Character Key of the Day: Live Life

Learn to live life and enjoy it for what it is. Do not be so consumed with trying to live such as earning money, paying bills and all of that other stuff. Of course we have to do all of the mundane things but you should not get so caught up in the mundane that you forget to live. Even if you are at a job you do not enjoy do the things you do enjoy when not at work and if possible try to find a job that encompasses your passion. Enjoy family and friends because life is nothing without them and without them memories cannot be made. Pursue your passion with intensity and let success be the pursuit of your passion and not money or fame. We all have one life to live and the choice to live it to the fullest or just make do. Live life!

It is Better to Give than to Receive

In our society we mostly look for what can benefit us or get us ahead because we think of that as a part of success.  What is it that actually gets us ahead in life?  It is actually a simple answer but a complicated thing to do.  The answer is giving.   Anyone who has become wealthy or has obtained any type of success is really due to what they have to give.  It really does not matter what arena you are in it is a matter of giving something that is worth something of value to someone else.  When you come to understand this and also understand the fact that we are all interconnected you can begin to find success.  The key then is to have something of value that adds to others lives where they benefit from it rather than you.  Success for you then becomes a natural by-product rather than the end goal.   The statement, "It is better to give than receive, " takes on a whole new meaning.  To give something of value that adds to others lives requires that you have to be invested in whatever it is that you give to others.  What you want for yourself  is going to be what you want for others.  Not giving because you want to do a good deed so that you can feel good about yourself or any other motivation.  That is when success becomes a by-product of what you offer rather than the goal.  This will be true whether you are in business or any other venture.  The law of reciprocity then takes effect in a totally different way because you begin to get for yourself what you wanted for others.  So remember it is always better to give than to receive.

Why Everything in Life Will Cost

The other day I took my wife and children to the dollar movies to see the movie, "How to Train Your Dragon." It was a very interesting movie about a group of vikings that are seeking to destroy all of the dragons that live in their area. The chief viking has a son named hiccup who has arrived at the age where he must learn how to kill dragons himself. The only thing is that he really doesn't want to. He befriends an injured dragon and helps this dragon to fly and along the way learns that what the vikings know about the dragons is all wrong. He ultimately ends up in a climatic battle at the end and it ends up costing him a lot.

What occurred to me was that there is a cost to everything we do. What keeps that average person from committing crimes is that they are not willing to pay the price of being a criminal. People who become successful in life have to pay the price for success. Sometimes that means being away from your family or missing important events. Everything has a price and we must decide what we are willing to pay. Even doing nothing will cost you in the long run. So we must master the art of figuring out what to pay in order to get the results we want out of life.