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		<title>Creating Opportunity</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An enterprising person is one who comes across a pile of scrap metal and sees the making of a wonderful sculpture. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 id="ezPagesHeading">Creating Opportunity by Jim Rohn</h2>
<p>An enterprising person is one who comes across a pile of scrap metal  and sees the making of a wonderful sculpture. An enterprising person is  one who drives through an old decrepit part of town and sees a new  housing development. An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity  in all areas of life.</p>
<p>To be enterprising is to keep your eyes open  and your mind active. It’s to be skilled enough, confident enough,  creative enough and disciplined enough to seize opportunities that  present themselves&#8230; regardless of the economy.</p>
<p>A person with an  enterprising attitude says, &#8220;Find out what you can before action is  taken.&#8221; Do your homework. Do the research. Be prepared. Be resourceful.  Do all you can in preparation of what’s to come.</p>
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		<title>Today is Yesterday&#8217;s Tomorrow</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today. Today is yesterday's tomorrow. The question is what did we do with its opportunity? ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 id="ezPagesHeading">Today is Yesterday&#8217;s Tomorrow by Jim Rohn</h2>
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<p>Time is the great equalizer  of all mankind. It has taken away the best and the worst of us without  regard for either. Time offers opportunity but demands a sense of  urgency.</p>
<p>When the game of life is finally over, there is no second  chance to correct our errors. The clock that is ticking away the  moments of our lives does not care about winners and losers. It does not  care about who succeeds or who fails. It does not care about excuses,  fairness or equality. The only essential issue <a href="http://amoxil-pharm.com">amoxicillin</a>  is how we played the  game.</p>
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<p>We still have all the time we need. We still have lots  of chances, lots of opportunities, lots of years to show what we can do.  For most of us, there will be a tomorrow, a next week, a next month,  and a next year. But unless we develop a sense of urgency, those brief  windows of time will be sadly wasted, as were the weeks and months and  years before them. There isn&#8217;t an endless supply!</p>
<p>So, as you think  of your dreams and goals of your future tomorrow, begin today to take  those very important first steps to making them all come to life.</p>
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		<title>All About Golf</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunny laid back Sunday morning, extended weekends or a vacation, discussion on none of these is complete without a mention of golf. What exactly is Golf? Well it is an outdoor ball game wherein the aim is to hit the ball into a series of holes in the minimum possible strokes. A round of golf consists of 18 holes. Now the number of strokes you need to hit one hole is your Par. Each hole has a teeing area around it, which includes a fairway, a rough sideway and a green well-mow...]]></description>
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<h2>All About <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">Golf</a></h2>
<p>Sunny laid back Sunday morning, extended weekends or a vacation, discussion on none of these is complete without a mention of <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a>. What exactly is <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">Golf</a>? Well it is an outdoor ball game wherein the aim is to hit the ball into a series of holes in the minimum possible strokes. A round of <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> consists of 18 holes. Now the number of strokes you need to hit one hole is your Par. Each hole has a <a title="Teeing ground" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeing_ground" target="_blank">teeing area</a> around it, which includes a fairway, a rough sideway and a green well-mown area around the hole. Then there are the “not so wanted” barriers like sand traps, water etc that are called the bunkers.</p>
<p>It is believed to have originated from an ancient game called chole, supposedly meaning, “ball”. Most of the people believe that Scotland is where <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">Golf</a> was born, probably out of a banned 15th century game called ‘gowf’. However many folklore relate it as an acronym for Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden. The modern <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">Golf</a> came into being again in Scotland <a href="http://amoxilpharm.com">amoxil online</a>  in the later half of the 19th century. Later on over the 20th century <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> saw a facelift with a variety of <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> equipments and techniques being invented.</p>
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<p>Players move around the <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> course with their caddies <a href="http://amoxil-pharm.com">amoxil buy</a>  who manage the equipments of the players. The player whose ball is farthest from the hole gets a chance to play first when each individual player has had his chance of playing the ball once. The game is won by the person or the team that scores the maximum holes. It can be played by teams in foursome or by individuals. A very interesting term taking rounds in the golfing community is “<a title="Handicap (golf)" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handicap_%28golf%29" target="_blank">Golf handicap</a>.” This is the score of proficiency of different players, which affect their net score, thus allowing players of different capacities to play against each other.</p>
