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Radio:
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Mortgage and Real Estate Options
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"Your past may be filthy
but your future is
squeaky clean"
- James A. Smith
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Inspiration:
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Paradigm Shifts
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Joke:
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Old Age
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Blog:
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How Can We Afford These Gas Prices?
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Radio
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Sundays 11:30 - Noon.
Monday & Thursday 6-7pm
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Stay tuned for 100 gallon gas giveaway in June
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On this past Sunday's show I interviewed our sponsor of the week, Great American
Mortgage, to learn of current Real Estate options. Then we discussed fear motivation.
Monday night we will look at;
- What others are doing to overcome gas prices.
- Did we miss a recession?
- The pride of an Army soldier's wife
- Giving up a cheap victory for a win.
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Inspiration
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Excuse Me, May I Help You
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This is a true story that I experienced one morning while I was eating. I was having
breakfast at this little café down the road from my house. While eating, I was reading
the newspaper and noticed, out of the corner of my eye, a young man who came and
sat in the seat catty-corner to me. “Good morning,” we both said. In just a few minutes,
I noticed him staring at me. I continued to read the paper. He kept staring, I kept
reading and eating.
I don’t know if I have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or not but I do, at
times, find it difficult to concentrate. He wasn’t making it any easier. I’m typically a
simple person to get along with so I had no intention of making a scene. Usually, I
would even start chatting with a person in this situation - but I was trying to eat, read,
and concentrate.
The young man started sliding closer in an attempt to read my paper. As he continued
to slide closer he was now, kind of, hovering over my food. I still think I’m simple to get
along with but I would prefer if anything drop in my food that it drops from my hands,
face, or head. Can I get an Amen?
I was starting to feel a little uncomfortable with this man leaning into my space the way
he was. After practically leaning in and almost sliding me out of my own chair I finally
asked, “Excuse me, may I help you?” “Yes you may,” he said with a crackling voice. “I
am trying to see if my brother is in the newspaper like they said he would be." Then I
noticed his eyes were becoming glossy. "He was in a helicopter in the Iraq War and
got shot down two days ago. He died.” I gladly helped the young man.
Have you noticed how your mood and thoughts about the man just changed? They
likely went from gross to sympathetic, immediately. This is the awesome power of a
paradigm shift. What mattered seconds ago no longer matters. Now it doesn’t matter
that he was practically leaning on me and my plate of food. What changed?
The man didn’t change, the food didn’t change, and my rights didn’t change. What did
change was enough information. It was the extra information that allowed you and me
both to stop looking at life through our window. The window that says, “I would shove
him away or move away.” Instead, we move over to his window and see a different
picture. A picture of pain and sorrow that said, “This poor guy is hurting and is simply
looking for relief.”
Wow, isn’t it amazing how you immediately want to help this guy, the same guy who
was a “jerk” just moments prior? He was only a jerk until we did a paradigm shift. The
more we are able to see life through the windows or eyes of another, the more we are
willing to give. Change the way you see things and the things you see will change.
The above is an excerpt taken from James' new book I Was Born to Win: How to
Think It, Say It, Believe It, & Live It!
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Joke
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You know you're getting old when someone compliments your alligator shoes but you're
really barefooted.
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Winners Chat Blog
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How Can We Afford These Gas Prices?
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Many people are afraid of rising gas prices and economical woes these days. We don't have
to be. Concerned, yes, but not afraid. I have a solution... Read more and/or respond here
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