Tuesday, December 29, 2009
If You Change One Thing, You Change Everything!
Looking back on your life, what would you change if you could?
Over the Holidays the classic movies were on remember"
In the classic 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, the main character, a small-town bank officer played by Jimmy Stewart, is about to commit suicide when an angel shows him how different the lives of people in Bedford Falls would be if he hadn't been born. The movie is a favorite because it affirms how each of us touches the lives and shapes the future in unexpected and often marvelous ways.
Given the potential impact of every decision you make, it's wise to think ahead. Although few things turn out exactly as we plan, the better we understand how our choices start a chain reaction of events, the more likely we are to get what we want.
The enormous complexity of cause and effect leads to another conclusion: It's futile to look back at our lives with "what if" scenarios. What's done is done. Although changing our past would change our present, it would do so in ways that are so unpredictable that we could never know whether it would be for better or worse.
Accept and celebrate the fact that what you are today is a direct result of everything that's happened to you. It's pointless to wish things were different. Remember, if you change one thing, you change everything.
I said to someone the other day "everything that happened last year happened because it was supposed to happen"The person said "Bill your crazy you mean to tell me that the terrible things that I went through this year were supposed to happen i don't think so Bill' I said here is why
"Everything happened that were supposed to happen because they did!"
I can accept it because I can't change it, I can learn and grow from those experiences and so can you.How you look at things makes all the difference and the meaning you give them.
TAKE 100% RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE As human beings, we often believe we don't have enough money,romance, success or joy in our lives. But what we need to understand is that greatness exists in all of us. It's simply a matter of pulling that greatness out of ourselves and using it to get us from where we are now...to where we want to be. While many people believe they are entitled to live a great life, top achievers we've met over the years know they must take 100% responsibility for achieving the lifestyle, relationships, financial freedom and opportunities they experience in their lives. This isn't always easy. But one way to start taking more responsibility is to begin responding differently to the events that occur in your life.
You Get What You Give.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his essay, "Compensation," wrote that each person is compensated in like manner for that which he or she has contributed. The Law of Compensation is another restatement of the Law of Sowing and Reaping. It says that you will always be compensated for your efforts and for your contribution, whatever it is, however much or however little.
As we look to 2016 with excitement and anticipation remember "If we keep doing the same things over again we will keep getting the same result's better put "definition of insanity is keep doing the same things over again and expect a different result"I'm not going to give you all steps to goal setting like hundreds of people do what i will say is everything you need is inside you right now, let's draw out what that is in
2016 and what does it mean to you? Will you define yourself? Will you take action on becoming the person you were meant to be? If you said yes congratulations to you.. Now become accountable to someone who you trust and respect and be the person you have been destined to become...To Learn more about becoming better you I have had the pleasure to work with Erika Larson and that's exactly what she does, coaches Mentors and draws out the Gifts in each person.. we all have them and when you know what yours are it's empowering and foundational towards your success in all areas of your life.
See you in the New Year.
God's blessing over you and your Family I will see you in 2016
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Great reminders in your message Bill. I look forward to working with you in 2010. Let's all live up to our potential and be the best we can be in 2010! Happy New Year!
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