YOU CAN SEE YOUR FUTURE WITH A VISION

Study your present situation thoroughly. Go over in your imagination the various courses of actions possible to you. Visualize the consequences which can follow from each course. Pick out the course that gives you the most promise, and go ahead. Many successful people use this skill of mental visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen. Picture yourself in your mind's eye as already having achieved your goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing after you've reached your goal. You can put your subconscious to work towards making your mental pictures come true. Go over your day in your imagination before you begin it. You can begin acting successfully at any moment. See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as already in your possession. You can see your future with a vision. And live your dreams.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

SUCCESSFUL ACTION IS CUMULATIVE IN RESULTS

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. You'll always hit what you aim for in the long run. So why not aim high? Have the courage to follow your dreams. It's the first step towards attaining your destiny. If you can dream it, you can do it. If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make it come true? In order to succeed beyond your wildest expectations, you need some wild expectations.

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EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE FOR SUCCESS

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. You'll always hit what you aim for in the long run. So why not aim high? Have the courage to follow your dreams. It's the first step towards attaining your destiny. If you can dream it, you can do it. If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make it come true? In order to succeed beyond your wildest expectations, you need some wild expectations.

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MAKING A CHOICE IS YOUR GREATEST POWER

At any time you can decide to alter the course of your life. No one can ever take that away from you. You can do what you want to do and be who you want to be. Nature is constantly at work around you. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives you love and hate, jealousy and reverence. You have the power to choose which impulse you follow. While your character is formed by your circumstances, your desires can shape those circumstances. The one thing over which you have absolute control are your own thoughts. It is this that puts you in a position to control your own destiny. Your greatest power is the power to choose.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

WORK IS REWARD NOT PUNISHMENT

Your success in any occupation depends on your enjoyment. Loving your work makes the difference.  If you enjoy what you do, you'll be successful. If you don't enjoy what you do, you won't be successful. Your chances for success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you derive from what you do. If you have a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out.  You'll never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing. Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind, enjoyment, and happiness which comes only when you find the work that you like best. You don't pay the price for success.  You enjoy the price for success. Work is love made visible.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

LIVE AND ACT IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE

The place to begin to improve the world is in your own heart, head and hands. To get along with others, love them without forcing your love upon them. Imposing your beliefs on people will not bring you peace. Have concern for others, respect their rights and freedoms, and let them be themselves.  Do this and you will enjoy peace. Having consideration for others is the basis of a good life.  Most people are not against you, they are merely for themselves.  Let differing ideas clash, but not those of the heart. Peace comes to you when you live and act in a spirit of love.   Happy Holidays.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

DO ALL THINGS WITH LOVE

Love is the most important ingredient of life. Your life echoes emptiness without it. With it, your life vibrates meaning and warmth. Love will shine through even in hardship. You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments that stand out, the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.   If you have it, you don't need to have anything else.  And if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have.   Treasure the love you receive above everything else.  It will survive long after your wealth and good health have vanished. The way is not in the sky.  The way is in the heart.   Life in abundance comes only through great love.   Happy Holidays

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

YOU ONLY GET TO KEEP WHAT YOU GIVE AWAY

It's a universal law:  You have to give before you get.   You must plant your seeds before you reap the harvest. The more you sow, the more you will reap.  In giving to others, you will find yourself blessed.   The law works to give you back more then you have sown.  Those that obtain have little.  Those who scatter have much.  The giver's harvest is always full.  Nature does not give to those who will not spend.   This is the time of year to show appreciation to those you love.   Happy Holidays

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

YOU CAN RISE ABOVE REALITY

Courage is the power to face your difficulties. It comes from the reserves of your mind that are more powerful then any of your outside circumstances.   When you recognize that you are bigger than your problems, you gain the courage necessary to overcome anything.   Your obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.  Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined. It gives you the ability to rise above reality.   You are more important than any of your problems.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

THE GLASS IS ALWAYS HALF FULL

There is a good side to every situation. View your problems as opportunities. You cannot have the success without the failures. Any experience can be transformed into something of value. Everything depends on the way you look at things. What are stumbling blocks and defeat before you can be stepping stones to victory if you remain determined. In all of your adversities lies the seeds of equivalent advantages. In every defeat there is a lesson showing you how to win the next time. When it's dark enough  you can see the stars.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

PEOPLE WITH GOALS SUCCEED

Without goals there is no is no achievement. A set definitive objective must be established if you are to accomplish anything in a big way. The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this.   Decide what you want.  The world will turn aside and let you pass if you know where you are going. Goals give you a starting place and a destination. Determine what you want.  Decide on your major objections, targets, and destination. You can plant your own dream, with a goal.

