If you do these things, you will reach your goals...
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Just wanted to share an email that I got from author, teacher, and screenwriter Steven Barnes...
"One of the things discussed in 'Think And Grow Rich' is that you must have a definite purpose in life, a specific measurable goal, progress toward which is expressed in continuous action. In other words, you have to be able to say: "These are the tasks I have before me today. These are the things I must do this week. These are the things I must do this month. This quarter. This year. If I do these things, I will reach my goals, goals that will benefit my family, my society, and bring my dearest dreams into existence." The beautiful thing about this is that if you have done your job properly, you will end up with a list of actions you can take RIGHT NOW, TODAY that will not only bring you closer to your long-term goals, but will benefit you RIGHT NOW, TODAY. Now, here is where "magic" seems to come in. If you are doing everything you can, today, to take care of your current obligations and needs as well as these actions dovetailing into your long-term purpose, the Universe seems to notice. The instant you are totally committed, and doing everything you can, today, leaving no stone unturned and facing your fears directly...you'll start experiencing the strangest thing. Calls from out of nowhere. Old friends calling with opportunities. Favors you did for people years ago are repaid serendipitiously. If you haven't experienced it, don't laugh. I'm not hallucinating. One suspects that this is a version of the "if you don't have a job, you can't get a job. Until you get one, at which point people will start offering you jobs." Or: "if you don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend, you can't get a boyfriend/girlfriend...until you've got one, and then men/women come out of the woodwork, throwing themselves at you." I have no idea what causes this, but have experienced it, and witnessed it, so many times that there is no longer a shred of doubt about it...but I still forget how it works until I cross a new threshold in my life."
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So, now that you know what it takes to GET WHAT YOU WANT....
...there are four things to ask yourself before quitting your day job:
Many people are considering starting or have already started a home based business. Operating a home based business is not for everyone but if you think you have what it takes to build a successful home based business you have to ask yourself--and truthfully answer--four questions:
1. What will this business add to your life?
2. What is the greatest potential risk associated with this business?
3. What is the greatest potential reward?
4. What obstacles must you overcome to achieve your goal?
How you answer these questions will help you determine whether or not the home based business you're considering is right for you. For example, let's say you are an introverted, artistic guy with a wife, four kids and a mortgage and you've got a good job but you're thinking about becoming either a free lance photographer or Real Estate Investor.
Apply these questions to each opportunity and it will be plain to see which the better choice is.
Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living. Mary McLeod Bethune
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