How have you been? I've missed writing to you. I hope you're Prospering and Thriving in the Chaos of this world we're all blessed to live in for a short while.

Yes, even a healthy hundred years is a short while.

And yes, we are blessed to be here.

Problems, difficulties, pain and pleasure, the good and the bad. It's all part of the deal when you're born. You can't choose to be born, or when or to whom you're born. You're here and that's it.

Here's the good news: you CAN CHOOSE what you will do with your life, and the results you get.

Were you born into poverty?

Don't give me that excuse - so was James Brown. He only had one pair of shoes, and they were full of holes.

But he CHOSE. He MADE HIMSELF a millionaire, a cultural influence, and got to party with presidents and kings, and leave his mark on music FOREVER. Not to mention fame, women and money beyond anyone's wildest dreams!

There's now a statue of him in his hometown.

So don't even try the poverty excuse.

If another man, born in worse circumstances than you can do it, YOU CAN DO IT.

Matter of fact, we can go down the list of bad things that happen to people, and for each one you offer up as an excuse, I can give you someone in recent history who CHOSE and ROSE ABOVE IT.

Born with a handicap?

Shall I mention Hellen Keller, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, or Sylvester Stallone.

Stallone was born in poverty-stricken Hells Kitchen, NY, and an accident at birth caused him to have a droopy lip and slur which you can still see today if you watch closely in his movies.

He lacked money. He lacked an advantaged upbringing. But none of that mattered, because he had within him the forces of optimism, motivation and heart. I call it "the Warrior Spirit." And so he rose up to become a multi-millionaire international superstar, making many inspirational movies of a determined spirit combined with faith overcoming adversity.

Lost all your money?

Walt Disney went bankrupt seven times. Can you imagine if he gave up, even after the sixth bankruptcy? He made it after all because he simply refused to lose and got back up twice more.

After his first measure of success, NLP mega-star Tony Robbins found himself broke, fat, and living in a cheap studio apartment in Van Nuys. Can you imagine where he'd be today if he'd stayed down instead of CHOOSING to rise back up?

Been sexually molested?

Oprah Winfrey was born in rural Mississippi and lived in abject poverty. While still a child, she was sexually molested repeatedly by male relatives.

But Oprah didn't let what happened in the past dictate her future. Instead, she CHOSE a better future, and went for it unhindered.

Are you a struggling single parent?

J.K. Rowling is the world's wealthiest novelist. When she got the call from an agent that Bloomsday would publish her book titled "Harry Potter," she was on welfare struggling to raise her baby daughter.

Did your parents die when you were young?

Roman Abramovich, the richest man in Russia, was an orphan.

At age 15, Li Ka-shing's father died, and he dropped out of school to work in a factory. He is now Asia's richest man.

Never met your parents at all, or they didn't want you?

Apple's Steve Jobs was adopted. I'm sure you've heard of the iPod, iTunes, and Apple Computers. The man is an enormous success and employs thousands of people with creativity and heart.

You damn well know it's true. So no more excuses, okay?

Excuses waste your time, and they waste your future as they keep you focused on the past.

Focus on the future instead. Focus on what YOU WANT.

Don't focus on "why", as in "why did this happen?"

Focus instead on "what", as in "what do I WANT?"

Keep asking for what you want, and go towards it.

You'll never get what you want by focusing on the past. Yes you can learn from the past, but don't stay there. Take the learnings and get the hell out of there!

You'll never get what you want by finding comfort in your excuses. Whatever they are, they're probably not worse than those I've mentioned here today.

Now if you "want the Warrior Spirit" so you too can rise to greatness in personal power, persuasion & influence, join my Inner Circle Membership http://scottbolan.com/membership/index.html

It's time to stop making excuses and just step up and go for it. What kind of life will you have if you don't invest in yourself, in your skills, in your future?

Alright then. You have a great evening. I will talk to you soon.

To Your Success,