Ever take a long look at a business owner? They are financially independent, confident, and free from all of the garbage that being someone's employee brings with it. Maybe they're driving the car you've always wanted, or are living in the house in which you've always pictured yourself, and you're a bit jealous. You can't help but think that "sure, he can afford those things-he owns his own business."
You can explain away that wealth, confidence, and success so easily by believing they got where they are by being their own boss but the second you think about doing it yourself you've already decided it's too risky-the very idea terrifies you!
But you're not alone. Pull a couple of your friends aside and try and talk them into running a home-based business. They'll come up with a dozen reasons why they can't do it and a dozen more why you shouldn't try either. The standard response is "it's a good idea, but it will never work."
Why do we constantly shoot ourselves in the foot? Why are we more likely to scare ourselves into submission than to try anything new? Have we been conditioned to fail?
It's a complicated question with a complicated answer. Let's break it down.
The entire concept behind the Prussian System-our system of education-is to make reliable employees out of everyone.
All through our school years, even up through university, we are taught to be upright citizens within society, to conform and find a job, waste the next four or five decades toiling away for a boss who doesn't really care about us. The only thing we're working for is a retirement that will allow us simply exist without bumming money from our loved ones.
We learn to see the only possible course for our life to take is work for someone else, to please our employers, and hope that they will reward us for the work that we do.
We are told that there is nothing un-dignifying about that, quite opposite, receiving a pat on the back and a few bucks from your boss is a good thing, mainly because this is the only way to make a living.
Remember, when you were a kid, you were planning on becoming either an astronaut or a captain or a jet-pilot? So, how did you end up becoming an office worker or an insurance salesman?
Throughout our early education we are repeatedly told that those fantasies are impractical, unreliable, and a waste of time. We never going to be what we want to be and if we do some day get there, we can never make money doing that!
Before you know it you are already employed by somebody and already complaining about not being able to afford the lifestyle you want and the things you want. Few years down the road it becomes normality for you and next thing you know you are teaching you kids to follow your steps.
It's the sort of behavior we learned from our parents and it's the behavior you'll be passing on to your kids and your grandchildren if you don't find the courage to put a stop to the cycle and turn your future around.
If you want to take control of your future and be able to live the life you've always wanted, the first step is becoming your own boss.
Stepping into the unknown is always frightening. We are afraid when confronted with a situation we don't fully understand, and right now you don't understand much about owning a business.
Those fears are doubled when the business is an Internet-based one. Are the good things you hear all exaggeration? Are the bad things all true?
To be able to take that big step, you need to expand your "comfort zone."
How do we learn anything?
We learn by repeatition, just like when you were learning to write. Remember? It was hard to begin with but now you don't even think about it.
The same way you learn to ride a bike, to play tennis, pick up girls and to order food in the restaurant.
Through repetition you become who you are as well.
Maybe the only thing that gets you through your day is thinking that the position you are in now is only temporary. You drag yourself to work early in the morning, smile and make jokes with a boss you don't respect and don't really care for, you listen to your co-workers as they gripe about the same things that keep you up at night, all the time dreaming of that big break you're going to get a little ways down the road.
One day you realize that you've become a typical representative of people of your occupation: a guy driving particular car, eating particular food, dressing at a particular store, the guy whose income level is whatever it is, $45,000 a year, plus or minus 10 - 15%.
Repetition teaches us the thoughts and actions that define who we are and separates the aspects of our lives in familiar and unfamiliar.
You become comfortable with the familiar things and the unfamiliar things cause anxiety by releasing a burst of adrenalin into your bloodstream.
A minuscule amount of this substance will dictate your actions, the decisions you make and ultimately your destiny!
"It's in the moment of making a decision when the destiny is formed!"-said Tony Robbins.
But that adrenalin in your bloodstream won't let you make any decisions that would lead to any significant change. The chemical is released when you're confronted with something new and makes you feel uncomfortable, jittery, and unsure of yourself. You'll do almost anything to make the feeling go away and the easiest way to do that is to stay stuck in the same old routines.
