Merry Christmas - by J. Success

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I would like to say Merry Christmas to every reader who subscribes to this newsletter and every person whom this newsletter is forwarded to also. Merry Christmas is a common saying for this time of year. When you see someone usually between the day after Thanksgiving and December 25, you say Merry Christmas to them to symbolize the Christmas season. Christmas has an underlying meaning that has been changed and commercialized to fit our capitalistic society. Now I am not going to go into the issues with the Christmas because that would just bring down the spirit of the season. But I will say that trying to take Jesus out of Christmas is like taking Dr. King out of his birthday. Instead I want to focus on the true meaning of the term Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas has three words in it. Most people see two, which are Merry and Christmas but in actuality there are three words. The first word is Merry, which means high spirited delight, to delight one self in. The second word is Christ, which is referring to Jesus Christ, the Messiah, Savior or Anointed One. The third word is mas, which in Spanish means more. Therefore what we are really saying is Merry (delight yourself), Christ, mas (more) or “delight yourself in Christ more”. When you take Christ out of Christmas you are saying Merry -Mas, which means to delight yourself more. Delight yourself more in "what" is the question and when you take Christ out of it, then people will delight themselves in whatever they please and that's the downfall that we see our society experiencing today.

Delight yourself in Christ more is a great way to live life and I appreciate the opportunity to do that everyday. I always heard in my Christian circles that Jesus was the reason for the season but I never realized how much Merry Christmas really sends that message home. Therefore, the next time you tell someone Merry Christmas or someone says Merry Christmas to you remember to delight yourself more in Christ so that His love can delight itself more in you.

I will not lose!!!

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As I reflected on the last few years and the ups and downs that have befallen myself and my family, I came to one conclusion when I look at my life and what I am to become, I Will Not Lose!!! Now I am not saying that I didn’t have hard times or go through tribulations that ranged from almost being evicted, sickness, financial despair, loss of a business, back sliding, marriage issues, loss of my spiritual covering, loss of hope, despair, unanswered prayers and many other shortcomings that came and went. The interesting thing I keep noticing is that no matter what comes into my path, my faith never wavers and instead of saying “here we go again”, I say “Come on God, here’s another opportunity to show up and show out”. Although I’m not perfect and I do get upset with God and ask Him why, I have decided that I will believe no matter what and have the faith to let Him come in my life and teach me how to win in every situation…even the ones that look like I have lost.

As I read through the bible and look at all the promises that God has made for us I often wonder how many apply to me today and how many were for the people at those times. When I ask God why I go through things that the promises are supposed to keep me out of, He always tells me, “You already have the victory, just believe”. Now we all know how hard it is to believe those promises when we are going through tough times. When times are rough we sometimes feel those promises are basically just words on paper instead of answers to our problems. Well as of late I have decided to believe every promise that is in the bible. I have decided that my life has had enough mediocrity, enough of just getting by, enough of just making it, enough of I’m just okay. I wanted to experience more success, more prosperity, more healing, more faith, more wisdom, more answered prayer, more anointing and overall more POWER.
When I started to believe everything and change my mindset to one of a conqueror, no, I take that back, I meant the mindset to one of “more then a conqueror” (Romans 8:37 - Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.), I started to see how even when it looked like I was losing, I still had the victory. I started to see how all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [His] purpose (Romans 8:28). Have you ever noticed how even your worst situations turn into blessings when God is in control? I’ll give you an example, when I was putting together my first business I paid a woman $400 to setup my business for me. She took my $400 and I never heard from her again. Well that infuriated me because I was unemployed at the time and $400 was a lot of money to donate to her purse. The outcome of that was a blessing because I was so motivated to not let anyone take my money again that I setup my own business, wrote a book on how to setup your own business in one day, created a workshop to go with the book and also created a DVD to go with the book. That one incident helped start my information empire that I am currently building because I felt that if I know what’s going on then no one can take advantage of me again. The cost of ignorance (not knowing how to setup my own business) was $400 and now I will make 4 billion dollars teaching others how to start their own business.

When you approach a situation you have to believe that no matter what happens you are going to win. You have to have the confidence in who you are, the power you have, what you were sent to do and most of all, who lives in you (Hebrews 10:35). You have to believe that you are more then a conqueror and understand that conquerors never lose. You have to understand that Jesus said we will do greater things then He did (John 14:12) and Jesus never lost. Even when people thought He was dead, He rose and defeated all strongholds and gave us the power to win each and every time. The battlefield is the mind and as a man thinketh so is he (Proverbs 23:7).

