Living Your Treasure (Fire & Self Discipline)

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LIVING YOUR TREASURE

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Your treasure and it’s importance

Each and every person is unique, with a unique mind-body constitution and a unique

set of life circumstances, all of which must be considered in how we perceive theworld around us. This view is in alignment with the modern science which views

individuals as unique in the universe with a unique DNA. Each set of circumstances

that we go through imprints on us different expectations, different skills and different

goals and dreams.

Our different set of circumstances and how we view life can stem from a very critical

component of your success: self esteem. A good self esteem is crucial to drawing to

you abundance, happiness, health, peace of mind and the fulfillment on ones dreams.

You must treasure your dreams and always hold them.

A therapist by the name Nathaniel Branden wrote that the internal

negativity could lead to lack of achievement:Change what people think of themselves, Change their destiny.

Fire can be defined as a consuming element that uses fuel to produce light, heat

and reaction products. Fire is one of the five basic elements that make up the human

life and it is the fire within a person that determines his/her passion for anything and

everything that she/he does in life. Fire was and still is an important element in many

world cultures, notably the ancient Greek, Roman, Chinese and Indian cultures.

Your fire is that element helps you define your goals and fuel put your dreams intoaction. Fire give you the passion to explore, create, risk, research, understand, discuss,

ask, venture into the unknown, climb that mountain. Fuel does not let you give up

when the mountain becomes too high. You must find suitable fuel to feed your

dreams for it does no one any good to spend your entire time dreaming. Finding the

suitable fuel may be just as important as the dream itself. Fuel motivates you to push

through obstacles that are in your way.

As you know fire cannot exist without any fuel to consume. Your dreams are the fire

that is to burn within you, without fuel the dreams become flashes of light in the dark,

never to burn bright and produce any product.

If you take fire as your dreams, your goals and your potential, dose them with fuel

You will realize that a internal reaction happens, where once something looked like it

was impossible to overcome after putting fuel on your fire you come up with a way

out of that impossible situation. Case in point, have you ever gone in such of

something or some place only to find it when you’re just about to give up.

Types of fuel

• Monitory i.e. money, credit such that can be used to purchase the things that

are needed.

• Inborn talents i.e. ability to run a marathon in record time• Acquired skills and trades

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• Acquired positive traits such as discipline

• Natural resource i.e. time,

Ever heard that you must give something to get something? It happens to be true;unfortunately there is no free lunch.

You may ask about the person who has a dream, but his/her environment is lacking in

sources of fuel. What should such a person do to overcome this shortfall? It is simple

since fuel is any material that can be used to generate energy then one must be

creative with what ever one has available. If the person environment is lacking in

monitory resources such a person must use other resources such as time, certain

inborn skills and talents. Such a person may use their time to search for and attain

knowledge as it pertains to their particular desire. Such a person may ask for

mentorship from someone they admire and respect. You do not have to have monitory

fuel to achieve your dreams, everyday opportunities arise for you to farther your self.

You just need to be willing to keep adding fuel to the fire that is your dreams.

Why add fuel to the fire? The law of diminishing intent

Our commitment to our goals leads us to achievement, even during the toughest

times. There is a direct relationship between motivation and commitment. If you are

really committed to making a change now in your sales or business results, create a

sense of urgency.

The flame is the visible portion of the fire that consumes the fuel once the flame hasdissipated then whatever is left is are just ambers that will eventually grow cold and

be forgotten. If you do not add fuel to your fire, the flame that you see that keeps that

dream alive will gradually disappear there will be no light and eventual dream will no

longer be seen as attainable. If you let a fire die down it takes more effort to return it

than it would to keep it at burning.

Successful people learn this early, "The longer you wait toaccomplish what you already know you should do, the more

likely it is that you will never do it" .

The law of diminishing intent status that the longer you wait to action on an idea the

less enthusiasm you will have to complete it. Therefore one must act in good time to

avoid letting you fire grow cold. This is because as you wait, the enthusiasm that you

once had, will slowly go down the drain. We should be, to a great extent move

forward, guarding our dreams from turning into amber, adding fuel to the fire until we

get to the place that we have envisioned.

