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THE DOMINANT PURPOSE

During the Christmas period, amidst the opening of presents,

the singing of carols and the enjoyment of Christmas lights,

I found myself engrossed in a book written about the life

of one of the greatest men who lived last century, Winston

Churchill.

As my children played with their new found presents I was

traversing through the battlefields of the Boer War and the

1st and 2nd World Wars with the man who guided the FREE

world to victory in the 1940's with the power of his pen and

the majesty of his inspiring words. He was a motivator par

excellence.

He too lived in a time of incredible change and so spoke with

great authority when he said himself that: 'The only way a

man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is

to change with them while preserving the same dominating

purpose.'

Winston knew that he had been born for such an hour and

when approached to lead his nation, at the time of crisis,

as Hitler and his hordes marched across Europe, he was

able to write....'I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and

that all my past life had been but a preparation for this

hour and for this trial.'

He knew that he'd been born to lead and went on to state

that...'Power, for the sake of lording it over fellow-creatures

or adding to personal pomp, is rightly judged base. But

power in a national crisis, when a man believes he knows

what orders should be given, is a blessing. In any sphere of

action there can be no comparison between the positions

of number one and numbers two, three, or four.'

And it is for that reason that in his address to the House

of Commons he spoke confidently, 'You ask, What is our

aim? I can answer in one word: Victory - victory at all

costs, victory in spite of terror; victory, however long

and hard the road may be; for without victory there is

no survival....At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid

of all, and I say, 'Come, then, let us go forward together

with our united strength.''

Here was a man with a Dominating Purpose in life.

'The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing

circumstances is to change with them while preserving the

same dominating purpose.'

Wise words from a wise man who backed up his words with

dynamic action.

And now that we find ourselves in the 3rd Millennium A.D. we

are bombarded with an ever increasing rate of change that

will swallow the masses, who refuse to move with it, and yet

will transport those who flow with it into a world of incredible

opportunity.

But first let's take a look at the word CONSISTENCY. This

word does not mean that one has to remain firmly entrenched

in the past. It speaks to me of the need to be alert and of

the importance of evaluating each and every event or every

circumstance that happens to pass our way.

Throughout Winston's political career, which spanned a

period of 60 years, he was known for changing political

parties and for even contradicting his views throughout

that career.

The reason? Because he held true to his convictions and

was willing to change his views when changing circumstances

called upon such change.

At times, I view things so much more differently with the

passing of years. Things that were of significant importance,

and for which I rallied hard and long for in my twenties, are

now but a distant fog that lack relevance and even the

importance to even consider.

Unfortunately, much wisdom often only comes through the

years of experience and the road far traveled.

However, immersed in the wisdom of the ages, through

reading and through the association with much wiser men

and women will certainly speed up the process.

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WALK WITH A WISE MAN AND BECOME WISE

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1. CHANGE WITH THE CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

There is only one way to change and that is to change.

Jump in the deep end and start swimming.

And how do you do that?

First you have to fix the interior and then, and only then,

can you sort out the exterior.

Someone once told me that when people were set free

from slavery, 'that you can take the person out of slavery,

but you can't take the slavery out of the people overnight.'

The interior's architecture must be changed first and foremost

before the exterior's beauty can begin to shine.

That's why, if I dump a million dollars on your doorstep and

you have never handled a million dollars in your life before,

statistics tell us that the million dollars will slip through

your fingers in no time fast.

So what do you do?

Become, as Robert Kiyosaki so eloquently shares, 'financially

literate.'

To be successful you must first think successful thoughts.

To win you must first think winning thoughts.

The battleground is found within your mind and it is there

that the battle must be waged.

Positive thoughts injected into your life on a consistent

basis, backed by positive action, will lead to positive results.

That is one reason why I soak myself in the biographies

of great men and women who have lived and are still

living.

That is why I am always reading half a dozen books all

at once and a few extra on the side.

That is why I read with pencil in hand and notebook at

the ready waiting to capture that thought that will leap

from the page and be imbedded in my mind. This is so

that not only I am benefited but that those who read

my writings receive the 'best of the best'.

Read as a student, always at the ready to pluck a nugget

of gold from within the dusty pages of a volume you have

uncovered. Riches untold will not stay away from your door.

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WALK WITH A CHANGED MAN AND BECOME CHANGED

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2. PRESERVE THE SAME DOMINATING PURPOSE

What births passion?

What produces drive?

What steers creative workmanship?

What forces courage to rise from within?

Winston Churchill was a man driven by destiny. He had an

insatiable appetite for hard work and for learning. Whether

it was politics, painting, writing, journalism, bricklaying or

any other pursuit, he was gleaning from others, reading

and studying, and with that 'fill of information' he would

forge his way ahead into the unknown with the confidence

that nothing was impossible to him.

Did he always get it right? Was he infallible? No. His life

was filled with flaws and he committed reprehensible errors

that not only impacted his life but even destroyed the

lives of many others along the way.

And yet, he would rise up and above 'the black dog' that

often overwhelmed him, left the errors committed behind

him and pushed on ahead unrelentlessly.

And that is what it takes if you are going to preserve the

same dominating purpose throughout your lifetime.

Winston never forgot this, even when he was in the political

wilderness that lasted ten years before being called upon to

lead his nation against Hitler.

With this example as our guide, each of us need to ask

ourselves:

What is my dominating purpose?

That's right.

If I was to ask you to give me in one sentence what is your

dominating purpose is, could you answer me?

It is an important question, that any human being, who

wants to not only exist on planet earth, but rather to

contribute something of significance during their lifetime,

needs to ask themselves until they find a satisfactory answer?

Some other ways of asking yourself the same question are:

What is your passion?

What is your dream?

What is your burning desire?

What gets you more excited than anything else in this world?

Find the answer to these questions and you will be at

the starting gates for the fulfillment of your dominating

purpose.

Don't waste another minute on planet earth without having

this question settled in your mind once and for all.

You have been born for a purpose; a dominating purpose.

Motivational Memo for the Week: A dominating purpose

is the pulsating heart of a successful life.

You can do it!

Peter Sinclair

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