Unlock your potential

Whether you decide to work for a non-profit organization or become the next Brian Tracy, well-renowned self-made millionaire, the bottom line is, success is a matter of choice. You have the option to go after any career field imaginable, but with each endeavor come specific steps that you must prepare for and be willing to devote your time to. For example, if you want to go back to school, then you must commit to completing the coursework, attending classes and paying tuition and book fees. If you want to be a model, you must keep fit, have a picture portfolio, and attend auditions.

While some people are blessed enough to be “discovered,” the ultimate American dream, keep in mind that you need to place yourself in a position that allows you access to these limitless doorways to success. Additionally, shows like MTV's “Making the Band” exemplify the reality that even if you “make it” in the show biz world, you must work, and you must work hard to produce a quality high demand outcome. P. Diddy is a tireless businessman, so too is the great, legendary, multi-billionaire, Donald Trump. These men share some important qualities that are keys to success: they believe in themselves and they will not settle for less. They know that hard work pays off and because of this they are willing to work hard.

Successful people do what unsuccessful people do not want to do.

Always remember: You get to choose the path you want to venture down. If you are not the stereotypical type “A” personality, you may commit your loyalty to a strong sound company that has a good reputation, great benefits, and the option to grow in one's career. You have options. You do not have to travel down the road of success in any particular fashion. No one's “map” is the correct one for anyone except themselves. Success is determined most fully by your happiness, your peace of mind, and your feelings of self-worth, fulfillment and joy in life.

When you stay true to your character, integrity, and heart you are already a success head and shoulders above those who lack the courage to simply be themselves, look a person in the eyes, and treat them as they would their own flesh and blood (a the janitor, a CEO, or a movie star, equally and) regardless of the circumstances. Because, at the end of the day, people spend millions of dollars each year just to take a vacation to relax and “get away”, something you can do right now for free; people work tirelessly and treat others unkindly for a bigger paycheck at the expense of their health and well being of others and in the end, who loses the most?

No matter what anybody says or does, you know in your heart people feel their very best when they:

“Do the right thing.”

I once interned preschool classrooms observing the children. During that time I was deeply touched by a wall dedicated to the children's artwork. Pictures of love and beauty coupled with sentences about what they wanted to be when they grew up bespoke the true essence and purpose of life: to be heroes, role models, and family to one another.

In your heart, you have always known peace of mind is priceless; a precious commodity that can never be bought or sold; when your conscience is clear, so too is your mind, body and spirit. Mistakes lay in your past; you create a new brighter path everyday, with every step you take today, tomorrow and the next.

Every minute you are making all your dreams come true!

解放你的潛力

不論你是選擇為非贏利組織服務還是成為下一個Brian Tracy，一個自力更生的、極有聲譽的百萬富翁，你的底線便是，成功關乎你自己的選擇。你可以動手追逐任何可能的事業領域，但是你應該對你的努力所帶來的任何特殊時刻有所準備并全力以赴。比方說，如果你選擇回到學校，那么你就應該選擇將自己托付于碩士課程之中，你必須上課并且支付學雜及書本費用。而如果你想成為一名模特，那么你必須保持身材，準備一個照片夾，并不斷參加試鏡。

當有些飽受祝福的人們被他人“發現”時，那終極的美國夢，請將它牢記于心以方便在你走向成功的入口時找到自己的位置。另外，像MTV“打造樂團”（Making the Band）這樣的選秀節目便舉出了即使身處演藝世界你也必須努力工作的真實例證，并且你必須為高品質的產出而努力奮斗。P. Diddy是一個不知疲倦的生意人，同樣的還有偉大的、富于傳奇色彩的、億萬富翁Donald Trump。這些人都擁有著一些通向成功的重要品質：他們相信自己的雙手并且從不勉強。他們知道自己將從努力工作中所獲得的回報，并且那也是他們所愿意為之奮斗的。

成功人士做那些非成功者所不愿意做的事情。

永遠記住：你已經到達你希望為之冒險的人生軌跡。如果你不是常規的A型人格，你或許會選擇效忠于一家擁有較好的口碑、能夠為個人提供不錯的收益和更多職業發展選擇的大型公司。你當然擁有選擇的權利，你不必跟隨任何當下的潮流在成功之路上旅行到底，除他們自己以外，任何人的“成功地圖”都不可能適合于別人。成功感幾乎絕對是由你的幸福感、你內心的平靜感、你對自我價值的感覺、你人生中的快樂和滿足感決定的。

當你完全了解到你的性格、你的能力和你的心時，你已經成為了一個大大超出那些連做自己都缺乏勇氣的人的成功者，按看某個人的眼睛吧，在沒有環境的影響之下將他們想象成一個有血有肉的人物（一個看門人、一個CEO或者是一個電影明星等等這些）。這是因為，在勞累的日子過后，人們每年花去數百萬美元只為度假放松自己或者是“逃離”，有些事情你可以現在就做而不花任何代價；而與此同時許多人孜孜不倦的工作、毫不客氣地對待他人，為更高數量的工資而消耗你的工作和于別人友好相處的機會，在這之中，誰才是失去最多的那個人？

不論別人怎樣說或者是怎樣做，在你的心目中你一直知道，只要人們：

“做正確的事。”（Do the right thing.）

我曾被關在幼兒園的教師里觀察孩子們的行為。在那期間我被孩子們掛滿整墻的美術作品深深感動。充滿愛與美的圖片連同他們長大之后想做的事情顯現出了生命的真諦與終極意義：成為英雄、典范、與他人組成家庭。

永遠都不要買賣自己，當你的良心清澈澄明，讓你的意志、身體和靈魂與此一樣澄澈。錯誤被拋在你的身后；你將在平常的日子里創造一條新的光明之路，用你今天、明天以及以后每一天所走的每一步。

你所努力的每一分鐘都將是你的夢想實現一分！