A Kings Son

A great and powerful king decided to send his son to be educated in a distant land. He could have let him stay in the palace itself and brought him the best teachers and the best possible education. But the king knew that the prince will get a lot of experience when he is out of the palace. Good education plus physical distance from the palace will toughen and strengthen the confidence and independence of his son.

In that distant land, the king’s son began to study. He worked hard and experienced life differently, which made him stronger. But along with all the hard work and accomplishments, he began to enjoy the joys of life which that country offered him. He no longer felt obligated to keep all the trappings of monarchy as had to in his father's palace.
He abandoned his studies and began to neglect or postpone the execution of tasks, responsibility and duties... and all this for the parties and small pleasures that the new life offered him. Without realizing it, he began to neglect his own appearance. And people started to flinch and keep a distance from him. He had hit rock bottom!

He had slumped to a low point in his life. When the situation was so bad that he could not bear it any more, then he remembered... He recalled the king, his father, who had sent him on a journey to strengthen his capacities, and he was ashamed that he had deteriorated to such lows.

The king’s son decided to act. He decided to return to his father's palace knowing that his father wouldn’t deny him.

The king’s son came to the palace gates; he wanted to go inside, but two armed guards with bayonets blocked his way.

"I am the King's son'' he said.”We are too," they replied, laughing at the man in torn clothes with overgrown unkempt hair and beard.

After several vain attempts of trying to convince the guards to let him enter the palace, the prince decided to go close to the window of his father's room to call him.

''Father! Father!'' called the king's son.

''Father! Father!'' the king’s son cried again.

The king recognized that voice as the voice of the son he had not heard for many years. The king rushed to the window and saw a strange, unkempt looking man standing. Is that the son whom he had sent to school many years ago?

''Father, I came back and I want to come home...'' said the king’s son.

The king, whose heart was filled with longing for his son, called the guards and ordered them to bring his son into the palace.

Dear Reader,

You are the king's son!

You do not need to reach low life to go home like the king's son.

Your palace, your home is within you; it is in your heart. Listen to your heart; only there you will find the answers to your destiny and your success.

Jacob Shekrel

Jacob Shekrel is a LifeSuccess Coach who lives in Spain and is building up his International Personal Improvement coaching company: Jacob's ladder to Success - lectures, seminars and master mind groups. Please feel free to visit his website at: www.jacobsladdertosuccess.com 

The Inspirational Story Of Michael Segal

She Never Left My Side

"PUUUSH...PUUUSH," I called out to my friend, but it appeared that there was no use in trying anymore. My car was stuck in the mud and I was on a double date. Being a 16 year old boy, I wanted to make a good impression on my pretty and intelligent date. However, hearing the motor rev with the car still stuck in the mud did not earn "brownie points" for my friend or me in the eyes of our dates.

We continued to push and push, but there was no getting my car "unstuck" from the mud. Sharon, my date, was revving the car's engine while Jeff and I were pushing and pushing. Finally, I said, "Enough!" Embarrassed, I approached Sharon as she sat behind the wheel of my mother's red station wagon. Before I could speak I noticed the gear on the car: IT WAS SET ON "NEUTRAL!"

I set the gear to "drive," instructed Sharon to wait until I gave her the signal to press down on the accelerator, and then went back to help Jeff push the car out of the mud.

That was our first date. Even though it resulted in my getting mud on my slacks, Sharon caused me to have love in my heart. I was "stung" by the Love Bug.
Sharon and I dated seriously throughout high school. I went away to college as Sharon was finishing her senior year in high school. Our love, which was blooming, was only matched in size by our long-distance telephone bills.

The next year, Sharon joined me at the University of Texas. We were so happy. We thought we were at the top of the world. We thought our lives were set. That was true until that eventful evening when in a split second our lives changed forever.

On February 18, 1981, we were studying at the library of the University. It was late and Sharon told me that she had to return to her dormitory to go to sleep. We slid into my car and headed toward her dorm, but, unfortunately, my gas gauge was registering "empty." I pulled into a nearby convenience store, borrowed $2 from Sharon, and walked into the store to pay for the gas.

Things do not always work out as one plans them. Unfortunately, the store was in the midst of a robbery, and one of the thieves forced me into the cooler. He followed me, pushed me to the floor, and calmly shot me in the back of the head -- execution style!

