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April 13, 2005
Issue 28
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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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. Frequently Asked Questions
7. More Information
1. Weekly Jumpstart
Your Own Magnificent Obsession
All enduring motivation must ultimately come from within the
individual. That is why the words empower and envision are so vital to team
performance. It must be your inner power and your own personal vision that
propels you, not that of your leader.
The success of your efforts depends not so much on the efforts themselves, but
rather on your motive for doing them. The greatest companies and the greatest
men and women in all walks of life have achieved their greatness out of a desire
to express something within themselves that had to be expressed, a desire to
solve a problem using their skills as best they could. This is not to say that
many of these individuals did not earn a great deal of money and prestige for
what they produced. Many did. But the key to their successes was that they were
motivated more by an inner magnificent obsession, a passion, than by any thought
of profit or identity.
You may recall from history that the exquisitely beautiful armless statue of
Venus de Milo was carved by an unknown sculptor. When a farmer dug up the
soon-to-be world-famous work of art while plowing his field, a renowned museum
curator sadly reflected what a great pity it was that the sculptor would never
be recognized by thousands of admirers, nor would he or she ever know how
valuable the statue became hundreds of years later.
The farmer retorted that it must have been a labor of love for someone to be
able to have envisioned such perfection and brought it forth with just a chisel
and a shapeless piece of stone. "Just creating something of such quality," said
the farmer, "would have been payment in full for me."
You can't commission a masterpiece. Human greatness can't be externally
motivated. It must be compelled from within. A magnificent obsession is the way
you want to live, not just the things you want to own. A magnificent obsession
is the person you want to be, not the title on your office door or business
card. A magnificent obsession is the mind-set that you have, not the diplomas or
awards you earn. It is the worldview you claim as your own, not the collection
of stamps on your passport. It is uniquely yours, like your fingerprint or
handwriting.
Ask yourself this question: "If it weren’t for money, time and personal
responsibilities, what would I really love to do with my life?" You and I need
to answer it from our own individual perspectives, not simply answer "to help my
company, family or country." In addition to these shared visions, autograph your
career and life with your own signature.
By personalizing your passion, you will experience the unlimited power from within!
-- Denis Waitley
2. The Champion Within Weekly
Article
A Compelling 'Why' by Denis Waitley (excerpted from The Psychology of Motivation)
I have a suitcase for you. In that suitcase there is $1
million in cash. The suitcase is sitting in a building that
is about an hour's drive from where you are now.
Here is the deal: All you have to do is get to this building
in the next two hours. If you get there before the end of
the two hours, I will hand you the suitcase, and you will be
a million dollars richer.
There is one catch, however. If you are even one second
late, our deal is off, and you will not get a dime. No
exceptions! With that in mind, what time would you like to
leave?
Most people would respond to that scenario by saying that
they would leave right now. Wouldn't you?
So off you go. You jump into your car and start driving for
the building. You are excited and are already starting to
plan how you are going to spend your million dollars. Then,
suddenly, the traffic comes to a complete stop. You turn on
the radio and find that there has been a series of freak
accidents between you and the building and there is no way
to get there!
Now what would you do? Would you give up and go back home?
Or would you get out of your car and walk, run, hire a
helicopter, or find some other way of getting to the
building on time?
Now let's suppose for a minute that you are driving to an
appointment at your dentist's office. The traffic again
comes to a stop. Amazingly, there have been freak accidents
between you and your dentist's office. What would you do
then? Probably give up, go home, and reschedule!
What is the difference between these two situations? It all
comes down to why. If the why is big enough; the how is
usually not a problem. This compelling why is connected to
your personal objectives, mission statement, or magnificent
obsessions. It is the basis of your motivational support
beam. Truly motivated people are able to identify and tap
into the power of a compelling why in everything they do.
This week find your why, make it big and let it compel you to greater achievement!
Denis Waitley
To order the Psychology of Winning
6-CD series go to
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or call 800-929-0434.
