Denis Waitley's Weekly Ezine
October 20, 2004
Issue 03

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To this week's 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.

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 Denis Waitley

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In This Issue.....

1. Weekly Jumpstart
2. Champion Within Weekly Article
3. Weekly Seeds of Greatness
4. Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
5. Featured Product of the Week
6. Customer Feedback
7. More Information

1. Weekly Jumpstart

Your success depends on how well you think. You are not paid to collect, sort, store or retrieve information, although you do these things every day. You are paid to interpret that information and create and implement new ideas. Ask yourself:

1) What can I offer that "they" aren't offering? Where’s the niche that hasn’t been developed? How can I add value to the service or products I promote?

2) Where is the market inefficiency? What would make this process more convenient? How can I do this less expensively?

3) What would people pay for that isn’t available now? Which consumer groups and Internet communities are the most likely prospects who want what I provide? What trends will change my and their assumptions about the quality of life?

Breakthrough ideas often occur when you are calmly searching for opportunities. They rarely occur when you are anxious and frustrated. Close your eyes and dream this week! Spend some quality time this week thinking about a breakthrough idea you can apply to your professional life.
-- Denis Waitley

 

2.  The Champion Within Weekly Article

Create Your Own Mission Statement for Your Personal and Professional Life by Dr. Denis Waitley

Two of life's greatest tragedies are: Never to have had a great mission in life, and to have fully reached it so there is no challenge remaining.

Are you going where you want to go, doing what you want to do, and becoming who you want to become? These are the questions we must ask ourselves. Set some quiet time aside after you have finished this article and see the two you's in the mirror of your mind:

1) There is the reflection of the person you are today.

2) There is the image of who you will be in the future.

Looking at my own life, I am incredibly different in many respects from the person I was ten years ago.

As you reflect on your past and anticipate the future, understand that virtually nothing you have experienced has been wasted. It all blends together into wisdom and knowledge, and creates your own unique brand of cultural diversity.

Action Idea: In your professional life, what is most important for you to achieve in the remainder of career? In your personal life, what is most important for you to achieve in the remainder of your life? Find a close friend or associate you trust and network with often, and challenge each other to continuously strive to reach these objectives.

As you consider your mission in life, you may want to use this phrase as your guidepost for the 21st Century: Chase Your Passion, Not Your Pension. Passion in your purpose will help you take control of your life, and also give you one other advantage that is not widely recognized: About ten more years of life, on average. Pursuit of a goal wears out very few people. But they rust out by the hundreds of thousands when their pursuit of happiness turns into a geriatric park. A job is something you do for money. A career is something you do because you have an inner calling to do it. You want to do it. You love doing it. You're excited when you do it. And you'd do it even if you were paid nothing beyond food and the basics. You'd do it because it's your life.

Be inspired to learn as much as you can, gain skills as much as you can, to find a cause that benefits humankind and you'll be sought after for your quality of service and dedication to excellence. My nephew and niece, David and Heidi, at the ages of 30, had three little girls 7, 5 and 2. On an anniversary some years ago, they went out dancing and the margarita she had must have been one powerful fertility drug. She became pregnant that night, and with no incidence of multiple births in our family, eight months later, she delivered quadruplet girls, prematurely. I hurried down to the Children's Hospital in San Diego to get a photo opportunity and possible media coverage as "Uncle Denis of the Waitley Quads." They told me to stand in the corner, saying I hadn't contributed anything. The TV anchorwoman asked my niece Heidi how she felt. She said, "I feel a little tired. We're going to need a new car." They turned to my nephew David, whose eyes looked like burnt corks. "David, as the father, how does it feel to have seven little girls under the age of seven?" David replied, "We're not going to need a new car, we're never going anywhere again." But that's not the point of the story. In addition to seeing them as wonderful parents devoted to their seven little girls, my attention was focused on the neo-natal nurses caring for the newborn quadruplets, weighing between a pound and a half to two and a half pounds. Caring passionately for them like little birds in nests. Oblivious of quitting time. Not hearing the lunch bell at noon. Doing what they loved. Involved in helping improve the quality of life. We all can't be Tiger Woods, or Barbra Streisand or Jonas Salk. But we can chase our passion, not our pension. You'll always do well, what you love most. That's the essence of all that you've experienced in this program.

