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Part 1: May Day-(SOS) Motivation to the Rescue

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Your Dreams Demand Your Urgent Attention Now

The term May Day or SOS is an urgent call for help. What’s so urgent, you ask?  Your dreams need an urgent intervention.  YOU are the emergency!  The clock is ticking on your dreams.  The universe is calling you, and you have put her on hold for far too long.

We are already half way through 2010 so I thought I’d send out an urgent SOS on your behalf to the universe to send help to you. A sense of urgency is  a prerequisite to realizing any dream and igniting energy and support.

I Hope It’s Not Too Late

I hope it’s not too late!  I hope you haven’t already given up on your dreams!  I hope you know that anything is possible if you believe.  I hope you haven’t allowed the lukewarm reception of others, their negative opinions, their doubts, their fears of the lack of practicality of your dreams, or their refusal to encourage or support you, to cause you to give up.  I hope you know that you deserve greatness, joy, peace, and work you can be passionate about and you deserve it NOW!  To continue to Part 2: http://wp.me/ppImQ-qf

c) 2010, Barbara S. Talley- All Rights Reserved

Barbara Talley is a keynote speaker, author of six books, and trainer on value-based living themes.  She also offers Effective Communication, Diversity, Leadership, Time Management, and Goal Setting workshops.  Visit her at www.thepoetspeaks.com or contact her at 301-428-4831.  You may email her at Barbara@ThePoetSpeaks.com.

Part 2: May Day- Time to Call in the Calvary?

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You Are Not Supposed to Live in Doubt and Fear

You are supposed to be happy, fulfilled, excited about life, and have passionate goals to pursue. If you don’t, it’s a May Day moment.  Call in the cavalry!  You are not supposed to live in doubt but instead to know for sure that you can accomplish your dreams.  You are not supposed to fear failure and have low esteem, instead you are supposed to know that you are worthy, capable, noble, and necessary.   And yet so many are visionless, complacent, uninspired, robotic, disillusioned, and cynical.

Too Many People Are Living Mediocre, Mundane, and Humdrum Lives

Too many people with vision, capacity, and possibilities are living mediocre, mundane, and humdrum lives.  And, they should be allowed to, but the problem is that they are not happy.  And, hurt people, hurt other people.  They sit around complaining, creating doubts in the minds of dreamers, and being envious of those who overcome and succeed.

Too Many People Are Settling and Using Excuses

Too many people are settling and using excuses to justify their giving up on themselves and their dreams.  But, no one starts out that way.  We began life as dreamers, with hope, and with expectations.  Somewhere along the way we began to settle for whatever life served us and that is the travesty.  But don’t worry, help is on the way.  The fact that you took the time to read this newsletter and pass it on to others shows that you are on the path to truth and are bringing others with you.

Seeking Help is a Sign of Wisdom and Strength

You’ve figured out that you can’t do it alone right now but still have refused to ask for help. It is okay to ask for help.  Perhaps you’ve mistakenly thought that asking for help is a sign of weakness.  To the contrary, seeking wise counsel and support is a sign of wisdom and strength for we are all connected.  The native people teach us that we each have exactly what each other needs. Your help could come from anywhere.  But, you must ASK, and believe in order to receive!  True belief unleashes our nascent powers and attracts blessings and help to us.

To continue to Part 3: Napoleon Hill’s Science of Achievement, click here:http://wp.me/ppImQ-qp

c) 2010, Barbara S. Talley- All Rights Reserved

Barbara Talley is a keynote speaker, author of six books, and trainer on value-based living themes.  She also offers Effective Communication, Diversity, Leadership, Time Management, and Goal Setting workshops.  Visit her at www.thepoetspeaks.com or contact her at 301-428-4831.  You may email her at Barbara@ThePoetSpeaks.com.

Part 3: May Day-Napoleon Hill’s Philosophy of Achievement

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Napoleon Hill’s Philosophy of Achievement

This month I have been revisiting the works of some of the great motivators and philosophers who have been teaching the secrets of success over the past century.  One such person was Napoleon Hill.  Napoleon Hill, author of the all time  best seller, Think and Grow Rich, studied over 500 successful people of his time like Edison, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Charles Schwab, F.W. Woolworth, and Henry Ford to see what made them successful. The tools for success he found are available to anyone at anytime and don’t cost a thing.  The results of his twenty years of research and lifetime of teaching show without a doubt that anyone can be successful.

Conceive and Believe and Achieve

Napoleon Hill asserts that the obstacles we see are the ones we have created within our minds.  He is the originator of the well known phrase, “Anything the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.”  Most people blame their lack of success on outside obstacles like time, wealth, education, and lack of support.  But he proves that none of these are valid and that the paths to success or the trails to destruction are created from within our own minds.  Regarding time, both the successful and the unsuccessful are given the same 24 hours.

Edison, nor Ford Had Much Formal Education

Napoleon Hill shares how Edison had only a few months of formal schooling and yet became one of the greatest inventors of our time with over 1,000 patents. Besides the incandescent light bulb by which most people know him, he pioneered the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the alkaline battery which was his most profitable product.    Henry Ford also had very little formal schooling and was not wealthy.  He too had to contend with naysayers, disbelievers, and cynics who thought he was wasting his time.  But his vision and faith were bigger than his detractors and he went on to build the Model T car and changed history forever.

