“When I was young and naive, I thought leaders were people who always made the right decisions. Later I would learn even great leaders make mistakes. Now I understand the truth: Great leaders can be wrong—but they cannot be unclear. A steadfast, focused vision of the future—one that inspires hope and confidence among followers—is the mark of true leadership. Lord Nobunaga's vision of a unified Japan sustained his rise from minor warlord to supreme overlord, from manager of dozens to master of millions. The clarity and power of that vision sustained my own subsequent rise to ultimate leadership.
“Remember, the people with whom you choose to associate shape the trajectory of your life more than do the activities in which you choose to engage. Young people, especially, tend to emphasize what over whom. I advise you to be less concerned about what work you do—and more about whom you work for."
“I chose Oda Nobunaga as my leader. Whom will you choose as yours?”
- - -
Secret of Foresight: Choose a leader with vision
Choose your leader wisely, choose someone with a vision and that vision must align with yours.
In Create Abundance our Vision is very clear: Create 1,000 multi-millionaires by year 2020. If your vision is aligned with our community vision, then I invite you to join our community.
In invitation you are free to accept or decline. Our invitation is precious since we will be responsible for your growth and change of mindset. That is why we give a test to all our applicants if they will be qualified for us to lead them. The test or the exercise will make us sure that you are willing to fight for your dreams and vision. If you cannot fight for yourself how would you expect us to fight for you?
At the end of the day the power of choice is yours. Our websites presents enough information About Us. The choice is yours to take our membership requisites.
Secret of Dedication: Give everything to the task at hand
In Create Abundance Business Community, the core team leaders uses the Power of Now, we work hard, work smart and work with the right mindset for our mission and vision with full focus and attention. We believe that results is a product of intention. Our vision leads all our actions. Distractions are not in our vocabulary. We never stop working until our Vision of creating 1,000 multi millionaires is realized.
Secret of Distinction: Distinguish yourself by exploiting your natural ability
We believe in individuality and diversity. We do not discriminate people because of their age, status in life, race, creed and color. We only discriminate on their desire and the willingness to accomplish their desire and dreams. Your strengths as well as weaknesses matters to us. Use your strengths to contribute to the community and fulfillment of our vision and weaknesses to be focused on for your growth.
Secret of Service: Subordinate your own interests to those of your leader
We always acknowledge our coaches and mentors in all our accomplishments. We always grateful and thankful for them sharing their knowledge, experiences and skills. All the credits go to them in our small and great accomplishments. As we are followers and leaders at the same time. Only leaders can create leaders. We pay forward our respect and admiration as our followers will give it back to us.
Create Abundance Business Community is a Leadership Dojo.
We Welcome You To Our Dojo.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Gratitude, Hard Work, Bold Action, and Devotion
“Gratitude, devotion, hard work, and bold action. These words trip easily off the tongue. But they forge the soul of a samurai and lie at the heart of leadership. Practice them, and you will transform your life, as I did.”
“…Cynics may view gratitude, hard work, bold action, and devotion as simplistic notions undeserving of their attention. But observe the world around you. Note that ungrateful people are unhappy people. Note that hard work is the single most important determinant of success in life. Note how luck favors the bold. Note how devotion—to parents, to children, to superiors, to subordinates—benefits the devoted a hundredfold.
“Some may think these simple concepts apply only to followers, not leaders. But those who aspire to lead must first learn to serve. And those who would master others must first master themselves. The principles of leadership therefore apply equally to superiors and subordinates alike
Secret of Gratitude: Leaders must be grateful
Being a leader gives as an opportunity to serve others by showing them how make things happen, making a stand for them and fighting with them to meet their dreams and goals in life. We are grateful to our followers since leading them is an honor and privilege. We learn a lot about anything and grow ourselves faster by being a leader. We learn more about our strengths and weaknesses as our followers became a reflection of ourselves.
