Step 3: “Put in the Pilings for Strength”-PRACTICE & PLANNING

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This is part three of our Six-part course titled: Build the Foundation 1st! The course is a tried and true success method used to reach all your financial and personal goals.

You already know me as John Dumas, Sr., VP of Operations for AMJO. I have over 25 years of marketing, public relations and business experience in Motivational Speaking and tutoring. Recently, I decided to join forces with my wife Amy and other marketing professionals to form AMJO. AMJO is known as the Caring Corporation. Our goal is to teach and educate individuals to truly reach all their potential and realize all their dreams, live life to its fullest, focus on the good in the world and “enlighten” our students to the power that is in each one of us.

Practice and patience leads to performance!
By taking some time with us you have taken the first step towards unbelievable financial and personal success. In the coming weeks we will discuss your “Blueprint to Riches”. Each new Blog is an informative newsletter to you with the proper tools to become the successful person you dream about!

Each newsletter will contain informative new articles, links to on-line resources, and tips to make your “Blueprint” come to life.

Let’s continue on the path with Step 3 of Build the Foundation 1st!

Step 3: “Put in the Pilings for Strength”-PRACTICE & PLANNING

Practice and planning about achieving incredible things and living the charmed life filled with fun and excitement is always the first step to making your dreams come true. While most people at one time or the other haphazardly dream of having this or doing that, very few take this process to the next level of making these dreams come true. When it is time for action, the winners get to work while the would-be winners seem confused.

These would-be winners choose to play it safe and remain in their comfort zone, regardless of how uncomfortable in reality it may be for them. They are so overly concerned about taking a risk and making a error that they unfortunately assume the biggest risk of all. They choose to lose rather than play to win. From time to time, some of these pretenders can talk a pretty good game, but when it comes time to put it all out on the line and play hardball, their words speak much louder than their actions.

There is one and only one way for your life to get better. Your life will get better when you decide to change it for the better. Practice and plan to get to the next level. Whenever you want to change or alter the way your life is headed, change is the key. Don’t just talk about it, change it right then and there.

You need to walk the walk, talk the talk and live your life with intensity, belief and purpose. It is not enough to simply want to win, you have to show the will to win. You can fulfill your life’s goals on earth only when you are willing to meet the challenges of doing your very best and being your very best – every single moment of every single day. It is time to practice what you preach. Make absolutely sure at all times that your actions always speak louder than your words. People will judge you on your beliefs and your practices of them.

There is never a better time than right now for you to reach your true potential. There is no reason to wait, just do it. Practice and Plan out your dream life. Study it, refine it and put it into action, NOW! As a matter of fact, there has never been a better time for you to do whatever you have always wanted to do … than right now at this very moment in time. You cannot wait for the perfect moment that you want, practice your beliefs and principles and see the wondrous results that come from believing in yourself.

What do you believe?
Is your next step to put into practice your goals and aspirations … right now? Are you practicing putting your best to the test … right now? If not, then start right now, no excuses. In order to get where you want to go, you must first begin to plan. Yet the very act of planning seems to be the most common sticking point that people encounter on their “blueprint to success”.

I am sure you can count the friends and acquaintances you have known who truly wanted to make a difference, live their dreams, really intended to live with passion, but for one reason they couldn’t get it going. These well-intentioned individuals wanted to do it. In fact, I am positive, they really wanted to make all their dreams come true, but they never did. How could this happen? There is only one reason, they just couldn't get started, and they couldn’t get the principle of practice and planning down.

What’s is holding you back?
How many times have you wanted to move the Mountain, but didn't? I find it truly baffling how so many people can come up with thousands of excuses for not beginning, yet they can never come up with even one good reason. How many ideas have you been putting off for sometime? How many incredible adventures have you wanted to do but you never got around to making them a reality in your life? Now’s the time to make all of your dreams come true. No doubt about it, there has never been a better time to get started than ..Right now!

