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The Angel Inside is truly
one of the most inspiring, encouraging motivational books I have ever
read. It speaks to everyone who has ever had a dream about anything that
has significance. I found it impossible to stop reading, once I got
started. This coming from a man who has never completely read a book of
fiction, because I had a closed mind on the subject. I have always said,
"When I get all of the truth, then I'll start reading fiction." It was a
wonderful thrill to read a book of fiction that contained an enormous
amount of truth and encouragement.
Zig Ziglar
One of the great young speakers that just blew me away
while I was here is Chris Widener. This young man has the talent, the
articulation, the message, the presence, the ability, and the delivery
of a dynamic presenter. I think you will be seeing a lot of him in the
future; in his books, in his audio programs, his seminars and live
presentations. He is one of the brand new top stars on the International
platform-speaking circuit.
Denis Waitley
Hey, we have had a fantastic weekend these three days. It has been
phenomenal. And thanks to Chris for doing such a fantastic job being the
master of ceremonies. Helping making it run smooth. This guy is nothing
short of phenomenal. His patience, his knowledge, his ability to engage
with everyone. He had to engage with the speakers, audience and
everybody. Just phenomenal. Thanks a million Chris, you did a fabulous
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Jim Rohn
I have spoken to more than 3,000 audiences and I can tell you that
Chris Widener is one of the best speakers in America today. He does
wonderful introductions, wonderful development, extremely motivational,
he is funny, he is sharp, he is quick and to the point. If you are
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Brian Tracy
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Kevin Mather, CFO, Seattle Mariners Baseball Team
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Phil Castillo, Director, Northern Channels, Cisco Systems
Chris was very challenging and enriching. The leadership principles
that he spoke on were at the very core of what we are trying to
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John Lunde, Harvard Business School, Student Leader, MBA
Chris Widener's Newsletter
May 5, 2010
Issue 138
Friends,
Back in January, I told you about the important decision I had made to run for the U.S. Senate from my home state of Washington. During the past four months, I’ve been blessed to have had the opportunity to be a candidate for the Senate and to communicate my vision for our great country.
Recently, I made the decision to suspend my campaign activities. I’ve greatly enjoyed meeting and talking with thousands of Washington voters and receiving support from many of you who reside outside of my home state.
I want to personally thank each and every one of you for your support.
One thing that my foray into political campaigning has reinforced is the fact that I love speaking in new places. Each event is a new experience, and, hey, I love making friends all over!
If I’ve spoken for you or your company in the past, I’d love to be invited back again! And if I’ve never spoken for you and you’ve been thinking you’d like to have me come speak, now’s the time! My calendar is beginning to fill up, so I’d love to hear from you.
I promise to educate, motivate and energize your team while instilling humor, excitement and passion. Some of my most popular topics include:
• Winning with Influence: the Real Way to Influence Others
• The Twelve Pillars of Success: Designing Your Best Life
• You CAN Live the American Dream
Send an e-mail to speaker@chriswidener.com or call (877) 929-0439.
Now, let me leave you with this question:
When your event is over and the last audience member leaves, what impact will the speaker you invited have on those who attended, and how long will that impact last?
My No. 1 goal when I speak is this: to ignite magic in each person, to connect with them so I can help renew a vision, to help someone find a lost belief or birth a new one, to create a spark or motivate someone to take action so they can achieve what they desire!
You are made for success!
Warm regards,
Chris Widener
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In This Issue.......
1. Charting Your Course to Success
2. Made for Success Quote and Commentary
3. The Last Word...
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1. Charting Your Course to Success
Using Failure to Further Your Future by Chris Widener
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” —Margaret Thatcher
Failure. Even the word sounds bad, doesn’t it? That’s because since the time we were just young children we were taught that failure was bad. But is that true? Is failure bad? Let’s consider some things.
I like a baseball analogy. Do you know who set the record for a season batting average (that means how many times the batter successfully hit to get on base)? It is a gentleman by the name of Ted Williams, and his season batting average was .411 one year. That means that out of 1,000 times at bat, he would get a hit 411 times. That is considered by baseball fans as one of the greatest records ever. There are players making millions of dollars who hit .280!
But what does that stat also tell us if we flip it around? It tells us that the best season any batter ever had in the major leagues was a failure rate of .589! Even the best fail on a regular basis!
What about the richest people on Wall Street? Do they fail? Of course, they do. They pick the bad stocks sometimes, but they cut their losses and learn from their failure.
Did Michael Jordan miss shots? More than 50 percent of them!
So what about all this? What does this mean for us? The fact is, I think we can learn a lot about failure that will actually make us a great success. So here are some thoughts to help you use failure to further your future!
Failure is inevitable if you are trying for greatness. Failure is something we must accept as a part of the road we travel to success. This is a very important item, and it’s No. 1 on the list because a lot of what stops people from pursuing success is the fear that they may fail and not reach their destination. When we embrace the fact that we will fail, and that is OK, then we have nothing to fear anymore. Instead, we keep our eyes open and pick ourselves up, adjust from the failure, and move on.
Failure is never failure unless you fail to learn something from it. That’s right; we ought to stop calling these bumps in the road “failures” and start calling them “learning experiences!” When you fail, the first thing you should think is “What can I learn from this?” If you can pull just one idea out of that question, then the experience was worth it.
