Good Habits

Good habits are hard to come by. They take WORK – a four letter word that many people fear (another four letter word).

If you want success, you must develop good habits. This takes discipline. It is easy to slide into bad habits – sleeping in just a little bit longer, putting off a task until the end of this tv show, eating just one more helping of dessert. It takes discipline to get up when the alarm goes off, to get started on your daily tasks, to tackle the difficult chores before the easy ones – but it is worth it in the long run.

Do you know someone who is very busy but always seems to be able to get things done? Ask them how they do it. They probably have excellent time management skills and you may be able to learn from them.

Do you know someone who is highly successful in their business? Observe them, see what they do, how they treat people. Talk to them, ask them their secret to success. They will probably tell you about some good habits they developed.

In order to develop good habits it is necessary to have a goal, something you can focus on to give you a reason to achieve. For instance, if you want to lose weight, you may put up a picture on the fridge of what you want to look like, so that when you are tempted by that dessert, you can say no. When you think about eating lasagne instead of stir fry, you can say no. You begin to develop healthy eating habits and the habit of exercise in order to have a healthy body. In the beginning you have to work hard to stick to the habits, but eventually they become part of your daily life and you do them without thinking. Think about it – do you think about your morning routine – get up, brush teeth, go to the bathroom, shower, get dressed – or is it a habit?

It takes approximately 3-4 weeks to make or break a habit. This means that you do the task repeatedly every day for that entire time so that your brain develops the necessary pattern.

So, do you want to be successful in life? Develop good habits. It’s worth it.

To your success

Fran Watson
www.franwatson.ca

P.S. If you want some help in developing your successful habits, click here

USP

U S P - Unique Selling Position???

U.S.P. - Using Simple Processes???

U.S.P.- Understanding Success Principles???

no....

U.S.P. = Ultimate Success Program

This past week I signed up for Mark Hendricks Ultimate Success Program. I will be working through the lessons one week at a time.  Lesson One is all about recognizing all the ways we have been successful in the past and how we can use these successes to build our future.

Why don't you join me?  Just click here to find out more.

To Building A New And Better Universe (BANABU)

Fran Watson

Overcoming fear

Most of us are filled with fear of one kind or another: fear of change, fear of success, or fear of failure. We fear making mistakes, being alone, ending relationships or starting new ones. Many individuals fear aging, rejection, abandonment, and unemployment. Fear can keep us stuck in our lives! It can keep us from ending unhealthy relationships or from leaving a work situation that is no longer satisfying. In fact, it can keep us from reaching our goals and realizing our dreams! When we are helped to move beyond our fears, we can lead lives that are both challenging and fulfilling.

It is normal for all of us to feel fear in new situations, especially when we are venturing into unknown territory. Therefore the question is, if we all feel fear when entering into the unknown, why is it that some people are able to move forward in their lives, in spite of their fear, while other individuals become paralyzed? The real issue then, is not the fear itself, but how we hold our fear. If we hold our fear from a place of power or choice, we can take action, in spite of our fear. If we hold our fear from a place of pain or powerlessness, we become stuck or paralyzed.

Susan Jeffers, in her book Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway, divides fears into two categories: 1) Fear of things that can happen to us, and 2) Fear around taking action. She states that at the bottom of all our fears is the basic fear, “I can’t handle it”. If I lose my job, I wont be able to handle it. If my boyfriend leaves me, I won’t be able to handle it. If I go back to school, what if I can’t handle it? What if we believed that whatever happened to us, or whatever we did, we would be able to handle it? What would there be left to fear?

Mike Kemski (BANABU originator) states that fear is a starting point. It helps you to identify what it is you need to overcome and then you can go ahead and work on changing your fear into your focus.

Therapy can help individuals to face their fears and come out on the other side of them. It can help empower clients by teaching them to stop playing the “when / then” games. “When I stop being afraid, then I’ll do it.” Or, “When I feel better about myself, then I‘ll do it”. In fact, it is only in going out and actually doing what we are afraid of, that we overcome our fear, and as a result, feel better about ourselves in the process! Psychotherapy can provide the encouragement and support that individuals need to overcome their fears and to transform their lives.