Your friends and family will gladly help you with this task!
Look around at the people you call friends. It's kind of interesting that you don't really hang around anyone who makes much less than you do or anyone who makes much more. Studies have found that a person's incomes can often be figured as an average of the incomes of their seven closest acquaintances.
This means that you can't really go to a friend and ask advice about how to make a six figure salary-not unless your friend already does. They just won't know how to answer you and will most often reply that "it can't be done" or will tell you to get your head out of the clouds.
The sad part is, you'll grasp at all of those excuses and cop-outs as a way to get yourself right back into your comfort zone.
Thich Nhat Hanh wrote something hundreds of years ago but he could just as well have written them today: "people are having a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of fear of the unknown they prefer suffering that is familiar." Sound a little bit like you?
So, there you are, after having heard about Global Resorts Network, after having watched numerous testimonials, after having studied everything about this business, you are still sitting there and worrying: "What if I still don't know something, what if there is something I need to find out before I get started, what if, what if, what if"
Listen to this.
Leading up to my tournament debut, I spoke with my Tae Kwon Do coach, Master Shilkaitis, and said: "I want to compete but I don't think I'm ready yet." He answered that "you will never feel that you are one hundred percent ready. It's just a matter of finding the strength and desire to win and overcoming your fear!" Truer words were never spoken.
I took a third place for a spectacular knock-out with a round house kickto the head. It doesn't happen even in the black belt category every day. I was so frightened, that I still don't remember how it happened!
I can talk until I'm blue in the face and you either will choose to expand your horizons and realize your potential, or you will fall back into those old comfortable routines and be right back where you started.
Nothing changes without you making a decision to change it.
Change your life today!
You'll be nervous in the beginning but over time that nervousness will go away because just as repetition leads us into those comfortable ruts so too can it help us learn new ways of doing things.
To get everything you deserve you have to change the way you are doing things. Make the decision today and choose your destiny.
Maybe the next time you hear someone's jealous remarks about being able to afford those fancy things, they'll be talking about you! - 15465
You can explain away that wealth, confidence, and success so easily by believing they got where they are by being their own boss but the second you think about doing it yourself you've already decided it's too risky-the very idea terrifies you!
But you're not alone. Pull a couple of your friends aside and try and talk them into running a home-based business. They'll come up with a dozen reasons why they can't do it and a dozen more why you shouldn't try either. The standard response is "it's a good idea, but it will never work."
Why do we constantly shoot ourselves in the foot? Why are we more likely to scare ourselves into submission than to try anything new? Have we been conditioned to fail?
It's a complicated question with a complicated answer. Let's break it down.
The entire concept behind the Prussian System-our system of education-is to make reliable employees out of everyone.
All through our school years, even up through university, we are taught to be upright citizens within society, to conform and find a job, waste the next four or five decades toiling away for a boss who doesn't really care about us. The only thing we're working for is a retirement that will allow us simply exist without bumming money from our loved ones.
We learn to see the only possible course for our life to take is work for someone else, to please our employers, and hope that they will reward us for the work that we do.
We are told that there is nothing un-dignifying about that, quite opposite, receiving a pat on the back and a few bucks from your boss is a good thing, mainly because this is the only way to make a living.
Remember, when you were a kid, you were planning on becoming either an astronaut or a captain or a jet-pilot? So, how did you end up becoming an office worker or an insurance salesman?
Throughout our early education we are repeatedly told that those fantasies are impractical, unreliable, and a waste of time. We never going to be what we want to be and if we do some day get there, we can never make money doing that!
Before you know it you are already employed by somebody and already complaining about not being able to afford the lifestyle you want and the things you want. Few years down the road it becomes normality for you and next thing you know you are teaching you kids to follow your steps.
It's the sort of behavior we learned from our parents and it's the behavior you'll be passing on to your kids and your grandchildren if you don't find the courage to put a stop to the cycle and turn your future around.
