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Words Of Motivation: Looking Back – Lesson’s Learned When Young

Looking Back – Lesson’s Learned When Young

By Tony Fahkry, http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Tony_Fahkry

I’m certain you’ve had moments looking back on life, wondering what you’d advise your youthful self about the future. You might tack a trip back to your twenties to inform yourself that all those illusions of grandeur you had about being President or head of fortune 500 company might be more challenging than you realised.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting one sells out on the dreams; rather that you take a more realistic approach to the steps involved in realising them. Youth is something we feel we’ll hold onto for the rest of our lives. Unfortunately nature reminds us in no uncertain terms that this is not the case as we contemplate the days ahead are getting shorter.

I was thinking about this topic the other day. I thought it would make for an interesting article. Below is a list, in no particular order that I wish I knew back in my twenties. If I could advise my youthful self of these points of wisdom, I’m certain life would’ve been much more tranquil in its unfoldment.

1. Life never unfolds according to YOUR plan or schedule

Whilst you have an expected outcome of how things will play out while young, they rarely coincide to your schedule. The law of detachment suggests one cast their line to the universe and wait in anticipation to see what comes back. The quote “life is what happens to us while we’re busy making other plans” couldn’t be more accurate.

2. Less is more. The more I removed from my life, the happier and content I was

In my twenties, I looked to material gains as the source of happiness, believing ‘things’ would make me happy. I discovered that people, service to others and mastery of self were the ultimate tools for happiness. When we reflect on the fact that the happiest people in the world are generally those in poorer countries, we realise that mankind has all he needs to be content.

3. There is a rhythm and energy to the universe.

When you tap into the universal energy which governs all living and non-living things, you realise that it is forever working in your favour. Rather than resist this energy, working with it becomes a source of joy and inspiration. You are the expression of nature. When you live in accordance with natures laws, prosperity and abundance become your natural expression.

Some of natures laws include; timing, detachment, karma, giving and receiving and least effort. These are just to name a few universal principles.

4. My worst moments always turned out to be greatest seeds of opportunity

At the time when you’re ensconced in turmoil, you believe that you’ll never navigate your way out. Life takes on a dark and bleak period. You own the negative state. Then sure as the sun rises, you begin making progress and transition to a place you never thought possible. You may look back on this period in your life many months or years late and be thankful for the opportunity and personal growth gained. The key is to accept your suffering at the time and move through it, knowing that like every footpath in life; there is a corner ahead in which to start afresh.

5. I am the master of my destiny. I am responsible for my thoughts and emotions

I recall the most used phrases during my twenties were: “you made me feel this way” or “you made me do it.” I discovered that in my thirties “I” and I alone am responsible for HOW I feel, despite how others behaved. I am the master of my life; my emotions and thoughts. I cannot allow others to control nor influence my state of mind or emotions. Wisdom teaches us that we are accountable for the way we engage in the world.

6. What other people think of me is none of my business

wWhy is that we strive in vain to have people like us when we’re young? It’s usually the people we seldom like that we most want to impress. As is often the case, we find out the hard way that such people are not worth pleasing and so our lesson is cemented.

Your sole responsibility in life is to think highly of yourself; to know yourself and own each aspect of your character. Forget what others think of you. People are continually mirroring back what you think of yourself. They’re looking to see how you treat yourself in order to treat you accordingly. You are their barometer. Change the reading on your forehead by sending out a stronger signal.

7. Actions speak louder than words

In your twenties you believe what most people tell you – why wouldn’t you? If someone tells you they love you, then presumably they love you; otherwise they wouldn’t tell you.

Through trial and error you discover that what people say and mean are entirely separate. I don’t think we become cynical as we mature, I believe we orientate ourselves to another’s actions as an accurate reading of their character. Perhaps being let down or rejected teaches us to look to people’s actions as an accurate reading of their real intent.

8. The present moment is all that there is.

Oh how I used to wish the future would arrive sooner to get me out of the present state. Whenever things got tough, I recall wishing myself into a future state. I wanted to escape the pain of the moment, no matter what the experience. Personally, it was being in a job I disliked or an emotional state I didn’t understand.

