Denis Waitley Is ...
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speaker, poet and lyricist...
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- from Apollo astronauts
- to Fortune 500 top executives
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- to Super Bowl champions
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- to heads of state
- from the boardrooms of top multi-national corporations
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...and now to our living rooms.
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
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In Search of Excellence
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daily lives. Roger Staubach, Hall of
Fame Quarterback, Dallas Cowboys
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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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August 31, 2005
Issue 44
Welcome!
To this 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
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Denis Waitley
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In This Issue.....
1. This Week's Jumpstart
2. Champion Within Article
3. Seeds of Greatness
4. Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
5. Featured Product of the Week
6. More Information
1. This Week's Jumpstart
The art of visualization to help
you make your goals part of your subconscious reflex habits,
like brushing your teeth or driving your car. Imagine that
you're driving home. Think about the steps you take. You
start the car, turn left at the light on Main Street, take a
right to the expressway, and head west to the foothills.
These interim steps break down your final objective, into
easily segmented steps. Psychologists call this interior
model or template a "cognitive map." The cognitive map gives
you an image by which to check progress at every moment. If
you expect to reach a landmark in less time than you are
taking on this particular trip, you might speed up a little
to get back on pace. Scientists refer to the process of
adjusting your actions to fit your image of what is right as
using a "negative feedback loop." This doesn't mean that you
berate yourself when you get off track. It means you
mentally correct to the target.
Gary Player, one of golf's immortals, gave an impromptu
demonstration of this process during a Master's Tournament
he won many years ago. He lined up his shot, hit a solid
seven iron, and laid the ball down softly on the green forty
feet past the pin placement. For me, that would have been a
sensational shot. For Player, it was a very long putt for a
birdie, and he wanted to correct his error.
Without changing his expression, he looked at this caddie,
who handed him his eight iron. Player walked back to where
the ball had been, went into his stance, glanced at his
target, and then swung through, watching the imaginary ball
land dead to the pin. You could almost see him thinking to
himself, "That's the way to play this shot. The eight iron
was the proper club. Next time, I'll put it right there."
Tiger Woods has this same uncanny ability, as a result of
discipline, practice and concentration, which I watched him
display once again when he won the 2005 Masters Tournament
in a playoff.
American physiologist, Edmund Jacobsen, has pioneered
remarkable studies showing that when an individual imagines
running, small but measurable amounts of contraction
actually take place in the leg muscles. In the same way,
when you create a vivid, frightening image in your mind,
your body responds with a quickened pulse, elevated blood
pressure, sweating, goosebumps, and dryness of the mouth.
I remember feeling all of those symptoms when I was twelve
years old and my friends dared me to run through a farmer's
pasture that had the biggest, ugliest, meanest bull I'd ever
seen corralled there. Above the fence that we were supposed
to crawl through before sprinting safely to the other side
was a cryptic sign the farmer had posted for trespassers:
"Don't attempt to cross this field unless you can do it in
9.9 seconds. The bull can do it in 10 flat!" That sign
motivated several involuntary muscle spasms in me, and I had
to change into a fresh pair of overalls when I got home.
Conversely, when you hold a strong, positive, relaxing image
in your mind, your body responds with a lowered heart rate
and decreased blood pressure and your muscles tend to relax.
These functions take place automatically, unconsciously, and
you're seldom aware of their cause. You think they "just
happened."
This week begin to utilize or increase your utilization of
the art of visualizing your dreams, so that accomplishment
of your goals simply becomes a habit!
-- Denis Waitley
2. The Champion Within
Article
How to Stay Motivated by Dr. Denis Waitley
Be willing to say to yourself, "I'm on the right road. I'm
doing OK. I'm succeeding." We too frequently become adept at
pointing out our flaws and identifying failures. Become
equally adept at citing your achievements. Identify things
you are doing now that you weren't doing one month ago… six
months ago… a year ago. What habits have changed? Chart your
progress.
