--- On Tue, 7/1/08, Mike Brescia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mike Brescia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Onya - Chapter 86 - Today Is Your Day To Win > To: "Onya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 9:59 PM > Welcome back Onya > > This is Chapter 86 of "Today is Your Day to Win" > by Mike Brescia > > You subscribed: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To stop getting it, go to the bottom of this email. > ===================================== > > Go From Feeling Afraid, Hesitant Or Miserable To Confident, > Determined & Happy - In An Instant! > Learn more now => http://www.InstantInnerPower.com > > ===================================== > Chapter 86 of 'Today Is Your Day To Win' > ===================================== > > If You Get A Second Chance > > ------------------------------ > Today's Empowering Quote > ------------------------------ > > "If you ever get a second chance at life, you've > got to go > all the way." > - Lance Armstrong (5 time winner of the Tour de France) > > ------------------------------ > Today's Empowering Question > ------------------------------ > > "What must I do to increase my determination and > improve?" > > ------------------------------ > Today's Fast Session > ------------------------------ > > It's now official. > > Lance Armstrong has won the Tour de France for a record > tying fifth time. > > The most difficult, grueling sporting event in the world. > > He survived 2,100 miles over two mountain ranges in 20 > days, the stomach flu, dehydration, crashes & near > crashes > as well as the weather to do the unthinkable. Three weeks > and over 83 hours of pushing himself past exhaustion. I > can't even imagine what that must take physically and > mentally to run that race. > > To most people, it's just two words, "bike > race," that > don't mean too much. > > But in life you've got to grab inspiration wherever you > can. > > To me, his record setting performance is just one more > push to make this lifetime a masterpiece. One more > confirmation that with determination, anything can be > achieved. Absolutely anything. > > Here's a guy who in 1996 was diagnosed with an advanced > form of testicular cancer that had spread to his abdomen, > lungs and brain. > > Because of its spread, he was given only a 50-50 chance of > survival. > > But he had aggressive surgery and chemo treatments that > alone would've killed the average person, and was > pronounced cancer free in 1997. Then began the arduous > road back to health. > > A few months ago, I was watching a 1997 video of him > training after his surgery. He had no hair and you could > see the U-shaped scar on top of his head where they went in > to remove part of the cancer. He said training was > difficult... he would get wiped out after only an hour and > a half on the bike. > > An hour and a half, and he got wiped out! > > Most people are ready to quit after 2 minutes. > > After the treatment and surgery, he was no different than > anyone else... actually much worse off physically than > practically anyone alive. > > But he had Lance Armstrong's mind... > > ...the mind that made him the best cyclist in the world. > > You see, that is what separates the winners from the > losers in life. > > Everyone who knows of Lance knows of him as a winner, but > in his first Tours he didn't do so well. > > Here's how he did in his previous Tour races: > > '93 - Did not finish > '94 - Did not finish > '95 - 36th > '96 - Did not finish > '97 - Did not enter > '98 - Did not enter > '99 - 1st > '00 - 1st > '01 - 1st > '02 - 1st > '03 - 1st > > He didn't even finish 3 times. See? We're talking > about > a grueling race! > > But success in life is about how many times you pick > yourself up, not how many times you fail. > > Since I was "this" close to using another quote > today, > I'll include it. Here it is: "A winner must first > know > what losing's like." Billionaire publisher Malcolm > Forbes > said that. So he knew something about winning, I'd > say. > > You see, so many people I work with are just so scared of > losing that they just won't get involved in life and > risk > falling down... of looking foolish... of losing what little > they have. > > But you must. > > The good stuff is on the other side of failure. You just > can't get there without it. > > It hurts, sure it does. > > Those months I spent in the van hurt worse than I can go > into right now. And lots of risk went into getting out and > creating an actual life. And without failure there is no > success. > > None. > > I've been reading the press coverage of this year's > Tour > extensively, and I read a quote of one of Lance's fans > saying that this is the most excited she's ever been in > her > life. > > And I thought about how sad that is. > > Someone else's achievement, someone they've never > met - > and it's the most thrilling event in their life. > > Look, I don't