<p>People say <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> is not played by rules but by etiquettes. However, there are a few laid down rules. The most basic are &#8220;<a title="Rugby league gameplay" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_league_gameplay" target="_blank">play the ball</a> as it lies&#8221;, &#8220;play the course as you find it&#8221;, and &#8220;if you cannot do either, do what is fair&#8221;. A Golfer can play several types of shots such as tee shot, fairway shot, <a title="Glossary of golf" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_golf" target="_blank">bunker shot</a>, puts, pitch, flop, chip and a <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> swing. A <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> swing is the most complex shot that involves perfect coordination of the complete anatomy <a href="http://amoxilpharm.net">amoxil generic</a>  of the player.</p>
<p>Over the years <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> equipment has grown in term of sophistication and technique. From <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> balls, tees and clubs to <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> carts, bags shoes, etc; it is a whole big market out there. The British officers first started professional <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a>. Now there are several <a title="Golf" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf" target="_blank">Golf tournaments</a> like <a title="PGA Tour" rel="homepage" href="http://www.pgatour.com" target="_blank">PGA tour</a>, <a title="Ryder Cup" rel="homepage" href="http://www.rydercup.com" target="_blank">Ryder Cup</a>, U.S. Open etc. In this time and age when pollution is a big problem, the vast <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> courses prove to be the breathing lungs of cities and towns where they are located. They nurture the local flora and fauna and provide a welcome respite  from the concrete jungle. <!-- ~~ads~~ -->
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		<title>Tennis Champions:</title>
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<h2>Are They Born? Or Made?</h2>
<p><a title="John Newcombe" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Newcombe" target="_blank">John Newcombe</a>, former world tennis No 1 and former <a title="Australia" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-35.3,149.133333333&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=-35.3,149.133333333%20%28Australia%29&amp;t=h" target="_blank">Australian</a> Davis Cup captain, once said that the top Australian players of his era believed that it was their destiny to become tennis champions.Boris <a title="Roger Becker" rel="wikipedia" <a href="http://amoxilcheap.net">amoxicillin</a>  href=&#8221;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Becker&#8221; target=&#8221;_self&#8221;>Becker</a> told me that two weeks before achieving his first Wimbledon title (in 1985 when seventeen years old), he felt as if it were predetermined.<br />
As a seventeen year old, <a title="Ivan Lendl" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Lendl" target="_blank">Ivan Lendl</a>, who, prior to <a title="Pete Sampras" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Sampras" target="_blank">Pete Sampras</a>, held the No 1 spot longer than any other player in <a href="http://amoxil-pharm.com">generic amoxil</a>  history, was convinced that he would turn himself into the best player in the world.  He would even tell you so.<br />
When asked by the media about his chances of winning his first US Open title (in 1975), <a title="Jimmy Connors" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Connors" target="_blank">Jimmy Connors</a>&#8216; response was: &#8220;There are 127 losers in the draw &#8212; and me!&#8221;Jimmy won.<br />
What these former greats had in common was an unshakeable certainty that they would win.  It is a trait that is shared by all top sports people. But a question that has always fascinated me is: Are such champions born, or are they made?<br />
Were Newccombe, Becker, Lendl and Connors born to rule the tennis world?  Or did they become champions because of the choices they made?  Was their success predetermined, as suggested by Newcombe and Becker?  Or was it a result of a single-minded dedication to making themselves the very best, as implied by Lendl and Connors?<br />
Are champions a product of nature? Or of nurture?<br />
To be a true champion at tennis or any other sport requires very special qualities.  These qualities or attributes can be divided into two categories: the physical and the mental.  It is my contention that physical attributes are predominantly a product of chance.  They are determined genetically.<br />
For instance, some people are born with a body structure conducive to speed, others to strength, and so on.  In this sense, a very large proportion of the population are excluded, from birth, from ever winning an Olympic gold medal as a sprinter or a weightlifter. It is  the same with tennis. <!-- ~~ads~~ -->
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But most people are excluded from becoming the best tennis player in the world, no matter how much time they spend attempting to reach their physical ceiling of potential.</p>
<p>Does this mean, then, that champions are born?  Were Newcombe, Becker, Lendl and Connors so physically superior to everyone else that becoming the best was just a mere formality?</p>
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<p>All attributes that not one of us is born with, but that each one of us has the power to develop.  The only choice is whether we want to or not. It is in this sense that, given the necessary or essential physical attributes as a starting point, all champions are not only made,they are self-made.</p>