Here’s an experiment to understand how to live in the present moment. Spend a few hours with a child under four years of age and observe how you interact with them. Note your thoughts and emotions at the time. Note the child’s behaviour. You’ll be pleasantly surprised that being around children is the quickest way to understand and experience oneness with time and ourselves. There is no such thing as a future event or the past to a child, other than enjoying what is happening NOW.

What current wisdom do you espouse now that you may offer your younger self? Perhaps in doing so, you’d rewrite your life’s path and be less concerned with a destination as much as enjoying the journey.

Wherever you are in your life right now, take stock from the lessons you’ve learned from the past. You are continually writing the future pages of your life’s memoirs in the present moment. Every thought, every emotion and every action has the potential to shape how you will be living life in years to come. The beauty of life is that it’s never too late to wipe the slate clean and begin writing a new chapter of your life.

Tony Fahkry is an expert in integrating the mind-body connection with health & healing, personal development and self awareness to achieve greater human potential.

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Words Of Motivation: Be Outrageous!

By Ann B Thomas, http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Ann_B_Thomas

Inside of you is a BIG dream. I’m not talking about big by other people’s standards. It’s a big dream to YOU. Maybe your big dream is to be in a passionate and loving relationship. Maybe it’s to have children. Perhaps you want to be a celebrity a best-selling author or a seven-figure business owner. Whatever your particular big dream is it’s something that you are truly longing for.

It’s because it’s so important to you the thought of not achieving it scares you to death. You may find yourself paralyzed around it. Self-doubt may arise. You may question whether you are equipped to have that dream come to fruition. All of this self-doubt can cause you to stay stuck in a rut!

Here’s the cure: Be OUTRAGEOUS and BE BOLD!

For goodness sake, you don’t have forever to make this dream come true! Take advantage of this now. Sure you’ll question whether you’re good enough. So what? Yes you’ll fumble and face obstacles along the way Good! It’ll build character and make your life story ever more interesting.

Stop sitting on the sidelines waiting for your big dream to come true. You need to take action and take action NOW.

Here’s how:

1. Test your dream: Does your dream really light you up? If it doesn’t you need to dream bigger. The way to know if you’re totally lit up is if the dream creates a buzzing sensation inside of you that you can’t tell whether it’s nervousness or excitement. When you feel that always choose to view this energy as excitement!

2. Take a Big Hairy Audacious Step: What’s one outrageous thing that you could do that will help you achieve your dream? It has to be something so bold that it stirs that excited or nervous feeling inside of you again. It can’t be something ordinary. Ordinary will keep you stuck in the same rut. Instead go for bold. The mere act of doing it regardless of the results it yields will turn the stagnant energy around.

3. Brag tell people about your bold step: We are taught in this society that it’s better to be modest and demonstrate humility by discussing what’s not working. Well it’s not. Sometimes when you downplay your strengths and achievements you start to get caught up in a negative thinking pattern. You start to believe that your complaints are the only truths you have. Instead celebrate what you’ve done. Talk about how, despite your apprehension you took bold action. As you do you may even inspire your friends to take their own bold action!

So what’s your next outrageous step? Your dream awaits you!

Ann Thomas is a motivational speaker, author, certified life coach and founder of Evolving Goddess, a company devoted to teaching women around the world how to connect with their divinity and love and accept themselves unconditionally so that they can be happy, feel at peace, and create a magnificent life.

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Inspiration Messages: You Don’t Have To Be A Giant To Bang Your Head On The Ceiling!

 

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By Jeff McCall

 

Earl Nightingale once said “What the mind can conceive and truly believe, it can achieve!”

 

Was he right? Well you tell me, the proof is right in front of you! Take a look around, right now, this very moment. Everything you see before you, the consumer goods, the furnishings, the decoration, they all began as a flicker of an idea in someone’s imagination. The truth is, you can achieve absolutely anything you want to. But you have to be realistic here, you have to take account of your own physical limitations. I mean, if you’re currently enjoying the autumn of your life, I’m sorry to have to tell you, you ain’t going to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100 metres sprint. And if you throw yourself off the top of a hundred storey building, flap your arms as much as you like,but rather than soar with the birds you’ll still make a nasty mess on the pavement.

