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THE HEALTH OF THE TREE DETERMINES THE QUALITY OF THE FRUIT
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Savor: To taste or smell, especially with pleasure; to appreciate fully; enjoy or relish
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SAVOR THE FRUITS OF LIFETM: YOUR LAUNCH POINT TO FREEDOM IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE
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Your ability to "reap" is in direct relationship to your ability to "sow"
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How can you recognize the "leakage"?
Consider the following questions:
t Are you struggling to achieve the results you desire?
t Are you stressed, depressed, afraid, anxious, apprehensive, etc?
t Are you unfullfilled?
t Are you tired, lacking energy, and/or experiencing physical challenges?
t Are you lonely and feeling unloved and unimportant?
t Are you struggling to make a contribution to others?
t Are you struggling financially?
If you're like most people, my guess is that you're probably spending most of your day (and possibly your nights as well!) battling the "leakage."
So, the question now becomes this:
Isn't it time to finally stop the "leakage" once and for all?
In fact, isn't it time to not only stop the "leakage" but also to start inflating the "balloons" so you can finally live life to the fullest?
I believe it is!
So that's why I created Savor the Fruits of Life TM, a unique web site jammed full of the answers you need to identify and remove the barriers that are preventing you from moving forward in a big way.
And best of all it's all free!
From: Dave Sharp, Savor the Fruits TM
Date:
Dear frustrated friend,
Thank you for taking the time to visit Savor the Fruits of Life TM.
I recognize you have an infinite number of things you could be doing with your time right now, so I appreciate your willingness to spend a few moments with me now to see how I can help you finally break through the barriers that are preventing you from creating the life you desire to live.
If you've read this far, I'm assuming you're struggling to plug the "leaks," and as a result, you're looking for solutions.
I applaud you! Most people will complain until the day they die that they don't like their life but won't do anything to change it.
Your willingness and determination to find solutions is the first step to finding them; and I believe you'll find many of the answers and solutions you seek here at Savor the Fruits of Life TM.
I believe that before we can find solutions, we have to first correctly identify the root cause of the obstacles. If we can identify that root cause of an obstacle, we can then more easily identify the solutions that will remove that obstacle.
The challenge is in distinguishing the root cause from the symptoms.
Based on my over 20 years studying, researching, and teaching what makes people successful, I've developed the ability to see through the fog of symptoms to identify root causes. Further, I've been able to identify key solutions that can remove these root causes.
Let me show you a little bit about what I mean.
Where do we begin looking for the root cause?
When we look at our struggle to create a high level of success with the 7 Key Performance Indicators, we have to ask this question: Why are we struggling in these 7 areas?
My guess is that there are just about as many answers as people, which is why so many people are struggling in these 7 key areas. It's also why there are so many "experts" telling people what to do!
I'd even be willing to bet that many people have struggled with these 7 areas so much, trying all kinds of ways to be successful and, having continually failed, they've given up trying to find the solutions.
Consequently, they've concluded things like, "I'm just not good enough." Or, "I don't deserve it." Or, "I'm just not meant to be happy." Or, worst of all, "It's God's will that I'm in this situation."
As a result, they've consigned themselves to a life of pain, disappointment, failure, loneliness, stress, and struggle, believing that success and happiness is for other people, "just not me."
Are you one of "these people"?
Consider these words by best-selling author and world famous consultant Stephen Covey in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People:
People are intrigued when they see good things happening in the lives of individuals, families, and organizations that are based on solid principles. They admire such personal strength and maturity, such family unity and teamwork, such adaptive synergistic organizational culture.
And their immediate request is very revealing of their basic paradigm. "How do you do it? Teach me the techniques." What they're really asking is, "Give me some quick fix advice or solution that will relieve the pain in my own situation."
They will find people who will meet their wants and teach these things; and for a short time, skills and techniques may appear to work. They may eliminate some of the cosmetic or acute problems through social aspirin and band aids.
But the underlying chronic condition remains, and eventually new acute symptoms will appear. The more people are into quick fix and focus on the acute problems and pain, the more that very approach contributes to the underlying chronic condition.
THE WAY WE SEE THE PROBLEM IS THE PROBLEM (caps mine).
What Covey's talking about is that most people believe that success and happiness are created by "doing" something; and that if they just knew what "to do," they'd be able to accomplish what they want.
As a result, anytime we experience undesirable results--such as, stress, illness, loneliness, failure to achieve goals, etc--we have a tendency to evaluate what we're "doing" and then try to change that "doing."
That brings us to this question: What produces the "doing"?
If we're looking for the root cause of why we're struggling in the 7 Key Performance Indicators of a happy and successful life, we have to look deeper than the "doing" stage. If we're just looking at the "doing," we're going to constantly be addressing symptoms not the "root cause."
To create real change, then, we have to identify what causes our "doing."