What are you afraid of? Failure, success? Many times we fear to do things because we are afraid we will succeed and then our lives will change and then what will happen? Will we lose some of our friends? Will we move on and leave them behind? What will we have to do? Will we have to continue to make more and more changes? The answer is yes. This can indeed happen if you move past where your friends are and they don't want to change. But don't let this fear hold you back. Take control of your life and go where you need to go.

To overcoming your fears!!

Fran Watson

BANABU

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Successful People

Passion provides potential

How Wanting Something with Your Whole Being Makes it a Reality


Written by Daniel Wood on October 31, 2010 - 9 Comments


Desire is the bread and butter of success. If you don’t desire your goals enough, you won’t be able to muster the motivation to go after them, the courage to put yourself out there and you will not be able to tap into the enormous potential your desperation will let you access.

Everyone has dreams and goals in their lives. But most don’t believe that it is possible possible or don’t want them enough to care. To succeed you need to harness you dreams into an obsession, a burning desire that allows you to push yourself further then you every could without.

The Most Successful People in the World

If you look at the successful people in our community the only thing they have in common is that they wanted something and they went and got it.

We have people with lots of education, no education, rich backgrounds, poor families, different ethnic backgrounds, some who were popular growing up, others who were outsiders.

The only thing all these people have in common is their desire, they all have a burning desire to succeed.

Chris Gardner

If you have seen the movie “The Pursuit of Happiness” about Chris Gardner’s life you will have seen how a dream can change a life.

He was a black man from a small town with very little education. One day he makes the decision to change his life. He is going to be a stock broker and he stakes his entire future on that goal.

He tells his son “If you want something, go get it. Period.”
**Side note from Fran...I saw the movie.  It was very powerful!  The Pursuit of Happyness indeed.  We make our own happiness with our choices.**

That is the same philosophy we all have to adopt if we are to succeed.

No one is going to make it easy

We have all hit hard times, it is the will to succeed that can turn it around and make your dreams reality.

When I was new in sales I had become one of the top salesmen at my company.

I worked hard every day and dreamed about getting a managerial position.

After 18 months of toil a spot opened up. I considered myself an obvious choice for the role so I applied, and get the answer, “You are too valuable a salesman, we cannot lose your sales figures. Sorry.”

This put me down and it took a long time for me to get my motivation back. At last I realized that it was up to me if I was going to get a managerial position.

I started working hard again. Harder then ever before. I started asking for more responsibility, for opportunities to lead and prove that I could handle the role.

Within 5 months the company created a new managerial position for me. The only reason I got the position was because I wanted it so badly.

Conclusion

Anything you want and anything you dream about can be yours, if you want it. All it takes is a desire so strong that it almost becomes an obsession combined with a focused effort on that goal until it becomes a reality.

Sooner or later your goal will become truth and you will have what you have dreamed about.



This was a guest post by Daniel M. Wood, posted at pickthebrain.com (great site - lots of wonderful information).   If you like his articles head over to http://lookingtobusiness.com and take a look. He writes about sales technique, motivation and success.

To your success!!!

Fran

Pathways to Success

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller

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I hope you enjoy this ezine as much as I do.

All the best

Fran

Saving Your Dream

Thirty Minutes That Will Save Your Dream
by Suzanne Falter-Barns
www.getknownnow.com

If you've got a dream you're intent on pursuing, chances are you're going to bog
down at some point. That's just the way dreams are. In fact, there's a little known
rule about this called the Second Rule of Thermodynamics, which states that sooner
or later everything returns to chaos.

In other words, expect your dream to come crashing down around your ears
periodically.

