Be smarter than the average bear

April 7, 2012 By 1 Comment

Did you know there are greater odds that you will drive one mile to the store to purchase a Mega Millions lottery ticket than the odds you will win? This is a true statement.

If a person drives one mile to the store to purchase a ticket and one mile home, they drove two miles round trip. The actual odds of being killed during that trip are one in 29,411,765. The Mega Millions ticket your risked your life to purchase holds a one in 175,711,536. You can check the math here.

Brian Tracy writes in his book Create Your Own Future that “Successful people are more thoughtful about the potential consequences of what they say and do than the average person.” I wonder if those who risked life and limb to get that lottery ticket were thoughtful or duped by greed, blinding riches, or the life of lazy luxury.

Growing up I had to be diligent about remaining positive because the home I grew up in was anything but positive. My grandparents were this brigade of something for nothing people. They were the ones who risked their lives to purchase unending reams of paper with losing lottery numbers. The odds were never in their favor.

If we believe Brian Tracy that success equals thoughtfulness, then we believe that success begins with thinking about our ultimate outcome. This is step one to achieving our dreams.

Step two is to picture your thought of success in your mind. See it so crystal clear that it is as if you are living your dream now. After you see your dream you have two choices. First, you can leave it to chance that your dream will happen. This is comparative to gambling in a casino. You may just get lucky and win and the odds are stacked against you. The second option is to know that winners always use planning and action to achieve what they truly desire.

How much do you desire success? Are you willing to put the rubber on the road and start travelling toward what you desire? Or will you get in your car and risk your life for a chance to win the lottery?

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Remembering Lou Tice

April 4, 2012 By 1 Comment

Nearly 30 years ago I was introduced to a leader in the field of personal development. My father opened a closet in his home and handed me a giant binder filled with audiotapes and pages of great advice and information. This was the work of Lou Tice, founder of The Pacific Institute.

I was connected for life to the powerful words and message Lou Tice drilled into my conscious and subconscious mind. He became my life long hero for personal improvement and change.

Lou Tice was a high school football coach who came to study the dynamics of human behavior. This led to the founding of his company. Tice also was an advocate of change around the world. He would go into impoverished countries to help governments change for the better of their people. Only someone with real love in his or her heart would go to this extreme.

I learned so much personally from the teachings of Lou Tice. Truly I can say that my endeavor into the need to give back through personal development, achievement, and excellence was brought about by the seed he left in my mind.

Not only was I a student of Lou Tice, I was a facilitator for his Investment in Excellence program. About three years ago I finally got to meet Mr. Tice at a breakfast event. As a matter of fact he sat right next to me so I got the opportunity to share my story of how I was introduced to him and his life changing personal improvement program that my father gave me.

A few days ago Lou Tice passed away. I write this to honor his commitment to his family and to those who has inspired and changed. These are the heroes we must allow into our hearts and our minds.

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