"The virtue you would like to have, assume it is already yours, appropriate it, enter into the part and live the character just as the great actor is absorbed in... the part he plays."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet
I think "acting as if" is one of the most important concepts to achieving success. Also, "faking it till you make it" would be another one that goes along with this. I don't think that successful people just automatically become a certain way. They decide what kind of person they would like to become, and then they act the part. They make a decision.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Ask and You Shall Receive.
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." - Matthewe 7:7
This is one of my favorite bible passages. Very simply saying: If you know what it is that you want, you are probably going to get it. People always say "Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it." I have found this to be true in so many cases. That is why now I'm sure to only ask for good things and I like my thoughts to be positive. So in other words, we should know what we want so we will get it.
The bible passage also says: Seek and you shall find. In my own personal experience I believe that we should seek wisdom and guidance from God.
This is one of my favorite bible passages. Very simply saying: If you know what it is that you want, you are probably going to get it. People always say "Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it." I have found this to be true in so many cases. That is why now I'm sure to only ask for good things and I like my thoughts to be positive. So in other words, we should know what we want so we will get it.
The bible passage also says: Seek and you shall find. In my own personal experience I believe that we should seek wisdom and guidance from God.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Creating Your Own Heaven on Earth
One of the best quotes I've ever heard was by Wayne Dyer. He said: "Heaven on Earth is a choice you must make, not a place you must find."
I love that. That is my personal quest, to define what heaven on earth looks like in my eyes. Then go to work making that vision a reality.
I don't believe people do this at all, or they don't believe that it is possible. Of course, no one really knows what heaven really looks like. And I really don't care to get into any religious debates about whether or not heaven exists. I'm just saying that its definitely something that is realistic.
My boss at work (right now I work at Gold's Gym in downtown Manhattan) tells me that I need to think outside the box. This is coming from a guy who weighs 100 pounds more than I do (I weigh 175). But anyways, thinking outside the box can be applied to achieving heaven on earth. Why should we settle for mediocrity? That's just not me, I'd rather be dead then to settle for an average boring life.
I love that. That is my personal quest, to define what heaven on earth looks like in my eyes. Then go to work making that vision a reality.
I don't believe people do this at all, or they don't believe that it is possible. Of course, no one really knows what heaven really looks like. And I really don't care to get into any religious debates about whether or not heaven exists. I'm just saying that its definitely something that is realistic.
My boss at work (right now I work at Gold's Gym in downtown Manhattan) tells me that I need to think outside the box. This is coming from a guy who weighs 100 pounds more than I do (I weigh 175). But anyways, thinking outside the box can be applied to achieving heaven on earth. Why should we settle for mediocrity? That's just not me, I'd rather be dead then to settle for an average boring life.
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