Yet, no need to despair; such meltdowns are actually good for your dream, because
they force you to stop and rethink your approach if you want to continue. That's the
only way you can find the footing to continue, and in that process, you're forced to
learn and grow. This is when I always pull out my trusty guided visualizations.
Nothing, but nothing, can turn your mind around quite as effectively as a good
guided visualization. It can create hope where there was none, clarity in a space of
confusion, and immeasurable inspiration. If you subscribe to the same notion that I
do – that all of our ideas and instincts around our dream are guided – then this is
where you'll find the mother lode of such information. A good guided visualization
will connect you with deep inner truths that most of us simply can't tap into
consciously.

So basically, you, too, can be a Ghandi or a Nelson Mandela or a Thich Nacht Hahn …
if you dig deep enough and surrender fully enough. (Those enlightened souls have
taught us that such round-the-clock access to the spiritual goods requires one heck
of a lot of meditation, not to mention a saintly obfuscation of the ego.) In the
meanwhile, the next best thing is to turn on the guided visualizations.

By guided visualization, I mean a recording of someone leading you through a
meditation. First they relax you; then they help you imagine yourself in a particular
place, or having a certain experience. A great guided visualization will lead you into situations where anything can happen and anyone can show up. You simply sit back
and observe as helpers show up, insights are gained, and instructions are received.
Sometimes the path you see is a familiar one you've imagined often with your
conscious mind, and the meditation serves as a wonderful confirmation of your plan.
Yet, other times it can be strange and dark, making no sense whatsoever. My own
students have come to me with alarm when they saw a picture of chaos, or violence
and degradation. And yet, in talking it over later, they usually recognize a deeper
meaning to the picture. Over time, if they repeat the process, they are often left with a greater insight than they anticipated.

For instance, Rosemary was a frustrated writer who hated her daytime job, and was
given to fits of gallows humor about it. When she first did my Discover Your Soul
Purpose meditation, she uncovered a chaotic back alley, full of lurking, menacing
figures. She did the meditation several more times and the situation only marginally
improved. Yet, what Rosemary took away from the experience was that her life was
out of balance, and filled with dark, negative energy. She quit her job, attended to
her failing health, and re-approached the meditation some months later. Now the
scene was remarkably different, a sunny courtyard in which she could see herself as
a writer for the first time.

In fact, Rosemary had not ‘done the meditation wrong', as she'd been quick to
assume. ("I must be the only person who didn't do this thing right!") Instead, her
soul was giving her a direct signal that she was tangled up in life circumstances that were obscuring her dream. The meditation, for all of its supposed lack of clarity, had really been clear as a bell.

The only real way to interpret the images we get in these visualizations is to check in with our gut. There may be age-old gypsy wisdom that water means good luck, or
that a duck is an omen of impending death … but I say that's all poppycock. The
only person who knows what your visualization means is you; your gut is the only thing that should ever guide your interpretation. What is it telling you about
what you saw -- that you need balance, like the confused Rosemary? Or that you
need courage? Could it be that you simply don't want to admit that what you saw is
actually true?

Often we get images of ourselves leading such a life of power and abundance that we
can barely stand it. It brings tears to our eyes as we acknowledge that we really can
do that thing we sorely wish to begin. In that instant, we see how small and
constrained we've allowed ourselves to become; yet, we also see how much impact
we could have, if only we could choose the right path.

Above all, guided visualizations give us permission to dream. They allow us to see
ourselves graphically living a different life, feeling the feelings, smelling the smells, and owning the power. We see a higher, truer aspect of ourselves, and in that
instant, understand how unstoppable we really can be.

This is the biggest reason I rely on guided visualizations in my work – because they
take you beyond the sugary platitudes about ‘going for it' and ‘reaching for the
stars'. Instead, they deliver you smack into your dream for a moment, so you can
see the impact and importance of what you're here to do.

Once you really know the true rightness of what that feels like, down deep in your
gut, nothing can keep from making that vision a reality. Even if the images you see
are more fleeting or obscure, they will leave you brushed with truth. This is the
wisdom that lurks in our bones; wisdom we can access simply by taking the time to
turn on a visualization.

