at a time when people are going to work
and don’t know whether or not they will
have a job when they get off and not
necessarily because of their performance
but because what’s happening in the
economy at a time when there are
challenges more so than ever before in
personal relationships we look at what’s
happening on a crime level and what’s
happening with our youth that many times
I’m sure that we’ve all taken time just
to stop and reflect many times when we
hear what’s happening in the news or
read the newspapers where’s all it is
leading to what’s going on here and so I
think that now more than ever we must
begin to look at what are the things
that we can do that would put us on some
firm footing in life that will enable us
to do some things and and use some
powers that we have that many of us go
through life never ever discovering that
we have those things going for us and
part of that I believe is knowing what
it is your lifework what is it that
gives your life a sense of meaning and
purpose because once you find that it
puts you in your power please see if you
know what your life work is I encourage
you to start working on it if you can’t
do it all at one time do just a little
bit of it and if you don’t know what it
is that you showed up to do if you don’t
know why you’re here
I encourage you to find out what your
purpose is there what is the meaning of
your life what will be different have
you ever asked yourself that question
I’ve done that I remember coming from a
friends of my funeral and I was
reflecting on how much time I had left
and I went for a walk in a park thinking
about this guy whose life was so
promising and I mean he wasn’t the Noah
guy was quite young in fact and I
thought about all of the things that he
said he was going to do and he never got
a chance to do those things
and I start thinking about my own life
and how much time I have
to do the things that I would like to do
and at that time I wasn’t sure what my
life purpose was what my life’s work was
I wasn’t sure about it at that time and
I thought about it quite a lot I had
some idea but I wasn’t convinced that I
don’t think I felt worthy I didn’t
believe that it could be me to do this
kind of work that I’m doing right now
and I say to you that if you begin to
take a conscious effort to find out what
it is that you’re supposed to do I say
that it can literally save your life I
said that it can literally save your
life I was telling a group of people of
a study that was conducted dr. Larry
Darcy who wrote a book called recovering
the soul he said human beings are the
only living species that has achieved
the dubious distinction of dying or
having a stroke or heart attack on a
certain day if you ask most people what
would you say the primary cause why
people would have a heart attack of
stroke many people say well because
they’ve smoked cigarettes or because of
high cholesterol or because of stress or
because of obesity and all of those
things are contributing factors but
ladies and gentlemen more heart attacks
take place in this country
on Monday morning between 8:00 and 9:00
a.m. that’s when the majority of people
will have their first heart attacks have
been 85 percent of the American public
according to recent studies of going to
jobs that they hate working on jobs that
do not challenge this
they get sick thinking about going
migraine headaches after the Sunday
afternoon football games or 60 minutes
day anxiety begin to build and come
Monday morning they drop dead of a
broken heart
some of you ought to think about not
going to work on Monday think about it
people are literally dying to go to work
[Laughter]
because see when you go to a job and you
already know how far you can go you can
already see that proverbial glass
ceiling it’s like going to a movie when
you’ve gone in in the middle of a movie
and you’ve cleaned the inn and you set
that afford to start all over again but
something is missing you know what the
outcome is going to be you can’t get
excited about going through that movie
all over again am I correct see when
you’re going someplace and you already
know how much you’re going to make you
already know how far you can go you’re
in a dead-end position it erodes your
self-esteem it lowers your sense of
yourself
it creates an inner turmoil
it creates an emptiness in you so I say
that your life is worth finding what it
is that you’re supposed to do and I’m
not saying quit your job I’m saying find
it and do just a little bit of it when I
wanted to become involved in speaking I
started just learning quotes listening
to other people’s tapes going to
seminars going to workshops asking other
people to help me just start working at
it just a little bit but do find out
what your work is and hold on to it and
don’t let your dream go don’t let it go
see it here’s something else I want you
to begin to look at why is it that most
people don’t pursue their dream so don’t
do better than what they’re doing if
they’re capable of doing it I think that
many of us don’t go the next step
because we don’t know what to do yet and
I say that that the reason that we don’t
even explore the possibility of what to
do is because subconsciously we don’t
believe that it can happen for us and we
don’t believe that we deserve it so
here’s what I’m suggesting how much time
do you spend working on you
how much time do you spend every day
working on your dream in the last 90
days how many books have you read in the
last year what new skill or knowledge
have you acquired what kind of
investment have you made in you
