Posted: August 10th, 2009 | Author: Andrew Collinson | Filed under: Personal Growth | Tags: Buddha, Buddha Nature, Gandhi, Going Through Hell, Ram Dass, Winston Churchill, Wisdom | No Comments »
Some wisdom from Gandhi which I read recently:
- Be the change you want to see in the world.
- Nobody can hurt you without your permission.
- Forgive and let go.
- Take action.
- Be here now ( Ram Dass also said this)
- See the good in all.I would add see their Buddha nature.
- Keep going.As Winston Churchill said “when you are going through hell keep going.”
- Be authentic.
- Never stop learning.
Follow this and you will succeed in all areas of your life.
Best Wishes
Andrew
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Posted: May 19th, 2009 | Author: Andrew Collinson | Filed under: Personal Growth | Tags: 12 Months, 1941, Altitude, Business Cycle, Convictions, Earth Rise, Failure, Feet On The Ground, Good Sense, Harrow School, Head In The Clouds, home based business, Honour, Many Things, Myth, Rush, Self Worth, Term Goals, Thomas Eddison, Winston Churchill | No Comments »
If you are just starting out in a home based business,you may think you don’t know very much.It seems everyone else knows more than you,so what contribution do you have to make?
This period is very important for you so don’t be in a rush to get past it.Because the thing you will develop at this stage is the will to NEVER GIVE UP
There is a story about Winston Churchill who gave an address to the boys of Harrow school in 1941.The myth is that he got up and said these words:
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never–in nothing, great or small, large or petty–never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”
After that he just sat down.The truth is he said quite a bit more,put you get the point.
Many businesses fail in their first 12 months.Don’t let yours be one of them.This is probably the hardest part of the whole business cycle,getting airborne,getting altitude.
This is the time to learn to soak up as much information as you can from those that have gone before you.
Keep focused on your long term goals AND the next action step that is in from of you.Head in the clouds and feet on the ground as they say.
Perhaps you know that Thomas Eddison invented many things still in use today.But his success was built on failure.He invented so many things that just did not work.
But rather than give up he used his failure to generate more success.If you are not failing then you are not trying hard enough.
So never give in.Another Churchill quote ” if you are going through hell keep going”.
The light on the other side will be that much brighter.
