What is Influencing You?

Influence, we all desire and aspire to the place where we can influence people. We want to be to have some input into other people's lives. Hopefully we desire to have a positive influence in people's lives. Parents influence their children. Teachers influence their students. Supervisors influence their workers. Friends influence their friends. Influence is a very powerful commodity in this world of ours.

Maybe it's time to start asking ourselves, what is influencing me? I think most of us have accepted everything that makes of everyday living and life as normal. By that I mean TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines. I am primarily focusing on the news and talk shows, and the tabloids.

Give me a break, does it really make any difference to me what any of the celebrities think on any given subject? Does my life change any because of who is dating who? Why do countless millions of people spend multiplied millions of dollars reading these tabloids? What about the talk shows that have filled up the TV and radio airwaves? I have never learned one interesting fact from any of the few very I've listened to.

Look at your life - what are your attitudes, what emotions do display in everyday living? Are they positive or negative? It could very well be that your emotions are the result of the things you are listening to and reading.

You have probably heard of this challenge, but have you ever done it? For the next 30 days do not watch any TV or radio news programs, newspapers, talk shows, etc. Instead use that time to listen to good music, read a good book, listen to a motivational speaker. Another thing you should do is to remove all verbal criticism for this time period. Yes, that definitely includes your spouse.

The next thing you need to do is choose your influence. People talk about wanting to make a change in their life but they never do anything about it. If you want to change something or learn something you actually have to be involved in the choices that you make. We have the ability to choose and control the influences that come to us.

What do you want to accomplish in your life? What is your goal? What is your objective? Once you have established those things you have to ask yourself if your actions and mentality are in line to reach them.

For example, if I want to become a successful realtor there are several things I have to do. The first obviously is to take a course in real estate. But after that if I want to become good at real estate I will need to be influenced by someone or several someones who are already successful is the real estate market. I will want to know what books they read, what CDs they listen to, who their influencers are, what training and motivational seminars do they attend and do the same things.

The point is that you need to make sure when you choose your influence that you choose somebody who has a proven track record of success. Choose someone who you know you can follow and model yourself after.

You may be thinking that this is going to take some huge time commitments. Not necessarily. You can begin to change with only 30 to 60 minutes per day being influenced by a certain pool of information that will help you move closer to what you want to become. I'll bet that when the information starts taking hold in your life you'll increase the time.

Keep in mind that change is a process, and the process should be fun. It becomes fun when we want to actually change our lives for the better. This world has enough discouragement, hatred, terrorism, disappointment - you do not have to add to it. Each of us have been given the ability to change for the better and thereby improve the world in which we live. But the choice is yours. Your life is a product of the influences around you and the ones you choose.

How does a truck driver go from being on the road all day to becoming a successful internet marketer? He does it by changing his influences. He does it by changing who he listens to and even who he hangs around with. John Corbin made the transition in a few short months. vibeforme. everydaywealthonline. John has already become an influencer in other people's lives. He is ready to offer help and suggestions as to how to take control of your life and future. Stop letting everyone else tell you what to do, when to do it and how much you're going to be paid to do it.

James Heller