something that as you begin to look at
where you want to go if you want to make
it today
and things are changing so fast you have
to literally run to standstill
I’m saying that you’ve got to make some
conscious effort to begin to work to
develop you here’s something else most
people are not living their dreams
because of fear ladies and gentlemen I
was in Columbus Ohio yesterday speaking
for a particular Ohio Department yang
lady named Karen who greeted me who
organized the event very talented very
skillful and she was talking about she
wanted to become involved in the
consulting business as they want you
doing it I said you have the abilities I
said you’re not here because they like
you you here because you’re doing the
job you’re making things happen and she
came up with all kind of ideas but
finally she said I guess I I can’t see
myself doing it I guess I’m afraid fear
limited vision and lack of self esteem
is what keeps most people doing things
they don’t want to do I was blue from
Columbus Ohio to Denver Colorado to a
major communications company and the
person that taken up the airport told me
about the fact that the company is
planning on having a major downsizing
and they offered some of the employees
there in early retirement and some of
them will earn as much as $300,000 and
they said this is the last time that you
can take this offer if you don’t do it
when we have a downsizing you might be
among those who will lose their jobs and
all you will get is your severance pay
and only 50% of the people who were
eligible to take the $300,000 took it
the others were afraid to take a chance
on themselves the others couldn’t see
themselves beyond that company
couldn’t see light after that company
the same reason that people stay in
relationships where their bills are
they’re unhappy or it’s unfulfilled they
can’t see themselves beyond that
relationship they can’t see themselves
enjoying life without that person they
think that this is all that they can do
the same reason that people get stuck in
a certain level in life they can’t see
things being better for them and they
think that this is it and this is all
they deserve this law they’ve ever seen
it’s been passed on to them and they
think that this is it for them oh no
looking what dr. Blanton Smalley Blanton
who is a colleague of dr. norman vincent
peale what he said about theories of
fear is the most subtle and destructive
of all human diseases
ladies and gentlemen fear kills dreams
fear kills hope fear put people in the
hospital fear can age you fear ladies
and gentlemen can hold you back from
doing something that you know within
yourself that you’re capable of doing
but it will paralyze you and it seem
like you’re in a hypnotic spell I ask
you a question what is the benefit
what’s the benefit of allowing fear to
hold you back what’s the benefit of
giving up on yourself of not stepping
out on life and taking life on what is
the benefit for you what’s the plus in
that it’s one of the things I had asked
myself so I didn’t want to make any
mistakes I wanted everybody to like me I
wanted to be perfect the first time I
did something it’s not going to happen
you’re going to make some mistakes
you’re going to hurt some folks feelings
you’re going to create some enemies
whenever you decide that you want to
begin to take life on you’ve got to ask
yourself how long am I going to allow
this to hold me back I like what Zig
Ziglar says he said fear is false
evidence appearing real
that is an illusion that we create in
our mind it is a state of mind that can
be changed so let’s look at how we can
begin to take some steps to restructure
that fear to begin to expand our visions
of ourselves to begin to increase our
self-esteem Webster said that
self-esteem means confidence and
satisfaction in oneself look at your
life right now whatever you’ve done up
to this point in time your life is
working whatever you had produced it
came out of you as a result of the kind
of person that you have become as a
result of your choices it’s a result of
your consciousness now you have to ask
yourself are you satisfied with what you
have produced is this what you want
would you like for things to be better
than this do you believe it you deserve
better than this are you content this is
it you don’t have to do everything
anything else that you already resigned
yourself in like I said well I’m happy
I’m not starving like the people in
Calcutta are you allowing yourself to
get off the hook like that or do you
believe somewhere in the back of your
mind or in your heart but there are some
other great work for you to do there’s
something else that light has for you
and that’s why you are here how do we
handle this fear factor how do we
increase our self asleep you have to
begin to fortify yourself how do we do
that I believe that you have to begin to
up consciously monitor your inner
conversation and start talking to
yourself start building yourself up
sometimes the only good things you will
hear about you are the things that you
say to you
[Applause]
young lady that that was in the audience
this afternoon said to me I told myself
yesterday for the first time I’m proud
of you and she said I felt good about
that
something learned to being your own
booster stop building yourself up start
encouraging yourself start saying I can
do this I can make this happen when I
started thinking about becoming the
speaker I said yes I can do this I can
make this happen when I start trying to
convince myself I can be a businessman
after flopping and failing and losing
