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POSITIVE TALK... with Linda |
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The Four P’s of Personal Power How
do we go from being ordinary to extraordinary, from mediocre to
exceptional, from a practitioner to being a master and exemplifying
excellence? There are four
basic requirements for becoming a master and increasing your personal
power. 1.
Practice Practice
is something people don’t seem to want to do anymore. We want instant gratification.
Everything quick, fast and in a hurry.
But, if you want to be more than just average, you have to
practice. People who excel at what they do are those who have made a
commitment to practice. Practice
doesn’t make perfect it makes improvement.
The more your practice, the better you get.
Practice requires a commitment to growth and growth requires
practice. The only short cut
I know for getting good at anything is practice, practice, and more
practice. 2.
Patience Some people give up because it doesn’t happen
overnight, because it is difficult or it takes too long.
Impatient people are almost always inflexible and stressed out.
“Road Rage” is a prime example of impatient people in a hurry
to get no where fast. If you
ever hope to achieve lasting success you must have patience.
A problem doesn’t get better or disappear because you are
agitated. You must be willing
to face challenges, but sometimes it requires that you wait for the
solution. Always remember the
serenity prayer—Lord grant me the patience
to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I
can, and the wisdom to know the difference. 3.
Persistence Persistence
simply means never giving up.
No matter how difficult the challenge, no matter how impossible
the dream, no matter how great the odds, if you persist, refuse to give
up, stay in the race, stick it out, sooner or later things will turn
around. So many people run
out of energy and give up at or near the end of a race.
A race, often time they could have won had they stuck it out.
Never give up! Calvin
Coolidge said, "Press
on. Nothing can take the
place of persistence. Talent
will not; the world is full of unsuccessful people with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education alone will not, the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." 4. Positive Attitude Our
attitudes are reflective of the thoughts we think, ideas we harbor,
beliefs we accept, and conversations we have with ourselves. The limitations you have and the negative things you
internalize have been given to you by the world.
The things that will empower you are those that you give yourself. When
we understand the resource of our own thinking process, our own attitudes,
when we realize the power we have to do anything, to be what ever we want
to be, to do what ever we want to do, to have what ever are we want to
have is within ourselves, then we create a victorious mental attitude. You
determine the quality of your life through your attitude.
If
you want to improve your attitude, make a commitment that for the next 30
days you are going to deliberately practice choosing your attitude.
You will display an attitude of concern and respect for other
peoples' feelings. An
attitude of expectancy in your endeavors.
Express an attitude of gratitude for all that you have.
I dare you to try this for 30 days.
You will be astonished at the results this will bring. Personal
Power is the ability to direct your life, not reacting to whatever comes along.
Taking control and not being controlled by circumstance. Practicing patience in everything that you do. |
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