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Your World ENDS in 3 Years ?
This is passage from Stephen Coveys 7 Habits.
PLEASE FIND A PLACE TO READ THESE NEXT FEW PAGES where you can be alone and Uninterrupted. Clear your mind of everything except what you will read and what I will invite you to do. Don’t worry about your schedule, your business, your family, or your friends. Just focus with me and really open your mind.
In your mind’s eye, see yourself driving to the funeral of a loved one. Picture yourself driving to the funeral parlor or chapel, parking the car and getting out. As you walk inside the building you notice the flowers, the soft organ music. You see the faces of friends and family you pass along the way. You feel the shared sorrow of losing, the joy of having known, that radiates from the hearts of the people there.
As your walk down to the front of the room and look inside the casket, you suddenly come face to face with yourself. This is your funeral, three years from today. All these people have come to honor to express feelings of love and appreciation for your life.
As you take a seat and wait for the services to begin, you look at the program in your hand. There are to be four speakers. The first is from your family, immediate and also extended-children, brother’s sisters, nephews, nieces, aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents who have come from all over the country to attend. The second speaker is one of your friends, someone who can give a sense of what you were as a person. The third speaker is from your work or profession. And the fourth is from your church or some community organization where you’ve been involved in service.
Now think deeply. What would you like each of these speakers to say about you and your life? What kind of husband, wife, father or mother would you like their words to reflect? What kind of son or daughter or cousin? What kind of friend? What kind of working associate?
What character would you like them to have seen in you? What contributions, what achievements would you want them to remember? Look carefully at the people around you. What difference would you like to have made in their lives?
For me I found this passage hit hard because, when I hear people say live as if I am going to die tomorrow. I understand the meaning, but the odds are better of me marrying Meagan Good this week. The odds of me dying in next 3 years are still slim, but they amount change can make in 3 years is ………………….
Find Covey’s 7 habits of successful people on Amazon or local bookstore.
your Funeral
Add comment November 10, 2008
Hark Work
lance working out
What is the common factor between Kobe Bryant and Lance Armstrong, Bill Gates, Will Smith, and Leaders in this World ? Let me start by saying yes they all have good genes,and are talented in fields their Fields. I am not saying kobe was weakest and smallest kid in school and worked hard and became the greatest player in modern history. I am not saying Bill Gates was the dumbest kid in school and just tried really hard, and became one of the greatest minds of our time. I know the tipping point that separates them to succeed a very high level is hard work.
People don’t see Kobe Bryant in the Gym shooting a 1000 shots a day, don’t see incredible two hours of sprints and suicides , Bench presses and laterial pull downs…… They see the million dollar homes, and flashing cameras and slams dunks, and game winning baskets.
People don’t see mental toughness lance armstrong went through, they don’t see the Hours Hours of physical punishment he puts his body through. They didn’t see all the people who didn’t believe in him. They see glory of the Tour de France wins he has had, not 1 not 2 not 3 mor than he can count on one hand.
People didn’t see Bill Gates work YEARS and YEARS 7 days a week, building microsoft. They didn’t see the 16 hour days, they don’t see the lawsuits that were thrown his way. They don’t see the sleepless nights of being head of a company that employees hundreds, and now thousands of people that making decisions that could puts company at risk for order of growth. They see the richest man in world,they see “stress free” life and the charity work.
People don’t see Will putting himself out there and hoping to get a gig in his early days, people don’t see Will going close to bankrupt and stress of having no money after being a millionaire, people don’t see the workouts will smith go through to get ready for a new movie. People don’t see the constant stress of being in public eye. People see smiling in the camera and wonderful family, the girls chasing him and the Fame.
People can achieve amazing things in world, don’t wait for tomorrow start hard work today.
4 comments September 28, 2008
16 yrs old With Black CARD $$
16 yrs old With Black CARD $$
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Add comment September 22, 2008
Young Millionaires
chris from the fruit guys
Every Year Entrepreneur Magazine does a Young Millionaires issue. This year was no different aged from 28 to 39 years old. There was incredible story after incredible story. It started off with Marco Giannini,32 who started dogswell the organic dog food company. He really had a idea, and ran with it and now he his projeceted 2008 sales are $21 million. He just launched in 2004.
Next up was Anne Pawsat-Dressler,28 who started a high eng villa rental service in hawaii. She went there and felt like it was home had courage and skills to convince owners of million dollar villas to let her rent them out at young age of 24. Now her business continues to grow.
Greg selkoe, 33 Started Karmaloop and young people into hip hop/skater/ trendy clothing know karmaloop since its one the leading sellers of hottest clothes you can find around. He took his passion and turned it into a career. His customer base is really like a community,and has customer over 2 million. He projects sales of $40 million in 2008.
David Kim,29 He is harvard student who has developed a way to really make parents happy and that by having kids score higher on testing. Its a tutoring program and program gets results, and when people are happy about a product they go and tell people and word of mouth has really helped david achieve viral success. He is projected to do almost 50 million in 2008. That is what I call a success story. Tutoring is daves passion did before starting c2.
Chris Lighty , he done things like hook up rappers, and other artists with major brands. For example he hooked up 50 cent with vitimin water.
maria peevey , She is animal lover, and create fashion for pets in san fran, and yes its a major business. talking to the tune of 50 million a year in business
chris mittelstaedt, He started the Fruitguys and they deliver fresh fruits to offices all over the place. It was not smooth rode to the top. He learned about the business ups and down through the school of hard knocks
If you want achieve something you don’t have in your life you have to be willing do something you have not done before.
Jubril
2 comments September 10, 2008
Family
I know I have not wrote a post in a while. Today I want to write about the importance of family.
There are people that will be there for you when you really need them. Family doesn’t always come in the form of blood. It could be friend or that girl or guy that you grow fond of. All I know that truly healthy people have someone that they love and someone or multiple people love them. When you really need something you can count on that person, or they can count on you. Humans can not be truly happy without someone to love. That’s all I got, and remember do right by family.
Add comment September 8, 2008