thousands of dollars and feeling stupid
and dumb and having people take
advantage of me because of what I didn’t
know I had to talk to myself because
people saying to me that I was done and
somewhere in the back of my mind I was
saying you were right look at what I’ve
done I had to say no no no no no no no
less hey hey come on man get yourself
together you can handle this you just
haven’t figured it out yet it’s all
right this is your training period this
is the tuition you have to pay for what
you don’t know you can do this other
people have done it doesn’t take an
Einstein get you some people that can
teach you some stuff that you don’t know
get you some people that have done it
successfully and learn from them take
some seminars workshops read some books
on how to manage your business change
the way you see yourself and begin to
attend to the personal details
understand that nobody’s going to take
care of your business better than you
and when I start seeing that kind of
mindset of beating myself up because of
my mistakes and start looking at the
possibility of my doing better of my
making the adjustment that would enable
me to do what I want to do successfully
things begin to change now saying stop
beating up on yourself you do do it I
know you do it I’ve done it it’s a
natural inclination for us to put
ourselves down see we have born negative
I think in a negative consciousness
because we live in a negative world so
you don’t have to teach children to lie
they’re like automatically
did you wet in your pants no I did not
well what is that I don’t know you don’t
have to encourage kids to misbehave they
will do it by themselves you don’t have
to encourage them to do the wrong thing
they will do it automatically you have
to correct their behavior some things
that we have to work through the
challenges of life and learning how to
begin to work to fortify ourselves
repeat after me please I can live my
dream I can find my purpose in life and
live my purpose I deserved more for
myself I deserved more from life take
somebody’s hand on your riding lessons
that you deserve more from life too
here are some other things ladies and
gentlemen begin to guard your mind
against negative programming like turn
off the television don’t watch the news
don’t watch it I think that more people
have a sense of hopelessness and anxiety
about life if you look at the news you
cannot feel good looking at the news
you’ll be scared to death you’re scared
to go to sleep I need to turn your power
down you’ve got to be conscious of that
don’t pick up the newspaper and read it
no no I just try this just experiment
with yourself now if your job depends
upon your knowing certain things let
somebody tell you just about those
things but stop filtering the stuff you
louder come in your mind you know that’s
on your disaster don’t let nobody bring
you know bad news I tell my staff look
here don’t tell me any bad news while
I’m on the road
let me handle it tomorrow unlikely
anybody tell me any bad news at night
before I go to sleep I can’t do anything
about it anyhow what let me go to sleep
with that on my consciousness no no I
might my staff they know that they let
it wait till tomorrow and I have a
period of time
tell me bad news between 10 o’clock and
12 news after I prayed and meditate and
read my books I’m fortified I’m ready to
handle it I deal with it I’m out of
there and I’m going on to something else
so you’ve got the God the kinds of
things that you put in your mind see if
you don’t program your mind your mind
will be programmed because human beings
are Bowl oriented that’s why we die of
broken hearts early that’s why we’re
running through life too early grades
we’re going through life ladies and
gentlemen I think that Henry David
Thoreau says that most men live in quiet
desperation most of us go through life
running scared
Larry DNG who I think is going to be one
of the greatest motivational speakers
around today told me a story a true
story of a friend of his that every day
when he came home from school when he
would get to a certain block in his
neighborhood there was a neighborhood
dog that would chase him and that dog
would start after him barking bored he
would run just running from that dog
every day every day finally he just got
tired of that dog chased him every day
if there is dog time
don’t take a British government bust him
in here so he was walking home that day
minding his own business sure enough
same areas there was that dog there the
dogs start barking he started running he
saw a brick and he stopped and picked up
the brick and turned on and the dog got
closer he realized the dog didn’t have
any teeth he said he put the brick down
to get off my way and ladies and
gentlemen all our lives many of us go
through life running from things that
ain’t got no teeth to cause any harm
[Applause]
haven’t you been afraid to do something
and then after you did it you say what
if I noticed was this easy I would have
done it before haven’t you ever had that
experience raise your hand
absolutely so we created this in our
minds false evidence appearing real
we made it real in our minds that’s why
Churchill says there’s nothing to fear
but fear itself
that’s the destructive monster so turn
off things that can contribute to your
fear turn a deaf ear to people that all
they can do is talk about how negative
things are because they have brought
into the consciousness of the world
start attending workshops seminars
listening to tapes on a daily basis to
begin to recondition your mind to
reframe your thinking faith comes by