Sometimes failure is a blessing in disguise. Just ask 3M. They were looking for an incredible adhesive and actually got a sticky paste that held, but not permanently. What a failure! No, instead, they spread some on the back of little sheets of yellow paper and called them “Post-It Notes.” Have some? I’m sure you do. 3M thanks you for rewarding their “failure.”
People won’t think poorly of you if you fail. This is perhaps the biggest myth, and it’s the one that causes us to never attempt our dreams. We don’t try because of what Aunt Martha may say about us at the family reunion. The truth is, however, people will actually respect you for trying. The only thing I have found that people think poorly about you is if you handle yourself badly when you fail. Sore losers get the bad press, not people who attempt great things!
Failure isn’t the end but the beginning. One of our greatest fears is that our whole world will collapse if we fail—or at least the project will. The truth is that that rarely happens! Most of the time we can pick back up again, make some adjustments and be on our way! This is a new beginning. Now, there is no need to go down the road you have already taken, so there is one less option you have to try on your new journey.
Sometimes we miss out on success because we quit in the middle of a problem, and it becomes a failure instead of an obstacle we could have persevered through. When people encounter trouble, they have a tendency to quit and then they see themselves as having failed. My question is this: What if they would have kept on going—if they had persevered? Perhaps they would have struggled a bit and then broken free again. The failure happened only because they quit! So don’t give up. Keep pushing, and perhaps you will see yourself through to victory!
The greatest thing to overcome is the fear of failure. Most of the battle is right between our ears. It has been said that “we have nothing to fear but fear itself,” and that is true because in most of our “failures,” the end result is usually much less than we feared it would be. Yet in giving into fear and not trying, we suffer the ultimate consequence: no success! So begin to tell yourself the good stuff! Change the direction of your thinking and begin to see the possibilities of success, not failure.
Remember, properly looked at, failure can help you further your future!
2. Made for Success Quote and Commentary
“Your past does not equal your future.” —Anthony Robbins
Chris’s Commentary:
One of the hardest things to overcome in our pursuit of attaining a better life is that we have it naturally ingrained in us to believe that our future will simply be a continuation of our past. This makes our lives almost self-fulfilling prophecies in both the good and the bad. If we have had past failure, we tend to expect future failure. If we have past success, it breeds an outlook that looks for success. The key here is that when you have experienced failure, you must break the cycle that comes naturally. Just because your past was a certain way does not mean it has to be the same in the future! If we don’t purposefully break that thought pattern, your future will most likely will be the same, though. Understand this: Your future can be as bright as you desire it to be! You can become more successful! You can have better relationships! You can break the cycle of failure! Your future does not have to become a continuation of your past!
Action Point:
Sit down and think of your past in general. Is it one of failure? Then choose to break that pattern. Begin to read good books and listen to materials that will help you break that pattern. Begin to associate with people who will lift you up to higher ground. Take control of your life so that your future becomes what you want it to be, not what your past has been! Begin to look at each new day as an opportunity to succeed!
3. The Last Word...
Be Unorthodox by Robin Sharma
(Robin Sharma, best-selling author and leadership expert, addresses the philosophy of living life on your own terms. Here’s an article from Robin that I thought you might enjoy. —CW)
“Live life on your own terms.”
One of the things I notice about my coaching clients is that they are unorthodox. They are different. You might even say they are eccentric. And I say that with great respect. They run their own race.
I remember when I was 23 years old and I was walking along the ocean with my mentor. (I grew up on the east coast of Canada.) I said, “Give me some advice to live a great life,” because I’ve always been curious about what makes the great, great.
He said, “Robin, the only thing I can tell you is to run your own race. Live life on your own terms. That is the secret to success.”
That was a powerful and liberating lesson for me. It freed me to live life on my own terms and run my own race.
I was in New York City last summer meeting with a group of people who know P. Diddy, the rap artist and fashion entrepreneur. They said he works four hours, sleeps one hour, and then repeats that cycle around the clock. Interestingly, Thomas Edison also lived on that unorthodox sleep schedule.
Now, I’m not saying that you have to rearrange your sleep schedule. The big idea here is do things that work for you. Do things differently.
To save time, do things at times that no one else does them. Most people go grocery shopping at 10 o’clock on Saturday morning. Why not do it at 6 a.m. or 7 a.m.? Personally, I shop for groceries at 7 o’clock on a Saturday morning. What would have taken me an hour or an hour and a half in a busy grocery store only takes me 20 minutes.
As a lawyer, I remember one of the partners at a firm I used to work for, he used to be at work at 5 a.m. and leave at 3 p.m. to be with his kids. Now, I don’t know if you can do that in the work that you are doing, but what I’m challenging you to do with great respect is to do things differently. Do things at different times. Start to shake things up.
In my work with GlaxoSmithKline, I’ve learned that one of their organizing principles is “Disturb.” It is a reminder to keep on asking yourself, Is there a better way to do things? Is there a better way to run my life? Is there a better way to manage my time? Is there a quicker way to do this?
Where I live, there is a lot of traffic at 8 a.m., the peak of rush hour. The traffic is literally moving at a snail’s pace. But at 6 o’clock, the roads are empty. People say, “There’s a traffic problem in the city.” And I say, with great respect, “There isn’t a traffic problem in the city. There’s a traffic problem at 8 a.m. in the city.”
If that doesn’t work for you because you have to be at work at a certain time, I completely support that. One of the things I do in my own life is, two mornings a week, I work at home. That’s another thing you can do.
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