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Happy July 4th 2021

Happy July 4th, 2021. In celebration of Independence Day, here in the United States, To celebrate Independence Day, here in the United States, I am reposting the story of 56 inspirational men who made a decision that changed the world.

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Today, July 4th, we will celebrate one of the greatest decisions ever made when 56 men signed their names to the Declaration of Independence. Most people know the story of this famous document that gave birth and freedom to a nation. What they don’t know is the events that led up to such a monumental decision by these men. The power behind this decision was not to be taken lightly. Each man was signing his own death warrant if they failed.

March 5, 1770

Everything began with a battle on the streets of Boston on March 5, 1770. The colonists resented the presence of armed British soldiers patrolling the streets and openly threatening them. Infuriated, the colonists began hurling stones at the soldiers. This resulted in the commanding officer ordering his men to, “Fix bayonets and charge!” The battle resulted in many men being killed and injured. Because of the incident, the Provincial Assembly called a meeting to take definite action. During the meeting, John Hancock and Samuel Adams bravely declared that all British soldiers must be ejected from Boston.

Adams was selected by the members to speak to the Governor. He requested a meeting and demanded the withdrawal of troops. The request was granted and the troops were removed. Even without the troops, issues remained. Adams and Richard Henry Lee began communicating frequently by letter about their concerns for the people. Adams then conceived the idea to coordinate the efforts of the 13 colonies through a mutual exchange of correspondence.

Two Years Later

Two years later in March 1772, Adams presented a motion to the Assembly that a Correspondence Committee be established by the colonies. This was the beginning of the organization of a power that gives us the freedom we enjoy today. This Correspondence Committee constituted the first organized planning of the disgruntled Colonists. The Colonists had been conducting disorganized resistance similar to what took place in the city of Boston. However, their individual grievances had never before been consolidated.

The newly appointed Governor of Massachusetts sent a messenger to Adams in order to get him to cease his actions. The messenger, Colonel Fenton, told Adams that if he stopped his activities in opposition of the Crown, he would receive great personal advantages. On the other hand, if he did not cease he would be sent to England and be tried for treason. Adams made his decision instantly. He told Fenton that he had, a long time ago, made his peace with the King of Kings. Therefore, no bribe would make him abandon the righteous cause of his Country.

The First Continental Congress

When the Governor received Adams’ answer, he was enraged. He issued a pardon to all who would lay down their arms and return to being peaceful subjects of the King. This pardon applied to all subjects except for Adams and Hancock. Upon hearing this, they were forced to call a secret meeting of their followers and locked the doors. They said it was imperative that a Congress of the Colonists be formed. No man should leave until they had made their decision.

Objections, doubt, and fear were raised by the men in the room. Some questioned the wisdom of such a definite decision defying the Crown. Through the influence of their minds, Adams and Hancock convinced the others to agree. Arrangements were made for a meeting of the First Continental Congress, on September 5, 1774, in Philadelphia. This is a particularly important date. If this meeting were never held, there wouldn’t have been a signing of the Declaration of Independence.

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First Continental Congress

Richard Henry Lee

Before the first meeting was held, Thomas Jefferson published his work, “Summary View of the Rights of British America.” Shortly after it was published, he was informed by the representative of the Crown in Virginia that he was subject to prosecution for high treason. These were men of great fortitude. They lacked authority, military strength, or power. Still, they sat and deliberated the destiny of the colonies while under the threat of death.

They continued to meet at intervals for two years. On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee made this motion: “Gentlemen, I make the motion that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states, that they be absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be totally dissolved.” The members continued to discuss the issue for days until Lee addressed the Assembly once again by saying, “Why still deliberate? Let this happy day give birth to an American Republic. Let her arise, not to devastate and to conquer, but to reestablish the reign of peace, and of law.”

Declaration Of Independence

Shortly thereafter, John Hancock established a committee, chaired by Jefferson, to draw up a Declaration of Independence. The document was written and when accepted by Congress, would mean death to every man who signed it should the colonies lose the inevitable war to follow. The original draft was read before Congress on June 28 and for several days it was discussed and altered. On July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson read: “When in the course of human events it is necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of Nature, and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impelled them to the separation….”

A Death Warrant

After Jefferson had finished reading, the document was voted on, accepted, and signed by the fifty-six men. Each man knowing that he was staking his own life by making the decision to sign his name. The rest is history. Happy July 4th 2021! May God Bless America.

