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Issue 337 - November 12, 2007

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"The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. That is why I wish to pay fair price for every value. If I have to pay for it or earn it, that makes something of me. If I get it for free, that makes nothing of me."  Jim Rohn

Today's issue includes:

1. Your Achievement Article - Your Thoughts Brought You Here by Vic Johnson
2. Your Achievement Quotes - Overcoming Fear, Overcoming Obstacles and Getting Started
3. Your Achievement Tips - Fix On Your Vision, Then Plot Your Course by Bob Proctor
4. Five powerful topics and save 80%
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1. Your Achievement Article

Your Thoughts Brought You Here by Vic Johnson (excerpted from Day by Day with James Allen)

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you." - Above Life's Turmoil

This principle was not easy for me to accept and I fought it for a long time. As miserable as my life was at the time I learned this concept, I was certain that there was no way that it was due to the thoughts that I had held. There were too many other reasons why things had gone bad: my ex-spouse, the economy, a client who had wronged me, and on and on and on. Since I wasn't responsible for my "bad luck," then certainly my thoughts had nothing to do with it.

But I was wrong. Like the biblical Job who said, "the thing I feared most has come upon me," I, too, had thought myself to the situation I was in.

Dr. Walter Doyle Staples, writing in Think Like a Winner! says, "I credit one simple concept with getting me started on my journey into self-discovery. After a great deal of study and contemplation, I came to the conclusion that people have in their lives today exactly what they keep telling their mind they want."

Like Dr. Staples, it was a moment of great illumination for me! The logical side of me said, "if you and you alone can think yourself into such a mess, then surely you and you alone can think yourself out of it."

And that I did. It wasn't overnight and it wasn't easy, but it was a sure thing! And by accepting all of the responsibility for where I was, and all of the responsibility for where I was going, I experienced a tremendous joy and freedom. I knew in my knower that if I got myself into the predicament, I could get myself out.

Of course, I had some great inspiration along the way. And I will always remember Les Brown's three steps to take during "hard time:"

1. Have Faith (didn't Paul say, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for...")
2. Remind yourself: "No matter how hard it is or how hard it gets, I'm going to make it!"
3. Have patience and engage in consistent action.

And that's worth thinking about.

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"Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things."  Stephen Covey

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"People can be unreliable and disloyal; possessions can lose their value; jobs that once stimulated you can become boring. But principles remain steady through it all."  Nido Qubein

2. Your Achievement Quotes

OVERCOMING FEAR

"If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble." -- Elbert Hubbard

"The two greatest fear busters are knowledge and action." -- Denis Waitley

"When has what you Feared ever become your reality?" -- Rick Beneteau

"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do." -- Henry Ford

OVERCOMING OBSTACLES

"When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen." -- Arland Gilbert

"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights." -- Maya Angelou

"The door of success swings on the hinges of obstacles." -- Denis Waitley

"Welcome difficulties and obstacles as valuable steps in the ladder to success." -- Brain Tracy

GETTING STARTED

"If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem... break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time." -- Robert Collier

"If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest." -- Publilius Syrus

"If you go as far as you can see, you will then see enough to go even farther." -- John Wooden

"To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first." -- William Shakespeare

"Freedom requires that we learn and put into practice the three R's - Respect, Responsibility and Restraint." Fr. Brian Cavanaugh, TOR

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"Success is the prize for those who stand true to their ideas!" Josh Hinds

3. Your Achievement Tips

Fix On Your Vision, Then Plot Your Course by Bob Proctor

You are your most important critic. There is no opinion so vitally important to your well being as the opinion you have of yourself. As you read this you're talking to yourself right now. "Let's see if I understand what he means by that... How does that compare with my experiences? – I'll make note of that – try that tomorrow – I already knew that…I already do that." I believe this self-talk, this psycholinguistics or language of the mind can be controlled to work for us, especially in the building of self-confidence and creativity. We're all talking to ourselves every moment of our lives, except during certain portions of our sleeping cycle. We're seldom even aware that we're doing it. We all have a running commentary in our heads on events and our reactions to them.

