| My favorite author, speaker, and business coach | | | | me to complete a 30 day challenge where I |
| Mr. Earl Nightingale once wrote in a book "You | | | | would continue to be in control of my thoughts. I |
| Become What You Think About" Ever since the | | | | failed to stay positive many times for 30 days, |
| first time I read that phrase my life has changed | | | | and forced myself to start my challenge over |
| in a big way and I hope to be able to pass that | | | | many times. But after I completed my challenge, |
| on to others. | | | | everything was changed forever. |
| I grew up in a very small town in Northern | | | | In the next few years I worked on 2 of the top |
| Canada. The whole time I was growing up I | | | | golf courses in North America, I started two |
| thought that once you hit the town limits the | | | | successful businesses, I got married, had my first |
| world just came to an end. As I grew up I saw | | | | child, bought our first home and travelled to some |
| that wasn't the case, but my world was still very | | | | of the most beautiful places in the Northern |
| small. | | | | Hemisphere. I became what I thought about, and |
| In my early twenties I had chosen my career | | | | continue to do so today. |
| path to be a greens keeper on a golf course | | | | I carry a card in my pocket that I look at every |
| (remember Bill Murray's character from the movie | | | | day. As Mr. Nightingale suggested on one side of |
| Caddy Shack, that was me) I loved my job but | | | | the card it reads: |
| wasn't always sure it was going to bring me to | | | | You Become What You Think About |
| the promised land. | | | | Ask; and it shall be given to you |
| On my 24th birthday I received the book "The | | | | Seek; and you shall find |
| Strangest Secret" It changed my life forever (my | | | | Knock; and it shall be opened unto you |
| Ah Ha! moment) Earl Nightingale wrote "You | | | | On the other side of the card my most |
| Become What You Think About" I didn't like the | | | | prominent goal is written: |
| person I thought of myself as, and from that | | | | I am a millionaire earning over 1,000,000$ per |
| moment on, made a conscious effort to change | | | | year |
| my thought patterns to the person I wanted to | | | | By serving families and helping others |
| be. | | | | Become wealthy by the age of 30 |
| It didn't happen overnight. I struggled for a few | | | | Create your own card today and carry it with |
| months to see the person I wanted to be, but I | | | | you. Look at it several times a day and especially |
| continued to work on it. Mr. Nightingale challenged | | | | when negative thoughts enter your mind. |