Denis Waitley's Weekly Ezine
October 8, 2004
Issue 01

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Welcome!

 

This is the inaugural issue of the Denis Waitley International online newsletter. I appreciate your interest in receiving this information, with my compliments, and promise you that we will endeavor to make it both timely and timeless in content designed to help you reach your professional and personal goals now and in the future.

 

I hope you will discover each weekly offering to be valuable, relevant, leading edge, and interesting, with some innovative and refreshing differences from the other e-zines and newsletters you may be receiving.

 

My only mission is to help you win in all the arenas of your life. You deserve the best and so do your family members.

 

Also, please feel free to let us know how we are doing and what special interests you may have.

 

Warm regards,

 Denis Waitley

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In This Issue.....

1. Weekly Jumpstart
2. Champion Within Weekly Article
3. Weekly Seeds of Greatness
4. Winners Edge Coaching Tips
5. Featured Product of the Week
6. More Information

1. Weekly Jumpstart

Begin each day with this question: “What am I going to do today that will make the best use of my time and energy, and lead me a step closer to reaching my goals?”

 

During the day, each time you are faced with a decision, ask yourself: “Does this action substantially help me toward achieving my goals?”

 

Before you leave your workplace or before you go to sleep at night, make a list of your most urgent priorities for the following day in order of their importance. You might consider dividing your activities into A, B, and C lists:

• A is for action immediately
• B is before the end of the day
• C is can wait until tomorrow

Become aware of interruptions and distractions that block your success. Constant telephone calls are the most common. Spending too much time on reading and answering personal e-mails is another problem. Chatting with co-workers eats up more time. Messy files, disorganized scheduling and cluttered desks are roadblocks. Take an objective look at your routines and habits. And then take action!

 

Until next week, keep following your A, B and C's!
-- Denis Waitley

 

2.  The Champion Within Weekly Article

The Winner's Circle by Dr. Denis Waitley

Recently we saw those five, brilliant, interlocking Olympic rings on flags and in television and billboard advertising globally. The Olympic Games, where the best in the world go for the gold and the few stand, listening to their national anthem, in the coveted winner's circle. If the five Olympic rings were attitudes of champions in every profession, these five attitudes would be prominent in the mindset of the peak performer:

1. Paying the Price -- Everyone wants to win, but few are willing to invest the time and effort. Paying the price means focusing on developing the skills and training regimen of champions – observation, imitation, repetition and the internalization of knowledge into habits; also, learning why and how to go the extra mile and seeing success as a marathon, not a dash. Champions view failures as temporary inconveniences and learning experiences.

2. The Olympian Within -- Winners believe in their worth in advance of their performance. Most people base their worth on their current status or achievement level, which means that until they are judged successful by society's standards, they have little to be proud of. Champions believe in their dreams when they have only a dream to hang on to, even in the face of criticism and superior achievements by others.

3. Non-situational Integrity -- Authentic, lasting winners have an uncompromising attitude about self-honesty. They function according to an "integrity triangle", consisting of three basic questions:
(a) Are my beliefs based upon truth?
(b) Do my words and actions correspond with truth and honesty?
(c) Before I speak or act, do I honestly consider the impact of my decision on other people and the environment?

4. The "Coachability" Factor -- Champions are always open to alternatives to improve their performance. Consistent winners are not the arrogant egotists who dominate the media spotlight. The most successful individuals in the game of life are often the most approachable, most gracious, non-judgmental with others and most critical of their own performances, as well as most eager to learn and improve.

5. Being a Team Player -- a team in harmony is synergy in motion, where the whole is greater than the sum of the individual talents. When all assignments are understood, when each takes 100 percent responsibility for the outcome, a quantum leap in performance takes place. Winners learn how to become interdependent, without sacrificing individuality; how to stand out, while fitting in.

Develop these five Champion attitudes and watch it increase your effectiveness and performance while you work to achieve success.



3. Seeds of Greatness: Motivation - Winning from Within

Put up the dream. Put in the knowledge. Put out the effort.

The two greatest fear busters are knowledge and action.

You can't concentrate on the reverse of an idea. A fear is a goal moving in the opposite direction from your desire.

We can change if we want to.

Think of your imagination as a skill rather than a talent and learn to use it.

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks.

It's not the experience of today that causes us the most stress, it's the regret for something we didn't do yesterday.

Motivation is motive in action.

The most important opinion you'll ever have is the one you hold of yourself.



4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips

In the next six weeks we will cover six simple yet effectively powerful behaviors that increase self-esteem, enhance your self-confidence, and spur your motivation. You may recognize some of them as things you naturally do in your interactions with other people. But if you don't, I suggest you motivate yourself to take some of these important steps immediately. Here is the Winner's Edge first action:

Greet others with a smile and look them directly in the eye. A smile and direct eye contact convey confidence born of self-respect. In the same way, answer the phone pleasantly whether at the office or home, and when placing a call, give your name before asking to speak to the party you want to reach. Leading with your name underscores that a person with self-respect is making the call.

Next week, we'll give you tip number two. Until then, practice this week's Winner's Edge tip and make it your part of your winning way!



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