MAD 5. BE TRUE To Yourself... Then Treat Others With The Same Respect..!

YOUR life can only be lived by one person... YOU..!

And, this life is the only one you'll get on this planet (some may disagree, but I have a firm opinion on this... ;-).

No one can get into your mind... no one can truly understand your innermost feelings... no one can understand what really drives you.

So here's a little tip... BE TRUE to yourself.

Identify what it is that will get you excited about this life... what it is that will get you living your life with integrity and PASSION.

Start asking yourself 'What's In It For Me' to do what I intend doing... and if it really gets your juices flowing... do it..!

When YOU learn to respect yourself in this manner... you will get to recognise and respect that everybody then has the right to be doing exactly the same in their lives.

You will then start being considerate of the 'What's In It For Me' considerations of others when you approach them to do things with you... or for you.

Now, don't get me wrong, this has nothing to do with taking a selfish approach to life. In fact, the selfish person will never be able to live to these ideals. It has everything to do with elevating yourself to command a priority of respect in YOUR life.

All to often, we forget just who we really are... and how UNIQUE we are as individuals... and we subordinate ourselves to the whims and desires of others. Be TRUE to yourself... then treat others with the same respect.

This reminds me of a fantastic verse that I carry around with me all the time, I have no idea who to credit with this work, but I am sure that I discovered it in one of Zig Ziglar's magnificent publications:

'Man travels hundreds of miles to gaze at the broad expanse of the oceans;

He looks in awe at the Heavens above;

He stares in wonderment at the fields;

And the mountains;

And the rivers and the streams;

Then... he passes himself by... without a thought...

GOD'S MOST AMAZING CREATION'

Regards
Trevor Nel - 011 - 705-2790 - http://www.innercircleforum.com/
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MAD 4. STAND UP For Something... And BE COUNTED..!

Today's society is chock-full of people who couldn't care two hoots about anything or anyone... this society is also chock-full of people who are really unhappy with their lives.

These are people wondering what their real purpose in life really is, wondering what they can do that is different, bemoaning almost everything that happens in the world... and wishing that someone would do something about it.

Well, that someone is YOU..!

Someone who can take the DECISION to make a meaningful difference... in your life... in the lives of others. Someone who IS prepared to stand up for something or someone... and be counted..!

What all of these unhappy people in the world, who couldn't care much about anything, are missing... is the fact that life is really quite simple, the rules are really quite cut and dried... there are no grey areas to life (I love the reaction this stirs with the 'grey' people in life).

Every matter that confronts us as a society allows us only one of three responses. And it is our response that determines how life unfolds for all of us in society.

We are either FOR something... or AGAINST something... or we don't have an opinion either way (called 'sitting on the fence').

Whether we like it or not, each of these three positions in life, on any matter, will have either a POSITIVE effect or a NEGATIVE effect, dependent on which of the three allows for the status quo to exist on that matter.

For example, there are many who are concerned about the destruction of the South American Rain Forests... if the number of people intent on destroying these forests combined with the number of people who couldn't care two hoots OUTWEIGHS the efforts of those who are intent on protecting them... these forests WILL be destroyed.

Disinterest and apathy (i.e. not having an opinion either way) unfortunately, almost always WEIGHTS the result towards a NEGATIVE effect for society... or whatever the matter at hand.

Thankfully, I have found that the DECISIVE ACTION of the few... to take a firm decision FOR or AGAINST a matter... to stand up and be counted with integrity... can alter the course of any matter. It can alter the course of history..!

The strange thing is that when you take a decision to stand up for something or someone and you do your best to make a meaningful difference... no matter what the result... YOU tend to feel good about yourself for doing something..!

Regards
Trevor Nel - 011 - 705-2790 - www.innercircleforum.com
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