"You will never live life beyond your wildest expectations until you first have some wild expectations." Matt Morris


Expectations....What are yours?

You will never perform above the expectations you create for yourself. 

If you expect little, you will attempt little. Attempt great things and expect to achieve them.

Dream a little! What would you attempt if you knew that you could not fail? Go for it, get outside your comfort zone, go for bigger. Start something new, be your own Champion. Decide to be coachable and never miss and a teachable moment. 

I believe that there is a sleeping giant within us all....just waiting for an opportunity to become something more. 

Take some quiet time and reflect on your greatest dreams. Are you on your way to achieving them or have you, long ago, given up?

It's time for a change! Start where you are and get moving. Ask for help, take baby steps, but take action.....Now. 

Believe....believe in yourself, because if you can see it you can be it! Don't take no for an answer. Say "Yes!" to yourself and your future.

Where there's a will, there's a way. Find it! 

"Just my little rant for the day. I hope it finds it's way into your heart." BW

The Value of Positive Self-Esteem

Many years ago, I saw a well known speaker start off his seminar by holding up a $100 bill.

In the room of 200 or so, he asked, "Who would like this $100 bill?"

Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this money to one of you before I finish but first let me do this." 

He proceeded to crumple the bill up. 

He then asked, "Who still wants it?" 

Still the hands went up in the air. 

"Well," he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. 

"Now who still wants it?" 

Still the hands went into the air. "My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson."

"No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $100."

"Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt with rejection, despair, and sometimes even depression by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value."

"You are special. Don't ever forget it! Never let yesterday's disappointments or rejection or unemployment or any other negative in life overshadow tomorrow's dreams."

I know this will sound like a fortune in a fortune cookie, but I have found that: "VALUE HAS A VALUE ONLY IF ITS VALUE IS VALUED"

Think about this as you go about your week. Have a great weekend!

I don't know where this little story came from originally. I got it from Sandy Botkin; just thought it was truly worth a post.

I hope you found value in this post. If I can ever be of service, feel free to drop me a line at  bob@toosoontoquit.com or post you comments here. 

The Question

The Question is...... Do you have to finish "first" or in the top few at your earliest attempts to succeed? Look around and you will see the huge number of people who's personality, passion, drive or ego are stopping them from having any chance at all to achieve success.

As you look around, can you spot all of the people who have simply given up on doing anything special with their lives? Living in quiet desperation......

Why? Don't you suppose that, when they were children, they had wonderful dreams of what the future held for them? Have you ever known a child that didn't? Aren't they all going to grow up to be a fireman, a doctor, a leader, a president? Something grand and special to them... perhaps inspired by their parents, a teacher, a movie or television program.

Somewhere around 3% of the population wind up living their personal DREAM...heck, let's be generous and make it 10%. What happened to the rest?

In short, LIFE happened. Perhaps they tried and failed. Maybe even a number of times. Perhaps someone they respected and loved 'rained on thier parade'....minimized thier dream.... told them it wasn't realistic!

So, eventually, most simply QUIT! Give up on thier dream. Walk away to live....yes, quiet lives of desperation. Now only dreaming of their DREAMS, what could have been.

Where are you....today? Still dreaming the DREAM? Still fighting? Still working to make it happen?

Don't let anything or anyone get in your way. How many times are you willing to fail before you give it up...for good?

Before you do consider the alternative and continue to fail until you succeed!

"Ninty percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit." - Paul J. Meyer