Don't Let Them Fool YOU, Opportunity is Alive and Well: By Josh Hinds

Rise above those who attempt to convince you that forces
outside yourself are keeping you from your full potential.

Sadly, more and more often I'm seeing way too many people
falling in line with the idea that sources outside
themselves are somehow responsible for keeping them down.
Keeping them from opportunities. Keeping them from better
jobs. Holding them back from earning more money. Keeping
them from a better education. The list goes on and on.

Friend, you can adopt that philosophy if you wish. You’re
completely entitled. You can buy into what the people who
are pushing this line of thinking are selling if you wish.
I'll even concede that on the surface, accepting such ideas
-- that ultimately you are not really responsible for your
life, or whether or not you fully live up to and cultivate
your full potential is enticing. It's certainly an easier
road to take.

To accept things "as they are" doesn't require the
uncomfortableness that goes along with questioning what
people who are peddling this belief system to you really
have in mind.

Make no mistake, if enough people get to the point where
they sincerely believe they are not capable of lifting
themselves up no matter what place in life they may find
themselves currently, then there is a real opportunity for
those who believe in the idea that personal responsibility
and rugged individualism doesn't work.

It's also that much easier to put people into groups such as
the "haves and have nots". It's a dangerous direction to
move in, where more and more people are losing faith in
their own ability to fully achieve their greatness. To live
as BIG as they possibly can.

The reality is, there's just as much opportunity for
everyone, from the seemingly poorest among us all the way up
to the wealthiest. Every single day countless people across
this world of ours from all corners of the earth are going
from extreme poverty, to extreme prosperity, and just about
every social class in between. We should be celebrating
every single time this happens, and friend, I can tell you
it happens all the time. I see it every single day in the
work I do.

The challenge is that in order to be open to seeing it, and
making real change in ones life, a person has to accept that
they are responsible for their life. If a greater education
is required, then they have got to tap into the resources,
get the help, whatever is required in order to gain that
extra education.

If they determine to go into business for themselves, they
have to be willing to start small (countless people all
across the world do just that) and have the sincere
willingness to persevere until they begin to see the fruits
of their labor take hold.

Friend, make no mistake -- opportunity abounds. It always
has. Just like the phoenix which rises from the ashes, there
will be countless businesses which will have been started
during the current difficult economic times and will go on
to grow beyond anyone's wildest imaginations. This has
always been the case, it was the case during the great
depression, and friend, it will be the case in the future.

The difference, is as it has always been whether or not you
decide to take the road that some are espousing, or if you
instead decide to celebrate your own unique talents and GOD
given gifts. Knowing full well that you can craft an amazing
existence provided you are willing to set out to make it so.

It's your life, LIVE BIG!
Josh Hinds