Some Interesting Observations

Mental Vitamins-

From Ron Reynolds

If you pay attention to human behavior - those who succeed as well as those who don't - you can gather enough insights to change your life for the better. Here are some that I've observed over the years, and each has made more of me than what I otherwise would have been: One of two things will change our not-so-good habits into better habits - either inspiration or desperation; don't wait for the second one - desperation - because the choices it offers to us are mostly all unacceptable. In every society, a majority of the human abilities and attributes that lead to success lay within a minority of the people. Maybe that's why you sometimes have to talk to ten people to get just one who see's merit and attraction to our message. The less that people actually do, the more inclined they are to give long explanations. If you ask a simple, ten-second question and get a ten-minute answer, you might want to question the validity of the explanation. Our thoughts create our attitude, our attitude creates our habits, and our habits then create our circumstances. Therefore, don't curse your circumstances, but turn your attention to the cause of the circumstances - your own thoughts. That's what Thoreau meant when he wrote, "Some people curse the effect but continue to nourish the cause." Poor or ineffective communication is the main cause behind most of the challenges and setbacks in life, so if you want to be more effective, don't just communicate with the best among your people, communicate with all the rest of the people as well. Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future; with that thought in mind, remember that before your perfect distributor became "perfect," he or she was probably quite imperfect, and before you give up on your imperfect distributor, remember that the imperfect person may be on his or her way to sainthood. We must not weaken the strong in our efforts to strengthen the weak; to keep things in perspective, spend 80 percent of your time with the 20 percent of your distributors who are doing 80 percent of the work, and only 20 percent of your time with the 80 percent who are only doing 20 percent of the work. And, while you're trying to keep that straight in your mind, also remember that the 80 percent who only do 20 percent of the work will try to capture 80 percent of your time. We cannot do with our actions what we cannot first see with our imagination, so make certain you have a clear plan, an all-consuming vision, and then "imagine" your way into your better future by blending in passion to go along with your actions. Nothing less will do. What a tragedy it is that most people plan their vacations in great detail, but they give very little if any attention to planning their lives. What you passionately plan for and dream about, ultimately comes about, so in all of your "dreaming," make fortune your necessity.