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Good
morning <$firstname$>,
Many
times, we look at high achievers and assume they had a string
of lucky breaks, or made it without much effort. Usually,
the opposite is true, and the so-called superstar had an
incredibly rough time before he or she attained any lasting
success.
It
may motivate you more toward your own goals to know that
some of the most famous and well-known people in modern
times had to overcome as difficult obstacles as anyone before
they finally reached the top It takes persistence and total
commitment to your goals, but it's possible!
You
may not know the background of a certain laundry worker
who earned sixty dollars a week at his job but had the burning
desire to be a writer.
His wife worked nights, and he spent nights and weekends
typing manuscripts to send to publishers and agents. Each
one was rejected with a form letter that gave him no assurance
that his manuscripts had even been read. I've received a
few of those special valentines myself through the years,
and I can tell you first hand that they're not the greatest
self-esteem builders.
But
finally, a warm, more personal rejection letter came in
the mail to the laundry worker, stating that although his
work was not good enough at this point to warrant publishing,
he had promise as a writer and he should keep trying.
He
forwarded two more manuscripts to the same friendly-yet-rejecting
publisher over the next eighteen months, and as before,
he struck out with both of them too. Finances got so tight
for the young couple that they had to disconnect their telephone
to pay for medicine for their baby.
Feeling
totally discouraged, he threw his latest manuscript into
the garbage. His wife, totally committed to his life goals
and believing in his talent, took the manuscript out of
the trash and sent it back to Doubleday, the publisher who
had sent the friendly rejections. The book, titled 'Carrie',
sold over five million copies, and as a movie, became one
of the top-grossing films in 1976. The laundry worker, of
course, was Stephen King.
The
main message - believe in your ability to turn obstacles
into opportunities. Too often people try to storm their
obstacles as if they're forts that need to be taken. It's
better to step back and ask yourself: "Did I cause
this obstacle by my own actions or lack of them? Did someone
else cause this obstacle? Is this obstacle one that grew
out of the natural progression of circumstances?"
This
last question may seem complex, but it holds a secret to
the way you can set and reach your goals and achieve your
destiny!
Reproduced
with permission from the Denis Waitley Ezine. To subscribe
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Copyright 2006 Denis Waitley International. All rights reserved
worldwide.
Until
next time, all the best from :
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27
Oct 2006
"We
are all failures -
at least,
all the best of us are."
James
M. Barrie
1860 - 1937
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