Denis Waitley Is ...
more than a best-selling author,
speaker, poet and lyricist...
He has studied and counseled leaders in every field...
- from Apollo astronauts
- to Fortune 500 top executives
- from Olympic gold medalists
- to Super Bowl champions
- from returning POW's
- to heads of state
- from the boardrooms of top multi-national corporations
- to the classrooms of students of all ages and cultures
...and now to our living rooms.
Denis Waitley has painted word pictures of optimism, core values, motivation and resiliency that have become indelible and legendary in their positive impact on society. |
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What others say about Denis
Waitley...
This material is so fresh, so relevant, so
beautifully expressed, and so vital to the kind of change we
must all undergo to succeed in this whitewater world today.
Stephen Covey, Author
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Denis Waitley's life has placed him
in the position of 'the best there is' at getting employees to
think and act like owners. It's this simple: Get everybody you
can to read and listen to his teachings.
Tom Peters, Co-Author
In Search of Excellence
I have studied and appeared many times
through the years with Denis Waitley. My advice is to listen to and
learn everything you can from this man.
John Wooden, Former Head Coach, UCLA Basketball
Denis Waitley takes us step-by-step to
become more consistent, top level performers in our careers and
daily lives. Roger Staubach, Hall of
Fame Quarterback, Dallas Cowboys
Denis Waitley has always been one step
ahead of all of us. Denis is a mentor for all of us. This is
special. Pat Riley, Former Head Coach,
Miami Heat
A Brilliant wake-up call for individual
leadership and personal responsibility. Nothing more urgent than
integrity and wisdom in the borderless world, and no one offers
better perspective and action steps for successfully managing
change than Denis Waitley. Harvey
Mackay, Author
Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive
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March 23, 2005
Issue
25
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.
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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Many Thanks!
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
Problems Can be Opportunities in Disguise
One of the most desirable attitudes of a leader is an
ability to view problems as opportunities and setbacks as temporary
inconveniences. This positive attitude also welcomes change as friendly and is
not upset by surprises, even negative ones. How we approach challenges and
problems is a crucial aspect of our decision making process, whether in business
or in our personal lives. In companies and environments in which criticism,
pessimism, cynicism, and motivation by fear prevail, an attitude develops that
leads to avoiding failure at all costs. The trouble with failure avoidance is
that it's simultaneously avoidance of success, which depends on big risks.
Innovation and creativity are impossible when people are in fear of being
penalized for failure.
Early experience often teaches that failure is to be avoided at all costs. This
begins in childhood, when we encounter the first "No!!" It grows like a weed
when we are criticized by our parents, other family members, our teachers, and
our peers. It leads to associating ourselves with our mistakes, and to a
self-image of clumsiness and awkwardness. Not wanting to be criticized or
rejected, many adults also seek security rather than risk looking foolish or
appearing awkward. They quietly ride with the system, not rocking the boat.
All lasting success in life is laced with problems and misfortunes which require
creativity and innovation. Winners turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
In the 1920s, when Ernest Hemingway was working hard to perfect his craft, he
lost a suitcase containing all his manuscripts. The devastated Hemingway
couldn't conceive of re-doing his work. He could think only of the months he'd
devoted to his arduous writing - and for nothing, he was now convinced.
But when he lamented his loss to poet Ezra Pound, Pound called it a stroke of
luck. Pound assured Hemingway that when he rewrote the stories, he would forget
the weak parts and only the best material would reappear. Instead of framing the
event in disappointment, Pound cast it in the light of opportunity. Hemingway
did rewrite the stories, and the rest, as they say, is history.
This week, concentrate on framing your challenges as "opportunities to grow" rather than "disappointments and problems."
-- Denis Waitley
2. The Champion Within Weekly Article
Dream Torture by Dr. Denis Waitley
Perhaps the greatest torture that could be devised would be
for us to be forced, in our later years, to watch a
continuously repeating movie of the lives we could have led
had we dared to believe in and pursue the dreams and goals
that were available and attainable in our lifetimes.
DON'T BE A SPECTATOR
While we all say we don't have enough time to do justice to
our goals and dreams, each of us has all the time there is.
None of us really has a time-management problem. We really
have a dream- and goal-focus problem. We spend too much
energy worrying about the things we want to do but can't,
instead of concentrating on doing the things we can do but
don't. It is the regret for something we did or didn't do
yesterday and the apprehension of what we can't do tomorrow
that is the biggest energy drain on our lives.
A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future.
