Invest in a variety of personal development materials.  These may be books, reliable Internet sites that focus on developing personal power, tapes or CD’s that you listen to while driving, or a portable DVD player with DVD’s on specific topics to take on the road and study in your free time.  You may enlist the services of a personal development coach.  These professionals may be general practice coaches, or may specialize – in public speaking, working with multi-media technology, taking professional photographs, developing writing-for-business skills, creating graphics or websites for business, or providing just the right recipe to dress-for-success.

It is amazing what you can do when you make an honest, committed decision to succeed.  Every day, you must do one thing that you are uncomfortable doing - one thing that you don't really want to do, but if you do it, will move you forward in your progress toward success. 

Brian Tracy states, "When you engage in systematic, purposeful action, using and stretching your abilities to the maximum, you cannot help but feel positive and confident about yourself."  

It doesn't matter that you feel a bit uncomfortable with what you are doing.  It is during those moments you confirm that you are stretching yourself.  Remember that you believe those things you tell yourself - about yourself, your abilities, your talents, your feelings.

You, and you alone, have the ability to convince yourself to gain confidence and take control of your life, rather than casting your life into the wind and taking whatever it dishes out.

Your brain always has an answer, so ask yourself good questions.  It's not what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you, that matters.

Jeremy Bentham wrote, "Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet."   Don't forget the flowers at your feet.