Works Citied:

“Chapter 8 – Decision.” Think and Grow Rich: the Complete Classic Text, by Napoleon Hill, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2008, pp. 203–213.

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10 Quotes On Believing In Yourself

These 10 quotes on believing in yourself will help you to overcome doubt.

You must believe you can. If anyone else can do this, you can do this as well. Yes, you can!
 – Tamara Tilleman

10 Quotes On Belief

I have very good conversations with several people who think as I do. We believe that your life is based on your thoughts. If you’re controlling your thoughts and thinking positively, you will lead a positive life. I began thinking about these people and realized something important. Most of them spend money to attend self-improvement seminars, workshops, and weekends. Many are not living the lives that they are seeking. I wondered why not.

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Celebrities?

Are people looking for an authoritative figure in their lives? If they are spending money going to retreats to feel better, do they ever make permanent changes to their lives? Why not? Possibly, they are seeing the speaker as a celebrity. They put them on a pedestal and by doing so they believe that person is better than them. Therefore, they don’t make a change because they don’t believe they are good enough.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.
 – Muhammad Ali

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
 – Christopher Robin

An Essential Part Of Change

Belief is an essential part of change. You must believe you can be the person you are trying to become. There are leaders and there are followers. Leaders believe they can lead and followers don’t. Belief is difficult to come by and must be developed. You are battling everything that you have been told and thought in the past.

Anything is possible once we believe and never relinquish hope.
– Shadonna Richards

Believe in yourself, push your limits, experience life, conquer your goals and be happy.
– Joel Brown

Stop Chasing!

No one is better than you! Stop chasing the so-called gurus and realize they are no different from you. Every one of them was where you are before they believed they could change. Most of them genuinely want to help. They are not scam artists just looking for your money. It is the audience that never makes the change. They don’t continue it long enough to develop belief.

If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.
 – Ronnie Lott

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.
 – Diane Sawyer

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Use These 10 Quotes

My unsolicited advice is to find a mentor who teaches a process. Follow the process and commit to it for life. Don’t be in a hurry. You have little control over the timing. Trust in the process. Use these 10 quotes on believing in yourself.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
 – Warren G. Bennis

Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to a solution.
– David J. Schwartz

Words vs Thoughts

There is a difference between words and thoughts. We first begin journal statements, a gratitude pad, etc., we think about what we are writing. This time goes by, we know what we’re going to write and don’t have to think about it as much. Our journal becomes words on paper, not thoughts. Take time to meditate and think about what you wrote.

Anything is possible once you believe you are worthy of achieving it.
– Jason Pockrandt

It Starts Upstairs

Change begins in your mind. I am living my life today based on my thoughts in the past. Now that I understand this concept, I can determine my future by controlling my thoughts. This is the process I use to accomplish this:

  1. I make my predominant thought that which I want to become. I think about what my life will look like in the future.
  2. When I go to bed at night, the last thing I do before going to sleep is to think about my life in the future. I visualize in my mind what I will be doing and how I will be living.
  3. I spent time in the morning meditating and visualizing my future life.
  4. When I’m visualizing the life that I’m living it must feel natural and normal. I’m not living someone else’s life, I’m living mine.
  5. Before visualizing, I elicit emotions. I think about the first time I saw my wife and it brings up the emotions I had at the time. Adding emotion and feeling to your thoughts is the ingredient to turn them into reality.

Believe in yourself. If you don’t have belief then begin developing it. These 10 quotes on believing in yourself are a start. Start speaking and thinking like the person you want to become. Do this every day and you will develop belief. Continue to develop your belief until it turns into faith. Faith is an unstoppable force. You were born for greatness, believe it.

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Episode 24: Finding Confidence Within You

In Episode 24: Finding Confidence Within You, I show you how I found my confidence and it changed my life. If you knew me early on in my life, you might’ve got the impression that I was a noticeably confident individual. I looked confident on the outside because I was athletic, smart, and always had lots of friends.
What you wouldn’t have seen was the true person of who I really was, a person that was not confident on the inside.

