Little Deep Thoughts

The path to your goal is not always going to be smooth. Obstacles will arise and problems will develop, but you have to remember what you're striving for.... don't forget the big picture and don't let small mishaps or small failures stop you. Every obstacle or challenge you encounter on the journey transforms you as you acquire strength of character and the qualities and abilities you need to overcome the obstacle or challenge. The emergence of these qualities and abilities shape you into the kind of person you need to become to achieve your dream. For that reason, challenges and obstacles are great indications that you are well along the way on your journey. In fact, the bigger the obstacles and challenges you face, the bigger your success will be, and the closer you are to achieving it. If you have ever faced anything in your life that you had no choice but to overcome, you will have found strengths that you didn't know you had. Those strengths you gain from your...

Our basic nature is to act, and not be acted upon. As well as enabling us to choose our response to particular circumstances, this empowers us to create circumstances. Taking initiative does not mean being pushy, obnoxious, or aggressive. It does mean recognising our responsibility to make things happen. Over the years, people have been counseled for better jobs to show more initiative - to take interest and aptitude tests, to study the industry, even the specific problems the organisation they arre interested in are facing, and then to develop and effective presentation showing how their abilities can help solve the organisation's problem. It's called "solution selling", and is a key paradigm in business success. The response is usually agreement - most people can see how powerfully such an approach would effect their opportunities for employment or advancement. But many of them fail to take the necessary steps, the initiative, to make it happen. " I do...