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"Each man (is) the architect of his own fortune."
Appius Caecus
ACTION !
"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle." Abraham Lincoln
Many years ago there was this BIG BIG fire. Not only were the flames shooting hundreds of feet into the air but the sky was thick with grimy black smoke. The heat from this fire was so hot that the fire trucks had to park several blocks away to wait for the fire to die down so they could begin to fight it.
This fire was about to rage out of control, when out of nowhere, came this fire truck racing down the street. With it brakes screeching it pull up in front of this very hot fire, it hit the curb and stopped. The fire men jump off the truck and stated to fight the fire. The other fire men seeing this jump into their trucks and rush down to fight the fire also.
The brave acting of the first fire fighters and the great team work of all of them not only put the fire out, but was also credit with save a very large part of the city, and maybe a number of lives.
The people that watch this great and brave team felt that they should be honored for their bravery. The city and mayor set aside a day to recognize the drive of the truck for leading the charge and his bravery.
At the ceremony the mayor said, "Captain, we want to honor you for a fantastic act of bravery. You not only prevented the great loss of property, but perhaps the loss of life. If there is one special thing you could have-just anything-what would it be?"
Without hesitation, the captain replied, "Your Honor, a new set of brakes would be dandy." (Mike Wickett from Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work)
Do you find that the only time you take ACTION is when you have no brakes? And at those times you ether have a accident or luck into something good?
That the rest of the time you are looking and thinking with YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE or YOUR EMERGENCY BRAKE IS ON, and you are not taken the ACTION you know you should?
Here is the fact, only you can take ACTION, and you will only take ACTION when the pain of staying with you are NOW, IS GREATER THEN THE PAIN TO MOVE. And the problem with pain is that we get used to it.
Do you find yourself STUCK in this endless loop, were you are re-creating the same experience over and over. Do you find yourself speaking the same words, thinking the same old thoughts and holding on to the same beliefs. And no matter how hard you try to move forward you keep getting the same old same old.
What are the negative images about yourself that you will not let go of? What inaccurate beliefs, guilt or other self-doubts that you harbor in your mind that is holding you back and stopping you, from taken the ACTION that will set you FREE?
You see over the years, this collection of cant's, musts, must nots, too young/old, black, white, yellow, red, brown, tall/short, sex, have all limited your belief in yourself and has stop your self-images growth.
Here is another fact, YOU, YES YOU, HOLD THE KEY TO OPEN THE DOOR TO THIS PRISON, CALLED YOUR COMFORT ZONE.
You can not change yesterday, BUT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE TODAY and TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH. "by the inch it's a cinch"
Your comfort zone has been painting images in your mind for so long, as to how you act, talk, drive a car, and all other things you do, that it is in CONTOL of you, instead of you being in CONTOL of it.
Your comfort zone, tells your mind that it can not do this (being that it is outside of the comfort zone) or shows you a image of you failing, and sure enough you fail. The comfort zone said 'See I told you so.' Then next time you try that again it just shows you the image of you failing, and you stop trying, (remember the COLADA with the elephant.)
As long as you continually talk, complain, think and write about you current circumstances, not only will your mind focus on keeping you were you are, your comfort zone will also remain the same.
To get out of this comfort zone, you have to talk, think and write with your focus on what you want to create. You have to do everything and anything that will help you floor you mind with IMAGES of the NEW YOU.
Your mind, is this vast complex part of your body that works for you, it will not argue with what you tell it to do, it's job is to do what you tell it to do.
YOU ARE IN CONTROL.
SATISFACTION COMES FROM ENOUGH ACTION
Have you notice that the last six letters in the word SATISFACTION are a-c-t-i-o-n? The word satis in in Latin means 'enough'. Therefore it would stand to reason that 'enough ACTION' will bring:
SATISFACTION
(the last part was restated in part from 'The Success Principles' by Jack Canfield)
Jack Boston
