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Dear Brenda,
Way back in time when I was a recruiter in the Staffing industry, my company bought training material from a speaker, trainer, and author named Tim Connor. I loved his style, and his words and methodology were completely in harmony with my feelings and beliefs. Recently I came across a piece written by Tim which I have held on to titled 'Your Next Ten Years'. Since it's a bit long, I'll share half in this issue and half in the next. I think you will find this breakdown quite agreeable since there is much to digest. You can find out more about Tim Connor by visiting his website: www.TimConnor.com.
As always, I wish you peace and joy,
Brenda
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Your Next 10 Years
by Tim Connor |
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Your next ten years - what will they bring? Sorrow - problems - joy - challenge - opportunity - failure- success. Yes, all of these and more. If you could look back on these next ten years, what would you see? It's up to you. You now hold the keys to a rich and rewarding life as well as to a life full of failure, rejection, or disappointment. Which keys will you use, and which keys will you discard? Let's only talk about the keys that will guarantee your life will be fully human.
The Key of Responsibility
There are only two basic attitudes in this first key: either I take responsibility for my own success, failure, motivation, growth and improvement, or I turn that responsibility over to you – my spouse, company, boss, the economy, my family or circumstances.
No one has the absolute secret to success or formula for a rewarding, positive life. There are many views, opinions, and possibilities. You, however, control their ultimate relationship to your career and life. Use this first key; take the responsibility for your life, its successes, opportunities, joys, problems, and failures. If you only use this key, you open the most important door to your next ten years.
The Key of Risk
To be alive means to risk - To love means to risk - To try means to risk - To grow means to risk.
Life offers daily risks. Learn that the rewards of risk are the possibilities of the future. Not to risk means more of the past. If you always play it safe, opt for the comfortable approach your life can never have the fullness that God meant for you to experience.Today you face a challenge: risk. Go for it! Even if you fall short, you will be better, happier for trying. Life offers each of us a very interesting risk-reward philosophy – your rewards will be in direct proportion to other risks you are willing to take.
The Key of Rewards
Rewards come in proportion to effort, ability, commitment, and knowledge. You deserve the rewards of greatness and success as well as the rewards of frustration, failure and disharmony. You are now receiving what is your due. The unfortunate thing is that most people expect either positive rewards from not applying these qualities, or immediate rewards from current effort. Life rewards consistency, persistence and right thinking. Life is an outstanding example of the law of cause and effect. If you are not receiving what you think you deserve as fast as you think you deserve it the only way to change your current rate of return is to improve your current level of effort, knowledge, etc.
The bible says give and you will receive. I believe this is true, whether in business, family or spiritual matters. Learn to give cheerfully and willingly of your time, your knowledge, your effort, your finances, and your love. You can't give them away – they keep coming back!
The Key of Challenge
We all face challenges in our lives – in our jobs and careers, our businesses, our families, and in our spiritual lives. Some seem easy while many seem insurmountable. Some are overcome or met with a minimum of effort or preparation, while others bring us to our knees. The psychologically healthy person faces each with the same zeal and will to win.
Some people see problems, others see exciting opportunities. A challenge is both the reward of past achievements and the preparation for future growth. Learn to recognize each obstacle in life you face as a natural part of the process of living.
The Key of Attitudes
Your attitudes in life can be your most treasured asset or your constant downfall. Many of them originate from your environment and your reaction to your environment. We all have attitudes, both positive and negative and in varying degrees relative to certain people, events and things.
Your attitudes are the governor on your engine of life. They control your success, happiness, joy, sorrow, frustration, motivation, and all of your other internal mental actions. In turn, your mental attitudes have created the circumstances in your life and career.Your ultimate success in life is the direct result of your ability to control your thoughts and attitudes.
In the next issue of Feel Freedom I will reveal the remaining six 'Keys to Success' by Tim connor.
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"'We have much to do together. Let us do it in wisdom and love and joy. Let us make this the human experience. "
-Gary Zukav
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Once a week (or more often) set aside at least a half hour to read the above article. Read each 'Key' with the intention of having it fill you up and spill over all around you so that you create a space of 'being in it'. Notice what happens. Be patient with yourself. Take a few moments to jot down how you feel; what are you experiencing inside? What shifts can you make to further incorporate these keys in your life so they become an ongoing part of your life? Send me an email informing me of your results.
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I've been out of touch for so long - with you, my readers, and also with certain parts of myself. In the beginning of December my PC crashed and the hard drive was not repairable. Though much of my data was backed up, I still suffered the turmoil, grief, aggravation, and frustration of losing this tool, which had become as necessary to my life as is my car. I felt incapacitated and immobilized.
This issue took center stage in my life and I lost myself inside of it for weeks. I was able to set my turmoil aside for client sessions, and then I'd find myself right back in it. I knew I was lost and found myself giving myself permission to be as 'off the walls' as I needed to be. And finally I emerged. Stronger and somewhat wiser – I think. I manifested one of my worst fears – my PC crashed. And I survived! I've known for a long time now that we create what we give energy to. I had not been able to rid myself of my fear that my PC might break down beyond repair. So, whoopee, I got to experience it. And, like all things I worry about, the reality of the experience was bad –but not as bad as I imagined it would be when I was busy worrying about it. Living through it was definitely easier than worrying about it. So I'm done worrying about my PC crashing – I hope!
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