Secret of Striving: Leaders must work harder than others
Since we work harder than others we get more, we learn more, we get the best of everything the situation and the circumstance has to offer. All the money and wealth flows to the leader. A leader that works harder get to his/her dreams and goals in life faster.
Secret of Decisiveness: Act boldly at critical moments
Not only the rewards and benefits that goes to the leader but also the responsibilities and obligations. The duty to protect the community, tribe and group comes with the package called leadership. We act boldly in critical moments, we never wait for somebody to take charge. We take all the credits and blames and face all the circumstances of our actions and decisions. No matter what happen, it can be right or wrong what is important that we act and show our people that we are somebody they can rely on.
Secret of Devotion: Dedicate yourself to your leader
A leader must firsts become a follower. A follower gives full devotion to their leader. It really felts overwhelming when a follower expresses his/her devotion to your leadership. For example in our community an apprentice would come to you and say: "I will devote myself in learning everything that is needed to know to be a successful entrepreneur so that I can be of use to the community and humanity, and contribute to our vision and mission" With such powerful declaration of devotion moves and inspires the leaders.
www.ca2020.net
“…Cynics may view gratitude, hard work, bold action, and devotion as simplistic notions undeserving of their attention. But observe the world around you. Note that ungrateful people are unhappy people. Note that hard work is the single most important determinant of success in life. Note how luck favors the bold. Note how devotion—to parents, to children, to superiors, to subordinates—benefits the devoted a hundredfold.
“Some may think these simple concepts apply only to followers, not leaders. But those who aspire to lead must first learn to serve. And those who would master others must first master themselves. The principles of leadership therefore apply equally to superiors and subordinates alike
Secret of Gratitude: Leaders must be grateful
Being a leader gives as an opportunity to serve others by showing them how make things happen, making a stand for them and fighting with them to meet their dreams and goals in life. We are grateful to our followers since leading them is an honor and privilege. We learn a lot about anything and grow ourselves faster by being a leader. We learn more about our strengths and weaknesses as our followers became a reflection of ourselves.
Secret of Striving: Leaders must work harder than others
Since we work harder than others we get more, we learn more, we get the best of everything the situation and the circumstance has to offer. All the money and wealth flows to the leader. A leader that works harder get to his/her dreams and goals in life faster.
Secret of Decisiveness: Act boldly at critical moments
Not only the rewards and benefits that goes to the leader but also the responsibilities and obligations. The duty to protect the community, tribe and group comes with the package called leadership. We act boldly in critical moments, we never wait for somebody to take charge. We take all the credits and blames and face all the circumstances of our actions and decisions. No matter what happen, it can be right or wrong what is important that we act and show our people that we are somebody they can rely on.
Secret of Devotion: Dedicate yourself to your leader
A leader must firsts become a follower. A follower gives full devotion to their leader. It really felts overwhelming when a follower expresses his/her devotion to your leadership. For example in our community an apprentice would come to you and say: "I will devote myself in learning everything that is needed to know to be a successful entrepreneur so that I can be of use to the community and humanity, and contribute to our vision and mission" With such powerful declaration of devotion moves and inspires the leaders.
www.ca2020.net
Awaken the Entrepreneur Within
The four dimensions of the entrepreneurial personality
There are four dimensions to the entrepreneurial personality that come into play in the creation of a new venture: the dreamer, the thinker, the storyteller and the leader. It's important to get a better understanding of the role each plays in the conception of an enterprise.
The dreamer
Surprisingly, the dreamer is the least known and understood personality within the entrepreneur. You would think it would be exactly the opposite. Everyone knows that entrepreneurs dream, but few people truly know what it means to dream. They think of dreaming as daydreaming, as wishful thinking.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had a clear dream, but few of us can be said to "have a dream of our own"; one that moves us, consumes us, keeps us awake at night, a dream as big to us as Dr. King's dream was to him. Is there a dreamer in you who will have an epiphany when the purpose is suddenly revealed as your purpose, as the one thing you were brought here on this earth to fulfill?
Who is that dreamer - that one inside you - who is so inspired, so completely aroused, that there is no question that you are going to do this? The only question is, "when and how?"
