Posts Tagged ‘Action’

I recently came across a new ’seven-star’ hotel that is being built in Dubai. Now being a lover of the Sheraton Hotel chain for many years, it was a surprise a few years ago when the Versace Hotel was built directly across the road from the Sheraton here on the Gold Coast, and especially when it was heralded as the first ’six-star’ hotel to be built in Australia.

So when it comes to living, don’t settle for ‘three-star’, ‘four-star’, ‘five-star’ or even ’six-star’. Let’s aim for ’seven-star’ living! So how do you achieve this?

Well here are seven tips to consider and apply immediately to your life.

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As you come to the closing stages of another year and launch into a brand New Year, and if you want to change the way you live, there are a few vital ingredients that will be necessary if that desired change will actually take place this coming year.

New Year’s resolutions are useless unless you back up your resolve with a plan of action.

You must also acquire the correct knowledge and then put yourself within an environment whereby you can access ongoing wise counsel.

I recently heard about a multi-millionaire who had a dream.

It may surprise you, but his first dream was not to own a condominium or a hotel resort beside the ocean.

His very first dream was to have at his disposal a team of wise lawyers, accountants, financial advisors and mentors.

He knew that they in turn would be able to provide him with the necessary information and guidance that would supply him with the necessary knowledge to acquire those very things.

In addition to pursuing great deals, he spent much of his time seeking out the right people to guide him in those purchases. In doing so he set himself up to procure wealth that secured both his and his families future beyond his wildest dreams. That also included the condominiums and hotels.

He was an ‘aggressive progressive’ and you too can be one.

Here are four qualities of an ‘aggressive progressive’?

1. Invest In An Ongoing Education

One of the greatest investments you can make is in yourself.

This was once again reinforced in my own life recently when I watched a teenager I know spend $2000, of their hard earnt money which they had been earning at $6 an hour in a part-time job, on a course that would expand their financial education.

There were many other things that they could have spent their money on, but they realised that if they invested this money now, that they would in turn learn how to make so much more money in a far shorter period of time.

It always amazes me how many adults wince at paying $3000 -$5000 for a three day seminar and yet are willing to struggle for twenty years of their life and never change the way they think or act.

2. Gain Access To Wise Counsel

Henry Ford was once accused of being ignorant. But the fact was that eventhough he didn’t know the answers to TRIVIA-type questions, he knew people who could get him the information, because he surrounded himself with experts in their own specific fields of endeavour.

To be successful, you don’t have to be good at everything. You need to surround yourself with people who know more than you, and as you associate with them more and more it won’t be long before that knowledge will overflow into your life.

3. Acquire Knowledge

An ‘aggressive progressive’ is hungry for the acquisition of knowledge.

They listen to tapes, they attend seminars, they read book after book after book. They ask questions. They join forums on the Internet.

They seek out opportunities to learn from every circumstance and continue at all times to have the attitude of a student.

4. Act

I have written a book entitled ‘Good Things Don’t Come To Those Who Wait’.

If you’re waiting for your ship to come in it won’t be long before you’ll find yourself shipwrecked.

‘Aggressive progressives’ don’t wait.

They TAKE ACTION.

The ‘Aggressive Progressive’ Challenge

If you haven’t experienced significant positive change in the last five years then you need to do something drastic.

NOW!

Change will only happen if you ENFORCE change on your life.

If you want a different life then do something different to what you did last year and the year before last. Don’t remain in a state of ‘degressive regressive’. Move ahead now by becoming an ‘aggressive progressive’ once and for all.

Nothing will happen until you make it happen.

Purchase that book. Buy that tape. Enrol in that seminar.

DO SOMETHING!

Apply the four qualities of an ‘aggressive progressive’ to your life and watch powerful and exciting changes start to occur.

Motivational Quote:  An ‘Aggressive Progressive’ makes progress through fearless action.

What is motivation?

Motivation is the motivating force, stimulus, or influence.

It is the incentive.

It is the drive.

It is the petrol.

It is the spark.

It is the dream.

It is the idea.

It is the inspiration.

It is the beginning of all things. For without motivation there will never be the moti-motion that is required to achieve the improbable and overcome the impossible. And without the moti-motion there’ll never be the initial unveiling of motivation and the ongoing supply of energy that will maintain and sustain the motivation.

It is what helped the creator of Hotmail to start a business in 1996 and develop it, without any business background and no money, to finally sell it on to Microsoft a few years later for $400 million.

It is what will take you where you want to go and have what you want to have in your life.

Hop on the train at Motivation Station and defy inflation, by causing a sensation that will rock your nation…

Then sail across the ocean in your yacht ‘Moti-Motion’, as you show true devotion and you follow your emotion…

But what really comes first? The motivation or the moti-motion.

Let’s find out!

Don’t allow yourself to live your days as a lake of potential.

Be a river.

Live a fluid life and flow.

For it is in flowing that there’s the greatest growing and it is in the giving that there’s the greatest living.

Stop spinning your wheels, because all you’ll end up with is a rut.

