Insure Your Dream – part 2

Insure Your Dream – part 2

You will be absolutely amazed how quickly your life will begin to change if you simply just do the things you fear. The sooner you face them, the better!  After you conquer your greatest fear, every other obstacle in your success path will become easier to overcome.  Here’s a great acronym to assist you in overcoming your FEAR:

F – Face it and don’t back down.

E – Extinguish it.  Commit to no longer letting fear stop you.

A – Annihilate it.  The fear is gone forever!

R – Return to your dream.  Keep forging forward towards success.

Once again…just do it!  Get inspired to take the action needed to finally achieve the things in life that you’ve only dreamed of until now.

N – This letter stands for negative.  Unfortunately, most people, 97% of them, in this world are negative. They focus on what’s not working in their lives and the lives of everyone else around them.  These people spend their time reading the newspaper, complaining about the weather, watching the news, etc.  If you saturate yourself with negativity long enough, you become negative. If you hang around negative people long enough, you become negative.  It’s not rocket science.  Negative in equals negative out.

Yes, we all have our moments.  It’s impossible not to have a negative thought cross your mind ever in your life.  However, most people take it the extreme. They refuse to see what’s good and positive in their lives. They’re not willing to take active control over their destiny. Champion, you’re either going forward towards your dream or backwards to listen to and associating with the negative naysayers. There’s no other way to go. Which path you choose is entirely up to you. I can’t decide for you.  If you are tired of all the negativity, then take make the decision to get it out of your life forever.

I said that “N” stands for the negative 97% crowd.  However, “N” also stands for a word that describes the 3%’ers – notorious.  They are recognized for their ambition and determination.  I was notorious in changing my own life as a clinically diagnosed stutterer. Everyone saw me as a stutterer and believed that I was a stutterer. But I refused to see myself as a stutterer.  I read and listened a lot. I learned how to see the possible inside the impossible. I learned how to see my ability inside of my disability. I began speaking my future into existence.  I became notorious to my family and friends for my crazy idea that I could actually overcome my stuttering disability.

I didn’t let their opinions stop me from becoming an international, motivational speaker.  My God-given destiny is to change peoples’ lives through my teachings, and I wasn’t about to let anyone tell me that I couldn’t do it.  I am notorious for speaking my mind to anyone that challenges me or tries to hold me back from fulfilling my destiny of empowering and motivating champions around the world.

What are you notorious for?  Do you believe you were put on this Earth to change peoples’ lives?  I believe that you were. If people try to get in your way and stop you on your journey to success and prosperity, tell them to step aside or climb aboard. It’s as simple as that. Get out of my way or come with me. Join the 3% crowd and be known by everyone as the notorious dreamer that won’t let anyone or anything stop you from your God-given destiny.

S – Basically, “S” represents the “See What Happens” people in the 97% crowd.  We’ve all encountered them. They don’t plan out their days. They don’t take control of their lives. They’ve never set a goal before, and if they did, they gave up on it at the first sign of adversity. Instead, they just sit back and see what happens.  That’s their answer for everything is “I’ll just see what happens”.  The results in their life are basically dependent on everything and everyone else in the world except for them.  That’s no way to live your life!

A great example of this mentality deals with people that read horoscopes. “Well, my horoscope has been telling me for the last six months that I’d be experiencing some challenges and setbacks. John, I just can’t move forward because it says so in the alignment of the planets. There’s nothing I can do!”   Excuse my language, but that is such a bunch of crap.

You know what a horoscope is? It’s a horror scope. Yes, a HORROR SCOPE! I have personally coached people that use their horror scopes to explain why they can’t gain active control over their lives. It’s an excuse not a reality! They’re using their horror scope as justification for not living the life they want to live. Being a passive bystander in your own life will never lead to the achievement of your goals and dreams.  You might as well be living someone else’s life.  Well, actually, you are, if you’re allowing your life to be completely controlled by outside influences.

You know what’s better than a horror scope? How about developing a vision scope? A vision scope is the best kind of scope out there. When you look through your vision scope, you are able to look forward. You don’t look back at the past. You don’t let your present results dictate where you’re headed. You decide what you want and choose to stay focused on your vision. Doesn’t that make a lot more sense than using a horror scope? It’s your life, why not make the most of it?

Lose the “See What Happens” mentality.  Join the 3% crowd and develop the Stickability attitude.  Yes, that’s another “S” word for you.  Actually, it’s a word that I completely made up that basically means that you must be persistent in pursuit of your goal and stick to it.  Have you ever gotten a piece of gum on something?  It’s nearly impossible to remove it.  That’s how you have to be with your dream.  Stick to it and be resistant to anything or anyone that tries to remove your belief in it.  Your vision scope combined with stickability will guarantee your success!

The great Les Brown once said “Whatever is impossible is possible, for the impossible can be achieved.”  When I heard that statement, it changed my life. It reconfirmed for me my decision to stick to following my heart’s desires. Everything in this world has a polar opposite. If something is impossible, it must also be possible. It wouldn’t be able to exist otherwise.

I was willing to be stuck….completely glued to my dream of becoming a fluent speaker.  My family and friends told me I was losing my mind, because I wasn’t listening to what anybody said. They were right! I was losing the mind of a clinically diagnosed stutterer and gaining the mind of a champion. I refused to listen to the enemy even when they were right in my face. I stayed focused on my vision of being a great communicator and retiring to South Florida by the age of 30.  Due to my vision and my stickability, I moved to South Florida at 29 years, 11 months, and 18 days of age as a millionaire speaker!

