Who's
Master
Of
Your
Destiny?
Make
Sure
It's
You!
Are
You
A
Talker
Or
a
Doer?
Like
it
or
not,
the
world
is
composed
of
two
types
of
people
-
talkers
and
doers.
Which
one
are
you?
About
10
years
ago,
a
friend
of
mine
made
a
life-altering
decision.
She
had
been
presented
with
an
opportunity
to
spend
one
year
as
an
exchange
student
in
Europe,
in
several
different
countries.
Now,
she
didn't
exactly
come
from
a
family
of
world
travelers,
nor
were
her
parents
wealthy
enough
to
send
her
overseas
for
an
extended
amount
of
time.
Come
to
think
of
it,
no
one
in
her
poor
neighborhood
had
even
dreamed
of
doing
such
a
thing
-
they
were
to
busy
struggling
with
their
day-to-day
existence.
The
temptation
to
not
consider
it
any
further
was
certainly
very
strong.
She
had
no
idea
what
she
might
be
getting
into;
She
didn't
know
any
foreign
languages.
Going
overseas
for
a
year
meant
not
working,
spending
lots
of
her
hard-earned
savings
(and
in
her
neighborhood,
that
meant
a
lot!)
and
leaving
behind
family
and
friends,
something
that
she
had
never
done
before.
More
importantly,
when
she
would
come
back,
she'd
come
back
broke.
She
went
back
and
forth
for
quite
a
while.
In
then
end,
she
said,
"what
the
heck
-
the
worst
that
can
happen
is
that
I
hate
it
and
come
home
early.
Who
knows
when
I'll
have
this
kind
of
time
again?"
Her
curiosity
was
getting
the
best
of
her.
She
called
her
school
counselor.
"Sign
me
up",
she
said.
Needless
to
say,
her
family
thought
she
was
crazy
and
didn't
believe
she
was
actually
going
until
she
scraped
together
her
meager
savings
and
left
for
the
airport
two
months
later.
Lessons
Learned
Initially,
the
trip
across
the
pond
was
a
total
disaster.
To
begin
with,
the
airline
bumped
her
entire
group
-
50
people
-
leaving
her
to
find
other
airlines
to
get
to
Europe.
With
her
luck,
she
ended
up
on
the
later
flight.
Then,
she
ended
up
spending
10
hours
in
the
airport
before
she
finally
left.
She
was
thinking
that
she
probably
should
have
listened
to
all
the
people
that
told
her
she
was
crazy
to
go.
She
arrived,
exhausted
and
with
a
mean
case
of
jetlag
in
Europe
the
next
day;
she
got
to
her
apartment
and
passed
out.
A
funny
thing
happened
the
next
day.
After
getting
out
and
exploring
a
bit,
she
discovered
that
she
actually
liked
Europe.
It
was
so
easy
to
travel
and
get
around.
She
found
her
way
to
the
nearest
travel
agency
and
bought
a
train
pass.
The
next
week,
she
traveled
to
a
few
countries
-
all
on
her
own,
because
several
students
were
too
afraid
to
travel
outside
the
"base"
country.
This
isn't
to
say
that
she
wasn't
apprehensive,
because
she
was;
however,
she
made
a
conscious
decision
to
overcome
her
fear
because
she
wanted
to
find
out
what
else
was
out
there.
She
wanted
to
know
what
was
beyond
the
sheltered
world
that
she
had
once
known.
She
discovered
that
train
travel
across
Europe
was
quite
easy
and
safe,
if
one
just
used
common
sense.
After
the
first
week,
she
traveled,
alone,
to
a
different
country
every
week.
She
felt
a
newfound
sense
of
independence,
freedom,
accomplishment
and
success
that
she
had
never
felt
before,
and
it
felt
great!
Her
year
in
Europe
was
a
real
eye
opener
for
her.
It
exposed
her
to
things
that
she
would
never
have
experienced
otherwise.
She
would
never
have
experienced
different
cultures,
systems,
met
as
many
new
people
or
learned
that
she
had
a
very
adventurous
spirit
and
thirst
for
knowledge.
And
she
would
have
never
met
her
future
husband.
They
ended
up
running
his
restaurant
together,
quite
successfully,
in
Berlin
for
another
year,
before
they
both
returned
to
the
States.
She
was
not
as
broke
as
she
had
imagined
she
would
be!
What's
the
lesson
from
all
this?
Don't
let
fear
hold
you
back
-
nothing
great
is
ever
accomplished
without
some
risk.
Fear
is
what
keeps
99%
of
people
from
becoming
successful
in
life.
Don't
let
that
happen
to
you
-
know
what
you
want
and
go
for
it!
What
You
Need
To
Know
Attaining
success
in
life
is
completely
up
to
you.
Sure,
there
are
some
factors
that
you
just
can't
control.
The
answer?
Don't
worry
about
them
-
worry
about
factors
that
you
can
control
-
you
and
your
actions
and
your
thinking.
Points
To
Remember:
- Be
open
to
all
possbilities.
Don't
discount
an
idea
just
because
it
seems
new
to
you.
- Don't
let
fear
of
failure
dominate
you,
although
it
can
be
very
powerful.
Fear
is
what
stops
99%
of
people
from
being
successful.
- Recognize
that
sometimes
you
have
to
take
a
risk
-
successfully
negotiating
risk-taking
is
what
makes
one
successful
in
the
long
run.
- Always
keep
an
eye
out
for
new
opportunities.
Success
in
life
is
about
finding
inner
peace,
satisfaction
and
emotional
stability.
You
can't
achieve
that
until
you
change
your
thinking,
start
thinking
out
of
the
box
and
take
some
risk.
This
applies
to
business
as
well
as
to
your
personal
life.
You've
got
to
be
able
to
step
out
of
your
"comfort
zone".
Some
Of
The
Pillars
Of
Success:
- Plan
your
work,
and
work
your
plan!
- Strive
for
excellence.
Set
your
own
goals
-
don't
try
to
reach
the
goals
of
others
- Make
a
commitment
and
stick
to
it!
- Accept
that
disappointments
are
a
fact
of
life.
Instead
of
allowing
them
to
hold
you
back,
overcome
them
and
you
will
become
stronger.
- Turn
every
experience,
whether
good
or
bad,
into
a
learning
experience.
-
Live
each
day
as
if
it
were
your
last;
have
no
regrets.
Some
Final
Words…..
There
are
more
talkers
than
doers
in
our
society.
Which
one
are
you?
Do
you
wait
for
things
to
happen,
or
do
you
make
them
happen?
If
you
think
that
things
will
happen
for
you
if
you
just
think
about
it
and
fail
to
take
action,
I
have
bad
news
for
you.
They
won't.
The
only
thing
worse
than
procrastinating
for
a
day
