GOOD SELECTIVE HEARING
"Don’t listen to
those who say, ‘It’s not done that way.’
Maybe it’s not, but maybe you’ll do it anyway. Don’t listen to those who say, ‘You’re taking
too big a chance.’ Michelangelo would
have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out today."
- Neil Simon
American
Playwright
Doesn’t it make you wonder about the human heart when we
live in a day that you can talk to people all over the world from a small cell
phone, we have been to the moon, transplanted organs, have computers small
enough to put on a pin, and yet we do not believe people can accomplish their
dreams? I will be honest with you, I do
not believe people think a dream cannot be accomplished; I believe they don’t
want to see them accomplished.
There are people in our lives who
are very threatened by our success. You
see, if you achieve you dream, they will have to achieve theirs, or at least be
challenged to. This is not a new
problem; it is as old as mankind itself.
Thomas Fuller, Chaplain to King Charles II of England in the 17th
century, wrote, “The real difference between men is energy. A strong will, a settled purpose, and
invincible determination can accomplish almost anything; and in this lies the
distinction between great men and little men.”
Success-minded people must be
cautious to whom they listen. Do not
allow those who are too lazy or fearful to accomplish their own dreams to stop
you from achieving yours. Listen to
those who believe in you and the fact that you can do anything God has called
you to do. Listen to God, who tells us
we can do all things through Christ Jesus.
If He has given us a dream, He intended us to accomplish it. End of story, no excuses, and no retractions.
Success-minded people are big
thinkers. They are possibility thinkers
who believe that they and others can do great things. Professor and author David J. Schwartz said, “Big
thinkers are specialists in creating positive forward-looking, optimistic
pictures in their own minds and in the minds of others.” Success-minded people do
not hope that great things can be done - they believe it with all that is in
them. They believe it so much that they
never give up trying to see it happen.
If you need some encouragement in believing your dreams can
come to be, search the Scriptures. No
one is more encouraging, and no one believes in you more than God does. He believed in you so much that He sent His
Son Jesus to die for you so you could fulfill your dreams. With God behind us, how can we ever fail?
(From the book: Daily Thoughts: 90 Daily
Readings For Success-Minded People by John Patrick Hickey)
To discover how you can achieve the dream you have believed was
impossible for too long, read On The
Journey To Achievement by John Patrick Hickey. You can get a signed copy for yourself and
get one for a friend, by going to http://www.johnpatrickhickey.com/it-is-good-to-set-goals-better-to-achieve-then/. Now available on Kindle, Oops! Did I Really Post That? Online
Etiquette in the Digital Age by John Patrick Hickey.
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