Action Idea: If you had the time and circumstances allowed, what is one of your most passionate desires in life you would like to pursue? It could be a new business idea, music, action, sports, or community service. Starting tomorrow, chase that passion a little bit at a time.

To Finding Your Passion,
Denis Waitley



3. Seeds of Greatness: Seeds of Determination: It's Up to Me by Denis Waitley

(These quotes were taken from Denis Waitley's Excerpts from The Seeds of Greatness Treasury booklet)

Life is a do-it-for-others, do-it-yourself project.

Stop stewing and start doing! Take action TNT. Today, Not Tomorrow.

Life is not accountable to us for meaning; we are accountable to life!

Don't put success and happiness on layaway. Do it now!

Everything that is past is either a learning experience to grow on, a beautiful memory to reflect on, or a motivating factor to act upon.

You have been given the greatest power in the world, the power to choose.

Giant oaks do grow from little acorns; but first you must have an acorn!

By thinking and acting affirmatively in this minute, you will influence the hour, the day, and in time, your entire life.

You are your own scriptwriter and the play is never finished, no matter what your age or position in life.



4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips

We are at the half-way mark in this six weeks of covering 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, work to integrate these important steps immediately. Here is the Winner's Edge third action:

Don't brag. It's almost a paradox that genuine modesty is actually part of the capacity to gracefully receive compliments. People who brag about their own exploits or demand special attention are simply trying to build themselves up in the eyes of others — and that's because they don't perceive themselves as already worthy of respect.

Next week, we'll move on to tip number four. Until then, practice this week's Winner's Edge tip and make it your part of your winning way!


DW
 

5. Featured Product of the Week
 

Developing the 10 qualities of a Total Winner!

Imagine there are five seconds left to play, your team is down by one point, and the ball is in your hands. Thousands of people are cheering. It’s your chance to win. It’s a moment you’ve worked for all your life. Imagine the feeling. Is it too much pressure? Or is it tremendous excitement?

Whether you realize it or not, you are in the game! And winning is only an attitude away. Pressure or excitement, the choice is yours.

Being a winner is an attitude, a way of life, a self-concept. It’s a heads-up, full-speed ahead way of living and being. It’s wanting the ball at crunch time because you believe in yourself. It’s an expectation of success that you can master with your personal coach, Denis Waitley.

The Psychology of Winning is already one of the most acclaimed and popular CD programs of all time. And based on the thousands of "thank you" letters Denis has received from around the world, we know it has made a profound difference in the lives of those who have applied it.

In the Psychology of Winning you’ll learn how to:

- Make a habit of the Ten Steps to Winning taken by all Olympic champions, top sales stars and top executives.

- Focus your dominant thoughts on leading you inevitably to victories in all your challenges.

- Create a new optimistic way of life.

- Understand and control the fundamental key to all human behavior.

- Boost your “winning average” with positive self-expectancy.

- Develop optimal self-esteem in your employees, your children and yourself.

- Harmonize the Three Zones of Growth to keep you in the winner’s circle.

Nothing can stop you once you’ve mastered the material in this program. All the other victories you want to experience in life will flow from the change in mindset that makes you a winner.

Don’t lose another moment. You are about to discover The Psychology of Winning.

6. Customer Feedback

Here are some of the testimonials and comments we received over the past week from our E-zine subscribers. We love receiving comments and feedback from our readers – so keep it coming!

Thanx Denis, I'm a student, also working in renowned marketing. The tips given by you for the last 2 weeks on how to deal with people were really empowering. Thanx a lot.
-- Vinita-India

Denis, I really enjoy your ezine and thank you for it. With great admiration for you, I thank you for all you give to others.
-- Jerry Young

Wow! Great message for a great day. Thank you.
-- Rajan


Thank you E-zine readers, for the sincere and kind words of encouragement and appreciation you sent us this week! -- DW
 

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