Chris Widener's Ezine
January 10, 2007
Issue 53

Welcome!

At the end of your life, the only thing meaningful you will leave behind will be your family and your legacy - so work the hardest at making it a success. I have lots of goals for my life and tons of things I want to accomplish, but I realize that when I lay on my deathbed, not much will matter other than my family. I won't say, "Please, bring me the books and tapes I produced. I want to spend a few last moments with them." I won't say, "I'm glad I played so much golf." I won't ask that a pile of money be brought in so I can roll around in it one last time. No, in the closing moments of your life, you realize how you put too much value on things that were good and in of themselves, but you made into something so much more. Stephen Covey says that one of the habits of highly effective people is to begin with the end in mind. I agree. What do you want your last moments of life to be filled with? Regrets of missed opportunities or misplaced devotions? Or would you rather those moments be filled with the quiet satisfaction and warmth of the presence of those who lived your life with you? You get to choose, you know?

So what am I saying? Do whatever it takes, TODAY, to work at the relationships and the things that matter most. Don't let anything else get in the way. Above all, take action!

You Are Made for Success!
Chris Widener

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In This Issue.......

1. Charting Your Course to Success Article
2. Made for Success Quote and Commentary
3. The Last Word...
4. Live the Life You've Always Dreamed Of!
5. More Information

1. Charting Your Course to Success Article

Stop Just Writing About Your Past and Start Writing Your Future! by Chris Widener

"The history of free men is never written by chance, but by choice – their choice." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Many people spend a lot of time on their history. Some do it purposefully with such hobbies as journaling, while others simply write and rewrite their history over and over in their minds. Depending upon the way you go about this, this can be good or bad. If you are doing it so you can reflect back on your life, that’s good. If you are doing it so you can learn from your past, that’s good too. Unfortunately, many people do it simply as a subconscious act of running themselves into the ground over and over.

What you "write" in your mind is an act of mental discipline, just as what you write on a sheet of paper is a discipline. Keep that in mind.

So if this is true, that we can make a choice as to what we want to write, both literally and figuratively, we have an extraordinary opportunity!

Instead of going over and over our past, we can choose to write our future! Have you ever thought about writing your future before it even happens to you? Well, now you can – and you will!

Here is a process that will let you determine and write your own future!

Choose to choose your own future. If you don't make the decision to accept responsibility for your own future, then you are choosing to not write your future. You must choose to choose. Do you?

Determine what you want your future to be. Be specific.

What do you want to earn?

Where do you want to live?

What do you want to weigh?

What do you want to do for a living?

What do you want to do in your leisure time?

How much do you want to retire on?

If you don't know the answers to these questions, then you may as well not even begin to write your future. Take some time to answer them fully.

Get a good understanding of your strengths and weaknesses. If you are going to write your future, you will have to have a sober understanding of what you are good at and what you are not particularly good at. Maybe ask a good friend or your spouse to give you an honest appraisal of your strengths and weaknesses.

Focus on playing to your strengths while ever improving your weaknesses. Be sure that what you are doing is utilizing your strengths to their fullest. And you don't want to forget your weaknesses, even while you are trying to stay away from them. Instead, set smaller goals for improvement in your areas of weakness while you set grand goals for the areas you are strongest in!

Get out a three pieces of paper. On the top of one, write, "One year from today I will…" On the next write, "Three years from today I will…" On the last write, "Ten years from today I will…" Then begin to fill them out. Make commitments to yourself. As you write them, end each sentence with a transition to how you are going to do it. For example, you may write, "One year from today I will… Have $4800 in my saving account by saving $400 per month."

Start putting only information into your mind that will benefit the fulfillment of the kind of life you are writing about. For example, if you have a hard time spending money rather than saving it, you should probably cancel all of the catalogues that come each day that entice you to spend. Instead, spend the time you would have spent thumbing through catalogues going through financial growth material instead.

Discipline yourself to spend your time in a manner that will help you get to your goals. For example, cut out five hours of television a week and spend that time on your goals instead. That would be a difference of 260 hours in the next year! Wow! What could you do with another 260 hours? Almost anything!

You do not have to be a paper cup blowing to and fro in the wind! You do not have to live at the whims of other people or circumstances. You CAN choose your future! You can write it out just the way you want it to happen! Yes, ups and downs will come but you will outlast them and eventually arrive at your destiny. Then, when you get to the end of your life, you will know how it all turns out because you will have been the author!

Get going – write your own future!

Chris Widener  

This article is by Chris Widener. Chris' newest book, Live the Life You've Always Dreamed Of! is written solely to help you learn what the successful already know – how to turn your dreams into realities! To learn more go to http://livelife.yoursuccessstore.com
 

2. Made for Success Quote and Commentary

"One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals." Michael Korda

Chris' Commentary:
One of the keys to making great gains in short periods of time is to ride the momentum. And you ride the momentum by stretching your goals in that area to goals that are greater and higher. Sure, you have to keep working at the areas that need tending even though they aren't barreling along, but your focus and your high energies go into the areas that are really moving. For example, if you have one particular demographic that is buying from you right now, then you pour more effort into that group. You raise your goals for the saturation of that demographic. Maybe you are really growing intellectually in an area. Well, pursue it more and more! Raise your goal for learning in that area.

Action Point: What area of your life is moving at its quickest clip? Ask yourself what your goals are in that area. Now raise them, push harder, and see it move you further along than you imagined!



3. The Last Word...

Today, I've been thinking of legitimate reasons to delaying pursuing your dreams and goals, and I think I've come up with a solid list of five. Having said that, here is my best list:

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Okay, to be frank, there are NO great reasons to delay pursuing your dream! You aren't getting any younger and before you know it you will be looking back at your life wondering where it went. Don't leave yourself any regrets: get yourself going TODAY and pursue that dream!

Now if you're having trouble with setting your goals, then go back and read my article above or get my book, Live the Life You've Always Dreamed Of! What are you waiting for, the clock is ticking. -- CW




4. Live the Life You've Always Dreamed Of!
 
Live the Life You Have Always Dreamed Of! 10 Rock-Solid Principles That Will Absolutely, Positively Turn Your Dreams Into Realities!

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Give me the next 5 minutes and your life will change FOREVER. I promise that if you read the following information and act on it, your life will never be the same!

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5. More Information

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