The story does not end there. Yes, the criminal thought I was dead; thus eliminating any witness to the crime. However, when the thieves left the store, I still had a faint pulse.

Very few people believed I would remain alive much longer. That is why the police transferred my case to the Homicide division. That is also why the neurosurgeon when he was awakened at his home to see me at the hospital came quickly but returned home as he believed an operation would be futile.

However, when the doctor returned to the hospital in the morning, he was shocked to see that I was still alive. He told my parents that an operation was necessary, but he added that he would be surprised if I survived the surgery.

I fooled all of the medical experts and survived the surgery. However, the surgeon warned my parents that even though I was still breathing I would probably never be able to communicate with anyone or understand anyone who was attempting to communicate with me. Basically, the surgeon stated, I would be "a vegetable."
Hearing those words, my father told Sharon, "Get on with your life."
Sharon quickly replied, "Mike is my life."

Even though we were not yet married, Sharon believed in the vows, "in sickness and in health." She dropped out of college for one semester to be with me at the Rehabilitation Hospital in Houston where I was eventually transferred. Sharon was spending her time with her "drooling boyfriend in the hospital" while other college freshmen were spending their time at parties.

Eventually, Sharon returned to Austin to continue her college education. Once again we had enormous phone bills.

My goal was to also return to Austin, to the University of Texas, to be with Sharon. Eighteen months after no one thought I would survive, I accomplished that goal. One of the primary reasons was ... Sharon; my love, who refused to give up or give in.

Four years after returning to college I graduated. For me, that meant I could finally propose to Sharon, my light at the end of the dark tunnel. She was the one who would always encourage me to look forward and not to focus on the past.

On a beautiful day in May, Sharon and I exchanged vows and were married. We were meant to be together. We had dated for nine long and eventful years, but I realized at the wedding that it was worth everything. Sharon was truly my soulmate.

We have been married for many years and we have a beautiful daughter, Shawn. We have experienced so much -- some bad, but more, much more, good.
This is not merely a "love letter" to my wife. Rather, it is the story of a girl's overcoming everyone's "rational" thoughts to stay behind with her critically injured boyfriend. To me that shows what kind of woman Sharon is--a beauty both inside and out. Further, it shows the lesson of never giving up on one's dreams. I give Sharon all the credit for my recovery--not me. I don't know where I would be without her--definitely not where I am today.

Sharon, I love you so very much.

Michael Segal, (c)2003 all rights reserved

Other products by Michael


Colour From The Dark 
A Tribute to a Baker

They said he'd spend his life as a "Vegetable"...

By Clifford Mee

Imagine if you had a child who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth.

Imagine if he could not walk, speak, or do much of anything.

And imagine if doctors told you that he was going to be a "vegetable" them rest of his life, that you were better off putting him in an institution.

What would you do?

Dick Hoyt was faced with this exact same situation when his son Rick was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck.

But rather than listen to all the doctors, Dick and his wife decided to treat Rick like a regular child.

Soon they discovered that Rick was actually quite intelligent. He learned his alphabet. And he even learned to communicate with a special computer.

But what is probably most amazing is that Dick began to run. And when he ran, he took his son Rick with him.

After that first run, Rick told his dad, "Dad, when I'm running, it feels like I'm not handicapped."

This was the beginning of a special bond between Dick and Rick. They began to do marathons and triathlons together.

Dick pushes Rick while he runs, pulls him while he swims, and carries him on a special bicycle when he bikes.

As of February 2008, Dick and Rick Hoyt had competed in 958 endurance events, including 65 marathons and six Ironman triathlons.

They've literally inspired the world. (Their YouTube videos have been watched MILLIONS of times.)

Now, most of us don't face anywhere near the challenges that Dick and Rick have faced in life.

We can walk. We can talk. We can do pretty much whatever we want.

And yet, at the same time, most of us are just floating through life, settling for mediocrity.

We're letting little things get in our way.

Isn't it time you stopped settling for an average life... and began to unleash your full potential?

Be all you can be!

Books:


Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential


Be The Best You Can Be

Are You Motivated By Fear?

