this in mind, it's easy to understand why drinking enough water - a minimum of TEN, 8-ounce glasses a day, every day - is perhaps the single most important step in determining diet and fitness success.

However, because the average body loses 8 to 12 cups of water a day, this can be a challenge. Start by trying to drink 10 glasses each day, and work up to one full gallon per day.

Sound tough? Don't get discouraged. With the following suggestions, you'll find drinking enough water is not hard, and will be well worth the initial effort by quickly bringing into your life all the positive changes you're looking for including fat loss, healthier skin/hair and nails, increased energy and alertness, and far more.

Start tomorrow by drinking a glass of water when you wake up. For a nice morning pick me up you might even add a few tablespoons of lemon juice and a small pinch of cayenne pepper to your first glass. Then prepare a large water bottle to take with you on your drive to work or to school. You can even try putting the bottle in the freezer the night before, and filling it with water right before you leave to start your day. This keeps the water cooler longer, and ensures it will be a good drinking temperature during your morning commute.

Drink a glass of water in between every meal, and a glass in the evening, but not to close to bedtime. Take a filled water bottle with you wherever you go. This makes getting the water you need easy, and ensures you will look better (and feel better). At work, keep your water bottle filled and with you at your desk. Reach for it instead of unnecessary, high-sugar, high-fat snacks. Sip on it all day, adding ice cubes and additional water as needed.

Next, change from caffeinated coffee, tea and soda to decaffeinated alternatives. Caffeine depletes your water supply, and can make it difficult for your body to get all the water it needs. For every caffeinated beverage you drink, drink an additional glass of water. This small step can make a big difference.

Keep in mind that exercise, hot weather, low humidity, altitude, a high-fiber diet, and consumption of caffeine and alcoholic beverages all increase your daily water loss. During these times, take extra steps to ensure you offset the increased water loss with increased water consumption.

Keep up the water intake.

Your Friend in Fitness,
Christopher Guerriero

Founder of The National Metabolic and Longevity Research Center Author of the Best Selling book Maximize Your Metabolism


Christopher Guerriero is the founder and CEO of The National Metabolic and Longevity Research Center. Christopher has spent over 15 years studying people who have successfully mastered their metabolism and their ability to look and feel young long into their golden years. He wanted to know what set them apart from the rest-and exactly what they did that made them so successful-while their neighbors failed to obtain comparable results, regardless of how hard they seemed to diet and exercise.

Christopher, and his clients, have been featured in national magazines, on television, and on radio shows across the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. He is also a best-selling author of several books, including the world best-seller "Maximize Your Metabolism", as well as The 2 Day Workout, The Psychology of Weight Loss, The 3 Day pH Cure, 17 Proven Ways To Look 10 Years Younger, Muscle Sculpting Secrets of Today's Top Models... and literally thousands of other articles, reports, and books.

To be part of Christopher Guerriero's 2006 Coaching and Mentoring program, Mentor 911!, go to http://www.Coaching411.com

"Goal-setting illuminates the road to success just as runway lights illuminate the landing field for an incoming aircraft." Nido Qubein

4. Chris Widener Turning 40 Sale!

Chris Widener Turning 40 Sale!

Tuesday was the Big 4 0 for me! So I could not resist (I've waited 40 years to do this), here is my "Turning 40" sale!

So I have 3 incredible offers (good for only 4 days)!

1) Buy 10 books for only $40! You can get 10 Angel Inside or 10 Twelve Pillars or a combo of 5/5 each, for only $40!

These make great gifts, I promise!

2) Receive "The Winning With Influence" 8 CD set for only $40 (normally $129).
Wow, only $40! And only $32 for the downloaded version! (I wish I was still 32!)

3) Receive an additional $40 off the already greatly reduced price when you buy my combo package of:

Winning With Influence 8 CDs (retail $129)
The Extraordinary Leaders Seminar Package 13 CDs/Downloadable Workbook (retail $199)
Ultimate Success Series 12 CDs (retail $199)

Total Value $527
Special $179
Turning 40 Discount - $40 off!
Special Turning 40 Offer Only $139!

To order go to http://turning40.yoursuccessstore.com or call 877-929-0439.

This lasts for only 4 days so hurry!

"A person without a goal is like a ship without a rudder."  Denis Waitley

5. A Special Message From Christopher Guerriero:

Hi, I'm Christopher Guerriero and I would like to invite you to be part of 2006 Coaching and Mentoring program, called Mentor 911!

This is my newest and most powerful body-shaping program, designed to help you finally live life in the body you deserve!

Over just the first few weeks, you'll reshape your body and lose fat from the areas you want to minimize most - like your waist, thighs, buttocks, hips, and upper arms.

I will personally help you identify and target your trouble areas and then build an individual eating and exercise program specific to your goals, and then I'll be here, for a full year, to help you maintain your newly transformed body and to help you reach every body shaping goal you've ever had!

Mentor 911 features:

* Personalized exercise routines that can zap all the stubborn body fat fast

* Rapid results meal plans to get you to your goal weight

* Delicious recipe's that you can use - even if you're on the go

* Weight-loss and age-defying tips personally targeted to your individual body, updated weekly to keep up with your body transformation

* Powerful mental conditioning and motivational strategies to keep you on target and having fun

* Personal 1-on-1 phone calls from me to coach you to success

* And so much more!

You will lose pounds and inches fast, gain confidence, and look and feel great ... I absolutely guarantee it.


If you follow it, you cannot fail.

The secret of being all that you have within you to be, is simply to have a goal, make a simple commitment to yourself that you will reach it this time, then find the right mentor - one who has a proven track record for helping people reach their dreams.

To enroll today go to http://www.Coaching411.com
 

"In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high." Henry David Thoreau

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