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Your Seeds for Success
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Volume II No. 15 November 1, 2004 Hi, everyone and welcome to Your Seeds for Success: Your premiere source for ideas, inspiration and personal empowerment. We share the very best of personal development essays, quotes and success tools available today. If you receive this bimonthly newsletter as a forwarded message and would like to opt-in on the list yourself, hit subscribe@FranBriggs.com and type "Add me," in the subject line. If this email address has been mistakenly added to our list and you want to be removed, please hit unsubscibe@FranBriggs.com and type "Unsubscribe in the subject line. Thank you so much in advance, for passing this successzine on! Your e-mail address is never shared with ANYONE without your permission. In this issue:
Quotes of the Week
Congratulations
How to Get What You Truly Desire
Priority Check Do Something Different A Vision Shared
Could You Say that Another Way, Please?
Your Day to Win!
Something to Do About
Before You Go... QUOTES OF THE WEEK "Nothing is as real as a dream...responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. The dream is within you. No one can take it away." -Tom Clancy, Author
"I got my start, by giving myself a start."
-Madam C.J. Walker, Early 20th century African American
entrepreneur, philanthropist and self-made millionaire
Congratulations
I'd like to recognize all of our readers who continue to share their decision to enthusiastically and ardently pursue their dreams. Thank you for taking the time to disclose your plans and progress. I am believing the continued best for you in all of your endeavors. How to Get What You Truly Desire
Priority Check
When was your last "Priority Check?" Just a few years ago, I had my first. It involved a self-evaluation and making a total assessment. I wrote down how I was spending my time and what was most important to me (my values). What I discovered was that there was a huge contradiction in what I said I valued, what I considered important priorities, and how I spent my time. Let me explain. Back then, I said: "God first." I have always valued my relationship with God. However, I realized that I was making very little time to seek Him. What I recognized as the "#1 value in life" (my relationship with God), was in fact, very low in priority. "Family" was my "#2 value value in life;" but all that meant was that my family was second only to God, who wasn't even first at all! Uh-huh, I was all mixed up. This incongruence was keeping me from enjoying a balanced and fulfilling life. How did I correct? With a simple - but powerful - priority check. I wrote down my values, repositioned my priorities and committed to live an amazing life totally free of contradictions. Do Something Different Discover the incredible power of doing just one thing, different. Step outside your comfort zone with a boldness and see where it leads you. Make a new friend. Join your local Chamber of Commerce, read a new book, volunteer at a shelter, start a savings account, actually go away during your next vacation! When you do just one thing different, you open the gates to literally, thousands of new opportunities. Commit to do one thing different this week and discover what's been patiently waiting for you. A Vision Shared
12 years ago - after being published in various magazine simply
because my photography work (prior to this period) was being used for
advertising various clothes in Vogue magazine, I got the idea to
advertise myself utilizing one of my own photographs. But which one
should I use? Since I did not want to become known for one type of work
over another I was very hesitant in putting any type of image that was
specific towards one category or type of photography over another. I
did, however, begin reading quite diligently about selling (which is
what I wanted the card to do) and I remember the phrase, "You sell
yourself," repeatedly being used. Then, it finally hit me that I should
use my "Self Portrait" - and that is what I did - I created a business
card with my "Self Portrait" printed on it and that card has been used
by me ever since - and to such a great success as I could never have
imagined!
So far I have given out over 1.7 million cards and counting; but my
vision is to continue giving out these cards and possibly utilize the
same photograph in National and International Magazines so that my work
may be seen by more people. The web site that I have sells both of my
services and there is a Gallery introducing viewers to the over 3,000
images there as well:
http://www.575488trillion.com Walter Paul Bebirian Forest Hills, NY 11375
Thanks for sharing such a spectacular vision, Walter. To your
continued success! - Fran
Could You Say that Another Way, Please?
During a Major League Baseball game, a frustrated
pitching coach walked out to the mound to consult with his pitcher who
had just walked two batters in a row. Five more pitches, bases loaded
and a call to the bull pen later, the pitcher was taken out of the
game. In the dugout, he was overheard talking to a teammate. Clearly
agitated, he asked: "Why did he (the pitching coach) say,
'Don't walk this guy.' All that did was shift my focus to do
exactly what I didn't want to do!"
Pitching coaches, Mothers of five, computer technicians,
dietitians - human beings - have a propensity to express their
desires and concerns in terms of emphasizing exactly what they don't
want to happen. When we do this, we disempower ourselves and
others and become a magnet for attracting more, of what we
don't want. Make a point to shift your focus. Focus on
the ideal situation. What we think about, expands. State your
desires so they attract, what you do want. In the case of the
pitcher above, I'm not sure what he rather have heard, but I believe he
would have been better served if he heard something as simple as,
"strike this guy out." I wonder how many
"run-slip-and-fall victims" heard, "Don't run; or you'll slip and
fall!" as they ran, slipped and fell. Too few of us are saying,
"Walk, and you'll stay on your feet."
Shift your focus. What are some of the things, said
another way, that could help keep people out of the emergency room, and
in the game.
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