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Welcome to Your Achievement Ezine
Issue 327 - September 5, 2007
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"I know of no more encouraging fact than the
unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor." Henry David Thoreau
Today's issue includes:
1. Your Achievement Article - Simply Solving the Puzzle by Vic Johnson
2. Your Achievement Quotes - Gratitude, Growth and Habits
3. Your Achievement Tips - Change Begins with Choice by Jim Rohn
4. The Most Quoted Book on Success of All Time...
5. More Information
1. Your Achievement Article
Simply Solving the Puzzle by Vic Johnson (excerpted from Day by Day with James Allen)
"Even if he fails again and again to accomplish his purpose -- as he must until weakness is overcome -- the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph." – As A Man Thinketh
When most young children are given a puzzle to solve or put together that is especially challenging, most will make a good effort at solving it, but if unsuccessful will soon lose interest and abandon it. Some will even become angry at their failure to solve it and may throw a tantrum.
Contrast that with the experienced puzzle player who proceeds to put the puzzle together with an air of certain confidence that they will complete it. They know that they have all of the pieces of the puzzle before them so it is only a matter of finding out which pieces work where and once that's done the puzzle will be complete. Putting a piece in the wrong place is not a cause for concern; it's simply another step toward putting all of the pieces in their proper place.
I think of all the times in my life when I acted like a young child in dealing with the current puzzle in my life. Instead of turning over and trying the next piece, I got angry and walked away from the puzzle, seeing the puzzle as a problem instead of as an opportunity.
Napoleon Hill, author of the classic Think and Grow Rich, knew Thomas Edison and Henry Ford personally. He said of both men that the ONLY thing that was different about them from everyone else was their persistence. Which gives rise to an interesting thought. Where would our civilization be today if either man had treated his puzzles like the impatient young child?
If you don't have all of the pieces of your puzzle on the table, then stop, identify them and get them on the table before proceeding. If, however, you've got them on the table, then take the approach of the experienced puzzle player. When they don't fit -- don't quit -- try another piece or move them to another place. While you're at it, learn another valuable lesson from great puzzle players. They don't just enjoy completing the puzzle; they delight in putting it together.
Napoleon Hill thought Persistence was a pretty important key to success -- he used the word 97 times in Think and Grow Rich and he devoted an entire chapter to it. Some of his wisdom includes, "The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word "persistence," but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel."
And that's worth thinking about.
Vic Johnson
The other day, we received something in the mail from another very good friend of
ours, something we've waited on for several months, and so excited to finally get.
It is the complete Think and Grow Rich book on audio, recorded on CD. Plus an entire seminar also recorded on CD walking you through each and every success principle taken from this amazing book.
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"The trouble with many plans is that
they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal
plan must focus on what you want, not what you have."
Nido Qubein
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"Success is 20% skills and 80%
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2. Your Achievement Quotes
GRATITUDE
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." -- Melody Beattie
"The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for." -- Zig Ziglar
"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light." -- Albert Schweitzer
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
GROWTH
"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." -- Karen Kaiser Clark
"But as I look back at my life, it is easy to see that the times when my wisdom and understanding grew to new levels; those times when I approached becoming the person I long to be; it was always the times that followed negative circumstances." -- Vic Johnson
"It is the Law that any difficulties that can come to you at any time, no matter what they are, must be exactly what you need most at the moment, to enable you to take the next step forward by overcoming them. The only real misfortune, the only real tragedy, comes when we suffer without learning the lesson." -- Emmet Fox
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming." -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
HABITS
"In relation to others, gratitude is good manners; in relation to ourselves, it is a habit of the heart and a spiritual discipline." -- Daphne Rose Kingma
"Habits grow with practice, from cobwebs into cables." -- Denis Waitley
"Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding." -- Harvey Mackay
"The key to success is for you to make a habit throughout your life of doing the things you fear." -- Brian Tracy
"I can give you a six-word formula for
success: Think things through - then follow through." Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker
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"The will to win is important, but the
will to prepare is vital." Joe Paterno
3. Your Achievement Tips
Change Begins with Choice by Jim Roh
Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year.
We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause. As Shakespeare uniquely observed, "The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves." We created our circumstances by our past choices. We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today. Those who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more time to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need the truth. They need the whole truth. And they need nothing but the truth.
We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us down the wrong path. We must keep coming back to those basics that make the biggest difference in how our life works out. And then we must make the very choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily lives.
And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life - If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life - and it all begins with your very own power of choice.
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
Ask anyone who has attended a theatrical production, a concert by Luciano Pavarotti, saw the Beatles in the 60s, went to a Super Bowl or attended the Olympics - the sights, sounds and experiences are all magnified because you are there -- in person. Those are once-in-a-lifetime experiences!
With that in mind, this is a reminder (and may very well be your only chance) to see Jim Rohn 'live' at his Two-Day Weekend!
Why? Because this is the only one we have planned at this time and it is already 80% sold out!
There may just be a few days left to decide to be part of history - YOUR history in the making!
Join us for these historic two days with Jim Rohn as he celebrates his seventh decade of an extraordinary life and his 43rd year of lecturing, and want more details this life-changing event, please go to http://jimrohn.com/2day
"Where will you be in five years?
Develop a plan, and then activate that plan to put yourself where you want
to be in five years. Be sure to update your five-year plan at least annually
in order to stay ahead of the game." Tom Hopkins
4. The Most Quoted Book on Success of All Time...
Just this past week we got back from a GREAT family vacation at the beach.
An incredibly successful business associate and long time friend offered for
my family and me to stay at his private beach house in Florida. We go every
single year to the Destin area, but had never experienced the privacy and
proximity to the beach that this house had.
Toward the end of our stay, my friend came through town and we all had
dinner together. He is very passionate about personal development and in
particular Jim Rohn, but over dinner I found out a new piece to the puzzle
of his success.
He never graduated from college... okay (neither did I), but then we found
out he had never graduated from high school. In fact he was constantly in
trouble and eventually was expelled. But in the process he found a mentor
and was given the book Think and Grow Rich... and the rest is
history. He has built a 100 million dollar company and pretty much does
whatever he wants to do when he wants to do it.
This is a very familiar story. The book Think and Grow Rich, I would
assume, is probably the most quoted book on success of all time, next to the
Bible.
Today I received in the mail something from another very good friend of
mine, something I've waited on for several months, and was so excited to
finally get.
It is the complete Think and Grow Rich book on audio,
recorded on CD. Plus an entire seminar also recorded on CD walking you
through each and every success principle taken from this amazing book.
To learn more, go to
http://yoursuccessstore.com/ThinkandGrowRich
This truly is a treasure.
To Your Success!
Kyle Wilson
President
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"To begin to think with purpose, is to
enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of
the pathways to attainment." James Allen
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