Why do we fail to take ACTION!!

Originally Posted by Hero

what is the problem afterall?

problem is us not being true with ourself and not working towards our dream consistently.........Action signifies POWER to move ahead towards ones goals and dreams every single moment.......Being the best anytime, with what we have........and striving to become MORE.........adding unrestness to be part of us to keep stretching and living outside our comfort zone..........and BEING HAPPY AND MAKING OTHERS TOO....

Live with passion

One of Life's Great Lessons - Learn to be Thankful for What You Already Have by Jim Rohn
Is thankfulness a survival skill? Perhaps most of you would respond with, "No, Jim, thankfulness is not key to survival", and I would tend to agree with you. Most of us have probably already solved the necessary problems of survival, gone beyond that and are now working to achieve our desires. But let me give you this key phrase, "Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want." I believe one of the greatest and perhaps one of the simplest lessons in life we can learn is to be thankful for what we have already received and accomplished.

Both the years and the experiences have brought me here to where I stand today, but it is the thankfulness that opened the windows of opportunities, of blessings, of unique experiences to flow my way. My gratitude starts with my parents who raised me, gave me an incredible foundation that has lasted me all of these years and continues with the mentors that I've met along the way who absolutely changed and revolutionized my life, my income, my bank account, my future. I am also very thankful for the people, the associations, for the ideas, for the chance to work and labor, and to produce results, all of that has brought me to this place, to this weekend. I'm grateful for it all.

What a unique opportunity each one of you here has, so many of us; representing different countries, nations and cultures, to appreciate the uniqueness of our own experiences that has brought us all here, together, for these three days to learn new skills and sharpen old ones. For the countries we represent; we have freedom and liberty. These are extraordinary times, about eleven years ago the walls came tumbling down, in Germany, and it started a wave of democracy and freedom like the world has never seen before. We as a country and as a world have so much to be thankful for. Always start with thanksgiving; be thankful for what you already have and see the miracles that come from this one simple act.

Now thankfulness is just the beginning; next, you've got to challenge yourself to produce. Produce more ideas than you need for yourself so you can share and give your ideas away. That is called fruitfulness and abundance. Here's what I think fruitfulness and abundance mean - to go to work on producing more than you need for yourself so you can begin blessing others, blessing your nation and blessing your enterprise. Once abundance starts to come, once someone becomes incredibly productive, it's amazing what the numbers turn out to be. But to begin this incredible process of blessing, it often starts with the act of thanksgiving and gratitude, being thankful for what you already have and for what you've already done. Begin the act of thanksgiving today and watch the miracles flow your way.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

Sushant

The Miracle of Personal Development by Jim Rohn

One day Mr. Shoaff said, "Jim, if you want to be wealthy and happy, learn this lesson well: Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job."

Since that time I've been working on my own personal development. And I must admit that this has been the most challenging assignment of all. This business of personal development lasts a lifetime.

You see, what you become is far more important than what you get. The important question to ask on the job is not, "What am I getting?" Instead, you should ask, "What am I becoming?" Getting and becoming are like Siamese twins: What you become directly influences what you get. Think of it this way: Most of what you have today you have attracted by becoming the person you are today.

I've also found that income rarely exceeds personal development. Sometimes income takes a lucky jump, but unless you learn to handle the responsibilities that come with it, it will usually shrink back to the amount you can handle.

If someone hands you a million dollars, you'd better hurry up and become a millionaire. A very rich man once said, "If you took all the money in the world and divided it equally among everybody, it would soon be back in the same pockets it was before."

It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development
So here's the great axiom of life:

--To Have More Than You've Got, Become More Than You Are--

This is where you should focus most of your attention. Otherwise, you just might have to contend with the axiom of not changing, which is:

--Unless You Change How You Are, You'll Always Have What You've Got--

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

Sushant
Live with Passion

THE FOUR EMOTIONS THAT CAN LEAD TO LIFE CHANGE by Jim Rohn

Emotions are the most powerful forces inside us. Under the power of emotions, human beings can perform the most heroic (as well as barbaric) acts. To a great degree, civilization itself can be defined as the intelligent channeling of human emotion. Emotions are fuel and the mind is the pilot, which together propel the ship of civilized progress.

Which emotions cause people to act? There are four basic ones; each, or a combination of several, can trigger the most incredible activity. The day that you allow these emotions to fuel your desire is the day you'll turn your life around.

1) DISGUST

One does not usually equate the word "disgust" with positive action. And yet properly channeled, disgust can change a person's life. The person who feels disgusted has reached a point of no return. He or she is ready to throw down the gauntlet at life and say, "I've had it!" That's what I said after many humiliating experiences at age 25, I said. "I don't want to live like this anymore. I've had it with being broke. I've had it with being embarrassed, and I've had it with lying."

