success quote4
Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage. Napolean Hill

my grandfather
my grandfather just celebrated his 90th birthday. now in an age of so many centenials, this may not be such a feat but how he made there is whats special. he was born in pre war europe. he went to work in physical labor at 12 years old to help put food on his parents table. he married, had a son but then his wife died in childbirth of his second son. he married his wife's sister as was common in that place and time. he built a house from scratch and moved in with his pregnant wife. but only 2 days later he was taken away by the nazis never to see his wife and son again. he never even saw his second son. after surviving the hells of aushwitz, he married my grandmother and came to america. he had an uncle who was helping his brothers financially but told him that because my grandmother had a rich uncle that he should get money from him. but my grandmothers uncle only lent him money and made him give headcheacks that he cashed on time without fail. they took in borders to help cover their living expenses and my granfather went to work as a roofer. there were times when there was no food on the table. he was known as a honest person. his quote was the actuall price and even if the job was bigger than expected, he would pay even the materials out of his own pocket. he always guaranteed his work and was good to his employees. he worked six days a week, but never on saturday (sabbath), never compromising his religous beliefs. eventually he got government contracts and built up a nice business. one night he gets a call that some hoodlums burnt down his entire business and he had to start the whole thing over again. whenever there were disputes over money with other family members he would tell my grandmother that its just money and we will get it some other way but we only have this family. he's been retired for 20 years now living at home with his wife, getting up at 5:30 am to be the first at synogogue every morning even when in pain from his back. his family is his pride, always helping them out, and has helped each of his 10 grandchildren and 18 (and counting) great grandchildren have a strong financial foothold to start life. hard work, belief in himself and god, and the love of family is his mantra and i hope i can follow in his footsteps.

successarexia
what is successarexia? if you show two photos to an anerexic person, one with a skinny person and one with a fat person and ask them to point to one that resembles a thin person they will pick the skinny one. but ask them which they ( at 75 pounds) think they look like and they will pick the fat one. so they are not distorted in what fat and skinny are rather it is their self perception. and all the convincing and talking in the world cannot change them. so too it is with a successarexic. with all their accomplishments big and small they only see themselves as failures. every success they have, has a specific reason but they feel overall they are not successfull and everything that happens is their fault. and the universe is out to get them. and all the talk in the world will not change that! success breeds success. so the only cure is obviously to start to feel successfull. the old adage that "the rich are just like you and me" is the farthest thing from the truth. the rich and successfull are the way they are is because they feel and think like successes. so a successarexic has to change his focus and to start small and say yes i did everything on my to do list today. i was a good person, father, spouce, friend today. don't only have big succeess goals, although you must aim for the moon if you want to reach at least the sky. and step by step, success by success you will develope into a success minded person. and then you will control the universe and when things arent going your way you know its just temporary because you are successfull and oppurtunity will come from the setbacks. its all in the way you think and feel. so go on and decide " i am successfull" and go reach the moon

success quote3
success requires no explanation. failure permits no alibis. napolean hill

success quote 2
Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden (1910-).

are you the hitter or the pitcher
There once was a boy who went out into his backyard, with a bat and ball in his hand. He throws up the ball and says "I’m the greatest hitter in the world." Swoosh. He misses the ball. Once again he throws up the ball and says, " I’m the greatest hitter in the world" and misses again. Being a kid, undeterred he throws it up and says, "I’m the greatest hitter in the world." Looking down at the ball by his feet a big smile comes over his face as he announces " I’m the greatest pitcher in the world." Sometimes we get so focused on a certain goal for whatever reason (desires, social pressure or prestige) and are failing miserably and not feeling too good. If we would just shift our focus on what we are good at, we would be the happiest people around

success quote 1

The man who wins, is the man who thinks he can. Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) .