The Importance Of Planning

Planning is crucial to success in any undertaking. Sports teams always have a game-plan going in place before entering into battle against the opposing team. Military planners have their plan in place before heading into a conflict. Politicians base their plans on winning. Voters weigh the politician’s plan- if they will like it, they vote for them. People in general make their plans to meet family and friends, plan their children’s weddings, parties, gather at social events - you even plan your vacations before going. Well-planned events in your life probably brought you the most satisfaction because they ran so smoothly. Your day is likely planned out so as to get to work on time everyday because you follow your own plan - you know what time to get up, eat breakfast, and what roads to take to get to work on time. As you go on your way - as with any well thought out plan - you make some minor adjustments. Here’s a question for you; If you have such massive success with some of the trivial and some of the larger things that you plan - why wouldn’t you use that same approach in life? People tell me often "I really don't have a game plan - I guess I'll figure it out when I get to that point." How can you reach your goals and dreams if you don't know what path to follow? This is not in your best interests. I ask you “Why do so many people and maybe even yourself go through your only chance at this life without a plan? After all – it is your life and if you don't have a plan of action- things tend to not work out!!

If you want to succeed at meeting and exceeding your goals, you must have a Master plan. If you want to have a successful business - you have to have a business plan. If you want to have a successful life - get your master plan together - otherwise you're going to be busy reacting to prevailing conditions your entire life and that success you so desperately desire will stay just beyond your reach. Achieve your successes by simply taking the time to plan your path ahead.

To achieve massive success, learn to get a plan together in this very week. This is crucial to your success –plan as far ahead as 5 or 10 years. Remember, you can always take a more appealing side road to explore its possibilities. At the very least, you know you can turn around if you find a dead end and get back on the main route. Start your plan TODAY. Come up with a plan for your life and then learn what steps to take to make sure you achieve your goals and live the life you desire.

Planning leads to Empyreal Successes

Planning provides to you a clear vision of your future - you know exactly what needs be to done and how with persistence and dedication, it will all come to fruition. If you were to plan a art show opening you would go through all the minute details - right down to the least important detail to insure a great turnout and experience for your guests. When you prepare to play a game you go in with a game plan - your team knows what it has to do and has a plan that they believe will give them the victory. Teams that go in without a plan seem to flounder and be confused. When a plan is exacted you are planting a vision into your mind and also in your subconscious mind. Your subconscious mind believes what you tell it. It believes you have a plan and it will follow it out to the nth degree. Stay focused on your plan your mind will be sure to make a reality. By staying focused on plan or goal you invariably transmit vital information to your subconscious mind - and it then generates the opportunities for you to realize a successful outcome to your plan.

Key point: To succeed in life – develop your plan of action and do not lose focus - if you lose focus you veer from the plans path and thus you become lost again. Your intensive focus on your plan is what your subconscious hones into. This intense focus forces your mind to check every detail over and over again until it's correct. If it's not correct you'll then make the proper changes to get back on course.

The same approach can be used in your own life. Come up with a plan and stay focused, live it, breathe it everyday. Learn to stay focused on your plan because by doing so you constantly send the right messages to your subconscious mind – in the end it allows you to achieve your personal successes. By doing this you will also create great opportunities in your life. Learn how to follow up on those opportunities by relying on your intuition and your subconscious minds sharp insight.

Begin Planning TODAY!

Think it’s too much to begin planning your life? It is easier than you realize. The first step is to think about what you want your life to look like if you could have it all, your ideal life. Think big; know that it’s all there for the asking. Think abundance. Set goals on what you want your life to look like a year from now, two years, five years and ten years from today. It may seem like a long way from where you are now–remember life has a way of sneaking up on you. Don’t be too concerned as to where you are now - we're only concerned about how to get you to your ideal life.

