Ron White's Ezine
February 4, 2009
Issue 87
Welcome!
We are now more than a month into the year, and I am curious about how you are doing on your New Year's resolutions? About this time, many begin to rationalize their goals with thoughts of, "Ah...it is no big deal if I don't make the cold calls I said I would, run the mile I said I would, read the book I said I would or spend quiet time alone like I said I would." So, about this time every year, the resolutions begin to fade as distant memories and by mid-February we are back to our old habits.
It is a big deal when you don't follow through on your resolutions or goals. You are subconsciously telling yourself that you can't even lose five pounds, spend 30 minutes reading or make the 10 extra cold calls you promised yourself. When you set goals and then give up on them, you are damaging your self-image and confidence even if in a small way. On the other hand, with every fulfilled goal, you are making deposits into your confidence bank account.
We are a month into the year. Keep it going and make 2009 your best year ever!
Go for More this Week!
Ron White
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In This Issue.....
1. Because He Said He Would by Ron White
2. Quotes of the Week
3. Develop the Do-it-now Habit by Tom Hopkins
4. Write It On Your Heart - Simple Steps to Scripture Memory
5. SPECIAL NOTE: SUCCESS Symposium - Section One SOLD OUT...Early Bird Pricing Set to Expire!
6. More Information
1. Because He Said He Would by Ron White
It was a family get-to-together a few years ago, and in my absence my family began to speculate if I was going to show up. Some said, "Probably." Others didn't think so. Then my aunt chimed in, "He'll be here." Everyone turned and looked at my aunt because of her matter-of-fact tone. My grandmother said, "How do you know that?"
My aunt replied, "Because he said he would – Not only that… he will be on time!"
That was that, and the conversation shifted to other matters and preparing the food. The lunch was set to begin at 1:00 and at 12:57 there was no sign of me, yet the look on my aunt's face was as relaxed as it could be (she has nerves of steel – not a good idea to play poker with her).
Then at 12:58 the door knob began to turn and I walked through the door. As soon I stepped foot in the house, my aunt threw up her arms as if to signal the game-winning field goal and said, "What did I tell ya?!" My aunt has never been above gloating and savors every opportunity.
I soon realized her happiness was more than simply me joining them for lunch. That reaction from my aunt caused me to think that day. It forced me to pause and realize how valuable it is in life and business for others to trust what you say and feel comfortable depending upon you.
It is priceless when others are 100% confident that you will follow through on your word.
How do you garner that kind of trust? How do you become a person others will trust to be there or do what you say that you will? Simple…. you do what you say you will do. It may seem elementary, yet if you do this day in and day out believe it or not people will begin to notice. You don't have to advertise that you are a person who keeps his word. Others will just figure it out.
It is so rare and so uncommon that you will stand out like a red marble in a bowl of white marbles.
There is a truth that says, "He who is faithful in little will also be faithful with much." There is no task, chore or promise that is too small to be faithful with. It could be keeping a secret, a promise or following through on a statement. It could be simply arriving on time or delivering your product when you said you would.
When you are faithful in a lot of little things – those little things end up meaning a lot over time. It has been said that a good name is more desirable than riches. It is certainly worth more, and good luck attempting to build riches without a good name.
If you are not reliable and trustworthy when your friends have referrals they could give you, do you think that they would? If you don't follow through on the simple matters of life, why would anyone trust you or refer business to you?
Hopefully, one day someone will say about you, "Because they said they would!"
ACTION POINTS
1. When you say you will be there at 1:00, be there at 1:00
2. When you promise to deliver your product on time, deliver your product on time
3. If you don't have someone on the way to purchase the product in which your prospect is interested, don't fabricate someone to create urgency; take a sales training course and learn how to sell
4. If you say you will call, call!
5. Pay your bills on time; cut back on your expenses if you can't do this
6. Become trustworthy -- it is very simple; it is about the little things
-- Ron White
Faith, determination and an improved memory come together in one incredible
program from Ron White. For more information, see No. 4 below or visit
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2. Quotes of The Week
Follow-Through
"Have the dogged determination to follow through to achieve your goal; regardless of circumstances or whatever other people say, think, or do." -- Paul Meyer
"Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you've signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through." -- Jim Rohn
"Develop a compulsion to closure. Once you begin, refuse to stop before completion." -- Brian Tracy
"There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks." -- David Lloyd George
"If you field the call, it's up to you to be responsible, even though you are not the person who may take the action." -- Jeffrey Gitomer
"Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution." – Stephen Sondheim
3. Develop the Do-it-now Habit by Tom Hopkins
Self-Discipline really encompasses nearly everything in life. Do you remember in school when you were given 30 days to write a term paper? Did you start it that first night?
