Thought for today - Inspirational Dissatisfaction after an Achievement

Do you suffer from inspirational dissatisfaction?  Here is Napoleon Hill's advice to us all and it is definitely worth thinking about then acting on it, immediately!

This is a fine world for the person who knows precisely what he or she expects from life and is busy getting it.

We are happiest when we are striving to achieve a goal. When we achieve one goal, it’s a natural human tendency to set another, usually bigger, one. W. Clement Stone calls it inspirational dissatisfaction — the letdown one experiences after a goal has been achieved and before the next step toward a new one has been taken. When you begin to experience that nagging feeling, it’s time to get into action! Make sure you have a long-range plan in place so that when one short-term goal has been achieved, there is a natural progression toward the next.

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Do You Have Something Worth Dying For ?

Here is a superbly edifying story about love and perseverance in the face of terrible odds from Bob Proctor's Insight of the Day. What do you have that is worth dying for?

Something Worth Dying For


As Valentine's week draws to a close, my mind wanders to Nell and Jim Hamm, who in 2007 celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. A month before this milestone the couple decided to take a hike in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park situated in Northern California. There, on this walk, just days before their 50th wedding anniversary, Jim was attacked by a 200 pound, eight foot long mountain lion.


This lion, pouncing seemingly from the sky, pinned Jim to the ground. Nell, age 65, didn't even hear the animal. She turned to find Jim, 70 years young, underneath the lion with his head partially in the animal's mouth. "He didn't scream," Nell later said. "It was a different, horrible plea for help."


The next few minutes were a fight for life. It was seeing everything important to the couple flashing before their eyes. It was pain and blood and sweat but most of all, love. Nell could have run. She could have gone for help, but she didn't. There, before her was the most important thing in her life, something worth dying for.


With that in mind she reacted, grabbing a log and begun beating the animal. When that didn't work, she took a pen from Jim's pocket and tried to stab one of the eyes of the mountain lion. She poked until the pen was bent and unusable.then she picked up the log again and beat. She beat and beat.


It worked, the lion finally backed off. He looked at Nell one last time and disappeared into the foliage. Nell was afraid to leave her bleeding and dazed husband. She was able to move him about a quarter of a mile to a trail head where she covered him with branches, to protect against another attack then waited for help.


"She saved his life, there's no doubt about that" said a spokesman for the Department of Fish and Game. When asked if she was a hero however, Nell shook her head no. "You hear remarks of hero. It wasn't that. We love each other very much."


In that moment, Nell found one thing in her life worth dying for.she was willing to go toe to toe with a powerful animal and risk her own life for her husband and for their life together.

And some do lay down their lives for powerful and positive purposes; some of these purposes are saving another, for our freedom, for a child.But dying for most of us isn't about literally wrestling mountain lions to free a loved one.

Instead, dying might be confronting our fears and anxieties to help our loved one. Dying might be doing something we don't like, because he/she does. Or, dying might simply be biting our tongue instead of speaking out and hurting another's feelings.


Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. may have said it best, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Die a little today for something powerful and positive that is worth dying for.and in so doing save your life and another's along the way. Happy Valentine's week!


Matt Forck, CSP & JLW


Matt Forck is a keynote speaker, author and columnist. Matt and his family reside in Columbia MO. Check out Matt's motivational books, Check Up From the Neck Up-101 Ways to Get Your Head in the Game of Life and Gutsy - - Go Until Time Stops You! by clicking this link; http://www.thesafetysoul.org/Matt%20Forck%20Safety%20Speaker%20Review%20Books.htm . And, contact Matt through the web, http://www.thesafetysoul.org/.

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We Play The Hand We Deal to Our Selves

Life is not about what you know. It is really about how you experience the ups and downs of your journey and the bumps, boulders, barriers and fender benders along the way.

We all have such a long way to go and I recognise that it is all about choice - those we make every day - even the seemingly mundane one.