 

If you’re still with me, you’ll appreciate that there’s an absolute limit to your potential that I’ll call your “real ceiling”. Now unless you’re pretty peculiar, the chances are that you’re currently living under a “false ceiling” that you’ve created and installed all by yourself. Didn’t know you were a craftsman did you?

 

This “false ceiling” is severely restricting your growth. It’s so low, you’re banging your head on it every time you try to stand up straight. Your banging your head so much, trying to achieve anything is a constant headache. Ouch! There you go again!

 

A lot of people have made a big mistake, they’ve built their “false ceiling” no more than three or four feet from the floor. They can’t even sit up straight without banging their heads. Are you one of them?

 

So how high is your “real ceiling” then? Imagine you’re standing in an atrium, or even a cathedral, where the ceiling towers above you by as much as 100 ft or more. There’s your “real ceiling”! Look up, how high is that? You’ll get a stiff neck just looking.

 

This “real ceiling” is the limit of what you can realistically and absolutely achieve in your life. But here’s where it gets interesting.

 

I want you to imagine everything you’ve ever desired, even in your wildest dreams, the fast car, the big house, the money, the power, the happiness. How high is your “dream ceiling”?

 

Believe it or not, in order to achieve everything in your wildest dreams you would only have to reach a ceiling of about 50 ft. “But hang on a minute” I hear you cry “that’s only half the height of my real ceiling!” Exactly! It’s well below your “real ceiling”, so you should be able to reach it easily shouldn’t you? Your wildest dreams are all easily achievable.

 

Just imagine for a moment that you’ve broken through your self-imposed “false ceiling”. You’re standing up straight and tall, and for the first time in your life you’re not banging your head. You look up and can clearly see your “real ceiling” towering above you. You can do absolutely anything that any other person who has abilities similar to yours has done. What’s more, you could even surpassed them. How fantastic is that?

 

Yes, you could become very successful online if that’s what you want. There are tens of thousands of people around the world making a successful living online. It can’t be that difficult otherwise all those people wouldn’t have achieved it, right? These people aren’t special, they’re just like you and me. The majority are just honest, hard-working people who have access to exactly the same opportunities and knowledge as you.

 

So what’s stopping you? Quite simply, you are!

 

No, not your background, upbringing, education, partner, the government, next door’s cat, or even the man in the moon. They’re all excuses that reinforce your “false ceiling” and make it harder for you to smash your way through.

 

You’ve got to start taking responsibility for your own life. All it takes is a little self belief and you can begin hacking away at that “false ceiling” of yours. Imagine how much you can save in Aspirin from all those headaches! Even better, imagine where you’ll be this time next year when you’re used to standing tall and gazing up at your “real ceiling”.

 

Remember, you can achieve everything that your mind can conceive, so long as you truly believe. But first, you must believe in yourself.

 

Be successful.

 

Jeff McCall is the librarian at The Success Library, a vast collection of ebooks, articles and resources to help you achieve online success. Get your library card at http://www.thesuccesslibrary.co.uk

 

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Inspirational Messages: 6 Dream Building Rules

 

There are many inspiration messages that tell us, quite correctly, that we should pursue our dreams to find what we want on life. A dream gives you the direction and the impetus to move on in life. A dream helps you understand where you are heading when things get tough and provide words of motivation when you need support.

But are dreams just wishy-washy ideals that are difficult to obtain?

Your ideals can remain indefinite and vague unless you observe specific guidelines to ensure they represent exactly what it is that you really want in life. Once pinned down, these dreams can truly fire you up and give you all the inspiration messages you need to get things done.

There are six rules that will help you identify the direction your life should take.

 

Rule One: These Are YOUR Dreams And Nobody Else’s.

Allow yourself to be entirely selfish for a moment.

Let other people understand their own dreams. Of course, if you are in a relationship, it will help that you both have complimentary dreams. You should however have your own dreams and then discuss with your partner what your shared dreams are.

