Influence: Who's Affecting (or infecting) Your World?
"The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways, the highest adventure on earth." - Norman Cousins
Influence is powerful. The influence we can have over others and especially the influence that others can have over us.
That influence can affect us either negatively or positively.
Prior to my return to the US Olympic Training Center the influence that others were having on me was not good.
My generosity allowed a friend to move in with me for what was supposed to be a few weeks. Key words: "supposed to..."
He ended up staying with me for 3 months. That in itself wasn't so bad. The problem was that he was out drinking every night. He came in and would immediately go to the kitchen, cook and leave the dirty dishes in the sink.
He smoked inside and was surprised I could smell it.
He hung around with less than desirable people.
He brought them around me and my business, because he thought that I would want to be friends with them too.
He was a major part of everything that seemed wrong and assisted my focus to stay on what was wrong.
It was a very dark period of my life.
Conversely, when I moved back to US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs I found myself in another world. Take a look at the excellence that surrounded me:
What did this do for me? Great question.
This gave me an avenue of excellence to follow. These men, some of whom I consider to be brothers, gave to me the feeling of success. This influenced me in the direction of what was possible for me.
Hey! It's your life, it's your legacy. What you make of it is uniquely up to you.
Best of Success,
David Martin
EmpowerMax PCS, Inc.
info@empowermax.com
The Performance Zone
PS - Personal Mastery you will learn the skills that will assist you to make sustainable breakthroughs in all areas. Business, Finance, Physical and Personal change can be made in minimal time and the results will stay you for life. To schedule a one on one exploration into Personal Mastery send an email with phone number directly to me at info@empowermax.com.
Influence is powerful. The influence we can have over others and especially the influence that others can have over us.
That influence can affect us either negatively or positively.
Prior to my return to the US Olympic Training Center the influence that others were having on me was not good.
My generosity allowed a friend to move in with me for what was supposed to be a few weeks. Key words: "supposed to..."
He ended up staying with me for 3 months. That in itself wasn't so bad. The problem was that he was out drinking every night. He came in and would immediately go to the kitchen, cook and leave the dirty dishes in the sink.
He smoked inside and was surprised I could smell it.
He hung around with less than desirable people.
He brought them around me and my business, because he thought that I would want to be friends with them too.
He was a major part of everything that seemed wrong and assisted my focus to stay on what was wrong.
It was a very dark period of my life.
Conversely, when I moved back to US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs I found myself in another world. Take a look at the excellence that surrounded me:
- World Champion - Pan Am Games Silver Medalist (Taekwondo)
- 2 x Olympian - Bronze Medalist - National Team Coach (Taekwondo)
- Olympic Team Coach (Taekwondo)
- Olympic Gold Medalist (freestyle wrestling) x 2
- Olympic Gold Medalist (Greco-roman wrestling)
What did this do for me? Great question.
This gave me an avenue of excellence to follow. These men, some of whom I consider to be brothers, gave to me the feeling of success. This influenced me in the direction of what was possible for me.
- The influence from their attitude alone moved me forward.
- The influence of their level of commitment raised my standard.
- The influence from their passion motivated me into action.
Hey! It's your life, it's your legacy. What you make of it is uniquely up to you.
Best of Success,
David Martin
EmpowerMax PCS, Inc.
info@empowermax.com
The Performance Zone
PS - Personal Mastery you will learn the skills that will assist you to make sustainable breakthroughs in all areas. Business, Finance, Physical and Personal change can be made in minimal time and the results will stay you for life. To schedule a one on one exploration into Personal Mastery send an email with phone number directly to me at info@empowermax.com.
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