So if you don’t know that you are fighting a defeated enemy then you will give them the power to overcome you. We fight enemies that have their hands under their shirts talking about stick em up. Well from here on out we will let them know that we will not lose anymore battles, for even in defeat there is a lesson learned so we still win…we always win and the thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ's victory] and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere, (2 Corinthians 2:14).

Successful People control their destiny

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You ever just wish something nice would happen to you? Do you ever wish that things would go your way so that you could get ahead in life? Do you ever hope that someone will think nicely of you and make a way for you to succeed? Do you ever hope that in the future you will make it big, somehow, and that life will be so much easier? Do you ever just wonder where your success will come from? Well step out of that world where life dictates you instead of you dictating your life.

Life for many people is like a game of poker. When I watch championship poker on ESPN I notice that every player gets two cards to start with. Even though those cards are different, it's still two cards. That's how we start life, we start with different cards but we all have cards. Next the players bid on the cards they are dealt, calculating the risks and rewards of the cards they are dealt. They also consider bluffing or folding if their cards are not what they feel they can win with. This is how we all look at life and the experiences of life. We can either fold, bluff or play the hand we are dealt.

Now here is where successful people are separated from the masses, as the dealer lays out the next three cards, you start to see people fold, get nervous, bluff, panic, think long and hard, as well as pray that the cards that are laid out will help with the cards they already have. Successful people know that no matter what cards are played they will win. If the cards played don't make for a great hand then they will either learn from the experience or make their hand work. The average person will look at the cards that were dealt to them and what the dealer put out and fold until the dealer gives them a good hand. Successful people will make their hand into good hands or better yet...BECOME THE DEALER.

In life many people wonder who is controlling their situations and if you ask many people they will usually say "God controls what does and does not happen to me". According to the bible, God is not the one that controls what happens to you…YOU ARE. Your faith lets God come into your life and make things happen, your trust in Him lets Him come in and anoint you to impact this world and your words that you speak based on His word give Him the capability to step into your life and make things happen. Take control of your life and let God work thru you to fulfill your purpose, then you will see how your choice let you start to control your destiny and step into success, because Success in Inevitable…So get Ready.

Courage & Confidence - Do you have what it takes

Courage, Confidence – do you have what it takes?

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If you look at the stories of many of the successful people that we see today, you start to see an overwhelming quality that resonates in each of their stories. When you listen to how they overcame great obstacles to achieve their overwhelming success you start to see similarities that set them apart from the masses. In every successful person you see the confidence and courage to make a change. You see the confidence and courage that says, no matter what happens, I will not stop until I achieve success, and I will not settle for a life that is less then what I deserve.

Many times before we have heard that there were two types of people in life. One time I heard the two types were “people that do or doers” and there were “people that watch or watchers”. Another time I heard there were people that “talk about it” and people that “make it happen”. The last one that I heard was more recent and it was that there were people that “hope success happens” and then there are people that “make success happen”. Now since the last one speaks about success, I'm sure you know why it caught my attention, because we all know success is inevitable. The confidence that comes from people who make success happen comes from them having an understanding of who they really are and what they really can achieve in life. When you start to understand who you are and what you have the capability to accomplish, you start to operate on a level of existence that is higher then most people who let life dictate them.

According to the bible in Hebrews 4:16 it says “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” That verse says to come before God boldly with confidence knowing who you truly are. The problem is that so many people lack confidence in themselves and therefore lack confidence in what they can accomplish in life. It takes courage to step out of the norm and open your own business. It takes courage to step out of the norm and accept your calling. It takes courage to step out of the norm and minister to your friends who don’t want to hear it because they can remember when you were acting a fool yourself. It takes courage to step out of the norm and set goals so high that you have to become a totally different person to achieve because if you can achieve them like you are now then you are not thinking big enough. It takes courage to step out of the norm and write a newsletter every month to thousands of people you don’t know but if you don’t write it you feel like you are not walking in the purpose God has for you.

Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward ( Hebrews 10:35). Your confidence is what sets you apart. Many people confuse confidence with arrogance or conceit but usually those people are intimidated by a confident person so they try to attack what they cant have. Jesus says that once we accept Him into our hearts we are His brothers and sisters, children of the Lord, therefore let's exhibit the confidence and courage of royalty because success is inevitable…so get ready.

