|
 Maintain
your belief in your dreams
It is
interesting how often we attract into our lives what we are needing at
the time. How often do you find that life is dropping hints to you about
what you should be doing and how often do you ignore these gentle taps
on you shoulder?
(Tip: If you haven't
heard about the Universal Laws of Attraction - See the film "or read the
book, The Secret", it explains the power of this law and how we can
utilise it to bring about positive change in our lives.)
In the
past couple of weeks I have been fortunate enough to attend business
network events where I have been listening to some very successful
people talk about never giving up on your dream and always maintain your
positive attitude. I have listened to Clive Savage (founder of Clive
Peeters and now owner of Clive Anthony's) talk of how he built his
businesses having never lost sight of that dream he had to build the
stores that he did. A man few may have heard of is Justin Herald who
went from turning $50 he borrowed at 25 into $13M by the age of 31 with
his branding of product under the "Attitude" name.
The other
day I was most privileged to have been offered the opportunity of
listening to Anne McKevitt a young woman who left school in Scotland at
15 to establish a home decorating and design business. An offshoot of
that business recently was sold with a turnover for the last 3 years of
£975M (that's English POUNDS by the way). That is just one of
approximately 30 companies she now runs from here in Australia.
Some key points that she made that I found worthy of sharing included:
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Barriers of entry are only barriers of the mind
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Crusade for success - be an extreme performer with absolute
supreme self belief
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Be realistic about what you do and add optimism
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Simplicity defeats complexity
Unfortunately I have also in this past week attended the funeral of a
young lady whom I had only met a few times over the past 3 years. She
was just 14½ years young when she passed away. Each time I met
her, I could not never cease to be amazed the tremendous courage and
faith she had in her own ability to deal with the brain tumour that had
plagued her life since 2001. She openly talked of her condition to
anyone and everyone and never felt sorry for herself and never gave up
believing that her life was still meaningful and that she should live it
to its fullest. I listened to her family, friends, teachers and nurses
all talk about this amazing young girl’s attitude and sense of
happiness. She never stopped smiling and laughing because she had her
dreams and many of these were realised for her. Sadly the biggest dream
was not to be.
In life we
all face situations that we do not want to go through, hardship we do
not wish to experience and sadness we would not wish upon anyone but
regretfully some of us go through some or all of these situations. What
we can do however is to take something away from the experience. For all
of us who sat in that chapel, no matter how well we each may have known
Brittany; we will remember the courage and strength to be found in this
young lady.
We all go
forward counting our own blessings and whilst feeling sorrow for her
mother and the family’s loss, we can take away the sense of courage that
she exhibited to us all.
What ever
you do in life – live your dreams and ambitions with passion and never
lose sight of what you desire. Life does not hand you your dreams on a
silver plater, you have to work consciously towards achieving them. You
must always do your best and you must come from a position of integrity.
Success is
not about having money. It is not about prestige or how you look.
Brittany was a success in life because she touched so many people in so
many ways with her joy and excitement. She didn’t judge anyone. She has
taught us all a most powerful lesson. That is her legacy and we
are all the richer for it.
Brittany
Mary Anne Andrews 9-9-1990 - 12-5-2005 |
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