Moving Forward

Having a dream is a must to move forward. Without a dream or destination, one could wake up someday and realize that time has passed me by. I would believe that every professional sports player had a dream to play professionally. In order to make it to that level there is a lot of hard work and dedication. It is the same in the corporate world. In order to move up the ladder you have to be dedicated and committed to the company. I would believe that in order to move to a higher position you will do the work of that position first. Without the title or pay raise that may be attached to the position. If you have a dream that you believe you can hit, I would encourage you to put a date of achieving this dream. Then track your progress from start to finish with goals or steps along the way. If you don't get as far as you thought you would, make some course correction in your plan, reset the goal and begin again. Learn the art of holding yourself accountable to yourself. In my case, attaching a dread as well as a prize at each step along the way has made it easier to hold myself accountable to me. For instance, when my current goal is achieved there is a great prize awaiting, and since I have found that I am not motivated much by things (even though I really want them I will go without). I have had to say that until I reach this goal I will not get a haircut. Man is my hair getting long. But by doing this I have done more for attaining this goal in the last 3 weeks, then I did the two months before it (my hair wasn't annoyingly long enough yet). You will never get there if you don't aim for it. There is no shame in wanting more than you already have. Someone very successful once said, "If you never quit learning, your income should never quit growing."


Count your blessing every day, and do all you can to learn and grow.
Justin

FEAR

I would say that most everyone has heard it explained this way
False
Evidence
Appearing
Real
but that has been around so long, that it really doesn't mean much to me. Then I heard it explained this way. Fear is just incorrect knowledge. That helped me understand better that if I am fearful of something, it really has nothing to do with danger. It can be learned. As a kid it was always scary to be in the basement after dark, scared of the boogieman. But as an adult I know there is no boogieman and so there is no fear. I learned the correct knowledge and overcame the fear. I believe as you pursue greatness you will always come across a new situation that will make you afraid. Just remember that all you are afraid of is not having the knowledge to complete whatever task is at hand. The best way to gain that knowledge is from a mentor (someone who has been there and done that) or from personal trial and error. Since learning the incorrect knowledge theory of fear I have also learned another that has helped conquer fear. That is the definition of Faith is believing in something unseen, and the definition of Fear is believing in something unseen. Notice there is no difference. Once you can get past your fears and move forward, life will never be the same.

Justin

The Next Millionaires

I love this book. It is called The Next Millionaires by Paul Zane Pilser. A couple of days ago Orrin had a video clip of him on his website. You should check it out. The more I hear about how bad the economy is the more I refer to this book. He talks about the great things that are happening and are coming down the line in these next 8-10 years. I believe that he said in his book titled Unlimited Wealth, that when a new age takes over there will be a huge opportunity for wealth creation. But the media will just talk about jobs lost and doom and gloom. He says they are not jobs lost, but jobs shifting from an old age to a new age. We are in a new age. The information age is live and well. If you shift out of the industrial age and into the information age, there will be a lot of option for your financial future. I love how this applys to Mona Vie. This company is in all the areas of Pilsers book about who will prosper, and they are setting records. They has 1 Billion Dollars in sales in 3.5 years! The company has now been opened for only 4 years. The are leading the way into the new future and I am glad to be a part of it.

Justin