Let’s begin- you have a beacon to steer towards - an idea of what your perfect life would look like. Next let’s start looking at how we are to arrive at our destination. Think about what steps you now have to take now to get the things you wanted like maybe a beautiful home, exotic car, a better relationship with your spouse, loving fulfilling relationships, awesome health, or whatever you decided you want. For example: If you said you wanted a beautiful home - what do you have to do now to put that much closer to realizing your dream? Does it mean changing your spending or savings habits? Selling your present house and cashing out that old mortgage? Do some deep thinking - and come up with the answers you need to precede, take action! You have at this very moment everything you need to realize your goals. Just believe, have faith and follow your overall plan. Now start working on the specifics - just like you would if you were planning that perfect party or an event in the future. In this instance-the event is your ideal life! Make it your priority!

Next - remain focused. Look over your plan and start moving towards the accomplishment of that plan. This is very important, don’t get distracted, stay focused. Your mind may try to put up a fight. It is out of its comfort zone. Many excuses may begin to pop-up in your head such as; I’m tired, I don’t feel comfortable with this or I can do it tomorrow. This is quite common problem- it's based on your mind expanding it’s limitations and that it doesn't want to change the status quo, it’s too uncomfortable. Well to grow, you have to get out and do things that make you grow and expand your horizons. In order to get your mind to change you need to feed it. It is imperative you learn how to plan and entice your mind to focus on what you really desire while relaying the correct messages to your subconscious mind. By doing this you remain focused and attract new opportunities that help you to exceed your goals and live your biggest dreams. This point of view is crucial to your overall success because if you don't believe you can succeed then you won’t. Always keep in mind, whatever you can conceive and believe, you can achieve!


Plan and Prepare

Now that all the basics of your plan are in place - prepare to feel empowered-you are now ready to achieve your goals. Start living from your goals. Act as if you are already a Millionaire, if that is what you want. I'm not advocating you should go out and buy everything you want on your goal list- but mentally think and believe you have already attained your goals. Do this everyday and watch some very real changes occur in your life. Remain focused; persistence is another key to success. Keep your conscious and subconscious mind working for you and you'll achieve your goals in record time. Believe it, Live it, Be it!


All things are ready, if our minds be so.
William Shakespeare


Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice.
Unknown Author


You are what you think. You are what you go for. You are what you do!
Bob Richards

How many times have we heard these familiar words? Ready, willing and able. Plenty, I’m sure. But what exactly does "being ready, willing and able" really mean? Simply stated, you can accomplish anything you want in life when, not if, you are ready, willing and able to do so.

Every aspect of this ready, willing and able equation are necessary if you’re going to realize your dreams in this life. The first part of the conundrum is the "ready" piece. Can any of us honestly say to ourselves that we are thoroughly prepared to take the benefit of the plenteous opportunities that open up to us each and every day of our lives? If you are not harvesting the benefits of total preparation at this very moment, then you are obviously not ready.

Question, if you are not ready right now, when will you be? It is significantly important that each of us to get ready to do whatever it takes by preparing ourselves mentally, physically and emotionally to do our best and be our best right now.

Even after you have made yourself ready to go, you still must be "willing" to make it happen. You must be willing to do whatever it takes to get where you want to go. Do yourself a huge favor; do not commit to be willing unless you are really ready to back it up with plenty of action right now. When there's a white hot zeal burning inside you to do whatever you know it takes, whenever you have to ... then and only then will you have the necessary ingredient to truly taste success. Giving anything less will not get the job done.

Lastly, you must be "able" to do whatever it takes, whenever it is needed to reach your desired outcome. You must be up to the task when it comes to turning your dreams into reality. When the chips are down will you be ready to give it all you have to realize your ideal life? At that monumental moment of truth, then and only then will you find out what you are made of and whether you are really up to the challenge. I believe you will be!

Three little words with the power to change your life; Ready, willing and able. Do not diminish your chance at success use these three critical components to reach the heights you long for. When the winner inside you has all three working in perfect synchronicity, there is no limit on how far you will go, how much success you will realize and how much you will accomplish in lifetime.

