You Don’t Know The Future
November 27, 2008 by admin · 14 Comments
There’s a reason why I’ve not been blogging for weeks now – it’s because I’ll only post when I really have something valuable to share and will not blog for the sake of blogging.
Do you get upset whenever a misfortune happened to you or you’ve missed an opportunity? I know I do.
7 months ago, I was given an opportunity to speak at a seminar that was held a few weeks ago. But at the end, I did not get the speaking engagement contract because something happened that time- somehow, there’s a miscommunication and they thought I wasn’t coming to speak anymore.
Needless to say, I was upset when I found that they thought I’m not coming and already substitute my spot with another speaker. Other than the fact that I enjoy speaking on stage, it’s a major lost of income because I can easily bring home 5-figure income for speaking in a 3-day seminar.
**BUT**… we don’t know the future. I ASSUMED this is a bad thing that happened.
Whatever happen in your life, NO MATTER how bad it looks like, it’s never always a misfortune.
That’s why, there’s this saying, “Everything happens for a good reason, for your benefit.”
That time, 7 months ago, I wouldn’t know that my wife will be pregnant now. If I would have gotten the contract, I would need to cancel it now and create so much inconvenience for everyone. Secondly, no one can predict that the recession will hit us now and affect the seminar.
On top of that, I ended up having more time to look into other business opportunities- which resulted me to make a niche 5-figure income recently.
What I lost 7 months ago has actually become a blessing in disguise.
You see, the Universe has its own funny ways to ‘prevent’ you from the real misfortunes – what you’re experiencing, good or bad, is always a GOOD THING. It’s really how you want to interpret it and you simply cannot judge whatever occurrence you don’t like that’s happening right now will pave your future negatively. That is untrue.
I know it’s hard to think positively. That’s why, I’m not suggesting you to think positive but to think differently. If something bad happens to you, it means something bad happens to you. Don’t start your positive thinking process that nothing bad has just happened. That would MESS UP your mind big time. But think it this way, “Okay, this is bad. But what is the good side of this?”
It’s about accepting reality and seeing beyond the negative effect.
Today is Thanksgiving Day in US and I like to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving Day if you’re celebrating it.
The best way to overcome misfortunes is none other than being gratitude of what you have. When you realize how ‘lucky’ you are– the tangible and intangible possessions that you have, you would understand that everything happens for a good reason clearly.
If you like what you read, it’ll be cool if you can leave a Comment as well. I’ll definitely appreciate it very much because I read every single Comment posted here personally.
You “Chan” Do It!
Patric Chan
Any advice about taking action? Please share them to inspire others and get my members to know you personally at SuccessAndLife.com Forum. And even if you don’t have one, feel free to read others and also learn many new lessons there.
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Improve Your Life And Become “Unstoppable”
November 7, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
According to Mark Joyner, best-selling author, there are 4 “investments” that you need to have to improve your life and ecome ‘unstoppable’. (There are always rooms for improvement, regardless of how successful you are today.)
What I’m going to share with you are the METHODS of ‘upgrading your brain’ and it’ll just take you a measly $1 to do this…
Patric Chan
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It’s How You See The Opportunity
November 4, 2008 by admin · 11 Comments
Let’s say you inherited a house and found that it is actually more of a rundown shack. What do you do with it?
You have two choices.
Your first option would be to ‘get rid’ of it now because it has not much value and if you sell it soon, at least you can make a little money from it.
Your second option is to fix it up and then rent it out for a consistent income or sell it off for a neat profit.
I don’t have to tell you which option the millionaires and successful people will go for. That’s the difference between the ways they see the world compared to the man on the street. The man on the street will recognize the opportunity but they also see the problems and risks that they will face should they take the opportunity. Most of them will have too much fear to face the obstacles.
Millionaires recognize that opportunities and risks. In fact, the bigger the opportunity, the bigger the risk. Should the opportunity fall through, they can always make back the money they lost.
They move on to the next thing.
But that doesn’t mean that millionaires grab every opportunity out there regardless of the risks. That would be like going to the race track and betting on a random horse hoping that it will be the winner.
They take what we call “calculated risks”. They do their homework and ensure that their decisions are made based on knowing the facts. Once the decision has been made, that’s that. They either go all out and do it or they move on to the next opportunity. They don’t dwell on their decisions they have made after that, wondering if they did the right thing.
The average person will find the obstacles they face insurmountable and just give up or they wait and wait until the time is right. But they don’t realize that there is no such thing as the “right” time. There is only now, the present and if we don’t grab the opportunity now, someone else will come along, grab it, make a fortune from it and moved on to another opportunity.
Like recently- as much as the recession is affecting many people negatively, there are people who are profiting from it tremendously because they dare to take the risks and act on ‘opportunities’.
Here’s another thing about obstacles- if you focus on them, you can’t see beyond the horizon to the great possibilities. Millionaires expand their views to see the opportunities behind the obstacles. They move towards their goals and handle any problems when they crop up, not before.
No doubt it is always good to be prepared for all possible failure, but don’t spend all your time doing that. If you spend all your time preparing for every conceivable problem, where are you going to find the time to do anything to achieve your goals?
And one more thing about the winners- they don’t whine if it’s hard or lose out an opportunity.
I’ve been telling you this in many ways from my writing- TAKE ACTION. What do I mean by that? Well, if your goal is to become rich through stocks even you know nothing about trading, then start learning the ropes by getting a job at the stock market. I know it’s ‘painful’ to start from scratch this way, but what’s better way to learn by experiencing the process?
Last piece of advice- stop worrying about what can go wrong. Dive right in and deal with the problems as they crop up one at a time. Then you move on.
If you like what you read, it’ll be cool if you can leave a Comment as well. I’ll definitely appreciate it very much because I read every single Comment posted here personally.
You “Chan” Do It!
Patric Chan
Any advice about taking action? Please share them to inspire others and get my members to know you personally at SuccessAndLife.com Forum. And even if you don’t have one, feel free to read others and also learn many new lessons there.
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Tags: self improvement, self improvement blog, self improvement forum, personal improvement
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