The clock is running. Make the most of today.

• To realise the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed the HSC. 
• To realise the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
• To realise the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
• To realise the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
• To realise the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train.
• To realise the value of ONE-SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
• To realise the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a medal in the Olympics.

Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time.

And remember that TIME waits for no one.

I believe that we are born with a good purpose for our lives and if we get in tune with it, we will experience our individual definitions of success. When we detour from the most beneficial paths we should travel on in life, the road seems to get rougher for us. These experiences will definitely become the opportunities for lessons to be learned, and it is crucial to make sure that we learn the lessons from the detours. It is possible to achieve your success in life by doing the following:

Follow Your Heart

It is important to do what our hearts are telling us to do if they are good in nature. This feeling can be similar to something that is pulling us in a particular direction. It is an internal compass that leads us in the direction we should go. I have found that even family members, who love me dearly, have advised me about things they felt I should have done, but I chose to follow my heart and every time that I did, it turned out to be the right decision for me. When we follow our hearts, they let us know the right choices to make for our lives. When we make the right choices for ourselves, we are achieving our success.

Do What You Love

We should also take the time to discover our gifts and talents so that we can do things that we are good at as well as have fun. I believe that we all have gifts and talents that we can do that will bring us joy as well as help others to experience joy. When we do what we love to do, we also allow others to appreciate our talents and have better life experiences. It is so important to do what we love because it is far better than doing the alternative. Our lives can be successful if we do what we love to do.

Stay Focused

We have to stay focused on following our hearts and doing what we love to do because life often times throws us curve balls that take our attention off of these two basic concepts. We must stay focused on what is important to us and what feels right for our lives. By ensuring that we keep our efforts on fulfilling our good purpose for our lives, we will be successful.

Realize Your Dreams

As we stay on the road that is right for us, we realize our dreams in life. Our dreams are part of our purpose that should be fulfilled. Now that I have realized this, I try my best to follow my heart, do what I love, stay focused, and I can truly say that I am realizing many of my dreams in life. Achieve Your Success!

The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today. Today is yesterday’s tomorrow. The question is what did we do with its opportunity? All too often we will waste tomorrow as we wasted yesterday, and as we are wasting today. All that could have been accomplished can easily elude us, despite our intentions, until we inevitably discover that the things that might have been have slipped from our embrace a single, unused day at a time.

Each of us must pause frequently to remind ourselves that the clock is ticking. The same clock that began to tick from the moment we drew our first breath will also someday cease.

Time is the great equalizer of all mankind. It has taken away the best and the worst of us without regard for either. Time offers opportunity but demands a sense of urgency.

When the game of life is finally over, there is no second chance to correct our errors. The clock that is ticking away the moments of our lives does not care about winners and losers. It does not care about who succeeds or who fails. It does not care about excuses, fairness or equality. The only essential issue is how we played the game.

Regardless of a person’s current age, there is a sense of urgency that should drive them into action now - this very moment. We should be constantly aware of the value of each and every moment of our lives - moments that seem so insignificant that their loss often goes unnoticed.

We still have all the time we need. We still have lots of chances - lots of opportunities - lots of years to show what we can do. For most of us, there will be a tomorrow, a next week, a next month, and a next year. But unless we develop a sense of urgency, those brief windows of time will be sadly wasted, as were the weeks and months and years before them. There isn’t an endless supply!

So as you think of your dreams and goals of your future tomorrow, begin today to take those very important first steps to making them all come to life.

To Your Success.

Original By: Jim Rohn

Promise Yourself

1. To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
2. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.
3. To make all your friends feel that there is something special in them.
4. To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
5. To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
6. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
7. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
8. To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
9. To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
10. To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

There may be days when you get up in the morning and things aren’t the way you had hoped they would be.

That’s when you have to tell yourself that things will get better. There are times when people disappoint you and let you down.

But those are the times when you must remind yourself to trust your own judgments and opinions, to keep your life focused on believing in yourself.

There will be challenges to face and changes to make in your life, and it is up to you to accept them.

Constantly keep yourself headed in the right direction for you. It may not be easy at times, but in those times of struggle you will find a stronger sense of who you are.

So when the days come that are filled with frustration and unexpected responsibilities, remember to believe in yourself and all you want your life to be.

Because the challenges and changes will only help you to find the goals that you know are meant to come true for you.

Keep Believing in Yourself.

Get ready to sail the Seven C’s – the Seven C’s of Success that is. Get on board and ride this ship to your destiny! There are Seven C’s you must sail if you want to be a total success. Here they are, in alphabetical order:

Caring – I believe that to be a true success in this world we must have a bigger vision than simply accomplishing a goal for ourselves or simply lining our own pockets. I believe that successful people have a deep care for others. Yes, they are aggressive, but they are not aggressive to the point that they run roughshod over others.

