YOU ARE UNIQUE

 

Think what a remarkable, unpredictable, and miraculous thing it is  to be you! Of all the people who have come and gone on the earth, since  the beginning of time, not ONE of them is like YOU!

No one who has  ever lived or is to come has had your combination of abilities,  talents, appearance, friends, acquaintances, burdens, sorrows and  opportunities.

No one’s hair grows exactly the way yours does. No  one’s finger prints are like yours. No one has the same combination of  secret inside jokes and family expressions that you know.

The few  people who laugh at all the same things you do, don’t sneeze the way you  do. No one prays about exactly the same concerns as you do. No one is  loved by the same combination of people that love you – NO ONE!
No one before, no one to come. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE!

Enjoy  that uniqueness. You do not have to pretend in order to seem more like  someone else. You weren’t meant to be like someone else. You do not have  to lie to conceal the parts of you that are not like what you see in  anyone else.

You were meant to be different. Nowhere ever in all  of history will the same things be going on in anyone’s mind, soul and  spirit as are going on in yours right now. If you did not exist, there would be a hole in creation, a gap in history, something missing from the plan for humankind.
Treasure your uniqueness. It is a gift given only to you. Enjoy it and share it!

No  one can reach out to others in the same way that you can. No one can  speak your words. No one can convey your meanings. No one can comfort  with your kind of comfort. No one can bring your kind of understanding  to another person.

No one can be cheerful and lighthearted and  joyous in your way. No one can smile your smile. No one else can bring  the whole unique impact of you to another human being.

Share your  uniqueness. Let it be free to flow out among your family and friends and  people you meet in the rush and clutter of living wherever you are.  That gift of yourself was given you to enjoy and share. Give yourself  away!

See it! Receive it! Let it tickle you! Let it inform you and nudge you and inspire you! YOU ARE UNIQUE

THE STORY OF A WOODCUTTER

 Once upon a time, a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant and he got it. The pay was really good and so was the work condition. For those reasons, the woodcutter was determined to do his best.

His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he supposed to work.

The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees.

“Congratulations,” the boss said. “Go on that way!”

Very motivated by the boss words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he could only bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.

“I must be losing my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.

“When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” the boss asked.

“Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees…”

Reflection:

Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take time to sharpen the “axe”. In today’s world, it seems that everyone is busier than ever, but less happy that ever. 

Why is that? Could it be that we have forgotten how to stay “sharp”? There’s nothing wrong with activity and hard work. But we should not get so busy that we neglect the truly important things in life, like our personal life, taking time to get close to our Creator, giving more time for our family, taking time to read etc. 

We all need time to relax, to think and meditate, to learn and grow. If we don’t take the time to sharpen the “axe”, we will become dull and lose our effectiveness. 

THE RICHEST PLACE IN THE WORLD

If I were to ask you, “where is the richest place in the world?  I am sure  that some would say the mint in Washington, D.C. Others would say Fort Knox,  and others would say the gold and diamond mines that populate the African  content.  But all  would  be wrong.  The richest place  in the world is the graveyard!!! That’s  right, the graveyard.  In it lie  all the people  who had great ideas  that would have made them wealthy, but the listed instead to some negative person  who used the world “can’t” and they  believed them.  Then they  took those  great ideas with  them to their graves!!! Their best song….unsung!!!!  The best invention … undone!!! Their best book…… unwritten!!! The best speech … ungiven! Why? Because they listened to  some negative  person who used the world “can’t” Do not,  I repeat, do not take  your riches with you to your  grave!!!

Remember that DreamBusters can be changed!! You must encourage them, enlighten them and help  them to grow.  You have to prove to them  that it is not only possible but very do-able.

But there are times when you have  to just ignore  them and make a commitment to yourself  that you will not  hang around them until they grow in consciousness.  If not,  they will carry you down  with them.  Do not, I repeat, do not let them  bust your dreams and bring you down.  If you cannot  bring them  up to your level,  THEN LEAVE THEM  ALONE!!! Do not let  them bring  you down to theirs!!

Many times they will see from your example that it is possible.  And if it is possible for you, then may be  they will start to believe that it is also  possible for them.  In life sometimes all you need is a MAYBE!! Just may be!!!

COMMITMENT CREATES MAGIC

“Resolution is the directing and impelling force in individual progress. Without it no substantial work can be accomplished.”.

The esteemed philosopher Goethe wrote, “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.” There are so many opportunities that could make our lives better if we’d only make the decision (resolution) to pursue them. Whether it’s fear, doubt or some other insecurity that holds us back, these missed opportunities keep us from living the life of our dreams.

In 711 a North African warrior, whose army was backed up to the Mediterranean Sea, gave the unthinkable order to his men to “burn your boats,” thus taking away his army’s only means of escape. Faced with certain death unless they were victorious, his army routed their opponents even though they were outnumbered five to one. When we are likewise resolved, we too can conquer all the obstacles in our path.

Don’t worry about “how-to-do-it.” One of my early mistakes was trying to figure out how I was going to do something before I’d get committed to do it. Now I think about all of the great inventions of our time, and I wonder if we’d have any of them if the inventor had waited to make his commitment until he knew how he was going to do it. Making the decision (the resolution) to do it is the most important part of any undertaking. As W.H. Murray wrote, “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!”

If you don’t feel like you have enough information to make a decision, then by all means, get the information. But don’t put off getting the information as a means to put off making the decision. And don’t think you have to have ALL the information that’s available — you only need ENOUGH to fully evaluate and decide. “Paralysis by analysis” has killed many a dream.

Any decision is almost always better than no decision as it puts into play some powerful forces. As Goethe also told us, “Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.”

TOP FIVE WAYS TO BE UNFORGETTABLE

We all face occasions when we want to make a lasting impression. (I'm not talking a Tonya Harding kind of lasting impression.) Whether you are  applying for a job, making new friends, building your client base, or looking for a date, you need to separate yourself from the crowd.

How to be Unforgettable:

1) Establish relationship first. Listen, be curious, be genuinely caring. Focus on the other person instead of yourself. Who is this person? This is how you establish relationship.

2) Identify the needs of this other person. How can you serve this person? Your partner will wake up for station WIFM (What's In it For Me).

3) Be authentic. Don't pretend to be interested. Don't pretend to care. You won't fool a soul. And no one wants to be around a fake. Meanwhile, the more you are authentically interested and authentically care about the people you meet, the more you'll find yourself meeting wonderful people!

4) Don't be your job. When someone says "tell me about yourself" what do you say? Cause EVERYBODY will answer the "tell me about yourself" with what they are working on, will be working on, or were working on. Snore. Be able to share at least three concise and  memorable things about yourself that have nothing to do with your business. These things may be humorous or dramatic, but they reveal something about who you are as a person. If you have a zinger like "I smoked pot with Jimi Hendrix," or "I taught blackjack to a bunch of orphans in Cambodia," do you think your questioner will forget that--or you--any time soon?

See how authentic you can be.

5) Finally, have a point to what you share. Pick your story with your audience in mind, and tell your questioner what your share says about you.

For instance, during my teleseminars I sometimes share that I was hit by a car, thrown into a coma, had a severe head injury when I awoke, and spent my last semester of high school homeless and sleeping on a friend's floor. And I graduated with honors and went to a top college.  What this says about me is I know how to do whatever it takes to achieve a goal, even when life is really hard. It's also why I focus on making people's lives more effortless and pain free. I think struggle is overrated, and we don't need to seek it out.

A quick recap to help make things "just happen" for you:

Build relationship by authentically focusing on the other person and his needs.

Be a real person, not your job.