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Episode 24: Finding Confidence Within You

My extreme fear of heights meant I had to make up excuses whenever my friends wanted to jump off a high dive platform. I couldn’t even go on roller coasters. Even though I was selected for athletic teams, I never thought I deserved to be on the team. Inside I felt as though I wasn’t good enough and that everyone else was a better player. I was always surprised and thankful that I was even a part of the team.

It Was There All Along

After everything I had accomplished in my life, I had no reason to think that way. It took me being diagnosed with cancer before I really to a look at my life and became confident. Here are some of the things that I began to do change. I:

  • Looked at ALL the successes I had had throughout my life;
  • Stopped having unrealistic expectations of myself;
  • Started reading more books;
  • Changed the way I thought about myself;
  • Started speaking about the confident person I was;
  • Stopped caring about what others said or thought about me;
  • Stopped taking everything personally.

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The Best You

Do you struggle with self-confidence? Are you a different person on the outside than you are on the inside? As humans, we are all unique and we have to see the real person who we are. We are defined only by the words we tell ourselves, not by other people’s words. Tell yourself every day that you are a confident, strong person. Look at all the successes you have had in your life and don’t compare them with others. All victories, no matter how large or small, are victories. Celebrate every one of them. Every day go be the best person that you can be on that day. Life is life and some days are simply better than others. Some days I accomplish a lot, other days not so much, but every day I’m the best me. Go be the best you.

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I’m Launching My First Course

I’m launching my first course, Gaining Self-Confidence on Sunday 11/15/2020. You can check out the free preview and even preorder it now. Read on to find out what my course can do for you. Access my course below.

Here are a few tips to help with your confidence today. Enroll in my course to find your confidence and change the person you are.

3 Quick Solutions

Are you suffering from a lack of self-confidence? Do you always feel like you don’t belong? It is a very competitive world we live in and people with self-confidence have a definite edge. They make more money and will get the promotion over people without self-confidence. Who would you rather hire, the confident person, or someone who lacks confidence? A confident person is ready to take on all challenges. The great news is that confidence is within you and there are ways of gaining self-confidence.

Three simple ways that you can begin to gain self-confidence are:

  1. Begin an Exercise Program.
  2. Do Something outside Your Comfort Zone.
  3. Dress for Success.

Exercise

Exercise can be a boost to your self-confidence. Studies have shown that regular exercise will improve your mood. Sticking to a workout program requires commitment. The fact that you are making good on your commitment will increase your confidence.

Expand Your Comfort Zone

A confident person is comfortable in different situations. If there are situations or places that make you feel uncomfortable, try those situations or places out. Stretching your comfort zone will give you a needed boost in confidence.

Dress For Success

A simple change in wardrobe can significantly boost your confidence. When you dress for success others will treat you differently. You will begin to look, feel, and act differently. Who doesn’t feel like a better version of themselves when they dress nicer.

A Permanent Change

These are three simple things you can do to temporarily boost your self-confidence. To become a confident person you must change your mindset. I teach you techniques on how to become a more confident person in my online course, Gaining Self-Confidence. In the course you will learn:

  • Why you don’t have confidence;
  • How your mind works;
  • Techniques that will build your confidence and more;
  • Plus two bonus lessons.

You will begin building your confidence and be able to ask for that promotion, start a business, or overcome any challenge that you are facing. So many doors will be open to you.

The launch date is this Sunday, November 15, 2020. The course contains 13 lessons and is 40 minutes in length. Go to the link below and sign up for the waitlist today!

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Motivational Quotes About Self-Confidence

Today I want to discuss self-confidence and how important it is to our success and use these motivational quotes to help you. Every one of us has no reason not to be confident, we just need to step back and see what we have accomplished. I have included 15 quotes about self-confidence to help motivate you to replace any negative thoughts which are holding you back from your inner greatness.

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Motivational Quotes To Boost Self- Confidence

“Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
– Christopher Robin

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.”
– Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Confidence

You wouldn’t know it by looking at me now, but I’m a much different person today than I was through most of my life. Today you would see a person who is/has:

  • Successful;
  • Retired after an accomplished 30-year career;
  • Educated and earned a master’s degree in criminal justice;
  • Served in the U.S. Army and obtained the rank of captain;
  • Lived an adventurous life; and
  • Been married for 27 years and have raised three wonderful children.

Lack of Confidence

If you knew me early on in my life, you might’ve got the impression that I was a noticeably confident individual. I looked confident on the outside because I was athletic, smart, and always had lots of friends.