There is no bad decision. We deal the cards - yes, we do - and we play the hand we dealt to our selves. We are the only ones here people. This is a classic case of our right hand (open, honest, bright) not knowing what our left hand (our sub-conscious) is doing.

When we say "I don't have a choice" as I have so many times during the past months, that in itself is a choice. I have been asked when I complained "why don't you leave" and I hesitated because I dislike others knowing my business.

I usually responded by saying I did not want to live with my brother nor did I want to experience New York winters again. And that was and still is accurate.

The fact is I am broke, bankrupt which is why I had to return to the country and ended up living in a hostel for socially displaced persons. I am presently homeless but you cannot tell by looking at me which is good so my excuses were really to maintain the illusion.

All that sounds great doesn't it but the truth is even simpler. I did not feel confident in my abilities at the age of fifty-one, despite my incredible resume, to face the new job market in a new country (my own by birth). I felt completely lost.

A stunning vision appeared during one of my meditation sessions. I looked back and saw a magnificent and incredibly long bridge, very modern which crossed many gorges and chasms going through lots of rough terrain, through mountains and so on and I understood immediately that that it was symbolic of my journey up to the point.

I felt so grateful at having achieved something significant on this part of my soul journey which was harrowing and extremely painful. My feeling of maturity is palpable.

I love who I am today, right now because of my experience over the past two years! I am more focussed on the present, much less doubtful, full of love for myself, gladly open and vulnerable because I know nothing can harm me.

Despite the hand I dealt myself with the crippling doubts and refusing to face the fears which materialised because that is what I was living in my head, I would not change one damn thing.

I am love, confident, resourceful, assertive and unstoppabe; a beacon called to share my light and talents with the world, and to be real, generous and inspiring, and that is exactly what I intend to continue doing through whatever comes next!

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You in Six Word Memoirs

You must have heard of  the Six Word Memoirs at Smith Magazine. Well, our lovely Oprah has a take on it in her magazine of February 2012, YOU IN SIX WORDS from her reading public which deserves to be shared.

Surfing life’s ripples, waiting for waves. Might as well eat that cookie. Still fit into high school earrings. Fat. Thin. Fat. Thin. Fat. Thin. I still have time to fix this. Every 20 years I reinvent myself. Abandoned at 5. Learning to thrive. Life gives lemons but no juicer. Was hot. Raised kids. Lost cool. I live my best life now. Survived the divorce. Learned to live. Stage IV cancer, me live. Recipe for failure. Changed my ingredients. Car totaled. Lives spared. Forever grateful. Sorry I’m not married yet, mom. Zen gardener. Can you dig it? I’ve made all the best mistakes. Write mother, sleep. Repeat as needed. Best move ever? I married her. Fired Sherpa but still saw Everest. I refused to be a victim. Falling gracefully. Hoping there’s a mattresss! Loving heart for sale. Like new. The good child – until I wasn’t.  Former doc now wears art smock. Mission accomplished – but will consider reincarnation.

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Go The Extra Mile with a Positive Attitude

What others think of you is important, as long as it coincides with what you think of yourself. If you are recognized by others as a positive person who always makes an important contribution, you will be in demand, for there are never enough such people in any organization. Your co-workers will value you, your customers will appreciate you, and your boss will recognize and reward you if you stick with it. You may not become an overnight success, but neither will you fail instantly and permanently. Make it a habit to go the extra mile with a Positive Mental Attitude. Napoleon Hill

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Action is the Greatest Means of Self-Praise

Actions, not words, are the greatest means of self-praise.


There are times when you will be asked to put yourself forward, to compete for a position or a contract, and you will have to speak about your accomplishments. Naturally, you will want to put the best foot forward. Be certain, however, that when you do so, you are confident that honest inquiry will support what you say about yourself. If your actions have been wise and responsible, the record will show this. Leaders in any organization are those who say, “Let’s get going. Let’s do something rather than wait around to see what happens.” When your past actions demonstrate that you are a person who accepts responsibility and shows others the way, your career and relationships will benefit you accordingly.

 Napoleon Hill

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