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Archive for December, 2008

The new year of 2009 is upon us and as it is New Year’s Eve here at 8am in the morning, I was thinking of different words that describe myself. I could always come up with the rather obvious ones that are blocked in my bad word filter, but I’d rather share some words that have been used to describe me by others.

“Passionate”

“Intelligent”

“Funny”

“Determined”

“Fearless”

“Outgoing”

“Optimistic”

“Crazy”

“Insane”

The list could go on and on. The last one I’ll share is a two word combination that was given to me by a very famous person that has authored books and is currently on an International personal development speaking tour- “Excitably passionate”. After spending the day with this man, he said that he had never met someone so “excitably passionate” in his life and at the time, I didn’t know him from a bar of soap.

I’ll share a photo in my last post of 2008 that is a picture of a very accurate adjective of myself through my own eyes. You’re either going to succeed or fail, but whatever happens, you’ve got to begin. If you have read this- my words to you are “why not today?”

Have a safe, happy and prosperous new year-

james wester

My wife and I have been married for 2 and a half years.  Our daughter just celebrated her first Christmas 2 days ago and she’ll celebrate her first birthday on January 2nd.  As I sit and reflect on what it’s been like for me to be a first time husband, a first time Dad and a first time CEO - the failures in my life have prepared me for what I’m undertaking in my responsibilities in all 3 of those roles.

When someone knocks you down, you get back up.  When something destroys what you’ve built, you rebuild it.  When someone tells you that it’s impossible or it can’t be done by you, then do it passionately.

Sometimes I’m right.  Sometimes I’m wrong.  Either way, I’ll always give my opinion and give it my best go no matter what the stakes.  For that- I am righteous.  For that- I am grateful.

I like this video on YouTube because it’s the definition of what I believe life should be.  I believe that it’s almost a visual collage of what I visualise my life to be and our company to become.  I wanted to share it with those people that visit my blog and read what I have to say.  I’ll add one more thought to this post before I get back to work and load the video for you to watch and enjoy.

Whoever came up with the saying “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.” was a loser.  They were justifying failure and avoiding admittance of defeat by allowing theirself to feel some sort of victory in knowing that they tried.  I say live your life.  I say have a go.  If you fail- so what!  If you fail twice- who cares.  I say if you know how to accept failure, regather your creative thoughts and add a dash of optimism and a spec of hope- then and only then can you mold failure into success and breed more successes to follow.  Claim your life.  Claim your destiny.  Demand more of yourself, expect less of others and watch what happens.  2009 is my year- I already know it… but what I don’t know is just how big it’s going to be… thanks for reading.

james