EMPOWER YOURSELF: 5 Pillars Of Commitment For Your Success

EMPOWER YOURSELF: 5 Pillars Of Commitment For Your Success: Reflection # 7 of 260 Reflections from the book, Reflective Empowerment, that was judged by Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars...

5 Pillars Of Commitment For Your Success

Reflection # 7 of 260 Reflections from

the book, Reflective Empowerment,

that was judged by Reader Views as

the Walsh Seminars Award for Best

Personal Growth Book of the Year, 2010.

Reflection 7. Five Pillars of Commitment for your success

Your commitment should be to keep doing what you agreed with yourself, and with others to do, despite your reluctance, and strong feeling not to continue to do it. Success is the result of making and keeping commitments with yourself, and others. The 5 Pillars of Commitment for your success are:

• Continuous life long learning

• Follow your dreams powerfully, and without reserve

• Do your best always, although it might mean leaving your

comfort zone

• Pursue a life of love, and kindness

• Persevere with your will to win and succeed

There are also 4 Agreements of Life that you should make with

yourself to power and guide your success. These agreements are:

• Do not make assumptions. Enquire and clarify what the situation is.

Do not believe that you can read the other person’s mind. Often you

will be wrong, and making assumptions destroy relationships.

• Do not take things personally. Most times what a person says or does

is a reflection of the baggage the person is carrying. People’s wrong

opinion of you should not become your reality.

• Always be your word. Whatever you say, honor it, and to do this you

must be careful, in the first place, with what you say

• Give your best efforts at all times. No one can blame you if you have

given your all. You design your future by what you do from moment

to moment. Thus, every moment is precious and valuable; so invest

in your life moment by moment through following the 5 Pillars of

Commitment, and the 4 Agreements of Life outlined above.

You have the power to be your best by starting each day with speed of action, continuing the momentum during the day, and finishing the day with strong commitment. You have the talent within to shine brightly in your life. Release your brilliance. You can do it.

EMPOWER YOURSELF: Cherish and Polish Your Gift of Speech

EMPOWER YOURSELF: Cherish and Polish Your Gift of Speech: Reflection # 6 of 260 Reflections from the book, Reflective Empowerment, that was judged by Reader Views as the ...

Cherish and Polish Your Gift of Speech

Reflection # 6 of 260 Reflections from the book, Reflective Empowerment, that was judged by

Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars

Award for Best Personal Growth Book

of the Year, 2010.

Reflection 6. Cherish and polish your gift of speech

One of your greatest gifts is that you are able to speak. This permits you to let others

know how you think, feel, and the vision you have for your life. You use speech to convey your innermost feelings, your core values, your expectations, and your hurts.

The tragedy is that since you were speaking from about age 2, and you have

made your way reasonably well in the world, you may think that you do not

need to polish your speaking skills. Yes, you can take your gift of speech to a

higher level. You can polish the speaking gem that you already have. It will improve

the chances of your being more successful. If you understand some of the

elements of effective speaking, you can enhance the power of your messages on

a daily basis every time you speak.

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EMPOWER YOURSELF: PAIN IS A BAROMETER FOR ACTION

EMPOWER YOURSELF: PAIN IS A BAROMETER FOR ACTION: Reflection # 5 of 260 Reflections from the book, Reflective Empowerment, that was judged by Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars A...

PAIN IS A BAROMETER FOR ACTION

Reflection # 5 of 260 Reflections from the book, Reflective Empowerment, that was judged by

Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars

Award for Best Personal Growth Book

of the Year, 2010.

Reflection 5. Pain is a barometer for action

The world is so constructed that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures you must also

endure its pains. You cannot have one without the other. To get to the mountain

top, you have to pass through the valley of despair, and you have to endure and

overcome the slope of the hill. To enjoy the beauty of the rose, you have to accept

the threat of the thorn. You achieve to the extent that you overcome the

negative. Achievers are willing to pay the price of achievement.

The battle of life requires continuous effort and sustained application: this

translates to sacrifice and pain. If there were nothing to struggle for, there would

be nothing to be achieved. If there were no difficulties or pain, there would be

no success or achievement. When you achieve anything you seldom really appreciate

it, if it comes easily. If the prize is worthwhile, most times you have to

sacrifice your time, relationships, energy and money. There are no gains without

pains.

There is another aspect of pain; it alerts you to the fact that something is

not quite right with the situation. This enables you to consider taking action to

correct the imbalance.

EMPOWER YOURSELF: BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

EMPOWER YOURSELF: BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS: Reflection # 4 from the book, Reflective Empowerment, that was judged by Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars Award for Best Perso...

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

Reflection # 4 from the book, Reflective Empowerment, that was judged by

Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars

Award for Best Personal Growth Book

of the Year, 2010.

Reflection 4. Building relationships

You are so different from other persons that you have a unique DNA. This means

that to have a good and proper relationship with someone else requires a common

platform where you can relate to each other with a common understanding.

This is definitely not easy to do.

Despite individual uniqueness, there are some elements and core values that

are common to most humans. Thus, if you can adopt them, there is a good

chance that you can develop and improve any relationship. There are four areas

of credibility that foster good relationships. These are:

• Credibility with yourself. Do you believe in who you are, and what you

do. Then, others can believe in you, and trust you.

• Credibility of your intent. What is your intention in the relationship?