Use obstacles as motivation

Use Obstacles as Motivation - (Your Reaction to Obstacles/Failures Determine Your success)

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Failure, obstacles, rejection, disappointment, hindrances, difficulties, refusal and downright no are many of the experiences that successful people have had to overcome in life to get from where they were at to where they needed to be. The difference between successful people and people that don’t make it are their reactions when these experiences were upon them. Successful people realize that failure is an opportunity to learn and not an opportunity to give up. Successful people realize that obstacles are an opportunity to learn and not an opportunity to turn around. Successful people realize that all negative experiences are opportunities to learn new ways to succeed and not opportunities to throw in the towel and settle for what life gives them. Successful people take control of their lives and never give it back to circumstance, luck, and coincidence.

Have you listened too many of the stories of people that have become successful in life? Usually they came from humble beginnings and against all odds, they overcame their situations. They looked at their current situations and realized that in order to obtain what they have never had, they must do what they have never done. They realized that in order to rise above and out of their current situations, they would need to develop a whatever it takes attitude and let nothing get in their way or deter their pursuit of success. Each person that took the lemons in their life and made lemonade realized that opportunities to be successful are available to all of us but nothing comes easy.

When you approach an obstacle, you always have a choice, you can either overcome or over-complain. Let me give you an example from the bible that will show you how two people looked at obstacles and how their reactions changed the world. When Peter denied Jesus (basically betraying his friendship) he realized that he had failed Jesus and tried to turn and go back to his normal life. Jesus knew that Peter would be a great man of God once he realized who he was and what his destiny entailed but it was up to Peter to walk in that calling. Peter realized his mistake and overcame it, he didn’t let his mistake overcome him. Peter knew he was a disciple of Jesus that made a mistake, not a fisherman posing as a disciple therefore as time progressed he stepped back into his calling and fulfilled his purpose…therefore overcoming his obstacle. Now Judas on the other hand, when he betrayed Jesus, he felt so bad that he hung himself. He let his mistake overcome him and eventually take his life. Judas could have been forgiven because Jesus forgives all that call on Him but Judas didn’t think he was worthy of forgiveness…his mistake was to great.

Remember, you are called to greatness and you will have failures, obstacles, rejection, disappointment, hindrances, difficulties, refusal and be told no but don’t let anything stop you from becoming the great man or woman of God that you are destined to be. You know that you are called to do a great thing in this life, you see it when you are thinking about your future, you see visions of you doing great things…that’s what your calling is…its you becoming what you see in those visions.

Walk in it and let nothing stop you because Success Is Inevitable...So Get Ready!!!

Even a Just Man

Even a just man falls 7 times

Taken from The Successful Thinker Newsletter.

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Heart of Saint, Mind of a Sinner

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Remember no matter how many times you fall short, get back up.

Dream Bigger

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Where do you see yourself in the future? Many times when we think about the future we see ourselves as accomplished individuals living a comfortable life with a great family. We see ourselves having a position in life of impact and importance as well as financial stability if not prosperity. We see ourselves fulfilling every dream and vision that we have now where we change the world with the gifts, talents and abilities that we have been given. In a nutshell, we see ourselves fulfilling our purpose.

What motivates your life

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Why do you get up everyday? What makes you go out and face the world everyday? What is your focus from the time you get up until the time you lay back down? What is the reason that you have not given up on life yet? What motivates your life and pushes you to continue to look forward to another day?

This message helps you to understand what motivates your life and if its not what you want, then how to change the motivation of your life.

67th book is my story

By J. Success

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the bible has 66 books and we all have testimonies so I put together a song that speaks about our testimony and how our stories are the 67th books of the bible. It's a great concept featuring my brother.

3 Reasons God puts us through situations

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Many times people wonder why they are going through a situation and when times will get better. They also wonder why is God doing this to them, or why is the adversary attacking them. Let's look at it a little closer.

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God Knows My Heart

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Many People Continue to live a life and disregard what God wants them to do and their excuse is God knows my heart. Let's take a closer look at what's really going on.

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If you died, what would they say?

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I was participating in a seminar last month and a great question was posed that took many participants by surprise. The facilitator asked each of us, if you died tomorrow, what would people say at your funeral? At first I was taken back by this question because you immediately start to say the things you would want to hear, but in reality there is a difference on how you see yourself and how others view you.

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Do I need to go to church to find God?

Answer: No, but its so much easier to find Him there.