Who is that dreamer in the centre of you? Not the one who dreams about getting a new home, or moving to Hawaii, or becoming a millionaire, or finding the perfect mate.
I'm referring to the other one. This dreamer lies at the center of the entrepreneur's heart. Without this dreamer, the entrepreneur would have no real life, and would get busy with life's toys to eradicate, or at least muffle, the pain that comes from having given up on the possibilities. This dreamer pictures a life in which little dreams are distractions rather than substance. This dreamer stands on the mountaintop of imagination, and creates dreams where there are none at all. This dreamer's dream comes to us in the light, yet we avoid looking directly into it for fear we will not be big enough to bear it.
The Thinker
The thinker is the dreamer's most important companion, his most important ally. He listens carefully to the dreamer's thoughts, and knows that without the special role he plays in the manifestation of the dreamer's vision, the dreamer would be lost.
The thinker is the one who thinks "how" in relation to the dreamer's extreme "what." The thinker asks the questions essential to formulating the business model - the form the dream will take visually, emotionally, functionally, and financially - as well as the impact the Dream will have on its customers, its investors, its employees, its suppliers, and its strategic partners.
What is unique about the venture? What will be delivered? How will it be delivered? What are the core operating assumptions of the venture? What problem is it intended to solve, and how will that problem be solved? Will it be solved cost effectively?
The thinker, however, is not the devil's advocate in his relationship with the dreamer. Rather, the thinker's role is to help the dreamer fulfill the dream in ways the dreamer might not have anticipated. The objective is to empower the right-brained genius of the dreamer by melding it with the left-brained genius of the thinker.
When the dreamer finally consults with the thinker, the goal is to help make the dream even more compelling and viable. The dreamer's requests are, "Show me the financial advantages of doing business this way, the functional advantages of doing business this way, the marketing advantages of doing business this way, and the brand advantages of doing business this way. Is there another way we could accomplish my objectives and fulfill my dream that I'm not aware of?"
The thinker revels in putting the puzzle together in a way that supports his right-brained self. The outcome of the thinker's participation in the entrepreneurial process is a white paper that spells out in great specificity the argument for proceeding toward the actual planning and design stage of the venture being dreamed into being.
The storyteller
The storyteller could be called by his other name, the performer. He is the one who evokes excitement when the dream is conveyed to other people. The storyteller knows that without a compelling story, no dream would become a reality in the world of ordinary people in which the dream is intended to manifest itself as a striking reality. The storyteller digs deeply into the dreamer's vision and the thinker's formulation of that vision, and looks for the creative arc that lies at the heart of every great story.
The storyteller begins to "speak" the dream, to "sing" the story, to test its sound as she tells it to many, many people on all ends of the spectrum. They may be people in the industry, people in other industries, people who could be customers, people who could be managers, people who are simply great audiences and love a good story. They may be people the storyteller knows or might just have met.
The storyteller cannot test his reality without people. People determine if the story either rings true or rings hollow. To the storyteller, a great story is the essence of live. To the dreamer and the thinker, the storyteller is the means through with they find voice.
The leader
The leader is the one who assumes responsibility for moving the dream forward, takes accountability for fulfilling the dream, for knowing where he is going, how he is going to get there, when he's going to get there, and what the venture will look like when it gets there. The leader takes on the vision and the formulation of the enterprise. The leader knows the story, buys the story, lives the story, is committed to the story, and tells the story in concrete terms that are evidence of the fact that the story is more than just a story but rather a tangible reality that can be lived and experienced.
The leader possesses the passion of the dreamer, the intellect of the thinker, and the joy of the storyteller. The leader knows that all big things are the product of small things done very, very well.
The leader possesses the five essential skills of concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation, and communication, through which all great things are made real in the world. To the degree in which the leader is deficient in any or all of those skills, he makes it a point to develop his or her capability in each, knowing that his mission, to be realized, will demand more of him or her than he imagines at the outset, and, like the good boy or girl scout, the leader is constantly aware of the possibility that he or she may not be prepared and ready or able to do his very best. To be prepared is the hallmark of a worthy leader, no matter how silly that might sound to him or her when it is said.