what hearing and hearing and hearing
listen to things that can empower you
that can enable you to create a new
reality for yourself in a new life for
yourself you might appear to be strange
around most people you know most people
think you’re strange if you’re happy
today people say how you doing I said
better than good whoa what’s wrong with
him let’s go around smiling and watch
people look at this a weird guy over
here because most people smile watch him
look at their faces in the morning here
we go another Monday morning how you
doing haven’t had my coffee yet don’t
ask me see these people have not found
their purpose in life that’s why they
are grumpy but that’s why they’re
miserable that’s why they’re so negative
they’re hurting and they want to hurt
other people so start practicing using
programs for your mind seminars books
workshops keep a journal record your
thoughts what’s happening with you every
day when you get up have a journal near
you I use a Jack Bolan journal so that I
can write down my ideas I keep it by my
bed so I can write down my thoughts see
ladies and gentlemen we get three to
four thoughts a year that if we would
act on those thoughts they could change
our life
don’t say well I’ll remember that no
write that Thorpe down I got a thought
today I wrote down a friend of mine is
in the hospital his morale is low
they’re talking about amputating his
foot he’s got to feel very bad so I said
you know I’m going to I’m not only am I
going to see him but I can’t be there
with him all the time I said I’m going
to create a case form that that he can
listen to that will – his level of
morale we told him the other night don’t
go to surgery you’re depressed your
energy level is down no no tell them not
now don’t do it now in fact most doctors
will have any sense of awareness don’t
perform surgery on patients that in the
state of fear but don’t think they will
make it they wait till they’re in a
different state of mind I said what
about making tapes for people that are
facing physical challenges so that’s a
good idea
[Applause]
[Music]
see their ideas that can come to you out
of things that appear to be negative I
have a friend out of Chicago just met it
means 23 years old and this guy he went
financially bankrupt two years ago
ruined his credit
guess what he decided to do he found a
blessing in it he wanted to restore his
credit it was very challenging very
difficult and he realized that a lot of
other people during these particular
times ruin their credit so now he
started a credit repair business last
year he earned over $100,000 helping
people to restore their credit I met a
young lady who attends this church that
she was at her father’s funeral and and
she was putting flowers on her father’s
grave and she looked around and saw the
other grave sites they did not look
well-groomed and they were not attended
to on a regular basis she sought a grave
site maintenance business out of that
tragedy something positive has come out
of it and now she’s earning more money
doing that than on her present job what
idea are you sitting on right your ideas
down and then once you get that idea
take the lead hello take the lead see a
lot of people get the ideas and just
walk around with them have you ever had
an idea and all of us have you look
around and somebody had that idea and go
on with it think you going to be going
with my hospital idea forget that buddy
we will be out there together Jack take
the leave this out of the universe if
you don’t take the plunge I guarantee
you somebody else will take the plunge
go into action and ladies and gentlemen
you will be surprised how things will
come together you’ll be surprised on
you’re going to have some difficult
challenges I can tell you that now be
aware of that things are not going to
work out exactly right for time they
will sometimes and that’s when life is
just playing the game with you want you
to feel good and relaxed and then after
a while
okay the honeymoons over now and then
life will come over that slappy side to
hear you say what you’re doing out here
well then my dream life is that right
come over here mister
oh you went to the seminar hon come here
I can tell you that but ladies and
gentlemen go into action with your dream
and don’t avoid where the fights are get
in the midst of the fight and get some
hickeys on your head get knocked down so
you can learn how to fight so you can
hold your position
see most people don’t get out in the
arena of life because they don’t want to
fight most people don’t get out there
because they don’t want to get knocked
down they don’t want to be dropped to
their knees but see you’re going to be
dropped worthy you on the field or
whether not you’re sitting on the
sidelines you’re going to be dropped so
at least get dropped with something
don’t get knocked down while you sitting
down
see that’s not most people of spectators
in life you don’t want to be a spectator
you want to get out in the field where
the action is and you will be amazed
after the struggle there will be a calm
period and things will begin to click
for you come out here with what you got
you don’t have enough money don’t worry
about it you’ve got the dream you got
the idea you don’t have enough resources
don’t worry about it you need some help
don’t worry about it you get out here in
the arena someone will look at you and
become inspired and say hey can I help
you but if you’re sitting up on the
bleachers nobody is going to ask you
anything
and don’t know whether or not they will
have a job when they get off and not
