When Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile, it was thought to have been impossible. Within weeks of him breaking this invisible barrier, dozens of others did it, too. Since then, thousands have run a sub four-minute mile.
Virtually every sales team has a few star salespeople who consistently outsell others by two, three and often ten times. You are unique, just like everyone else. This statement is actually true. Everyone IS unique. Of the over 90 billion people who have lived or are living on the planet, there have never been two people identically alike.
We each have a unique potential. And it's up to us to discover what that is and then to live it. Einstein believed he used less than 10 percent of his brain power. If one of the smartest people who ever lived left 90 percent of his thinking capacity on the table, what are the rest of us doing? I'm dedicated to the passionate pursuit of potential. My studies and my experiences are about being the best I can be.
I've got a long way to go, and I'm always looking for ways I can maximize my time, my talents, my knowledge and my opportunities. It's what my life and Success Networks is about. I guess it's good that we have so much potential, because there will always be more to which to aspire. We can strive, and we can thrive in the process.
It's good to take some time to think about our special gifts and talents and how best to apply them. We definitely have a purpose. We have something special to bring to the world and it's incumbent upon us to do just that.
Ask yourself some questions: What's my true potential? What would I attempt if I knew I couldn't fail? Where am I taking the easy road? What have I accepted about myself or my life that is less than my best?
How can I deliver my best to the world? How can I contribute the most? I believe that in order to live an extraordinary life, we must constantly challenge ourselves to fulfill our unique potential.
What tools do I need to become more effective? What skills do I need to develop? What knowledge and experience do Intend to gain?
Do this without putting yourself down. Start from where you are. Reach down deep for that other 90 percent. You can have more and do more because you can become more of who you are.
Remember that everything extraordinary that has ever been accomplished was once thought to be impossible. Think big. Go and grow.
And that's not just the occasional day but most if not every day. So what's a bottle of wine between two? Nothing to worry about surely? But it's surprising how easily that can become a bottle of wine each. Or more. Every day.
If you're feeling a sense of sheepish recognition as you read, bear in mind you're not the only one. We're not talking about the insidious binge drinking culture which defiles our town centres every weekend but a quiet revolution in drinking habits behind closed doors throughout the land.
These are the ordinary drinking habits of ordinary people with jobs and kids and mortgages and responsibilities they take very seriously. This revolution is measured in the media by occasional articles about our wine consumption overtaking other European countries, booming off-sales and declining pubs. Clearly, we're enjoying drinking far more at home than we could legally if one of us was driving to the pub. And at a much lower cost too.
But the cost to the health of the nation is not quite clear. The biggest generation of boozers since the 18th century gin riots has not aged sufficiently to succumb to alcohol-related diseases in epidemic numbers.
Maybe it's time to examine what's going on here. Drinking is an integral part of our social life. It's how we have fun, chill out, celebrate and occasionally fall over. It reminds us of our youth when we didn't have a care and could put away 15 pints of snakebite on a Friday night and still want more on Saturday. It's a reward, a treat, an antidote for all life's woes. No wonder we don't want to stop.
At risk of sounding like a complete party-pooper, now might be the time to take individual stock of the flipside of all these wonderful benefits. Hands-up if you're too fat even though you eat healthily. Tick that box if you're always knackered in the morning. Ask yourself how much quicker you could pay off the credit card bills if you cut out weekday drinking. And here are a few more awkward questions: How's your sex life lately? Do you sometimes forget how you spent the latter part of the evening? Are you often irritable and unproductive a work? Do you lack energy to get off the sofa at the weekend?
If any or all the above makes uncomfortable reading, here's the good news. Drinking every day is an easy habit to change. If you need any incentive, just a week or two unlashed is enough to experience the benefits. I speak from experience as a lifelong party animal who could take on a touring rugby team pint for pint. I've got my mojo back. There's joi in my vivre. I'm nice to children, dumb animals and call centre employees. And it didn't take 12 steps to do it.
Being a hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner is helpful as I can give my subconscious mind a good talking to or use any number of creative visualisation techniques to change patterns of behaviour if ever my drinking should get out of hand. I have helped numerous clients turn down the desire to tipple any time any place any where. And some of that good advice must rub off on me too.
Here are my ten top tips for cutting back:
Alternate a glass of alcohol with a glass of water
Only drink on alternate days
Pour half measures or use smaller glasses
Take smaller sips and put your glass down between times
Don't drink at all on one, two three or more weekdays
Don't drink at home
Only drink on social occasions
Just have one glass of wine with an evening meal
Don't bulk buy or stockpile
Just stop
Lets face it, savouring a glass of fine wine, refreshing beer, mellowing scotch, Summery Pimms, sublime gin and tonic with ice and a slice, or whatever your poison is, is one of life's great pleasures. And it's possible to enjoy this great tradition without becoming a lush, lager lout or mean drunk in your own living room and ruining your future health and happiness in the process.
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