Learn to express rather than impress. Expressing evokes a "me too" attitude while impressing evokes a "so what" attitude. E. James Rohn
It's Not What You Are That Holds You Back...
A while back I spoke to a group in Houston and I showed them pictures of some very famous people.
They included Thomas Edison, Cher, Walt Disney, Richard Branson, Jay Leno, Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Turner and my hero Winston Churchill.
Then I asked the audience what they all had in common.
Can you guess?
There were quite a few answers from the audience and they were all wrong. It was only after I pulled out $100 and offered it as a prize that a person in the back overcame his fear of being wrong and volunteered the correct answer....
....they were all dyslexic!
I pointed out that the role that made each of them famous also required a lot of reading. Do you know how hard it is for a dyslexic person to read? But not a single one of those great people that I cited let dyslexia keep them from being all they were created to be.
That's why one of my most favorite quotes is, "It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you're not."
I use that quote by Denis Waitley virtually every time I speak to an audience. Because it really speaks to the problem I think most people have in struggling for success --- they believe they're lacking something that, if they possessed it, would make them successful. When the truth is, they already possess everything they need to be successful, they just need to learn how to use it to their advantage.
from Vic and Lisa Johnson
For My Daily Insights
What is holding you back?
What is it that you want to accomplish?
What do you need to do in order to achieve it?
Winners are those who persist and develop habits of success.
To your success
Fran Watson
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The Law of Attraction - What you give out you get back
A young boy and his father were walking in the mountains when suddenly the young boy slipped and fell. As he called out, he heard another voice calling back. In amazement, he looked at his father and asked, "What was that?"
His father smiled and said, watch and listen: He called out, "I admire you" the voice answered back, "I admire you.". Again he called, "You are a champion." and again the voice answered, "You are a champion."
As the boy looked at his father, still puzzled, the father explained; "People call this an echo, but really this is life. It gives you back everything you say and do. Our lives are a reflection of our actions. If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want competency in your team, improve your own competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of your life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it."
- author unknown
Give from your heart and you will receive in kind
Fran Watson
His father smiled and said, watch and listen: He called out, "I admire you" the voice answered back, "I admire you.". Again he called, "You are a champion." and again the voice answered, "You are a champion."
As the boy looked at his father, still puzzled, the father explained; "People call this an echo, but really this is life. It gives you back everything you say and do. Our lives are a reflection of our actions. If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want competency in your team, improve your own competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of your life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it."
- author unknown
Give from your heart and you will receive in kind
Fran Watson
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Our Beliefs About Ourselves
Our beliefs about ourselves
One of the greatest lessons in life I believe you can learn is the benefit of taking full and complete responsibility in your life for each and every part of your life, good, bad or indifferent.
Not from the point of view of assigning blaming, guilt or shame. Simply from the point of understanding, gaining insight and clarity of what you’ve done, why you’ve chosen to do it, what the payoff is. From there it allows us to be in a position to make better and more empowering choices next time to better support your life.
Our life is a reflection of our thoughts.
If you were to evaluate your life would you feel as though you are living into your greatest purpose or passion?
If the answer is no or you’re not sure here are some questions to ask yourself ;
1. Who am I?
2. What do I do?
3. Why do I do what I do?
4. What will my biggest legacy be?
5. What do I believe about myself to be true?
6. Does what I currently believe about myself support my ideal self?
7. What are the payoffs for the negative beliefs I have about myself?
8. Can I identify my negative beliefs about myself?
9. What am I willing to believe about myself that would best support my life?
10. What belief do I currently hold about myself that is getting in the way of what I am deserve?
11. What action steps can I take to accept and fully love myself for who I am now?
It’s only when we take the time to intentionally question who we are, what beliefs we hold about ourselves and how we’re showing up in life do we start the process of taking full and complete responsibility for ourselves and our lives.
Taking responsibility for our lives includes understanding why we’ve made the choices we’ve made, understanding that our limiting beliefs drive most of our behaviours.
We attract to our life what we’re putting out in terms of our energies and also our beliefs about ourselves and about other people, situations and circumstances.
So with that knowledge in hand it allows us to make some better and more empowering choices and decisions.
Once you identify what your negative beliefs are then you are in a position to change those beliefs to more positive ones that can be done through writing positive affirmations. Turning the negative belief or statement about yourself into a more positive one.
As you continue to practice believing more positive things about yourself they eventually become a habit. They become a part of your natural make up and your daily practice to fully know that you are an amazing person complete and whole in your essence of simply being.
With kindest of intentions
Nancy Battye
http://nancybattye.com/2011/06/
*****
I hope you enjoyed this
Fran
One of the greatest lessons in life I believe you can learn is the benefit of taking full and complete responsibility in your life for each and every part of your life, good, bad or indifferent.
Not from the point of view of assigning blaming, guilt or shame. Simply from the point of understanding, gaining insight and clarity of what you’ve done, why you’ve chosen to do it, what the payoff is. From there it allows us to be in a position to make better and more empowering choices next time to better support your life.
Our life is a reflection of our thoughts.
If you were to evaluate your life would you feel as though you are living into your greatest purpose or passion?
If the answer is no or you’re not sure here are some questions to ask yourself ;
1. Who am I?
2. What do I do?
3. Why do I do what I do?
4. What will my biggest legacy be?
5. What do I believe about myself to be true?
6. Does what I currently believe about myself support my ideal self?
7. What are the payoffs for the negative beliefs I have about myself?
8. Can I identify my negative beliefs about myself?
9. What am I willing to believe about myself that would best support my life?
10. What belief do I currently hold about myself that is getting in the way of what I am deserve?
11. What action steps can I take to accept and fully love myself for who I am now?
It’s only when we take the time to intentionally question who we are, what beliefs we hold about ourselves and how we’re showing up in life do we start the process of taking full and complete responsibility for ourselves and our lives.
Taking responsibility for our lives includes understanding why we’ve made the choices we’ve made, understanding that our limiting beliefs drive most of our behaviours.
We attract to our life what we’re putting out in terms of our energies and also our beliefs about ourselves and about other people, situations and circumstances.
So with that knowledge in hand it allows us to make some better and more empowering choices and decisions.
Once you identify what your negative beliefs are then you are in a position to change those beliefs to more positive ones that can be done through writing positive affirmations. Turning the negative belief or statement about yourself into a more positive one.
As you continue to practice believing more positive things about yourself they eventually become a habit. They become a part of your natural make up and your daily practice to fully know that you are an amazing person complete and whole in your essence of simply being.
With kindest of intentions
Nancy Battye
http://nancybattye.com/2011/06/
*****
I hope you enjoyed this
Fran
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