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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July 20, 2005
Issue 41
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.
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
Our studies of high achievers
have shown that no matter how different their personalities,
work habits, occupations or gender, the people who
accomplish great things in life have visualized and expected
success all along. They've had the ability to vividly
picture their achievements and to reassure themselves in the
face of long odds that they would come through.
To visualize the person you want most to become, set aside
some time this week in which you can create an atmosphere
conducive to re-affirming your life dreams. You may want to
be near the ocean, or a lake, or in a park, in a garden or
in the woods. Or you might just sit quietly by yourself in a
comfortable lounge or chair. Get yourself in the mood for
visualizing. When the left hemisphere of the brain is quiet
and relaxed, the mind is most receptive to creative inputs.
To facilitate this you may want to use soothing recorded
music, preferably slow and inspiring like Bach, Handel or
Vivaldi if you like classical music, or soft, popular
instrumentals from epic movies such as "Somewhere in Time,"
or "Out of Africa" or other mood music.
Once you're properly relaxed and optimistic, let your mind
focus on who you really want to become. Visualize the future
in two time frames: five years from now and ten years from
now. First, design a day in your life five years from now.
Who are you five years from now? Where are you
professionally and geographically? On Monday mornings, where
do you go?
What are you doing, seeing, feeling, and thinking? Who are
the people around you? What's different about your life five
years from now?
Next, project ahead ten years from today. Picture a film of
your life at that time. Who is watching it with you? What
dramatic moments are depicted by that film? What personal
triumphs are revealed? What obstacles are courageously
overcome?
Don't be shy! The purpose of this exercise is to load
visualized software in your mental computer. Just as a
computer must be configured to accept specific materials,
your mind must be prepared to accept the reality of your
greater success. By introducing positive images of goal
achievement, you're preparing yourself to translate those
goals into reality.
I especially like to visualize myself being introduced at a
dinner in my honor. Maybe it's the Coaches' Hall of Fame!
Don't laugh! It could happen! The emcee comes to the
microphone and reads the highlights of my life and adds some
insights as to who I really am. What would the emcee be
saying about you if such a dinner were held in your honor
ten years from now? Devote a page in your journal to
describing the things you would want said about you.
This visualization will put you on a path that leads to your
future self that you vividly picture today!
-- Denis Waitley
2. The Champion Within Weekly
Article
Motivation from Within by Denis Waitley
Motivation is a contraction of motive and action. An inner
force that compels behavior, it comes from within, not from
any external circumstance. You know where you're going
because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel
poster on the wall, a financial statement with a big bonus,
or a slogan in the hall. The performance of many externally
motivated individuals begins declining as soon as they win
contests of one sort or another. I've personally witnessed
this among Super Bowl champions and World Cup teams that
lost the incentive to maintain their excellence after
winning the cup, the honors, and the cash.
If you're really committed to peak performance and
leadership, you must motivate yourself from within. Studies
of achievers show that inner drives for excellence and
independence are far more powerful than desire for wealth,
status or recognition.
The Inner Drive
Behavioral scientists have found that independent desire for
excellence is the most telling predictor of significant
achievement.
In other words, the success of our efforts depends less on
the efforts themselves than on our motives. The most
successful companies, like the most successful men and women
in almost all fields, have achieved their greatness out of a
desire to express what they felt had to be expressed. Often
it was a desire to use their skills to their utmost in order
to solve a problem. This is not to say that many of them did
not also earn a great deal of money and prestige. William
Shakespeare, Thomas Edison, Estee Lauder, Walt Disney, Oprah
Winfrey, Sam Walton and Bill Gates all became wealthy. But
far more than thoughts of profit, the key to their success
was inspiration and inner drive by creating or providing
excellence in a product or a service. All were motivated by
the desire to produce the very best that was in them.
Go for the Inner Applause
The late Ray Kroc, a former neighbor of mine who founded
McDonald's Corporation when he was in his fifties, stressed
the importance of people working for the inner satisfaction,
not just for the money. Ray said most people find it
difficult to associate applause with their work when they
can't hear literal applause – but the important applause
should come from within. It is the faster heartbeat, the
pride and satisfaction of accomplishment.
