Chris Widener's Ezine
September 5, 2007
Issue 69

Welcome!

Welcome to this issue of the Chris Widener Ezine. As always it's great to connect with you and I look forward to having something a little fresh and uplifting to say.

I have to ask this though, is it just me or has this year just FLOWN by? I can't believe that we're already into September. That old saying, "Time flies whether you're having fun or not." is so true. Well, I'm definitely having fun in this game called life, how about you?

I've got to tell you I'm getting excited because just around the corner, at the end of this month -- September 28-29, 2007 -- to be specific is the Jim Rohn Weekend Event. Jim and I have this great relationship going where he lets me host and emcee the event. Folks, if you can only attend one event this year, THIS is THE event to attend. This is my third time to host and it continues to amaze me each time as I watch the transformations take place when people have those "light bulb" moments throughout the seminar, and at the end of the two days, they are just beaming -- no pun intended ;_) -- with new life, hope and inspiration to go, do and become. They are inspired, called forward and uplifted as only Jim Rohn can do it, in his unassuming yet poignant way of presenting the truth that flies like an arrow to the target of our hearts. Wow, I'm inspired just writing this!

So let me say, if you've been on the fence, hemming and hawing trying to decide if you want to go. In the Nike style -- Just DO IT!! I promise you'll be forever changed and impacted!

To learn more go to http://jimrohn.com/2dayinvite.asp

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. Did you know that most people are sabotaging their chances for achievement?
5. More Information

1. Charting Your Course to Success Article

Learn From Failure and Confirm with Success by Chris Widener

Most people think that failure is bad and success is good. I want to help you change your thinking about that if you fall into that category. I will give you that failure isn't fun and success is, but I think the following is true:

Both failure and success are good... if you know what their specific purpose is.

Of course we know that success is good, but why? Success is good because it confirms things for us.

Success confirms our plans.
Success confirms our decisions.
Success confirms our resources.
Success confirms our strategies.
Success confirms our hunches.
Success confirms our teamwork.
Success confirms our risks.
Success confirms a lot of things!

So when you are successful, ask yourself the following question: What does this success confirm in my mind?

Now, what about failure? What is the role of failure and how in the world can it be GOOD?

Failure's role is to teach us. We learn from failure.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our plans.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our decisions.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our resources.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our strategies.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our hunches.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our teamwork.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our risks.
Failure teaches us that we need to change a lot of things!

But at least now we know one more thing that won't work! With every failure, we learn one more way we can abandon and focus in on what may be the correct way in the future! When we look at it that way, we set ourselves up for a powerfully successful future! So when you fail, ask yourself this question: What does this failure teach me?

Remember, Success and Failure are both good. They can both be your friend... If you know what role they are to play in your life.

Learn From Failure and Confirm with Success!

Chris Widener

2. Made for Success Quote and Commentary

"All it takes for evil to prevail is for the good man (or woman) to do nothing." -- Martin Luther King Jr.

Chris' Commentary:

One of the amazing things about publishing an international newsletter is the feedback I get from people in other countries, particularly countries where they are regularly fighting for political stability. As an American I am not used to that. For many of them, the good people must stand up against evil just to keep their freedom. It is imperative that they stop evil from advancing. The same is true, though on a much smaller scale, in everyday life. Your family and your work are also challenged from time to time by people who would wreak havoc upon it. Here is what I have found though: Some successful people tend to sit idly by because they want to be nice. They equate defending the right position with being unkind. This doesn't have to be! The good man and woman owes it to others who cannot defend themselves or their position to do it for them.

Action Point: Is there someone in your extended family or your work who is pushing the rest of the group to go in the wrong way? Have you sat back because you didn't want a ruckus or because you didn't want to be unkind? Take a stand today! Be kind but be firm. Push back a little and see if you don't stop the storm from advancing. You owe it to your conscience. You owe it to others. Be a success - defend goodness.

3. The Last Word...

This week's Last Word comes from my good friend and a man for whom I have the utmost respect, Jim Rohn. This little article is titled, Success is Easy, But So is Neglect, and as with all of Jim's messages and philosophies its simple, straightforward and right to the heart. Enjoy! -- CW

People often ask me how I became successful in that six-year period of time while many of the people I knew did not. The answer is simple: The things I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do. I found it easy to set the goals that could change my life. They found it easy not to. I found it easy to read the books that could affect my thinking and my ideas. They found that easy not to. I found it easy to attend the classes and the seminars, and to get around other successful people. They said it probably really wouldn't matter. If I had to sum it up, I would say what I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do. Six years later, I'm a millionaire and they are all still blaming the economy, the government, and company policies, yet they neglected to do the basic, easy things.

In fact, the primary reason most people are not doing as well as they could and should, can be summed up in a single word: neglect.

It is not the lack of money - banks are full of money. It is not the lack of opportunity - America, and much of the free World, continues to offer the most unprecedented and abundant opportunities in the last six thousand years of recorded history. It is not the lack of books – libraries are full of books - and they are free! It is not the schools - the classrooms are full of good teachers. We have plenty of ministers, leaders, counselors and advisors.

Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach. The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply neglect.

Neglect is like an infection. Left unchecked it will spread throughout our entire system of disciplines and eventually lead to a complete breakdown of a potentially joy-filled and prosperous human life.

Not doing the things we know we should do causes us to feel guilty and guilt leads to an erosion of self-confidence. As our self-confidence diminishes, so does the level of our activity. And as our activity diminishes, our results inevitably decline. And as our results suffer, our attitude begins to weaken. And as our attitude begins the slow shift from positive to negative, our self-confidence diminishes even more... and on and on it goes.

So my suggestion is that when giving the choice of "easy to" and "easy not to" that you do not neglect to do the simple, basic, "easy"; but potentially life-changing activities and disciplines.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

4. Did you know that most people are sabotaging their chances for achievement?

The reason is because they don't have a plan. You know the saying, "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail".

Recently, Jim Rohn and I collaborated on a project that is designed to help you have more, do more and become more!

Please use this link to learn more: http://twelvepillars.jimrohn.com

Sincerely,
Chris Widener,

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