Doing well once or twice is relatively easy. Continuously
moving ahead is tough, in part, because we so easily revert
to old habits and former lifestyles. Over the long run, you
need to give yourself regular feedback to monitor your
performance and reinforce yourself positively. Don't wait
for an award ceremony, promotion, friend or mentor to show
appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts
on a daily basis.
Keep the end result in sight. Always see the big picture of
the ultimate goal you're working for and the benefits that
come with it. During World War II, parachutes were being
constructed by the thousands. From the workers point of
view, the job was tedious and repetitive. (Like making "cold
calls" on the phone or in person.) It involved crouching
over a sewing machine eight to ten hours a day, stitching
endless lengths of colorless fabric. The result was a
seamless heap of cloth. But every morning the workers were
reminded that each stitch was part of a life-saving
operation. As they sewed, they were asked to think that this
might be the parachute worn by their husband, brother or
son. Although the work was hard and the hours long, the
women and men on the assembly line understood their
contribution to the larger picture. The same should be true
with your work. Each thing you do benefits the health and
well being of adults and children throughout the world, not
just generally, but specifically. These are the visions that
drive us through tedious details to the top.
Set up a dynamic daily routine. Getting into a positive
routine or groove, instead of a negative rut, will help you
become more effective. Why is the subway the most energy
efficient means of transportation? Because it runs on a
track.
Think of the order in your day, instead of the routine.
Order is not sameness, neatness or everything exactly in its
place. Order is not taking on more than you can manage,
without still being able to do what you really choose. Order
is the opposite of complication; it's simplification. Order
is not wasting a lot of time trying to find things. Order is
avoiding a lot of recriminations because you didn't do
something you promised. Order is setting an effective agenda
with others, so neither of you is disappointed. Order is
doing in a day what you set out to do.
Order frees you up. Get into the swing of a healthy, daily
routine and discover how much more control you'll gain in
your life.
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. Seeds of Greatness by
Denis Waitley
(Excerpted from Denis Waitley's latest
book, Safari to the Soul)
"It seems rather odd that a man who has devoted most of his
life writing about, lecturing and counseling others about
success and fulfillment in the biggest cities, largest
convention halls, crowded stadiums and arenas throughout the
industrialized world, should find himself gaining his most
meaningful insights about the enlightened life in a tent and
on the savanna in the Kenya highlands of East Africa.
Perhaps by being still and listening to my own heartbeat, as
the only human sound emanating from the vastness of the
Mara, I was able to hear the music and lyrics of my own soul
-- that inner center that each of us visits so rarely, if at
all, in the hurried gridlock of our daily existence.
I sing this inner song for you, the reader, with the sincere
desire that -- when you close the book -- you will smile,
touch a loved one, slow the pace of your own journey down a
bit, and feel more connected not only to the past and
future, but to those priceless, simple treasures in the
moment that have no purchase price. I am convinced, as I
approach the Indian Summer of my own saga, that life is a
collection of memories over a very brief time span.
Sometimes we all get so caught up in reaching our material
goals, we sprint to the finish line without noticing the
landscape along the track.
I hope this humble offering will inspire you to indulge
yourself with extra minutes and hours watching more sunsets,
moon rises and to lie down in the tall grass feeling the
breeze in your hair as you watch the clouds drifting by on
their endless journey. Come with me to Africa, and I will
show you what I mean."
To receive Safari to the Soul by Denis Waitley as a bonus
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or call 800-929-0434.
4. The
Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
Welcome to our final tip of Ten Action Steps to Optimism. We
hope these tips have helped you create new optimism within,
and in doing so touched the lives of those around you! This
week's tip is:
Make your day of worship "Good Faith" day. Get into the
habit of attending your church, synagogue, mosque or temple
and do some honest listening, and sharing. According to the
most recent studies on drug abuse among teenagers and young
adults, there are three cornerstones in the lives of those
young individuals who do not use drugs of any kind:
religious belief, family and extended-family relationships,
and high self-esteem.
Remember, optimism is always in style and is a breath of
fresh air for you and those in your circle of influence!
DW
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I've been teaching the same qualities that have helped
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