Four Great Ways to Get All Fired Up and Take Life by the Horns!

"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success." Dale Carnegie 1888-1955

A majority of people living on this planet right now feel down and out because they are not enjoying the good things in life that they see on television every day. One of the biggest reasons they are failures in life is not because they attempted to accomplish great goals and failed. No, these people went to college, got a degree in dance or drama, and then started working at Starbucks to pay back their tuition fees. Five years later they become managers of Starbucks and never again think about becoming a professional dancer or paid actor. They tried to get jobs that reflected their college degrees for two years, and when nothing happened, they bit the bullet and got a "real job".

These are the people you hear complaining about how Donald Trump and Paris Hilton are living the lives they should be having, instead of being a manager at Starbucks. They lost that fire in life that every successful business person or celebrity has burning in them at all times. They don't understand what Dale Carnegie knew: You not only have to learn from your failures and discouragements in life, you actually NEED them to succeed! The following examples are ways you can make sure you either retain that fire in life, or shows you how you can cultivate that burning desire to do the things in life that will motivate you into being a truly successful person.

1. PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS As long as you have established realistic goals that you really want to attain in life, this is one of the biggest ways to ensure you really want that goal. Specifically, it is a technique that requires you to take the biggest risk of your life, no matter what the outcome. Here are some really good examples: You just started your own business five months ago, but you have not yet quit your job because you love having that measly paycheck coming to you every week for a "backup plan" in case your business does not take off. Guess what? Your business will not take off anyway because you are so weak in your commitment to your own business that you spend more time at your "real job" than on your self employed business. Huge mistake!

You need to put your money where your mouth is and quit that job pronto! It sounds risky, and it definitely is, but it will bring out your true motivation to get to a profit level in your new business where you won't need any other income. If you have to mortgage your house- DO IT! If you have to max out your credit cards in for the next few months and live on the cash advances: DO IT! Nothing good in life comes without making certain sacrifices, and starting your own business or trying to become a paid actor or freelance writer is no exception to that rule. Remember this: People who risk it all are the real winners because even if they lose, they recoup their losses and get back on the horse. The average person never takes risks, so the next time you go get a coffee at Starbucks say "hi" to them for me.

2 FEED YOUR MIND WITH MOTIVATING INFORMATION EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK No matter what your hard to reach goal is, you need to constantly motivate yourself with audio books, seminars, web sites and magazines that teach you specific ways to accomplish that goal. If you want to be an actor, take an acting class, if you want to be an author, buy three writing manuals at Amazon.com. Every single day you must fill up your mind with inspirational speeches from people who are experts in your field of endeavor, no matter how you'd like to receive those messages. Buy books from authors like Dale Carnegie and Deepak Chopra who can really put the value of true motivation into black and white terminology. No matter if you just want to lose weight or stop smoking, having access to a daily dosage of learning tools and motivational information is a major stepping stone to get the fire in your belly growing.

3. TURN ALL THE NEGATIVE ENERGY IN YOUR LIFE TO POSITIVE ENERGY Has your mood ever changed from a decent, fun-loving attitude to a deep and dark mood instantly because of that news story you saw on NBC about the genocide in Darfur, or an article you read about a killer tornado wiping out a small town in Kansas from the local newspaper? Mass media makes their fortune on spreading every possible bad news story to every media outlet known to man. Quit watching network news every night that drones on about how many soldiers were killed in Iraq today, or how global warming will kill us all ten years from now. Television networks know that salacious and negative news stories are what most of the general public eats up with a spoon. Don't be the average Joe on the street. Turn off negative news reports every time you start getting depressed from watching them.

This tactic does not mean you have to put your head in the sand like an ostrich, it is just a valuable technique that allows you to cultivate a more positive energy flow that will let you rise above the hardships that come with struggling to achieve your goals, thereby giving you more determination to succeed.
The different ways to get that positive energy to flow back to you on a daily basis are many. One of those ways is to make sure that your entertainment is not filled with negative imagery a hundred percent of the time. War movies and extreme horror movies like "Hostel" and "The Devil's Reject's", while very enjoyable on their own terms, are the kinds of movies that will leave you with a dark look at life after you leave the movie theater or turn off the DVD player. I would say you should not see more than one extremely gory war movie or horror film per week. It might sound like I'm not a fan of horror movies or war films, but I for sure am. It's just that if you do see these movies on a daily basis, there is no doubt that it will have a negative emotional impact on your psyche.

Another sure fire way to get to a real positive point in your life is to do the things you really enjoy without thought of the cost, such as seeing a concert you really are looking forward to, or spending time with family members you have not seen in years. Another way is by cleaning up your cluttered office or bedroom, and filing your invoices in a more efficient filing system than that mail bin that they are currently in, will bring a sense of a more enhanced structure to your life. That more structured environment brings a sense of contentment to your overall demeanor, thus giving you that positive energy flow that is vitally needed for your ultimate success in life.

4 DON'T DELAY ONE DAY MORE TO ACHIEVE THAT DAUNTING GOAL Again, I am saving the best motivation tool for last. A really good example of what I am describing would be to examine what would be the best result of someone trying to quit smoking? The answer would be that the person stops for good, right? That being the case, the person who really wants to quit does one thing: As soon as he makes up his mind that he will quit, he takes all the cigarettes in his possession and throws them away and never again buys or smokes another one. Going "cold turkey" has been proven to be the best way to give up smoking, and you should do the same thing no matter what your goal is.

A physical action in your life is the main catalyst that will ultimately drive you to your goal. Without a physical move on your part to lose weight, for example, you will just sit there on the couch and continue to eat M&M's while watching TV shows like "Oprah" for the rest of your life. How much weight do you think you will lose at that rate? You will probably be dead from heart failure before you reach your fiftieth birthday if you are lucky.

So do something physically right now that will get you one step closer to that proverbial dream goal in your life. You will not be sorry you did!