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 with Kerry Daigle NEVER..EVER..GIVE UP!!! As we reach the mid part of the year 2005 we should continually think about the potential opportunities it brings us. Generally, we should start thinking more positive and planning our goals while creating positive affirmations so we can achieve more successes in our personal and business lives. Creating success, as we all know or have heard, has everything to do with your 'attitude' and 'you' personally creating your own opportunities. Think about it. Your mind will create all the influence in your life.. so... naturally.. you would want your mind thinking 'positive thoughts' which actually create opportunities. Earl Nightingale wrote, "Security isn't what the wise person looks for; its opportunity. Quoting B. C. Forbes next, he says, "Opportunity can be spelled with four letters. But these letters are not L-U-C-K. They are W-O-R-K. Many of you may have read about the trials and tribulations of our great President, Abraham Lincoln as he was challenged for two decades in losing battles in politics to later become President of the United States. His comments were: 'I will study and prepare myself and someday my chance will come'. The world gives each of us all the opportunity for fame, fortune, wealth, happiness, success, and security that we want. Every day, each of us walks by more opportunity than we could ever develop in a lifetime. What we fail to understand is that as abundant as opportunity is, it is also the master of "the art of disguise". It is usually hitting us right between the eyes in familiar surroundings and offered to us unsuspectedly. Opportunity doesn't have a huge blinking red light attached it saying, "OPPORTUNITY HERE...WATCH CAREFULLY". It is usually well hidden. It is whether you can sense it. Most people find misfortune before finding opportunity. I know I did. I failed at several things for many years before finding opportunity but I was always 'keeping an eye open' and learning from my misfortunes. I remember early in my career when I was challenged with a 'bankruptcy' and 'labeled' by many, especially the financial institutions as a 'failure'. My reading on this misfortune was different. "This is happening for a reason....it is a learning experience..what can I learn from this?"....I looked at it as climbing a mountain..I was halfway up the mountain when I fell..I overlooked a few things..possibly a loose rope and poor footing....and then I fell...I was scarred pretty bad and crippled for a period of time but continually attempted to climb the mountain again but this time with more caution and learning from my mistakes. I knew I would reach the top...I just didn't know when..I just knew I wouldn't quit until I did. Today these same financial institutions who ignored or shunned me want my business. Those who ridiculed me or said I couldn't climb that mountain didn't see the fire in my eyes or feel the 'intestinal fortitude'... I carried in my heart. We have to be alert enough and keep a positive mindset to examine why these things are happening to us and ask ourselves regularly as we are challenged with obstacles...WHAT IS THIS SITUATION TEACHING ME?..WHAT WILL BE THE POSITIVE FROM THIS?..WHAT OPPORTUNITY EXISTS BEHIND THIS DARK CLOUD?" Billy and Sims Sandoz, attorneys from Opelousas, Louisiana, had this incredible faith in me and continued to relay the story about accepting failure as a lesson before true success would enter my life and that patience would always win out. Billy is deceased now but will always live with me in my heart and mind. Their faith in me along with others like Jim Tatman and Peyton Sher come to mind giving me encouragement, and teaching me each and every day to always, always, KEEP PUNCHING! I will always be in total gratitude to them emotionally and loyal to the end and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the gifts they've given me. It was simple...I just needed to keep my eyes and ears open as an 'opportunity' would come knocking....I just needed to be prepared. This leads to a story I like to tell. The founder of Temple University, Russell Herman Conwell, traveled across the United States telling the classic story of 'ACRES OF DIAMONDS'. The story goes like this: An African farmer heard about people who had made huge fortunes by discovering diamond mines. The farmer wanted to be rich, so he sold his farm and began a search across Africa for diamonds. He spent the rest of his life in a continued pursuit of the diamonds that would bring him wealth. Eventually broke, discouraged, and suicidal he threw himself into a river and drowned. Meanwhile, one day, the gentleman who purchased the farm from the African farmer, found a large stone in the stream that crossed his property. The stone turned out to be an enormously valuable diamond. He soon discovered that his farm was covered with diamonds. The farm became one of the world's richest diamond mines. The first farmer had owned literally 'acres of diamonds' but had sold them for practically nothing in order to look for them elsewhere. The lesson to learn from this story is very important. Many people who look for excuses for their 'non-success' feel that opportunities are always greater somewhere else.in another company, in another town, in another line of work. And that could be true... but before leaving your present grazing ground, examine it carefully and learn all you can. Each of us today listening to this story is standing,.. right now,.... in the middle of our own 'acres of diamonds'. As my mentors and true friends, Billy and Sims Sandoz, Jim Tatman, and Peyton Sher would say ..."We need the wisdom and patience to look intelligently at our present situations. We will find we can learn from where we are if we open our minds and hearts and find that many times they contain the riches we seek or the guidance to reach out and step further up the ladder. Before we seek 'greener pastures' let's be certain that our "property or pasture" is not just as green with the knowledge we need to better ourselves. Have we really looked for the diamonds or become discouraged and wanted to move forward before searching for the riches in what we have right in front of us now? Spend the necessary time and effort to become the best you can be at what you are doing before graduating to another level. There are no shortcuts in life or shortcuts to success. Every job or profession can lead you to greatness if you perform at your best. If you cannot become outstanding at what you are doing 'right now',,,,,,how are you going to be outstanding at another profession until you achieve some level of success to help you climb that mountain? Somewhere in what you are doing today...no matter what it is that you do....there is an opportunity which can bring you everything you can possibly want to take you to the next level in your life. You may be standing in your own 'Acres of Diamonds' and you could be blind like the first farmer mentioned earlier in the story. There is an old Scottish Proverb, which says, "Believe that every time one door closes, two open". When that door closed for you.........did you look for the others that are opened or only saw the 'closed door'? And as Winston Churchill said, "Never, ever, ever, give up!" And remember........Always Keep Punching! 
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Kerry has been involved in his own homebased business since the age of 13 and now
years later still operates a multi-million dollar sales and distribution center
directly out of his home involving Juice Plus, a whole food product,
www.kerrydaigle.com.
During his teen years and all of his adult life, Kerry has worked in the promotional
arena in professional and amateur boxing and major concerts worldwide. Some of the
shows he has been involved in were televised on the major networks, ESPN, USA Network,
and other cable affiliates. He has also promoted legal seminars for attorneys. Kerry is also an author and writer. He does the Keeppunching Radio Show which is promoted internationally through audiotapes and the web on www.keeppunching.com and www.kslokogm-fm.com He also does speaking engagements on personal development and sales across the world. Kerry also assists other speakers and authors to promote their profession and/or books through his contacts across the globe. Kerry can be reached at 337.288.8510 or email him at keeppunching@cox.net. Feel free to write to Kerry about his articles and any questions you may have. And as Kerry says...KEEP PUNCHING! |
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