Four-wheel drive your way through each day by tapping into your motivating force, by pursuing your stimulus and by discovering your influence. This is the motivation required to live a motivated life.

So where do you find your motivation?

It’s all around you and it’s within you.

But in order for you to be motivated you’re first going to have to act. Waiting for motivation to drop into your lap will not be enough for you to experience the life you want to live. This is where moti-motion kicks in.

MOTIVATION PLUS ACTION = MOTI-MOTION

So here are a number of moti-motions that will add potion to your motivation.

1. READ

I make it my habit to read on a daily basis. I read anything that will inspire me. My mind acts as a radar. I don’t read ‘rubbish’. I read books or magazines or newspapers or ezines or newsletters or journals that inspire me. I skim through the ‘no-brainer’ material and find stories of others who fought against all odds and succeeded. I read positive material and refuse to wallow in negative renditions.

2. LISTEN

I listen to inspirational music. I listen to inspirational speeches. I listen to successful people. I listen to my own heart. I pay attention to the conversations of achievers. I tune in to reports on the radio or the Internet that challenge me. I tune out from anything that doesn’t support or encourage a motivated life.

3. WATCH

I watch inspirational movies and DVDs. I watch what other successful people do. I watch winners. I watch achievers in other fields of endeavour and draw principles of success from their lives.

4. DREAM

I dream my own dreams. I spend time thinking of where I want to go and how I’m going to get there. I tap into my imagination and see what can be and what will be. I become as a child and dream BIG dreams. To help your imagination you place yourself in the position to experience something of your dream. Drive it, walk through it, smell it, taste it if you can and the tactile experience will be able to be recalled in the imagination of your mind.

AS YOU ACT, YOU WILL BECOME

5. WRITE

I write my goals and dreams down on paper. I carry these with me wherever I go in my wallet. I refer to them regularly. When you write it, then you can sight it.

6. PLAN

Attach a date to your dreams and formulate a step by step plan. Don’t leave things to chance. Research, investigate and formulate a blueprint for your success.

7. EVALUATE

Don’t just bungle along hoping that everything will be alright. I can assure you that everything will ‘not’ be alright unless you evaluate along the road towards your dreams. The winds of change blow infrequently and it is the one with the plan who evaluates their progress along the way and jibes and tacks, adjusting the plan, finetuning the plan, who will win.

8. SPEAK

What you say will determine your day. Speak your dreams. Breathe them and believe them. The more you speak them, the more they will become a part of your psyche and of your reality. Your words will create your world.

9. DO

Don’t stop doing. Be a man and woman of action. This is the true outworking of motivation: Moti-motion. That’s motivation in action.

Motivational Quote: Moti-motion and motivation are the inseparable twins that constitute a motivated life.

The fact is that you are never going to please everybody all the time. Anyone who ever dares to take action is going to ‘cop flak’ at one point or other.

Does that mean we avoid action?

Does that mean we all hide in a hole and never tempt fate and the criticism for our actions?

NO!

But don’t fall into the trap of walking in the path of ‘do nothings’. ‘Do nothings’ will never attract any attention in the long-term.

It’s the ‘do somethings’ that will always be used as target practice. Ask any politician.

‘DO NOTHINGS’ HAVE NO EFFECT ON THEIR WORLD WHATSOEVER

1. ‘Do nothings’ are usually the loudest whingers and whiners. Have you met any lately? Well if you choose to do something, you are going to bump into a bunch of these type of people along the road. They will be a minority, but they will always be loud.

2. ‘Do nothings’ always have the best advice to give and make sure that they are heard.

3. ‘Do nothings’ expect everybody else to do what they think is a good idea and then expect to reap the rewards from everybody else’s efforts.

DON’T BE A ‘DO NOTHING’!

‘DO SOMETHINGS’ MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO THE LIVES OF OTHERS

1. ‘Do somethings’ take action while others are thinking about it.

2. ‘Do somethings’ make mistakes, but at the same time they make them, they learn from them.

3. ‘Do somethings’ change the world through their actions.

I am proud of those who receive my Motivational Memos because I know that the vast majority of my subscribers are do somethings. Whatever you do, don’t be a ‘do nothing’. Always be proactive and do something.

CHOOSE ALWAYS TO BE A ‘DO SOMETHING’

Your action will have ramifications. But let me assure you that the positive ramifications will vastly outweigh any negative ramifications that result from your choice to act.

Motivational Quote: ‘Do somethings’ are not moved by the criticism of ‘do nothings’.

I recently saw the movie ‘Batman Begins’. Twice throughout the movie the following words were heard: ‘You are defined by what you do’.

It’s not what you say that defines you. Because many say and never do.

It’s not what you propose that defines you. For many make plans and never carry them out. Many talk about giving but never give. Many talk about supporting but never support.

It’s what you DO that defines you.

Actions speak louder than words.

Faith without works is dead.

To sum it up…people will watch what you do rather than listen to what you say.

Why? Because it defines you.

It is the real you.

So be a doer.

Be defined!