Let me just say here that negative dreams will not give you any words of motivation. Morals and ethics should be observed so a dream to murder or defraud another person would be inappropriate here. It does seem that we would not get the same satisfaction out of dreams that diminish another person.

You may have a dream to eradicate a group of politicians, for example, but (much as I may have some sympathy for this!) I would not encourage this.

It never seems to work to set your dreams according to another person’s ideas. For a long time I have used words of motivation to encourage myself to have dreams of lying on an exotic beach somewhere or perhaps on a cruise ship simply because this was expected of me. The truth is, however, that this is not what I want.

Yes, I would like to travel but not in this way. These are not my dreams, sorry.

But don’t listen to me – if your dream includes a beach or cruising holiday, write it down. If this gives you words of motivation, that’s fine. It’s your dream, not mine.

 

Rule Two: Dream Freely

Now we need to remove the restrictions you might have on your own dreams. Never think a dream is impossible or silly. If it will motivate you, gives you words of motivation, then it counts.

Who can say if something is unobtainable or frivolous? If you look back in history, you will see people achieving things big and small, no matter what the odds.

A dream only counts if achieving it would make you happy.

What would you do if you knew you could not fail?

 

Rule Three: Don’t Worry About How You Will Achieve Your Dream.

Determine your dream, with its own inspirational messages, and you will find the method to attain it will reveal itself.

Jim Rohn in his book ‘Seven Strategies For Wealth And Happiness’ put it this way: “When you know what you want and you want it badly enough, you’ll find a way to get it. The answers, methods and solutions you need to solve the problems along the way will be revealed to you.”

 

Rule Four: Write Them Down.

Sit down somewhere on your own and quietly think about what you want out of life. As the ideas come to you, write them down on a pad of paper.

Once you have committed one dream to paper, you can release it and free your mind to consider the next idea. In this way you capture your dreams so you can reflect on them later.

In truth your life depends on these ideas and it would be disastrous to have them and then lose them again. If you are like me, you will have a sudden gush of ideas so writing them down means there is no chance they will be erased.

Don’t worry about a long description – just a word that will remind you will be sufficient. For example, if you dream of a trip to Las Vegas then just the words ‘Las Vegas’ should be words of motivation enough. You can always expand on this later. Try not to stop the flow of ideas.

 

Rule Five: Touch Your Dreams.

Once you have an idea of your dreams, why not get more information on them?

The Internet gives us access to great information on everything so we can discover details about our dreams that will help us see the dreams very clearly indeed. Such clarity makes the dream seem more real and this will help us achieve it. You will get so many inspiration messages from this.

But don’t stop there. As you travel around, why not go to places where you can get more information or even touch your dream?

Test drive the car, get the brochures, visit the house or do anything that will make your dream more real.  Don’t worry about doing this, as you will find salesmen are delighted to take questions from someone who is enthusiastic about their product – your dream. Make it fun. And it is in their interest to give you words of motivation to achieve your dream!

I have always wanted to own a TVR sports car and I have driven a few. On one occasion I was in a showroom talking to the salesman when he said, ‘It’s a nice day – do you fancy a test drive?’ We had a great drive around the countryside in the car of my dreams and I got loads of inspiration messages.

Even that manufacturer of multi-million-dollar powerboats, Sunseeker, were delighted to give me some brochures. The salesman there told me they had often sold boats to people who had initially just popped in and picked up a brochure.

 

Rule Six: Dream Big

A big dream will give you more inspiration messages. It will pull you towards it with greater power.

Dream as big as you like. No restrictions.

In the book ‘The Magic Of Thinking Big’ (See? Even the title says it), David J. Schwartz wrote: “So far as success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or academic degrees, or family background; they are measured by the size of their thinking. How big we think determines the size of our accomplishments.”

It is good to have small dreams too. It is always fun to achieve these on the way to get your larger goals so it is wise to have a mix of both.

 

No matter how successful you become in life you will always need new dreams to provide inspiration messages and propel you forward.