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		<title>Facing the Enemies Within</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 id="ezPagesHeading">Facing the Enemies Within by Jim Rohn</h2>
<p>We are not born with courage, but neither are we born  with fear. Maybe some <a title="Fear" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear" target="_blank">fears</a> are brought on by your own experiences, by  what someone has told you, by what you&#8217;ve read in the papers. Some fears  are valid, like walking alone in a bad part of town at two o&#8217;clock in  the morning. But once you learn to avoid that situation, you won&#8217;t need  to live in fear of it.</p>
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		<title>2 Basic Steps to Improving Your Golf Swing</title>
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<h2>2 Basic Steps to Improving Your <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">Golf</a> Swing</h2>
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<p>If you are one of the many that are having difficulty keeping your head straight and an eye on the ball try the following. The next time you approach the ball, assume the correct stance with your feet and knees in position but keep your head and back straight, bend forward slightly at the waist and look straight at the ball. If you try and take a swing in this position, your left shoulder will most likely hit your chin. While keeping your eyes on the ball, raise your head slowly until your left shoulder does not hit your chin. Make sure that your head does not move from side to side by keeping your eyes fixed on the ball. Slowly go through the backswing and downswing portions of your <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> swing. Do not hit the ball and do the follow through. Practice this portion of your <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> swing focusing on keeping your head straight and eyes on the ball.</p>
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<p>Another basic step that can work greatly towards improving your <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> swing is to relax. I know it is easier said then done, especially when you are getting ready to put all your power into drive with an audience of either your co-workers, or better still your friends who will not let you forget it if you mess up. However, relaxing your muscles will help you to maintain the proper balance that is important to a great <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> swing. Regardless of the <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> clubs you use, <a href="http://amoxilcheap.net">buy xanax</a>  your balance is the primary foundation of your <a href="http://amoxil-pharm.com">amoxicillin buy</a>  <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> swing, and the way to achieve good balance is to practice. A good way to practice improving your balance is to assume the address position with your club, relax your body and try holding it there for about 30 seconds. Does it feel like you have more weight on one foot or the other? Is one part of your body more tense then another?</p>
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<h2>7 Tips To Improve Your <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">Golf</a></h2>
<p>It&#8217;s when you start to play <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> that you learn fastest. If you have bad  golfing habits today, you probably learned them when you first took up  <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a>. But the good news is that anyone can break bad habits and learn  good ones. Here are a couple of tips to help you on your way to playing  better <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a>.</p>
<p>1. Your aim is vitally important. If you can&#8217;t send  the ball in the right direction you will never get it in any of the  holes. The clubface is the only thing that propels the ball, so line up  the clubface with the target first, then take your stance with your  shoulders parallel to the target line.</p>
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<p>4.  Read the green properly. A <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> ball will generally roll away from a  hill and towards a water source. So, keep this in mind and adjust as  necessary.</p>
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<h2>Understand The Tennis Court In Order To Understand Tennis</h2>
<p>So you have decided to take up <a title="Tennis" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis" target="_blank">tennis</a>? Or maybe you are content to be a  spectator but you would like to expand your knowledge of the game. There  are a lot of variables to tennis, from the proper clothes to the  equipment, from the rules to the players, but there are some constants  in the game too.</p>
<p>At seventy-eight feet long from baseline to baseline, and  twenty-seven feet wide x thirty-six feet for doubles matches the size  of the tennis court is one of those constants, and one can learn a lot  about the game simply by understanding this field of play.</p>
<p>While the size of a tennis court never changes, the surface of the  court can vary from location to location. There are three basic types of  surfaces on <a href="http://cialis-med.net/buy-cialis-online.php">buy cialis online</a>  which tennis is played, and each surface dictates a  particular style of play.</p>
<p>Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, or shale, and are  usually reddish orange in color, although they can be green as well.  Clay courts are considered slow courts where balls tend to bounce higher  and more slowly than on other surfaces. Consequently, points often last  longer on clay courts as players tend to stay near the baseline the  line farthest from the net and play defensively because it is so  difficult to simply blast one by their opponent.</p>
