As a special treat today, I'd like to share this short article by one of my mentors in the network marketing home business. His writings have always been inspirational including the will power and discipline you need to succeed in a home business...
Through trials, tribulations, and triumphs, I've also learned that self-discipline, motivation, training, self-confidence are also tempered by the degree of successful profits...the more you make..the more you want to make.
Profit velocity or volume in this networking marketing home business is measured by simplicity of duplication of business plan.
So, consequently, we are paid MORE by the LESSER marketing plan we use.
What if, 3 simple videos can substitute for hard training, perseverance and self-belief?
Ultimately, we pay the price if we stay where we are (mediocrity) and the price if we move ahead (self-actualization and potential.)
Questions and comments are always appreciated. What price are you willing to pay for success or lack thereof.
Annemarie
Paying the Price
by Denis Waitley
I've studied and counseled many world class athletes, but no one
has inspired me more in recent years than champion cyclist Lance
Armstrong. Watching him overcome setback after setback during his
unparalleled conquest of The Tour de France, I have come to view
him as the model for commitment and self-discipline as an athlete.
As Lance has told us in his own words, "It's not about the bike."
Can you remember when you got your first two-wheeler? It's an
experience many people can recall instantly. I'll never forget when
I got a bicycle for Christmas. My whole family stood on the lawn
watching me try to take my first ride. On that day, I discovered
why commitment is definitely like riding a bicycle.
First, you must believe that a machine that can't even stand by
itself will transport you safely. Of course, you've seen it work
for others, but now you've got to convince yourself that this form
of success can actually happen to you.
Second, you must let go of all forms of support and balance
yourself with the sheer force of momentum by your own strength.
Third, you have to lean into curves. This becomes easy enough after
a while, but at the beginning - just as with snow skiing - the
natural tendency is to incline yourself away from what appears to
be a potentially dangerous situation. You've got to realize that
the best way to avoid falling doesn't involve simply staying as far
as possible from the ground.
Fourth, you can coast for a while, but you won't get far if you
don't keep pedaling. The lesson there, if you've had the privilege
of watching Lance Armstrong in action, is self-evident.
Last, you've got to get up and try again after you've fallen off
the bicycle. Kids will fall any number of times, but they'll almost
never say, "I quit. I'm not willing to risk falling again. Forget
bicycling. I'd rather just walk or take the bus until I can afford
a car." Kids rarely attach any significance to even dozens of falls
or failures. Again, we have to watch film clips of Lance Armstrong
getting up from falls and tragedies time and again to understand
that it's just the price kids and champions will gladly pay for
that marvelous experience of flying down the road or up a mountain
under their own power.
This commitment and discipline to "paying the price" is a key
quality in the mind of a champion. You could even say that if
success has an entry fee, the cost is total commitment through
daily discipline.
No train, no gain! Practice does indeed make for permanent
performance.
-- Denis Waitley
Reproduced with permission from the Ron White Ezine.
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