Most of us didn't. Instead, we thought about it every night. "Got to get moving on that ratty project. But I've got almost a whole month left--it can wait." As time goes by, worry about getting a failing grade looms larger in our minds. At first the pain of starting the term paper is greater than our concern about the failing grade, so after a week we still haven't started. Two weeks go by. What are we doing every night before we go to sleep? Worrying about that F. "I better start. Tomorrow I'll get moving on it."
A week before the term paper is due, the F is getting larger--but it's still not quite large enough to offset the pain of working at preventing it. All of a sudden there are only three days left before it's due, and at last the F looms larger than the pain of working on the term paper. So we start.
As you lay it out you begin feeling some enthusiasm. "This isn't bad. I may get an A if I do this and do that." When you walk in with your paper you're happy, but you wasted 27 days worrying about starting. In other words, you operated at a deficit emotionally for 27 days when you could have been in the profit column the whole time. Move into the emotional profit column right now; starting today, get your priority tasks and actions handled promptly. Plan your actions, then act on your plans. Apply this determination to every area of your life and it will make an enormous difference in your income, growth rate in business as well as your satisfaction and growth rate personally.
The portrait of a man who was being called the Whiz Kid on Wall Street appeared on the cover of a national magazine many years ago. He was one of the first to put a conglomerate together, and some of the federal laws affecting business in the early
'70s came about because of the trends that his creativity set off. At the time he was 42; he was running one of the largest industrial combines in the country, the conglomerate he had built himself. So the magazine had assigned a journalist and a team of researchers to do an in-depth report on this entrepreneur.
One of the researchers went to the small city the dynamic executive had left 15 years earlier. A few items turned up there about an alcoholic with the same name who had been sleeping on park benches at that time. The researcher passed this information along, and as the journalist was concluding his interview with the Wall Street powerhouse in his plush office, the journalist laughed and said, "Believe it or not, a man with your exact name was sleeping on park benches and getting ousted by the police when you lived in your home town. I guess the poor guy was a real wino. Isn't that something?"
The president looked up and smiled. "That was me," he said.
The reporter was flabbergasted. "This can't be. You're kidding."
The president of the conglomerate leaned back in his leather chair and shook his head. "I'm not kidding. The wino sleeping off drinks on park benches was me."
The journalist stared at him for a moment and realized that the man was telling the truth. He also realized that now he had a whole new story. When his apologies were waved aside, he said, "I have to ask, what made you change?"
Listen to what he said because so many people fit this mold: "When I was sleeping under newspapers in the park 15 years ago, I knew that someday I would do what I'm doing now. I was just waiting until I was ready to start."
Do you know how many people are like that? "Well, next year's my year. I'm going to get to work then. You just wait and see--right after the first of the year I'm gonna start shaping up." But, of course, the time to get going never quite comes for most people. They have good intentions, but are lacking the two most vital components of any good deed: the motivation to begin and a strategic plan to keep them moving forward.
You see, by not beginning, you're not risking failure, but you're also confining yourself to the level of success you currently have. If you're happy with that, fine. If not, make that plan and get fired up!
If your potential for greater success is nagging at you, don't wait. Time is flying by so fast. Start today to achieve the greatness you know is within you.
Reach a higher level of achievement by enhancing and growing your brain power and memory skills. It's not too late to reserve your seat at Ron White's extraordinary one-day memory seminar, February 12, 2009.
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4. Write It On Your Heart - Simple Steps to Scripture Memory by Ron White
Have you struggled with scripture memory in the past?
It isn't because you weren't equipped with the ability; you are the greatest computer ever created. It is simply because you didn't know a system.
Write It On Your Heart is a simple system that anyone can follow to memorize small or large amounts of scripture.
This 2 CD program is the software for your mind that will enable you to memorize scripture and experience the life change that results when the word of God is written on your heart.
For more information or to take advantage of a great offer that saves you 40%, visit
http://writeit.yoursuccessstore.com or call 877-929-0439.
5. SPECIAL NOTE: SUCCESS Symposium - Section One SOLD OUT...Early Bird Pricing Set to Expire!
SUCCESS Symposium Section One seating sold out, but you still have an opportunity for a free upgrade into Section Two seating while they last. Also, early bird ticket pricing will come to an end very soon and prices will be going up.
Don't wait to reserve your seats and receive bonuses with your ticket purchase!
For complete details, go to www.SUCCESS.com/symposium or call 877-243-8383.
Remember, attendees at this SUCCESS Symposium will be treated to a special video tribute to Jim Rohn from his peers, recapping the impact he has had on them and their careers and lives. Though he won't be able to join us that day, Jim has scheduled a call-in to share some words of wisdom with those in attendance.
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