He also knows that once the dreamer and the thinker and the storyteller have created the platform upon which the leader will stand, the entire success of the venture rests squarely on his or her shoulders. That he has bought the dream, agreed with the logic of it, internalized the story is insufficient for the dream to become a successful reality; when all is said and done, the leader must execute it to the best of his or her ability and beyond. All things finally rest upon the leader. There is no escaping the leader's overriding accountability if the dream is to become a reality.
The Core Team of Create Abundance is not composed of ordinary people. Becoming wealthy is an extraordinary feat. The Life Entrepreneurship Program awakens the entrepreneur within. It unleashes the eternal warriors that once changed the world.
The Create Abundance Core Team does what other people thought was impossible.
Creating wealth from zero.
First world Philippines.
A world that works for all.
There are four dimensions to the entrepreneurial personality that come into play in the creation of a new venture: the dreamer, the thinker, the storyteller and the leader. It's important to get a better understanding of the role each plays in the conception of an enterprise.
The dreamer
Surprisingly, the dreamer is the least known and understood personality within the entrepreneur. You would think it would be exactly the opposite. Everyone knows that entrepreneurs dream, but few people truly know what it means to dream. They think of dreaming as daydreaming, as wishful thinking.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had a clear dream, but few of us can be said to "have a dream of our own"; one that moves us, consumes us, keeps us awake at night, a dream as big to us as Dr. King's dream was to him. Is there a dreamer in you who will have an epiphany when the purpose is suddenly revealed as your purpose, as the one thing you were brought here on this earth to fulfill?
Who is that dreamer - that one inside you - who is so inspired, so completely aroused, that there is no question that you are going to do this? The only question is, "when and how?"
Who is that dreamer in the centre of you? Not the one who dreams about getting a new home, or moving to Hawaii, or becoming a millionaire, or finding the perfect mate.
I'm referring to the other one. This dreamer lies at the center of the entrepreneur's heart. Without this dreamer, the entrepreneur would have no real life, and would get busy with life's toys to eradicate, or at least muffle, the pain that comes from having given up on the possibilities. This dreamer pictures a life in which little dreams are distractions rather than substance. This dreamer stands on the mountaintop of imagination, and creates dreams where there are none at all. This dreamer's dream comes to us in the light, yet we avoid looking directly into it for fear we will not be big enough to bear it.
The Thinker
The thinker is the dreamer's most important companion, his most important ally. He listens carefully to the dreamer's thoughts, and knows that without the special role he plays in the manifestation of the dreamer's vision, the dreamer would be lost.
The thinker is the one who thinks "how" in relation to the dreamer's extreme "what." The thinker asks the questions essential to formulating the business model - the form the dream will take visually, emotionally, functionally, and financially - as well as the impact the Dream will have on its customers, its investors, its employees, its suppliers, and its strategic partners.
What is unique about the venture? What will be delivered? How will it be delivered? What are the core operating assumptions of the venture? What problem is it intended to solve, and how will that problem be solved? Will it be solved cost effectively?
The thinker, however, is not the devil's advocate in his relationship with the dreamer. Rather, the thinker's role is to help the dreamer fulfill the dream in ways the dreamer might not have anticipated. The objective is to empower the right-brained genius of the dreamer by melding it with the left-brained genius of the thinker.
When the dreamer finally consults with the thinker, the goal is to help make the dream even more compelling and viable. The dreamer's requests are, "Show me the financial advantages of doing business this way, the functional advantages of doing business this way, the marketing advantages of doing business this way, and the brand advantages of doing business this way. Is there another way we could accomplish my objectives and fulfill my dream that I'm not aware of?"