Yes, productive feelings of disgust come when a person says, "Enough is enough."

The "guy" has finally had it with mediocrity. He's had it with those awful sick feelings of fear, pain and humiliation. He then decides he is not going to live like this anymore." Look out! This could be the day that turns a life around. Call it what you will, the "I've had it" day, the "never again" day, the "enough's enough" day. Whatever you call it, it's powerful! There is nothing so life-changing as gut-wrenching disgust!

2) DECISION

Most of us need to be pushed to the wall to make decisions. And once we reach this point, we have to deal with the conflicting emotions that come with making them. We have reached a fork in the road. Now this fork can be a two-prong, three-prong, or even a four-prong fork. No wonder that decision-making can create knots in stomachs, keep us awake in the middle of the night, or make us break out in a cold sweat.

Making life-changing decisions can be likened to internal civil war. Conflicting armies of emotions, each with its own arsenal of reasons, battle each other for supremacy of our minds. And our resulting decisions, whether bold or timid, well thought out or impulsive, can either set the course of action or blind it. I don't have much advice to give you about decision-making except this:

Whatever you do, don't camp at the fork in the road. Decide. It's far better to make a wrong decision than to not make one at all. Each of us must confront our emotional turmoil and sort out our feelings.

3) DESIRE

How does one gain desire? I don't think I can answer this directly because there are many ways. But I do know two things about desire:

a. It comes from the inside not the outside.
b. It can be triggered by outside forces.
Almost anything can trigger desire. It's a matter of timing as much as preparation. It might be a song that tugs at the heart. It might be a memorable sermon. It might be a movie, a conversation with a friend, a confrontation with the enemy, or a bitter experience. Even a book or an article such as this one can trigger the inner mechanism that will make some people say, "I want it now!"

Therefore, while searching for your "hot button" of pure, raw desire, welcome into your life each positive experience. Don't erect a wall to protect you from experiencing life. The same wall that keeps out your disappointment also keeps out the sunlight of enriching experiences. So let life touch you. The next touch could be the one that turns your life around.

4) RESOLVE

Resolve says, "I will." These two words are among the most potent in the English language. I WILL. Benjamin Disraeli, the great British statesman, once said, "Nothing can resist a human will that will stake even its existence on the extent of its purpose." In other words, when someone resolves to "do or die," nothing can stop him.

The mountain climber says, "I will climb the mountain. They've told me it's too high, it's too far, it's too steep, it's too rocky, it's too difficult. But it's my mountain. I will climb it. You'll soon see me waving from the top or you'll never see me, because unless I reach the peak, I'm not coming back." Who can argue with such resolve?

When confronted with such iron-will determination, I can see Time, Fate and Circumstance calling a hasty conference and deciding, "We might as well let him have his dream. He's said he's going to get there or die trying."

The best definition for "resolve" I've ever heard came from a schoolgirl in Foster City, California. As is my custom, I was lecturing about success to a group of bright kids at a junior high school. I asked, "Who can tell me what "resolve" means?" Several hands went up, and I did get some pretty good definitions. But the last was the best. A shy girl from the back of the room got up and said with quiet intensity, "I think resolve means promising yourself you will never give up." That's it! That's the best definition I've ever heard: PROMISE YOURSELF YOU'LL NEVER GIVE UP.

Think about it! How long should a baby try to learn how to walk? How long would you give the average baby before you say, "That's it, you've had your chance"? You say that's crazy? Of course it is. Any mother would say, "My baby is going to keep trying until he learns how to walk!" No wonder everyone walks.

There is a vital lesson in this. Ask yourself, "How long am I going to work to make my dreams come true?" I suggest you answer, "As long as it takes." That's what these four emotions are all about.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn


Live with Passion
Sushant

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thanks Sushant-passion i loved the way you consitently keep posting such useful things

The Best Gift to Give Yourself and Others by Jim Rohn

I'm often asked the question, "How can I best help my children, spouse, family member, staff member, friend etc. improve/change?" In fact that might be the most frequently asked question I receive, "How can I help change someone else?"

My answer often comes as a surprise and here it is. The key to helping others is to help yourself first. In other words, the best contribution I can make to someone else is my own personal development. If I become 10 times wiser, 10 times stronger, think of what that will do for my adventure as a father... as a grandfather... as a business colleague.

The best gift I can give to you, really, is my ongoing personal development. Getting better, getting stronger, becoming wiser. I think parents should pick this valuable philosophy up. If the parents are okay, the kids have an excellent chance of being okay. Work on your personal development as parents; that's the best gift you can give to your children.

