2. DARE TO DREAM! AND DREAM BIG!!
If your dreams do not scare you a bit then they are not big
enough!
~ Alvin Day (If Caterpillars Can Fly So Can I)
- President & Founder of The Empowerment Institute – Florida
What are your dreams?
3. THE 7 UNIVERSAL LAWS OF LIFE
Master them and you will learn how to:
• Earn More
• Achieve More
• Become More
Refuse to follow them and your life will not be as successful!
What are they?
1) The Law of VISION
2) The Law of WORD
3) The Law of ENERGY
4) The Law of GOOD & EVIL
5) The Law of ABUNDANCE
6) The Law of UNIQUENESS
7) The Law of CONTRIBUTION
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5. 1. THE LAW OF VISION
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET!
“If you choose a future of achievement and success, you must see what
others do not!”
~ Seeing is not believing! The opposite is true…Believing is Seeing!
~ If you focus too much on the present, the future will just happen to you!
~ If you focus on the past then you will not be able to see the future!
~ Focus instead on the future so that you can help to shape it!
“Beware of the pit of complacency that tempts mortals to set up camp in
the place of their past successes!”
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7. 2. THE LAW OF WORD
Word is the Raw Material of Life!
“If you keep control of your words you can keep control of your life!”
• Thought Word – Private, Fleeting, Personal
• Spoken Word – Dynamic, Active, Alive
• Written Word – Visible, Permanent, Formal
~ Words give you power to influence the social, emotional, physical and
economic conditions of your life.
~ Use words wisely to forecast goodness and uplift yourself & others
“It is easier to add a word you had not spoken than to take back one you
wish you had not said!”
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9. 3. THE LAW OF ENERGY
Energy is the pulse of Life!
“The sheer power to Think, Move & Be!”
• Physical Energy – The power to DO (rest & good food helps)
• Mental Energy – The power to DESIRE (exercise helps)
• Spiritual Energy – The power to BE (music & meditation helps)
~ Fatigue will undermine your highest ambitions!
~ Don’t underestimate the power you exert when you sow positive seeds
“Avoid negative people, they drain your energy! Develop and nurture
positive relationships that boost your energy!”
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11. 4. THE LAW OF GOOD & EVIL
Good is Everywhere, Even in the Bad!
“There is no pain or suffering from which you are not able to extract
wisdom and even goodness!”
• Nature extracts Good from Evil
• Be prepared to do what others will not do to get what others will not get
• The ordinary does not demand as high a price as the excellent, but the
ordinary leads nowhere while excellence is the road to achievement
fulfillment & prosperity
•Difficulty and Pain will attack you (that is a promise), when that happens
you do not have to bend and break emotionally.
“When you face a difficulty, examine it closely. The answers you seek
often lie within that difficulty itself!”
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13. 5. THE LAW OF ABUNDANCE
The Sky is Overflowing!
“All of nature’s bounty sits perched on the edge of the skies, waiting to
fall and shower those who can dream, rise & take action!”
• Be not bounded by a sense of limitation and scarcity
• You can afford to fail and try again because even second chances
come in great supply (Opportunity does not knock only once!)
•Never see yourself as a victim – it keeps you weak and vulnerable!
“Reach for the stars! What is the value of flying without soaring to great
heights?”
“In the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty”
Bob Marley – ‘Rat Race’
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15. 6. THE LAW OF UNIQUENESS
No Two Are Equal!
“The state of being average is measured with the yardstick of mediocrity,
which stops several inches short of excellence!”
• Nature makes no 2 items identically!
• You will never find abiding satisfaction until you can find your unique
footprint/fingerprint and find your purpose in life.
• Step out of the crowd - Mentally & Physically
“Meaning & significance come like a flood when you pursue that thing
which it is your destiny to do”
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17. 7. THE LAW OF CONTRIBUTION
Contribution is the basis for reward!
“Society rewards performance not potential…Until your potential
becomes actual contribution, it is irrelevant!”
• If you desire improved rewards, increase your contribution!
• If you attain your desires by helping others fulfill their needs then you
will be buoyed and lifted by their souls and spirits
• The way to win is to help others win!
“When your contribution is superb, the competition does not matter”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the United States from way back: from 1933 to about 1945 I believe, but you will see how relevant and current that statement is even today!
~So guys you should dare to dream and dream very big dreams, because no one can take your dreams away from you! And the only time anyone can criticize your dreams is if you share it with them, so don’t share it with negative persons who will kill your dreams!
~ (Alvin Day’s quote) “In this Human Race I was born far behind the starting line. I was barefoot and penniless for my first 20 years without electricity, running water or social status. Yet today I live in great abundance with purpose and passion – sheer contrast to my yesterday!” I can relate to some of that too!
~In this race of live, it is not where or how you start it is how you finished the race! (Usain Bolt has problems starting races, but look how he finishes them!)
~Marcus Garvey says “without self confidence you are twice defeated in this race of life!”
~ So it is not where or how you start in life it is all about how you finish the race!!
~ Therefore you should dare to dream and dream very big dreams as Alvin Day says and an amazing thing will happen! The Laws of Attraction will allow the universe to align your path with your dreams so that they come true!
~ Some of these Laws will actually debunk some very common myths which we have been taught to believe all our lives! You will see this as we go along.
~ They were actually developed from some very simple nuggets that his uneducated Grandmother, (whom he grew up with), planted in his psyche using some common Jamaican proverbs!
~ After becoming a very successful adult, so far removed from the life he started out with, he looked back on all those teachings and put together (what he calls) these 7 Universal Laws of Life…which he is not really taking credit for as he says they were all out there all along. Its just that no one has ever put them all together quite like this (that I have noticed), but this was his formula for success!