You will find dreams provide the impetus and fuel to create a fulfilling life. Follow these six rules and as long as you find new dreams to pursue you will have the success you desire.

 

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Words Of Inspiration And Strength: Do You Expect the Best?

 

By Deborah Ailman, http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Deborah_Ailman

Think about the way you do things- what runs through your mind? Do you think to yourself that what you’re doing is something great and will turn out equally spectacular? Or do you think that whatever it is is going to fail? Do phrases such as “I’m not good enough” or “this is a stupid idea” run through your head like a broken record? Do you sigh and groan with every step or just rush to get your project over with because “nobody is gonna like it anyway?”

Then I bet you get exactly what you expected; doors slammed in your face, people laughing, people talking behind your back. Are they mean? Yeah probably. But in fact they are only mirroring the feelings that you have inside you.

There is a quote I remember from an unknown author that read something like “Those who expect the best very often get it”

So what does that say for the rest of us who expect something, well, not so good? Maybe it should go something like “Expect the worst and get it!”

I remember an old school friend of mine. She was a very bright girl but she just didn’t see that. In geography class the teacher assigned us each a project; to do something related to the topography of the land. Most of the kids were excited; they liked building things and working with brightly colored paper and making designs. But not my friend. She started her “moaning ritual” from the moment the teacher gave us the assignment. And keep in mind, this kid was only nine years old at the time. “I don’t know how to build things. My parents don’t want to be bothered helping me. My stuff always looks terrible. Look at Johnny, he always makes the most beautiful project. They look so real. Mine are just no good.”

She whined so much that I wished I could change my seat and go sit next to Johnny, who was smiling from ear to ear and excitedly telling everyone he couldn’t wait to get started.

So my friend walked home, looking as if she were in a funeral procession. Now, her parents were busy people, both working and while they wanted to help her even they got put off by her negative attitude. “Annie has such a bad attitude,” I remember her mother telling mine one day. “It’s if she’s defeated before she even tries.”

But Annie had an uncle who had lots of patience. When he looked at Annie, he saw himself when he was a young boy. He had the same kind of attitude. But he was able to change and now he wanted to help his niece do the same.

Night after night they worked on the project. Each time Annie did something he’d praise her. He showed her different ways of doing things. Annie started to look forward to working on her project. When she thought about it she smiled and dreamed about how beautiful it would be. Maybe even better than Johnny’s!

Annie expected the best and got it. Her project won first prize.

Yeah, that was years ago. Annie lives in Chicago now in one of those fancy high rise buildings. One of the highest paid architects in the country, she designed it.

You get what you expect.

Deborah Ailman is a Master Law of Attraction and Positive Thought teacher and practitioner. She lives in the Tampa Bay area of Florida with her husband of twenty five years. She is mother to seven beautiful cats and one very noisy bird. All her pets are rescued. Her passion in life (besides living the Law of Attraction) is the welfare of animals worldwide.

Deborah would love to hear from you! Please e-mail her at optimistgreen@gmail.com, visit her website at http://www.optimistforever.com, visit her on FB “Deborah Ailman”.

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Inspiration Messages: Keeping The Dream Alive

 

Have you got a dream? Is there something you want to do with your life? Good. My words of motivation to you are simply ‘You can achieve it.’ Yes, really.

Ask yourself this question: would you really be happy is you did not achieve that dream? Or would there always be a little part of you that wonders what things might be like if you achieved that dream?

In search of my own inspiration messages I went to the Southampton Boat Show last week. I had a great time looking at boats I cannot afford. This was particularly true when I got to the Sunseeker stand. For those of you who do not know what Sunseeker boats are like, take a look at their website. These yachts are among the ultimate in luxury. One floating by the pontoons at the show was worth a cool £14.7 million and included a fold out balcony from the master bedroom.

After the show I got to thinking. Words of motivation came to me including the thought that these boats are made for people. Sunseeker are not stupid, they wouldn’t make boats that people did not buy.

So who would buy them?

Why not people like you and me?

Why not people who have had a dream to own a boat like that and worked until they could buy one?

Can you really honestly say you can never achieve what you want? I know many will say that but there are many short inspiring stories of people who have achieved what would seem to be impossible goals. But they did it.