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Many people often have asked the question of “Do I need to go to church to find God?” The problem with that question is that when people hear the answer “no”, they use that answer as an excuse to never set foot inside a church and improve their spiritual lives. It is true that since God is omnipresent (everywhere) we can find God in all places including church but that does not mean to hope that he appears in the awful places that we continually visit.

God i'm not comfortable

God, I Love you, but I’m not Comfortable - Taken from my sermon preached on January 22, 2006

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James 1:2 - 4 NLT
²Dear brothers and sisters, whenever trouble comes your way, let it be an opportunity for joy. ³For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. ⁴So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.

Now this scripture sounds real good but the only problem that people have with this scripture is that when the trouble comes my way, it’s not easy. When trouble comes my way I get frustrated, I get doubtful, my faith doesn’t waver but I do wonder. The reason for my message today is to let you know that it’s alright when you don’t feel comfortable, it’s alright when times look dim, so let’s walk down the road of discomfort and see what God is trying to show us.

In life, people desire to stay in their comfort zone. If you put them in a situation where the zone is above them, they will do things to bring it down (take ghetto people to the suburbs). If you put them in a situation where the zone is beneath them, then they will bring it up (self development, finding Jesus).

Why do we as Christians have discomfort?
How do we overcome the discomfort in our lives?

1. What is comfort
Comfort
· a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain; a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment, a freedom from financial difficulty

We worship/live/praise according to our level of comfort.
I’m going to church so why am I feeling discomfort?
I’m a man/woman of God so why am I feeling discomfort? I’m saved so why am I feeling discomfort?
Does God have ears?
Why is this happening, I’m a good Christian, if things don’t change then I miles well get back into the world

Romans 8:18
Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will give us later.
I don’t want to hear that right now Jesus and don’t send anyone to talk to me who’s life is fine, don’t send anyone who’s not going through what I’m going through…matter of fact don’t send anyone…YOU COME GET ME OUT OF THIS. Don’t quote scripture to me, I mean I hear you on that bible stuff but you have no idea what I’m going thru. Your life is not as bad as mine. Everyone has problems…you are no exception…the differences with your problems and someone trying to help you with your problems is that they have already been through it so their perception of it is different.

When we got saved we didn’t want to sign up for Advance Christianity, Basic Jesus 101 was alright for us. Even though we wanted advanced blessings, we only wanted sacrifice 101, we only wanted hard-times 100, and we only wanted discomfort 100. Of course we wanted Walking in Authority 400, Quoting scripture 500, and the faith to move mountains 1000. But how does the faith to move mountains get developed, it’s developed the same way as we develop our academic skills in school, test after test after quiz after handout after homework after project after essay after thesis paper. See we want that PHD in Jesus with that Kindergarten effort. We want Jesus but on our conditions.

2. Conditional Faith/Trust
a. I will trust you as long as my rent is paid
b. I will trust you as long car note is paid
c. I will worship you as long as I have a job
d. I will worship you as long as I have money in the bank
e. I will believe in you as long my marriage is fine
f. I will believe in you as long as my family is not arguing
g. I will have faith as long as no one around me dies
h. I will have faith as long as my health never fails
i. I am your servant as long as I can tithe when I feel like it or I have more then what my bills require
j. I am your servant as long as I can still do a few of the things that I used to do
k. I will follow you as long as you don’t ask me to do anything I don’t want to do
l. I will follow you as long as my situation doesn’t cause me discomfort…..Lord…those are my conditions..take them or leave them.

Don’t just worship when you are feeling good, happy, comfortable. What God has in store for you is so much more then what you can see. He cant just give that to anybody, He has to give it to someone that’s dedicated to His will and will never leave nor forsake Him as He never leaves nor forsake us. Anything worth having takes work and dedication. The kingdom of Heaven and the earthly blessings are no different.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves. --Peter McWilliams Author

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. --Charles Kingsley

3. What to do when you don’t feel comfortable
a. Who have you depended on all your life? Even though you had many people around you and your family was there for you, when it came down to it, you always depended on yourself…because you would never let YOU down. But what starts to happen is that situations where your skills, talents and abilities were sufficient before…don’t work anymore. Relationships where you used to be able to handle situations just don’t work anymore. Jobs that you used to be able to get and keep, don’t want you anymore, Little lies you used to tell to get by don’t stay little anymore, they blow up in your face…things that you used to do don’t work anymore…they don’t get you the results that you want anymore…you start to feel uncomfortable with yourself…..
b. 2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
c. You have to remove you from the situations, remove what you want to happen, remove your way of doing things, remove your will and remove dependence upon your abilities.

d. What did Jesus do when He was uncomfortable (what would our prayer have sounded like)
Matthew 26:39
He went on a little farther and fell face down on the ground, praying, "My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will, not mine."

