[jsfg_cinti] Denis Waitley's Weekly Ezine - Issue No. 27

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To this week's issue of the Denis Waitley International online newsletter.
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Denis Waitley

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In This Issue.....

1. Weekly Jumpstart
2. Champion Within Weekly Article
3. Weekly Seeds of Greatness
4. Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
5. Featured Product of the Week
6. Customer Feedback
7. More Information

 

1. Weekly Jumpstart

Human Capital: Skillpower in the Digital Age 

Whether you own your own business, hope to start your own business or are a
major player on a corporate or professional career team, this message is for
you. From now on, you will be paid for your "human capital," your knowledge,
skills, experience, creativity and adaptability, not on your past education,
resume, number of years in the organization, rank, and position. 

You earn an income by trading hours for dollars with a fixed salary. You
create your fortune and your future security by selling your ability and
creativity. You must act self-employed from now on, moving from employee to
entrepreneur. No matter what organization you work for, you must take
responsibility for your own career security and advancement by constantly
improving your skills and contribution. You must consider yourself a
permanent student and lifelong learner. The shelf-life of your formal
education is about 18 months. So more than graduation from a university, you
need a lifelong learning commitment. This means constantly upgrading your
computer literacy and understanding of electronic commerce and the awareness
that customer satisfaction will be the critical edge in personal branding of
products and services in the new millennium.

This week, enroll in a language or other skill-building class that will make
you more employable in the advancing world economy. 
-- Denis Waitley

 

2.  The Champion Within Weekly Article

Chase Your Passion (Not Your Pension)! by Dr. Denis Waitley (excerpted from
Reader's Digest) 

When, Lisa, our youngest daughter, earned her master's degree to start a
career as a high school English teacher. I doubt she was more excited about
her graduation than her parents were. As we entered the stadium for the
commencement services, it dawned on me that after putting seven children
through college and graduate studies, I'd finally be able to fund my
retirement plan.

It was very hot in the concrete arena. A midday sun beat squarely in our
faces. I suspected that the exercises would be long and merciless. As the
graduates filed in, I was amused to see slogans taped to their tasseled
caps. "Will work for food!" "Get my room ready, Mom!" Our daughter's read,
"Thanks Mom and Pop." Some wore bathing suits beneath their gowns. Some blew
bubbles with a pipe and soap. Most were ecstatic about finally leaving
school, visibly impatient for that night's parties and for freedom and the
opportunity to earn.

Olmos "Stood and Delivered"

As the warm-up speakers droned on about politically correct issues, I
wondered whether any time would remain for the main speaker. In fact, his
address lasted barely ten minutes, which may have set a national record for
brevity.

(Winston Churchill holds the international record: thirty seconds to repeat,
"Never give up!" nine times.) That main speaker was Edward James Olmos, the
actor-activist who played Jaime Escalante in an inspiring movie about
inner-city students called Stand and Deliver. Olmos stood up, removed his
cap, and regarded the graduates. "So we're ready to party?" he asked. "Yeah,
let's party!" they answered in unison. "I know, thank God it's Friday," he
resumed. "But commencement means to begin, not finish. You've had a
four-year sabbatical from life, and now you're ready to go out there and
earn. You're only beginning Real World 101 in your education."

"One more thing before we leave," he continued. "Please never, ever work for
money. Please don't just get a job. A job is something that many of you had
while you worked your way through college. A job is something you do for
money. But a career is something you do because you're inspired to do it.
You want to do it, you love doing it, you're excited when you do it. And
you'd do it even if you were paid nothing beyond food and the basics. You'd
do it because it's your life."

What he was saying, which I have tried to recall and interpret in my own
words is that many of you will go out and try to get the highest-paying job
possible, regardless of the industry, regardless of the opportunity,
regardless of the service or product the company may provide. If you chase
money, it may catch you - and if it catches you, you'll forever be its
slave. 

By letting money pursue you but never catch you, you'll always be its
master. By always doing what you love, loving what you do, delivering more
than you promise, you'll always be underpaid - which is how it always should
be.

For if you're paid more than you're worth, you may be restructured,
reengineered, replaced, fired, declared obsolete, disposed of. Overpaid
people are overdrawn in their knowledge bank account. People who are
underpaid for the level and quality of the service they provide are always
in demand and always ahead of the money in their knowledge and contribution.
So money and opportunity are always chasing them. This is what I got out of
the commencement speech that day.

