You. Me. Life. It's Simple, Really


It's easy for me to sit here in my study at home...looking out at this sunny but chilly world of ours...and tell you that you can be a success.

But...if you've read what I've written over the last couple of years...you'll know that I MYSELF live what I tell you.

Sure...I have 'down' days sometimes.

Sure...things don't always go to plan.

Sure...I still get nervous before doing a teleclass or before doing some speaking.

Hello! I'm human, after all!

Just.....like....YOU!

I trod the corporate path for 15 years...and told myself that I was happy.

I probably was for most of it...but in a self-centered way, of course.

It's not until now when I looked back...that I didn't REALLY like my job that much. The work quite often used to bore me...ticking off one set of figures against another...dealing with bosses who weren't in the least bit supportive ot helpful.

Yet...that was my LIFE.

But...I WAS improving...probably more than I realized at the time.

I read personal development books on my daily commute. I listened to tapes. I put into practice a lot of positive stuff I'd learned where my department was concerned.

I had the best, most-highly-motivated, and confident, team around.

Of course...I was 'sent' a way out of it all because of Connor.

Yet...I STILL tried to carry on regardless...and almost 'lost the plot' at one point.

But...then I realized something VERY important.

I ALREADY knew ENOUGH about MYSELF to KNOW what I should do with my life.

I already knew how to motivate myself at work.
I already knew that the best way to believe in myself was to see that other people believed in me (thank you)
I already knew that I could NEVER be happy in a job I hated...HOWEVER much money they paid me.

And...the funny thing is...YOU are just like ME.

YOU can DO what YOU WANT TO.

Except, usually...it's a little too much effort for you, isn't it?

At the first sign of things not going according to plan...it's back to 'square one' isn't it?

WRONG!

Even over the last few WEEKS I've had to try to deal with unexpected events that I could never have planned for.

What do I do?

I just take a deep breath...and look at how I can find the POSITIVE...and then take ACTION...and do SOMETHING!

Life is like driving a car with a flat and you haven't got a spare...you'll get where you want to go eventually...but it just takes that little bit more concentration than usual to negotiate the road ahead.

There IS a road ahead for YOU...but you MUST make sure that you are in that car first!