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August 11, 2009 Welcome!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 e-zines and newsletters you may receive. Warm regards, P.S.: Today's issue is going out to more than 106,984 weekly subscribers. If you've enjoyed this edition and have 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 visit www.deniswaitley.com for easy and convenient sign-up. Many Thanks! In This Issue.....1. This Week's Jumpstart
1. This Week's JumpstartIt was a stormy night many years ago when an elderly couple entered the hotel lobby on the outskirts of a mountain resort area and asked for a room. “I’m very sorry,” responded the night clerk. “We’re completely full and so are all the other hotels in the area, but I can’t imagine sending you out into the storm again. Why don’t you stay in my room?” the young man offered with a smile. “It may not be a luxury suite, but it’s clean. I need to finish my bookkeeping here in the office.” The distinguished-looking man and woman seemed uncomfortable, but they graciously accepted his offer. When the gentleman went to pay the bill the next morning, the clerk was still at the desk and said, “Oh, I live here full time, so there’s no charge for the room. You don’t need to worry about that.” The older man nodded and said to the clerk, “You’re the kind of person that every hotel owner dreams about having as a staff member. Maybe someday I’ll build a hotel for you.” The hotel clerk was flattered, but the idea sounded so outrageous that he was sure the man was joking. A few years passed and the hotel clerk was still at the same job. One day he received a registered letter from the man. The letter expressed his vivid recollections of that stormy night, along with an invitation and a round-trip ticket for the hotel clerk to visit him in New York. Arriving a few days later in Manhattan, the clerk was met by the distinguished gentleman at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-Fourth Street, where a magnificent, new building stood. “That,” exclaimed the man, “is the hotel I’ve built for you to run! I told you at the time that it might happen and today you can see that I was serious.” The clerk was stunned. “What’s the catch? Why me? Who are you anyway?” he stammered. “My name is William Waldorf Astor. And there is no catch. You are the person I want managing this property for me.” That hotel was the original Waldorf Astoria, and the name of the young clerk who accepted the first managerial position was George C. Boldt. This is a true story, and there’s a personal message in it for us. Why do we need a benefactor to come along and make us believe in our dreams? How is it that an outsider can perceive more potential in us than we can sometimes see in ourselves? Usually, we hold ourselves back because of a little voice from the child of our past that recalls foolish mistakes we made or rejections we experienced. Don’t listen to those doubts and fears. This week, don’t put your big dreams on layaway. Focus on believing you are worth the effort. -- Denis Waitley
2. The Champion Within ArticleThe Thread of a Dream by Denis WaitleyWhen 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 the Niagara River near 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 river 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 prize 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. -- 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 WaitleyTo be self-reliant adults, we need to set some guidelines:
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4. The Winner's Edge Coaching TipsWelcome to our current coaching topic for the next two issues. We cannot teach our children self-esteem; we can only help them discover it within themselves by adding positive marks and strokes on their slates. All positive motivation is rooted in self-esteem—the development of which, just as with other skills, takes practice. We are looking at self-esteem as a four-legged chair. Last issue we covered the second leg of the “self-esteem” chair—a sense of individual identity. The next leg is: A Sense of Worthiness. This third leg of self-esteem is a sense of worthiness, the feeling that I’m glad I’m me, with my genes and background, my body, my unique thoughts. Without our own approval, we have little to offer. If we don’t feel worth loving, it’s hard to believe that others love us; instead, we tend to see others as appraisers or judges of our value. Show your children unconditional love. Carefully separate the doer from the deed, and the performer from the performance. The message: “I love you no matter what happens, and I’m always there for you” is one of most important concepts in building a feeling of worthiness or intrinsic value in children. After every reprimand, let them know you love them. Before they go to sleep at night, give them the reassurance that, regardless of what happened that day, you love them unconditionally. A healthy sense of belonging, identity and worthiness can only be rooted in intrinsic core values as opposed to outer, often material, motivation. Without them, we depend on others constantly to fill our leaking reserves of self-esteem—but also tend to suspect others of ulterior motives. Unable to accept or reject others’ opinions for what they’re worth, we are defensive about criticism and paranoid about praise—and no amount of praise can replace the missing qualities. A healthy sense of belonging, identity and worthiness is also essential to belief in your dreams. It is most essential during difficult times, when you have only a dream to hang on to. -- Denis Waitley
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