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I remember, as a high school athlete, being frustrated that college
football recruiters were not calling me or sending me letters to come to
their school. Turns out I was a good football player but not good enough
to garner national attention. So instead of waiting for them to contact
me I put two VCR's together (there wasn't any digital editing software or
even DVDs back then) and made a highlight tape of my best plays and sent
the tape to several coaches. I had never done something like this before,
after all I was only 17, but just figured out how to do it and did it.
About a month later I
started getting letters and calls to visit schools. My highlight tape
worked and coaches wanted me to play for their teams. Ironically I wound
up going to Cornell to play lacrosse instead of football but this
experience taught me the importance of initiative.
I learned that positive
actions have positive consequences; that initiative transforms potential
possibilities into more likely probabilities; and that we are the
co-creators of our destiny. I believe we all have a purpose and a destiny
but our action is required to fulfill them.
I think too many people
sit around waiting for things to happen... thinking that if it's meant to
be then by some spiritual osmosis it will happen. We wait for God to do
something while God is actually waiting on us. We are a significant part
of the equation. Without initiative we will never become the people we
were born to be and we will never do all the great things we are here to
do.
Now this doesn't mean we
should force things or take action just for the sake of doing something.
Initiative involves mobilizing and focusing your energy (thoughts, words,
choices and actions) to attract something you desire.
Thus the first question
you will want to ask is, what do I desire? What am I feeling called to
do? Would I like to attract more clients? Get a promotion? Have better
health? Enhance my professional or financial success? Find more joy and
peace? Start a non- profit? Forgive someone who wronged me? Just begin by
identifying that one thing that has been really been stirring within
you... that one thing that is calling you to action.
Then you will want to ask
yourself, what is the one thing I could do to realize my desire? What
initiative do I need to take? Instead of waiting for something to happen
what is the one thing I could do to help make it happen now. What fear
has been holding me back that I need to let go of and turn over to God in
order for me to trust and take action today?
Then with all the
positive energy you can muster, TAKE ACTION and let go of the outcome.
Initiative doesn't always create the exact outcome we want but I believe
it leads to an even better outcome than we could have imagined for
ourselves. When we take initiative we become a magnet for all the people,
synchronistic events, good fortune and life lessons that guide us towards
our destiny. So what are you waiting for?
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Sending Positive Energy Your Way,
-Jon
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