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The Way I See It

Have You Failed Enough to Be Famous?

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I am always amused by people who’ve had a few setbacks in life who complain that they just don’t think they’ll ever be successful because they’ve done everything it takes and it hasn’t worked.

The truth of the matter is they haven’t done enough to fail enough to be successful. Every highly successful person I know has failed A LOT more than average people ever fail. Every big success story I know of had at least one major failure before hitting it big. Walt Disney went bankrupt, as did J.C. Penney and Henry Ford (TWICE).

Watch this great video about famous failures and get out there and start failing!

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I wept because I had no shoes…Part Two

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Earlier I wrote a post using the old Persian proverb, “I wept because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.” So many times we’re focused on what we don’t have that we can never get around to using the gifts that we do have.

The lady in this video does have feet. In fact, it’s amazing what she does with them.

As my friend, Michael Angier, told his SuccessNet.org subscribers:

“If you ever feel like you can’t do something, watch this video.

If you ever feel sorry for yourself, watch this video.

If you ever start to complain or make excuses for not fulfilling more of your potential, watch this video.”

So watch this video and then hit the green Share This button below, and send it to someone who can use this message today!

The Way I See It

It’s Not What You Are That Holds You Back – Part Two

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Here’s a follow up to the post I made several months ago.

Several weeks ago I spoke to a group in Houston and I showed them the pictures below.

Famous Dyslexics Richard Branson, Thomas Edison, Cher, Walt Disney, Jay Leno, Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Turner, Winston Churchill

Do you recognize Thomas Edison, Cher, Walt Disney, Richard Branson, Jay Leno, Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Turner and my hero Winston Churchill?

Then I asked the audience what they all had in common.

Can you guess?

There were quite a few answers from the audience and they were all wrong. It was only after I pulled out $100 and offered it as a prize that a person in the back overcame his fear of being wrong and volunteered the correct answer….

….they were all dyslexic!

I pointed out that the role that made each of them famous also required a lot of reading. Do you know how hard it is for a dyslexic person to read?

But not a single one of those great people that I cited let dyslexia keep them from being all they were created to be.

That’s why one of my most favorite quotes is, “It’s not what you are that holds you back, it’s what you think you’re not.”

I use that quote by Denis Waitley virtually every time I speak to an audience.

Because it really speaks to the problem I think most people have in struggling for success — they believe they’re lacking something that if they possessed it would make them successful. When the truth is, they already possess everything they need to be successful hey just need to learn how to use it to their advantage.

One of the easiest ways to change a limiting belief is to study the “evidence” — find the truth. The Internet makes it so easy to research that particular challenge you find limiting. Look for people who’ve gone on to great success despite the same challenge. Study them in depth and model what they did to achieve their goals.

And please never forget this, “It’s not what you are that holds you back, it’s what you think you’re not.”

For one of Denis Waitley’s greatest programs go here….