necessarily because of their performance
but because what’s happening in the
economy at a time when there are
challenges more so than ever before in
personal relationships we look at what’s
happening on a crime level and what’s
happening with our youth that many times
I’m sure that we’ve all taken time just
to stop and reflect many times when we
hear what’s happening in the news or
read the newspapers where’s all it is
leading to what’s going on here and so I
think that now more than ever we must
begin to look at what are the things
that we can do that would put us on some
firm footing in life that will enable us
to do some things and and use some
powers that we have that many of us go
through life never ever discovering that
we have those things going for us and
part of that I believe is knowing what
it is your lifework what is it that
gives your life a sense of meaning and
purpose because once you find that it
puts you in your power please see if you
know what your life work is I encourage
you to start working on it if you can’t
do it all at one time do just a little
bit of it and if you don’t know what it
is that you showed up to do if you don’t
know why you’re here
I encourage you to find out what your
purpose is there what is the meaning of
your life what will be different have
you ever asked yourself that question
I’ve done that I remember coming from a
friends of my funeral and I was
reflecting on how much time I had left
and I went for a walk in a park thinking
about this guy whose life was so
promising and I mean he wasn’t the Noah
guy was quite young in fact and I
thought about all of the things that he
said he was going to do and he never got
a chance to do those things
and I start thinking about my own life
and how much time I have
to do the things that I would like to do
and at that time I wasn’t sure what my
life purpose was what my life’s work was
I wasn’t sure about it at that time and
I thought about it quite a lot I had
some idea but I wasn’t convinced that I
don’t think I felt worthy I didn’t
believe that it could be me to do this
kind of work that I’m doing right now
and I say to you that if you begin to
take a conscious effort to find out what
it is that you’re supposed to do I say
that it can literally save your life I
said that it can literally save your
life I was telling a group of people of
a study that was conducted dr. Larry
Darcy who wrote a book called recovering
the soul he said human beings are the
only living species that has achieved
the dubious distinction of dying or
having a stroke or heart attack on a
certain day if you ask most people what
would you say the primary cause why
people would have a heart attack of
stroke many people say well because
they’ve smoked cigarettes or because of
high cholesterol or because of stress or
because of obesity and all of those
things are contributing factors but
ladies and gentlemen more heart attacks
take place in this country
on Monday morning between 8:00 and 9:00
a.m. that’s when the majority of people
will have their first heart attacks have
been 85 percent of the American public
according to recent studies of going to
jobs that they hate working on jobs that
do not challenge this
they get sick thinking about going
migraine headaches after the Sunday
afternoon football games or 60 minutes
day anxiety begin to build and come
Monday morning they drop dead of a
broken heart
some of you ought to think about not
going to work on Monday think about it
people are literally dying to go to work
[Laughter]
because see when you go to a job and you
already know how far you can go you can
already see that proverbial glass
ceiling it’s like going to a movie when
you’ve gone in in the middle of a movie
and you’ve cleaned the inn and you set
that afford to start all over again but
something is missing you know what the
outcome is going to be you can’t get
excited about going through that movie
all over again am I correct see when
you’re going someplace and you already
know how much you’re going to make you
already know how far you can go you’re
in a dead-end position it erodes your
self-esteem it lowers your sense of
yourself
it creates an inner turmoil
it creates an emptiness in you so I say
that your life is worth finding what it
is that you’re supposed to do and I’m
not saying quit your job I’m saying find
it and do just a little bit of it when I
wanted to become involved in speaking I
started just learning quotes listening
to other people’s tapes going to
seminars going to workshops asking other
people to help me just start working at
it just a little bit but do find out
what your work is and hold on to it and
don’t let your dream go don’t let it go
see it here’s something else I want you
to begin to look at why is it that most
people don’t pursue their dream so don’t
do better than what they’re doing if
they’re capable of doing it I think that
many of us don’t go the next step
because we don’t know what to do yet and
I say that that the reason that we don’t
even explore the possibility of what to
do is because subconsciously we don’t
believe that it can happen for us and we
don’t believe that we deserve it so
here’s what I’m suggesting how much time
do you spend working on you
how much time do you spend every day
working on your dream in the last 90
days how many books have you read in the
last year what new skill or knowledge
have you acquired what kind of
investment have you made in you
something that as you begin to look at
where you want to go if you want to make
it today