Kroc told the University of Southern California's Business
School that the first thing a business executive needs is
love of an idea.
If you don't love your concept, drop it. If you prostitute
yourself at an early age by taking a job where the money is,
you'll be working for money all your life. Loving their work
is particularly important for younger people. If they lose
that love early, they may never grow to anywhere near their
potential for self-actualization.
Hire People Who Have Empowered Themselves
An inner drive for excellence motivates you always to be the
best you possibly can in whatever you do. Leaders and
managers should take special note hear. They must be careful
in their use of external motivators – money, perks,
prestigious offices and titles – in trying to inspire their
team members and employees. Enduring motivation must always
come ultimately from within the individual.
That's why empowerment and vision are so crucial to team
performance and quality. Their power and their vision, not
those of the leader must compel team members. Interviewing
potential members, you should look for internally motivated
individuals who hold their work important for its own sake,
who love their field or their industry, who seek the
exhilaration of testing their limits and contributing to the
world. Be wary if they show more interest in your
compensation package than in their contribution package.
Commit to achieving peak performance and leadership, by
motivating yourself from within!
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 MOTIVATION: Winning from Within
Put up the dream. Put in the knowledge. Put out the effort.
The two greatest fear busters are knowledge and action.
You can't concentrate on the reverse of an idea. A fear is a
goal moving in the opposite direction from your desire.
We can change if we want to.
Think of your imagination as a skill rather than a talent
and learn to use it.
Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your
inner drives will propel you further and faster than
external perks.
It's not the experience of today that causes us the most
stress, it's the regret for something we didn't do
yesterday.
Motivation is motive in action.
The most important opinion you'll ever have is the one you
hold of yourself.
These quotes were taken from Denis Waitley's Excerpts from The Seeds of Greatness Treasury. For more information about these pocket-sized gift booklets (for less than a $1 each when purchased in quantities) scroll down to #4, visit
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4. The
Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
Welcome to week seven of our Ten Action Steps to Optimism.
Internalize these tips to create the optimism within and as
you do, let it radiate outward, illuminating not only your
life but also those the lives of those around you! This
week's tip is:
Engage in positive recreation and education. Select TV
programs specializing in the wonders of nature, family
health, and cultural enrichment. Select the movies and
television you watch for their quality and story value
rather than their commercial appeal.
As always, keep feeding your mind with positive mental food
and maintain a healthy, optimistic outlook!
DW
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"It's not your talent or the gifted birth,
It's not your bank book that determines worth,
It isn't in your gender or the color of your skin,
It's your attitude that lets you win!" Denis Waitley
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My Robot : R-U-ME2
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Seeds of Belief: Attitude is Everything
Seeds of Discipline: Excellence is a Habit
I'd Rather Watch a Winner
Seeds of Honesty: Integrity is 24/7
Seeds of Confidence: Value is Inside Out
Seeds of Communication: Ask and Listen
Seeds of Purpose: Focus Precedes Success
Winning Is
Being Self-Reliant
Seeds of Family Leadership: Empowering Others
Seeds of Love: The Ultimate Gift
Roots and Wings (A Child's Bedtime Song)
Seeds of Optimism: The Biology of Hope
Seeds of Motivation: Winning from Within
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"Giant oaks do grow from little acorns; but first you must have
an acorn!"
"Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching
pad."
"It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think
you're not."
If you don't know where you're going, it doesn't matter if your
alarm doesn't go off in the morning.
"It is not what you get that makes you successful, it is what
you are continuing to do with what you've got."
"It is better to earn the trust and respect of one of your
children, than to gain notoriety and adulation of the masses."
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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!
Now that was a great read!!
-- Al Semple
Thanks for believing in the greater potential of people
believing in other people, as well as greater potentials
within themselves...
-- AdventureCapital...
Thanks Mr. Waitley, just what I needed.
-- Marie
Great!
-- Marg Martin
Dear Mr. Waitley, I have a collection of your tapes/cds.
Still, I read your newsletter because it is food to my
invisible self. My mind/soul/invisible self/ devours this
nutritious 'meal' and its always delicious.
-- Tina Pinnock
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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