Is it for your exclusive benefit, or is it for your mutual benefit?

• Credibility of your capacity. What is your capability, skills and talents

in relation to what you are purporting to deliver?

• Credibility of the results of your track record. Your ability to get things

done, and to make things happen.

There are certain behaviors of people who are highly trusted in relationships.

Three of these key behaviors are:

• You must demonstrate concern for the other person

• You must deliver results consistently

• You must be your word, and keep your commitments rigorously—no

excuses

Deepen these elements of behavior, and you will surely experience enhanced

relationships.

EMPOWER YOURSELF: BEYOND HOPE

EMPOWER YOURSELF: BEYOND HOPE: Empowerment, that was judged by Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars Award for Best Personal Growth Book of the Year, 2010. ...

BEYOND HOPE

Empowerment, that was judged by

Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars

Award for Best Personal Growth Book

of the Year, 2010.

Reflection 3. Beyond hope

Hope is a necessary element in your success equation. Hope is the longing and

wishing for something you do not have, but believe that having it will enhance

your life. Hope is merely your intention that something of importance will happen

in your life, but at the moment it is not clearly achievable. In fact, being

alive always triggers the possibility to hope.

Anyway, be careful that you do not use the concept of hope as a conditioned

belief that there is nothing that you can do, but sit back and hope for the best.

This conditioned belief puts you in a powerless pattern, and stifles the vibrant

action that you could otherwise take to manifest your intention of hope.

Hope is important as it raises your expectations of achievement, and what

you expect you get. However, hope on its own is not enough. You have to go beyond

hope to ACTION. This is akin to the admonition of, faith without works is

dead. Hope without action is fantasy.

You can live in hope, and just wish and wait for things to happen. Alternatively,

you can go beyond the waiting game, and design strategies and plans that will

take you nearer to realizing your hope.

So, what are you hoping for in your life? Review what is the most important

thing you are HOPING for in your life. Consider whether you are taking serious

relevant action to bring your most priority HOPE to fruition. If you are not

developing serious action plans, then start to develop, and activate those plans.

If you are already taking action on your cherished hope, double the effort, and

be consistent in its pursuit. You will then gloriously enter your Door of Hope.

EMPOWER YOURSELF: Believe beyond the present moment

EMPOWER YOURSELF: Believe beyond the present moment: Reflection # 2 from the book, Reflective Empowerment, that was judged by Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars Award for Best Personal ...

Believe beyond the present moment

Reflection # 2 from the book, Reflective Empowerment, that was judged by Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars Award for Best Personal Growth Book of the Year, 2010.

Reflection 2. Believe beyond the present moment

Your success depends on the belief you have in yourself. You want something

different in your life. You do not have it at the moment, but do you believe that

you can attain it? Unless you believe that you can attain it, you will not. You

have previous successes, and therefore you can have the confidence that you are

up to achieving what you want in life. You learned to walk, talk, eat, and think.

You passed exams, and you are doing many varied things each day. You have a

history of success, and you can build on this expertise.

A setback in life is that you do not clearly and specifically determine what

you want. For example, you may say that you want a house. That is not specific

enough. You must determine, the size and cost of house, the possible areas

where the house should be, and the time frame in which you want to occupy it.

The more specific you can be, the more likely it will be achieved.

A second element to achieve what you want is that you must be passionate

about it. Not warm, or cold, but hot. You must really love having it, and get joy

and fulfillment from its attainment. Next, you must develop plans, and strategies

to deliver it, including polishing your skill-set in relation to your desires.

Finally, you must take massive, consistent, relevant action to materialize

your desires. Keep reviewing your progress, and make appropriate changes to

your game plan where necessary.

You must believe in yourself to be the success that you want to be. Belief

in oneself is half of the battle of achievement. Putting it another way, if you

believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you cannot, you will prove

yourself right. Belief is the self-starting switch that gets you off the launching

pad. Believe in yourself and soar like an eagle!

EMPOWER YOURSELF: You can transcend your despondency

EMPOWER YOURSELF: You can transcend your despondency: Reflection # 1 from the book, Reflective Empowerment, that was judged by Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars Award for Best Personal ...

You can transcend your despondency

Reflection # 1 from the book, Reflective Empowerment, that was judged by Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars Award for Best Personal Growth Book of the Year, 2010.

Reflection 1. You can transcend your despondency

Are you distressed, despondent, down-spirited, or depressed? Most persons experiencing such debility are not exploring their full potential. You become bored because you are not taking action consistent with he skill set and talents that you have. You make excuses for your condition, but you do not accept that it isyour responsibility to change things. If you want things to change, you have to change. You cannot continue doing the things you have been doing for the past twelve months and expect to get a different outcome than your present situation.Choose to change your current game plan.

One approach is to decide on a goal beyond the narrow confines of yourself. If you have a goal that helps others, while providing you with personal fulfillment and/or income, then perhaps you will have something to wake up for in the morning. Each person will have a different calling. You must decide what are your gifts and talents,where there is a need, and your wholesome desire to act on the opportunity.

There is another approach you can take. Tomorrow morning when you awake, ask yourself, why am I alive today? Document what comes to you in response to that question. Repeat the exercise on your awaking for the next six days (seven days in all). As you follow this process, you will experience a deepening and better understanding of your purpose. You will also find that your life becomes more meaningful and fulfilled.

Be relentless in the quest for your significance.