Proactive Power: "With Responsibility Comes Power"

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Proactive Power: "With Responsibility Comes Power"

By Randy Gilbert (c)2002

I spent some time with my niece recently and at the end of a fun day she wanted to watch the movie, "Spiderman." I'd heard this movie was a box office smash so I was curious to see it myself.

The movie was full of fun and excitement, but more importantly to me, it actually taught several great lessons. After the movie we talked about something Spiderman said, "with power comes responsibility."

Although my niece has a healthy self-esteem, she realized that having "super human" power was probably not going to happen to her. Then I saw my chance ... I figuratively slipped on my Dr. Proactive hat.

By turning the words around to "with responsibility comes power," I helped her see that her potential was unlimited in what she could do, be, or have. It was like having real life super-human power! In pre-teen terms, we talked about taking responsibility for learning, making good decisions, and fulfilling the promises you make to yourself and others.

It never ceases to amaze me how children can understand wisdom more readily than some of my coaching clients. That may be why Jesus told the guys he was coaching, "unless you become as children, you cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven." I interpret that to mean, "Unless you accept the truth, you will not have the power to receive all of the good things life has to offer."

So let's put on the mindset of young children and learn the above wisdom, so that we can have "unlimited power and potential" to accomplish our goals and live our dreams. The following three proactive tips will guide us.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tip 1 - Learn and Discern ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Strive to learn all that you can. And more importantly, while learning, take responsibility for separating out the knowledge that is good, right, and true from false ideas and opinions that don't hold water or stand the test of time.

Whether you want to or not, you are constantly taking in new information. You are like a video camera that is never turned off. Proactively work on pointing your attention and focusing on what's good for you. When you base your beliefs on good knowledge, that which is pure, right, just, lovely, and reputable, you will be unstoppable.

Focusing on good is an very difficult task around negative people. Even when they say, "I'm not afraid to tell the truth," in reality, their diseased opinion is not the truth at all. You should proactively categorize it in your own mind as bad information that only needs to be remembered so that you can more quickly recognize it next time as worthless.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tip 2 - Make Smart Choices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The most important choices in your entire life are what you choose to believe, because everything (yes, everything) else is based on your beliefs. By assuming responsibility for choosing beliefs based on the truth about yourself and the world, you will attain power that borders on the miraculous.

"Whatever you believe you will receive" is a universal truth that applies to everybody. So for your own good, proactively choose to believe the things that will bring you joy and abundance.

My life really turned around when I chose to believe that I had a purpose and that I could accomplish my purpose. I also chose to believe that even though I wasn't perfect, I would receive the help of God, the universe, and other people to achieve any goal that I set for myself. These two choices have been very smart for me and they will be for you too.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tip 3 - Take Appropriate Action ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can love the life you live when you live the life you love. You love yourself (and others) when you take responsibility for doing the things you're good at and were meant to do. Promise yourself that you will take action on your dreams and then fulfill your promises.

You can accomplish my dreams when you bring them into sharp focus and break them down into achievable goals. Your goals are easier to accomplish when you create a plan to develop appropriate success habits and schedule tasks dialy.

The Bible says, "Faith can move mountains." Faith is your beliefs in action. Many of my goals seemed liked mountains, but they were moved "one shovel full at a time" by daily working on them. Persistent action is a key success habit in almost every endeavor.

It's fun to have fantasy characters like Spiderman to spark our imaginations, but it's even more fun to have the power that comes with being proactive. When you take responsibility for learning, choosing, and doing and you will experience unlimited power to achieve your dreams and goals.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Randy Gilbert is the best-selling author of "Success Bound: Breaking Free of Mediocrity" http://www.Success-Bound.com Co-host of "The Inside Success Show" the fastest growing success talk show. http://www.TheInsideSuccessShow.com Creator of "Proactive Success: The Amazing NEW Science Of Personal Achievement" http://www.DrProactive.com Get his free newsletter: ProactiveSuccess@postmaster-email.com Copyright 2002 Randy Gilbert. All rights reserved. Feel free to pass the above in its entirety to anyone you wish. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~