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Achieving Your Promises

How to Reverse Your Circumstances and Realize Your Dreams

In June 1991, I was in a car accident. Chris and I were picked up from basketball camp by his sister. We decided to go miniature golfing, and as we turned in, a semi truck carrying steel came and hit us on the passenger side of the car. My head flew through the window and broke the glass causing the glass to get inside my eye, cut the cornea, and cause my perfect vision to be distorted to 20/70. I was in a coma for seven days. When I got out of that coma, I made a promise to myself that I was going to accomplish my dreams no matter what! I couldn't walk, talk, multiply, or divide. I couldn't remember that I had just had a birthday in May. I had to go through rehabilitation, learn how to communicate with people again, I lost friends, got in fights, was made fun of, put on medication, saw doctors continuously, had sorrowful moments filled with tears, and didn't know how I was going to come back to be myself again, but I was going to do it no matter what!

When I came out of my coma, I was determined to succeed. My whole right side was paralyzed, so I had to relearn basic motor skills. I promised myself that I would learn how to walk again. While I was in the hospital, people were trying to talk to me but were getting no response in return. Then, one day, words just began coming out of my mouth. I made a promise to myself that I would talk again. I had forgotten my basic math skills, so I made a promise to relearn how to multiply and divide, and I did. The list of promises continues even today. The car accident I will talk about throughout the book as it relates to accomplishing your dreams.

As you continue to read this book, I recommend you highlight the things that stand out to you so that you can review them later. Highlighted words will allow you to review previously read chapters and pick out the important points you want to remember immediately. Now let's discuss how to accomplish your dreams. You will accomplish your dreams by first getting the word goal out of your head and changing it to promises. Goals are made every day by millions of people, and then when they don't accomplish them, they think to themselves, "No big deal." That's one of the many reasons why a majority of the population is failing every day. A goal is believed by many to be just a word that some people use to describe what they plan on accomplishing over the next year. At the beginning of every year, almost everyone makes a New Year's Resolution to lose weight, stop eating candy, succeed in business in a certain way, build up their body, make better relationships with their significant other, etc. We all make these commitments and call them goals. At the first of the year, we all jump off to a good start, we're rolling; then a month goes by, we begin to get tired; two months, we start slacking off; three months go by, and by that time you're sick and tired of working so hard to accomplish your goal that you just give up. Remember this quote by, Napoleon Hill, "A quitter never wins and a winner never quits."

Instead of calling these things you want to accomplish goals, you will begin to call them promises. Write out your promises, go over them daily, and never give up! Promises have a much stronger meaning to us than goals. When someone promises to do something, they are going to get it done no matter what! When you make a promise to someone, they are most definitely expecting you to follow through with what you said, or you are not only going to have that one person upset with you, you will probably have many other people upset also. When you put the word promise next to a task you want to accomplish, there is a 98 of your effort, whether that's at your job, in your relationship, or with your family. What you focus on expands. When you focus on abundance, it will come naturally and with ease. Make a promise that you are going to accomplish your dreams. Do whatever it takes to make these promises happen.

The way you're going to make this happen is by following the instructions in the book, doing the exercises, reading and rereading the material to make sure you understand what is being said, and continuing to grow each and every day. I will give you the knowledge and you will have the power to achieve you dreams, go beyond your promises, and change the world in ways you never thought possible. The journey has begun. You have taken the first step. Trust your feelings as you read this book, and you will see the amazing results that happen. Read this book one hour per day or whatever pace suits you. How fast would you like to accomplish your dreams?

The following chapters will explain to you step by step how you are going to do this. I will show you throughout this book how you are going to discover your life's purpose, you will learn how to visualize your future, you'll find out what it takes to accomplish your dreams, you'll learn how to take control of your career, what it takes to build a business and keep it running smoothly, how to balance your life, what to do to improve your health, getting the right amount of energy and keeping it. Learn how and when to rest your body and soul, nurture all of your relationships, make peace with others, become an optimist, communicate with your family, find the answers, treat others with respect, and finally you'll learn how to make sense out of eternity. You'll learn the ways to make the things in your life work!

If you are true to your word and you want to take control of your life, you must promise that you will not only take control of your life, you must make a promise to yourself that you will read this entire book and implement these strategies in your life. By reading this far, you have shown that you are the type of person that is going to do whatever it takes to achieve your promises, and you are going to run full throttle through the finish line no matter what! You were put here for a reason and only you can make your dreams come true.

You may be thinking to yourself that this sounds like hard work. Well, yes it is. Every successful person in this world didn't get there by luck but they did. The few that did get there by luck most likely ended up losing it very quickly. You must be committed to your work, your career, your family, your spouse, and anything else where you would like to achieve success in the coming year. If you're sick and tired of being sick and tired, then this book is for you. You will implement the strategies, put them into action, make mistakes, learn from those mistakes, and continue to become a better person every day. This will be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life! You will be satisfied, fulfilled, and overjoyed with happiness once you take the steps in this amazing journey!

Are you ready to begin to change your life? Good, then go back and skim over this introduction again. Look at what you have highlighted. Store the important points in your memory. Take your time. This is going to take time, effort, commitment, and patience. Move at a pace that feels comfortable to you. Don't ever strain yourself by reading beyond your comfort level. If you find yourself dozing off and remembering less, then just take a break. Every word in this book is imperative to your success, and you are going to become whatever you want as you put these strategies into action. Now let's begin.

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