What you wouldn’t have seen was the true person of who I really was, a person that was not confident on the inside. My extreme fear of heights meant I had to make up excuses whenever my friends wanted to jump off a high dive platform. I couldn’t even go on roller coasters. Even though I was selected for athletic teams, I never thought I deserved to be on the team. Inside I felt as though I wasn’t good enough and that everyone else was a better player. I was always surprised and thankful that I was even a part of the team.

“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.”   
– Theodore Roosevelt

“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”
– Arthur Ashe

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My Confidence Took A Hit During College

When I went off to college, I struggled mightily. I had no idea what I wanted to study or why I was even there. My classes were difficult for me and my grades reflected my efforts. Throughout my earlier years in school, I was always an “A” student. Now, I was failing classes when I’d never failed anything before in my life. The fact that I wasn’t living up to the expectations of my parents, friends, or myself led me to suffer a bout of depression. There were days when I couldn’t even get out of bed and go to class.

“If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.”
– Author unknown

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home, and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
– Dale Carnegie

“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.”
– Zig Ziglar

A Foreign Language To Me

Even In The Military I Lacked Self-Confidence

Even after I graduated from college and was an officer in the military, I still battled with my self-confidence. There was no reason for me not to be confident in my abilities as an officer because I had accomplished so much. I had excelled during all my training, both physically and intellectually. My leadership qualities were second to none.  My lack of confidence issues came from strict weight standards the military had and as an officer, you are judged on how you look in your uniform. Even though I weighed 180 pounds, at 18 percent body fat, and achieved the highest score on every physical training test, I was labeled as overweight by the military. This undermined my confidence as an officer and my leadership ability.

“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
– E. E. Cummings

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My Career

After I left the military and began my career as a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), there was still a lack of confidence inside my head. I continued to feel that everyone was better than me and I was being judged by my peers. There was no reason for me not to be confident. I had numerous successful investigations and led the office in subjects arrested every year. One year I was even named, “Agent of the Year,” by the law enforcement commission. I volunteered and was selected for a headquarters run special operation named, “Operation Snowcap,” and went through training with the U.S. Army Rangers. After training, I was selected on a team and went to live and work in the jungles of South America. Even still, I lacked confidence.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
– Mark Twain

“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”
– Vincent van Gogh

Cancer = Confidence

After everything I had accomplished in my life, I really had no reason not to be a confident individual. It took me being diagnosed with cancer before I really took a look at my life and became confident. Here are some of the things that I began to do in order to change, I:

  • Looked at ALL the successes I had had throughout my life;
  • Stopped having unrealistic expectations of myself;
  • Started reading more books;
  • Changed the way I thought about myself;
  • Started speaking about the confident person I was;
  • Stopped caring about what others said or thought about me;
  • Stopped taking everything personal.

In general, I became happy with myself. This led me to be a better person and allowed me to get rid of unwarranted anger. All these negative thoughts and feelings of anger were holding me back from becoming the person that God had intended for me. I became a better husband and father. The release of these unsubstantiated feelings has given me greater self-confidence. It has allowed me to accomplish even more things in my life and obtain greater wealth.

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”
– Lao Tzu

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”
– Golda Mier

Go Be Great!!

Final Thoughts

Do you struggle with self-confidence? Are you a different person on the outside than you are on the inside? As humans, we are all unique and we have to see the real person who we are. We are not defined by other people’s words, only by the words we tell ourselves. Tell yourself every day that you are a confident, strong person. Look at all the successes you have had in your life and don’t compare them with others. All victories, no matter how large or small, are victories. Celebrate every one of them. Every day strive to be the best person that you can be on that day. Life is life, and some days are simply better than others. Some days I accomplish a lot, other days not so much, but every day I’m the best me. Go be the best you.

“Wouldn’t it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.”
– Alan Cohen

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who will decide where to go.”
– Dr. Seuss

Comment Below

I would love to hear about how you developed confidence in yourself. Leave a reply along with your quotes, advice, tips, or links to helpful groups or sites in the comments section below. If you have any questions or requests for topics I would love to hear them. If you like this post, click on the little star and feel free to share it with others it might help. As always, my posts are based on lessons I’ve learned throughout my life. I don’t claim to be an expert or professional therapist, I just play one on TV (some of you might get that joke).

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