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October 24, 2007 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 you may be receiving. Warm regards, P.S. Today's issue is going out to more than 85,777 weekly subscribers. If you've enjoyed this edition and found it to be valuable, then if you would do me the favor of forwarding it to your friends, family and associates, it would be very much appreciated. If they would like to subscribe, have them send an email to: subscribe@deniswaitley.com Many Thanks! In This Issue.....1. This Week's Jumpstart
1. This Week's JumpstartFreedom From Urgency by Dr. Denis WaitleyFreedom 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!
2. The Champion Within ArticleDream Torture by Denis WaitleyPerhaps the greatest torture that could be devised would be for us to be forced, in our later years, to watch a continuously repeating movie of the lives we could have led had we dared to believe in and pursue the dreams and goals that were available and attainable in our lifetimes. DON'T BE A SPECTATOR A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. It is what you would like your life to become. A goal is what, specifically, you intend to make happen. However, many individuals become spectators, resigned to experience success vicariously through others' accomplishments. They can see success for others, but they can't imagine it for themselves. Dreams and goals are previews of coming attractions in your life. You can be the script writer, the star, and the producer of an Oscar-winning epic life or an extra in a “B’ movie that someone else wrote and directed for you. Which is it to be? STAY FOCUSED ON YOU When you make comparisons in which you place yourself beneath others, you're in for a discouragement that will keep you procrastinating and perhaps even from seriously pursuing your life goals. You can also find others who don't measure up to what you have become or are aspiring to be. Avoid the tendency to compare yourself with them as well. You will lower your goals and settle for average when you could have excellence. You may come to think that you deserve more success than others or that success lies ahead for you no matter what you do. Both are false assumptions. Success isn't a pie with a limited number of pieces. The success of others has very little bearing on your own success. You and everyone you know can become successful without anyone suffering setbacks, harm, or downturns. Neither is your success measured by what others say or accomplish. Only you can truly define your success, and only you can measure it.
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 WaitleySEEDS OF MOTIVATION: Winning from WithinPut 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.
4. The Winner's Edge Coaching TipsThis week's tip comes from Mr. Platinum Rule, Tony Alessandra. Tony's always looking for ways to help us improve our communication and relationship skills both in our businesses and personal lives. Today, he's talking about contributing to the greater good. With charisma, you can inspire those around you to greatness, as well as come closer to greatness yourself. One key aspect of your charisma is the spiritual aspect of your silent message, what you convey to others around you. Now, this has nothing to do with how often you go to church. Instead, by "spiritual," I mean the level of caring you convey, the sense of higher purpose or greater good you communicate. I was struck not long ago by the tributes that followed the death of industrialist David Packard. He was, of course, eulogized as a can-do genius who, starting with $538 in cash and an empty Palo Alto garage, built corporate giant Hewlett-Packard. But amid the stories of his savvy management and progressive thinking, were many, many anecdotes about David Packard, the man. An enemy of pomposity and immodesty, he was remembered for his generosity, his friendliness, and his attentiveness to and trust in his employees. He was as strongly devoted to people, many said, as he was to technology and sound business practices. In short, Packard never forgot that character and kindness never go out of style. His charisma, enormous by any calculation, was made greater still by his humanity. In short, he cared, and that's the essence of this spiritual dimension.
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