By Dr Robert Anthony

"It's alright to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation." - Dr. Rob Gilbert

The tendency for most people is to get into a comfort zone and
build a nice little nest there. The comfort zone is made up of all
the thoughts we've had and all the things we've done often enough
to feel comfortable thinking or doing them. Anything that threatens
to push us out of our nest makes us feel uncomfortable.

"Uncomfortable" is a catchall term that encompasses many emotions;
fear, unworthiness, doubt, anger, hurt and distrust, to name a
few. Since we have labeled these emotions as "bad", we don't want to
feel them and so we crawl back into our nests.

It can be argued that there are really only two human emotions,
fear and love and that all other emotions are variations on
these two themes. Any negative emotion is a spin-off of
fear. Except for rare occasions, most of the fear that we
experience is over imagined circumstances or consequences. But,
since fear keeps us from doing things, we never really check out
the validity of the fear itself. A feedback loop of fear ? not
doing ? ignorance ? then back to fear develops.

When something pushes us out of our comfort zone we feel some
variation of fear. The bodily sensations that go along with fear
are something that we have come to label as "bad" and we want
to avoid them at all costs. Let's look at what happens when the
body feels fear; adrenaline, glucose and other energy producing
chemicals are released into the bloodstream. Our senses actually
sharpen when non-essential fears such as, "Did I remember to TiVo
Lost?", pop up and we gain an instant ability to focus on the task
at hand.

When we are outside of our comfort zone, most of the time, the only
thing we are in danger of is learning something new. What is
helpful in learning something new? Energy, clarity and the ability
to focus - all available to you via your friend, fear.

Now, am I saying that fear is the best motivator? No, but I am
saying that you can change the way you look at the sensations that
fear produces. Do you realize that, at a somatic level, excitement
feels pretty much the same as fear? So what I'm suggesting is that
the next time you get pushed out of your comfort zone and you feel
the adrenaline of fear, instead of crawling swiftly back into the
safety of your nest, change the way you look at it. Choose to
experience the sensations of excitement and use the clarity, energy
and increased focus at your disposal to say "YES" to the experience
and learn something new!

Get the Secret of Deliberate Creation Today

Books By Dr Robert Anthony

Dr Robert Anthonys Advanced Formula For Total Success


Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want


Think Big

LET US TAKE TODAY

Tomorrow is not promised us
So let us take today
And make the very most of it
The one we pass this way
Just speak aloud the kindly thought
And do the kindly deed
And try to see and understand
Some fellow creature's need
Tomorrow is not promised us
Nor any other day
So let us make the most of it 

 - Louis Mae Hogan

Make the most of your day

Be all you can be!

Recommended Books:

Time Management In an Instant: 60 Ways to Make the Most of Your Day (In an Instant (Career Press))


Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity


Time Management from the Inside Out, Second Edition: The Foolproof System for Taking Control of Your Schedule -- and Your Life

How to Break Through To Success

Author unknown

The article below I got from a friend, and although it talks about online success, it can really be applied to success in general:

Are You One of the 98% Having Difficulty Achieving Online Success? - Or One of the 2% who enjoys online success and always seems to 'get paid '? 


If you haven't even recognized your plight before, keep reading - because the following information could help you transform your life! Read on..... How good would it be if you discovered today that just through reading this article you've found what is possibly the best way in the whole world to join the 2% who win big and enjoy online success? First of all, lets look at some of the features of the two different groups in question- the 92% who fail and the 2% who don't! Over time, studies show us the following results: 


The '2 Percenters':

• Just like you, its most likely that the '2% ' have reasonably functional brains and hands and fingers they can manipulate to do things. 
• They're typically very good at doing the best for themselves and are generally already on a path that makes success possible or even guarantees their success!
• From a psychological perspective,either the 2% have recovered from the damage inflicted on them by their parents and teachers, or they weren't damaged too severely.

