"Our world will never be perfect. The rain will come, despite my best efforts to prevent it. Life is what you choose to make of it. State of mind is everything. If you cannot change what happens, then for your happiness, you must change your mindset."
~Michelle Sedas
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A STORY FOR U
I hope you had a wonderful weekend and that you’re doing fine? I want to share something that is quite remarkable (at least to me), I know it may not inspire you (maybe it will) but I thought it’d be cool to share it anyway.
Last Thursday, I went to my favorite bagel shop by my house, a little place called Noah’s Bagels for breakfast. While waiting for my order I noticed a flyer on the community bulletin board for piano lessons (and one of my dreams is to play the piano) my grandmother played, my aunt, my cousin play. I absolutely love and admire the music that can be created on a piano.
I thought oh that would be so great but then I would need a piano to practice on and I left it there, figuring I would have to wait until I could afford to invest in a piano…
Fast forward to Saturday night, I’m speaking with a friend who unexpectedly announces that he’s moving out of the country and he has to sell his stuff including a studio quality keyboard (which is really an electric piano).
Figuring it was a studio quality instrument, I thought it must be way more expensive than I can afford so I don’t even bring it up, we simply make our plans to meet the next day and hang up.
Sunday, we enjoy a lovely brunch discussing his upcoming move and adventure. The inspiration comes for me to ask about his keyboard and how much he wanted for it (I thought it would be a bit out of my reach at the moment but I asked anyway) well I am happy to report that because I asked this very simple question, I am now the proud owner of a Yamaha Portable Grand Piano (I’m very excited)!
The reason, I wanted to share this is that most of us have things we’d like to try, experiences we’d like to have, goals and dreams we’d like to accomplish and sometimes we block ourselves from having what we want because of a thought.
Had I just stopped at the thought that it must be more money than I can afford right now, I would still be waiting for this dream to happen.
The lessons for me 1) Don’t let one thought (that may or may not be true) ever stop you from going for your dreams and visions. 2) Always be willing to ask questions.
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Heaven is gained or lost not by dramatic deeds, but by the simple of acts of daily living.
-- Alan Cohen
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Excerpt from:
Goals...The 10 Rules for Achieving Success,
by Gary Ryan Blair
On everyone's short list of things to do during their lifetime are the accomplishment of worthy goals and the fulfillment of one's purpose.
Achieving a goal is like opening a combination lock. You need the correct numbers in the correct right, left, right sequence. There are thousands of possible combinations; and if you are aware of the settings but not the sequence, your efforts will prove futile.
The Ten Rules of Goal Setting is the combination that opens the lock of success. Each rule is one piece of the combination; each seamlessly integrates with the other nine; each one counts!
This book provides the goal setting information you need in a straightforward and systematic manner. You will be hard pressed to find a goal that does not require each of these ten rules.
Not all goals are equal, but all goals contain the same foundational elements. When it comes to setting goals, we often don't know what we don't know. And, what you don't know can - and most likely will - hurt you by limiting or compromising your success. Each rule calls for and requires know-how of multiple disciplines. No one is born with all the talents to achieve a goal - you learn as you go on the fly!
If I could carve ten rules for achieving a goal into the walls of your mind, they would be the ones contained in this book. The ten rules work because they are simple, and they are simple because they work.
Success, of course, is individual. Your definition of "the good life" may be very different from mine. Yet the underlying steps toward that end are the same. That similarity helps you to understand what success really is.
Success is the ability, first, to recognize opportunity; second, to form plans and strategies that leverage opportunity; and, third, to develop the necessary skills needed to execute those strategies. The ten rules, like anything else in life, operate best if they are self-enforced!
Success is beautiful because of how it looks to you, how it works, how it feels and how it represents the fulfillment of goals pursued. Grow accustomed to prosperity and confident in the process of achieving a goal. Embrace these ten rules of goal setting and give witness to a powerful transition in your life.
And finally, my goal for this book is to simply...help you reach yours.
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Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier."
~Mother Teresa
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We have a duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Blessed is the man who speaks such a word."
~William Barclay
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