Be different, if it means higher personal and
professional standards.
Be different, if it means being more gracious and considerate to others.
Be different, if it means being cleaner, neater and better groomed than
the group.
Be different, if it means putting more time and effort into all you do.
And be different, if it means taking the calculated risk. The greatest
risk in life is to wait for and depend upon others for your own
security. The greatest security is to plan and act, and take the risk
that will ultimately ensure your personal freedom and independence.
Our true rewards in life will depend on the
quality and amount of contribution we make. From the Scriptures, to
science, to psychology, to business, the documentation is the same. "As
we sow, we reap." Life is an unfailing boomerang. What we throw out,
will come back full circle.
The way we can build self-reliance is to recognize the number of
alternative choices we have in a free society. And for every choice we
make, there is a consequence or reward of that decision that we must
acknowledge as our responsibility. God’s Law of Cause and Effect is
forever the ruler.
To attain emotional security, each of us must
learn to develop two critical capabilities: the ability to live with
uncertainty, and the ability to delay immediate gratification in favor
of long-range goals. Losers let life happen to them. Winners make it
happen for themselves and others. Losers engage in pleasurable
activities, with no purpose or result in mind. Losers try to escape from
their fears and drudgery with activities that are tension-relieving.
Winners are motivated by their desires toward activities that are
goal-achieving.