Success in any area centres on Taking Action and Reaping the

Rewards

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So the law of diminishing intent applies if you had great talent for music and could

play an instrument by ear and it was your dream to become a great entertainer. If you

were to practice your skill daily and seek venues to use your talent then sooner other

than later you would find a way to express your talent and start on your road to being

a great entertainer. But instead of seeking out ways to sharpen you skill and seeking

out venues that would allow you to perform, then eventually your enthusiasm would

dwindle down to nothing and your great talent become a thing of the past. If by some

coincidence your desire to play music and become a great entertainer was awaken,

you would find it much harder to regain your fire without continually apply new fuel

to your dreams.

In conclusion, the only way to let your dreams fly is to continually apply fuel that

leads to action that leads to your passion spreading like wildfire.

HOW TO ADD FUEL TO YOUR FIRE It does not matter how big the oak tree seed might get; if it is never put

into good soil, it will never take root and never grow into a mighty oak

tree.Keeping your dreams front and centre is what makes the difference between

eventually giving up and making progress on your passion.

Your self discipline

Discipline is almost a dirty word to some people, everyone has at some time or

another struggled with discipline in one area of his or her life. Self discipline is an

admirable trait that we all strive for; I mean do you really need a second piece of

cake...not so. Yet those who have mastered self discipline have been able to reap great

rewards for their trouble. I mean how many of us still work on a idea after the original

burning enthusiasm has be depleted, only the person how has mastered self discipline

will still be at it. I usually get excited about a new work out or new equipment at the

gym but once the excitement dies, going to the gym becomes a chore that I no longer

enjoy or want to do. Self discipline gives us the freedom to pull ourselves up, and takeaction, even when our mood, emotion or passion has dwindled. Think for a moment

about an athlete, who has average talent, who dream it is to win a marathon. Does this

person only practise when he or she feel like or when the marathon date is near? No,

the athlete will find the best couch; practise daily and diligently for several months

before the said marathon. He or she will eat the prescribed diet, even if it is not that

appetising, they will endure punishing training to get their body in the best shape to

compete. Even a musician playing an instrument may practise for many hours so that

he or she can master the instrument.

Self discipline...mastering your true self

If you struggle with self-discipline, the good news is that it can be developed. Youcan develop self discipline is by knowing yourself, for you cannot change want you

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do not know. In knowing yourself you need to take a closer look at your dreams and

the values that you hold. Write them down; take time to develop them, to be an

accurate picture of what you seen in your mind. This exercise will give you a better

understanding of who you are and what values do you hold dear.

Secondly you must be consciously aware of your behaviour. How can you change

your behaviour is you are not aware of it. Being aware of your undisciplined

behaviour is one of the best was to catch yourself before you act in undisciplined

manner. When you catch your self in an undisciplined manner then you can better re-

align your self with the proper value that you are trying to learn. Do not worry self

discipline may take time, some value may even take longer to learn than others. But it

is best not to give up.

There is a significant difference between intentions and action. The difference is commitment.

The hardest part for has been the ongoing commitment to be disciplined, I mean I setout to accomplish a certain goal at the gym, at work or else where and after the initial

period I find myself with a waning commitment to follow through. Once commitment

weakens then I begin to struggle to implement my goal. If you struggle with

commitment as most of us do, start by making a conscious decision to follow through

on what you say you’re going to do, find a way to hold yourself accountable. What I

do is to tell a few people what I intent to accomplish so that it could be a reminder or

a way to reset my commitment. Sometimes you cannot use this method; another

option would be to chart your progress on a journal or is possible even on a spread

sheet. Visualize success step by step till it become natural.

Change is scarily, for most people change induces fear and other negative emotions.

Real change is never easy, but it takes a certain amount of audacity. It is always so

much easier to maintain status quo than to change a perfect example would be a

smoker trying to quit, it takes time, effort, commitment, and courage to weather the

side effects of quitting. The smoker cannot pretend the task ahead is easy, while in the

real sense it is both difficult and painful. But with each day that the smoker is free of

smoking his self confidence grows and as it grows his self discipline becomes more

self evident.

Lastly we must guard ourselves against our own minds, for in our minds we must win

the battle against, self doubt, fear, procrastination and the general lack of courage totackle the task at hand. If by any chance we slip it should be natural for us to get back

on our feet and Succeed. We must begin to teach ourselves, using only positive

language that what lies before us is attainable. We must consciously and courageously

reinforce our commitment to the task at hand. We must tune our minds to only the

certainty of achieving success.

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