By Taking The Time To Stop And

I Have A Friend, A Pastor, Who Applied With Me And 419 Other People For 25 Seats On A Special Advisory Board. Though I Believed She Was Infinitely More Qualified Than Me, She Wasn't Selected And I Was. When I Saw Her At Her Church Weeks Later, I Asked Her How She Felt About The Decision. While Disappointment, Self-doubt And Defeat Would Have Been Normal Reactions To The Board's Decision, My Friend Said She Felt Great. 'how Come?' I Asked. She Said With A Smile, 'i Just Figured God Had Something Better In Store For Me.'

Don't Kid Yourself. Be Honest With Yourself. Take Your Own Inventory.

One Needs To Have Some Sense Of Purpose. Next, You Need To Have A Vision That Grows Out Of That Purpose.

If What You Re Doing Now Was Enough To Get What You Want, You'd Already Have It.

If You Are Going To Be Successful, You Have To Start Hanging Out With The Successful People. You Need To Ask Them To Share Their Success Strategies With You. Then Try Them On And See If They Fit For You. Experiment With Doing What They Do, Reading What They Read, Thinking The Way They Think, And So On. If The New Ways Of Thinking And Behaving Work, Adopt Them. If Not, Drop Them, And Keep Looking And Experimenting.