Do you see yourself as successful?

I am not a golfer. I have never played the game. But I enjoy magical moments in sports. None were more magical than watching Phil Nicholson win The Masters earlier in April. As I heard Jim Nantz make the call, I remembered something that I read in Jack Canfield's book, "The Success Principles."

It seems that Jim Nantz and Golfer Fred Couples were suitemates at The University of Houston. Both had major goals. Nantz wanted to be the lead announcer on CBS and Fred Couples wanted to become a professional golfer and win The Masters. They actually playacted the event.

Fast forward 14 years to a magic moment. Couples won The Masters and he was interviewed by CBS's Jim Nantz. After the broadcast, both men shed a tear as they had reached a milestone goal. Here is what we can learn.

1. What is your goal? Nantz and Couples had clear goals of what they wanted to acheive.

2. Allow your sub concious to see yourself reach that goal. See yourself winning the award, making the speech. Think about what you will do and how you will celebrate.

3. Be willing to work for it. Couples did not win The Masters because he had a goal. He won it by having the goal and working hard to prepare for it. The same with Nantz.

4. Allow yourself the emotion once you win. Emotion is a God given thing, stop fighting and feel it.

Life is too short not to have goals; too long not to take chances; to hard not to enjoy your successes. Have a great week.

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What are you about?

Last Friday Night, January 16th, I was honored to be The Master of Ceremonies for The Branson Believer's annual awards banquet. There are a number of reasons why this night is so cool.

1. The recipients are people that the majority of folks probably would not know. It is not a "kiss-up" opportunity to the well known. It is truly an award to highlight how people live their lives.

2. The recipients do not know they are receiving awards. In many cases, they are there thinking that they are going to award someone else. The emotion is amazing and the honesty is real.

Many of the recipients talked about their passion, how they are lead to serve, and they know that they are doing the right thing. How about you? What are you about?

I think it is important to follow their lead and all of us ask ourselves those types of questions. What is our passion? What are we about? How are we making our community a better place to live.

Our Journey on this earth goes fast, even faster when we distract ourselves with things that are not our true passion. Spend some time this week, asking yourself some questions. Start with, "what am I really about?" Have a great week.

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