"Nurture your mind with great thoughts."
-Benjamin Disraeli
Everyday you have an opportunity - to grow – to learn – to lead. How does one best take best advantage of these opportunities? By thinking about them prior them occurring.
We all know the phrase "no one plans to fail – just fail to plan" and this is a precise application of that mantra. If you do not prepare your mind for the activities you will take on daily, such as work, love, social interactions, etc… you will not be ready to take advantage when your opportunity is presented.
Today's message is simple: Take a moment to think – then act! Think about what might happen, what you want to happen and how you will handle the alternatives. If you THINK about what you are doing daily, you will always be prepared – not reactionary to the world around.
Have a great weekend and THINK about the greatness you possess… then have some fun!
Zachary Barker
BlackBerryGuy Division Manager
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Morning Motivator – Thought
Morning Motivator - Belief
"As soon as you begin to believe in something, then you can no longer see anything else. The truth you believe in and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new."
-Pema Chödrön, The Wisdom of No Escape
Our group performed an activity recently called "The Number Game". It is an application testing your belief system. There are 60 numbers (1-60) plotted randomly all across a piece of paper. The goal – draw lines from 1 to 60 in 60 seconds (ie 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 and so on). On the first attempt – I was able to get to 25. Then we were told to work in a team – we got to 40. Then we were told there is a pattern – we got to 45. Then we looked further and found an additional pattern – we got to 60 with 5 seconds remaining! What does this mean?
It's a practical application of BELIEF. When I first looked at the sheet I thought "Ha, no way!" Then as we tried different solutions – I started to believe. After 15 minutes, we not only overcame our disbelief, we accomplished our goal with time to spare. The lesson is this: YOU can do anything, accomplish any goal, achieve any accolade IF you BELIEVE in yourself. Your confidence is the most important tool in your personal and professional life.
Today is your day to BELIEVE in yourself – your brilliance, your talents, your ability to accomplish your dreams. If you are not carrying that confidence and self belief – make an effort to change this today! If you need assistance finding a way to gain this edge, please call me and I can help get you to the right people. Today is YOUR day… I BELIEVE it!
Zachary Barker
BlackBerryGuy Division Manager
NationLink Wireless - "The BlackBerryGuys"
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Morning Motivator - Resilience
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
-Confucius
I, like many others, am guilty of having a perfection complex. I want to be perfect, everyday on every task, all the time. The challenge is that often my pursuit of being a "perfectionist" causes delays in processes, missed opportunities and a number of non-perfect results. More interestingly, I try to be perfect and control areas of our life that I have no control over. How can one be perfect if you cannot control all the aspects of the situation? Is this not a setup for consistent disappointment?
If you are challenged as I am, then I propose this – be RESILIANT! Engage your self-confidence and knowingly accept you inability to be perfect everyday at every moment. By the grace of God – you are internally a complete and perfect person as you are today. Your external pursuit is to relate that confidence and grace into an accepting and resilient person. Resilience is simply the pursuit of perfection and the unwillingness to accept defeat. I believe I would rather be resilient than perfect… this allows one to be better equipped for managing the moments when "life happens".
Today – do not measure your success by your accomplishments from your first efforts, rather measure your accomplishments derived from your resilience to pursue the second, third and fourth efforts. If you get kicked in the teeth in a situation, get up, stand up and stick your head right back in there! This is the true test of character and your ability to achieve success. Be the champion of your future…be RESILIENT!
Zachary Barker
BlackBerryGuy Division Manager
NationLink Wireless - "The BlackBerryGuys"
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Morning Motivator – Creating Your Life
"The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing."
- Michael E. Gerber
How often do you hear people say "I wish I could (insert activity or goal)"? Now – how many of those people are taking an active role in their life to make the appropriate changes to achieve that "wish"? NEWS FLASH - very very few.
The next time you hear someone say "I wish I could…" – Challenge them! Ask them why the are "unable". Ask them what they have done to make it better or make it happen. Ask them who or what or why they are being held back. And don't be afraid if you determine the person you need to ask is YOURSELF!
You are a brilliant creature with the capacity to achieve whatever your mind can conceptualize and your disciplined efforts will work hard towards. You can achieve anything you want – lose weight, go to Grad school, start a successful business, be President of the USA. It is up to you to determine how far you want to go and how hard you want to work to create the life you deserve. Go out and take an active role in YOUR life today by creating the opportunities you are seeking for happiness. If you need help determining what "happiness" is and what you need to do to get there – let me know. I am happy to introduce you to people that can assist and provide you activities to help give you clarity.
Today is your day to create the rest of your life – be great and enjoy the rewards!
Zachary Barker
BlackBerryGuy Division Manager
NationLink Wireless - "The BlackBerryGuys"
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Morning Motivator – The Future
"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy."
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Do you know what the greatest thing about today is? It will end and there WILL be a tomorrow. Sometimes we become overwhelmed about the errors we have made, the opportunities we missed and the challenges we have faced. No worries– there will be a tomorrow!
You may have flubbed a deal, upset a client or missed a great chance to grow – and tomorrow you will have all those opportunities again. Focus on what you can do to fix it and capitalize tomorrow. I had a very special person in my life that used to always say "that happened before today, we can't change it – let's move on." What a great philosophy!
Forgive and forget, accept and move on, remember the lesson learned and apply it in the next opportunity. You ARE a PERFECT person today and should your actions not reflect that person for some reason – just try again tomorrow. Your future is very bright and everyone around you wants you to be successful. Share your success with others and help to shape their future as well… the best way to ensure your future is by ensuring that of others.
Make this a great week… your future is awaiting you!
Zachary Barker
BlackBerryGuy Division Manager
NationLink Wireless - "The BlackBerryGuys"
mobile | 615.207.2290
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