Learn more about guided visualizations at http://www.howmuchjoy.com/soulpurpose.html

©2005 Suzanne Falter-Barns.. www.howmuchjoy.com & www.getknownnow.com
For information on how to find the time, energy, money to live your purpose in life,
download Suzanne’s free workbook, The Living Your Joy Companion Workbook
And get a daily blast of joyful tips from the Blast o’ Joy blog at www.blastojoy.com

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Here's to keeping your dream alive!!

Fran

Four Laws Of The Universe

This week, I'm dipping into an unknown manuscript by Sterling W. Sill that contains more than 100 unpublished Laws of the Universe. Unfortunately, there are only one or two copies of this manuscript in existence and it was never published.

Luckily, I have a copy and I'm sharing some of its wisdom with you. These four laws alone provide much guidance for building a good and profitable life.

1. The Law of the Rerun

One of the best tests of quality in literature is survival. We watch reruns of old movies on TV and read the classics because their ideas and characters speak to us long after the authors and actors are dead.

Psychologists tell us that when we run an idea through our brains it makes a little groove or engram. And each time the idea is rerun, the groove becomes a little deeper and broader so that we're forming attitudes or habits.

A valuable maxim says: practice makes perfect. If we want to become a great basketball player, we run the skill until it is memorized by the muscle.

Through repetition and drill we gain skill. We develop the habit of creating excellence.

Drill for skill works negatively as well. Sill writes, "If we practice failure and error we become prolific in bringing them about." If we rerun bitterness, resentment, antagonism, we make habits of them.

But when we rerun beauty, ambition, faith, kindness, inspiration they become part of who we are. Thus the rerun is the instrument through which we express our Divine nature.

2. The Law of Retribution

The word "retribution" may sound harsh, but Sill writes that the Law of Retribution simply means that no one can step between an act and its natural consequence. "For every wrong we do, every personality quality we leave undeveloped, every opportunity we fail to take advantage of, we pay a penalty."

Often that penalty is that the undesirable act incarnates, becomes a part of us. "If a person lies, his punishment is that he becomes a liar. If we think negative thoughts, we develop negative minds. If we don't study, the resulting ignorance attracts those undesirable qualities that have an affinity for ignorance."

The point of this law is not to punish us by inflicting pain and suffering, but to awaken us, to prod us into eliminating the wrongs from our system.

For it is one of the great unchangeable laws of the universe that we are all gravitating straight toward where we belong. At the same time, "we must bear the responsibility for the time we have strangled and the development of our personality that was stillborn."

3. The Law of Salesmanship

For his discussion about this law, Sill references the Bible, which one may read for its history, philosophy, theology, but it is also the greatest sales manual ever written.

In the Sermon on the Mount, it was said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all of these things shall be added unto you."

Jesus also said that the kingdom of God is within each of us.

When applied to salesmanship, the quote means: the first important thing in any success is to develop our character, our inner talents first, and then the sales will come easily as a natural consequence.

If we try to build success without developing courage, industry and service, we usually don't get very far.

We also don't get very far if we behave immorally. Really great salesmanship is founded on doing right. Any sale that does not profit both parties is wrong.
The very best way to be a good salesperson is to be a good person.

4. The Law of Self-Discipline

Sill writes that The Law of Self-Discipline is also the Law of Accomplishment. You can't have one without the other. Without discipline there is no excellence, no progress, no satisfaction.

History is full of people from poor circumstances who rose to great heights chiefly because they learned self-control and self-motivation. People who learn to manage themselves can reach any objective.

To develop discipline where it is lacking, practice something every day that you don't like. My mentor used to say, "Do the things that are uncomfortable until it becomes comfortable being uncomfortable."

The rewards of self-discipline are well worth the effort spent to attain it. We should set substantial objectives for ourselves and through the practice of self-discipline meet every one.

Now, those, in my opinion, are amazing lessons.



© Copyright 2009 - David Neagle's Life Is Now Inc.
All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
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"Helping People Find Their Voice"

Success

Success does not reside in a far off destination or achievement.