The '98 percenters':

• Typically, the 98% are on a path that makes success difficult perhaps impossible even.Typically, the 98% have not recovered from the damage inflicted on them during their early life and If you're among the 98%, it's possible that you've been damaged to the extent that there's no reasonable hope of recovery. 
• This group suffers from not having acquired certain pivotal skills, keeping them stuck at low levels of incompetence, mediocrity, and failure. There are certain factors that BLOCK their success -- and they don't have the pivotal skills required to remove such blocks.
• If you consider yourself to be among the 98%, your first challenge is to find out if there's a possibility that you can learn to use your brain, hands, and fingers well enough to succeed. Try this free study session - You can learn much more about this aspect and receive excellent free information.(see link below)

Your second challenge is to CHANGE DIRECTION and SHIFT TO A DIFFERENT PATH where you can learn to use your brain, hands, and fingers well enough to succeed. Do You know these 7 steps to becoming a '2 percenter '?


1. Recognition of where you're at - If you're reading this chances are you're a 2 percenter looking for direction. So do something about that.

• Look in the mirror, take a good look into your reflection - look yourself in the eye and ask the question "Am I prepared to do what it takes to change?"
• Make a decision and a commitment to do whatever it takes and start today! You might begin with seeking out Daily Messages and motivational and inspirational sayings which help energize you as you set about your daily activities: for example, Abe Lincoln was believed to have said," If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first 4 hours sharpening the axe!

"Achievements are the accomplishment of persistent individuals." James Jones


 2. Discover the Missing Success Factors:

• the "Unstoppable Success Secret" and the "Stuckistic Breakthrough" - that makes online success inevitable. 
• There's some wonderful information available online and offline which can provide you with a source of self-education about success factors and motivation to get you started you might like to try here: It's free too! 

3. Learn some skills and discover:

• How you can learn ways to raise Your financial IQ so you become wealthier faster! 
• Develop a mindset toward accumulating money as opposed to spending what you haven't got.
• How to earn a dollar every day.
• How to get dozens or even hundreds of "Brokers" and "Agents" who help grow your earnings!
• Learn the power of leverage, ways you can apply it (even in simple ways) to double, treble your money.
• Assets you can buy for an affordable price that can quickly grow and multiply your investment! 
• Do your homework. Look for the opportunities, learn the necessary skills and put them into practice. Follow this succinct advice from a highly successful Australian speaker Doug Malouf, "Practice, Rehearsal and Drill! 

4. Learn how to manage your finances - even leverage your credit card or whatever financial services are currently available to you. If you're coming from a position of being 'broke' here's something you can do:

• Decide what's important in your life - example: Maintaining your own Good Health is vital! Without good health you may not find suitable employment or even be able to perform some simple actions to better your position. 
• Consider your 'Spiritual needs' - feeling good about yourself and understanding your relationship with God or your spiritual beliefs.
• Harmonious Relationships - involve your partner / friend to share your thoughts, provide you with help and advice when you need another point of view.
• Develop a routine - a foundation of daily activities designed to ensure you're heading in the right direction each day. Consider this your 'Road Map'!

5. Maintain your good health and wellness.

• If you find yourself spending hours upon hours sitting at your desk 'working' online - STOP! 
• Take a break with simple exercise go out meet people,
• Talk to people and walk to get your blood flowing around your body again - then come back refreshed and resume your efforts.

6 Set Goals - "A dollar a day"

• At the very basic level, this is one very practical philosophy that works very well and brings immediate tangible results- most important from a motivational point of view! 
• Before you spend a dollar ask yourself, "Do I need to buy this?" or "Can I find another, less expensive solution that will get me the same or better result?" You may be surprised how much you can achieve and money you can save using this simple method.

7. Monitor your progress and talk to people - Find out what works for them!

• Looking at item 6 above - At the end of each day sum up the savings you've made and give yourself a pat on the back! 
• Seek out any people you regards as being '2 Per-centers' and ask them for advice, tips and tricks.
• Attend forums online, join business meetings in your area - there's often several small groups in any community who'll share their knowledge and know-how - you just have to seek them out.

Summary. What all this should be saying to you is this. "You are either STUCK, or UNSTOPPABLE, or somewhere in between these two extremes!" It's essential to recognize WHERE you are in order to be able to determine what you have to do to get where you want to be! With a little focus and help you can acquire the Pivotal Skill that enables you to view and examine the origins of the blocks that have kept you stuck and prevented you from achieving online success. 

Make a Start here.

