So I went to a charity auction about 2 weeks ago for the Star of Hope. Its a shelter for those that are disabled or victims of spousal abuse. I'm all set to go, dressed to the "9s" and I get in my car with my invite in my hand.

It was an estate of some mega rich dentist whose wife was a big time philantropist (God Bless her) anyway, I've never been to his house before but of course I had the address on the invite so I put in the destination in my GPS unit. And as usual it gives me a visual description of where I am and where I want to be. NEVER did my system say "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN"??? Not once did she say, "You've been here far longer than is pleasing to me". She was just plain and simple, "Where are you in relation to where you want to be"?

So many times in life we use excuses to manifest these limiting beliefs in our minds and we use them as our reason for why we aren't where we want to be. In actuality none of that baggage that some of us keep around like a pet even matters, not our childhood, a divorce or any other roadblocks we decide to put up for ourselves.

If you know and understand where you are and more importantly where you wanna go, nothing else matters. There is no better feeling in the world than to let everything and everyone off the hook for your success and failures. Its not the government or your boss or anyone.

I hope you feel as much empowerment as I am, just sitting here typing! The most powerful step that we have to take is to change our frame of mind! I believe that in addition to letting everyone else off the hook another empowering fact is that "What 1 person can do another can DO". This is remarkable, no matter whats going on in your life, to know that there have been someone else in that exact situation, if not worse, with more obstacles who have succeeded is greatest news of all! It gives you knowledge that ANYONE can do this!

There are Rags 2 Riches stories everyday and there aren't many differences between these people and regular people. Someone once told me that "Successful people are successful because they do the things that regular people don't feel like doing"

So now every time you use your GPS unit you will think about this and you can ask yourself "Am I heading in the direction that I want to end up at" If your not the best part is you can change your destination and start all over! Hope this inspires! God Bless!

 
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2 Comments on Having the mindset of your GPS unit.

OCT
02
2008

Corey,

Thank you for a fantastic post!  I'm an appraiser out here in California and just got home from a seminar on making the most of your life.  I had pinpointed the one thing I really wanted more than anything was to not let the "fear" of our market take hold of me.  I do not believe in working out of fear.  I logged on and there you were with this fantastic post.  It really spoke to me and you put it so well.

You are an inspiration!  Thank you!

Cynthia

11:25pm • #1

I really liked the message you were conveying here. Sometimes my GPS will take me somewhere that I don't want to be -- it gets a little off track and misses the target. The same can be said for us as we sometimes forget where we were headed and lose focus. We just have to remember when that does happen to do a quick check, make the needed corrections, and get back on track as soon as possible.

11:44pm • #2

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