4. Three reasons God puts us through situations
a. II Corinthians 1:4-6
⁴He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When others are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.
⁵You can be sure that the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ.
⁶So when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your benefit and salvation! For when God comforts us, it is so that we, in turn, can be an encouragement to you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer. .

b. So you can tell others (so that we can comfort others)
i. God is looking for distribution centers, not warehouses
ii. The most powerful tool you have in witnessing and bringing people to Christ is your testimony.

c. So God can get the glory, advance the kingdom (the more God will shower us with his comfort)
i. When God takes you thru things he wants you to see a situation that He can only bring you out.
ii. It’s not that we don’t trust God’s ability, we don’t trust that He loves us enough to do it. You have to remember that God loves you just as much as He asks you to love Him. When you fear or doubt Him or situations, you are not doubting His ability, you are doubting His love.

d. So we grow, develop, learn, progress (coal à diamond) (for your benefit and salvation)
i. God is more concerned with our growth then our comfort. Growth helps advance the kingdom, comfort leads to complacency.
ii. (God removing the layers, like peeling an orange) – an orange has a protective covering to keep it from harm and to grow and mature. But the purpose of the orange is not to keep the covering, the covering has to be stripped away so that the seed that is inside can come out and grow into an orange tree and make more seeds. When someone planted a seed into you, they did not plant it so that you could keep it inside your covering…no…it was planted so that it could grow and then you could go and plant more seeds that come from the fruit within you.
iii. (Coal to a Diamond) – Everyone wants the diamond but no one wants the coal. Diamonds come from coal that has been pressurized and heated. Natural diamonds come from deep within the earth where the pressure and heat and fire occur naturally. In order for a coal to become a diamond, sounds like it has to go through hell and back and then you can see the true diamond in the rough.

iv. John 15:2 Branches being pruned
He cuts off every branch that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.

5. Qualities needed to overcome discomfort
Unselfishness
i. Take you out of the equation. Take what you want, what you have done, what you have acquired, everything in your life that comes before God. Tell God that even though you are imperfect, His will be done…God can easily take an imperfect person and do His perfect will.
Matthew 16:24-25
²⁴Then Jesus said to the disciples, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross, and follow me. ²⁵If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life.

Trust
· Firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing.
· Custody; care.
· Something committed into the care of another; charge.
· Reliance on something in the future; hope.
When someone asks you a question that you already know, you are comfortable with the answer. You are comfortable with your ability to give the answer. If you get a question that you don’t know you would ask someone that you trust to help you or go to a source that you trust to find the answer.

Confidence - Trust or faith in a person or thing

Faith - Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.
Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Patience
· Longsuffering Persevering; Tolerant; understanding
· Bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance with calmness.
· Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance.
· Capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or result; not hasty or impulsive.
· Capable of bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance
Romans 8:25 - But if we hope for what is still unseen by us, we wait for it with patience and composure.
Proverbs 19:11 - A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.
Galatians 5:22 - But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

4 Steps to Success

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Happy New Year and welcome to 2006. The New Year has come in with a fresh new desire to achieve all that life has to offer as well as seek out every opportunity to become successful in life. This past year was one of great achievement and advancement in many of our lives. There were many things that we accomplished that deserved a round of applause, but we all know that there were things that we did that we would rather forget. There were many ups and downs and many times in the midst of our failures we missed the lesson that was to be taken from the situation. I don't want any of us to look back at 2005 and dwell on the things that we didn't accomplish or the failures/shortcomings that we had because that will only make us feel inadequate as we move towards the future. I want us to focus on the things that we did accomplish as well as try to take the nuggets of knowledge from the failures/shortcomings that we had because in each situation we can, as John C. Maxwell says, "Fail Forward, and learn from our failures."