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YOUR CHOICES ARE UNLIMITED

You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose. You steer the course you choose in the direction of where you want to be today, tomorrow, or in a distant time to come. You hold the tiller. You can decide to alter the course of your life at any time.  No one can ever take that away from you. You can decide what you want and go after it. It's always your next move.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

IT'S YOUR FRIENDS THAT MAKE YOUR WORLD

Your own positive energy will compel things to turn out the way you desire when you're surrounded by positive people. Choose your environment with care. Your environment is your mental feeding ground. It's where all the food that goes into your mind comes from. Choose your environment with care, one that is positive, one that lifts you up and gives you wings to soar.  Create favorable conditions through your association with others. Avoid people who belittle your ambition.  Small people always do that, but the really great people, make you feel that you, too, can become great. We shape our buildings, and then they shape us.|

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

EVERY FAILURE IS A STEP CLOSER TO SUCCESS

People who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. Experiencing failure is inevitable on your journey to be successful.  Each defeat is merely an installment to victory. You'll find that the number of times you succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times you fail and keep trying.  You won't be judged by the number of times you fail, but by the number of times you succeed. Failure is nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better. You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

THE COURAGE TO BEGIN

The courage to begin separates dreamers from achievers. Your difficulty and the difficulty of everyone who ever desires to achieve anything worthwhile comes in the movement. Don't always be intending to live a new life but never find a time to begin living it. Most people fail because they never get started.  They don't go they don't overcome inertia, they don't begin. Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have. As you proceed in this spirit, the way will open for you to do more.  The worst you can do is not to try.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

LEADERSHIP IS ACTION NOT POSITION

All successful people became successful,  because they gave some talent or ability in the service of others. You can contribute in some way to others, no matter how small your talent. You too, can become successful. No one achieves success without being of service. Successful people don't use others, other people use the successful, for above all success is of service. Everyone has to be someone to someone to be anyone. Service is the essence of success.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

Setting Goals

Zig Ziglar on Setting Goals:

There are many different books, audios, websites, etc. that teach goal setting, and they all pretty much say the same thing.

1. Write it down.
2. Put a date on it.
3. List the obstacles to overcome.
4. Identify the people, groups and organizations you need to work with.
5. Spell out a Plan of Action
6. Set a time limit
7. Identify the benefits to you (What's in it for me?)

Follow these 7 steps and take ACTION, and your goal becomes a reality.

Add in 3 things to lock it in:

1. List 20 reasons why you want to accomplish your goal.
2. Ask yourself, "Is this decision bringing me closer or further away from my goal?"
3. Surround yourself with reminders ie: pictures, post it notes, vision board, etc.

Here's to an AWESOME 2011!!!

THE FIRE OF LIFE IS DESIRE

If you want something badly enough, you're sure to get it. Your desires will in time externalize themselves into concrete fact. Obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there. But if you want to do something bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done. Your reality forms around your commitment to succeed. If you're willing to pay the price, your circumstances will change. You only have to love a thing greatly to get it.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR SUCCESS

There is no shortage of opportunity. Everyday you're presented with countless opportunities to be, or do whatever you desire. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. Don't miss out on an opportunity because you're not prepared. Your preparation is absolutely essential. To achieve success, you must have self discipline. You must increase your knowledge and develop your skills. You're always at the right place at the right time when you're prepared.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

Shape Your Year 2011

This was an awesome email from one of my mentors Jerry Cipolla 2 yrs ago.  It still applies each year.

As we enter into 2011, here are some practical things worth doing (if you don't already) that may shape the outcome of your year:

1.Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate antidepressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.

3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.

4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement: My purpose is to ________ today.'

5. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

6. Play more games and read more books than you did last year.

7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.

8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.

9. Dream more while you are awake.

10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

11. Drink green tea and plenty of water.. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.

12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.

14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

17. Smile and laugh more.

18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'

26. Forgive everyone for everything.

27. What other people think of you is none of your business.

28. GOD heals almost everything.

29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change

30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

33. The best is yet to come.

34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

35. Do the right thing!

36. Call your family often. (Or email them to death!!!) Hey I'm thinking of ya!

37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _________.

38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass.  You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

40. Please Forward this to everyone you care about.

May your troubles be less, May your blessings be more, May nothing but happiness come through your door!

YOU GAIN STRENGTH OVER COMING OBSTACLES

Sooner or later you'll encounter a crisis in your life, and how you meet it will determine your future happiness and success. Since the beginning of time, everyone has been called upon to meet such a crisis.  Close scrutiny will show you that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance or stay where you are. Indeed, most changes in your life will be due to either "inspiration" or "desperation."  Personal growth is the process of responding positively to change. Whatever comes your way, give it meaning and transform it into something of value. A precious stone cannot be polished without friction, nor humanity perfected without trials.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

YOUR HABITS WILL PUSH YOU TO SUCCESS

First you make your habits, and then your habits make you.   Break those habits that can break you. Adopt those practices that will become the new habits that will help you achieve the success you desire.   Your habits are a form of exercise. The harder you work at something, the harder it is to quit. The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change.   Your habits are either the best of servants or the worst of masters. You are what you repeatedly do.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

YOU CAN DO SOMETHING

Your life will always be to a large extent what you make of it. The mold to your success and fortune are in your hands. You cannot do everything, but you can do something. You choose your thoughts and actions. Only you can find success. Nobody can do it for you. Nobody will do it for you. You have to make it happen.   If you take responsibility for your actions,you can live your dreams.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

THE HIGHEST OF DISTINCTIONS IS SERVICE TO OTHERS

The truly successful person doesn't use others, other people use them.

