Pat Mesiti – Soaring Higher
Pat Mesiti International Motivational Speaker gives you principles to soar higher!
(excerpt taken from Pat Mesiti’s new book “Soaring Higher”)
Your beliefs impact your life
Your core beliefs form the core of your life. Almost 95% of our actions we do unconsciously, and most of them are based on a belief system. Some have said that 85% of our belief system is in place by the time we are 18 years of age, and most of that is given to us from other people. Can you imagine, if your belief system is wrong, what kind of life you are going to live! We need to adjust our belief system to where we want to go and what we want to achieve in life.
Parents should also take note of this principle. In Venus & Serena, My Seven Years as Hitting Coach for the Williams Sisters, the former hitting coach of tennis players, Venus and Serena Williams, Dave Rineberg, writes that the sisters’ father, Richard Williams, instilled a powerful belief in his daughters’ minds that they would one day become tennis champions. "When they were 4 and 5 years old, Richard had that dream, and he kept them focused on it," Rineburg said.
Tiger Woods' father made sure his son grew up with a vision of who he wanted to become and how to go about achieving it. He groomed Tiger’s mind and his body to be come one of the greatest golf players in history.
Everybody has beliefs. Believing is not just about religious doctrine. What do you believe about life? What do you believe about the way life turns out? Some people believe life just happens. Other people believe they are in the fate of some unknown force that uses us as pawns and we are just actors in this drama called life. You know, our lives are based on our beliefs. If our beliefs are wrong, our behaviour will be erroneous. Do you believe you need to constantly perform to get approval? If you do, you are going to be one very tired and frustrated person. Do you believe your success is based on luck or other people's acceptance or rejection of you? If you do, you will become a huge people pleaser.
In 1553, Admiral Richard Hawkins recorded that during his career on the high seas 10,000 men under his command had died of scurvy. He also noted that oranges and lemons (Vitamin C) prevented it. His observation went unheeded for over 200 years, during which time thousands of sailors lost their lives needlessly. In 1753, the British Naval Surgeon James Lind published a book saying that scurvy could be eliminated with lemon juice. He even cited case histories to prove it.
Instead of being honoured, he was ridiculed by the Lords of the Admiralty and by leading physicians of the day. In fact his advice was ignored for another 40 years. Not until a year after Lind’s death in 1794 was a naval squadron supplied with orange juice on a voyage. On that voyage which lasted 23 weeks there was not one case of scurvy. Even so, another 10 years passed and thousands more died before regulations were put in place requiring sailors to drink a daily ration of lemon juice. With that enactment scurvy disappeared from the British Navy.
What a lesson in what we believe! People believed wrongly and others suffered. Your unbelief affects not only yourself, it also affects others. Beliefs affect everything about you. Your beliefs impact your day, your week, your years, your life.
Challenge
Change your thinking, believe the best, and believe at all times. Here is a list of things to believe in.
- Believe that life is good.
- Believe that hardships will pass.
- Believe that you should not wait for your ship to come in, but that you should swim out to it.
- Believe that dreams come true.
- Believe that we have got to change so that we can really change.
Other Motivational Books by Pat Mesiti
Attitudes and Altitudes
Pat Mesiti at his best! This book addresses the "how's" of leadership. It deals with vital principles such as leader development, how to network people and how to bring out the best in those around you. Pat Mesiti speaks on: growing big people, passion, leadership, mentoring, encouragement, attitude, credibility.
Dreamers Never Sleep
Pat Mesiti, in his comical yet challenging way, will show you how to: replace wrong perceptions with winning attitudes, deal positively with change, define your destiny, go beyond the 'norm', handle failure and discover what success really is and how it can affect your world.
Opportunity Knocks
If you are one of those millions of people around the world waiting for an opportunity to take your life to another level, then this book is for you.
1) recognize opportunities
2) grab opportunities that come your way
3) Persevere with opportunities
Wake Up and Dream
Discover the power of personal vision and how your dreams can help change the world.
The various topics include: how to rise above the limitations of your past, defining your dream, developing a plan to make your dream a reality, developing character, skills and attitudes that facilitate change, and unlocking the gifts and talents of those around you.
To obtain more information on Pat Mesiti’s Motivational Books, CD’s and products, or to book Pat as a Motivational Speaker for an upcoming event please visit www.mesiti.com
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