November 17, 2004
Issue 07

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Welcome!

 

To this week's issue of the Denis Waitley International online newsletter. 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 ezines and newsletters you may be receiving.

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

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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

Go the extra mile. Instead of saying: "Why don't they do something?" Say, "Here's what I'm doing about it." Instead of, "Why me?" Think, "Try me!" Look for rainbows in thunderstorms, and instead of worrying about the icy streets, put on your ice skates. Live out the story of the little boy who bought a new pair of ice skates with his allowance so he could skate on the frozen pond. His mother and father, watching him slide, slip and fall every time he tried to stand up, ran to his rescue, cautioning: "Let's put them away, son, before you get hurt!" The boy continued struggling and replied: "Mom, Dad, I didn't get them to give up with – I got my skates to learn with!"

 

So this week concentrate on doing more than you are asked and contributing more than is required.
-- Denis Waitley

 

2.  The Champion Within Weekly Article

Be Responsible For Your Own Financial Security by Dr. Denis Waitley

There is no job security. You can’t rely on staying with the same company through retirement. Pension plans, when available, are woefully inadequate. Social security benefits won't come close to covering your living expenses in retirement.

The only way to reach financial security is to plan for it now, regardless of your age. You have to define financial security in your own terms. Have you defined the amount of assets that you need for financial independence?

Financial security is that amount of assets that will give you a specific income, after taxes, to live like you want to, without having to depend on day-to-day employment.

What is that amount for you? I believe it is more than you think. And, I feel that if you define it, you can reach it in ten years or less. Do you have a financial plan and the assistance of a financial planner? You need both. Always retain a financial planner on a fee-for-service basis. Don't mix financial planning with an investment broker or insurance agent. What are your financial goals and what is your time line? Because I started late in my quest for financial independence, I have a maximum five-year period remaining for capital accumulation.

Action Idea: Wealth is not only based on income, but also on expenditures. Are you spending or investing? Are your purchases goal-achieving or tension-relieving? How do you use credit cards? Use your credit cards for services or purchases that retain their value or that build your business. Don't use credit cards for vacations and personal entertainment, unless you plan to pay the entire balance in one or two months. Try to pay all your balances in full monthly. In this way, you avoid the ridiculously high interest payments. Realize that paying minimum balances, at high interest rates, means that you are paying two or three times what the original purchase was worth.

Most importantly, save at least 6 to 10 percent of your take-home pay each month, by writing a check into a savings account or mutual fund for that amount, as if it were a utility bill or house payment. The secret of most self-made multi-millionaires is compound interest. If parents saved one dollar each day for their newborn infant, by going without a cup of Starbuck's coffee, or a Big Mac, or a soft drink for that day, by the time the child reached age forty, he or she would have a million dollars cash. No lottery windfall. No brilliant investment strategy. Just compound interest, which Baron von Rothchild labeled, "The Eighth Wonder of the World."

To Defining and Achieving Your Financial Independence!
Denis Waitley



3. Seeds of Greatness: Winning Is... by Denis Waitley
(These quotes were taken from Denis Waitley's Excerpts from The Seeds of Greatness Treasury booklet)

Winning is never whining.

Winning is coming in fourth, exhausted but excited, because you came in fifth last time.

Winning is being glad you’re you.

Winning is a feeling, there is no ceiling.

Winning is beginning, and by beginning, the game is half won.

Winning is all in the attitude!



4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips

Welcome back to our Winner's Edge Coaching Tips. Over the next six weeks we'll cover seven techniques for overcoming the tendency to procrastinate. But first a few thoughts... The science of physics recognizes two kinds of inertia - both of which can be related to procrastination. The first law states, "Standing objects tend to remain stationary." The second law is the inverse: "Moving objects tend to stay in motion."

Procrastination is stationary inertia. We aren't moving, and we therefore don't move!

Overcoming procrastination, however, moves us into the arena where the law of motion takes over. We frequently find that once we've started a project or process, we stay with it until completion. One of my favorite sayings from my friend Dr. Robert Schuller is posted on my word processor: "Beginning is Half Done!" (I've modified it to say, "Beginning is Half Won!")

So here are the first two of our seven techniques to overcome procrastination:

1. Take five minutes to identify what you are putting off.
On a blank sheet of paper, note several important activities that you realize you are delaying or have put on hold.

2. Look at your list of tasks and do one of them right now.
Put the energy you've been directing toward excuses into the activity you've been avoiding. You'll discover that action eliminates anxiety.

Next week we'll cover technique three to conquer procrastination. Until then practice this week's Winning Edge tips one and two to move you from procrastination to proactive motion!

DW
 

5. Featured Product of the Week
 

 

Nurture the Greatness Within You!

In Seeds of Greatness, Denis Waitley shows you how to nurture the greatness within you and gives you a system that allows you to do in months what many psychologists take years to accomplish. In a way that is neither condescending or patronizing, Denis outlines what he believes to be 10 attributes, or seeds, that can lead to a fulfilling life. He draws on his own life experiences and truly empowers you to change your life for the better. He allows for introspection at the end of each session that lets you do some true soul searching and gives you an action plan to apply each of the 10 seeds to your own life. This is a true five-star performance that will appeal to new self-help enthusiasts or seasoned vets.

These secrets will show you how to:

* Combine positive attitudes with your natural abilities.
* Choose your goals and follow steps to attain them.
* Build on your self-reliance and so enhance your self-esteem.
* Make the right decisions.
* Understand others and be understood by others.
* Overcome feelings of unworthiness.
* Set higher goals.

 

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!

Dear Mr. Waitley, I first heard about you 25 years ago. I bought the "Psychology of Winning" tape series. I have purchased your books and try to listen to your tapes. You have definitely influenced my life for the good. I have a long way to go even after 25 years. But I am not dead yet. Your weekly ezine is a God-send. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
-- Pastor Mike Adams

Hi Dr. DW, I love and like your language and thoughts. Your letters contain all three qualities of communication, accuracy, brevity and clarity. I am a Television Star, a Journalist, Banker, Life insurance Consultant, Public Speaker and now starting a company based on MLM. I need your regular guidance and motivation for my new venture. I am from Asia. May Allah bless you.
-- Baqir Ali

Thank you for your insight.
-- Dan

Hello Denis, chance had it that I only recently came across your work. I have been schooled by Tony Robbins and Jim Rohn largely in the past 8 years. Absorbed the wisdom of Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy and recently bought your CD-set which I just started working on, while at the same time reading your wonderful "Safari to the Soul". It may be clear that I am already a fan of yours. Today's e-mail on "Prime Time" inspired me again so much to dedicate more time on writing the book I have in my head. Thanks for all the inspiring thoughts you spread around the world. Is it not great to know that you are making an increasing difference in the world?!
-- Dico van Barneveld, Holland


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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