Denis Waitley Is ...
more than a best-selling author,
speaker, poet and lyricist...
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- from Apollo astronauts
- to Fortune 500 top executives
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- 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.
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What others say about Denis
Waitley...
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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
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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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June 1, 2005
Issue 35
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. Customer Feedback
7. More Information
1. Weekly Jumpstart
Freedom From Urgency
Freedom from urgency… That's what will allow us to live a
rich and rewarding life. You may have thought your problem was "time
starvation," when in truth, it was in the way you assigned priorities in your
decision-making process. Have you allowed the urgent to crowd out the important?
Each day we will continue to encounter deadlines we must meet and "fires," not
necessarily of our own making, we must put out. Endless urgent details will
always beg for attention, time and energy. What we seldom realize is that the
really important things in our life don't make such strict demands on us, and
therefore we usually assign them a lower priority.
Our loved ones understand when we are preoccupied with our urgent business, but
it's hard for us to understand, many years later, whey they appear preoccupied
when we finally find some time for them. Harry Chapin's classic song, "The Cat's
in the Cradle," is still a mirror reflecting our priorities.
All the important arenas in our life are there awaiting our decisions. But they
don't beg us to give them our time. The local university doesn't call us to
advance our education and improve our life skills.
I have never received a call or e-mail from the health club I joined insisting
that I show up and work out for thirty minutes each day. My bathroom scale has
never insisted that I lose thirty pounds. The grocery clerks have never made me
put back on the shelves the junk food I put in the cart, nor has a fast-food
restaurant ever refused me a double cheeseburger and large fries because of my
high cholesterol.
Nor have I ever been subpoenaed by the ocean or the mountains to appear for
relaxation and solitude. Yet I receive hundreds of urgent phone messages and
emails each week from people with deadlines.
You see, it's the easiest thing in the world to neglect the important and give
in to the urgent. One of the greatest skills you can ever develop in your life
is not only to tell the two apart, but to be able to assign the correct amount
of time to each.
Beginning tomorrow, throughout the day, and every day thereafter, stop and ask
yourself this question: "Is what I'm doing right now important to my health,
well-being and mission in life, and for my loved ones?"
Your affirmative answer will free you forever, from the tyranny of the urgent!
-- Denis Waitley
2. The Champion Within Weekly
Article
The Thread of a Dream by Denis Waitley
When I was researching the history of the building of the
Brooklyn Bridge as a major illustration for the ideas of
success and motivation, I became engrossed with the story of
how the first bridge was built over Niagara Falls. You see,
to build a bridge over a giant gorge, first you have to get
a line over the canyon, from one side to the other. Easier
said than done at Niagara Falls.
The engineers couldn't cross the falls in a boat to take the
line from one side to the other because the boat would go
over the falls. And the airplane hadn't been invented yet.
The distance was also way beyond the bow-and-arrow range,
which had been a common method at the time of getting the
first line across to build a bridge.
The designing engineer, Charles Ellet, pondered the question
until he came up with a revolutionary idea. He decided that,
while solving the problem, he would also have some fun and
generate some publicity for the project. Ellet sponsored a
kite flying contest and offered five dollars to the first
person who could fly a kite across the gorge and let it go
low enough to the ground for someone to be able to grab the
string. In 1849, five dollars was a prize similar to a small
lottery today. The boy who won the price relished his
accomplishment until his death, nearly 80 years later.
It all began with an idea and one thin kite string. The kite
string was used to pull a cord across, then a line, then a
rope. Next came an iron-wire cable and then steel cables,
until a structure strong enough to build a suspension bridge
was in place.
I'm struck by how that string is like a single thought. The
more vivid and clear the thought, and the more you come back
to it, the stronger it becomes -- like the string to the
rope to a cable. Each time you rethink it, dwell on it, or
layer it with other thoughts, you are strengthening the
structure on which to build your idea, like building a
bridge over Niagara Falls.