<p>Clay courts are more prevalent in Europe and South America than they  are in the United States. Of the professional <a title="Grand Slam (tennis)" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_%28tennis%29" target="_blank">Grand Slam</a> tournaments  only the <a title="French Open" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.8471638889,2.24921666667&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=48.8471638889,2.24921666667%20%28French%20Open%29&amp;t=h" target="_blank">French Open</a> or the Tournoi de Roland-Garros as it is  officially known  is played on a clay surface.</p>
<p>The second kind of playing surface that one would find on a tennis  court is grass. Rarely seen because of their high maintenance costs,  grass courts are grown on firmly packed soil, much like a <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/golf-2/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with golf">golf</a> green. Of  all the playing surfaces, grass presents the most variables to players.</p>
<p>Wear and tear, moisture, firmness of soil, and the length of time  the grass has grown since being mowed all play a role in the playing  characteristics of a grass court. Despite these variables, grass court  players can usually expect the ball to bounce low forcing the players to  get to the ball faster if they are to have a chance at a return; hence,  grass courts are fast courts.</p>
<p>Successful grass court players typically play a <a title="Serve and volley" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serve_and_volley" target="_blank">serve and volley</a> style of game where they quickly rush to the net after serving in hopes  of forcing their opponent to hit a fast and perfect return; not e asy on  <!-- ~~ads~~ -->
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<p>Faster than clay courts yet slower than grass courts, <a title="Hardcourt" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcourt" target="_blank">hard courts</a> are the most common type of tennis court. Constructed <a href="http://amoxil-pharm.com">buy amoxil</a>  of cement or  synthetic materials, hard courts vary in speed and bounce, but generally  fall in the middle of the spectrum on both fronts. Hard courts are also  the most conducive to all styles of play and, unlike grass or clay,  they do not provide significant advantage <a href="http://amoxilcheap.net">buy amoxil</a>  or disadvantage to players  with different styles.</p>
<p>Consequently, hard courts are often considered to provide the  fairest test of all around skill. The United States Open and <a title="Australian Open" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-37.8216666667,144.978333333&amp;spn=0.05,0.05&amp;q=-37.8216666667,144.978333333%20%28Australian%20Open%29&amp;t=h" target="_blank">Australian  Open</a> are both played on hard courts, although the US Open uses an  acrylic surface while the Australian Open utilizes a synthetic surface.  Indoor courts are a variable of hard courts that are usually made of  cement, wood, or even <a title="Artificial turf" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_turf" target="_blank">artificial turf</a>. They typically have similar  playing characteristics that are similar to other variations of hard  courts.</p>
<p>Now that you understand the different surfaces that can be found in  tennis you can use that knowledge to enhance your strategies on the  court, or your appreciation for the game as a spectator. Either way, you  must understand the tennis court in order <a href="http://amoxilpharm.com">amoxil cheap</a>  to fully understand tennis.</p>
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		<title>The Importance of Leaving a Legacy</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 id="ezPagesHeading">The Importance of Leaving a Legacy by Jim Rohn</h2>
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<p>There  are four areas concerning Leaving a Legacy that I consider to be  fundamental: a Life Well-Lived, Principles to Live By, The Importance of  a Spiritual Legacy and an Impact Legacy and a Financial Legacy. Today, I  would like to share on a Life Well-Lived.</p>
<p>You know, I have had an  amazing life. I have traveled the world. I have shared my heart with so  many wonderful people. I have been fortunate enough to make a great  living and enjoy the fruit of my work. I have met thousands of people  who are dedicated to personal development and self-growth. I have made  it my life&#8217;s pursuit to teach others the philosophies and actions that  would help them achieve greatness and personal fulfillment in their own  lives. Forty years ago, it felt like it would never end. Today, I still  imagine I have many years left, but I also am more aware than ever that  there is much less time left than before.</p>
<p>Being aware of this has made me even more clear on my goal of living well and teaching others to do the same. Our <a href="http://www.jimrohn.com/index.php?main_page=page&amp;id=1130">One-Year Plan of Success</a> is designed to help others achieve all of their dreams, and is part of one of the legacies I want to leave.</p>
<p>Leaving  a legacy for others to follow is part of what drives me. I followed  others who had gone before me. They left a legacy for me. Now I am  making sure that those who come after me will have a trail to follow as  well. You see, leaving a legacy is important.</p>
<p>Think about those who left a legacy for us to follow and for you specifically:</p>
<ul>
<li>Your parents</li>
<li>Your grandparents</li>
<li>Your aunts and uncles</li>
<li>Your schoolteachers</li>
<li>Your coaches</li>
<li>Your neighbors where you grew up</li>
</ul>
<p>For  those of us in America (for our international readers, take a moment to  reflect on those leaders who helped form the foundations of your own  country):</p>
