The words of a champion become his deeds and his legacy. Enjoy the words of someone who believed in himself and made his dreams come true, namely Muhammad Ali:
- “I’ve seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.”
- “The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights.”
- “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.”
- “I’m so fast that, last night, I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.”
- “Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.”
- “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”
- “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
These are LOSER sayings:
- “I’ll TRY”
- “IF I can”
- “I HOPE so.”
- “More or less”
- “I GUESS”
- “I’ll do my best”
- “It wasn’t my fault - I couldn’t help it”
5 Step Recipe for Success
Winners take responsibility and make their dreams come true. Here is Paul J. Meyer’s recipe for success:
#1 — Crystallize Your Thinking
Determine what specific goals you want to achieve: short range, long range, tangible and intangible. Writing crystallizes thought, and thought motivates action. When your goals are clear and vivid, they act as a magnet that draws you to them.
#2 — Develop Your Plan
Develop a working plan for achieving your goal and a deadline for its attainment.
#3 — Create Sincere Desire
Create within yourself a sincere desire for the things you want in life. A burning desire is unquestionably the greatest motivator of every human action.
#4 — Develop Supreme Confidence
Develop supreme confidence in yourself and your abilities. Confidence helps you deal honestly with your shortcomings and compels you to make needed corrections. Successful people never give mental recognition to the possibility of failure.
#5 — Choose Dogged Determination
Dogged determination is a choice, so choose to follow through on your plan regardless of circumstances, obstacles, criticism, or what other people say, think, or do. It matters little what the past has been except for the lessons we have learned from it. Our prime concern should be the necessary changes we must make to create a happy and successful future. Change brings with it a compelling motivation to create something new, to reach for a shining star, no matter how elusive it may be. In addition to a willingness to change, develop an “I will not be denied” philosophy.