But unlike a kite, there is no string attached to how high
and how far your goals may take you. They are limited only
by the power of your imagination and the strength of your
desire.
This week begin a "string of thoughts" about your goals and
dreams and then let your imagination soar with the
possibilities!
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
Seeds of Belief: Attitude is Everything
What you see is who you'll be!
You always project on the outside, how you feel on the
inside.
The most important opinion you'll ever have is the one you
hold of yourself.
Winners believe in their dreams, when that's all they have
to hang onto.
When you are able to applaud yourself, it is much easier to
applaud others.
Success is a process, not a status. It is a road that is
always under construction.
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is
beautiful.
Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
One person's ceiling is another person's floor.
A problem defined is half-solved.
Be your best today and that will make you better tomorrow.
To order The Seeds of Greatness Treasury by Denis Waitley go to
http://www.jimrohn.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=460 or call 800-929-0439.
4. The
Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
Welcome to our Winner's Edge Coaching Tips. I'm excited
about this new 10-week series of tips because it's going to
make you smile, both on the inside and the out! Having said
that, let's jump right in to the first tip of our new topic:
Ten Action Steps to Optimism!
Fly with the Eagles! Don't run around with the Henny Pennys
who are looking up, chanting, "The Sky is Falling!" Optimism
and realism go together. They are the problem-solving twins.
Pessimism and cynicism are the two worst companions. Your
best friends should be individuals who are the "No problem,
it's just a little, temporary inconvenience" type. As you
help other people in need on a daily basis, also develop an
inner circle of close associations in which the mutual
attraction is not sharing problems or needs. The mutual
attraction should be values and goals.
This week, when challenges arise, say to yourself, "No
problem!", find the positive and see how quickly you can
turn that challenge into something great!
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 Dr. Waitley, 20 years ago you spoke at a conference
I attended in Dallas, TX and I purchased the "Seeds of
Greatness" tapes. At that time you signed my book, The
Double Win. Had I known then what an impact that were going
to have on my life I would have given you the biggest hug!!
Thank you for your tireless effort in not only developing
people professionally, but also personally by encouraging us
to put God and family where they should be – first. So a
cyber hug will have to do!! God bless you, your family and
your success!
-- Dawn Corrie
Dear Mr. Waitley, my name is Rafael from Mexico. I have made
such incredible changes in my life following your basic
principles. I am getting out of debt and every day I wake
up, I remember the things I read in your ezine and promise
myself this day I am not going to be defeted by my worst
enemy. ME! I see myself now as my best friend; I am
confident about my future and I am preparing myself to earn
lots of money. I work in Herbalife and also teach in high
school. I would like to share a reflection I made the other
day in the class room. I started asking the students what
the reason was competitive sports are very popular and why a
lot of people watch them around the globe? They answered
things like they are role models, it is fun to do, excercise,
it is good entertainment and so on. Then I told them, OK
let's play football on a plain field, no limits, no teams,
no time. I just give you a ball and you play. After two
hours, four hours, six hours of doing that, is it fun? No
one knows who's winning, no one knows the remaining time, no
one knows who their team mates are. But what a difference if
I set limits, teams, roles and mainly: SCORE and TIME. If
you simply remove score and time in every sport, no one, and
I mean no one, is going to watch a game or match in whatever
sport. The Olympics would be the most boring thing in the
world. Then I told them that is the reason life, in most
cases, is SO boring; because you never know if you are
winning or losing and you never know what is the remaining
time. But what a difference if you set GOALS with score and
time. Then you have fun in your life! Then you can make
plans and take actions in case you are doing wrong before
the time is gone! That's all I wanted to share with you; and
I promise myself I'll attend one of your seminars between
July and September next year, and I am going to talk with
you in person. Thank you for sharing all that knowledge with
the rest of the world.
-- Rafael
Thank you Ezine readers, for the sincere and kind words of encouragement and appreciation you sent us this week! -- DW
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