What's the "root cause" of our struggle?
As we begin to look deeper at the root cause of our struggle, consider this experience related by mechanical engineer Richard Scott:
Once I had a measuring tape that didn't work. I decided to fix it. I began to remove the side cover plate to find what was wrong. In a few moments, I knew I was in trouble. Suddenly, the whole mechanism exploded in my hands. There were tape and spring flying in all directions. My efforts to put it all back together were frustrating and often painful. Irritated, I just about threw the whole thing away. Then I thought, 'Someone designed this tape. If I can discover the principles that make it function, I can fix it.' With greater patience, I began to examine the mainspring and found that if coiled in a certain way, instead of resisting and complaining, it easily responded. Soon the spring was coiled, carefully placed in its housing, the tape joined, the cover replaced, and it worked perfectly.
Scott explained that his first efforts to fix the measuring tape resulted in frustrating failure. As a result, he was about to throw away the measuring tape.
What stopped him?
He realized that there had to be a correct way to assemble the tape, as someone had once done it. He further realized that if he could just find that "correct way," he could fix the tape, which he did.
The key to his successfully fixing the measuring tape--after first failing miserably--was to identify the correct functioning of the tape, specifically in how it was correctly made and assembled.
So, what does this have to do with the "root cause" of our struggle to create success and happiness in our lives?
As you ponder this connection, carefully consider these quotes about how Life works:
"Let he who would, learn this: that everything, even dust and feathers, goes by Law and not by chance or luck." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"We don't live in a universe of random chance or luck. We live in a universe that works by laws: predictable, repeatable, understandable laws." -- Author and publisher Wes Hopper
"There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches…You must begin to live in harmony with the laws that govern the universe." -- Author Wallace Wattles
One book of scripture states that "there is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated--And when we obtain any blessing…it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated."
Also: "For all who will have a blessing…shall abide the law which was appointed for that blessing, and the conditions thereof, as were instituted from before the foundations of the world."
Our Universe is governed by a system of laws and principles, eternal and unchangeable. Laws that operate whether we understand them or not; whether we believe in them or not.
These Universal Laws are absolute. They're what create order in our world. They're what give us confidence and certainty.
If we don't understand these laws, they'll often work against us, which is why we produce undesirable results and why we struggle in the 7 Key Performance Indicators.
On the other hand, if we understand these eternal laws, we can make them work for us so we can totally transform our lives, empowering us to live Life to the fullest.
Therefore, the root cause of our struggle in Life is that we don't understand the true nature and character of Life nor do we understand the laws and principles that govern Life.
Let me give you an example of what I'm talking about. Carefully consider this statement:
The question is this: Are you going with the flow of this Infinite Well-Being or are you going against it?
I would suggest that if you've read this far, the chances are very good that you're going against the flow rather than going with it.
My desire is to help you "go with the flow" instead of "against it" so you can finally enjoy the level of freedom and prosperity that you desire to enjoy.
Learning to "go with the flow" is the first requirement for being able to pluck and savor the Ultimate Fruits of Life TM. These Ultimate Fruits are the 7 Key Indicators of a happy and abundant life. The sweeter the "fruits" the happier and more abundant your life will be.
These Ultimate Fruits are as follows:
Power:
An abundance of power, which is the ability to consciously create desired results, whatever they may be. The greater the Power, the more quickly one can accomplish desired objectives.
Peace:
A profound feeling of calm and assurance inside regardless of the turmoil and challenges outside.
Joy:
A feeling of intense elation. This is the feeling that expands the chest and moves outward throughout the body. Sometimes we say, “We feel like we'll burst with joy!”
Health:
A healthy and fit body, with all systems functioning properly. This means to be in peak physical condition, to be able to physically do what's desired, when desired, for as long as desired. This physical condition is the physical manifestation of the combined state of the first three fruits, according to the Mind/Body connection.
Love:
A deep connection with others. This includes an understanding of the connectedness of all life and a feeling for serving the greater good of all.
Value/Contribution:
An exceptional level of value, or contribution, made to the world and, more particularly, to those around us.
Prosperity:
A strong financial position. This means financial freedom, the ability to do what's desired, when desired, for as long as desired.
Now, what's the first step to learning how to "go with the flow" instead of "against the flow"?
What's the first step to learning how to "go with the flow"?
The first step is to recognize how you got to where you are now.
Carefully consider these words by Zig Ziglar, one of the top success trainers in the country:
"You are what you are and where you are because of what’s gone into your mind. You can change what you are and where you are by changing what goes into your mind" (bold and underline added for emphasis).
Master success teacher Jim Rohn put it this way:
"What guides us to different destinations in life is determined by the way we have chosen to set our sail. The way each us thinks makes the major difference in where each of us arrives. The major difference is not circumstance, the major difference is the set of the sail" (bold and underline added for emphasis).
