OVER THE TOP

While doing a soul searching exercise recently, I went over Zig Ziglar's "Over the Top" audio recording. It is an excellent motivational piece that inspires one to reflect deeply and focus better.

These wonderful motivational quotes are priceless that I listened to just made me believe that i am indeed headed to the top!

"It is not the colour of your skin nor the place of your birth but it is the size of your hope that is going to determine where you are going to go in your life" (John Johnson)

"If there is hope in the future, there's power in the present" John Maxwell

Here are the prerequisites for being over the top:

The Top (Adopted from a post by Tom Ziglar)

From Zig Ziglar’s book, Over the Top

You are at the top when…

You clearly understand that failure is an event, not a person; that yesterday ended last night, and today is your brand-new day.

You have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and optimistic about your future.

You know that success (a win) doesn’t make you, and failure (a loss) doesn’t break you.

You are filled with faith, hope, and love; and live without anger, greed, guilt, envy, or thoughts of revenge.

You are mature enough to delay gratification and shift your focus from your rights to your responsibilities.

You know that failure to stand for what is morally right is the prelude to being the victim of what is criminally wrong.

You are secure in who you, so you are at peace with God and in fellowship with man.

You have made friends of adversaries, and have gained the love and respect of those who know you best.

You understand that others can give you pleasure, but genuine happiness comes when you do things for others.

You are pleasant to the grouch, courteous to the rude, and generous to the needy.

You love the unlovable, give hope to the hopeless, friendship to the friendless, and encouragement to the discouraged.

You can look back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion, and up with gratitude.

You know that “he who would be greatest among you must become the servant of all.”

You recognize, confess, develop, and use your God-given physical, mental, and spiritual abilities to the glory of God and for the benefit of mankind.

You stand in front of the Creator of the universe, and He says to you, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”