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Friday Story from Bob Proctor 5/29/09 - THIS IS MY KIND OF GUY - DON'T GIVE UP!

The Man With The One Track Mind

Eddie Arcaro dreamed of becoming the world's greatest jockey but after watching him ride a horse for five minutes, reality reflected a harsh contradiction. He was awkward and clumsy, and in his early years in the saddle he couldn't do one thing right. He was left behind at the post, he got trapped in traffic jams, he got bumped and boxed in. In his first 100 races he never even came close to winning. Still, he got right back on and tried again.

Even as a schoolboy, Arcaro had set his own track in life. Because he was only a little over five feet tall and weighed barely 80 pounds, the other students shunned him. So he played hooky instead, hanging out at the local race track where a trainer let him gallop the horses. His father reluctantly agreed to let him pursue a career as a jockey, even though he knew it was a long shot. The trainer had told him so. "Send him back to school," he said. "He'll never be a rider."

No one was betting on little Eddie Arcaro, no one that is except Arcaro. He was determined not just to ride, but to become the world's greatest jockey. But first someone would have to give him a chance. He pleaded and persisted until he finally got to ride in a real race. Before it was over, he'd lost his whip and his cap and had almost fallen off the saddle. By the time he finished the race, the other horses were on their way back to the stables. He'd come in dead last.

After that, Arcaro went from track to track, looking for any opportunity to ride. Finally, an owner who felt pity took him in and gave him his next chance. One hundred trophy-less races later, he was still giving him a chance. The trainers saw something in this unlucky jockey, something they couldn't define. Perhaps it was potential, perhaps it was resilience, perhaps it was sheer obstinacy, but no one was willing to send him home. And Arcaro was certainly not going to quit.

There were long years when he was broke, homesick, and almost without friends. There were also many brushes with death and several broken bones. Every time his delicate 63 inch body was trammeled by hoofs he would get patched up and return to the saddle.

Then it happened. Arcaro began to win...and win...and win...Now, instead of leaving a path of destruction, he was leaving a path of devastated opponents. In thirty years of riding, he won 4,779 races, becoming the only jockey in history to win the Kentucky Derby five times. By the time he retired in 1962 he was a millionaire and a legend in his own lifetime.

From the moment he walked out of school and onto a track, Eddie Arcaro had his mind on a finish line. And although the race took thirty years, he never quit until that line was crossed.

Cynthia Kersey

Cynthia Kersey is the author of Unstoppable and Unstoppable Women
Copyright 1998 by Cynthia Kersey
Visit Cynthia's web site at: www.unstoppable.net

Insight for Today 5/28/09

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down."

Mary Pickford
1893-1979, Actress and Producer

Insight for Today 5/27/09

"I guess that one of the most important things I've learned is that nothing is ever completely bad. Even cancer. It has made me a better person. It has given me courage and a sense of purpose I never had before. But you don't have to do like I did...wait until you lose a leg or get some awful disease, before you take the time to find out what kind of stuff you're really made of. You can start now. Anybody can."

Terry Fox
1958-1981, Canadian man (with an artificial right leg) who ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research.

You’re invited to join us for a Clearing meeting on Friday May 29th, 2009

Topic: “Your First Step – Clarity Leads to Power”

This topic is based on Chapter Eight of Lawrence West’s book, Understanding
Life:

“The process of dwelling on positive experiences brings positive energy into
your life”

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• Reclaim lost golden nuggets of your life energy

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Insight for Today 5/26/09

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."

Albert Einstein
1879-1955, Physicist

Insight for Today 5/25/09

"There is nothing you can't do, if you set your mind to it. Anything is possible."

Rick Hansen
Wheelchair Athlete, Speaker and Author

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When: Sunday, May 24th, at 5pm PST

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Insight for Today 5/21/09

"The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal."

Deepak Chopra
Author and Speaker

Insight for Today 5/20/09

"If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals."

Robert Conklin
Teacher, Author and Speaker

Our lesson in the weekly Tuesday 7:30am Round Table Meeting at Rich Dad's Office

SWOT Analysis

The SWOT analysis is an extremely useful tool for understanding and decision-making for all sorts of situations in business and organizations. SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats.

A SWOT analysis measures a business unit, a proposition or idea; a PEST analysis measures a market.

WOT analysis can be used for all sorts of decision-making, and the SWOT template enables proactive thinking, rather than relying on habitual or instinctive reactions.

The SWOT analysis template is normally presented as a grid, comprising four sections, one for each of the SWOT headings: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. The free SWOT template below includes sample questions, whose answers are inserted into the relevant section of the SWOT grid. The questions are examples, or discussion points, and obviously can be altered depending on the subject of the SWOT analysis. Note that many of the SWOT questions are also talking points for other headings - use them as you find most helpful, and make up your own to suit the issue being analysed. It is important to clearly identify the subject of a SWOT analysis, because a SWOT analysis is a perspective of one thing, be it a company, a product, a proposition, and idea, a method, or option, etc.

Here are some examples of what a SWOT analysis can be used to assess:

* a company (its position in the market, commercial viability, etc)
* a method of sales distribution
* a product or brand
* a business idea
* a strategic option, such as entering a new market or launching a new product
* a opportunity to make an acquisition
* a potential partnership
* changing a supplier
* outsourcing a service, activity or resource
* an investment opportunity

Subject of SWOT analysis: (define the subject of the analysis here)
strengths

* Advantages of proposition?
* Capabilities?
* Competitive advantages?
* USP's (unique selling points)?
* Resources, Assets, People?
* Experience, knowledge, data?
* Financial reserves, likely returns?
* Marketing - reach, distribution, awareness?
* Innovative aspects?
* Location and geographical?
* Price, value, quality?
* Accreditations, qualifications, certifications?
* Processes, systems, IT, communications?
* Cultural, attitudinal, behavioural?
* Management cover, succession?


weaknesses

* Disadvantages of proposition?
* Gaps in capabilities?
* Lack of competitive strength?
* Reputation, presence and reach?
* Financials?
* Own known vulnerabilities?
* Timescales, deadlines and pressures?
* Cashflow, start-up cash-drain?
* Continuity, supply chain robustness?
* Effects on core activities, distraction?
* Reliability of data, plan predictability?
* Morale, commitment, leadership?
* Accreditations, etc?
* Processes and systems, etc?
* Management cover, succession?

opportunities

* Market developments?
* Competitors' vulnerabilities?
* Industry or lifestyle trends?
* Technology development and innovation?
* Global influences?
* New markets, vertical, horizontal?
* Niche target markets?
* Geographical, export, import?
* New USP's?
* Tactics - surprise, major contracts, etc?
* Business and product development?
* Information and research?
* Partnerships, agencies, distribution?
* Volumes, production, economies?
* Seasonal, weather, fashion influences?


threats

* Political effects?
* Legislative effects?
* Environmental effects?
* IT developments?
* Competitor intentions - various?
* Market demand?
* New technologies, services, ideas?
* Vital contracts and partners?
* Sustaining internal capabilities?
* Obstacles faced?
* Insurmountable weaknesses?
* Loss of key staff?
* Sustainable financial backing?
* Economy - home, abroad?
* Seasonality, weather effects?

Robert and Kim Kiyosaki is in Singapore for a international tour and will be back in US 6/5/09. Rhonda, our Marketing Director, headed the meeting and the lesson this morning. I thought she did a very good job in heading the discussion on SWOT Analysis.