If you have ever ridden in an airplane, then you might have noticed the oxygen compartment located above every seat. There are explicit instructions that say "In case of an emergency, first secure your own oxygen mask and then if you have children with you then secure their masks." Take care of yourself first... then assist your children. If we use that same philosophy throughout our whole parental life, it would be so valuable.

If I learn to create happiness for myself, my children now have an excellent chance to be happy. If I create a unique lifestyle for myself and my spouse, that will be a great example to serve my children.
Self-development enables you to serve, to be more valuable to those around you; for your child... your business... your colleague... your community... your church.

That's why I teach development skills. If you keep refining all the parts of your character, yourself, your health, etc. so that you become an attractive person to the marketplace - you'll attract opportunity. Opportunity will then begin to seek you out. Your reputation will begin to precede you and people will want to do business with you. All of that possibility is created by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract by continually working on your own personal development.

LiVE with pASSION.........

Eliminate Worry By Bob Proctor

Everyone gets the same amount of time every day. We get all there is... 24 hours... fourteen hundred and forty minutes. So, with time being such a precious commodity, why is it that so many of us spend our days worrying? Worry has almost become a national pastime for most! I suppose if we had a contract to live for a lifetime, it wouldn't be such a big deal, but we don't. We just have now!

Some of you may be reading this and thinking, "Yeah, he probably doesn't have anything to worry about." But, that's not true. I have plenty to worry about, I just choose not to and I'd like to suggest that you follow suit and resolve right now, as you read this article, that you are not going to invest even one of those fourteen hundred and forty minutes worrying... about anything.

Clearly understand, there isn't any situation that isn't made worse by worry. Worry never solves anything. Worry never prevents anything. Worry never heals anything. Worry serves only one purpose... it makes matters worse. How? Well, quite simply, when you're focused on worrying about something, you'll never be able to focus on a solution. Be aware that your mind cannot focus on two things at the same time... it can either focus on the current situation and worry or a solution. The choice is always yours.

James Kurtz said, "If we worry, we don't trust; if we trust, we don't worry. Worry does not empty tomorrow of its grief, but it does empty today of its joy."
If you have been worrying about something or someone, you can eliminate that worry through displacement. Let its positive opposite crowd it out of your mind and then follow through with constructive action. Everything in the universe has an opposite, even your worries.
You could be worried about not having sufficient time to do some of the important things you have to do today. The truth is you do have enough time if you are willing to give up something else. The busiest person you know, yourself included, would have time to go downtown and pick up a check if you won a lottery. You might neglect doing something else to make the time, but trust me, you would get the check.
When a worry thought occupies your attention, choose the positive opposite to the worry thought and focus your attention on that. No one is without problems; they are a part of living. But let me show you how much time we waste in worrying about the wrong problems. Here are some figures I picked up years ago and I would think they're just as valid today as they were when I first came upon them. Here is a reliable estimate of the things people worry about.

Things that never happen—40%;
Things over and past that can't be changed by all the worry in the world—30%;
Needless worries about our health—12%;
Petty miscellaneous worries—10%;
Real, legitimate worries—8%.

In short, 92% of the average person’s worries take up valuable time, cause painful stress—even mental anguish, and, for the most part, are unnecessary. Remember what Dr. Kurtz said, "Worry empties today of its joy." Don't worry, be happy!


And why worry , if u have a purpose to live, a burning PASSION 2 GET IT..

BECOME A GOOD OBSERVER by Jim Rohn

We must never allow a day to pass without finding the answers to a list of important questions such as: What is going on in our industry? What new challenges are currently facing our government? Our community? Our neighborhood? What are the new breakthroughs, the new opportunities, the new tools and techniques that have recently come to light? Who are the new personalities that are influencing world and local opinion?

We must become good observers and astute evaluators of all that is going on around us. All events affect us, and what affects us leaves an imprint on what we will one day be and how we will one day live.

One of the major reasons why people are not doing well is because they keep trying to get through the day. A more worthy challenge is to try to get from the day. We must become sensitive enough to observe and ponder what is happening around us. Be alert. Be awake. Let life and all of its subtle messages touch us. Often, the most extraordinary opportunities are hidden among the seemingly insignificant events of life. If we do not pay attention to these events, we can easily miss the opportunities.

So be a good observer of both life and the world around you.