Cough. I might also point out that the company Sunseeker International was also started by a man, Robert Braithwaite, who had a dream.

Next year is the London Olympics. How many athletes are looking to win gold medals? Somebody has to win. Could you see yourself as a world-class athlete? Perhaps not, perhaps that is not your dream but whatever you want is no crazier than a child at school wanting to win an Olympic gold medal. What makes you different from those who will win next year?

Here is my word of motivation: nothing. There is nothing different about you compared to the top athletes. They have just held on to a dream and did everything to achieve it.

Find that dream and hold on to it.

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Inspiration Messages: Feel The Material Dreams

Have you ever read words of motivation such as ‘You can have all the money you want’ and felt it sounds tacky? After all, aren’t the best things in life free?

No matter how many inspiration messages I read, I felt the same way. For this reason I found it difficult to set goals except vague ones along the lines of ‘I want to be happy.’ Happiness is great but how would I know if I was ‘nearly happy?’

After much thought I began to understand that the way modern society is set up very little is truly free. The truth is we live in a materialistic society.

Nearly everyone needs money to pay for such things as housing, food, transport and so forth and most work long hours to earn it. The sad fact is we work so many hours earning money that we have little time for those important ‘free’ activities.

My dreams include spending more time with friends and family, having quiet walks in beautiful countryside and making a difference to the lives of other people. To achieve these things, I need to have the problem of money sorted out first.

What do charities continually ask? Have you got some money you can spare? The Salvation Army distributes love and support to many people but always need money to do so.

I was lucky enough to hear words of motivation from a great speaker: the former Vice President of IBM and successful businessman, Bill O’Brien. He put it well: “Money is not important, I just put it up there with oxygen.”

So never feel guilty when your dreams and inspiration messages include the need for more money.

Incidentally, on the subject of money, I tend to disagree with authors whose words of motivation tell us to picture the amount of money we want to earn. I believe it is more important to concentrate on what the money would bring. Think about what you would have, do and become as a result of becoming financially free. Would you prefer to visualize $1 million or the house that could buy?

So don’t get me wrong – the money is not the end. It simply helps us get to the point we want to be. The entertaining speaker and author Pat Mesiti puts it well: “There is something far greater than money – it is purpose.”

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Words Of Motivation: Are You A World Class Dreamer?

 

Contemplating the new century, my mind wandered back to the turn of the last century. I thought about some of the great men and women who made a profound impact on society by putting their dreams into action. I think you can observe a lot about the future from looking at the past.

Let’s step BACK 100 years (or there abouts) and reflect on the accomplishments of those who dared to dream. Most of these dreamers had to overcome incredible obstacles before their ideas would make it to the world stage. But each and every one of these people have had an affect on your daily life.

10,000 Failures precede Success

Most famous people are known for just one great feat or discovery. Not so with Thomas Edison. He is personally responsible for over 1,000 patented inventions. Many of those discoveries have evolved into products that we take for granted as a part of our everyday lives. The most famous of course, is the incandescent light bulb. This discovery/invention required 10,000 recorded experiments before Edison could use it.

Edison liked to make bold statements about his plans and then fulfill the statement. His belief in himself was so strong that he publicly promised a minor invention every 10 days and a major “big trick” item every 6 months. History records that he lived up to his word.

Committed to an Asylum

Guglielmo Marconi believed that messages could be sent through the air. This idea at the time was so absurd to most people that at one point his friends had him committed to an asylum. His vision was clear enough, and strong enough to withstand the ridicule and embarrassment. He KNEW that it could be done. On Dec 12, 1901
he finally was able to prove it to the world. He had a telegrapher tap the letter “S” from Cornwall England. Meanwhile, Marconi was 2700 kilometers away in St John’s Newfoundland with his new receiver and kite antenna. With the success of this experiment Radio and later TV were born.

