Hello all,
Today’s motivation comes from a person who single-handedly changed the way we do business in the world today, Fred Smith:
“You are the way you are because that’s the way you
want to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you
would be in the process of changing right now.”
— Fred Smith: The founder of Federal Express
When I read this statement, I have to pause for a moment because as loopy as it sounds, its so on target. Many times, we make ourselves believe we are the way we are due to circumstances beyond our control. These reasons or circumstances can vary from genetics to the current economic climate.
Yet, some of us never realize that we are the determining factor. Not just for ourselves but in addition, for the state of circumstances in our lives right now. We tend to forget that our thoughts, lack of action, and our fears can shape the world around us. We must realize that we are the best indicator for what occurs in our lives.
Once I saw a film about a young girl who has the gift of second sight. She believed that outside forces were the cause of what was happening to her and her family. Yet, as I watched the events unfold on the screen, I realized towards the end of the film that it was she who was controlling the variables, not the external forces she blamed. Her family was the way they were due to a lack of trying to start the process to create lasting change.
The reason I chose this statement is Fred Smith knows of what he speaks. When he was in college, he wrote a thesis regarding the creation of a shipping company unlike no other that would revolutionize how business could be done. His teacher thought his idea was loopy and gave him a grade of C. Today, that C-grade idea is the reason why business gets done in the world! Hence, Smith didn’t like the way business was being conducted in the area of shipping so he decided to create and implement change by creating FedEx!
How is the state of your life right now? Are you like Visa in that you’re everywhere you want to be? Are your finances in order? Does your business enjoy the success that you’ve dreamt of? If the answer to all these questions is no, its time that you take a long look at your life. Are you in this state because of external forces or is your life in its current state because that’s the way you desire it to be?
As I write this, I’m taking a long look at my life right now and there are some things that I must change. I realize that if I continue to do nothing, no change will occur and thereby I will be allowing things to remain as they are. However, if I take a bold step each day to incur change, something must and will happen. In our universe, one of the universal laws seems to be that when we make change, things must change; they cannot be or remain the same!
Now, if you’re happy with the way things are, good for you. However, if you’re among the millions of unsatisfied people in the world that hates how their lives have turned out, don’t allow yourself to stay in that rut. Don’t allow yourself to believe that the way things are is due to something that’s beyond your control.
Go out and create change!