This video was sent to me and although I don’t agree with everything he says I do agree with the theme of what he is saying. I am not against school or education. I am for people chasing their dreams.
Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words;
Be careful of your words, for your words become your deeds;
Be careful of your deeds, for your deeds become your habits;
Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character;
Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny.
Everything we are and everything we do begins with the thoughts that go into our head. The statement goes “From the neck down we are all worth minimum wage and from the neck up we have a multimillion dollar business. Which one do you feed the most?” The sad part is not only are we feeding the minimum wage part more, but we don’t protect what goes into the multimillion dollar part. If we had a 458 Italia Ferrari, we would do everything we could to protect it. We would valet park it so it wouldn’t get dinged, costing us extra money. We would park farther away from others cars causing us extra work, to protect it. We would have it detailed regularly, costing us more money, to protect it. We would do many extra things to make sure it was protected but we almost let anything go into the vehicle, the brain, that has the capability of getting us that Ferrari, and we don’t think twice about it. Everyday we are receiving messages into our brain and the majority of them are taking us farther away from success then closer to it. The first thing we have to do is start protecting the million dollar machine. Stop watching stupid television shows, stop listening to negative radio programs, stop listening to co-workers that are no farther ahead then you, even stop listening to the majority of your relatives (that one should be easy 🙂 If someone or something does not have the results you want then why let there door ding your beautiful vehicle. I’m not saying 100% isolate yourself. That would be just as silly as people who buy Ferraris and never drive them. Just be careful where you park.
The next step is, when you have a Ferrari, you don’t use regular gas or oil. You use the best. Funny story: The first really nice car I bought was a four door Maserati. After the sale I asked the guy where I should take it to get the oil changed. He looked at me funny, kind of chuckled and said you HAVE to bring it here. I immediately understood why, and also immediately felt like a fool. So since you have a million dollar vehicle strapped to your neck, you should probably follow the same process. Don’t have it serviced where someone else will mess it up. Take it to professionals that have the same type of vehicle. Find the best way to read, listen, and associate with the best and most successful minds. The scary part is, our vehicles have already been filled with junk for many years, and so we not only have to fill it with good stuff but we have to fill it with enough good stuff to overcome all the years of neglect. This is the part that I see get people off track. They may have more garbage to shovel out before the good stuff starts to take affect, but they are not patient enough to let that process happen. There is also a consistency component here. If you start the process and then stop and then start the process and then stop and then start the process and then stop……. you lose the compounding affect; the same compounding affect that we allowed with negative information.
The last step is to be focused. When I take my car in for a regular service they don’t take the entire vehicle apart and then put it back together again. That’s how I used to attack my improvement. I would try to work on everything instead of just a few things. By working on everything I was really working on nothing. Once I started working on a few things, being very focused, I started to see results. What are the top three things that are limiting you right now? Not smiling, sarcasm, yelling, white lies, negative, doubt, no goals, waking up, eating addiction, being rude, a budget. Whatever it is, just pick a few and then get laser focused on eliminating it or replacing it with something positive. Allow yourself the time to become great.
Bill Lewis