what is it that gives your life a sense of meaning and purpose because once you find that it puts you in your power Place see if you know what your life work is I encourage you to start working on it if you can't do it all at one time do just a little bit of it and if you don't know what it is that you showed up to do if you don't know why you're here I encourage you to find out what your purpose is here what is the meaning of your life what will be
different have you ever asked yourself that question I've done that I I remember coming from a friend of mine's funeral and I was reflecting on how much time I had left and I went for a walk in a park thinking about this guy whose life was so promising and I mean he wasn't an old guy he was quite young in fact and I thought about all of the things that he said he was going to do and he never got a chance to do those things and I st thinking about my own life and how
much time I had left to do the things that I would like to do and at that time I wasn't sure what my life purpose was what my life's work was I wasn't sure about it at that time and I thought about it quite a lot I had some idea but I I wasn't convinced that I don't think I felt worthy I didn't believe that it could be me to do this kind of work that I'm doing right now and I say to you that if you begin to take a conscious effort to find out
what it is that you're supposed to do I say that it can literally save your life I said that it can literally save your life 8 this is all they deserve this is all they've ever seen it's been passed on to them and they think that this is it for them oh no I was looking what Dr BL SMY Blandon who is a colleague of Dr Norman Vincent Peele what he said about fear he said fear is the most subtle and destructive of all human diseases ladies and gentlemen fear kills dreams fear kills hope fear
put people in the hospital Fear Can Aid you fear ladies and gentlemen can hold you back from doing something something that you know within yourself that you're capable of doing but it will paralyze you and it seemed like you're in a hypnotics spell and I ask you a question what is the benefit what's the benefit of allowing fear to hold you back what's the benefit of giving up on yourself of not stepping out on life and taking life on what is the benefit for you what's the Plus in that it's one of the things I
had to ask myself so I didn't want to make any mistakes I wanted everybody to like me I wanted to be perfect the first time I did something it's not going to happen you're going to make some mistakes you're going to hurt some folks feelings you're going to create some enemies whenever you decide that you want to begin to take life on you've got to ask yourself how long am I going to allow this to hold me back I like what Zig Ziggler says he said fear is false evidence appearing real that is an illusion
that we create in our mind it is a state of mind that can be changed so let's look at how we can begin to take some steps to restructure that fear to begin to expand our visions of ourselves to begin to increase our self-esteem Webster said that self-esteem means confidence and satisfaction in oneself look at your life right now whatever you've done up to this point in time your life is working whatever you have produced it came out of you as a result of the kind of person that you have become as a result of
your choices it's a result of your Consciousness now you have to ask yourself are you satisfied with what you have produced is this what you want would you like for things to be better than this do you believe that you deserve better than this are you content this is it you don't have to do every anything else that you already resign yourself in life you say well I'm happy I'm not starving like the people in Kolkata are you allowing yourself to get off the hook like that or do you believe somewhere in the back of
your mind or in your heart that there is some other great work for you to do there's something else that life has for you and that's why you're here how do we handle this Fear Factor how do we increase our self-esteem you have to begin to fortify yourself how do we do that I believe that you have to begin to consciously monitor your inner conversation and start talking to yourself start building yourself up sometimes the only good things you will hear about you are the things that you say to you so I'm saying learn to
be your own booster start building yourself up start encouraging yourself start saying I can do this I can make this happen when I started thinking about becoming a speaker I said yes I can do this I can make this happen when I start trying to convince myself I can be a businessman after flopping and failing and losing thousands of dollars and feeling stupid and dumb and having people take advantage of me because of what I didn't know I had to talk to myself because people were saying to me that I was Dumb and somewhere in
the back of my mind I was saying you're right look at what I've done I had to say no no no no no no no Les hey hey come on man get your stuff together you can handle this you just haven't figured it out yet it's all right this is your training period this is the tuition you have to pay for what you don't know no you can do this other people have done it doesn't take an Einstein get you some people that can teach you some stuff that you don't know get you some people
that have done it successfully and learn from them take some seminars Workshop read some books on how to manage a business change the way you see yourself and begin to attend to the personal details understand that nobody's going to take care of your business better than you and when I start changing that kind of mindset of beating myself up because of my mistakes and start looking at the possibility of my doing better of my making the adjustments that would enable me to do what I want to do successfully things begin to change I'm saying stop
beating up on yourself you do do it I know you do it I've done it it's a natural inclination for us to put ourselves down see we are born negative I think in a negative Consciousness because we live in a negative World here are some other things ladies and gentlemen begin to guard your mind against negative programming like turn off the television don't watch the news so you've got to guard the kinds of things that you put in your mind see if you don't program your mind your mind will be programmed because human beings are
goal oriented that's why we die of broken hearts early that's why we're running through life to early grades we're going through life ladies and gentlemen and I think that Henry David throw said that most men live in quiet desperation most of us go through life Running Scared so we created this in our mind false evidence appearing real we made it real in our minds that's why church here said there's nothing to fear but fear itself that's the destructive monster so turn off things that can contribute to your fear turn a deaf ear to people that
all they can do is talk about how negative things are because they have bought into the consciousness of the world start attending work workshops seminars listening to tapes on a daily basis to begin to recondition your mind to retrain your thinking faith comes by what hearing and hearing and hearing listen to things that can Empower you that can enable you to create a new reality for yourself in a new life for yourself you might appear to be strange around most people you know most people think you're strange if you're happy today see these people has
not found their purpose in life that's why they're grumpy that's why they're miserable that's why they're so negative they're hurting and they want to hurt other people so start practicing using programs for your mind seminars books workshops keep a Journal Record your thoughts what's happening with you every day when you get a have a journal near you see ladies and gentlemen we get three to four thoughts a year that if we would act on those thoughts it can change our life what idea are you sitting on write your ideas down and then once you get
that idea take the leap Take the Lead see out here in the universe if you don't take the plunge I guarantee you somebody else will take the plunge go into action and ladies and gentlemen you will be surprised at how things will come together you'll be surprised now you're going to have some difficult challenges I can tell you that now be aware of that things are not going to work out exactly right for time they will sometimes and that's when life is just playing a game with you want you to feel good and relax but
ladies and gentlemen go into action with your dream and don't avoid where the fights are get in the midst of the fight get knocked down so you can learn how to fight so you can hold your position see most people don't get out in the arena of life because they don't want to fight most people don't get out there because they don't want to get knocked down they don't want to be dropped to their knees but see you're going to be dropped whether you're on the field or whether or not you're sitting on the sidelines
you're going to be dropped so at least get dropped for something see that's how most people are spectators in life you don't want to be a spectator you want to get out in the field where the action is and you will be amazed after the struggle there will be a calm period and things will begin to click for you