Success comes from the small steps taken each day that put you a little closer to your goal. We don't take leaps to success. We take simple actions in the right direction that add up over time to get us where we want to be.


"Nothing happens until something moves."
- Albert Einstein

Tellman's twisted legs

Fran,

WOW!

So far the response to my
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has been fantastic!

People are snatching these

up faster than we can ship
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But that's not why I'm writing
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I'm writing you because of my legs...

(weird right?)

See, as a kid I had what the doctors
call "Femoral Antiversion" which in
normal english means twisted legs...

My feet were turned at such a weird
angle that I'd stumble all the time,
tripping over myself while other kids
pointed and laughed...

I hated it.

And by the time I got to high school,
I was starting to make friends with
runners - I REALLY wanted to be able
to join the cross country team...

Some of the older kids had taken
me under their wing, and I wanted to
step up and show them I could really
compete...

The only problem was my legs...

So I started running - or I should
say, I started falling on my face-

The coach laughed at me...

My doctor told me I should get surgery...

But my friends cheered me on.

Slowly but surely, I stopped falling-
I stopped stumbling...

And before I knew it, I had strengthened
the muscles in my legs so much that they
literally "pulled" my bones straight.

The doctor was shocked...

The Coach started taking me seriously...

In fact, I became the star runner at my
little Rural New Hampshire school...

Most of my records still stand -
If you walk down the halls near
the gym you'll see the proof...

But I'm not really writing to you
today about my legs either...

I wanted to tell you the story
of how I overcame my biggest
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others said...

What are your "twisted legs?"

What is keeping you back,
or causing you to fall on your
face over and over?

It could be your job, it could be
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******************
You can overcome anything just like Tellman if you truly believe

Fran

BANABU by Mike Kemski

What do you let define your level of success? What motivates you? What inspires you to keep moving forward in a world where it seems just as easy to stop moving at all? Does happiness have a room at your house?

For most people it's their job and how much money they make. While that's one measure of accomplishment and achievement, it's only one.

I was engaged in a conversation with new friend I made and listening to her talk was heart wrenching and a nice reality check for me.

There are so many people trapped in their own lives it scares me. First, you should know that the only reason it's a bad thing to be trapped in your own life is it completely stops the natural growth progression that you are meant to experience.

And that conversation with my new friend is a great example of that.

She's in her mid 40's and has a job that pays her a pretty decent salary. She brings home 6 figures a year in salary plus additional bonuses.

But when she talked to me every word was full of desperate energy. Every sound she muttered had frustration, confusion and a sense of defeat in it.

Her words were confident and powerful words but they didn't have that energy behind them.

She used words like independent, leadership, project management, the ability to drive things to completion and so on but her face was droopy and eyes were dead.

Then she mentioned that the previous week she participated in a project for Habitat for Humanity. Her and some co-workers went and put a new floor in someones house who needed it but didn't have the means to do it.

What happened then was powerful. She lit up like a shooting star, her posture straightened up, her eyes filled with love and life, her words became genuinely confident and powerful, and her entire existence was filled with a sense of purpose and fulfillment.

As we chatted about her charitable experience she stayed full of high energy and life. The more her body would change the more excited she became. And then it happened...

I asked her why she didn't do more of that type of work. Her answer was simple, it didn't pay enough. She said it's impossible to add that kind of contribution to the world and make as much money as she makes.

And within 30 seconds she was slumped over and looked like hell again. It's like a little guy in the control center of her body just flipped the switch and turned the lights out!

I was in complete fascination. How can it be that powerful of a difference and that obvious but still be so confusing?

See, to my new friend her highest value was being defined as a successful woman and the association to success she has is how much money she makes.

So I asked her, “How does it feel to be an unhappy success?” She looked at me and had a short circuit in her brain. She couldn't comprehend being “successful” but still very unfulfilled and unhappy.

Success, how ever you define it, is supposed to make you feel good and if it doesn't it's a sign that somethings gotta change!