~So practice them in order to: Advance your affairs, develop yourself and soar to heights of excellence, then you can make your maximum contribution to others!
~There is more to see than what you can behold with your eyes
~ You must SEE it or you cannot have it! (See with your heart and not with your eyes)
~When you create clear images of desire then the universe responds by moving those desires towards you (Law of Attraction)
~Do you see yourself sitting in the CFO or the Director’s Chair or do you see yourself working for them?...What you ‘SEE’ is what you get
~The windshield is larger than the rearview mirror because where you are going is more important than where you are coming from! (Joel Osteen) …this means you should look ahead to where you want to go and not focus too much on where you are at right now
~Success does not happen by accident. You must see it to pursue it!
~Change the words you think and speak and you will change the person you are!
~ Words do not come from your tongue, they come from your heart!
~ Words represent a non-physical telephone connection between your heart and the universe!
~Tell yourself positive things!
~ 10 Things NOT to tell yourself: I AM STUPID
I CANT Do this…or that I REGRET doing that
I AM WORTHLESS
I AM UGLY and unbecoming
I NEVER Get anything right
I WONT amount to anything
Its too hard
I give up
NOBODY loves me
~ Instead tell yourself (and your kids) the opposite of all of these negatives and start reflecting on how your mindset has changed your outlook and your results in life.
Frank Outlaw:
“Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
~Even if you do everything else and you do not take care of your mental, physical & spiritual energy you will crash!
~You can starve & die for lack of energy!
~ Life is energy! Without energy everything dies! (imagine life without Hydro/electric power?)
~ Change your lifestyle to start eating healthier food and see the difference this makes in your life!
~ Start incorporating even half an hour of exercise in your day and see how this impacts on your physical energy.
~ Start aiming for at least 7 hours of rest at nights and notice the difference in your acuity and your alertness!
~ Make a list of the top 10 songs that inspires you and lift your spirits and whenever you are feeling down just play them to get your spiritual energy back in place.
~”If you waa good yu nose haffi run” (Jamaican Granny says!) – Jamaican proverb
~ You were born to fly, but you were not born flying! Choose flight and then learn to fly! So choose what you want out of life and then bear all the pain necessary to achieve that goal. Think of the Olympians…do you think they got their gold and silver medals without putting the hard work?
~10,000 practice hours seem to be the magic time for greatness (both in sports & the arts/entertainment etc)! (Malcolm Gladwell’s book – The Outliers)
~Imagine a disabled man who cannot work because his hands are too weak…imagine the lack of dignity and satisfaction of providing for his family? Imagine if day after day he tirelessly exercises his hands and takes some necessary supplements and gets his hands working again so that he can get a factory job that pays a fair wage? Even a factory job would be a massive achievement for him!
~Whether you are an executive or a manual labourer the Law of Good & Evil is a clarion call to live up to your highest potential!
~Some of life’s greatest myths: ‘Opportunity knocks only once’ – NOT TRUE!!
~Nature makes everything in abundant supply, why then do we always focus on the negative and operate in scarcity instead of abundance?
~If that which you have disappears (and it goes for everything – including your partners, your knowledge etc), let it go and it will come back to you with more.
~ Another deception is that you do not deserve the best in life (if you feel lowly and unqualified to reach great heights then you will easily settle for second best or average!
~You have the seed of greatness hidden inside you! Seek it and find it and you will experience the best that life has to offer. This is true without exception, regardless of place of birth, family status, race, social stature or appearance
~Start today, set your standards high, whatever worthy thing you desire, know that it is available in plentiful supply
~Dream big, that is the only kind of dream worth having! In order to qualify as a dream your vision must be bigger than your present circumstances and means. It must be elevated enough to be out of immediate reach…it must require stretch and imagination
~Try to find 2 sticks that are identical in every way (weight, pattern, shape etc) and when you find it give me a call and I will have a reward for you!
~You were made one of a kind. There is nobody quite like you in the universe nor has there been in the past, nor will there be in the future! Accept the person you are (true acceptance begins inside – be true to you)
~Have you ever felt a little strange? Different & peculiar as if you do not quite fit in with the popular crowd or movement? Yes? Then cherish that difference and understand it! Its pursuit and development can lead you to personal fulfillment & your highest contribution to society
~ Avoid diluting yourself in the crowd! You were specially designed…don’t try to be normal or average ever!
~Do you belong to any dysfunctional groups or associations that stifle your potential and tries to define who you are? That lead you to unhealthy behaviours? Stop and think…If your answer is yes decide now to move on! Risk being unpopular! It is better to risk than to die unfulfilled – far below the bar of your personal talents and abilities!
~To Lead the orchestra you must turn your back to the crowd!
~Ask why and you risk exposing inefficiency folly and errors
Ask why not and you expand the borders of what is possible
Ask what if and you gain the power to redefine reality!
~You will reap out of life exactly what you sew, so if you sew peanuts, do not expect to reap corn!
~The way that systems (society, schools, jobs etc) are organized is that they highly value the participants and devalue the parts that barely contribute.
~Consider 2 employees who are at the very same level in an organization, however 1 is very willing to go the extra mile and always ready to take on new assignments without asking for any compensation, while the other one is always making a dash for the door at the ding of the clock and refuses to take on anything over and above what his job description says. When the time comes up for promotion, who do you think will be promoted?
~ When the manager gets a pot of money to be divvied up for bonuses etc amongst all his or her staff, how do you think he will distribute it? To the one who is always bringing the problem & no solutions or to the one who constantly makes suggestions on how to improve?
~Lives are changed by just 1 thought at times! Begin to work on just one of these principles and the rest will follow.