The life you've longed to live is ready ... when you are. Take control of your destiny and live to your highest expectations!

Notable Quotables:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Zig Ziglar
Put all your excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.

Peter A. Cohen
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.

Henry Ford
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Louis Pasteur
Luck favors the mind that is prepared.

Abraham Lincoln
If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Confucius
Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

Unknown Author
Today’s preparation determines tomorrow's achievement.

William A. Ward
Four steps to achievement:
Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently

Tom Landry
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Richard C. Cushing
“Always plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.”

Remember this famous saying, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail?” I’m sure you do. So why is it only a few of us have a master plan for our own lives — a plan of action that not only outlines where we intend to go, but also includes a road map on how we’re going to get there too?

Most of us dedicate more of our time to planning our weekends and our vacations than we do to planning the lives we live. Amazingly, we by and large put far more energy into this exercise to boot! This is not necessarily wrong, it is a dream of yours and you should fulfill it. The real question is why do we often carefully, even to the minutest detail, plan out our vacations months in advance while giving the most important aspect of our lives — the realization of our grandest dreams and aspirations —only a quick how do you do?

“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.”
Earl Nightingale

In general when it comes to planning our futures, we more than often fail to see the forest for the trees. We see our down time and even our weekends as something extra special, a break from our day-to-day grind. Due to our outlook we view these special occasions in a different light, as a lot of fun and excitement in the making, in doing so we take a great deal of pleasure in planning these momentous moments.

On the other hand, we far too often see our day-to-day chores as the same worn out recording — second verse, same as the first. The belief that we usually feel that there’s nothing extra-special about another day at work; we go through the motions just praying to get through the monotony. We should make the most of each moment. Why would you drift off into a daydream and imagine about an ideal life we long to live, never once believing that today can be the day that our dreams start coming true. What we really need is a compass, our own game plan for winning!

While establishing goals and setting a timetable for their attainment can be a awesome beginning to something really tremendous, it’s the sticking with the plan through ups and downs that separates the winners from the runner-ups. Not only do you have to set the parameters you want to achieve, you must combine an undying ‘I can do it’ attitude with a relentless determination to see them through to their executions. That is not always an easy task. But, you have to have faith in your abilities, trust yourself!

Matter-of-factly, working your plan can sometimes be a very testing experience. I can’t recall anybody saying that it would be easy to be on top of the world, did we? It is one thing to see yourself living out your dreams; it’s quite another to get started bringing them to life. By putting a game plan together and then finishing the plan, without the slightest thought of quitting or giving up ever being allowed to creep into your mind, you will literally move mountains. Norman Vincent Peale summed up it best when he said, “Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.” Working, really working, your plan of success is your key to success.

“Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.”
Napoleon Hill

There is absolutely no doubt that you need to put together your game plan for living with all the passion and zest for life you would put into planning a month long vacation, possibly more. More to the point, you need to give POWER & ENERGY to your plan by writing it down. You heard it; you need to put your plan in writing, defining even the smallest detail.

By capturing all of the desire and energy you feel when you dream yourself living the life you desire on paper; you then change this energy into action that will bring these dreams to life for you. Excitement & Belief=Results.

In conclusion, don’t you yourself the disservice of waiting around for that so-called perfect plan to come along before you get started making awesome things happen in your life. You can do it now. It is your time to excel, right now! Get with the plan and get moving today, not tomorrow, but today. Use your plan that you have and tweak it as you go up the ladder of success. You’ll be amazed that once you put your plan into action, your life will start moving in the direction you choose.

Lasting Thought: Plan on having your ideal life today—then make all your dreams come true.

Planning and practice is a “Blueprint” for your successes. You will experience all you desire by having your game plan already established. Practice being a WINNER and BELIEVER in yourself. You can accomplish anything you desire. Follow your blueprint and see your house of prosperity come to life for you!

To your Abundant Success!



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