Swimming Pool Approach
Most of us fear risk. In things financial we fear the loss of money. In all else, the greatest fear that holds us back is of the unknown.
If fear of the unknown is holding you back from realizing your dreams and goals, then try the swimming pool approach. Wade into the shallow end and slowly continue to the deeper end as you become accustomed to the water temperature of your unknown.
“Never fear shadows – it means that there’s light nearby”. – Pesach and Chana Burston
“With love, you set your goals. With fear, you set your boundaries”. – Unattributed
Part of Your Power Is In Your Follow Through series
The Price
If you buy a stock, you know that in order to make money, you have to risk some money.
In all that we wish to achieve we must take risks, be it financial or otherwise.
Everything has a price. We don’t choose the price of what we want, we just choose whether we are willing to pay it.
“Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out”. – James Bryant Conant
“Take risks. You can never discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Unknown
Part of Your Power Is In Your Follow Through series
Things Could Be Better and They Will (cont’d)
In a previous “thought” (5/31) we looked at a homeless person with a sign that read “things could be worse, you could be me”. What if the sign read “things could be worse, or you could help me”? Sometimes our struggles cause us to withdraw into ourselves and get down. The surest cure is to get outside ourselves and reach out to another. At first this may only serve as a distraction from our worries, but eventually it becomes a good habit.
“We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give’. – Winston Churchill
“We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give’. – Unknown
Weakness To Strength
The greatest of athletes still have a weakness in their game. A cyclist might be a great climber but a weaker sprinter. A basketball player may have a great outside shot and be weak on defense. They compete and play as much as possible to their strength, but if they want to strengthen their game they must develop their weakness into a strength. So too in our personal lives, we may begin with strengths but we always have something that we can improve upon. It is that constant awareness and desire to improve that will lead us to the human being we are destined to become.
“Strength is not the absence of weakness, but how we wrestle with our weaknesses’. – Noah Benshea
Part of Your Power Is In Your Follow Through series
Happy Father’s Day
“There are many ways to measure success; not the least of which is the way your child describes you when talking to a friend”. — Unknown
A Quick Thought That Deserves Lots of Thought
Knowing that we can always plant new and more seeds so that we may continue to grow
“A man’s character like his garden both reflect the amount of weeding that was done during the growing season”. — Unknown
Mission Possible
Who defines what “impossible” means? Do you block your own imagination and dream by saying it’s impossible?
How many examples throughout history of “impossible” accomplishments do you know of? Think of one and use it as your inspiration.
Do you let others define your dream for you? How do they know? It’s not their dream, it’s yours. Sing along “To dream the impossible dream, to fight………” from “Man of La Mancha”
“Dream and deed are not as different as many think. All the deeds of men are dreams at first”. — Theodor Herzl
“Imagination is a preview of life’s coming attractions”. — Albert Einstein
Part of Your Power Is In Your Follow Through series
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