and things are changing so fast you have
to literally run to standstill
I’m saying that you’ve got to make some
conscious effort to begin to work to
develop you here’s something else most
people are not living their dreams
because of fear ladies and gentlemen I
was in Columbus Ohio yesterday speaking
for a particular Ohio Department yang
lady named Karen who greeted me who
organized the event very talented very
skillful and she was talking about she
wanted to become involved in the
consulting business as they want you
doing it I said you have the abilities I
said you’re not here because they like
you you here because you’re doing the
job you’re making things happen and she
came up with all kind of ideas but
finally she said I guess I I can’t see
myself doing it I guess I’m afraid fear
limited vision and lack of self esteem
is what keeps most people doing things
they don’t want to do I was blue from
Columbus Ohio to Denver Colorado to a
major communications company and the
person that taken up the airport told me
about the fact that the company is
planning on having a major downsizing
and they offered some of the employees
there in early retirement and some of
them will earn as much as $300,000 and
they said this is the last time that you
can take this offer if you don’t do it
when we have a downsizing you might be
among those who will lose their jobs and
all you will get is your severance pay
and only 50% of the people who were
eligible to take the $300,000 took it
the others were afraid to take a chance
on themselves the others couldn’t see
themselves beyond that company
couldn’t see light after that company
the same reason that people stay in
relationships where their bills are
they’re unhappy or it’s unfulfilled they
can’t see themselves beyond that
relationship they can’t see themselves
enjoying life without that person they
think that this is all that they can do
the same reason that people get stuck in
a certain level in life they can’t see
things being better for them and they
think that this is it and this is all
they deserve this law they’ve ever seen
it’s been passed on to them and they
think that this is it for them oh no
looking what dr. Blanton Smalley Blanton
who is a colleague of dr. norman vincent
peale what he said about theories of
fear is the most subtle and destructive
of all human diseases
ladies and gentlemen fear kills dreams
fear kills hope fear put people in the
hospital fear can age you fear ladies
and gentlemen can hold you back from
doing something that you know within
yourself that you’re capable of doing
but it will paralyze you and it seem
like you’re in a hypnotic spell I ask
you a question what is the benefit
what’s the benefit of allowing fear to
hold you back what’s the benefit of
giving up on yourself of not stepping
out on life and taking life on what is
the benefit for you what’s the plus in
that it’s one of the things I had asked
myself so I didn’t want to make any
mistakes I wanted everybody to like me I
wanted to be perfect the first time I
did something it’s not going to happen
you’re going to make some mistakes
you’re going to hurt some folks feelings
you’re going to create some enemies
whenever you decide that you want to
begin to take life on you’ve got to ask
yourself how long am I going to allow
this to hold me back I like what Zig
Ziglar says he said fear is false
evidence appearing real
that is an illusion that we create in
our mind it is a state of mind that can
be changed so let’s look at how we can
begin to take some steps to restructure
that fear to begin to expand our visions
of ourselves to begin to increase our
self-esteem Webster said that
self-esteem means confidence and
satisfaction in oneself look at your
life right now whatever you’ve done up
to this point in time your life is
working whatever you had produced it
came out of you as a result of the kind
of person that you have become as a
result of your choices it’s a result of
your consciousness now you have to ask
yourself are you satisfied with what you
have produced is this what you want
would you like for things to be better
than this do you believe it you deserve
better than this are you content this is
it you don’t have to do everything
anything else that you already resigned
yourself in like I said well I’m happy
I’m not starving like the people in
Calcutta are you allowing yourself to
get off the hook like that or do you
believe somewhere in the back of your
mind or in your heart but there are some
other great work for you to do there’s
something else that light has for you
and that’s why you are here how do we
handle this fear factor how do we
increase our self asleep you have to
begin to fortify yourself how do we do
that I believe that you have to begin to
up consciously monitor your inner
conversation and start talking to
yourself start building yourself up
sometimes the only good things you will
hear about you are the things that you
say to you
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young lady that that was in the audience
this afternoon said to me I told myself
yesterday for the first time I’m proud
of you and she said I felt good about
that
something learned to being your own
booster stop building yourself up start
encouraging yourself start saying I can
do this I can make this happen when I
started thinking about becoming the
speaker I said yes I can do this I can
make this happen when I start trying to
convince myself I can be a businessman
after flopping and failing and losing
thousands of dollars and feeling stupid
and dumb and having people take
