Many of you are trying out for your school tennis team within the next couple of weeks. Some of you may be taking on various projects at work. Perhaps you are just trying to figure out your life. Maybe this will help…

No horse gets anywhere til he is harnessed.

No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined.

No Niagra is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled.

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined.

-Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969)

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One of the best ways to figure out how to lead your life is to start with the end.

At the end of your life, what do you want to be known for?

What do you want to be proud of?

What do you want to have contributed?

What legacy do you want to leave behind?

What do you want to be grateful for?

Now go out and be that person!

Remember these two things…

1. When you’re young, you think life is about possessions and material objects, but as you get older, you realize that life is about love, contribution and gratitude.

2. Most people won’t wish they took less risks, they’ll wish they took more.

In the end, I hope you’ll say, “I’m glad I did.”

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Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Muhammad Ridwan, Marketing Communications Officer at the Singapore Sports School.

In yesterday’s message, I talked about getting started. And yesterday, I got started. As I look back on my life, I see some failures, which turned out to be blessings in disguise. I also see many successes, which I am proud of. My purpose in life is to help as many people as I can, in any way that I can. I want to leave a legacy. So I’ve been thinking about how I could get to the next level and make the invisible…VISIBLE.

While talking with my friends, the great Mary Jane and Hugo Rossi, the idea of a private sports school came up. I loved the idea. That idea has been marinating in my mind for the past couple of weeks…so I began to do some research.

The best school that I found was the Singapore Sports School. They have an amazing website and the school looks exactly like something I would want to start. Being the action-oriented person that I am, I sent them an email stating that I was looking to start a similar school in the US. Well, guess what? This morning I received a wonderful and detailed email from Muhammad Ridwan with loads of information on their school and their daily schedule.

WOW.

This is amazing on many levels.

1. I don’t have to start from scratch to start my school.
2. I now have a resource to turn to with any questions or concerns.
3. Now I want to return the favor, so I have offered to go to Singapore to give a seminar.
4. Because they were so generous to share their information, I will speak highly of them.

Many people like to keep their information to themselves, but I think that that is weak. When you share information, you are powerful. That shows confidence and it also helps you grow and become better. If you give everything away, you are forced to learn new ways. The last thing you want to do is keep all your information to yourself and not improve. That is why I have this blog and that is why I am writing a book.

So, needless to say, I am quite excited. The ball is rolling. So thank you to the Rossi’s and thank you to Muhammad Ridwan and the Singapore Sports School.

Don’t forget to listen in on “Capitol Talk” today from 1-2PM…Calvin Iszard will be interviewing me on success, motivation and my new book…WBCB 1490AM

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Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Kristyna McKee and Briana Lyons.

Do you have SMART goals?

Are they…

Specific

Measurable

Attainable

Relevant

Timely

Only 3% of people have goals.

“The distance a person goes is not as important as the direction.”

Don’t strive for mediocrity. Strive for greatness.

Don’t just exist. Live with meaning.

Don’t just focus on yourself. Add value to others.

Figure out what you want and put all your energies toward that definite purpose.

YOU create your destiny…by your goals and actions.

“It’s not too late to become what you might have been.”

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Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great acupuncturist, Jessica Mueller.

“Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.” – Tom Clancy

A college professor prepared a test for his soon-to-be-graduating seniors. The test questions were divided into three categories and the students were instructed to choose questions from only one of the categories. The first category of questions was the hardest and worth fifty points. The second, which was easier, was worth forty points. The third, the simplest, was worth thirty points.

Upon completion of the test, students who had chosen the hardest fifty-point questions were given As. The students who had chosen the forty-point questions received Bs. Those who settled for the easiest thirty-pointers were given Cs.

The students were frustrated with the grading of their papers and asked the professor what he was looking for. The professor leaned over the podium, smiled, and explained, “I wasn’t testing your book knowledge. I was testing your aim.”

-Speaker’s Sourcebook II

So the key is to have such big dreams and goals that we push ourselves beyond our limits. We live in a society of “just doing enough to get by” and by staying in our comfort zones, we do not acheive greatness.

You can either be like everyone else and just “get by” or you can aim to become something extraordinary. The choice is yours.

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