Team Alpha 375

Dear Readers:

Are you a starter or a finisher? Ideally, you should be both, but most people fall into the "starter" category and end up staying there. Unlike in sports, this is not a good position to play in life because by being a starter and not a finisher you never reach your potential for greatness. Starters have enthusiasm, but lack persistence. They dream about the outcome, but never devise an organized plan to achieve the end in mind. They stumble and fall and never get up. They don't push onward or upward because the struggle appears too great. If any of these descriptions apply to you, then surely you are destined to stay on the failure side of the river of life that Dr. Hill describes. Only through personal initiative backed by fearless persistence will you cross over to the success side of the river.

Many people sign up for our courses and indicate that they want to complete the three step curriculum towards Leader Certification, but few finish the process. What happens to most is that life intervenes and they drop out when it is easier to quit than to persist. Money, time, personal hardships, etc., are all offered as "legitimate" excuses for incompletion, but in reality the lack of personal initiative is the root cause. Life happens to every single one of us, but those who succeed have the conviction of their dreams plus the fortitude to work towards them. Glory requires guts.

Dr. Hill states: "The mind that has been made to receive, attracts that which it needs, just as a magnet attracts steel filings." In order to receive you must be open to making a start, and once that channel is open because you have made a start your mind will attract the means and methods needed to complete whatever task you set before yourself.

The key to unlocking the door to success is personal initiative followed by sustained action coupled with persistence. Without a motive and a customized plan to achieve it, you will remain a "starter" in life. Begin today with a desire to complete something, anything, that you want to achieve and right here and now write out a step-by-step plan to accomplish it. This is the most important part of the process, because once the directions are defined for your journey, all you have to do is begin the trip one step at a time. And, in no time you will be a "finisher" and have crossed over to the success side of the river of life and not swept away with the current distractions that life places in everyone's path.

Be Your Very Best Always,
Judy Williamson