Author Archives: Guus

Sick

Sick.

No subject

Well, as usual it is late again. And I feel like I’m a bit in a hurry, so I just named this post ‘no subject’. As actually I have no clue what to write, except maybe some kind of copy of my Dutch post.

Anyhow, it seems that after a relatively quiet period things are starting to move again. And I have no clue about the how and the why and such, but right now I am feeling quite happy.

And I guess that’s what life is all about: feeling happy.

Inspiration for Success

Well, slowly I feel like starting to move again after I think weeks of relatively doing not so much. And I still don’t know what triggers these periods of activity or inactivity. Somehow it seems that there are things beyond our control, even though many ‘success‘ sites and books and maybe successful people make us believe otherwise. And no, what I am writing right now doesn’t sound like ‘inspiration’ or ‘how to achieve success’, but somehow it is reality, somehow we are different, somehow people are different. So somehow some people are not meant for ‘success‘.

And yes, of course I keep asking myself why God gave me this ambition, this drive to find success, where until now I didn’t really find it, at least not the success I was and am looking for. As somehow I have this drive, but only up to a certain point or something. It still feels like something is missing, something I don’t get, something that is still needed before I would really achieve the success I am looking for. But somehow I am also starting to believe that I am on the way now, that it is not as far as before, that I am getting closer, especially the last two years. And yes, I did learn things like being more patient and knowing the difference between being stubborn and being persistent. And I am also starting to notice that really successful people are indeed in their forties, fifties or sixties, not in their twenties or thirties, even though there are also many samples like that. But not that much, not as much as I thought, as I believed there were.

So yes, I think there is still a chance to be really successful, to have my Pajero and relationship as I want it, as I think how it should be. And have my holidays again.

So yes, let’s be patient and persistent, as that seem to be the key Principles of Success for me. Ah, yes, and self confidence, maybe even the most important. And yes, it is all in Think and Grow Rich. And yes, it takes time to understand, to realize, to experience.

Love stories

Two days ago I heard a nice love story, yes with ups and downs of being apart and such. And being married after one month of knowing each other.And I know of another love story that started with a one night stand. And that story took a while to take off, but it seems to take off now. And of course I know my own love story, starting on the internet.

And I wanted to tell more, but I’m tired and it’s late. And I know, I haven’t put much enthusiasm here lately. But I feel like I’m getting back on track, so please expect more the next few weeks.

But for today, please give me some peace still.

Inspiring, again

As you may have noticed I guess my posts were not that interesting lately and probably not really inspiring. But slowly I am getting into a more inspiring mood, so I hope soon I will add some more inspiring stuff to this site again.

And I guess this is not the easiest period in a web project, as I know it takes about two years for a website to kind of take off. And it is only like one and a half year ago that I started Inspiration for Success, so I can’t really expect a lot, especially as I have been doing most of it alone and as my ambition like writing a post every day and creating inspirational tools and those things just take time and effort.

So yes, often the statement of Abraham Hicks about people who seem to have nice things coming to them quite easily sticks in my mind. As I still don’t know how that works, I still don’t know how I would allow that to happen to me. As when I started the project I thought I had some people working with me to make this site, this project a success. But they all backed out, they hardly put any time in the project, except the weekly meetings, the weekly conference calls. And yes, a few times a few hours or something. At least that is what I know about. But I have been writing every day, sending an inspirational quote every day, so I have put quite some time and effort. And yes, I made the start with the inspirational tools. So did things come easy to me? Well, not really in my opinion.

So while writing this right now I’m thinking something like ‘what’s next’. As I am not planning to give up on this, even though this project did not really bring me anything yet, at least not the thing I was looking for, the thing I was asking for. And yes, the site, the writing brought me a lot, like writing everything down, having something to look back to. And it taught me about persistence. And it taught me about leadership, like accepting more that probably a leader is often alone, that he or she has to set the pace, guide the team and not be part of it.

And yes, while writing this right now, I am thinking of my original goals with this site, with this project, where I think the main original goal was to achieve success fully in the open using the Principles of Success as described by Napoleon Hill. And this thinking brings me back to the beginning, to the start of Inspiration for Success, where I did a lot more work with a lot more enthusiasm and I guess a lot more result.

And yes, of course I am thinking also of stopping, like where does this whole thing lead, as Inspiration for Success certainly does not have the traffic, the users I originally had in mind. And while writing I have no clue how I would get everything to the quantity and quality of inspiring people, motivating people I originally had in mind. But that is maybe also where I should go back to right now, just redefine, or better revive my dream: offering inspiration for people like me, people who didn’t find inspiration all their life within their environment.

So if that applies to you, please let me know. And maybe I can help you, and probably others, if I know where you stand, what you want and what you are going through. So please let me know.