"When One Door Closes, Another Opens; But we often stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open."

quote by Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor

One of the easiest things for us to do is to live in a time other then the present. We dwell on our past failures which prevents us from moving forward and achieving our full potential. The best thing that we can do is just to let go of the past. We have absolutely no control of it whatsoever. We waste an incredible amount of mental energy dwelling on the past which robs us of time and energy we could be putting into our dreams and goals. Remember, what we want also wants us. But we must move on from the past. The present moment is all we have.

Let's focus on today on the future that we can have an impact on. There are endless possibilities in this world that we can take advantage of, but we must let go of whatever past events or persons are holding us back.

"Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it."

quote by Jack Canfield

I think the last sentence of this quote is what most people are not willing to do, and that is to take action. This is where we must separate ourselves from the majority of people on this planet. Everything we want in life is readily available to us. But we must put the work in. We must be willing to make the sacrifices necessary for us to see our dreams become a reality. Our focus must be razor sharp. By deciding exactly what we want, we help to bring those things into our life faster.

We must study about the things we want. If we want to become wealthy, we need to study wealth. If we want to be happy, we need to study happiness. We can not leave these things to chance. We must model those who have already achieved what we want. By doing this we bring the things we want into our lives even faster.

Don't Accept Second Class Behavior From Yourself or Others

- quote by Eben Pagan

This must be one of our daily motto's. We need to repeat this to ourselves daily. In regards to other people, certain boundaries need to be established. Sometimes we need to make it clear to people that their actions are unacceptable, and that we simply will not tolerate them. We need to be clear what our values are and stand up for them. We need to be as solid as a rock when it comes to our character and our integrity. Another choice we can make is to simply not hang around people who act in ways that go against what is acceptable behavior to us.

The same must hold true with our own behavior. When we get off track, which is bound to happen from time to time, then we must immediately get back on track. If we do something that is out of character for us, we need to forgive ourselves and move on. Let us not dwell on our past mistakes. If we make a mistake, it is OK because we are human beings and we are bound to make mistakes from time to time. If we know that we are performing below our potential in this great game of life, then this is totally unacceptable and we need to step our game up.

At all times you are either getting better or getting worse. You can not stay the same.

This is a belief that we should and must adopt for ourselves. Everyday we must be making improvements in ourselves. If not, then we are going backwards. Staying in the same place is the same as getting worse.

Tony Robbins has a phrase that he has trademarked: Constant and Never Ending Improvement. Even if we make small improvements in our daily lives, those improvements begin to stack on top of one another. Over time, we can shape a new reality for ourselves if we work to improve daily. Let's ask ourselves today: What can I improve on in my life today? What area of my life am I not happy with that needs some time and attention? What habits of mine need to be stopped immediately? What new behaviors/daily would I like to start daily? Let's choose the path of growth today, and not fall into the trap of complacency and laziness.

Abraham Lincoln was a failure at everything he tried until he was well past the age of 40.

Another person who got a late start in life was Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentuckey Fried Chicken, who didn't open his first restaurant until he was 65. If we are under the age of 40, then there is definitely still plenty of time to acheive our goals and dreams. Just because we have tried a couple of things in the past and they have not worked out, that is no reason to settle for less then what we really want. The world is full of people who have tried and failed several times before they finally achieved their goals and made a significant contribution to the world. The easiest thing that we could do is to quit and think that we'll never acheive our dreams. If we have this kind of thinking, then we need to get off our ass and get inspired. Let's learn from our past and realized that we have already acheived a lot. Additionally, let's learn from others who had it worse then we had it and went on to become super successful.

“People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.”

- quote by Zig Ziglar

Our daily habits are very important and we must pay attention to them. One important thing that we should be doing everyday is to motivate ourselves everyday. In order for us to stay on top of our game daily, we must motivate ourselves each and everyday. We must read about people who achieved greatly despite having to overcome serious obstacles. We must have gratitude daily for the gifts that we have been given. It's easy for us to feel sorry for ourselves and think that we have it really bad. The reality is lots of other people have overcome so much more then we have and have went on to achieve super successes. Every single person on the planet has a story about what happened to them. Get over it. The past is in the past and no matter how much we think about, its not gonna change. Let's inspire ourselves today to create the reality that we choose so we can enjoy the future of our choosing.

We Become What We Think About Most of The Time.

quote by Earl Nightingale

How much time have we spent today thinking about our goals and dreams? Are our goals in writing where we can review them and read them several times daily? How do we expect our dreams to materialize if we don't spend time thinking about them every single day. Instead of watching other people live out their dreams on TV, how about let's spend that time visualizing our ideal selves.

We get good at what we repeatedly do. If we spend a lot of time sitting on our ass being lazy, we are becoming an expert at that. Leisure and rest is important, but we will have plenty of rest time when we're dead. Let's spend time getting good at things like exercising, networking, reading and learning, or working in our chosen profession/business and becoming a master. We must spend time working on our goals if we want them to materialize in our lives.