When you're unhappy in your life it's like those little lights that turn on your car when you need oil or something like that. It's an indicator that somethings not on track here and if you keep going the direction you're going you're headed for a major breakdown.

So ask yourself the question, “What defines the level of success you experience in your life? And do you need to make any changes or “add any fluids”?”

And always remember that everything you ever experience is dynamic energy and is constantly changing. When you add gas to car and you go somewhere you use that gas and end up needing more.

Life is the same way. As you make corrections and travel down new and exciting roads you will need to refill your tank also.

Maybe spirituality maybe emotionally, maybe mentally, maybe financially, definitely physically or maybe all of those things but one things for sure, what ever you decide defines success for you will determine which way you need to go to get it.

And if it's not something that fills your body with energy like my friends brief experience with Habitat for Humanity, listen to the message and keep exploring life. It's a pretty fun thing to do with the right perspective...

To your success!!

Mike Kemski & Fran Watson

P.S. Watch for the launch of my new website www.banabu.ca in the near future!

Awesome Giveaway from Tellman

Tellman went CRAZY!

the 13th module

I don't know if you've ever hear of his
Perpetual Marketing Machine, but short
of Mass Control by Frank Kern it's probably
the most revered and sought after home
study course ever made.

The success rate of his students is
absolutely outstanding.

Between Tellman and his students,
a whopping $2 mil has been pulled in
over the last year alone using only
what you'll find inside the course.

and here's the kicker:

It's a GIVEAWAY.

the 13th module

He's actually handing out copies of this
thing all 'willy-nilly', to anyone who wants
to learn.

(you can bet I grabbed mine already!)

I hope you get over there quick, because I know
he's not keeping it up there for all to grab for very
long, but he won't say exactly when it's coming down...

anyway, I wanted you to have the chance to learn
how you can start pulling in five figures a week like
his students :-)

the 13th module

(That way you can buy more stuff from me!)

Grab yours while it's still a freebie,
a chance like this only comes around
once in a while -

remember:

"fortune favors the bold"

Enjoy...

Fran Watson

the 13th module

P.S.
I didn't get you an Easter present,
so consider this a gift from me...

it's worth about four grand, so it's not
like I cheaped out on you :-)

the 13th module

From This Moment Forward

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forward." - Kierkegaard

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I am currently reading some books that I ordered from simple truths This article is from Mac Anderson's book - Charging the Human Battery. These books are not available in your local bookstore, they are only available on this site and it is an amazing site to visit. There is a wealth of information.

I love this quote by Mac Anderson:

"Just remember...people are like sticks of dynamite; the power's on the inside, but nothing happens until the fuse gets lit."

Here is a sample from the book - page 27

Understanding that we control our own destiny is key to our success in life. Simply put, when we decide how we want our life to be we must take responsibility and move forward.

Lance Wubbels has captured the essence of the "live life forward" idea with these simple but powerful affirmations:

From this moment forward...I stop the blame game and excuses. I am responsible for my life and for where I am today. I cannot blame the people an circumstances in my past, and I refuse to hide behind my past mistakes.

From this moment forward...I take responsibility for my thoughts, beliefs, decisions, and actions. If I am unhappy with something in my life, the power to change lies within me.

From this moment forward...I rid my soul of all bitterness, grudges, rage and anger against others. I will forgive others and stop wasting my life by trying to get even. I will be kind and compassionate to others.

From this moment forward...I will focus on knowing what I desire in life and let it light a fire under me. I want to run through life with passion.

Take a moment to write your own "From this moment forward." It takes courage, but it can change your life!

To your forward moments...may they be great moments!

Fran Watson
www.franwatson.ca/publicspeaking.html

P.S. Come back for more snippets from the books I am reading and check out my public speaking blog

Opportunity Knocks

Are you waiting for opportunity to knock?

This is a question that Mark Hendricks asks in his Ulitimate Success Program.