Question:What is your care factor? Have you placed people in their proper place, as people worthy of dignity, respect, and proper treatment? Or have you begun to treat others as a means to an end for yourself?

Character – Becoming a success is more than increasing the digits in your bank account. In fact, I believe ANYONE can increase his or her bank account with a simple plan. Financial development is the easy part. Character development is the hard part, letting each and every experience shape and mold us as we experience them, always moving toward our goal and never allowing negative circumstances to destroy us but make us better people. This is what true success is about!

Question:How is your character? Are you becoming a better person with each passing experience? Are you becoming a rock of wisdom and experience, deepening your foundation of character?

Choice – Eisenhower reminded us that our histories are written by choice, not by chance. Every movement you make toward your ultimate success and destiny will be because you choose to move toward it. The actions that you choose, each and every day will add up, over the long-term, to your final destination. The power we have as humans to choose is one of the greatest gifts known to mankind.

Question: Do you choose success with each and every choice you make? Each choice you make either moves you toward your goal or away from it. Which do you choose?

Concentration – Often those who fail do so because they lose their concentration. Something else comes along and becomes their newfound fancy. They move from whim to whim, tossed to and fro by the strong blowing winds. The successful person however, stands firm, with their eyes transfixed on the goal. One of my favorite posters as a boy was of George Brett of the Kansas City Royals Baseball Team. They picture was taken just as the bat was hitting the ball. Where were George’s eyes? Straight down the barrel of the bat, looking at the point where the ball and bat came together. Now that is concentration!

Question:How is your concentration? Do you stick to your goal and focus firmly on it, or do you let your mind and heart wander from whim to whim?

Confidence – Success comes to those who have the confidence to try, and more than that, the confidence to win. Confidence is something that you can grow in your mind and heart. Each passing victory that you achieve builds more and more confidence in you to draw from the next time you go to fight another battle on your journey to success. Do what you can to build confidence inside of yourself so you will be able to dip deeply into that well when you need it!

Question:How is your confidence? Do you believe that you can achieve what you conceive? Are you winning victories that you can then draw on later?

Consistency – People who become a success realize that to a great degree, success is a formula. At the very least it is sticking to doing the right things for a long enough period of time for them to create their destiny. This is consistency. They consistently do the things that will bring them their success. Tiger Woods hits hundreds of practice balls each and every day. He doesn’t do 100 one day, then two days off, then 500 balls, then a day off, then 300 balls, then three days off. No, he knows the power of consistency and has achieved a level of success that that consistency formulated for him.

Question: How is your consistency? Are you consistent? Are you doing the things you need to do each and every day that will bring your goal to you?

Courage – Successful people are brave people. They know that even success has its challenges, yet they face them head on and move forward anyway. No mountain is too high, nor river too wide, nor foe too large for the person who will choose to live out their dreams! They are courageous people who continue on even when others have quit. And for that they receive their reward!

Question:How about you? Are you courageous? Are you willing to face the obstacles and move forward in spite of the fear that may try to well up within you? Be courageous and you will succeed!

There they are, the Seven C’s of Success. Set sail today!

Caring
Character
Choice
Concentration
Confidence
Consistency
Courage

Original Author: Chris Widener

We all have rough days from time to time and if we look back, we will find that some or all of the causes of our rough days are unavoidable. If we remove the stupid things that we do, then we’re left with issues and problems that are tough or impossible to figure out at the moment. My suggestion is to take a deep breath, move on with your day in the most positive way you can, and revisit your challenges when you have had time to calm your body and mind. Sometimes rough days just happen. Be aware of your situation, make good decisions, and move on with the understanding that every day, every hour, and every minute is precious. Life is too short to drag emotional baggage around for very long so deal with the problems as soon as possible and get back to your wonderful successful life.

Once upon a time there was bunch of tiny frogs that arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of very high tower. A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants.

The race began. Honestly, no one in the crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of tower. You heard statements such as, “They will NEVER make it to the top. Or: Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!”

The tiny frogs began collapsing, one by one, except for those, who in fresh tempo were climbing higher and higher.

The crowd continued to yell, “Its too difficult!!! No one will make it!”

More tiny frogs got tired and gave up, but one continued higher and higher and higher. This one wouldn’t give up!

At the end, everyone else had given up climbing the tower, except for one tiny frog. After a big effort, he was the only one who reached the top! THEN all the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it?

A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal. It turned out…. that the winner was deaf!!!!

Never listen to other people tendencies to be negative or pessimistic…. because they take your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you- the ones you have in your heart!

Just do it! Do what you want!