Peterson Make Life Your Business

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5439-0518-2
Verlag: BookBaby
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 270 Seiten

You are now a business owner. Your Life is your business and You are the CEO. You make the decisions. Are you ready to take on the responsibility? For if you are, the rewards will be lifetime of success and fulfillment. The choice is yours...

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peterson, James

Leseproben

Introduction

The outcome is inevitable. We’re all going to have to deal with the situation one day. Every single one of us. You and I are not always going to have tomorrow. There’s going to come a time when you can no longer make a change. It will be too late. The sun will come up but you won’t be able to see it. The people around you will keep living their lives and you won’t be there to see it. This scares most of the population. This truth leaves you with two choices. You can be scared of it, ignorant to it and surprised by it when that day finally comes, or you can be aware of it, respect it and motivated by it. What am I talking about? I’m talking about the fact that one day, every one of our hearts is going to stop beating. One day, every one of us is going to take our last breath. We are going to die. And we all have a hope that it’s a long way away from now, but there’s no guarantee. It could be 40 years from now, it could be a week from now. It’s impossible to know. Why am I telling you this? Isn’t this supposed to be a “pick you up”, “You can do it!” kind of book? It is and it isn’t.

What’s important to me is to make sure you understand that you only go around this big ol’ world one time. I used to think I had forever. I put off changing on so many occasions. I thought “I’ll do it tomorrow.” Unlike the typical story though, I didn’t have a near death experience. What I did have was a moment that woke me up.

I had thought about writing a book for a long time. I imagined seeing it on the shelves next to the biggest names. I always wanted to extend my reach and help as many people as I could. I’ve wanted to make an impact on people since I was 5 years old. I remember sitting in front of the television set watching an old VHS tape of a Garth Brooks concert. I was captivated by his performance, just as everyone in the audience was. It was at that point in my life, at 5 years old, that I decided I wanted to affect people like that. I wanted to do for others, what that little VHS tape did for me. I thought I was going to be a singer just like him, and though I still do sing, it didn’t work out that way.

Nearly 14 years later, after finishing the required years in the education system, I started working. I was introduced to the world in a whole new way. I was making money! But it wasn’t the way I had hoped to when I was a kid. That 5 year old boy inside of me was not mesmerized, he was lost. I spent the first 8 years of my career at a job feeling unfulfilled by what I was doing. I worked at a rental car company and was hired as the “closer” so to speak. When you brought your rental car back after your trip, I’m the guy you would see. I would greet you, ask if everything went well and provide you a receipt. I was doing the same thing over and over. The situations would change on occasion, but at the end of the day, I felt like my time was being wasted. I was 26 years old when I finally left that environment. 8 years of my working life, gone. Though it felt like much longer.

While I feel like I spent entirely too much time there, there were some benefits. I met some people who will be my friends for a lifetime. I also had time to read. Something that I never enjoyed in school. But when you can read about the things you want, it’s amazing how your mind can change. I started picking up books about success, controlling your thoughts and emotions, how to change yourself and how to help others change. I read so many books, it’s hard to know how many it truly was. I can promise that it was over 200 in the Personal Development category. I would come home from that job and watch video of Tony Robbins, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Grant Cardone, Brian Tracy, Zig Ziglar and so many others. I remember stumbling upon a book one day called “The Mind Made Prison” by a guy named Mateo Tabatabai.

I had been (and must confess, still am) a serial Amazon shopper. When you’re a frequent shopper at Amazon, they send you emails with offers. Whether it was luck or fate, I opened an email that suggested Mateo’s book. Best of all, it was free! I had never heard of him, but it had great reviews so I thought, “why not?” Now, I’m a huge proponent of “you get what you pay for”, so it would’ve been very easy to take this book for granted. Thankfully, I decided to open it and see what it was about. This book really opened my mind to new ideas. He suggested in the very first chapter, something along the lines of “What if I told you that there’s no such thing as fact, and that everything is opinion?” I was hooked. I devoured that book and it opened my eyes to a new way to look at the world and new way to process what the world was giving me. Wake up #1.

After I left the rental car job, I went to work in an environment that offered the opportunity to make a lot of money. I was excited because I felt like I had been “held down” up to that point. When you spend 8 years in the same position, it’s easy to get excited at the possibility of promotion, and being a leader. Little did I know about what I was getting into. I went to work at a famous tire service center. The job was physical, full of long days and very demanding. I did it for 6 months. I realized rather quickly that this was not going to help me positively affect the world in the way that I had hoped. I wanted to be a combination of Garth Brooks and Tony Robbins! Lifting tires was not going to help me get there. I was miserable on a daily basis, but I was reminded my earlier teachings. I was able to use the tools that I had learned in order to make the day a positive experience despite how rough it was.

During the time I was working at the tire center, I made the decision to finally try and write that book I had wanted to write for years. I decided that after all that I had read, watched, taken notes on and done, that now I finally had enough material, life experience and motivation to sit down and do it. I tried for two weeks. I sat down at night to write, but I was so tired. I couldn’t find the focus or the energy I needed to make this book come to life. I was watching my dream slowly slip away night after night.

One Monday, I was lucky enough to stumble upon the book “The Miracle Morning” by Hal Elrod on Amazon and everything changed. Wake up #2. I made a decision. I wasn’t going to die mentally, emotionally, spiritually or physically before getting this book done. I started getting up earlier to write instead of writing at night. I told myself that I’d give it a week. If I wasn’t seeing any progress, I’d stop and find some other time to write. In one week, I had 7,000 words. By the end of the month I had 26,000 words. In two months, I was finished with the very book you’re holding. I had also left that demanding and negative environment at the tire center as well. I was made to help people and my hope is that the book in your hands can help you in some way, shape or form.

Now, I know that I’m not one of the big name guys that you’ve seen on your TV or on YouTube. But let me ask you a question. Would not knowing me keep you from reading a book that could change your life? Is there any other reason why you wouldn’t give me some of your time so that I could show you what I could do for you? If there’s no other reason than that, then my hope is that you keep reading. But I am going to challenge you. I am going to challenge you to be different, to stand out amongst the crowd. To be unique. To be happy and fulfilled.

The way I see it, you have four options.

1. You could stop reading right now. You could put this book down, and go do something else. Doing so would mean that you never get the benefits of what’s in these pages. That would be a shame.
2. You could read the book, but not take any action. This is almost more painful for yourself and for me as an author. You would have the tools, but choose not to use them. There’s no way that decision can help you, or positively affect anyone else around you.
3. You could read the book and take a little action. You would be farther along than 90% of people who pick up any book. You’d also see a little bit of the benefits as well, but you wouldn’t be reaching your full potential. You have the potential to make major changes in areas of your life that you’re not satisfied with, which leads me to number four...
4. You could read the book and take massive action. This is what I want you to reach, and if I’ve done my job to motivate, inspire and provide enough reasons for you to take action, you will. I hope by the end of this book, your life looks completely different than it did when you opened it.

Which one are you going to be? If you’re still reading to this point, we can rule out option 1. Well done. So, now it’s down to the other 3. Are you going to let this be just another book on the shelf? Or are you going to keep this book with you at home, in the car, at work and everywhere else you go? I can promise you that the latter will get you better results. So, if I can make a promise to you, I want you to make a promise to me. I know that may seem like I’m asking a lot of you, but just listen.

You have the opportunity, right here, right now to make a decision. A decision to make a change that could benefit you for the rest of your life. A decision that will bring you new opportunities, new experiences, and new emotions. If you are not willing to make this...