Nobody Showed Up

Orville and Wilbur Wright dreamed of being able to soar above the earth like the birds. The closest way to achieve this at the time was with an air balloon. On Dec 17, 1903 they demonstrated their heavier than air flying machine at Kitty Hawk NC. You would expect there to be a lot of interest from the press and general public for such a momentous occasion. “Not many were willing to face the rigors of a cold December wind in order to see another
flying machine not fly,” the Wrights later recalled. But it did fly, and there were enough spectators watching to get the word out to the world. A new industry was born.

Jailed for Equality

Emmeline Pankhurst believed that women should be treated and respected as equals to men. In 1903 she founded The Womens Social and Political Union. Mrs Pankhurst had to endure being arrested and jailed several times. While in jail, she often would go on hunger strikes to further her ideals.

Her big dream was finally realized in 1928 when women in Britain were granted full voting rights. A few weeks later, on June 14th, she died. Her dream however, lives on. While there is still much room for improvement, womens rights have come a long way, thanks in large part to Emmeline Pankhurst.

From a Nobody to a Nobel Prize Winner x2

Marie Curie overcame the stigma of being a woman in a field (science) which was almost exclusively populated by men. Not only did Madame Curie excel at her chosen profession but she will always be remembered as the person who discovered radiation and thus x-rays. She also enjoyed the honor of being the first women to receive a Nobel Prize in 1903, and again in 1911.

Failed Twice Before Belting the Earth

In 1896 an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit, built his own self-propelled, gasoline powered vehicle – the Quadricycle. It wasn’t the first one, but it was the one that inspired Henry Ford to dream about ‘belting the earth’ with automobiles. He eventually left his job with Edison and attempted to establish an automobile manufacturing plant.

In 1903, after two previously unsuccessful attempts, he formed The Ford Motor company. In 1908, the first Model T rolled off his assembly lines. By 1918, half of all cars in America were Model T’s.

We could go on and on about ordinary people who would not accept mediocrity and instead will be written about for hundreds of  years. I would love to talk with you about Andrew Carnegie, Napoleon Hill, Albert Einstein, Amelia Erhart, Alexander Graham Bell, George Eastman and many, many others who acted on their
dreams. The ideas that they brought forth are a big part of modern day life for us.

Each of them all started with a dream that consumed them and would not let go. Most of us at some time have big dreams, but allow them to dissipate. Circumstances and life in general tend to get in the way.

You may not have the vision of Thomas Edison, but your Dreams and goals can still impact the people around you. Let’s resolve to dream BIG dreams and to take big action towards their fulfillment.

Chris Small is a cyber entrepreneur and host of the very successful ‘World Deal Center’. His main website is http://www.WorldDealCenter.com/. You are invited to sample some of Chris’s other articles by going to http://www.worlddealcenter.com/reports.htm.

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Words Of Motivation: Ways To Change Your Life – Desire Is The Core

Ways To Change Your Life – Desire Is The Core

By Fui Ping Lai, http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Fui_Ping_Lai

Do you want to learn how to take ownership of your life and live the life you have always wanted? Many of us talk about it and wish for it but at the end of the day, it still remains a fantasy. Life is short. If you don’t like something, change it. What is the point of whining and complaining but then doing nothing about it.

Regardless of whichever ways to change your life, at the core of it, the most important element is your desire. Yes, the desire to want to create a life of your choice. Your desires have to “burn” for you. They have to be for things that are absolutely essential to you. Ponder over these 3 questions:

  1. What do I really want in life?
  2. When do I want to achieve it?
  3. Why do I want it?

Really take time and reflect deeply on these questions. Why are having these things of such great significance to you? Once you have figured out the Why, you will develop the willingness to learn the How. You will work out ways to change your life and keep at it until your desires are attained. The intensity and clarity of your desires will decide your destiny.

In learning the How, it is paramount to adopt the right attitude, which are good habits and good values. Have you heard the saying that Success is 99% Attitude and only 1% Skills? It doesn’t matter how good are your abilities, if you don’t have the right attitude, you will not succeed. The good habits include discipline, positive mindset and being organized. The good values include being honest, trustworthy, sincere and operate with integrity. Only by possessing the right attitude will you hold in your hand the key to the door of success.