To continue to Part 4: Wisdom of Carnegie, click here  http://wp.me/ppImQ-qD

c) 2010, Barbara S. Talley- All Rights Reserved

Barbara Talley is a keynote speaker, author of six books, and trainer on value-based living themes.  She also offers Effective Communication, Diversity, Leadership, Time Management, and Goal Setting workshops.  Visit her at www.thepoetspeaks.com or contact her at 301-428-4831.  You may email her at Barbara@ThePoetSpeaks.com.

Part 10: May Day- Seven Wonderful Wisdom Quotes From Will Smith

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In reviewing videos, bios, and books on some great motivators this month, I happened across some videos of Will Smith.  And while my initial goal was to focus on a certain era, I was so impressed with some of his wisdom that I had to share it with you.  You know him as a comedian, actor, and musician, but check him out as the motivator.  In the following quotes, Will Smith speaks on, Talent and Skill, Being Realistic, Making a Choice, Focus, Fear, Preparedness, and Protecting Your Dreams.

1. Talent and Skill

“The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams …  There is no easy way around it. No matter how talented you are, your talent is going to fail you if you are not skilled.   If you don’t study, if you don’t work really hard and dedicate yourself to being better every single day, you’ll never be able to communicate with people the way you want.”  “Talent, you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.”

2. Being Realistic

“Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.  Why would you be realistic?  What’s the point of being realistic?  I’m going to do it.  It’s done!  It’s already done the second I decide to do it.  It’s done.  Now we just have to wait for yall to see it.”

3. Making a Choice

“There’s a redemptive power that making a choice has.  Rather than feeling like you’re an effect to all the things that are happening.  Make a choice. Just decide, what’s it going to be, who you’re going to be, how you’re going to do it?  Just decide and from that point the universe is going to get out of your way.”

4. Focus

“I realize that to have the level of success that I want to it’s difficult to spread it out and do multiple things. It takes such a desperate obsessive focus.  You’ve got to focus with all your fiber, your heart, and all of your creativity.”

“You don’t have to have a Plan B because it distracts from Plan A.”

5. Fear

“I’m motivated by fear.  I hate being scared to do something.  I think what developed in my early days is that I started attacking things I was afraid of.  You can’t be scared to die for the truth.”

6. Preparedness

“Stay ready and you don’t have to get ready.”

7. Protect Your Dreams (from the Movie, ‘Pursuit of Happyness’) 

“Don’t ever let somebody tell you, you can’t do something, not even me.  You got a dream, you got to protect it.  People who can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you, you can’t do it.  You want something, go get it. Period!”

Barbara Talley is a keynote speaker, author of six books, and trainer on value-based living themes.  She also offers Effective Communication, Diversity, Leadership, Time Management, and Goal Setting workshops.  Visit her at www.thepoetspeaks.com or contact her at 301-428-4831.  You may email her at Barbara@ThePoetSpeaks.com.

A Leap of Faith Is Not Risky

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What “risky” venture is exciting your senses or calling to you? Remember, it’s not considered a risk when you are stepping out on faith.  It is a risk when you are making fear-based decisions.  Faith is a much more powerful motivator than fear. What would you do if you knew you could not fail?   What dream is whispering to you now to not give up?

About a year ago, my sister called me to ask my advice on a life changing decision she had to make within 24 hours.  Her job of over 25 years had given her an ultimatum, move across the country to keep her job or be unemployed.  Together we weighed the pros and cons.  Of course it was a difficult decision to make in light of the current economy.  I thought she had decided to make the move.  My final words to her were to just make sure that her decision was faith-based instead of fear-based.  Those words must have resonated with her, because the next day she informed me that she was “stepping out on faith,” and remaining in her own home, familiar surroundings, and using the year of severance pay to finish her Masters Degree.

Take the Leap of Faith In Spite of Your Fears

Fear abounds everywhere so it may be harder to find people willing to encourage  or support you to take “a leap of faith.”   Everywhere people are telling you to take it easy. Don’t rock the boat.  But what if the boat is crowded, going no where, going in the wrong direction, or slowly sinking?  Do you just hold on until it sinks or start swimming now?

You May Have to Take Your Faith Walk Alone

2009 was an extremely challenging year for me.  I had tremendous pressures on me and at times could not see a way out, so I just prayed harder and held on.  I got by, so to speak, “on a wing and a prayer,” and “with a little help from my friends.”  I had to make some serious changes, set some new goals, and go into uncharted waters. At times I couldn’t get encouragement from my most trusted friends.  The economic times made them think about survival instead of thriving.   So I had to go within, and purely on faith, take my faith walk alone.  Jumping from the boat was scary and perhaps even risky, but I knew I had to be true to myself.  That meant continuing to hold on to my dreams and not giving up.

Barbara Talley is a speaker, author, and poet who speaks on the themes of vision, values, and virtues.  Her life mission is to help others live a more meaningful life.  For more info or to book Barbara to motivate your audience, check out her website.  www.thepoetspeaks.com