Everyone knows people who inspire us.  Some people have that air of easy success about them.  Others have such a strong lead by example attitude that we find ourselves not keeping up.  This makes us try harder out of pure shame.  But if shame is what it takes to get you moving, then that’s fine.  Even shame can be a plus if that’s what’s required.

Peer pressure is a perfect example of shame forcing people into doing things they don’t want to do.  Normally peer pressure gets a bad rap.  We talk about shaming people into doing bad things they normally wouldn’t do like using drugs or committing crimes.  Good peer pressure also exists and has the same effect in a good way.  It’s a matter of choosing the proper role models.  If your role model is the slacker who never holds a job for more than a week, who has no goals and who is an all around loser, then that’s exactly what you will become, even if you don’t really want to.  On the other hand, if your role models are people who wake up early to face a new day, people who go out of their way to take the hardest assignments, who shoulder more than their share of any task, then you will soon find yourself emulating them.  Though your motivation to do so might have begun out of shame, it will quickly develop into pride.

Strive to become a person who inspires others.  You don’t do that by necessarily doing things well every time.  You do it by always trying to do your best.  In time, your best will develop into something very impressive.  Pretty soon you will be that person that shames others into working hard.  Some will hate you for it, but they will respect you for it more.

If your plans are to be a big shot, you better start learning now how to stay cool and calm under pressure. If you can’t control your emotions, you likely won’t make it too far, and if you do, the success will soon kill you.
If you don’t buy into the whole stress is bad thing, just look at what four years in the White House does to a president. Many of them go in looking healthy and you and within a year have aged 10 years. This is of course an extreme example of stress, but it gets the point across.
There’s nothing much you can do to control outside situations. You can take steps to minimize damage, but in the end there are forces you can’t stop. What you can control is how you react to them. Your reaction is much more important.
You learn to do this through experience. The first time a certain bad situation comes your way, you find yourself on the verge of panic. Your pulse races, you can’t sleep and your shoulders are raised nearly to your ears. Eventually you get through it and everything turns out fine. A wise man learns to recognize similar situations and can control his reaction to them. That’s not to say that he looks forward to them or will not be happy to see them end. It simply means that he has the confidence in himself and his abilities to be sure that he will get through them.
Start to learn from these situations. Don’t let the same little nuisances stress you time and time again. Nothing can replace experience, but experiences from which you don’t learn are useless.

“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”

-William Shakespeare

If you are up to the task of arguing with Shakespeare, I bow to your self-confidence, but I question your wisdom.  Few humans have ever possessed the insight into human behavior and emotion that Shakespeare did.  This quote certainly speaks directly to the heart of that which prevents most of us from accomplishing our dreams.  If the only thing needed for success were intelligence and hard work, the world’s landscape would look very different indeed.  But the fact is that success has as much to do with daring and maybe even in being oblivious to risk as it does to anything else.

Perhaps you have a dream.  You know you could do it, but you are also smart enough to see all the dangers along the road.  What happens if you fail?  Maybe you lose everything it has taken you years to gain and you have to start again.  Those are the doubts of which Shakespeare speaks.  His response: when chance is the factor you fear, you have just as much chance of good things as bad things.  Unfortunately humans are more apt to see a 50% chance weighted more towards failure than success, even though intellectually we know the two are equal.  Weighing risk is smart business, but weighing it too heavily is a fool’s mistake.

Minimizing risk is smart, but if it were possible to remove all risk, where would we be?  What would make the exceptional shine?  What would keep everyone from trying, no matter how ridiculous their ideas?  Risk is your friend.  Learn to recognize it, learn to manage it, but never fear it.

Hello to all!!!

This post has been inspired by you. During hard times a lot people cry out to God day and night totally forgetting god gave us power within ourselves to accomplish any task and overcome all stumbling blocks. I realize that many people believe that God is a separate entity from them, and never realizing that God resides within us all. There has to be more of an effort from the average believer to know and understand the word for God. Because Within its stories are many words of wisdom and the keys to a prosperous life. Without the knowledge of your power and abilities you are committed to a life of dependency, believing that all issues of life are bigger than you.

Defeating thoughts is the worst thing we can ever do to ourselves.

We are to know that any situation in life is within our reach of handling. Even if you can’t see the solution, your faith is to keep you optimistic knowing that victory is yours. Fear is instilled in us everywhere we go and in everything we pay attention to. That is why the bible clearly says “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2) T.V, radio, newspapers, magazines all focus on the human emotion of fear to sell their products, create better ads, and to turn people into robots programing individuals to believe the life they are leading and the actions they are taking is really of their own thoughts. Nothing good is accomplished through fear except mental slavery, pain and disease.

There is a huge call for You to rise above fear and commit to a life of faith, if you are to accomplish any great thing in life. Find your uniqueness and set sail on a journey only you are able to accomplish.

Many people are afraid to read the bible, and many that read it never understand, yet those that read and understand are able to live more abundantly.

Jesus life was a mere example of the life we can live by recognizing and developing the power that lives with us.

Action: Pick a verse in the bible that speaks to your spirit and read it throughout the week. And notice a difference in that area of your life.

Kenneth Williams