care if it's the World Cup, the Super > Bowl > or little green men landing on Earth, the most thrilling > moment in your life should be from something YOU achieve. > > And there is inspiration all around every day. You just > have to open your eyes. It's constant and never > ending. > > Tell yourself that you are prepared to look stupid a dozen > times today. And when you accomplish the first one, find > out what you can learn from it. After your twelfth stupid > action, you should have learned twelve new lessons that > hopefully made you smarter and better prepared for > tomorrow. > > Are you getting this? > > That's how you use failure... to learn. > > Lance did. > > He failed and failed and failed. > > But because he used his failure to learn... > > ...he got smarter and smarter and smarter. > > Without the failure, he wouldn't be so dominant today. > > Without the cancer, he may not have gotten so mentally > strong so as to be so unbeatable. > > Unless this is an unconscious habit of yours already, do > this: > > Every single time you mess something up, miss a deadline, > miss a sale, lose a race or a game, get angry when you > shouldn't or any other kind of screw up, write it down > and > ask yourself today's empowering question. > > You will have answers. > > Act on those answers, and you'll grow so fast, learn so > much and improve your life skill so completely that > you'll > look back on your life a year from now and shake your head > in amazement. > > And don't mourn all the years you didn't do this. > > Just get excited. Let go of the failures. Use them to > learn and let them go. > > OK? OK! > > > ************************************************ > Today's Empowering Beliefs To > Help Control Your Thoughts > ************************************************ > If you want to change your life fast, even though it might > seem like it's slow, then take the statements below, > put > them on index cards and read them 3 times/day. Morning, > noon and just before you close your eyes at night. > > They'll seep into your consciousness. And since > you'll be > saying them so often, you'll soon begin to believe > them. > That's how most beliefs start. Spaced repetition of > thought. > Your attitudes will then positively change your emotions, > and you'll be compelled to do more... And you'll > love it. > > If you own Think Right Now for Windows, > - http://www.thinkrightnow.com/trnwindows.htm > just paste them into the appropriate file or make a new one > > -AND read them three times per day. Think Right Now For > Windows will help put this re-scripting in overdrive. > > ------------------------------------------------ > > -- I use failure to inspire me to improve > -- I am determined to win in life beginning with today > -- I am a champion in all I do > -- I see myself as a winner and I do the things winners do > -- Failure is simply a part of my education process > -- I'm going to win today. I know it > > > > ====================================== > >Share your growth, forward this chapter to a friend! > > >Did a friend send this to you? Then get all the > chapters > sent to you at: http://www.todayisyourdaytowin.com > ====================================== > > > > Dear Mike, > > Your program "Freedom from Depression Now" > - http://www.thinkrightnow.com/audios/audiodepression.htm > has contributed to the most profound transformation in my > life. > > In 2003 after immigrating to Canada my wife told me she > did not need me anymore and our marriage was a big mistake. > It was a devastating blow on top of the difficulties in > adjusting to a new country with no job, and not a lot of > family or friends. I was shattered to the very foundations > of my psyche and was totally frustrated with no energy to > enjoy life. I was not very productive at work. I dreaded > going there every day and I was not pleasant to be around. > I did not want to see people or to be seen. > > This situation continued for about eight months. I learned > about your "Today Is Your Day To Win" book > - http://www.todayisyourdaytowin.com/ > and your audio programs. I decided to give them a try. I > ordered the "Freedom From Depression Now" > program. I became > so empowered that I felt really great. This was about a > year > ago at this time. I vividly remember how I made certain > plans for this past year. I did not know if I would be able > > to fulfill those plans. I made plans to exercise regularly, > > be more productive at work and to make sure that I am > part of my daughter's life. Now when I look back and > see > all my plans fulfilled 100% I am giving sole credit to > your book and your program. > > Your program brought out the energy to achieve those > plans. I've been going to the gym two/three times a > week > for a year now. I have been promoted at my job, and I have > started the legal process to make sure I am part of my > daughter's life. 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