Profound change doesn’t happen in a single step; it’s a process and you have to persevere to walk the journey. The good news is, everybody can change. You only have to want it – you must have the burning desire. Some of us need a severe wake up call to start the change process, some of us are self-initiated. Changing your life is not like changing shoes. Change takes time and follows its natural course. Trying to force the pace of change may be disastrous. Pulling the grass to make it grow faster only kills it.

Fui Ping Lai believes we are all constantly looking for ways to change our lives for the better. She has discovered an excellent resource that has helped her tremendously. If you want to know the secret, check out this website here now.

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Short Inspiring Stories: Lewis Hamilton’s Drive

 

In December 1995, Ron Dennis, the team principal of the McLaren Formula 1 team, attended the Autosport Awards ceremony. Whilst there, Dennis was approached by a small ten year old boy of mixed race for an autograph. The boy looked at Dennis and announced “Hi. I’m Lewis Hamilton. I won the British Championship and one day I want to be racing your cars.” Dennis smiled and wrote these words of motivation in the autograph book, “Phone me in nine years, we’ll sort something out then.”

Lewis Hamilton was born on 7 January 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. His father, Anthony, was himself born of Grenadian parents who came to England in the 1950s. His mother, Carmen Larbalestier was white British. Lewis (named after sprinter Carl Lewis) was brought up by his mother for ten years after his parents split in 1987 and then by his father and stepmother.

Lewis showed promise in motor sport very early on. His father bought him a radio-controlled car in 1991 and he came second in the BRDA national championship the following year against adult competitors. This success brought Lewis to the notice of the BBC and he was featured on the Blue Peter programme.

Motor racing is an extremely expensive sport but Anthony Hamilton told his son that he would support him as long as Lewis worked hard at school. To keep this promise, Anthony had to take redundancy as an IT manager and become a contractor, often working three jobs at a time to support his son. Eventually this determination led to Anthony setting up his own IT company and becoming manager for and giving words of motivation to Lewis and is now doing the same for the new boy in the Formula 1 world, Paul di Resta.

Lewis did work hard at school but even better at sports. He played cricket for his school and football too. Lewis feels if his racing career had not taken off he might have become a professional footballer. Interestingly he was bullied at school and took up Karate to help overcome this.

At the age of eight, Lewis began karting and began to achieve success in that field. In 1998, after he had won his second British karting championship, the telephone rang and it was Ron Dennis delivering on his promise early. Lewis was signed to the McLaren driver development programme, which included the option of a Formula 1 drive in the future.

In 2001, Michael Schumacher raced Hamilton in karts and was full of praise for his driving style. Shortly after this, Lewis started racing cars in Formula Renault.

After rising up through the formulae, Lewis Hamilton finally got his drive in a Formula 1 car in 2007 and celebrated with a third place in his first race. He went on to be the youngest driver to lead the world championship. In 2008 he went on to become the youngest world champion.

Lewis is very much determined to win, despite controversy along the way. In Spain in 2008 he was racially abused by spectators and recently his sometimes aggressive driving style has lead him to incur penalties from race stewards. He reflected after on race that he had “a platinum membership card” to the stewards’ office. One other driver has also been criticized for aggression in the recent past and that was seven times world champion Michael Schumacher.

Interestingly, Nicolas Hamilton, Lewis’ half-brother has cerebral palsy but has just started a racing career himself in the Renault Clio Cup. He is often to be seen with his father cheering Lewis on at Formula 1 races and was recently filmed at the 2011 Hungarian Grand Prix glaring as Lewis served a drive-through penalty.

Lewis Hamilton has both entertained and thrilled Formula 1 fans with his determination and his humanity. Presently teamed up with Former champion Jensen Button at McLaren, the two of them have always shown a sense of humour off the racetrack but a will to win on track.

To watch Lewis Hamilton drive is to think how lucky he is to have the career he has but, as is so often the case, this ignores the perseverance and sacrifices made by both father and son to get him to this point.

Lewis Hamilton has a lot of inspiration messages to give us.

Click here to watch a fascinating 2007 BBC documentary on the career of Lewis Hamilton.

 

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