Hey gang; Ok it's time to create some good habits. You know,
like eating a pork barrel full of Ben and Jerry's ice cream at 3
am in the morning. Nah......that's not the kind of habit I'm
talking about. The only habit that will create is a quick trip
to the toilet first thing in the morning.
To create a personal success system that never fails requires
good habits. Without good habits, you will default to bad
habits.
I say this all the time....When you go after something don't
come back till you get it. Let me illustrate. In the sales
profession, people are taught never ask a prospect for his time.
Take it; they're taught.
Well, if you think about it, then success in anything you're
doing can be boiled down to a scientific formula. Failure can
also be boiled down to a formula. Apply the one, avoid the
other. Sounds simple, right?
Then why do so darn many people fail when attempting something
worthwhile? Why do so many find themselves sucking wind and
always ending up the tail instead of the head? Michael Jordan
said it best. "I have failed over and over again in my life, and
THAT is why I succeed.
Then why do so few people achieve what Michael Jordan has? Fear
of failure. No body likes to fail. But failure is only temporary
as long as we take another stab at what we're doing.
You say though……..yea, but I'm the one that's been stabbed. Ok,
so what makes you so special? You think Elvis never failed? You
think Henry Ford never failed? What causes failure anyway?
Timidity and Fear! Yuk! I knew you were going to say that.
Yea, that's right. Let me illustrate. I knew a guy a few years
ago that was hard up for a job. He told me someone suggested he
sell insurance. Yuk, he said, why don't I just slit my wrist?
But he said, I can't even get a job driving a garbage truck, so,
he did take a job selling insurance.
He said I was scared stiff. He had never sold anything in his
life. So, his manager told him, "I'll give you five names
everyday to call on. Just make sure to see these people the very
same day. He promised and went home to study his sales material.
Everyday for a week, he made several sales, and then, something
interesting happened. His sales manager was in a meeting and
could not give him his five names to call on.
He told him to go to the yellow pages and find the names of five
owners and call on them. He said that's what I've been doing for
the last week. And his sales manager said these words to him.
"Success is a matter of mental attitude." YOUR attitude. And,
your entire career will depend on your attitude.
He said I went out there with the same attitude with the names I
selected as I had with the names that my sales manager had
picked for me.
Then he said I learned an important lesson about timidity and
fear. First of all I recognized fear is nature's way of keeping
me from harm, particularly when I don't know what's waiting for
me.
He learned that fear could be a destructive emotion. So
destructive that it could paralyze the biggest of men. Success
is achieved by those who try. If there is nothing significant to
lose by trying and a lot to gain by trying, by all means, try.
And, the emotion of fear will be neutralized as you begin to
try. Not as you sit on your rear eating that pork barrel full of
ice cream and wish and hope.
Another illustration from my personal experience. Many of you
know I am a recording artist and my passion is music. People all
the time think that "some" people are just gifted to sing and
perform. If they only knew. When I first started singing, I
would go to night clubs that sponsored karaoke or open mic
nights and sing.
When I first started, I would sit in my seat hoping the DJ would
lose my slip of paper with my name on it so he couldn't call me
up there. Of course, no one else knew this. Ha! After I would
sing one song, the back of my neck would be dripping with
perspiration after only a 3 minute song. Just from nervousness.
I felt like a long tailed cat in a dark room full of rocking
chairs.
The more I did this, the less nervousness I had. Then one day,
no more perspiration. What neutralized the fear? Action. I
learned the emotion of fear was not subject to reason. I
reasoned there was no need to be afraid. I mean it was not like
I was facing a firing squad; no one was about to shoot me. Or,
make ME eat that pork barrel full of ice cream. I had NO reason
to be afraid. But, the fear was still there.
So, I learned an important psychological principle. Fear is not
subject to reason, but it is subject to action. When your
thoughts will not rid you of an undesirable emotion, action
will. I found out I could talk to myself till I was wacky, and
could not talk away the fear. It just doesn't work like that. I
learned that fear was not conducive to giving my best
performance.
So Homer,……… Sing to Win they said!!
In the very highly competitive game of Internet Marketing you
play according to the rules, and you must not violate the
standards of net-etiquette. To do so, will brand you a scammer,
and a spammer, and who knows what else, maybe a jackass.
You become a success at whatever you're doing in this game by
trying, and trying, and keep on trying. Then eventually work is
fun, life is worth living, and you begin attracting like a
magnet all you desire including money. Money is NOT attracted to
negative behavior.
Richard Vegas ©2002
Richard Vegas is a popular recording artist and internet
marketing professional. He invites you to subscribe to his FREE
weekly ezine "Wing-Tips" at:
http://www.1-work-at-home-based-business-opportunities.com You
may also hear and follow Richard's music career at:
http://www.richardvegas.com
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