If you can contribute to others, no matter how small your talent, you too can become successful. The measure of anyone is the number of people that they serve.

Service to others is the essence of success.
No one achieves success without being of service.
All great men and women became successful because they gave some talent or ability in the service of others.

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

© 2009 YourDailyMotivation.com

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE FOLLOW THEIR PLAN

You need a plan to find success. Wanting success isn't sufficient enough to get it. You've got to ask yourself, "What are you going to do to get the things you want." Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.  You cannot fail with a definite step by step plan, because each step you take will carry you along to the next step, like a track.  All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.  You can not get lost on a straight road.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

YOU ARE YOUR ENVIRONMENT

YOU ARE YOUR ENVIRONMENT Always be mindful that you're a product of your environment. So choose an environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of your environment. Are the things around you helping you toward your success, or are they holding you back? The first step toward getting somewhere is to decide that you're not going to stay where you are. You're not a captive of your environment. If you don't like where you are, you can make some changes. You're not planted permanently in the ground like a tree. Don't say, "You would, if you could," start saying, "You will, because you can." When you become a part of anything it becomes a part of you.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

YOUR ASPIRATIONS ARE YOUR POSSIBILITIES

YOUR ASPIRATIONS ARE YOUR POSSIBILITIES The first ingredient of your success is to dream a great dream. You must dream big and think big to be big. High expectation always precedes high achievement. You're as small as your controlling desires, or as great as your dominant aspirations.  Once your mind stretches to a new idea it will never go back to its original dimensions. If you dream of little goals you can expect little achievement. Dream of big goals and you'll win big success.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

PEOPLE WITH GOALS SUCCEED

PEOPLE WITH GOALS SUCCEED Without goals there is no is no achievement. A set definitive objective must be established if you are to accomplish anything in a big way. The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this.   Decide what you want.  The world will turn aside and let you pass if you know where you are going. Goals give you a starting place and a destination. Determine what you want.  Decide on your major objections, targets, and destination. You can plant your own dream, with a goal.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

MOUNTAINS ARE CLIMBED ONE STEP AT A TIME

MOUNTAINS ARE CLIMBED ONE STEP AT A TIME Everyone who got where they are had to begin where they were. Your opportunity for success is right in front of you. To attain success or to reach your goal, don't worry about having all the answers in advance. You just need to have a clear idea of your goal and move toward it. Don't procrastinate when faced with a difficult problem. Break your problems into parts and handle one part at a time. Develop a tendency toward action. You can make something happen today. Break your big plan for success into small steps and take the first step right away. Success starts with a first step.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

DON'T BELIEVE IN MIRACLES, DEPEND ON THEM

DON'T BELIEVE IN MIRACLES, DEPEND ON THEM

You don't need an explanation for everything.

Recognize that there are such things as miracles, events for which there are no explanations. Later, knowledge may explain those events away.

The fact that you plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return are common miracles.

Your duty to yourself is to believe that for which you have sufficient evidence, and to suspend your judgement when you have not.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Some things have to be believed to be seen. Vision is the art of seeing invisible things.

 

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

SUCCESS IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK

SUCCESS IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK

Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity. But you have to act on them if you're going to be successful.

Distant pastures always look greener than those close at hand, but real opportunities are right where you are.

You must simply take advantage of them when they appear. You can start where you are at any time.

Success is all around you. It's not in your environment,

it's not in luck or chance, or in the help of others.

Success is in yourself alone.

You don't need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity. What you need is to use what you have.

Learn to seize good fortune, for it is always around you.

You must go to success, it doesn't come to you. 

Open your own doors to opportunity.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

YOU WILL FIND TRUE JOY USING YOUR POTENTIAL

YOU WILL FIND TRUE JOY USING YOUR POTENTIAL Your greatest success and happiness in life will be found when you use your natural abilities to their fullest extent.  Happiness is not having or being.  It's in the doing. The essence of true wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is activity, laughter, and love. You were created to conquer your environment, to solve problems, and to achieve goals. You'll find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve. Yes, there is true happiness.  It's found in doing a job well done, in achieving a worthy goal, in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem. Your personal growth itself contains the seed of happiness.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com