Books on Success: 

The Success Book 

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success 

Lifes Little Treasure Book On Success 

You Are Your Own Enemy

by Hannah du Plessis

"Our duty as men and women is to proceed as if limits to our ability do not exist"- Pierre de Chardin

Yesterday we discussed how what others say and do can limit us. Today, we look at how we can harm ourselves.

Your own self-talk - your thoughts - can limit you. Don’t limit yourself by what you think and say. Keep your thoughts positive. When you think a negative thought, quickly find something to be grateful for and replace it with that thought. Don’t choke your own creativity by thinking negatively.

Don’t doubt yourself because it holds you back. Don’t be afraid of taking risks because what is the worst that could happen: you’ll fail and learn something?

William Shakespeare said: “Our doubts are traitors which tempt us to lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt."

Werner von Braun was one of the scientists responsible for developing the propulsion systems of rockets that got the first satellite into space and the first man on the moon. He said: "Man belongs where man wants to go"

What does that tell you about limits? There are none!!!

Do you want to change your world? Do you want to change your income, your marriage, your level of happiness? Then take the word "impossible" out of your vocabulary.

Everything is possible!!

You live according to what you believe, and you will believe that which you repeat to yourself. 

Speak the truth:

• Today I will have an incredible day
• I am a Winner and have a winning attitude.
• Today I will work hard and put in massive action. 
• I will do what others are not willing to do. 
• I will persevere with enthusiasm and determination. 
• I will plan, and reach my goals. Everything is possible. 
• I have unlimited potential. I will live with passion throughout this day 
• I'll do what it takes. 
• I will embrace my opportunities to learn, grow, help, and love people. 
• I will persevere against all odds. 
• I will succeed!

Write out your own self-talk that you can read to yourself every morning.

Break through to success!

Tomorrow: Our past limits us



Books on success:


The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be 


Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals 


Success Is Not an Accident: Change Your Choices; Change Your Life 

What Is Success?

By Hannah du Plessis

When you look at a person who owns his own business, or businesses, you get the feeling of power. You see the person as a powerful person who makes important decisions that affect many people. An example of power is the TV reality program “The Apprentice.” We see Donald Trump in such a position and making such decisions.

So we learn that “power” is a virtue; something that someone who has worked hard to be in a position of leadership or authority has. We see that person as “successful” in his career or occupation. Many people strive for positions of power which make them feel successful. Many a crime has been committed for this feeling of power. 

But is this view of power real power? What is power really? What is success?

Henry Ford’s definition:

"To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success."

Indeed “power” is the counterfeit of “success.” Many people think that when they feel powerful, they are successful. However, those who have true power build something bigger than themselves; something that benefits mankind, something that gives back to the world. They use their power to create. 

What can you create today that is bigger than you? What do you have in you that you can give back to the world?

Stay motivated and inspired!

Books on Success:

The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be 

Success Is Not an Accident: Change Your Choices; Change Your Life 

The Real Truth about Success: What the Top 1% Do Differently, Why They Won't Tell You, and How You Can Do It Anyway!

Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals

How To Instantly Change Your Beliefs

By Dr Robert Anthony


We live in a belief-driven universe. The beliefs we have, most of which are unconscious, determine what we see. We are interpreting everything around us through the lens of our Personality Filters, which are really our filters of belief. Once we become aware of our filter and beliefs we can change. We will see an abundance of everything we are looking for and realize it was there all along.

Everything you want is available to you, but you won't see it until you turn on the perception that allows you to see it.

Our society is rapidly becoming one of "entitlement" which is the dark side of expectations. I hear some of my clients complaining that they are just as good, talented, knowledgeable or experienced as someone who is very successful in their field. They feel "entitled" to more success and expect that simply by being good at what they do, they will reap the rewards.

The problem is they are not engaged in the active pursuit of that success. Successful people are fully engaged. They read one new book a week, take classes, experiment, take risks and take action every day.

They don't THINK about getting on the ride. They GET on the ride.
They don't THINK of getting in the game, they GET in the game.
They don't HOPE for or THINK about expanding their business.
They become fully ENGAGED in the process of expanding their business.

You don't do this by just using positive thinking or affirmations like "I know I can". You are not the little engine that could.  You are the little engine that DOES! 

Change your beliefs today


Books by Dr Robert Anthony:


Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want


Think Big