If you want to take control of your future and be able to live the life you've always wanted, the first step is becoming your own boss.
Stepping into the unknown is always frightening. We are afraid when confronted with a situation we don't fully understand, and right now you don't understand much about owning a business.
Those fears are doubled when the business is an Internet-based one. Are the good things you hear all exaggeration? Are the bad things all true?
To be able to take that big step, you need to expand your "comfort zone."
How do we learn anything?
We learn by repeatition, just like when you were learning to write. Remember? It was hard to begin with but now you don't even think about it.
The same way you learn to ride a bike, to play tennis, pick up girls and to order food in the restaurant.
Through repetition you become who you are as well.
Maybe the only thing that gets you through your day is thinking that the position you are in now is only temporary. You drag yourself to work early in the morning, smile and make jokes with a boss you don't respect and don't really care for, you listen to your co-workers as they gripe about the same things that keep you up at night, all the time dreaming of that big break you're going to get a little ways down the road.
One day you realize that you've become a typical representative of people of your occupation: a guy driving particular car, eating particular food, dressing at a particular store, the guy whose income level is whatever it is, $45,000 a year, plus or minus 10 - 15%.
Repetition teaches us the thoughts and actions that define who we are and separates the aspects of our lives in familiar and unfamiliar.
You become comfortable with the familiar things and the unfamiliar things cause anxiety by releasing a burst of adrenalin into your bloodstream.
A minuscule amount of this substance will dictate your actions, the decisions you make and ultimately your destiny!
"It's in the moment of making a decision when the destiny is formed!"-said Tony Robbins.
But that adrenalin in your bloodstream won't let you make any decisions that would lead to any significant change. The chemical is released when you're confronted with something new and makes you feel uncomfortable, jittery, and unsure of yourself. You'll do almost anything to make the feeling go away and the easiest way to do that is to stay stuck in the same old routines.
Your friends and family will gladly help you with this task!
Look around at the people you call friends. It's kind of interesting that you don't really hang around anyone who makes much less than you do or anyone who makes much more. Studies have found that a person's incomes can often be figured as an average of the incomes of their seven closest acquaintances.
This means that you can't really go to a friend and ask advice about how to make a six figure salary-not unless your friend already does. They just won't know how to answer you and will most often reply that "it can't be done" or will tell you to get your head out of the clouds.
The sad part is, you'll grasp at all of those excuses and cop-outs as a way to get yourself right back into your comfort zone.
Thich Nhat Hanh wrote something hundreds of years ago but he could just as well have written them today: "people are having a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of fear of the unknown they prefer suffering that is familiar." Sound a little bit like you?
So, there you are, after having heard about Global Resorts Network, after having watched numerous testimonials, after having studied everything about this business, you are still sitting there and worrying: "What if I still don't know something, what if there is something I need to find out before I get started, what if, what if, what if"
Listen to this.
Leading up to my tournament debut, I spoke with my Tae Kwon Do coach, Master Shilkaitis, and said: "I want to compete but I don't think I'm ready yet." He answered that "you will never feel that you are one hundred percent ready. It's just a matter of finding the strength and desire to win and overcoming your fear!" Truer words were never spoken.
I took a third place for a spectacular knock-out with a round house kickto the head. It doesn't happen even in the black belt category every day. I was so frightened, that I still don't remember how it happened!
I can talk until I'm blue in the face and you either will choose to expand your horizons and realize your potential, or you will fall back into those old comfortable routines and be right back where you started.
Nothing changes without you making a decision to change it.
Change your life today!
You'll be nervous in the beginning but over time that nervousness will go away because just as repetition leads us into those comfortable ruts so too can it help us learn new ways of doing things.
To get everything you deserve you have to change the way you are doing things. Make the decision today and choose your destiny.
Maybe the next time you hear someone's jealous remarks about being able to afford those fancy things, they'll be talking about you! - 15465
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About the author: Pavel Becker is a known contributor of articles about Web-Promotion and Small Business Development. To find out how to make money on-line go to his blog PavelBecker.com