Sushant-passion

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woohhhh!!! there's like flood of info's over here about self confidence and all...thats really good.. i read few of 'em..but there were so many,so i just read key lines of most paragraphs ..
personally speaking.. why i feel ppl fail to take action for themselves??? well.. lets just say that.. everyone and i mean everyone of us need to do a self-reflection of oneself..a self-realization of what we want in our life and what we are doing about it.. if u can do that then congratulation..u've done ur first step.. then what?? well.. now that u've realized and know what u want.. u need to have the courage in ur heart as well as in ur gut to stick ur neck out in the real world and face it and stick to it until u've reached where u've wanted to reach and done what u wanted to do..
but it's always easier said than done.. so thats always the main problem with everyone.. anyone can give advice to anyone but when they have to do sth.. uh oohhh..
if you think about anything, nothing is simple. Not even the simple act of how we breathe. We'll breathe, but if we try to model our breathing acting with some machine, it will take very very complicated design since we'll have to go in depth of it. Most of the things are like that, sometimes you should just go with the flow since it is not only the right thing to do, but also easy and practically everyone takes the easy way so thats also why they fail to take action .

Wishing a lot of happiness to all of u - HAPPY DASHAIN.

Through Action, Perseverance and Patience: Eric Dudl - An Example for Us All by TC Cummings
My friend Eric Dudl died from lung cancer Tuesday, August 29, 2006. Though only 33 years old when he passed, Eric achieved all four of his major life goals. He was my friend. He was (and continues to be) an inspiration.

His story is a demonstration of how you can improve your quality of life within only a few years by simply improving your personal character, through action, perseverance and patience.

Eric was always a great guy, though his self-directed quality of life wasn't always so great. At 25, Eric's father gave him 21 days to move out of the house. Eric complained that his father was kicking him out on the street, yet his father maintained his stance: "You are a smart, resourceful young man." After 20 days of complaining, Eric finally got around to applying for a job. Again he whined to his father, who firmly held the position to believe in his son.

On the 21st day, Eric got a job as a clerk, earning $7 an hour. Over the next year, a motivated Eric turned his focus on changing his life. He began reading personal development books, listening to CDs by authors such as Jim Rohn, Denis Waitley and others. He began writing his goals down and identifying the work he had to do to achieve them. Though, to Eric, change was slow, and he still saw his life as unfulfilling.

He still didn't exercise like his brother.

His father was a top-notch doctor, and yet he was just a clerk.

People at work didn't like him, and he was filled with thoughts that obviously something must be wrong with those people since they should like him.

And what about love? He couldn't keep a good relationship no matter what he did.

Whenever he complained to his father, Eric would get the same encouragement to persevere: "I know you are a smart, resourceful young man." His mother would remind him to be patient. With such support, Eric went back to work on himself - taking proven effective actions, persevering and being patient. He wasn't always happy and motivated. All the changes he wanted in himself took time and effort.

Fast forward seven years to our present day. Upon his passing, Eric had achieved all four of his life goals, something that most people miss their entire lives!

Even through nine months of chemotherapy, Eric got up every day at 5:00 a.m.
and did yoga with his father or a solo session on the stationary bike.

Eric finished his thesis and earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology. Eric used what he'd learned to discover 3 new pathways toward curing cancer!

The ever mild-mannered Eric had developed into a person who had hundreds of friends, loved by many. So much so, his cousin flew in for the services celebrating Eric's life after only having met him for 24 hours in The Czech Republic.

Love - Eric had finally received a blessing of the long-term love of an amazing woman, Lilia.

In what way had Eric changed his character? One example - less than 48 hours before Eric passed away, his physician told him the chemotherapy wasn't working; the tumors were not going away. The only treatment left were drugs to ease the pain. Eric's immediate response was to voice two concerns how do I tell Lilia, and how will I stay productive?

Eric had transformed his quality of life from being mediocre to being illustrious and grand. He had changed his life by changing his character. He did this through time-proven effective actions, by persevering (thanks Dad) and being patient (thanks Mom).
Eric Dudl - a one-time procrastinator - transformed into a man of steadfast resolve. During the entire nine months of chemotherapy, Eric didn't miss a single day of work unless he was in the hospital. It should be noted that working at the prestigious Burnham Institute was no small job!

"I was amazed with Eric. He was so well liked around here! Eric was really an inspiration around here! (re: how he continued to work during his chemotherapy.)" -John Reed, President, Professor and CEO of the Burnham Institute
Questions: Would you be willing to work on yourself for seven years to become the person who achieves all that you have envisioned? Could you be that patient? Could you persevere? Do you know where to find the teachers to help you take this action?

What legacy are you going to leave? What are you doing about it? What would inspire you?


TC Cummings, Former U. S. Navy SEAL is the Master Coach of Jim Rohn International and Denis Waitley International.

Thanks for being a fine example for all of us Eric. We love you and miss you buddy!

Remember to LIVE WITH PASSION
Sushant