There are No Elevators to Success...

Do you find yourself looking for a shortcut to the reach the top of the ladder?  Are you thinking that you can find the elevator... if you just keep looking?

You're not alone...  near 95% of us suffer from this elevator mentality.  It doesn't matter if you are trying to shed a few pounds, start business, parent your children or reconstruct a relationship. We keep looking for the elevator in hopes that our pursuit of life ambitions will be easier.  You have to come to the realization that in your search to find an easier way, you are making things worse. The problem is that your elevator mentality is crushing your confidence and paralyzing the actions that you must take to truly achieve your success.  Come On - You deserve  better than this!!

So let's face our reality -Success isn't easy. Success rarely, if ever, comes overnight. Success is not ordinary!  Not a rosie picture is it?  I say YES... It IS a rosie picture.  Think about it, 90-95% of your colleagues will not face this reality.  They will continue looking for the elevator.  They will keep looking for a 'break' or a chance at 'luck'.  That's right, most of your colleagues will keep on looking for the elevator, hoping to capture lightening in a bottle.

You on the other hand, now posses the knowledge that Success isn't easy, Success rarely comes overnight, and Success is not ordinary! This is powerful knowledge! It leads you away from the crowd that is looking for the elevator.  Now you have begun to differentiated yourself from the ordinary. You now understand that becoming successful requires us to do the things that are not easy, to do the things that people will not ordinarily do.

Today is a BIG day long the path to the progressive achievement of your Highest Potential.  Today you came to realize that success comes from taking little steps. Today, you decided to take the first step; to stop looking for the elevator. Today you reintroduced yourself to works like - self-discipline, self-control, persistence, determination and focus on the end goal.

Today you came to realize that - There are no elevators to success... I must take the stairs!

These days of Anxiety...

Anxiety - The Hope Zapper

Well, here we stand at the threshold of a New Year.  As with many years in the past, 2012 has not been without it's moments of Anxiety... Senseless Boarder Wars, Victim filled mass shootings, A EURO that continues to flounder, a US economy that appears driven aimlessly, Terrorist acts conducted in zealot spirituality. When I recall such moments I am overwhelmed with the resilience of human nature.

Let's face facts; we Cannot Stop moving forward! By now we all recognize that 'time waits for no man.' But in the constant bombardment of terrify news, or caught aimlessly drifting in the sea of despair, HOW will we ever cross the 2013 threshold? HOW will we renew our resolution; the improvement of the human condition?

We live by Faith or we do not live at all...
- Either we venture or we vegetate. If we venture we do so by Faith! Simply because we cannot know the end of anything at its beginning. Marriage, by Faith; or stay single. Professional achievement, by Faith; or we give-up before we start. Personal Growth, by Faith we move mountains or opposition; or we are stopped by mole hills. Improvement of the Human Condition, only by Faith can we venture, boldly forward.

Faith however is not tranquil and steady. At its foundation, this is the beauty of Faith. In Faith, You control the volume... Bounce level - Sleep level. You are in complete control! Faith has the ability to ebb and flow like the tides of the restless sea. It is ALWAYS there for your use. Never FAILING, waiting on your beckoned call.

Every triumph of the human spirit began with a single step taken in Faith. This single step serves as the small handle to great matters. In the pursuit of your worthy ambition you must learn to hang on to your handle of Faith, even if for just 5 more minutes. This is how you deliver your resolution.

My encouragement to you; make 2013 the year in which you venture in Faith, the year which marks your contribution to the improvement of the human condition.