CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER - WITH MOTIVATION BY: JOHN PAUL CARINCI

NOW AVAILABLE: "Awesome Success Principles & Quotations" EXCERPT: ********************* Uniqueness to me means standing out from the crowd and being different. To be different means much more than merely looking or acting different at certain times. It means standing up and being your own person, not just in style but in business, in life, in everyday actions. We live in a society where most people want to follow the follower. One person comes up with a new idea, and everyone suddenly has to fall in line and follow the new and latest trend. Tattoos are a great example. People had been getting tattoos for many decades. Usually the tattoos were popular with servicemen who went to war. They would get a tattoo to show their love for their family or love interest. The tattoos for the most part were simple and not too elaborate. But now, suddenly, like the latest trend, everyone desires tattoos, but not just a simple tattoo. Many individuals have tattoos covering entire arms, legs, faces, backs, etc. Why? Well they want to be part of the latest trend and fit in. Once again, follow the follower. Never once thinking that the large area tattoos are very difficult to remove if they ever change their mind about being someone else’s billboard. “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember, that’s where you will find success.” —Thomas J. Watson We were each born into this world destined for greatness. Maybe our upbringing taught us to take few risks along the way, and go the route that has already been forged for us. In my studies of inventors I see that inventors are very unique. They are risk takers; they are unfazed by failure. The inventor realizes that failures must be plentiful before any real breakthrough in their new invention or idea is achieved. The real key to success for an inventor is not being thrown by all the numerous failures they are presented with, but rather keeping their eyes fixed firmly on the finish line. And the finish line is always the final successful working invention or idea. An author is much the same as an inventor, because to write a full manuscript it takes the average writer a few years. And all along those many months there are many doubts and problems that will present themselves to the writer. But the burning desire to finish an acceptable manuscript, the finish line, is what drives the writer onward. The obstacles that present themselves to the writer are dealt with. They don’t throw the writer, because the prize is the motivator, and the prize is always at the finish line, just like the inventor. I recently observed at the local mall a large flock of geese. They always seem to rest on the grass of the mall parking area. On this particular occasion I wanted to get close up and study them. They are huge. I learned that they can grow as big as 40 inches and weigh as much as 15 pounds. As I studied them there must have been a hundred hanging out on the grass. I moved in real close and they were unfazed. I realized that people were much like the geese; they follow one another behind some kind of leader. The geese at this mall usually graze in one section at a time. And when the leader takes off, they all follow to some other area. Never ever did I see one goose or even two by themselves. Rather they were always all grouped together. Do you dare to stand up, stand out, and be different, even for an extended period of time? Be like that inventor who must travel down a lonely risk-filled road in order to achieve greatness. Greatness comes to those who dare to be different, those who are not afraid to be made fun of in order to follow their own dreams. What is your dream? Is it writing a book? Higher Education? Landing a new job? Do you want to relocate to a different state or country? It will take a real commitment to achieve a new goal. But, like writing a book from scratch, you must keep your eyes focused on the finish line and not on all the obstacles that will surely arise along the long and bumpy road to success. “The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far-between souls who devote 100%.” --Andrew Carnegie People Who Change the Way We All Think Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born on July 18, 1950, in Surrey. Branson was the founder of the Virgin Group, which is made up of more than 400 companies. It was in the 1970’s that Branson opened up Virgin Atlantic Air, and expanded to Virgin Records. Branson was listed as the sixth richest citizen of the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of $4.6 billion by Forbes in 2002. What I found intriguing about Branson was on December 7, 2009, he unveiled SpaceShipTwo at Mojave Spaceport, California. His company, SpaceShipTwo is in the planning stages, and is going to one day soon, fly his paying customers into space for the first time. Branson’s company, Virgin Galactic, has been working on this unique vision for many years. Only a man with real vision and dreams can carry out such an elaborate project of carrying every-day citizens into space for the first time. What kind of man could dream so big? Who is Richard Branson? Branson is a billionaire who raised the funding himself. He has already booked over three hundred passengers at $200,000 each to fly in his space machines. He has collected over $42 million in ticket sales thus far. Branson, at the age of sixteen, was publishing a student magazine. In 1972, he began a recording label called Virgin Records. He sold the successful record company in 1992 for $1 billion. Then he started another record company in 1996 and has owned an airline, a credit card company, stores, a book publishing company, and more. Branson loves doing the unheard of and has gone on to become very successful and respected in many industries. “For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, to create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.” --Richard Branson Human Settlement on Mars Innovators C-John Paul Carinci "AWESOME SUCCESS PRINCIPLES & QUOTATIONS http://bookstore.authorhouse.com/Products/SKU-000691037/Awesome-Success-Principles-and-Quotations.aspx