advantage of me because of what I didn’t
know I had to talk to myself because
people saying to me that I was done and
somewhere in the back of my mind I was
saying you were right look at what I’ve
done I had to say no no no no no no no
less hey hey come on man get yourself
together you can handle this you just
haven’t figured it out yet it’s all
right this is your training period this
is the tuition you have to pay for what
you don’t know you can do this other
people have done it doesn’t take an
Einstein get you some people that can
teach you some stuff that you don’t know
get you some people that have done it
successfully and learn from them take
some seminars workshops read some books
on how to manage your business change
the way you see yourself and begin to
attend to the personal details
understand that nobody’s going to take
care of your business better than you
and when I start seeing that kind of
mindset of beating myself up because of
my mistakes and start looking at the
possibility of my doing better of my
making the adjustment that would enable
me to do what I want to do successfully
things begin to change now saying stop
beating up on yourself you do do it I
know you do it I’ve done it it’s a
natural inclination for us to put
ourselves down see we have born negative
I think in a negative consciousness
because we live in a negative world so
you don’t have to teach children to lie
they’re like automatically
did you wet in your pants no I did not
well what is that I don’t know you don’t
have to encourage kids to misbehave they
will do it by themselves you don’t have
to encourage them to do the wrong thing
they will do it automatically you have
to correct their behavior some things
that we have to work through the
challenges of life and learning how to
begin to work to fortify ourselves
repeat after me please I can live my
dream I can find my purpose in life and
live my purpose I deserved more for
myself I deserved more from life take
somebody’s hand on your riding lessons
that you deserve more from life too
here are some other things ladies and
gentlemen begin to guard your mind
against negative programming like turn
off the television don’t watch the news
don’t watch it I think that more people
have a sense of hopelessness and anxiety
about life if you look at the news you
cannot feel good looking at the news
you’ll be scared to death you’re scared
to go to sleep I need to turn your power
down you’ve got to be conscious of that
don’t pick up the newspaper and read it
no no I just try this just experiment
with yourself now if your job depends
upon your knowing certain things let
somebody tell you just about those
things but stop filtering the stuff you
louder come in your mind you know that’s
on your disaster don’t let nobody bring
you know bad news I tell my staff look
here don’t tell me any bad news while
I’m on the road
let me handle it tomorrow unlikely
anybody tell me any bad news at night
before I go to sleep I can’t do anything
about it anyhow what let me go to sleep
with that on my consciousness no no I
might my staff they know that they let
it wait till tomorrow and I have a
period of time
tell me bad news between 10 o’clock and
12 news after I prayed and meditate and
read my books I’m fortified I’m ready to
handle it I deal with it I’m out of
there and I’m going on to something else
so you’ve got the God the kinds of
things that you put in your mind see if
you don’t program your mind your mind
will be programmed because human beings
are Bowl oriented that’s why we die of
broken hearts early that’s why we’re
running through life too early grades
we’re going through life ladies and
gentlemen I think that Henry David
Thoreau says that most men live in quiet
desperation most of us go through life
running scared
Larry DNG who I think is going to be one
of the greatest motivational speakers
around today told me a story a true
story of a friend of his that every day
when he came home from school when he
would get to a certain block in his
neighborhood there was a neighborhood
dog that would chase him and that dog
would start after him barking bored he
would run just running from that dog
every day every day finally he just got
tired of that dog chased him every day
if there is dog time
don’t take a British government bust him
in here so he was walking home that day
minding his own business sure enough
same areas there was that dog there the
dogs start barking he started running he
saw a brick and he stopped and picked up
the brick and turned on and the dog got
closer he realized the dog didn’t have
any teeth he said he put the brick down
to get off my way and ladies and
gentlemen all our lives many of us go
through life running from things that
ain’t got no teeth to cause any harm
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haven’t you been afraid to do something
and then after you did it you say what
if I noticed was this easy I would have
done it before haven’t you ever had that
experience raise your hand
absolutely so we created this in our
minds false evidence appearing real
we made it real in our minds that’s why
Churchill says there’s nothing to fear
but fear itself
that’s the destructive monster so turn
off things that can contribute to your
fear turn a deaf ear to people that all
they can do is talk about how negative
things are because they have brought
into the consciousness of the world
start attending workshops seminars
listening to tapes on a daily basis to
begin to recondition your mind to
reframe your thinking faith comes by
