Posts tagged Wallet
A Fall From Grace – Not Confidence
Oct 6th
It’s easy to buoy up your confidence when you do the right thing and people notice and show appreciation for your ideas and actions. It’s effortless and we get an immediate reward from others that feels great. But there are other times when despite our best efforts things just don’t go exactly as we planned or it’s not as easy to do the right thing. What do you do when you falter?
Recently I was given an award, presented in front of a room full of 400 people at a large conference. As I jogged up to the stage I guess I tried to leap up two steps. It didn’t work. I tripped and fell just as I was taking the stage. Pain shot through my knees. I was mortified; all I could think about was my big butt facing the audience. You could hear a pin drop in the massive ballroom. The president of the company who was presenting the award winced.
Without missing a step, I sprang to my feet, grabbed the microphone from him and breathlessly said, “The only thing I bruised was my ego.” He threw his head back and laughed. The audience laughed. A dumb mis-step turned into a silly moment and it was over. I might have fallen onstage. Maybe I even experienced a brief fall from self-esteem. But I didn’t let it destroy my confidence outside.
Later, people came up and said, “I felt so bad for you. Are you okay?” Not a single person said anything mean-spirited. They might have been thinking those thoughts, but if they did, they politely kept them to themselves. When I spoke the next day, the room was packed, and I got a standing ovation.
There are other times when no one is looking and it’s still important to think about how your actions will impact your confidence level even when no one is looking.
Doing the right thing – even when others don’t notice – will increase your confidence. Last week I was at Starbucks and discovered a wallet with three $20 bills sticking out. Yes, I could’ve used that money. If I put it in my purse and tossed out the wallet no one would have noticed. But it wasn’t the right thing to do. That wallet belonged to someone else. I gave it to the Manager. I knew in my heart that if I didn’t do the right thing I would have a difficult time looking in the mirror for a long time. That would pull down my confidence and who knows what negative impact that could have for years to come.
Be gracious. Be bold. Don’t be afraid to shine when you have the opportunity. And when it’s just you and you have to make a decision to do the right thing – the good always comes back to you pressed down, heaped up and flowing over. You can hold your head up high and know you are a person who comes by your confidence because you deserve it.
Why Wealthy People Do Not Shop at Discount Stores
Sep 17th
First let let us define rich. My definition of rich may be different than yours but most likely not.
To me being wealthy is having 3 to 5 grand in your wallet at all times, rolling over in the morning and not rolling out when the alarm clock goes off, paying cash for the car you have always wanted, not owing money to anyone for anything not even your home, plus having the ability to fly first class to where ever you want and doing it whenever you desire. Do you feel that someone who is able to do these things would be considered rich? I do.
People who are able to do these things mentioned above do not shop at at discount stores. See; You, me and everyone else becomes what we think about on a constant basis.
Rich people are rich because they think about rich things. Going to discount stores is not something on their minds. Hanging out with negative, broke people is just not something they do. They have the money they have because they created a millionaire mindset that does not even compute the word discount.
Put yourself in their shoes for just a second, close your eyes and imagine you have all the money you would ever want. Now that you have a temporary millionaire mindset what would be the first thing you would do?
It most defiantly would not be shopping for the cheapest laundry soap, now would it.
The moral to this story is, if you want to be rich like most people do, then you need to start thinking rich, start imagining you are already rich. Start filling your mind with positive and rich ideas. Begin associating with people that are successful, It is called building a millionaire mindset. You absolutely must have that before you can ever achieve financial success.
Why do you think most people who win the lottery go bankrupt. They had no mental clue how to handle the instant success. They did not have the mind of a millionaire.