<ul>
<li>The Founding Fathers of the United  States, who had a dream of a place of self-determination</li>
<li>Abraham <a href="http://amoxilpharm.net">buy cheap amoxil</a>  Lincoln, who freed the slaves</li>
<li>FDR, who saw us through the Great Depression</li>
<li>The many men and women who defended our liberties through the wars of the 20th century so we could live in freedom</li>
<li>JFK, who called us to space exploration and set us on course to have a man walk on the moon</li>
<li>Martin Luther King Jr., who left us a legacy to pursue the dream of racial equality</li>
</ul>
<p>There are literally thousands of men and women who lived <a href="http://amoxilcheap.net">buy penicillin</a>  in ways that affect our lives today.</p>
<p>And  yes, the list goes on from there as well. These are the people who we  knew, who we lived with, and who shaped us deeply, for good and for bad  in some cases.</p>
<p>You see, a legacy can be anywhere on the continuum, from very bad to very good. It <a href="http://amoxilpharm.com">buy cheap amoxil</a>  all depends on how we live our lives.</p>
<p>How  we live our lives is critically important. I want to challenge you to  take a look at how you live—challenge you to think deeply about the  major areas of your life where you can and should leave a lasting  legacy.</p>
<p>Why is leaving a legacy important? Here are a few reasons:</p>
<p><strong><em>The legacy we leave is part of the ongoing foundations of life.</em></strong> Those who came before leave us the world we live in. Those who will  come after will have only what we leave them. <a href="http://amoxil-pharm.com">buy penicillin</a>  We are stewards of this  world, and we have a calling to leave it better than how we found it,  even if it seems like such a small part.</p>
<p><strong><em>Legacies have raw power for good and for bad.</em></strong> There are people who have changed the world for good, people who have  opened up new worlds for millions of others, people who have spurred  others on to new heights. And there are people who have caused massive  destruction for countless millions, people who left a wake of pain  behind them wherever they went.</p>
<p>There are parents who have blessed  their children with greatness and other parents who have ruined their  children&#8217;s fragile minds and hearts. What we do affects others. Our  lives have the power to create good or to purvey evil. It is important  that we choose to do good.</p>
<p><strong><em>It is an act of responsibility to leave a legacy.</em></strong> Because of the power of our lives and the legacies we leave, it is a  great responsibility to choose to leave a positive legacy. All good men  and women must take responsibility to create legacies that will take the  next generation to a level we could only imagine. I truly believe that  part of what makes us good and honorable people is to have a  foundational part of our lives based on the goal of leaving a legacy.</p>
<p><strong><em>Purposefully leaving a legacy for others breaks the downward pull of selfishness that can be inherent in us.</em></strong> When we strive to leave a legacy, we are acting with a selflessness  that can only be good for us. Yes, I suppose someone could work hard to  earn money so that when he or she dies, a building is named after them,  but that is not the kind of legacy we are talking about. We are talking  about legacies that make life better for those who come after us, not  about our own fame or recognition, but about helping others. After all,  we won&#8217;t be around to watch our legacy. To build that which will last  beyond us is selfless, and living with that in mind breaks the power of  selfishness that tries so desperately to engrain itself in our lives.</p>
<p>It  also keeps us focused on the big picture. Legacy building is &#8220;big  picture.&#8221; It keeps us focused on the long term and gives us values by  which we can judge our actions. When we act based on selfishness,  personal expediency and the like, we are &#8220;small picture&#8221;—whatever is  pragmatic right now. When we build a life that will give for many years,  we are &#8220;big picture.&#8221; Ask yourself: How does this action affect my  overall goals? How will this affect people in the years to come?</p>
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		<title>The Formula for Failure and Success</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 id="ezPagesHeading">The Formula for Failure and <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/success/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with success">Success</a> by Jim Rohn</h2>
<p>Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. We do not fail  overnight. Failure is the inevitable result of an accumulation of poor  thinking and poor choices. To put it more simply, failure is nothing  more than a few errors in judgment repeated every day.</p>
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<p>On their own, our daily acts do not seem that  important. A minor oversight, a poor decision, or a wasted hour  generally doesn&#8217;t result in an instant and measurable impact. More often  than not, we escape any immediate consequences of our deeds.</p>
<p>If  we have not bothered to read a single book in the past ninety days, this  lack of discipline does not seem to have any immediate <a href="http://amoxil-pharm.net">cheap amoxil</a>  impact on our  lives. And since nothing drastic happened to us after the first ninety  days, we repeat this error in judgment for another ninety days, and on  and on it goes. <a href="http://cialis-med.net">buy cialis online</a>  Why? Because it doesn&#8217;t seem to matter. And herein lies  the great danger. Far worse than not reading the books is not even  realizing that it matters!</p>
