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Step Right up & Take a Chance!
| Guest post by: Linda Sage |
Article Overview: Step right up & take a chance, no I am not urging you to buy a lottery ticket or play roulette. I am urging you to give yourself the chance to take a chance. How many times have you heard somebody say, “Well, I would have done it, but I never got the chance.” Or maybe “nobody would give me the chance to show what I could do.”
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Step Right up & Take a Chance!
Step right up & take a chance, no I
am not urging you to buy a lottery ticket or play roulette. I am urging you to give yourself the chance
to take a chance. How many times have
you heard somebody say, “Well, I would have done it, but I never got the
chance.” Or maybe “nobody would give me the chance to show what I could do.”
Well, for the most part, “chances” don’t
come up out of the blue, or only happen to other people. You make your own chances by always knowing
what it is you want, showing what you can do, & letting other people know
about it, no matter where & no matter who.
It’s like the story of a man I’ll call Joe, who had
been laid off from his job. Thinking
about applying for another job in his field, he realised that it was not what
he wanted to do with his life. He was an
avid fisherman & boater, & he had an idea for a gadget that would fit
on a boat & provide safety & protection.
One day at one of his son’s football matches, Joe was
chatting with some other parents & mentioned his idea. They replied that they knew two men who were
consultants in helping people get their inventions patented and set up. So, he contacted the consultants, and they
were so impressed with the invention, that not only did they want to help him
with the patent, but they wanted to join him in setting up a company! Joe was
on his way.
Now, that’s a case of somebody who knew that he
wanted and with that idea in his mind, was ready to talk to anybody about it,
anywhere. By living and breathing your
dream, you can find yourself in the right places, at the right time and talking
to the right people.
Many of us are shackled to the theory of study hard,
get a good job and you are safe with a pension – ha! In today’s society that is
a joke, but we still wear the blinkers and think that the world will come back
to our way of thinking – but it won’t.
Using the natural assets we have, our imagination, desire to do well,
follow a goal and talk can make all the difference between getting up in the
morning to exist, rather than getting up to follow our dream. It took me a long
time to come to this conclusion, many years or working 90 hrs a week and
getting paid for 37.5hrs, now I plan what is important to me and then plan my
working hours around them. No asking
permission for a day off, no nagging bosses, no clock watching and working in
my pyjamas if I want to! (ok not a pretty sight, but comfortable).
There are endless possibilities all around you. So, it’s up to you to make – and take – a
chance.
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About the Author: Linda Sage RSS for Linda's articles - Visit Linda's website My background is in Forensic Psychology over the past 25 years I have been mentoring,teaching and lecturing the whole range of skills and abilities from Corporate to schools. I have built my own successful MLM Business, now I am mentoring and coaching on stategies for the improvement of yourself and business. Health, nutrition, fitness and life style to enhance your quality of life. I have helped thousands of people improve themself psychologically, their bodies, relationships, financial standing and lifestyle. I write weekly columns for local papers and magazines, have worked with local radio and television programmes. I am President of Mil Palmeras Toastmasters International. I also speak publically on motivation and weight loss, how these affect entrepreneurs and limit them. Online marketing and Newbie Training is the newest area of my business, many people suffer a lot on the internet, I know I did, so now I help people see that it is not as scary as they think and definately does not have to be as expensive. Time Management and self discpline are major areas for entrepreneursas the time just seems to run away. I live on the Costa Blanca in Spain, this was one of my first goals, now I have orange and lemon trees in my garden, my passion is to set bigger goals for myself and help others do the same. Life is amazing and it should be. I have a new ebook Personal Coaching for Change which is a very proactive book, in each chapter you can build on changing things in your life. Easy to read and follow. Click here to visit Linda's website   Nobodys Perfect The Comfort of Memories Are We What We See Im Looking for a Hero How Good do You Feel |
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