So, how can you go from where you are now to where you want to be?
Rohn provides this answer:
"Those who seek a better life must first become a better person. They must continually seek after self-mastery for the purpose of developing a balanced philosophy of life, and then live in accordance with the dictates of that philosophy. The habit of reading is a major stepping stone in the development of a sound philosophical foundation. It is one of the fundamentals required for the attainment of success and happiness...Unless we change what we know, we will continue to believe, decide and act in a manner that is contrary to our best interests" (bold and underline added for emphasis).
If what Zig Ziglar and Jim Rohn say is true, then the only way to really improve your life is to first grow your self by gaining a new understanding of the way Life works.
I'm sure you've heard this statement before:
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
I agree completely with this statement. However, I don't think it goes far enough. I think we need to consider this statement as well:
"Insanity is thinking the same thing over and over again and expecting different actions."
Savor the Fruits of Life TM is dedicated to bringing you the insights, wisdom, and experience you need to create the paradigm shift needed to see Life in a different way so you can truly "go with the flow" of infinite Well-Being instead of "against the flow."
Through Savor the Fruits of Life TM I'll bring you not only my insights and experience, but also the wisdom of the top success and personal development trainers and teachers across the country and throughout the ages.
Here's a partial list of these gurus:
Jim Rohn, Joe Vitale, David Breslow, Anthony Robbins, Stephen Covey, Mark Joyner, Brian Tracy, Wayne Dyer, Charles Burke, T. Harv Eker, Robert G. Allen, Mark Victor Hansen, James Allen, Bob Proctor, Byron Katie, Maxwell Maltz, Abraham, and many, many others.
Following are some samples of the kind of insight you can expect:
In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. We all know it. There are people we trust absolutely because we know their character. Whether they're eloquent or not, we trust them, and we work successfully with them. -- Stephen Covey
The 'self image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self-image and you change the personality and the behavior. But more than this. The 'self-image' sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment. It defines what you can and cannot do. Expand the self-image and you expand the 'area of the possible.' -- Maxwell Matlz
The universe (the energy of all that is in your life) will always say yes to your thoughts. If you think negative thoughts, the universe will say, "Okay, I agree with you," and bring you negative results. If you think positive thoughts, the universe will say, "Okay, I agree with you," and bring you positive results. In every situation, the universe will say yes. -- Joe Vitale
From the greatest global achievement to the most personal accomplishment in our daily lives, the unstoppable spirit is the driving force for positive change and growth. This spirit is the force that breaks through countless personal barriers--barriers of self-doubt, negativity, and our own perceived limitations. It compels us to persist in striving toward our goals.
-- Cynthia Kersey
Look around you. Everything you see began as a thought in someone's mind. The chair you sit on. The table you work at. The car you drive. The house you live in. The clothes you wear. The television you watch. First, a thought. Then, a thing--brought forth out of nothing. Voila! There it is. Everything begins as a thought. -- Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen
Have you ever known anyone who just seemed to be so happy and so peaceful? Have you ever know anyone who turns everything they touch into "gold"?
How would you like to become one of "those people"?
Learn how to open the connection to the infinite flow of the Well-Being of Life and you can become one!
So, how can Savor the Fruits of Life TM help you do that?
How can Savor the Fruits of Life TM help you learn to connect to the infinite flow of Well-Being?
I've created 5 key components to help you gain a greater understanding of the nature and character of life and of the laws and principles that govern life so you can develop the ability to go with the flow of Well-Being instead of going against it.
These 5 components are as follows:
1. The Wisdom of the Ages: This section provides a wealth of free information that presents the timeless laws and principles upon which all highly successful individuals are developed. This information is presented in the form of articles, e-books, etc
2. A Daily Seed of Truth: This is an inspirational thought along with my comments to help you focus more intently on the principle being presented by the quote. This provides a daily dose of energy through the power and inspiration of truth.
3. Move On Up with Laughter: This section includes jokes and other humerous stuff designed to lift your spirits through the power of laughter. Governing our emotions is a key to governing our lives. Laughter is a great way to move on up the emotional scale.
4. The Marketplace: This section provides many of the top resources for greater personal development.
5. The Start Page: This page contains the new articles and information have recently been added to the site plus links to the top sites on the web for news, business and finance, weather, sports, search, etc. By making this Start Page your internet start page so that every time you launch your internet browser you start at this page, you'll not only have a tremendous launching point for your internet session, but you'll also have immediate access to the latest additions of The Wisdom of the Ages, Daily Seed of Truth, Move On Up With Laughter, and The Marketplace.
I now invite you to enter Savor the Fruits of Life TM now and begin an incredible journey!
Thanks so much for visiting.
Remember: The health of the tree determines the quality of the fruit
Dave Sharp
Savor the Fruits TM
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Pluck and Savor the Ultimate Fruits of Life!