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Life Is Like a Game: There Are Different Ways To Play, but You Play To Win

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21. Life is like a game, there are different ways to play but you play to win.

Why would you play it any other way? And here’s another thing, you are playing right now whether you like it not. For starters, your objective must be to win. This mentality needs to be established before you even hit the field. Let’s say for example there were only three options. You had a choice to not care, survive, or win the game. That leaves you with three directions, two of which will not lead to success. So by simply choosing to win, you increase your probability of success by eliminating the two choices that almost ensure that you won’t.

If your daily mantra is to simply make it through the day, chances are that is just what you will do. But if your drive each day is to make the most you can of the day, to seize the day, to win, all the actions and decisions you make will be honed on that expectation. Not to mention the subconscious programming that occurs from this line of thinking. If you are just trying to make it, you will tread water enough to barely keep your head above water. If your decision is to try and win, then you increase the probability of rising above.

To win the game you need to know the rules of how to win. If you don’t know the rules before you play, you have no chance. Those reaching the levels of success understand the rules and what needs to be done to win. When I say win, I mean achieve success, and let me remind you, you determine what success means to you. You decide what winning the game requires. The rules are those things at your disposal to get you to where you want to go. These are all the things we have discussed earlier; i.e., knowing who you are (mission statement), where you want to go (goals), and how to build towards that (Tools).

Games become much easier when you know the tricks on how to succeed. When you are holding the ball, the cards, or the joystick, remember that you are making the choices of what to do with it. I can promise you this, when you aren’t focused on what to do with it, you severely limit your ability to come out on top. When you make the decision to win, all your energy becomes focused in that direction. When all your efforts are focused in one direction, you increase the probability of heading in that direction. That direction is TO WIN THE GAME.

There’s Diamonds and Gold All Around! Your Mid-Week Butt Kickin’ – Volume 2

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One of the things I always wondered when I read people who blogged or did motivational speaking was, WHERE DO THEY GET ALL THEIR MATERIAL?!

Let me step back for a moment. I was listening to a speaker once and he told a story about when people drive to work. On their way to work if a person cuts them off they may get mad and consumed for hours over it. Basically while they drive they are AVOIDING the bad. But what they fail to do is notice or enjoy any beauty around them; a sunset, mountains or flowers. I know, I know kinda corny, but the point of the story is, they weren’t LOOKING.

What I’m trying to say is that the things I am sharing with you in these blogs are all around you if you are looking for it. Why I am sharing this with you? A few reasons. First, most of the material I am sharing I have learned or picked up from someone else. I’d like you to think I was smart enough to come up with it on my own, but the truth is I found it and I found it because now I am looking for it. I will try to give credit when I can. It is not my intent to plagiarize anyone’s material. But in many cases there is no exact source. The other reason is to get you to start looking for these diamonds around you. To starting forging the gold that exists. I know you won’t find it if you don’t have an open eye for it.

I’ll give some examples of where some of my material may come from in the coming months. The first one is from my business partner Dr. Bean and the church he attends. It’s called the “Word of the Day” and has a paragraph that you read each day and there is some great material. I read it every morning. Now it does have a tie in to the Bible which for some is no problem. But if you refused to pick it up because it does this, you would be missing out on a FREE gold mine. And to be quite honest the Bible references are to stories that relate to the lesson of the day. The next thing I may use from time to time is a book we use for our office word of the week. “The Daily Book of Positive Quotations” By Linda Picone………..$13.95. The affirmations you follow on Twitter, “The Winners Journal” by John and Pam Carls……….$15.95 Are you getting my point? The Tools you need for success are all around you at a price of free to around 15 bucks. (My book $17.95, a shameless plug). I know one thing though; you can’t mine for diamonds or gold if you aren’t willing to dig a bit.

This is your Mid-Week Butt Kickn. Go kick butt and start with your butt!