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Dedicate your Heart

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Determine your Destiny:

We are all moved to support those things which we are dedicated to. Thomas Edison, great American Inventor and Entrepreneur once said:

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

When one has dedicated his/her heart to the outcome, the strength to try one more time often appears from the ashes. When others who are less passionate would walk away, those who are dedicated to ultimate success of their dream will go the extra mile. How many times, one wonders, has a business owner folded their hands and closed their doors when just around the corner was the breakthrough they had been waiting for.

Think of a teeter totter with a 100 pound weight at one end, representing return and a 50 at the other, representing your business. Now think of Effort/Persistence/Time being one pound weights which are added to the 50 side- One pound at a time- to the business or 50 side. This might take awhile. Yet once the 51st or 52nd or 55th one pound weight is added, the scales shift tremendously and drastically on the side of the “business or 50 pound side”. How often, one wonders has the business given up at the 49th pound?

Be Different.

Be One of Those who just keep adding weights, understanding the Rules of the Universe which govern things such as teeter-totters!!

Og Mandino, American Motivational Author and Speaker in his book “ The Greatest Salesman in the World” writes

“ Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough”

Determination will go a long way in seeing you through those bumps in the road. Determine your direction and then act! Like Andrew Jackson, (7th President of the United States) once said “ Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in!!!!!

Desires your Dreams:

One must not lose desires.

They are mighty stimulants to creativeness, to love, and to long life.- (Alexander A. Bogomoletz)
Without Desires life often becomes flat. Nature itself “desires” Desire is the drive behind our existence.
Without it, life can loose its flavor. People loose their zest for living.
Desire drives men and women to pro-create (which ensures the survival of the species) as well as to create and invent new products and services.

Desires drive creativity. Think of the toddler desiring to reach the “pretty” on the table.
There is no end to the toddler’s imagination as they think of ways to create the attainment of their goal – coffee tables, blocks, dad’s bike helmet…..

Let your desires make you as determined!!! Get back in touch with the "little engine that could" part of you which says "I think I can, I think I can ...I know I can!"

The great Albert Einstein said "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. " So when the successful entrepreneur encounters what appears to be an impasse, they may pull back and access the situation or go for a brief rest and reprieve letting their subconscious minds find the way through the maze, yet soon they are moving forward with new energy and determination.

Continuing with the D's...Decide your Direction...

Decide your Direction –

All good trips begin with some sort of plan, some sort of destination.

It is no different for a good business.

Make a plan.

It doesn’t have to be detailed to begin with. Just get your ideas down on paper, either visually or linguistically or - better yet – both.

Imagine what the business will look like in one year, 3 years, 5 years, 10 years, and 25 years.

Our subconscious minds drive our direction, our actions, so fill your mind full of what you want your business to look like, what you want your life to look like – but just like the archietects who build supersize buildings like the Chicago Trade Center – leave room for the building to “adjust” and move with the winds of change. Flexibility is the key to success.

“It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream”. – Benjamin E. Mays, 1895-1984, American Educator and Clergyman

So sharpen that pencil, find a comfortable pen or purchase a handheld recorder - DO whatever it takes to get Your Dreams, Your Desires Down out of your head and into the physical world. There is a saying in the self development world which goes "everything begins in thought"...but maybe it should go on to say..."and ACTION brings it about".

Do you realize that everything we see today was once a "thought" of someone's? The clothes you wear, the car you drive, the glass you drink life giving water out of, even the way in which you obtain the water, through a faucet (our great grandparents knew no such convenience) - all of these began as "thoughts".

And best of all? There is a never-ending supply, abundance incomprehensible to the human mind of the number of thoughts one mind is able to produce. Just opening your mind to the possibilities in front of you heads you in the direction of seeing those thoughts come to pass.

Yes, there may be obstacles on the road which will need to be removed..maybe they block traffic and impeded progress for a time, but if you are certain about the Direction you are headed a minor block or detour only serves to increase your determination to reach your destiny.

Having your Directions, your Dreams recorded just helps you to stay on the course.