Olmos concluded with a charged voice and moist eyes. "Chase your passion,
not your pension! Be inspired to learn as much as you can, to find a cause
that benefits humankind - and you'll be sought after for your quality of
service and dedication to excellence. This passion will make you oblivious
of quitting time and to the length of your workday. You'll awake every
morning with the passion of pursuit, but not the pursuit of money..

Those who do more than they're paid for are always sought for their
services. Their name and work outlive them and always command the highest
price. Chase your passion, not your pension!"

The graduates were stunned. Many cried with joy. I was speechless, which is
rare indeed. Olmos was no actor speaking for an honorarium. He was all
passion, pure and simple. "Maybe we should have taught that in a class," I
heard a faculty member say.

This week, chase your passion, not your pension! 

Denis Waitley

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Denis Waitley has studied, counseled and trained leaders in virtually every
field including Apollo astronauts, Olympic gold medalists, Super Bowl
champions, returning POW's, heads of state and Fortune 500 top executives. 

Denis is recognized as a world class speaker and author and has traveled the
globe sharing success ideas and strategies to thousands of companies the
past 25 years. To book Dr. Waitley to speak for your company or to be part
of your upcoming Regional or National Convention send an email to
speaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or call 877-929-0439 and ask for Hilary. 

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3. Weekly Seeds of Greatness by Denis Waitley
(This excerpt was taken from Denis Waitley's The Seeds of Greatness
Treasury)

Life is a magnificent fertile garden plot given you to till, to plant, to
nurture and to reap from. What you grow in your garden is your choice. How
you respond to the process along the way also is your choice.

Your garden will never be in a state of perfection. It will always be in
transition. 

With the end of each season is the anticipation of the next. No one season
is the best, not even harvest. It has its special joys and frequent
challenges, just as each of the other seasons.

To everything there is a season and place under heaven. There is a
magnificent rhythm and cycle to life.

Seed to sprout. Sprout to bloom. Bloom to blossom. Blossom to fruit. Fruit
to seed.

Success is a process. It cycles again and again. How you use the cycles to
produce what benefits your life and the lives of others is up to you.

The Seeds of Greatness are the responses or attitudes you develop as a
result of "seeing" the world more clearly. When you see more clearly, you
see yourself as valuable and your self-esteem grows strong. Seeing clearly
enables your imagination to create and soar. Seeing more clearly gives you
the understanding that you are responsible for learning as much and
contributing as much as you can to life.

When you see life from within, you see faith, purpose and integrity as
cornerstones of your family's foundation. You see through the eyes of love
and reach out to touch and empower all those with whom you come in contact.
Seeing from within is having the courage to adapt to change and to persevere
when the odds seem overwhelming. Seeing from within is believing that beauty
and goodness are worth planting every day.

My grandmother had planted the seeds in me as we worked in her garden, by
teaching me how to "see" life. Many people go through their lives stepping
on the flowers, while pointing out the weeds. Grandma taught me how to pull
out the weeds, while reveling in and savoring the splendor and the fragrance
of the flowers.

Whenever I find myself in a garden, my memory is flooded with images of that
most special person in my life as we used to sit and talk in the shade of
her plumcot tree those many years ago. I can hear her gentle words:

"You always get out what you put in, my child. Plant apple seeds and you get
apple trees; plant the seeds of great ideas, and you will get great
individuals. Do you understand what I mean?"

I understand now. I know you understand, too.
 

To order The Seeds of Greatness Treasury by Denis Waitley go to
http://www.jimrohn.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=460 or call 800-929-0439.



4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips

Hello and welcome back to another week covering our current topic, From
Inside to Outside: Enhancing your self-esteem and that of the significant
others in your life. This segment of coaching tips will help us master our
core values and learn to accept that we are worthy of the best, but not more
worthy than the rest. Here is our tip this week:

Make a thanks list. Write "I am thankful for the following" at the top of a
page, then three columns for People, Things and Other. List all the people
and things for which you are grateful. In the Other column, consider items
we tend to take for granted, such as freedom, health, and opportunity. Read
your list twice a day for a week and discuss it with associates and
significant family members. When disappointment clamors for attention,
review your blessings and your thanks list. Teach the members of your team
to like what they have rather than constantly trying to have what they like.

Next week we'll move on to our next tip, but for this week, make your list
and count your blessings!


DW 


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