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
(This excerpt was taken from
Denis Waitley's newest release, Safari to the Soul)
First Night Reflections
Thoughts, in my tent:
No monuments of steel and glass
No golden arches or endless drone
of fossil-burning, mechanized human
ants crawling on concrete trails to
and from cookie-cutter cocoons
Searching for food, diversion
and meaning
Only vastness and silence of
the savanna ecosystem
as far as the naked eye can see
and ear can hear
Now and then the stillness rudely
interrupted by the piercing sounds
of clarion calling,
zebra’s nervous barking,
lion’s guttural proclamations
of royal presence and dominance
And the irritating bleating of
the endless procession of wildebeest
echoing the life and death struggle
and synergy of millennia upon millennia
In the Savage Paradise of Eden –
The Maasai Mara of Kenya
where our early ancestors migrated
with the herds
Coexisting in harmony with all other
living creations playing their part
In the Maestro’s orchestra
Here in my tent
casting a ten-foot shadow on the
canvas, dancing in the August wind
illuminated by kerosene lantern
Armed with journal and pen,
guarded by a young Maasai warrior
standing just outside as my faithful sentry
throughout the eerie
East African night
I began to scribble recollections
and observations of this adventure –
My own, Safari to the Soul
To order Safari to the Soul by Denis Waitley
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call 800-929-0439.
4. The
Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
Hello and welcome back to another week covering our current
topic, From Inside to Outside: Enhancing your self-esteem
and that of the significant others in your life. This
segment of coaching tips will help us master our core values
and learn to accept that we are worthy of the best, but not
more worthy than the rest. Here is our tip this week:
Dwell on your strengths and talents. Keep a video record of
your professional and personal milestones and
achievements--positive memories for reinforcement during
difficult times. Also, make a video of the older members of
your family and senior members of your company relating
their experiences and their expertise. Nothing is more
important to rookies and the younger generation than wisdom
from people who have been there before. And nothing is more
important than featuring dedicated employees who may not be
getting the attention they deserve.
Next week we'll move on to our next tip, but for this week,
take note of you employees, distributors, family members and
friends and dwell on those strengths and talents that make
each of you unique!
DW
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6. Frequently Asked Questions
Every so often we'll take a question about
or addressed to Denis Waitley and provide the answer! This week, a
reader ask for clarification on one of Denis' poems. Enjoy!
Q: Denis does a little poem on CD 3
from the Jim Rohn Weekend Leadership Event about "The Cautious Man"
which I think is brilliant but I would like to know what he means when
he says... "Risk taking is the only way to get security. If you seek
security you are taking the greatest risk of all but if you take the
calculated risk you create your own security." If you could give me your
views on this it would be of great help to me. Thanks, F. Harper
A: What I mean by risk-takers being
security-makers has a lot to do with a person's belief system and mind
set. For example, I went to the Naval Academy and when I graduated there
was a clear, 30-year career path that would have guaranteed me with a
modest, but certain pension. With the exception of federal, state, and
local government agencies and a very few private companies, there is a
high risk that there will be no pensions awarded by organizations to
guarantee financial security for employees. With China becoming the
dominant economic force for the remainder of this century, there will be
even less security offered by any union or organization because such
guarantees make them uncompetitive in the global market place.
What this all means is that the only security in life comes from within
the individual, not something that you look for in an employer.
Accordingly, it is imperative that all individuals create their own
financial security by a disciplined savings' and investment plan,
combined with an attitude that "free time" should be more goal achieving
rather than tension relieving.
The fifteen books I have written were done during evening "prime time"
when the majority of the population was glued to their TV sets to break
the monotony. Early on, I decided not to trade hours for an incremental
salary. I felt I could never become financially independent depending on
an organization. So I left the guaranteed security of becoming an
Admiral over a 30-year period, with a set retirement check, to gain all
the knowledge and experience I could in my most passionate field of
interest. There have been ups and downs, six children to put through
college, heavy health bills, and the usual, but the result, for me, has
been that I "chased my passion not my pension" and made a great deal
more money, in a much more enjoyable career.
When you take risks, you appear the fool, because in the early stages of
embarking on anything new, you feel unsure, awkward and like a real
novice. Courage comes with training and experience. People seek
security, because change is always unsettling. The problem with seeking
security, is that all the risk-takers and entrepreneurs are willing to
make any effort, to try any innovative approach, to become successful.
They make it very difficult for security-seekers to get ahead, because
today's economy requires constant learning and adapting. People with
seniority and time-in-rank are not as flexible, and therefore are trying
to maintain the status quo.
It isn't that I don't want security. I simply realize that I create my
own inner security and financial security by developing multiple streams
of income, hedges against surprises, and new skills required in the age
of communication and technology.
Sometimes we use too many over-simplified clichés to talk about such
complex subjects as risk and security. I hope I have clarified what I
mean a little more in this discussion.
Warm regards,
Denis Waitley
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