Overcoming Other People's Opinion

by Catherine Pulsifer

When our self confidence is low we sometimes tend to believe what others think of us. We do not have the confidence in ourselves to believe otherwise.

One individual who has defied others beliefs is Les Brown.
It started when he was just a baby. He was put up for adoption. Thankfully, he was adopted by a woman, Ms. Mamie Brown. She was a single parent, had limited financial resources, and little education, but she had a big heart. She adopted Les and his twin brother.

As Les was growing up he encountered difficulties in school. He was incorrectly labeled as a "slow learner". When labels are put on children, they damage a child's self-esteem.

However, Les was persistent. He refused to believe what others believe his abilities to be. He had big dreams. He had no formal education beyond high school, yet he had determination and was very persistent. He furthered his education by self-education. He had a passion to learn, to understand the human potential.

Today he is a very successful professional speaker and author. Growing up his self esteem and confidence were low. It took him many years to realize his potential.

Les is an example of someone who has overcome others peoples belief.
When listening to his videos and tapes, he portrays confidence. He tells his story and how he overcame the challenges in his life. Listening to him speak, and listening to his laugh, which is certainly an infectious laugh, he is very motivating and inspiring.

To quote Les Brown, "You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change."

Les Brown is a famous motivator speaker and author . You may check his website : www.lesbrown.com

Free RM 100.00, anyone ???

A well-known speaker started off her seminar by holding up a RM100.00 bill. In the room of 200, she asked, "Who would like this RM100.00 bill?" Hands started going up.

She said, "I am going to give this RM100.00 to one of you but first, let me do this." She proceeded to crumple the RM100.00 dollar bill up. She then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air. "Well", she replied, "What if I do this?" And she dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with her "pink sparkle" shoe. She picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air. "My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson", she said, "No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth RM100.00.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless.... and especially to those who love you.

The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or whom we know, but by WHO WE ARE.

"You are special - Don't EVER forget it."

How Old Are U?

If we did not know our age, some of us would appear to be very young, and some of us would seem very old. Sometimes, people use age as a convenient excuse. "I'm too old to start something new", or, "I couldn't learn that at my age." Other people, though, go on to achieve their greatest accomplishments in life in later years.

Take, for example, Colonel Harland Sanders who started franchising his chicken outlets when he was 65 years old. Up to the age of 90 years old he traveled 250,000 miles a year visiting KFC franchises. He not only overcame personal and business adversities, but more importantly, he didn't let age stand in his way!

Feelings lead to attitudes, attitudes become beliefs, and beliefs become the basis for actions.

It is not important how old you are;
it is how you feel, how you think,
and what you do that is important.

To quote Satchel Paige, "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was."

Attitude

"The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude."

Charles Swindoll