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Chris Widener's Ezine
September 23, 2009
Issue 122

Welcome!

Here's something we've talked about before that I think is well worth repeating: Change is rarely easy, but IT IS WORTH IT!

Let me encourage you with all of my heart, if you're sitting on the proverbial fence, hoping life will somehow change for you, to STOP! Don't waste any more time; hop off that fence and get moving! Make that decision and move on it! YOUR life will be the better for it.

Get going, get goaling and move toward the life you want to create. Don't procrastinate on pursuing changes that will make ALL the difference in your life!

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. Jim Rohn Birthday Celebration!
5. More Information

1. Charting Your Course to Success Article

Eight Choices You Can Make Today That Will Change Your Life Forever by Chris Widener

The direction of our lives is determined by the choices we make every day. They accumulate and add up to our ultimate destiny. Here are eight choices you can make—choices that will create for you abundance and prosperity in all areas of your life.

1. Choose to grow personally. This sounds simple but many people only wish to grow personally. They never choose to grow by taking action, such as actually exercising, saving more money, etc. Make a decision today to be a person who is on the never-ending journey of personal growth.

2. Choose to always treat others right. We come across all sorts of people, many of whom will treat us poorly. We can choose to treat them right, no matter how they treat us. When they lie, we will tell the truth. When they cheat, we will play by the rules. We may get the short end of the stick sometimes, but in the long run we will win. And most important, we will be able to sleep at night.

3. Choose to break a bad habit. Take the biggie first. Tackle it head on. If you don’t know what it is, ask a friend. Then spend every effort you can to break that habit. Forget about the others, as you will get to them later. Stop smoking, get out of debt, lose your excess weight. Exercise the power to choose!

4. Choose to work smarter. Many people I work with feel like they are out of balance. One of the first things I do is try to find out how much time they are wasting at work, which makes them work longer, which throws the rest of their life into chaos. Getting your work done by diligently working in the time you have will free your life up extraordinarily.

5. Choose to see your work as a way to help others, and not a way to make money. If you put your heart into helping others, the money will most assuredly come. Spend time helping others grow and your finances will grow with it.

6. Choose to become balanced spiritually, emotionally and physically. Our lives are best when we have these three major areas in balance. Spend some time cultivating your spirituality, becoming emotionally healthy, and physically fit.

7. Choose to sow more than you reap. There are many takers in this world, but our lives will be better as we become givers. The world will become better as we become givers. Give away your time, give away your money, give away your love.

8. Choose to get home for dinner more often. The family is the most important group of people you will ever belong to. Make a decision today to grow in your relationship with your parents, siblings, spouse and children. This one choice you will never regret.

One of my favorite quotes: “The history of free men is never written by chance, but by choice; their choice.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower

—Chris Widener

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2. Made for Success Quote and Commentary

“The most powerful tool for change and achievement you have in your arsenal, sits, waiting to be used, right between your ears.” —Chris Widener

Chris’s Commentary:
The mind is truly incredible. Think about how much it gets done when you aren’t even purposefully using it! You have an itch and it tells your arm and hand to get busy! How much more the brain can accomplish if we set ourselves to be conscious of the effort. Your mind can control your body. Your mind can help you break bad habits. Your mind can solve problems. I find that there are two main problems with most people in this area. One, they have programmed their minds negatively and thus can’t get their minds to produce the results they want. Two, they don’t take the time to think, ponder and make conscious decisions to put their minds to work. But if they would—watch out!

Action Point:
Prepare your mind today. First, be sure to put something positive in it. This will “prime the pump,” so to speak. Secondly, take some time to get it moving consciously. Think, ponder and exercise your ability to choose!

3. The Last Word...

Change Begins with Choice by Jim Rohn

Any day we wish, we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish, we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish, we can start a new activity. Any day we wish, we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year.

We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause. As Shakespeare observed, “The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves.” We created our circumstances by our past choices. We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today. Those who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more time to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need the truth. They need the whole truth. And they need nothing but the truth.

We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us down the wrong path. We must keep coming back to those basics that make the biggest difference in how our life works out. And then we must make the very choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily lives.

And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life, if you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life—and it all begins with your very own power of choice.

—Jim Rohn

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