Archive for August 7, 2008

Commit to Do!

How many times have you made an attempt to do something only to fail? Have you ever attempted to start a project, quit smoking, or loose weight, only to wind up either worse off than when you originally began or with a half-completed project?

What about that business you swore you would promote this year? That book you were going to write? Did you get it done? After numerous attempts at initiating an activity do you conclude you just can’t adequately motivate yourself to accomplish the task? Do you allow ‘things’ to get in your way?

Perhaps the challenge is not that you haven’t formally set your ultimate goal, but rather that you have decisively committed to failure. Think back, did you say I am going to ‘try’? The word try in itself is the beginning of the end. ‘Try’ is simply not as motivating as ‘DO’!

Webster’s definition of try is 1 a : to examine or investigate judicially b (1) : to conduct the trial of (2) : to participate as counsel in the judicial examination of 2 a : to put to test or trial
— often used with out 3 : to make an attempt at – It is clear that even Mr. Webster fundamentally realized that to try was a pledge ONLY to try.

When you try to accomplish something you often fail simply because you have released yourself from the guilt of failure; you never said you were going to do, just that you would try. Therefore, when you do fail you can say “been there, done that” without feeling like you failed. However, the reality is; you did fail!

I have found that when I commit to DO, things get done! That one simple word purposely produces a mindset for success! I recall when I began my business, 30+ years ago, I simply decided to DO! I didn’t say, I am going to TRY, I said I AM GOING TO…! No option for potential failure there.

Another effective illustration I recall is when I decided to stop smoking. I had TRIED several times before, but the day I said ‘I QUIT!’; that is the day I REALLY did quit!

How do you purposely produce decisive success? Yes, do start with a clearly defined goal in mind. Yes, do successfully create a plan, write it down, and make it a reality. But most importantly decide ultimately to succeed! Commit to DO!

To be truly successful and to remain committed to your ultimate goal, ‘Commit to DO’ today!

© Copyright 2005 Ginger Marks
This is the second in the ‘Commit to’ series. Commit to Excellence – Nov. 2005.

Ginger Marks is the founder of DocUmeant, Your writing assistant. For more information, visit her website at http://www.documeant.net. She is also the Copy Editor for Ladies First Magazine. Ladies First Magazine online is your first stop for business articles, profiles and resources for and by female entrepreneurs, http://www.ladiesfirstmag.biz.

The Tenderfoot’s 101 of Online Sports Competition Laying

Join men’s greatest pursuits and you have got is a phenomenon titled a sportsbook betting Web location. Seriously: what could believably be more inventive… If you visualize a clique of dudes clapping for their favorite lineup, and almost always lays are arranged accompanying the noise. Keen to catch a bit of the exhilaration, onlookers will customarily endeavor to divine who will make it in the running match. Put together, this all turns into a fun little match named sportsbook betting Web location. Whereabouts of Red Sox ball uncertain

Admittedly it is bound to appear compulsive, but in fact sports wagering is actually just diverting and to relate with one’s fellow sports aficionados. You can bet a any trifling amount of lucre and nonetheless have a amazing time. Also, read on for many prompts to help you get started sports wagering.

To place your bet, you’d be well advised to surf to a sportsbook betting Web location, that’s to say a place which admits sportsbook betting Web location. In the US, we have no less than four states where everybody can do sports wagering in a legal manner, but informally you can do it practically anywhere as long as you can locate a bookie *and* you are legally an adult. On the list of sports you can choose to wager on are professional and also college football as well as basketball, professional baseball and hockey, and also betting on. Customers may bet money on the total combined score of a competition or game, on what round the contestant will be defeated, and even if a coin toss in a competition or game will land either heads or tails.

The bookmakers reckon with mere numbers make it easier for you come to a decision which lineup you trust will make it. Primarily, there’s chances, that’s specific points advantage pertaining to the weaker competitor presumed to be beaten by a specific number points. This comprises the sportsbook provider’s system of making unprejudiced bets possible for a sportsbook. By way of an example, you may bet money on a competitor presumed to be beaten and and nonetheless profit from that wager as long as the competitor does actually get defeated by a specific number of points.

You’ll get many types of bets: straight bets, where you’ll simply pick the lineup you feel will make it or take a licking, teasers and plenty more, the straight bets, where you’ll specify the side which you guess is the likeliest to prevail or take a licking being the most prevalent in sports wagering. Why not just give it a shot, and chill out at one go… Just safeguard you won’t get too enthused and use up your complete retirement fund on a fancy. Else, you’ll likely find yourself regretful for life.