Denis Waitley's Weekly
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June 29, 2005
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39
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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. More Information
1. Weekly Jumpstart
We're all talking to ourselves every moment of our lives,
except during certain portions of our sleeping cycle. We're seldom even aware
that we're doing it. We all have a running commentary in our heads on events and
our reactions to them. Here are some tips to remember:
- Be aware of the silent conversations you have with yourself. Are you a nurturing coach or a critic? Do you reinforce your own success or negate it? Are you comfortable saying to yourself, "That's more like it." "Now we're in the groove." "Things are working out well." "I'll do it better next time."
- When you fail, view it as a temporary inconvenience, a learning experience, an isolated event, and a stepping stone instead of a stumbling block.
- When you have even a small success, reinforce that success by rewarding yourself and feeling pride, rather than feeling lucky or guilty for the attention.
- When you receive a compliment for any reason, simply respond: "Thank you." And accept value graciously whenever it is offered.
- Always greet the people you meet with a smile. When introducing yourself in any new association, take the initiative to volunteer your own name first, clearly; and always extend your hand first, looking the person in the eyes when you speak.
- In your telephone communications at work or at home, answer the telephone pleasantly, immediately giving your own name to the caller, before you ask for the party you want and before you state your business. Leading with your own name underscores that a person of value is making the call.
- Don't brag. People who trumpet their exploits and shout for service are actually calling for help. The showoffs, braggarts, and blowhards are desperate for attention.
- Don't tell your problems to people, unless they're directly involved with the solutions. And don't make excuses. Always talk affirmatively about the progress you are trying to make.
Apply these tips and keep the running commentary in your head on a positive note!
-- Denis Waitley
2. The Champion Within Weekly
Article
How to Find the Olympian Within by Denis Waitley
(excerpted from
The Seeds of Greatness Treasury)
You're standing on the highest pedestal, the one in the
center. You hear the roar of approval from the crowd. As the
first note of the national anthem is played in the Olympic
stadium, you feel all the pride and honor that accompanies
this moment. Ten thousand hours of preparation for this one
triumphant moment in history. You’ve won the gold!
That dream of an Olympic championship is in the heart of
every amateur athlete, just as the Grand Final, World Cup,
Super Bowl and Wimbledon are the goals of professional
football players and tennis players. What are your dreams?
You're most likely not a world-class athlete, but surely you
have aspirations of your own. Perhaps you imagine a
metaphorical gold medal being placed around your neck by the
CEO of your company, or by your friends and family for being
the best in your own unique way. Maybe you wonder whether
you're up to the risk of starting your own business.
On Sundays my grandparents would take us children to ride
the huge merry-go-round next to the San Diego Zoo. We could
hardly wait to mount those bobbing zebras, lions, tigers and
stallions, and whirl round and round to the music of the
antique pipe organ. Surrounded by mirrors and lights, our
hearts would pound in anticipation as we stretched out
desperately, trying to be the one among all the riders who
would grab the gold ring and win another ride. So began my
competitive spirit.
Since you're probably younger than I am, you may never even
have heard of grabbing the gold ring on the carousel. But in
the 40s, and 50s, if you reached out and caught it, you not
only got a free ride – your name was also announced over the
loudspeaker and all the other kids and their parents would
applaud. And, of course, the kids all wished it could have
been them instead of you.
Reflecting back now on my youth, I've come to some
realizations. I guess I did start out thinking of success
and winning as something that you got by reaching outside
yourself and proving to others that you were worthy. Come to
think of it, most of my friends also believed that you had
to prove, or earn, or win, or perform in some special way,
and then you would deserve the gold ring or the Olympic gold
medal.
The approval of others seemed to precede feelings of
self-confidence and self-worth. You were entitled to feel
good about yourself only after you performed well. Why did
it take me so many years to discover that just the reverse
ought to be true?
After devoting most of my lifetime to investigating the
well-springs of personal and professional success, I'm able
to make the following statements with great confidence:
- You need to feel love inside yourself before you can offer it to anyone else.
- Your own sense of value determines the quality of your performance. Performance is only a reflection of internal worth, not a measure of it.
- The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.
- What you show the world on the outside is a mirror image of how you feel on the inside.
- You should chase your passion, not your pension.
The key trait shared by athletic champions and winners in
every walk of life is the fundamental belief in one's own
internal value.
If your success depends on external possessions, you'll be
subject to constant anxiety. When your peer group cheers one
of your accomplishments, you'll feel good for a while, but
then you'll wonder if they'll cheer as loudly the next time.
If they're critical, you will feel hurt and threatened. The
truth is, you can never win over a long period of time if
your concept of success depends upon the perfect performance
or the placing of a gold medal around your neck.
It's obvious that talent, looks and other attributes aren't
equally distributed, but we're all given an abundance of
value – more than we could use in several lifetimes. The
game of life certainly isn't played on a level playing field
for each of us in terms of education, a supportive home
life, and other circumstances beyond our control, but I can
assure you that you were born with the qualities of a
champion. That's what I mean by value.
You see, champions are born, but they can be unmade by their
perceptions, exposure and responses. Losers are not born to
lose. They're programmed that way by their own responses to
their environment and their decisions.
There's a phrase I like to use – The Inner Winner -- that
describes the kind of person who recognizes his or her
internal value, and who is able to use that recognition as
the foundation for achieving any goal. The secret of wearing
the gold medal around your neck in the external world is
that first you must be an Inner Winner. You must recognize
that you're already an Olympian Within.
Denis Waitley
Denis Waitley has studied,
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including Apollo astronauts, Olympic gold medalists, Super
Bowl champions, returning POW's, heads of state and Fortune
500 top executives.
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3. Weekly Seeds of Greatness by
Denis Waitley
((This excerpt was taken from Denis
Waitley's latest book The Seeds of Greatness Treasury)
The Power of Habit
You may know me.
I'm your constant companion.
I'm your greatest helper; I'm your heaviest burden
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am at your command.
Half the tasks you do might as well be turned over to me.
I'm able to do them quickly, and I'm able to do them the
same every time,
if that's what you want.
I'm easily managed; all you've got to do is be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want it done; after a few lessons
I'll do it automatically.
I am the servant of all great men and women; of course,
I'm the servant of all the failures as well.
I've made all the winners who have ever lived.
And, I've made all the losers too.
But I work with all the precision of a marvelous computer
with the intelligence of a human being.
You may run me for profit, or you may run me to ruin;
it makes no difference to me.
Take me. Be easy with me, and I will destroy you.
Be firm with me, and I'll put the world at your feet.
Who am I?
I'm Habit!
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4. The
Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
Welcome back! Well, this week we are at the halfway point of
our Ten Action Steps to Optimism. Have you noticed that you
are smiling more on the inside and as you do, you feel it
radiating outward to your face as well? I hope so! Tip
number five is:
"Remember the lobster." At a certain point in a lobster's
growth, he discards his outer, protective shell and is
vulnerable to all of his enemies. This continues until he
grows a new "house" in which to live. Change is normal in
life. With every change there is the unfamiliar and the
unexpected. Instead of going into a shell, become
vulnerable. Risk it! Reach inside for faith in things that
are unseen.
So this week, come out of your shell, take that leap of
faith and reap the rewards of greater optimism and
self-esteem!
DW
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