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31 Dec 2010 Triumph On Last Day Of Year!
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lampToday, the last day of the year, in 1879 there was a triumph celebrated!

Of course there were probably many triumphs celebrated on that day that we will never know about.

But this one made history!

Thomas Edison gave his first public demonstration of an electric incandescent lamp in Merlo Park, N.J. USA. This indeed was a major triumph.

It was more than a demonstration of the electric light bulb.

  • It was a demonstration of what CAN happen when you don’t give up.
  • It was a demonstration of what can be done when you refuse to listen to the negative naysayers!
  • It was a demonstration of what you too CAN achieve when you have a dream and pursue it with all of your might.

Here is a challenge for you today, this last day of 2010!
Today is the day when multitudes of people across the world make a New Years resolution, hoping for something magic to happen at midnight. But guess what? It won’t.

What WILL happen is that your life will follow your daily decisions.

JillSo make a decision today and EVERY day to direct your thoughts, words and actions towards achieving your goals and then you WILL make 2011 a Fabulous Year.


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22 Dec 2010 Using Failure To Succeed
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Failure close to the finishThere is not a successful person on this planet who has not tasted failure many many times.

Some millionaires were forced to declare bankruptcy and not just once on their journey to success.

And of course we have the example of Edison who “failed” almost 1000 times before he reached the success he was seeking. He never looked at anything that did not work as a “failure”. They were all discoveries of things that did not work.

The other day I went to my favorite local Asian buffet for lunch. Of course there is always a fortune cookie that comes with the bill. I pulled out the little piece of paper to find an interesting inscription:

Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure.

Now that is profound, yet so true. But there is another truth here. They CHOOSE to use their failure to come to this wisdom.

Failure can make you bitter or better. The choice is yours.

You can use failure to succeed in life and become a wiser, better person or you can let failure use you and throw you into the pit of excuses and regrets. The choices is yours!

It was Henry Ford who said:
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

I have a challenge for you today :)
What are YOU doing with the failures in your life?

I am involved in a 210 Day Affirmation Challenge with Lifestyle Freedom Club

One of the affirmations is:
I am making Miracles out of my past Mistakes.

I like that!!

Are you up for this challenge?
Are you making miracles out of your past mistakes? Or are you making you making excuses of your past mistakes? The choice is yours!

Take a look at the picture I used today. This guy sat down and accepted failure so close to the goal! How many times do people give up JUST before reaching success?

JillDon’t let that person be you!

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