He goes on to say that "You are the opportunity. You create opportunity. YOu develop talents to acquire opportunity. You turn negatives into positives as part of your opportunity."

The lessons teach you how to explore, invent, originate and adapt as you live your life to the fullest.

Come and join us for the weekly lessons and grow your opportunities.

To your ultimate success!

Fran Watson
www.franwatson.ca

P.S. Here's that link again: Click here

Success

If you wait for everything to be perfect according to your preconceived plans, then you may well wait forever. If you go out and work with the current of life, you may find that success comes from building upon small things.

-- Deng Ming-Dao, Writer

There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everythng you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.

-- Orison Sweet Marden (1850 - 1924), Founder of Success magazine

Talent is never enough. With a few exceptions, the best players are the hardest workers.

-- Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Professional basketball player

Words to live by, and perhaps words that may inspire you to live well.

Live wisely, listen carefully, speak positively and have a wonderful day.

Fran Watson
www.franwatson.ca

A Miracle

A Miracle

A little girl went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet.

She poured the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Three times, even. The total had to be exactly perfect. No chance here for mistakes.

Carefully placing the coins back in the jar and twisting on the cap, she slipped out the back door and made her way 6 blocks to Rexall's Drug Store with the big red Indian Chief sign above the door.

She waited patiently for the pharmacist to give her some attention, but he was too busy at this moment. Tess twisted her feet to make a scuffing noise. Nothing. She cleared her throat with the most disgusting sound she could muster. No good. Finally she took a quarter from her jar and banged it on the glass counter. That did it!

"And what do you want?" the pharmacist asked in an annoyed tone of voice. I'm talking to my brother from Chicago whom I haven't seen in ages," he said without waiting for a reply to his question

"Well, I want to talk to you about my brother," Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. "He's really, really sick..and I want to buy a miracle."

"I beg your pardon?" said the pharmacist.

"His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?"

"We don't sell miracles here, little girl. I'm sorry but I can't help you," the pharmacist said, softening a little

"Listen, I have the money to pay for it. If it isn't enough, I will get the rest. Just tell me how much it costs."

The pharmacist's brother was a well dressed man. He stooped down and asked the little girl, "What kind of a miracle does your brother need?"

" I don't know," Tess replied with her eyes welling up. I just know he's really sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can't pay for it, so I want to use my money."

"How much do you have?" asked the man from Chicago .

"One dollar and eleven cents," Tess answered barely audibly.

"And it's all the money I have, but I can get some more if I need to."

"Well, what a coincidence," smiled the man. "A dollar and eleven cents---the exact price of a miracle for little brothers. "

He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said "Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let's see if I have the miracle you need."

That well dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neuro-surgery. The operation was completed free of charge and it wasn't long until Andrew was home again and doing well.

Mom and Dad were happily talking about the chain of events that had led them to this place.

"That surgery," her Mom whispered. "was a real miracle. I wonder how much it would have cost?"

Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost...one dollar and eleven cents....plus the faith of a little child.

In our lives, we never know how many miracles we will need.

A miracle is not the suspension of natural law, but the operation of a higher law.


Feel free to share this miracle.

May we begin to recognize the small miracles in our daily lives and to be thankful for them.

Have a blessed day

Fran Watson
www.franwatson.ca

FEAR

Why didn’t I send a resume to that job. I had most of the qualifications and the person they hired doesn’t have anywhere near the skills that I have….

Why didn’t I enter that contest last year. I thought about it lots, I could have entered, but I didn’t. Why didn’t I?

Why didn’t I go and talk to that new person at the office. She seemed nice enough, but I just let everyone else say hi. What’s wrong with me?

Is your life full of “Why didn’t Is?” If it is, then you too are a victim of………….FEAR!

Fear causes us to do strange things. It may cause us to hide in our houses and not come out for days or weeks. It can cause us to give up on friendships because we think that the person might not like us. It can cause us to see rejection when someone doesn’t say good morning to us when they come into the office.

That demon FEAR can really wreck our lives!

So what can we do about it?

