January 19, 2005
Issue 16

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Welcome!

 

To this week's issue of the Denis Waitley International online newsletter. My goal is to offer valuable, relevant, leading edge, and interesting content, 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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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. Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
5. Featured Product of the Week
6. Customer Feedback
7. More Information

1. Weekly Jumpstart

Mini-goals to Maxi-achievement

Because January is typically the month that more people concentrate on goal setting, here are the little steps to help you achieve your big goals.

One of the best escapes from the prison of procrastination is to take even the smallest steps toward your goals. People usually procrastinate because of fear and lack of confidence and, ironically, become even more afraid when under the gun.

Experience has shown that when people go after one big goal at once, they invariably fail. If you had to swallow a twelve-ounce steak all at once, you'd choke. You have to cut the steak into small pieces, eating one bite at a time. So it is with prioritizing. Proactive goal achievement means taking every project and cutting it into bite-sized pieces. Each small task on the way to the ultimate goal becomes a mini-goal in itself. Using this method, the goal becomes manageable. When mini-mistakes are made, they are easy to correct. And with the achievement of each mini-goal, you receive reinforcement and motivation in the form of positive feedback. As basic as this sounds, much frustration and failure is caused when people try to "bite off more than they can chew," by taking on assignments with limited resources and impossible timeline expectations.

This week make your mantra: "By the inch it's a cinch, by the yard it's hard!"
-- Denis Waitley

 

2.  The Champion Within Weekly Article

Model Yourself After the Best Individuals, Who Have Proven Their Success Over Time by Dr. Denis Waitley

Do this by benchmarking the world's most admired organizations and people in and out of your industry. Hewlett-Packard sends teams of two to four managers to meet with peers in other companies. After exchanging ideas about leadership and organizational practices, the benchmarking teams exchange comments. If you want to become or stay the best, you must know more than what your competitors are up to.

You must know the best business practices, wherever they exist. It's a good idea to read business magazines to keep current on what the real movers and shakers are doing globally.

Action Idea: This month, read a biography of someone you admire who has overcome great hurdles to become successful. When you learn what many of them had to endure, you are less overwhelmed by the obstacles you face. Every hardship you face has been endured and conquered by someone before you.

Remember, if they can do it, you can too!
 Denis Waitley



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

The Seeds of Greatness


I've traveled the world to the seven seas. I've been up at the top and down on my knees.

I've been blessed with abundance and plenty of weeds. But I've never stopped caring about others' needs.

As you tend your own garden, unlike any other, Remember the words of my lovely grandmother,

If you're hoping to harvest a life of great deeds, remember you first have to plant some great seeds.



4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips

I'm excited about the next five weeks, because we'll be covering, "Overflowing Buckets of Wealth"! My hope is to break down the five buckets and simplify the steps of your journey toward financial independence. With a little discipline and patience, you can make your journey to abundance and personal fulfillment a downhill flow instead of an uphill struggle. The key is to use the "overflowing buckets" concept of creating financial independence.

Picture your life as a five-step stairway, with you standing at the top and Fulfillment waiting for you at the bottom. Complete this picture by placing a large, empty bucket on each of the five steps and labeling the buckets from top to bottom:

1) Survival, 2) Financial Stability, 3) Quality of Life, 4) Financial Security, 5) Financial Independence.

Your objective is to fill each bucket with dollars as you progress down the stairway, so that when one bucket overflows, it begins to fill the next bucket.

So let's begin with the first bucket: Survival.

The Survival bucket is how you can pay for your basic needs of food and shelter. Once you've taken care of these, any extra money flows into the second bucket, which is Financial Stability.

Next week we'll cover the second bucket: Financial Stability.

Until then, make sure you've taken care of planning for your basic "Survival bucket" and be ready to move on to next week's bucket!


DW
 

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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!

Hi! I receive a lot of ezines and motivational information every day. I try to read as much as I can and I usually get a good nugget or two. I have to say, there was something you wrote in your last in December that totally changed my perspective. I have struggled with a schedule for years. I loved being spontaneous and flexible. I did think that a schedule would confine me. Thank you for writing about the creativity that could be found in structure. It's changed my life. I rarely write feedback, but this was so dramatic for me that I had to share with you. Thank you again.
-- Ricci Neer

Mr. Waitley, I want to thank you for your WONDERFUL, inspiring and motivating website I just found and subscribed to. Thank you for your wonderful e-zine.
-- Brenda Adams

My name is Joseph Rooney from Ireland, I just wanted to take this quick moment to say a sincere thank you to Denis Waitley for all his wonderful and inspiring information he provides in his great newsletters. Thank you so much.
-- Joseph Rooney

Thanks Denis for your emails. They are truly motivating. Please keep it up.
-- MK Soni

Denis, I'm so thankful for your Ezine and thankful to have you back in my life after a twenty year absence! Your Goal Mind course helped me overcome some challenges when I was twenty years old and I am ever thankful for that. After twenty years down the road of life I recently remembered how helpful your message was and found myself digging through my basement to find your course. I'm glad to find you in good health. Sincerely, "without cracks" I can still hear your voice explaining the origin of this word ;)
-- Shawn Gookin

Denis Waitley International: 2005 will mark the beginning of a new era for us. We will all go after our dreams! We will all be radically changed! And we will continue to go after excellence in our lives being ALL that we can be! I am very thankful for the time I get to spend with my family and for all I have learned from so many wonderful others this past year (including the lessons so beautifully expressed in this newsletter). This is a great e-zine. The articles on procrastination have been especially helpful. My focus on overcoming fear and self-doubt have been key in helping me to overcome this evil habit. It's a process, but I'm moving swiftly along and I will not let it get the best of me.
-- Natascha Bolden


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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