REJECTION

I am very enthused to address the topic of REJECTION! How you handle rejection is in direct proportion to how you maintain a persistent level of action in order to feel fulfilled and find your WHY in life. As a super-achiever in life (which means you have your WHY in place), you are driven to fulfill your personal goals set for you on a daily basis. In the course of this daily action, you will inevitably encounter rejection and the incredible power it exerts over you!

Just when you are feeling great and your business is beginning to grow, you will experience rejection. Out of nowhere, it will slap you right in the face like an icy, cold wind from the Arctic, and your little voice inside begins to doubt whether or not you can really achieve what you initially set out for. YOU MUST LEARN TO LOVE REJECTION! You must become excited when you get rejected while, at the same time, you attempt to forge ahead!

The most successful people are those who have felt the pains of rejection, but because of their DETERMINATION they pressed onward and won the game. As you are building your business, you need to set a goal and continue toward it regardless of the degree of discomfort that rejection may be causing you! Rejection is an extremely negative force; therefore, it is to your benefit to channel this force to produce positive results!

Thomas Edison is famous for the 10,000 ways that a person couldn’t produce electricity as a result of his numerous attempts to reach his goal – producing electricity! As we all know, he eventually succeeded. But rather than seeing his previous attempts as a negative force, he channeled all that he learned to produce the positive result of finally having reached his goal! You too will develop incredible character as you continue to build your business, REGARDLESS of the rejection that you will experience along the way. As a super-achiever, you will use your knowledge of rejection and its power to your advantage! EXPECT REJECTION, LOVE REJECTION, LEARN FROM REJECTION AND YOU WILL SUCEED!

THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT DAYS OF YOUR LIFE

A great friend of mine once said “The two most important days of your life are the day you that were born and the day that you Find Your WHY”. Right now you need to look inside and ask yourself a real serious question, “Have I found my WHY?” You were already born, and you really had no real say over what happened that day. You did not decide to be born. You are here because you are an individual miracle of God, but “Finding Your Why” is up to you and only you.

Take a look around. You know when someone has found their WHY in life, because they know exactly where they are going and what their ultimate mission is. They are the people who striving forward even when it is cloudy or cold outside, because the outside factors do not determine their inside WHY!

As soon as you “Find Your WHY”, you will become a completely empowered person going in a constant direction each day — UPWARD! Will it be easy? No. People and things will stand in the way of you achieving your WHY. That’s why I am a true believer in “Brainwashing”. We all participate in “Body Washing” everyday, but so few people spend the same amount of time cleaning their brain from all the negative “Non-Why” people and things in the world. The sad part is that the spiritual dirt that builds up in your brain is 1000 times worse for you than physical dirt. You must wash your brain with positive, motivational material on a daily basis in order to stay on track to achieving your Why.

I challenge you to place your birth certificate and your “Why” card in a place so that you can see them everyday. This will serve as a reminder of the two most important days in your life.

TEAR UP YOUR “TO DO” LISTS

Most of you have those tedious “To Do” list that you create in an effort to get more things done in your day. But let’s take time to really look at your “To Do” list. The actual words “To Do” have a negative connotation, and when you look at that list on a daily basis you think to yourself, “I MUST get this stuff done!”. It’s like meeting a deadline on a daily basis. You absolutely dread it! You should just call it your “To Don’t” list, because it’s not something that you even look forward to doing.

So, what kinds of things are on these “To Do” list?
1. Go to the gym
2. Take the kids to baseball practice
3. Make (3) new contacts for my business
4. Pick-up the laundry
5. Coaching session w/John Di Lemme
6. Tele-Class at 8:30pm
7. Book flights for upcoming seminar

That’s right, this is an example of the infamous “To Do” list that you write out every day, and you drive yourself crazy trying to get everything done. Then at the end of the day, you wad up your list and throw it away. No matter if you finished everything or not. Does this make sense? No. Why should you torture yourself by making a list of things that will ultimately hang over your head all day long. Plus, most of the time the things on your “To Do” list are important to you and you should feel a sense of accomplishment after you complete them.

I know that you are saying to yourself, “John, I have to write things down or I won’t do them, and these things are important.” I agree with you 100%, but there is another way…something you won’t hate and resent doing on a daily basis. You must make this list important to you and feel good about yourself when you complete it or even most of it.

Develop a Champion Checklist! Doesn’t that sound better and more powerful? How would you feel at the end of your day if you accomplished the majority of things on your “Champion Checklist”? Here’s another tip. Don’t throw it away day after day after day. Keep your Champion Checklist in a journal or simply a notebook. This will allow you to look back at your lists at the end of the week and see all of the things that you achieved. On the other hand, it will also act as your guide to things that you can do better such as time management.

My challenge for you today is to commit to tearing up your “To Do” list and replace it with a “Champion Checklist”. Will you do it or will you continue to begin everyday staring at a list that haunts you all day long? It’s up to you! This simple change will produce drastic results for you.

1/96th OF A DAY (Part One)

1/96th of a day…what is that? It means that there are ninety-six (15) minute increments within twenty-four hours. So, 1/96th of a day equals 15 minutes. Now, let me show you how such small fraction of time will change your life.

What goes in, comes out. This is what I consider the major determinant of how your internal spirit affects your whole life. Just 15 minutes a day of feeding this spirit will produce life-altering results. The average American spends two hours a day watching television. There are no positive results or achievements in watching television. If you take just 15 minutes a day to read a book or to listen to a personal development CD, then you will have begun your journey to reaching your next level of personal growth by motivating your spirit. Remember…What goes in, comes out!

Visualize driving down Interstate 95 at 60 miles per hour and turning your steering wheel 1/96th to the left. Will you crash immediately and die? No. But eventually you will hit the guardrail, roll over and end your life. Hence, doing the same thing over and over again on a daily basis means that you have not made a mental decision to change the negativity that is feeding your internal spirit…what’s going in and coming out.

To develop your faith and belief you need to consistently feed your spirit each and every day — all it takes is 1/96th of a day. I personally feed my spirit a minimum of two hours a day in order to sustain myself like a finely-tuned machine.

I challenge you today to make a decision to invest 15 minutes of a day in yourself by reading a book or listening to a motivational tape. These 15 minutes could change your life forever!

FIND YOUR WHY AND FLY CHALLENGE

As many of you have heard me say, you must know your WHY in life (your ultimate purpose) in order to deal with such issues as:

• Why recruit?
• Why deal with traffic in the morning?
• Why come in early and work late?
• Why deal with certain clients?
• Why introduce your business to people on a daily basis?
• Why work and plan over the weekend?

My personal mission statement is “You must be absolutely clear about your goal and be relentless in your pursuit of your “WHY” and reading your WHY card for the first seven minutes upon rising is the secret to cementing your WHY into your heart. In turn, this will direct your actions as you progress through your day. You will begin to see yourself handling some of your challenges a little differently, because you know WHY. You will not be afraid to deal with the challenges as you proceed towards your WHY. An example of a WHY card is:

I will deal with all the challenges of today, because my WHY is to spend more time with my family, provide for my children’s education, have the finances needed to take regular family vacations and be a mentor to my kids. I will be able to donate/tithe a percentage of my earnings to my church or favorite non-profit organization. I am successful entrepreneur and build an ethical, profitable business for me and my family.

I challenge you to re-evaluate where you are today and where you wish to be 5 years from now. Then, decide to take action and write a personal WHY card that you will read daily.

“…write the vision and make it plain on tablets that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time but at the end it will not lie.”

You need to accept my challenge and write a WHY card! This step will totally empower your life. I would love to read your WHY card so feel free to e-mail it to me John@ChampionsLiveFree.com.

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