There is no fate, no chance, no destiny, that can circumvent, hinder or control, the firm resolve of a determined soul.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
This sounds wonderful and empowering doesn’t it? The thought of being so resolute and so determined. And yet, so many of us feel these types of emotions in the same way we experience a gentle breeze or the picking up of an aromatic smell. They waft into the inner chambers of our soul like a seductive scent to titillate the senses and then evaporate after only a moment of enticement. We have a brush with inspiration, a handshake with destiny’s call, but often fail to enjoy its full embrace.
Defining Your Compelling Vision
It’s been said that character is the ability to carry out a decision long after the emotion of the decision has passed. We can be quick to beat ourselves up for lack of discipline and blame ourselves for being not good enough but that may only perpetuate the problem.
You want great results, right? You want more conviction, correct? Please understand this important truth: When we have a vision of what we can become, then our desire and our power to act increases enormously. Please read that statement again! When we have a vision of what we can become, then our desire and our power to act increases enormously.
Running your own business necessitates you being in the driver’s seat to get to where you want to go. No one else is going to take you there.
If it’s going to be - it’s up to me!
127 Hours
Few will ever have the kind of crisis that motivated Aron Ralston. While he was hiking in a remote canyon in southern Utah, an 800-pound rock shifted suddenly and trapped his right arm. For five lonely days he struggled to free himself. When he was about to give up and accept death, he had a vision of a three-year-old boy running toward him and being scooped up with his left arm.
Understanding this as a vision of his future son, and an assurance that he could still live, Ralston summoned the courage necessary to take the drastic action that could save his life. He broke the two bones in his trapped right arm; then cut off his own arm with a multitool knife. He then hiked five miles for help. What an example of the power of an overwhelming desire!
Most of us will never face such an extreme crisis, but all of us face potential snares that could prevent progress towards our destiny and dreams. If our healthy desires and ambitions are sufficiently intense, they will motivate us to cut ourselves free from the problems and obstacles that prevent our progress.
When we have a vision of what we can become, then our desire and our power to act increases enormously!
Our invitation to each of us today is that we remind ourselves of who we really are and what we really can become. We know that this knowledge can propel us towards our destiny with great enthusiasm. Let’s partner on this together!
Thank you to Nikken leaders Ben Woodward and Dave Johnson for this post.
Further study:
We become what we think about....
http://successtalks.libsyn.com/tom-bilyeu-on-why-to-take-the-red-pill-not-the-blue-pill
How to be a Leader, with Ben Woodward
3 Seconds: The Power of Thinking Twice, a fantastic book by Les Parrott.
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