February 8, 2006
Issue
54
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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
What each of us is doing this
minute is the most important event in history for us. We
have decided to invest our resources in this opportunity
rather than in any other. It is helpful to remember this
when we consider the passage of time.
"There are two days in every week about which we should not
worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and
apprehension. One of these days is Yesterday, with its
mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and
pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All
the money in the world cannot bring back Yesterday. We
cannot undo a single act we performed; we cannot erase a
single word we said. Yesterday is gone.
The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow, with
its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise,
and poor performance. Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate
control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendor or
behind a mask of clouds; but it will rise. Until it does, we
have no stake in tomorrow, for it is as yet unborn. This
leaves only one day: Today.
Anyone can fight the battles of just one day. It is only
when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities
-Yesterday and Tomorrow - that we break down. It is not the
experience of Today that drives us mad, it is remorse and
bitterness for something which happened Yesterday and the
dread of what Tomorrow may bring. Let us therefore, live
this one full Today."
Carpe Diem! Seize this Day!
-- Denis Waitley
2. The Champion Within
Article
Be Responsible For Your Own Financial Security by Denis Waitley
There is no job security. You can't rely on staying with
the same company through retirement. Pension plans, when
available, are woefully inadequate. Social security benefits
won't come close to covering your living expenses in
retirement.
The only way to reach financial security is to plan for it
now, regardless of your age. You have to define financial
security in your own terms. Have you defined the amount of
assets that you need for financial independence?
Financial security is that amount of assets that will give
you a specific income, after taxes, to live like you want
to, without having to depend on day-to-day employment.
What is that amount for you? I believe it is more than you
think. And, I feel that if you define it, you can reach it
in ten years or less. Do you have a financial plan and the
assistance of a financial planner? You need both. Always
retain a financial planner on a fee-for-service basis. Don't
mix financial planning with an investment broker or
insurance agent. What are your financial goals and what is
your time line? Because I started late in my quest for
financial independence, I have a maximum five-year period
remaining for capital accumulation.
Action Idea: Wealth is not only based on income, but also on
expenditures. Are you spending or investing? Are your
purchases goal-achieving or tension-relieving? How do you
use credit cards? Use your credit cards for services or
purchases that retain their value or that build your
business. Don't use credit cards for vacations and personal
entertainment, unless you plan to pay the entire balance in
one or two months. Try to pay all your balances in full
monthly. In this way, you avoid the ridiculously high
interest payments. Realize that paying minimum balances, at
high interest rates, means that you are paying two or three
times what the original purchase was worth.
Most importantly, save at least 6 to 10 percent of your
take-home pay each month, by writing a check into a savings
account or mutual fund for that amount, as if it were a
utility bill or house payment. The secret of most self-made
multi-millionaires is compound interest. If parents saved
one dollar each day for their newborn infant, by going
without a cup of Starbuck's coffee, or a Big Mac, or a soft
drink for that day, by the time the child reached age forty,
he or she would have a million dollars cash. No lottery
windfall. No brilliant investment strategy. Just compound
interest, which Baron von Rothchild labeled "The Eighth
Wonder of the World."
-- 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
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for Hilary.
3. Seeds of Greatness by
Denis Waitley
(Excerpted from Denis Waitley's book, Safari to the Soul)
An Invitation
As you contemplate Creation
Wondering "why" and "who" you are;
And why life shines bright but briefly
Like a cosmic falling star.
Bring your ponderings to Eden
To the place of mankind's birth;
Fuse the past into your presence
In the arms of Mother Earth.
Tell the lions of your struggles
Tell the elephants and birds;
Take communion here in silence
Midst the ever constant herds.
And relish in the knowledge
That "your being" fits this song;
That the harmony is real here
In this land where you belong.
Makes no difference your religion
For the Maestro welcomes all;
You'll be closer to your Savior
Than in any hallowed hall.
Hear the wind in the acacias
Whisper "welcome home dear friend;"
To the magic of beginnings
Where the story has no end.
When you're seeking self-fulfillment
In your urgent quest to win;
You can rest here, watch and listen
To the music deep within.
You'll find answers to your questions
You'll release the unknown fears;
Of what happens in the future
Far beyond your mortal years.
Truth oft times evades us
No matter how hard someone tries;
It arrives by revelation
Standing right before our eyes.
I thought myself a wise man
But a novice to be sure;
Who has just begun his journey
Into love that's true and pure.
I'm a living breathing instrument
One of billions on the stage;
Who plays his part with passion
With some notes on history's page.
Come with me to Kenya
Leave your masks and stuff behind;
Travel light with no agenda
Just an eager, open mind.
You'll discover in the vastness
Your connections to the whole;
And find inner peace and beauty
...On Safari to Your Soul.
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4. The
Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
We are into week 4 of our current series of coaching tips...
These tips will help you further embrace integrity in your
personal, business and family life.
Tip 4: As my friend Dr. Ted Engstrom advises in his book
Integrity, chart your course by the north star of conscience
by doing unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Most of the world's religions have long urged the same. "Do
not to others what you would not want done to you" is a
pillar of ancient Chinese philosophy. Charting your course
by the north star means you are stable, constant, resolute.
You base your decisions on principle, on your immovable
belief system.
-- DW
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