This summer, I had a wedding to attend in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. I had a few days to spare, and my wife and I enjoy each other's company, so I suggested to Linda that we drive instead of flying. She readily agreed and started collecting the maps we'd need for the trip. As we plotted the course, we would be driving from Toronto to Detroit, Detroit to Cincinnati, Cincinnati to Lexington, Lexington to Louisville and then into Gatlinburg.

We were plotting the vision, you see, to get us from Point A to Point B.

When we got in the car to begin the trip, which city was I thinking of? …Detroit. I had to get to Detroit first; if I missed Detroit, there'd be a good chance we wouldn't find our way to the wedding at all.

Detroit was first on my list – that was my GOAL. After Detroit was accomplished, Cincinnati became my goal and so on … all the way to my final destination – Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

I've had people come up and tell me that they've given up on their big dreams because they never seemed to get closer, no matter what they envisioned or tried. The error they're making is that they're looking for their Gatlinburg, Tennessee while they're still sitting in the driveway in Toronto. In many instances, they're writing their Gatlinburg goal on a Goal Card I've given them, or they're writing it in a journal somewhere. This is all well and good, but if you're not also plotting your course to get from where you are to where you want to be … if you're not figuring out the first goal for Detroit, then following that plotline forward in progressive order, you're going to end up in Montreal instead.

You've GOT to plot the course. Figure out what you need to do between here and there and make those your goals. Once you have the course plotted, though, there are three very distinct rules of thumb I want you to remember.

First, just because you've plotted the course doesn't mean you can put your whole plan on auto-pilot. When pilots reach cruising altitude they'll quite often put the plane on auto-pilot and let years of genius physics and calculus computations steer the plane toward its destination. But even with auto-pilot, you've got to manually get the plane in the air and manually land it. And even with auto-pilot, you've got to keep an eye on your instruments and pay attention to possible curve balls Mother Nature might toss your way.

You cannot rely on auto pilot to get you where you want to go. You have to be personally involved and focused on the process.

Second, don't get so carried away with the details of plotting the action steps within your vision that you don't ever get out of your driveway. You know what I'm talking about – you see people around you do it all the time. They get so caught up in planning and charting and graphing their future that they never BEGIN it. This is fear in disguise – that's all it is. Your plan doesn't have to be perfect. Get the foundational elements in place and get moving.

Third, don't be so intent on motoring to Detroit that you miss the scenery along the way. You're on purpose... you're on your way... enjoy the journey, for heaven's sake. After all, that's what you're doing this for, isn't it?

"Vic Johnson is a great friend. His advice has added tens of thousands of dollars to my business over the past year. In fact, one of his ideas added over $100,000 revenue in one month. Pay attention to him and his material, you will be glad you did. Vic is one of the best things that has ever happened to my business."

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"Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." Thomas Paine

4. Five powerful topics and save 80%

Five powerful topics and save 80% (featuring Vic Johnson)!

Topics/Programs include:

1) Napoleon Hill's Original "The Law of Success" in 16 Lessons

2) No Dream Too Big - Learn How to Dream Bigger and Do Bigger Than you Ever Have!

3) How I created a Six-Figure Income Giving Away a Dead Guy's Book - The Inside Secrets of an Internet Infopreneur

4) As A Man Thinketh - How You Can Change the Way You Think Forever!

5) Can You Believe It? How to Use the Power of Belief to Achieve Anything You Want (the size of your success is determined by the size of your BELIEF)!

Receive individually or as a bundle (and save 80% plus free shipping).

To review or order, visit http://sp1.yoursuccessstore.com  or call 877-929-0439.

We have less than 50 sets in stock, so order today!

"The value of anything can be determined by how much of your time and life you are willing to trade for it."  Brian Tracy

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