what hearing and hearing and hearing
listen to things that can empower you
that can enable you to create a new
reality for yourself in a new life for
yourself you might appear to be strange
around most people you know most people
think you’re strange if you’re happy
today people say how you doing I said
better than good whoa what’s wrong with
him let’s go around smiling and watch
people look at this a weird guy over
here because most people smile watch him
look at their faces in the morning here
we go another Monday morning how you
doing haven’t had my coffee yet don’t
ask me see these people have not found
their purpose in life that’s why they
are grumpy but that’s why they’re
miserable that’s why they’re so negative
they’re hurting and they want to hurt
other people so start practicing using
programs for your mind seminars books
workshops keep a journal record your
thoughts what’s happening with you every
day when you get up have a journal near
you I use a Jack Bolan journal so that I
can write down my ideas I keep it by my
bed so I can write down my thoughts see
ladies and gentlemen we get three to
four thoughts a year that if we would
act on those thoughts they could change
our life
don’t say well I’ll remember that no
write that Thorpe down I got a thought
today I wrote down a friend of mine is
in the hospital his morale is low
they’re talking about amputating his
foot he’s got to feel very bad so I said
you know I’m going to I’m not only am I
going to see him but I can’t be there
with him all the time I said I’m going
to create a case form that that he can
listen to that will – his level of
morale we told him the other night don’t
go to surgery you’re depressed your
energy level is down no no tell them not
now don’t do it now in fact most doctors
will have any sense of awareness don’t
perform surgery on patients that in the
state of fear but don’t think they will
make it they wait till they’re in a
different state of mind I said what
about making tapes for people that are
facing physical challenges so that’s a
good idea
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see their ideas that can come to you out
of things that appear to be negative I
have a friend out of Chicago just met it
means 23 years old and this guy he went
financially bankrupt two years ago
ruined his credit
guess what he decided to do he found a
blessing in it he wanted to restore his
credit it was very challenging very
difficult and he realized that a lot of
other people during these particular
times ruin their credit so now he
started a credit repair business last
year he earned over $100,000 helping
people to restore their credit I met a
young lady who attends this church that
she was at her father’s funeral and and
she was putting flowers on her father’s
grave and she looked around and saw the
other grave sites they did not look
well-groomed and they were not attended
to on a regular basis she sought a grave
site maintenance business out of that
tragedy something positive has come out
of it and now she’s earning more money
doing that than on her present job what
idea are you sitting on right your ideas
down and then once you get that idea
take the lead hello take the lead see a
lot of people get the ideas and just
walk around with them have you ever had
an idea and all of us have you look
around and somebody had that idea and go
on with it think you going to be going
with my hospital idea forget that buddy
we will be out there together Jack take
the leave this out of the universe if
you don’t take the plunge I guarantee
you somebody else will take the plunge
go into action and ladies and gentlemen
you will be surprised how things will
come together you’ll be surprised on
you’re going to have some difficult
challenges I can tell you that now be
aware of that things are not going to
work out exactly right for time they
will sometimes and that’s when life is
just playing the game with you want you
to feel good and relaxed and then after
a while
okay the honeymoons over now and then
life will come over that slappy side to
hear you say what you’re doing out here
well then my dream life is that right
come over here mister
oh you went to the seminar hon come here
I can tell you that but ladies and
gentlemen go into action with your dream
and don’t avoid where the fights are get
in the midst of the fight and get some
hickeys on your head get knocked down so
you can learn how to fight so you can
hold your position
see most people don’t get out in the
arena of life because they don’t want to
fight most people don’t get out there
because they don’t want to get knocked
down they don’t want to be dropped to
their knees but see you’re going to be
dropped worthy you on the field or
whether not you’re sitting on the
sidelines you’re going to be dropped so
at least get dropped with something
don’t get knocked down while you sitting
down
see that’s not most people of spectators
in life you don’t want to be a spectator
you want to get out in the field where
the action is and you will be amazed
after the struggle there will be a calm
period and things will begin to click
for you come out here with what you got
you don’t have enough money don’t worry
about it you’ve got the dream you got
the idea you don’t have enough resources
don’t worry about it you need some help
don’t worry about it you get out here in
the arena someone will look at you and
become inspired and say hey can I help
you but if you’re sitting up on the
bleachers nobody is going to ask you
anything
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