An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement. -Albert Camus When the achiever achieves, its not a plateau, its a beginning. Achievers move forward at all times. They anticipate their next deal, and have another goal immediately lined up. Their enthusiasm cannot be fabricatedits either there or its not. Achievers go for the challenge, so the next deal is what theyre thinking about. They have an obligation to themselves to best themselves. Thats living in the highest realm. Your higher self is in direct opposition to your comfort zone. An indication of life is growth, and signs of growth have to be there. Youve heard people refer to a city as vibrant, which means that its lively and growingits not stagnating. See yourself as a city, with all the inner and outer workings necessary to keep yourself thriving and efficient. When thinking about giving our higher selves a chance, I remember something Albert Einstein said: I havent failed; I just found 100,000 ways that dont work. Thats giving your higher self a chance, and its a good example of tenacity at the same time. Always allow yourself room for mistakes, because they will happen. Just dont get too comfortable with them. Always keep your aim high. We all know that fine line between something great and something just good. What makes da Vincis Mona Lisa so exceptional? There are millions of different answers, but for some reason her face mesmerizes people. Our higher selves can help us to become visionaries. The word visionary evokes a lot of images: the castle-builder or a Don Quixote--someone who has grand dreams or is idealistic. There is nothing wrong with that, as long as the idealism is tempered by reason. Visionaries move the world along into new dimensions. Look at Bill Gates, for example, in technology, or Mark Burnett in reality TV, or Pablo Picasso, Stravinksy, and other great artists of the twentieth century. They were groundbreakers who followed their own instincts and led us in new directions. Sometimes our goals arent necessarily mapped out. Sometimes its a feeling that something great will happen, and so were move toward it. Very often the change happens while were working away on something else. Being industrious can be a magnet for new ideas. One of the worst fears we can have is to fear to attempt something. There is always the possibility of failure, but there is a greater chance of success if you actually try to do something versus doing nothing. I wasnt sure Id be a success on the radio, but I went for it and ClearChannel has had a big success with my program. But I had to take the chance first to find out. Life can be an adventure of the best sort if you will give your higher self a chance. We all have something unique to offer. Our work is to find out what that is, and to work at it with a passion. So dont tread water. Get out there and go for it. To Your Continued Success, |