Your dream has more power hidden inside of it than you could even imagine. Things you could never even comprehend will occur when you remain focused and dedicated to your dream. You must be committed to your journey regardless of what anyone else says. Your dream really is that important. It’s YOUR dream. They can’t see it, but you can! If you can see it, you can achieve it! They can’t achieve it because they don’t see it, at least not yet. But when you achieve that goal, that’s when they’ll believe you. It’s not their fault. They just couldn’t see what you could see. You could explain it to them a million times, and they still probably wouldn’t see it.

U – This letter stands for Under-deliver. 97% of people work at their J.O.B. (Just Over Broke), because they have to not because that’s what they love to do. They go into work late and leave early. They take a long lunch, and always manage to squeeze in their two fifteen minute breaks that they are owed by their employer. They do just enough to ensure their job stability. They do just what’s required of them, not only in their job, but in every area of their life. They do just enough to get by. They never break out of the mold of their daily routine. They never take a chance or try anything new.  They UNDER-DELIVER!

How many people do you know that live like that?  A lot, right?  I do.  Have you ever tried telling them your goal?  Have you ever told them, “I know what I want and I know where I’m going. I don’t know how I’m going to get there or how I’m going to do it, but I’m staying committed to what I want, and I’m going for it!” They probably looked at you as though you were nuts, right? They thought, “Who are you to change your life? Only the lucky are able to do that, and you’re not one of them!”

NEVER listen to the doubters! That’s what they are. They doubt everything in their own lives and everyone else’s lives as well. They were born a champion with the right to achieve greatness, but they allowed society to mold them into someone that does just enough to get by in life.  They don’t know any better. But just because they don’t know any better, that doesn’t mean you should listen to them.

If you share your goal and where you’re headed with someone, and they look at you as though you’re a nutcase, use that as fuel to drive you forward. They’re in that 97% crowd, and you’re in the 3% crowd.  No, I’m not saying that you are better than them.  You have simply made better decisions than they have in your life.  Stay focused on being a 3%’er when you begin to doubt yourself and your dream.

I hate to break this to you but…You must be abnormal in pursuit of your dreams. Abnormal means you are above normal. You’re above the norm. You’re so dedicated to your dreams that you go above and beyond the call of duty. You do more than what is expected of you, because you know that it’s an investment in your future. You continually over-deliver, because you know it’s an investment in your dream and in your future.

By only doing the bare minimum, you never grow. Your dream will actually start to die and decay if you don’t continually grow and stretch yourself.  As a 3%’er, you are Unbelievable instead of an Under-Deliverer.  You do things that sound completely unbelievable to others. When people say “Come on, you can’t do that!”, do it anyway. Do not listen to the people that chronically under-deliver! They wouldn’t know a dream if it hit them in the face. They only see the believable. They can’t see their own vision, let alone yours. If you listen to them and stop moving towards your dream, you become a 97%’er.  It’s completely irresponsible for you to allow that to happen.

Most people simply can’t see your dream. Why is that?  Because they aren’t used to looking outside of the box. They don’t know what it’s like to have a dream, a vision, a goal. They let outside circumstances stop them from living the life that they want to live.  The most important thing is that YOU can see your dream. You are able to look past adversities and circumstances and see the future. You understand that only you can create the future that you desire. You can let outside people positively influence your decisions on your future, but you and you alone create it.

The 3%’ers do the unbelievable, because they know it will bring them one step closer to their dream. They know that those actions will create immense amounts of momentum towards their goal. They continually step outside of their comfort zone and do things that seem impossible or scary. When you step outside of your comfort zone and do things that seem unbelievable or incomprehensible, amazing things begin to happen. God wants you to step out in faith and create the unimaginable. Inside unimaginable is imaginable, and inside imaginable is an “able image.” Once you see it in your imagination, you’re able to carry it out. You’re able to move towards it.

Your image, your dream, is worth more than all of the gold in the world. You either go for the gold or go home. There’s no other way to go! Are you going to willingly give it away in the face of your enemy? I’ll say it again. Are you going to relinquish your dream in the face of your enemy? Your enemy doesn’t believe in the impossible or unimaginable. They never learned how to look beyond the surface and see what’s hidden just beyond the mind’s eye. If you listen to them, you’ve given up on the unbelievable. When your enemy says, “Who do you think you are,” respond by saying, “I’m unbelievable. I’m abnormal. I’m an action-taking champion in pursuit of my dreams.” It is so important for you to truly believe that and live by these statements.

R – 97% of people are stuck in a Rut. Their typical response to “What’s going on?” is “Nothing.”  Where are they going with that attitude?  Nowhere! They’re too stuck in their rut to move to the next level. They’ve settled for what’s comfortable, which means that they’ve settled for how things are and have no motivation to change.

I love when I hear people talking to their friends and they say “What’s going on?”  The friend responds “Nothing.  Come on over.”  Let me give you a clue…Don’t go over there!  It only makes sense.  If there’s nothing going on, why would you waste your time?  Remember, your future is greatly determined by who you spend your time with. If you hang out with people that are stuck in a rut and going nowhere, soon you’ll be in a rut, too. Do you really want to be sitting around doing nothing forever?

Champions are continually moving forward and developing new dreams, goals, and visions. They want to push and develop themselves as much as possible, because in so doing, they are an inspiration to others. When someone accomplishes the impossible, it’s as though they’re telling everyone else, “I did it, and you can do it, too!” People that are stuck in a rut are comfortable.