It is what you would like your life to become. A goal is
what, specifically, you intend to make happen. However, many
individuals become spectators, resigned to experience
success vicariously through others' accomplishments. They
can see success for others, but they can't imagine it for
themselves. Dreams and goals are previews of coming
attractions in your life. You can be the script writer, the
star, and the producer of an Oscar-winning epic life or an
extra in a "B" movie that someone else wrote and directed
for you. Which is it to be?
STAY FOCUSED ON YOU
Make certain that your goals are not measured in comparison
with others'. Avoid the tendency to measure your own
progress by looking over the fence at greener pastures.
There are many others who have started a little earlier than
you, and you may become discouraged if you see them
harvesting success when some of your seeds are barely in the
ground. Comparison rarely benefits anyone. You'll always be
able to find someone smarter, younger, older, wiser, richer,
more clever, better looking, or working harder or more
effectively than you are.
When you make comparisons in which you place yourself
beneath others, you're in for a discouragement that will
keep you procrastinating and perhaps even from seriously
pursuing your life goals. You can also find others who don't
measure up to what you have become or are aspiring to be.
Avoid the tendency to compare yourself with them as well.
You will lower your goals and settle for average when you
could have excellence. You may come to think that you
deserve more success than others or that success lies ahead
for you no matter what you do. Both are false assumptions.
Success isn't a pie with a limited number of pieces. The
success of others has very little bearing on your own
success. You and everyone you know can become successful
without anyone suffering setbacks, harm, or downturns.
Neither is your success measured by what others say or
accomplish.
Only you can truly define YOUR success, and only YOU can measure it!
Denis Waitley
Denis Waitley has studied, counseled and trained leaders in
virtually every field including Apollo astronauts, Olympic
gold medalists, Super Bowl champions, returning POW's, heads
of state and Fortune 500 top executives.
Denis is recognized as a world class speaker and author and
has traveled the globe sharing success ideas and strategies
to thousands of companies the past 25 years. To book Dr.
Waitley to speak for your company or to be part of your
upcoming Regional or National Convention send an email to
speaker@deniswaitley.com or
call 877-929-0439 and ask for Hilary.
3. Weekly Seeds of Greatness by Denis Waitley
Attitude is the Edge
(This excerpt was taken from Denis Waitley's The Seeds of Greatness
Treasury)
At the world-class level, talent is nearly equal. On the PGA
tour only a few strokes for the year separate the top money
winners in golf from the rest of the players. In baseball,
the American and National League batting champions hit
safely about 20 or 30 more times in an entire season than
those below the top ten. In the Olympic Games, the
difference between the gold-medal winner in the one hundred
meter dash and the fourth place, non-medal winner is less
than two-tenths of a second.
What’s true in sports is also true in our business and
personal lives. There is only a fractional difference
between winners in life and those who merely exist. The
difference is attitude under pressure. It's the winner's
edge.
The Edge is not a gifted birth. The world is full of wasted
talent.
The Edge is not academic degrees. Education is important,
but the world is full of educated misfits.
The Edge is not luck. If it were, Las Vegas would be a ghost
town.
The Edge is not capital. Many of today's self-made,
multi-millionaires started building their fortunes with
under $5,000.
The Edge is all attitude. Attitude, not aptitude, is the
criterion for success.
To order The Seeds of Greatness Treasury by Denis Waitley go to
http://www.jimrohn.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=459 or call 800-929-0439.
4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
Hello and welcome back to our topic From Inside to Outside:
Enhancing your self-esteem and that of the significant
others in your life. In these coaching tips we'll continue
working on mastering our core values and learning to accept
that we are worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the
rest. So here is our second tip:
Improve your body language. Stand erect yet relaxed. Walk
purposefully but without arrogance. Your jaw and face should
be relaxed, your eyes bright and in direct contact with
others while in conversation, your pronunciation should be
clear, your voice projecting confidence and intensity.
Always extend your hand and offer your own name first in any
personal encounter -- and offer your name first in phone
conversations. Smile with your eyes, voice, face and body
language. In every language, a smile is a light in your
window that says a caring person resides within.
So this week stand tall and SMILE -- it will do wonders for
you and give light to those around you!
DW
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6. Customer Feedback
Here are some of the testimonials and comments we received over
the past week from our Ezine subscribers. We love receiving comments and
feedback from our readers - so keep it coming!
Dear Denis! First of all I'd like to thank You a lot for all the super
things You write and say which is available for us to take part of!
Thank You!!! We haven't met Yet but I hope we will see You in Sweden
soon!
-- Birgitta Schéle
I can really see that this your weekly ezine will have a positive input
into my life and I would really like to join in getting these
issues on a weekly basis.
-- Marinda Petzer
Thank you Ezine readers, for the sincere and kind words of encouragement
and appreciation you sent us this week! -- DW
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