| years from now you will be more disappointed by | | | | inexperienced drivers, as they are rounding the |
| the things that you didn't do than by the ones | | | | curve, will stay visually focused on the curve they |
| you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away | | | | are trying to clear. And guess what happens? You |
| from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in | | | | got it
they end up smashing right into the |
| your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." | | | | curve! More experienced professionals will |
| -Mark Twain | | | | immediately shift their focus in the opposite |
| FOCUS + FEELING + ACTION = ATTRACTION | | | | direction of the curve and thus get past it. Are |
| While I don’t believe in pat formulas for | | | | you focusing on your problems or solutions? |
| success, I’d like to share some ingredients | | | | If you have the focus and feeling down pat (your |
| for attracting more of what we want in life. It | | | | doing your mantras, writing your goals, developed |
| goes like this: whatever we FOCUS on, FEEL, and | | | | your plan, are experiencing passionate feelings of |
| ACT on, we ATTRACT. Call it a recipe for | | | | reaching your desired objective) but are not |
| success’ if you will. (Not "THE" recipe, but | | | | taking daily and consistent action towards your |
| "A" recipe). If any of these ingredients are | | | | goal, again you will always be coming just short of |
| missing, there’s less chance of manifesting | | | | your desired outcome. |
| what you want. | | | | There are some extras that I’d like to add. |
| If you have the mental focus (i.e. you write down | | | | If after you’ve done everything humanly |
| your goals/objectives, put them in a visible place, | | | | possible, you place your FAITH and trust in the |
| say your daily mantras/affirmations) but lack the | | | | natural process that creates all things, and stop |
| feeling of what it would actually be like to | | | | worrying and fretting, you will attract more of |
| accomplish your goal, you can say your | | | | what you want in abundance. Think about it, |
| affirmations till your blue in the face and nothing | | | | would you plant a flower seed in the soil, and |
| would happen. | | | | after a week of waiting, watering, and giving it |
| Likewise if you have powerful feelings and are | | | | lots of love and sunshine, dig it up and yell, "WHY |
| doing lots of activity but are lacking focus and | | | | AREN’T YOU GROWING! YOU’RE |
| direction, you will burn out fast without | | | | USELESS!"? Well, isn’t that what we do |
| accomplishing much. In fact, if you’re focus | | | | with our own dreams sometimes? |
| is misplaced, you could end up courting disaster. | | | | Finally, if you add the HERO ingredient of |
| Take a look at professional race car driving. Some | | | | SERVING others, of reaching your dreams by |
| of the deadliest accidents occur right when drivers | | | | also helping others and creating value for other |
| are rounding the curve. Some of the | | | | people, you will live a much more fulfilling life. |