A Successful
Living Article
CHANGE YOUR
STINKY DIAPER NOW!
Is
successful living really that
elusive? As
adults we are so chained to a certain way of
living. We are creatures of habit. When it
comes to change aren’t you like that baby
sitting in a poo poo diaper? It’s stinky.
It’s gooey. It’s gross. But HEY! It’s yours!
(I hope your idea of successful living is
more than an idea of sitting in poopey.)
Does that
sum up your "successful life"? If so, it’s
time to change your diaper now! No one wants
to be around a stinky diaper baby. Not even
the baby. It’s time to grow up.
Okay enough
of that. What we’re talking about is change
for real successful living. Changing your
ideas. Changing your direction. Changing
your habits. Changing your life. The best
change is change that has purposeful
direction. Change that just happens for no
apparent reason can be good, but if you
didn’t do it on purpose, chances are you
won’t benefit from it.
Here are a
few suggestions that, if implemented, will
change your life.
1.
Ideas
If you don’t have any ideas of where you
would like to be in the next 5 years, here’s
a challenge. Write down some things you
enjoy doing. Better yet, write down some
things you love doing and could see yourself
doing for the rest of your life. These can
be things you think you may enjoy
doing but haven’t had any experience with
yet. Write them all down. No limits. Now put
that list away for a week and forget about
it. Then come back to it in one week.
Exclude two of them that you don’t feel as
good about the week before. While going
through this process, learn as much about
the areas that you are not so familiar with.
If your interest is fueled by what you find
out, keep it. If you find out it’s not what
you thought, scratch it off. Continue until
you get this idea list down to only a few.
2.
Direction
Now that you have a list of just a few
ideas of what you could “do”, go
surfing with people that are already doing
it. What I mean is hang out with
them. For example, say you’re learning all
you can about becoming a
financial consultant. What you may want to
do is, meet a financial consultant
for lunch. Buy his/her lunch. Go prepared
with a bunch of questions;
pros/cons. If this is an individual that
goes and meets customers, you may
want to see if this individual objects to
you riding with him/her one day.
(Again, you’d want to buy that persons
lunch that day.) Gather information.
Observe the good and the bad of what your
day would be like.
3.
Habits
This may be the most difficult thing to
accomplish. You want to change your
habits to be that of THE must successful
person you can be. This takes a
detailed and honest evaluation of your
daily life. Are you making the most of
your day? Are you wasting a bunch of time?
What can you change to make
your day more successful? Once you make
your move to the area you
decide, this change will be critical to your
success. Master before you make
your move. You’ll be glad you did.
4.
Change Your Life
Change 1-3 and I bet you’ll find
your life changed. No more sitting in your
nasty diaper wishing you had a different set
of circumstances. No more wishing your life
was more in line with what your passion is.
No more answering to people who do not
respect you, your time, your work and
especially your life. Change is inevitable.
Why not make it yourself?
CAUTION:
Do not change just for the sake of change.
If you are tired of “bad circumstances” you
can change. But know this. You will find a
different set of “bad circumstances” that
you hate just as much. They will just be
called different things. The difference lies
in your love. Love what you do. Do what you
love. It’s easier to take the bad with the
good that way.
Well there
you go. A simple but very effective plan to
change your diaper… I mean your life. Now
what will you do with it?
Let me know
how you do with this. I am always eager to
hear from you.
Keep looking and living forward.
Mark Thompson
"America's Most Insightful
Guide To
Success and Inner Strength"
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