What Will Your 2009 Be Like?

First, everyone must subscribe to Robert Ringer’s newsletter, “A Voice of Sanity”.  You may not always agree with him and that’s OK.  You will never find anyone that you will always agree with and if you do find that person then immediately distance yourself from them as quick as possible. 

Just because you disagree with someone, don’t be so narrow minded to think that you can’t benefit in the future as a result of knowing them.  It amazes me that people are so, what’s a good word here, so …, so lacking in self esteem that they aren’t open to learning about another’s point of view and be willing to step into their shoes for a moment to attempt to better understand them. 

Following is a quote from one of Robert Ringer’s articles:

Regardless of where you are in life today, I can tell you where you will be next January: exactly where you should be according to how resilient you are over the next twelve months, how determined you are, how hard you work, and how good your decisions are.

A loser is somebody who quits. If you never quit, you never lose. Just be sure to keep in mind Robert Kiyosaki’s warning that people who avoid failure also avoid success. And, above all, remember that there’s a lot more to success than just bean counting. If you have love and good health, you’re already successful.

This reminds me of the story about Mark when we were talking.  Mark said that he wanted to go back to college and learn more about quantum physics, but he couldn’t because he had to work to put food on the table. 

I suggested he take night classes.  Mark’s answer was that it would take him 5 years to complete all the classes he needed.

My reply was this, “Mark, whether you take the night courses or not, only you can decide.  However, in 5 years you will be 5 years older whether you take the courses or not.  In five years your life will be what it is today unless you do something different from what you have been doing.”

So don’t be like the fool who kept doing the same thing over and over, expecting to get different results.  It’s not going to happen. 

If you are unhappy with your life up to this point, then the only way your life will change is when you start doing things differently.  Step out of your comfort zone and become outrageous.  You will never grow by playing it safe, which is why I like the second part of the above excerpt from Robert Ringer.  He refers to another great thinker, Robert Kiyosaki who said that “people who avoid failure also avoid success”.

Make 2009 the year that you failed 52 times.  Actually, that may be hard to do because you never really fail unless you quit.  You just have setbacks and obstacles and growth encounters.

I have a confession to make which I will write about in my next post, which just may be today since I want to get started with 2009 in 2008 and this is my last day to accomplish that.

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