The thinker revels in putting the puzzle together in a way that supports his right-brained self. The outcome of the thinker's participation in the entrepreneurial process is a white paper that spells out in great specificity the argument for proceeding toward the actual planning and design stage of the venture being dreamed into being.
The storyteller
The storyteller could be called by his other name, the performer. He is the one who evokes excitement when the dream is conveyed to other people. The storyteller knows that without a compelling story, no dream would become a reality in the world of ordinary people in which the dream is intended to manifest itself as a striking reality. The storyteller digs deeply into the dreamer's vision and the thinker's formulation of that vision, and looks for the creative arc that lies at the heart of every great story.
The storyteller begins to "speak" the dream, to "sing" the story, to test its sound as she tells it to many, many people on all ends of the spectrum. They may be people in the industry, people in other industries, people who could be customers, people who could be managers, people who are simply great audiences and love a good story. They may be people the storyteller knows or might just have met.
The storyteller cannot test his reality without people. People determine if the story either rings true or rings hollow. To the storyteller, a great story is the essence of live. To the dreamer and the thinker, the storyteller is the means through with they find voice.
The leader
The leader is the one who assumes responsibility for moving the dream forward, takes accountability for fulfilling the dream, for knowing where he is going, how he is going to get there, when he's going to get there, and what the venture will look like when it gets there. The leader takes on the vision and the formulation of the enterprise. The leader knows the story, buys the story, lives the story, is committed to the story, and tells the story in concrete terms that are evidence of the fact that the story is more than just a story but rather a tangible reality that can be lived and experienced.
The leader possesses the passion of the dreamer, the intellect of the thinker, and the joy of the storyteller. The leader knows that all big things are the product of small things done very, very well.
The leader possesses the five essential skills of concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation, and communication, through which all great things are made real in the world. To the degree in which the leader is deficient in any or all of those skills, he makes it a point to develop his or her capability in each, knowing that his mission, to be realized, will demand more of him or her than he imagines at the outset, and, like the good boy or girl scout, the leader is constantly aware of the possibility that he or she may not be prepared and ready or able to do his very best. To be prepared is the hallmark of a worthy leader, no matter how silly that might sound to him or her when it is said.
He also knows that once the dreamer and the thinker and the storyteller have created the platform upon which the leader will stand, the entire success of the venture rests squarely on his or her shoulders. That he has bought the dream, agreed with the logic of it, internalized the story is insufficient for the dream to become a successful reality; when all is said and done, the leader must execute it to the best of his or her ability and beyond. All things finally rest upon the leader. There is no escaping the leader's overriding accountability if the dream is to become a reality.
The Core Team of Create Abundance is not composed of ordinary people. Becoming wealthy is an extraordinary feat. The Life Entrepreneurship Program awakens the entrepreneur within. It unleashes the eternal warriors that once changed the world.
The Create Abundance Core Team does what other people thought was impossible.
Creating wealth from zero.
First world Philippines.
A world that works for all.
Our Deepest Fear
OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS NOT THAT WE ARE INADEQUATE;
OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS THAT WE ARE POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE.
IT IS OUR LIGHT, NOT OUR DARKNESS, THAT MOST FRIGHTENS US.
WE ASK OURSELVES, WHO AM I TO BE BRILLIANT, GORGEOUS
TALENTED AND FABULOUS?
ACTUALLY, WHO ARE YOU NOT TO BE?
YOU’RE A CHILD OF GOD --- YOUR PLAYING SMALL DOESN’T
SERVE THE WORLD.
THERE’S NOTHING ENLIGHTENED ABOUT SHRINKING SO THAT
OTHERS WON’T FEEL INSECURE AROUND YOU.
WE ARE BORN TO MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD THAT IS WITHIN US.
IT’S NOT JUST IN SOME OF US; IT’S IN EVERYONE!
AND, AS WE LET OUR OWN CANDLE SHINE, WE CONSCIOUSLY
GIVE OTHERS PERMISSION TO DO THE SAME.
AS WE ARE LIBERATED FROM OUR OWN FEAR,
OUR PRESENCE AUTOMATICALLY LIBERATES OTHERS.
