What You Want

This week the topics have been about taking advantage of opportunities and how to implement solutions. It is one thing to know what you are after and then having a solution available that you know how to implement, then the only thing that remains is acting to accomplish your goal.

However, I've run across many people that simply do not know what they want. They are already in a rut or daily grind, and that is simply all they know. They don't like their situation, but they do not know how to change. This is the focus of today - identifying what you want.

In order for you to identify what you want, you have to look inward at yourself. What motivates you? What are you willing and not willing to do? Who are you willing to associate with and who do you want to avoid? How rigid is your comfort zone? Why are some things important to you and not others? How important are your own feelings? Are you willing to change your opinion on what you want based on input from others? Who and what are you willing to sacrifice for in order for your wants to be met? What excuses are you willing to give up for achieving what you want?

All of these questions revolve around you knowing who you are. In other words, are you self-aware? Self-awareness is an awareness of one's own personality or individuality. It is the explicit understanding that you exist, apart and different from other people. In short, you are unique and have very individual and private thoughts. Another related term, self-consciousness is not only the understanding of the very core of their personality and identity, but also what governs their behavior. In simple terms to use a cliche - 'what makes you tick'.

If you do not know who you are, it may be difficult to identify what you want. With some people, knowing what they want is very natural, or innate (determined by factors present in an individual from birth). With others who don't have a strong self-image, or do not like themselves, all they may know is the dislike for themselves, but not necessarily how or that they even want to change.

I will use another cliche - 'where there's a will, there's a way'. Cliches often become cliches simply because they are so very true in nearly all circumstances they get repeated over and over again. This one is no exception. The point is - if you know what you want and there is a desire to get it, you will somehow or through someone find a solution that is achievable.

So, who are you? What do you want? What do you want your life to become? What do your life to mean? I like to focus on the end result. If you know how you want things to turn out, begin with that and work backwards. Have a very clear picture of what you want your life to be and start working toward that image everyday. If some task or personality trait does not fit into that image, begin to change it. Change does not occur overnight. It all takes time and effort.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

As always, the choice is yours.

As with all Saturdays, I will recap key financial indicators that gives valuable insight into what the financial markets are doing. Precious metals rose slightly this week, further consolidating the prices levels set within the last couple months. Gold closed at $902.10 per ounce on Friday afternoon. Silver also closed higher at $17.38 per ounce. The price of a barrel of oil also rose slightly to $134.80 per barrel, only 40 cents higher than last week. These actions drove the US dollar index down to 73.09, weakening the dollar against the other major world currencies. All of this consolidating action is very typical during the early days of summer. Much of Europe begin their summer days of traveling. Also in the North America, schools begin their summer recess allowing families to take their planned summer trips. Due to the much higher price of gasoline in the US as compared to last year, there certainly are a lot of families that are not taking a summer trip or at least making it much shorter.

Consider these Napoleon Hill quotes (author of "Think and Grow Rich") this weekend on where you want to go and what you life is to become.

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.


Remember, where there's a will, there's a way.

May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.

We will shout for joy when you are victorious
and will lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May the LORD grant all your requests. Psalm 20:4-5 (NIV)

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Email: DeltaInspire@panama-vo.com