A number of years ago I heard a powerful story aboutmotivation. I don't remember where I heard it or even ifit was true story or not, but it perfectly exemplifies thehuman ability to transcend circumstances.My memory of it is fuzzy, so here's my version... with atwist.A reporter decided to follow up on an incredible humaninterest story after hearing of two brothers, one avicious, dangerous criminal to be locked up for the nextten years for his latest crime, and the other a highlyrespected university professor.After the arrest of brother number one, he told the policeabout his brother, his closest living relative. After the police discovered who brother number two was, areporter was given the tip that this could be aninteresting story.Upon interviewing both men at length, the reporter learnedthat their father was a brutal man. He was a hard drinker.And his brand of teaching his boys "right from wrong"involved terrible verbal abuse no matter where theyhappened to be. When they "got out of line," he hit themwith belts, his fists, sticks - whatever was handy.They both told almost identical stories of extremecruelty. Neither one was exempt from the old man's angerand drunken rage.While the boys were 19 and 20 respectively, their fatherdied of a massive heart attack. Shortly afterwards, thebrothers had a falling out and never saw each other again -brother number one moved out of state and sort of fell offthe face of the earth... living his life between jail terms.Brother number two graduated from college and followed adesigned path to living a rewarding life of service to hiscommunity, his church and his family. The thing that practically knocked the reporter over wasboth brothers' identical answer to the same question.After getting the background on both individuals, thequestion was, "How did you get here to this point in yourlife?"The two answered the question with this same response..."With a father like mine, how could I be any different?"One used his father as an excuse, while the other used himas motivation - as training on what not to do.You see, it's not what happens to you in life thatdictates where you'll go and who you'll be. It's what youdo with it.I'll bet that, right now, you could sit down and list atleast a dozen people who have risen up from hellishchildhoods, or who are completely different than anyoneelse in their families in some significant way. You'lldiscover that, concerning the differences, there arecompletely different belief systems, different ways of"looking at" the situations, different motivations andreward systems.So I'm being honest when I tell you there is no reason onthe face of the earth why you can't achieve your next biggoal. None. I don't care how many times you may havefallen on your face.Do you want to reach some health milestone after repeatedfailures? Then decide to. And stop with the excuses. You've been lying to yourselftoo long.Do you need to learn something, to pass some test, to geta degree or license? Then get off your backside, shut offthe TV and do it.Do you see a failure when you look in the mirror? Do youknow what to do, but just always decide not to do it? Thenturn the volume of the criticism in your head down. Shutoff the excuses. Write down on 3x5 cards statements likethese:-Good job, I really tried hard.-I really have quite a talent there.-I'm quite a handsome man/beautiful woman-Boy, when I have a job to do I just tear right in and getit done....And read them often.Write down empowering questions like these:What is good about me? What could be?What are the many benefits I will get by doing this orbelieving that?Why do I want to achieve (some outcome)?What is my best character trait?How can I get (someone) to really truly admire and respectme?There are thousands more. And they all make you feel better and more capable. With this reading as a habit, you will change how you seeyourself.What you're being exposed to now is what I discovered tobe the inner differences between the winners and doers inlife and the losers and watchers.And if you think this doesn't work, you couldn't be morewrong. Think about the two brothers and all the billions, deadand alive, who have risen above their circumstances andtheir old programming to be, do and have more than itappeared they ever would. You've experienced this. Nowit's time to turn it up a notch. Grab yourself a huge goal.Our Think Right Now! audios are based, in part, on thiswhole technology. Go to our site and check out some of the changes peoplehave made using them. It's downright scary.When you change what goes in, you will change what comesout... IF it goes in regularly and in the right way.Come on, make today something special.Make today your day. No more excuses.Take your circumstances and all of your past failures anduse them as motivation... as the reason for your imminentsuccess.Be like the professor.With circumstances like yours, how could you be anythingbut a raging success?
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