There are many things we can do. Those of us who entered the door of Toastmasters, quivering and quaking in our boots learned that taking that first step was the absolute hardest, but once that step was taken the rest became easier. And that is the secret to beating that FEAR demon.

The first thing we have to do is to look carefully at what our fear really is. Is it a fear of rejection? A fear of looking foolish? A fear of being judged? A fear of failing? Whatever it is, the next step is to ask yourself, what’s the worst thing that could happen? If I’m rejected, will my world stop, will I cease to exist? No, my life will go on and I will find someone who won’t reject me.

What about looking foolish? Well, let yourself do something really foolish, put on a clown suit, encourage people to laugh at you. And as far as being judged, what does it really matter what the neighbours think? You need to be happy about what you are doing for you, not for the neighbours.

Fear of failure prevents many of us from pursuing our dreams. We ask ourselves… “what if….” Well, what if you do fail? What then? You just try another way. When you were a toddler and you fell down, you didn’t think it was the end of the world, you simply got up and took another step, reaching for your goal.

Fear of rejection has controlled my life in many ways, and I have limited myself, not tried when I expected negative results. The words I heard as a young child come back to haunt me time after time and I have to overcome the feeling and go forward.
I wrote a poem for a friend back in 1987, but it is a poem that I wrote for myself as well and I return to it time after time for the inspiration to carry on when I feel like giving up, when FEAR has me in its grasp and I would like to share it with you in closing. It is entitled RISK.

RISK

Do not be afraid to shine.
This world needs what you have to give.
Open up the areas of your being;
expose them to yourself - to others.
You are valuable.
You are unique.
You have much to give.
Do not be afraid to give it.

As we risk ourselves, we grow.
Each new experience is a risk:
we can try, and maybe fail,
and as a result, grow -
or hold back and stagnate.

You have the potential
to be anything you want to be!
You are free to choose.
You are limited only by your fears.
Let your dreams take over,
fly with the eagles,
soar into life,
the world is waiting for you!

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Fly high

Fran Watson
www.franwatson.ca

Learn By Expanding Your Horizons

Trying Something New

Expand my horizons?
Oh no, I’m too scared,
I don’t think I’d know what to do.
I’ve grown used to the comfort
Of just coming and listening,
And maybe doing timing, or ah counting or quizzing.
But take on a role of Toastmaster, no way.
I might make mistakes. What would I say?
And table topics is frightening, people might boo,
When I introduce a topic or two.

Expand my horizons
Do you really think I could?
The thought just scares me to death.
Well, ok, not quite, but almost, but then,
That’s how I felt before I began
My weekly sessions at Toastmasters.
So maybe I can.
Ok, yes I’ll do it.
Sign me up.

I did it, I did it, and I did ok.
I really expanded my horizons today.
And it felt so good I’ll do it again,
Just give me that schedule
And I’ll put down my name.
Perhaps next week I’ll give my next speech
Or maybe even the word of the week.

My confidence grows with every new step,
And I look forward to things that I haven’t done yet.
I’m expanding my horizons and I’ll continue to soar,
As each week I’ll do something and then one thing more.

I want to say thank you to all of the group.
It’s because of you I was able to do it,
Because you supported me all the way through it.
Thank you for being there when I was afraid.
Thank you for helping me to be prepared.
Thank you for showing me how it is done.
Thank you for sharing and for having fun.

So expand your horizons and try something new.
Or you’ll never know just what you can do.

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The above poem was written as a Toast for a Toastmasters meeting. I would like to encourage you to look around you and see what you are missing by not taking chances, by not risking, by not stepping out of YOUR comfort zone.

If you haven't heard about Toastmasters, or if you have heard about Toastmasters and are curious, check out www.toastmastes.org and find a club near you. Attend a couple of meetings and improve your communication skills, both listening and speaking.

Try one new thing each day for the next year. You will be surprised at what you accomplish.

Here's to growing!!

Fran Watson

www.franwatson.ca/publisspeaking.html

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