2010 Promises to be a year of interesting and exciting new challenges. Since we are all the sum total of our experiences, it is important to learn from these experiences. During 2009 we saw our commitment and resolve to success severely tested. That made us stronger. Life is an opportunity. It is full of challenges and their purpose is to prepare us for the next challenge. The "rest" period is usually very short. We all have a right to our own opinions about everything. Like it or not, The United States is our home country. There is only one person we can change. That is ourselves. When we see the need for change it can realistically only begin with ourselves. Even though we sight conditions that we have no control over as the reason for our immediate discomfort,  the truth is we do have control. We have to start by looking in the mirror. 

There are conditions that exist throughout this country and the world at large that we can change. One person can make a difference. An army of a million starts with one. Resolutions alone don't work; affirmations do when they are affirmed daily. Our belief system is probably the most powerful weapon for non-violent change we have. The belief system needs our help, however, to work. It has to be supplemented by our action. Action that says we believe what we say. History has taught us that the road to great achievemnts is paved by failures. Those failures, however, are always accompanied by an unyielding belief in ourselves to accomplish the goal we have set.  Those failures are really lessons that together with our belief bring us one step closer to success.

 

Whatever your goals are for 2010, you might want to try a few simple steps:
1. Mentally embrace your goals with the belief that you will accomplish them.

2. Remind yourself daily why achievement is important.

3. Begin each day by saying the affirmation that speaks to accomplishment of the goal you have set.

4. Expect success.

5. Learn from failure.

6. Do reality checks and avoid excuses.

7. Bask in the joy of the moment when your success is achieved!

 

Believe it, Receive it, Claim it, Its yours!

 

Enjoy the year!

 

Sincerely,

  

Clarence A. Sturdivant

Chairman/CEO