Whenever I feel like giving up or letting go of something I want, this poem always comes to mind.
I AM UNSTOPPABLE.
OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS THAT WE ARE POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE.
IT IS OUR LIGHT, NOT OUR DARKNESS, THAT MOST FRIGHTENS US.
WE ASK OURSELVES, WHO AM I TO BE BRILLIANT, GORGEOUS
TALENTED AND FABULOUS?
ACTUALLY, WHO ARE YOU NOT TO BE?
YOU’RE A CHILD OF GOD --- YOUR PLAYING SMALL DOESN’T
SERVE THE WORLD.
THERE’S NOTHING ENLIGHTENED ABOUT SHRINKING SO THAT
OTHERS WON’T FEEL INSECURE AROUND YOU.
WE ARE BORN TO MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD THAT IS WITHIN US.
IT’S NOT JUST IN SOME OF US; IT’S IN EVERYONE!
AND, AS WE LET OUR OWN CANDLE SHINE, WE CONSCIOUSLY
GIVE OTHERS PERMISSION TO DO THE SAME.
AS WE ARE LIBERATED FROM OUR OWN FEAR,
OUR PRESENCE AUTOMATICALLY LIBERATES OTHERS.
Whenever I feel like giving up or letting go of something I want, this poem always comes to mind.
I AM UNSTOPPABLE.
Do what you think you can do. Open your mind to who you can be.
A passage from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's (German writer and philosopher) play Faust:
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy,
The chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation),
There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas
And splendid plans:
That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never
otherwise have occured.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
Raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance,
Which no man could have dreamt would come his way.
Whatever you can do or dream you can,
Begin.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!
Begin it now.
(W. H. Murray in The Scottish Himalaya Expedition [quoting John Anster who in turn paraphrased Goethe’s Faust in the final two sentences of the preceding quote from Murray]).
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy,
The chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation),
There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas
And splendid plans:
That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never
otherwise have occured.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
Raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance,
Which no man could have dreamt would come his way.
Whatever you can do or dream you can,
Begin.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!
Begin it now.
(W. H. Murray in The Scottish Himalaya Expedition [quoting John Anster who in turn paraphrased Goethe’s Faust in the final two sentences of the preceding quote from Murray]).
Attitude
Jerry is the manager of a restaurant in America. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would always reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when he changed jobs, so they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude.
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! No one can be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two choices today. I can choose to be in a good mood or I can choose to be in a bad mood. I always choose to be in a good mood.
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I always choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I always choose the positive side of life." "But it's not always that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Jerry said, "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. It's your choice how you live your life."
Several years later, I heard that Jerry accidentally did something you are never supposed to do in the restaurant business: he left the back door of his restaurant open one morning and was robbed by three armed men. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body. I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Want to see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me. I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the Emergency Room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything." 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Please operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'." Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that EVERY DAY YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO EITHER ENJOY YOUR LIFE, OR TO HATE IT. The only thing that is truly yours that no one can control or take from you - is YOUR ATTITUDE, so if you can take care of that, everything else in life becomes much easier.
-vitaminsforthesoul
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when he changed jobs, so they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude.
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! No one can be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two choices today. I can choose to be in a good mood or I can choose to be in a bad mood. I always choose to be in a good mood.
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I always choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I always choose the positive side of life." "But it's not always that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Jerry said, "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. It's your choice how you live your life."
Several years later, I heard that Jerry accidentally did something you are never supposed to do in the restaurant business: he left the back door of his restaurant open one morning and was robbed by three armed men. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body. I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Want to see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me. I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the Emergency Room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything." 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Please operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'." Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that EVERY DAY YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO EITHER ENJOY YOUR LIFE, OR TO HATE IT. The only thing that is truly yours that no one can control or take from you - is YOUR ATTITUDE, so if you can take care of that, everything else in life becomes much easier.
-vitaminsforthesoul
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