Now in order to make the most of 2006 and take those giant steps towards success, I have prepared the "4 steps of Success" to help each of us in our journey. Let's get started

Find It

The first step towards success is to find out what you want to do with your life. Many times this is discovered by finding your purpose in life. Your purpose is what you were created to accomplish on this earth and what your talents and gifts are most suited for. You can also apply the "Find it" principle to any new venture that you are getting involved in. Your first step in any venture is to seek out as much knowledge about your venture. Knowledge is power when it comes to being successful in any way sort or matter. As you seek out as much knowledge and information about your venture, then you can make a well thought out decision as to whether this venture is beneficial to you and how to achieve and exceed the desired results. When you are seeking out knowledge, use that knowledge to assess the opportunity that is before you. Use that knowledge to see the whole picture (and even the frame) so that you can be sure that this opportunity is the best choice in your pursuit of success. .

Believe it

The next step is to believe that you can do it. This step seems easy if you have all the information and knowledge about the opportunity but many people falter at this step. Believing that you can achieve great feats is not an easy task. When you have grown up in an environment where failure has tore down many people's confidence and faith, it's hard for people to believe that they are able to overcome. Let's look at the two definitions below that make up the basis for the "Believe it" principle.

Confidence - Trust or faith in a person or thing

Faith - Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.

As you can see from the definition of confidence, you must have faith or trust in a person or thing. Now myself I used to have all the confidence in the world in my self. I believed that my own talents, gifts and abilities were great enough that I could achieve anything that I wanted. The problem was that I didn't truly know the source of my talents, gifts and abilities. As, I developed a relationship with my creator, I learned that as my faith grew my confidence grew, so the real source of my confidence was my faith. I also learned that faith is what activates the promises in the Bible and therefore as long as I was in the will of God, I could have 100% confidence and faith in my gifts, talents and abilities because even though I could fail.the source of my faith, confidence, talents, gifts and abilities could not.

Talk It

The next step is to "Talk it". The "Talk it" principle is based on speaking things into existence. Many people do not understand the power of words. The power of words is shown constantly by our continuous use of them and the effect they have. The bible says "As a man thinks, so is he", now we know that words are spoken thoughts, so we can say "as a man speaks, so is he", therefore your words show who you truly are. For example, the Bible is a book of words, but once read, taught, spoken and applied the correct way, they can change lives. Our language is based on spoken words and the things you say to people have lasting effects and can either help or hurt your relationship with them. This newsletter is a collection of words organized into articles to help people reach their goals in life, by reading and applying the principles or telling others the principles that are presented in this newsletter, lives can be changed. Finally, here is the most important factor when it comes to the "Talk it" principle.When you speak, speak with confidence. When you start on your path towards success, many people will ask you what you are trying to do with your life or what your venture is about. You have to speak with confidence and be able to explain to them what you are doing and where you are going in life. People are attracted to confidence and when you speak with the confidence and assurance that you are going to be successful in life, people want to hear what you have to say. When you come across a dynamic preacher, you realize that the preacher has a confidence and great grasp of his or her words during the sermon. Those words capture our hearts, minds, emotions, souls and spirits and bring us closer to God. When you speak with confidence and speak positive things into people lives, you capture hearts, minds, emotions, souls and spirits and bring them closer to their goals of success in life.

Walk it

The "Walk it" principle can be broken down to one single word, progress. As you start on your journey towards your purpose and success, you have to continually take steps and make progress towards that goal. The bible says that the Kingdom of God is not just words, but living by the Power of God. That means that even though we can talk about many things and tell people what we are going to achieve in life, next we have start making things happen and taking steps towards that goal.

Everyday make progress toward a goal. If you see in your future a business for yourself then everyday make progress towards that goal. You don't have to setup the business all in one day but you can at least look up the business process or research your market to see if you can make money with your business. If you see yourself traveling in the future then start looking up the places you want to go online and make sure you will know what you are doing when you get there. You may have to wait to get there but you don't have to wait to be prepared.

The definition of progress is steady movement towards a goal. The keyword there is steady, whatever you want to do in life and wherever you see yourself in the future, continue to make progress everyday. I see myself as a person that teaches people to realize the success that is within them, so everyday I continue to build a company that showcases different ways to bring out the success in people. Remember if you have a lofty goal that is far away from you attaining now, you don't have to make one big step to get there, just make continuous little steps and you will get to the same place.

Finally, if you have a dream or goal that does not require you to become a better person then you are now then the dream is to small. Your dream or goal in life should be so large that it makes you get up everyday and make continuous progress daily so that when you look back in a week, month, year or years you see that you may not be where you want to be, but you are not where you used to be.

Remember, to have what you have never had, you must do what you have never done...because...Success Is Inevitable...So Get Ready!!!