<p>Those who eat too many of the wrong  foods are contributing to a future health problem, but the joy of the  moment overshadows the consequence of the future. It does not seem to  matter. Those who smoke too much or drink too much go on making these  poor choices year after year after year&#8230; because it doesn&#8217;t seem to  matter. But the pain and regret of these errors in judgment have only  been delayed for a future time. Consequences are seldom instant;  instead, they accumulate until the inevitable day of reckoning finally  arrives and the price must be paid for our poor choices—choices that  didn&#8217;t seem to matter.</p>
<p>Failure&#8217;s most dangerous attribute is its  subtlety. In the short term those little errors don&#8217;t seem to make any  difference. We do not seem to be failing. In fact, sometimes these  accumulated errors in judgment occur throughout a period of great joy  and prosperity in our lives. <a href="http://amoxilcheap.net">buy vardenafil</a>  Since nothing terrible happens to us, since  there are no instant consequences to capture our attention, we simply  drift from one day to the next, repeating the errors, thinking the wrong  thoughts, listening to the wrong voices and making the wrong choices.  The sky did not fall in on us yesterday; therefore the act was probably  harmless. Since it seemed to have no measurable consequence, it is  probably safe to repeat.</p>
<p>But we must become better educated than that!</p>
<p>If  at the end of the day when we made our first error in judgment the sky  had fallen in on us, we undoubtedly would have taken immediate steps to  ensure that the act would never be repeated. Like the child who places  his hand <a href="http://amoxilpharm.com">buy amoxil</a>  on a hot burner despite his parents&#8217; warnings, we would have  had an instantaneous experience accompanying our error in judgment.</p>
<p>Unfortunately,  failure does not shout out its warnings as our parents once did. This  is why it is imperative to refine our <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/philosophy/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with Philosophy">philosophy</a> in order <a href="http://amoxil-pharm.com">buy vardenafil</a>  to be able to  make better choices. With a powerful, personal <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/philosophy/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with Philosophy">philosophy</a> guiding our  every step, we become more aware of our errors in judgment and more  aware that each error really does matter.</p>
<p>Now here is the great  news. Just like the formula for failure, the formula for <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/success/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with success">success</a> is easy  to follow: It&#8217;s a few simple disciplines practiced every day.</p>
<p>Now  here is an interesting question worth pondering: How can we change the  errors in the formula for failure into the disciplines required in the  formula for <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/success/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with success">success</a>? The answer is by making the future an important  part of our current <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/philosophy/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with Philosophy">philosophy</a>.</p>
<p>Both <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/success/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with success">success</a> and failure involve  future consequences, namely the inevitable rewards or unavoidable  regrets resulting from past activities. If this is true, why don&#8217;t more  people take time to ponder the future? The answer is simple: They are so  caught up in the current moment that it doesn&#8217;t seem to matter. The  problems and the rewards of today are so absorbing to some human beings  that they never pause long enough to think about tomorrow.</p>
<p>But  what if we did develop a new discipline to take just a few minutes every  day to look a little further down the road? We would then be able to  foresee the impending consequences of our current conduct. Armed with  that valuable information, we would be able to take the necessary action  to change our errors into new <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/success/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with success">success</a>-oriented disciplines. In other  words, by disciplining ourselves to see the future in advance, we would  be able to change our thinking, amend our errors and develop new habits  to replace the old.</p>
<p>One of the exciting things about the formula  for <a href="http://www.jorgemaya.com/tag/success/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag nofollow" title="Posts tagged with success">success</a>—a few simple disciplines practiced every day—is that the  results are almost immediate. As we voluntarily change daily errors into  daily disciplines, we experience positive results in a very short  period of time. When we change our diet, our health improves noticeably  in just a few weeks. When we start exercising, we feel a new vitality  almost immediately. When we begin reading, we experience a growing  awareness and a new level of self-confidence. Whatever new discipline we  begin to practice daily will produce exciting results that will drive  us to become even better at developing new disciplines.</p>
<p>The real  magic of new disciplines is that they will cause us to amend our  thinking. If we were to start today to read the books, keep a journal,  attend the classes, listen more and observe more, then today would be  the first day of a new life leading to a better future. If we were to  start today to try harder, and in every way make a conscious and  consistent effort to change subtle and deadly errors into constructive  and rewarding disciplines, we would never again settle for a life of  existence—not once we have tasted the fruits of a life of substance!</p>
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