I am always surfing around, seeking great minds and words that I can learn from on the Internet. Last night I scrolled down through my bookmarks for motivation and came across Dani Johnson at RisetoSuccess.com. For the next hour I was absorbed in her works. I read articles, surfed products, and dreamed of being her.

What? Dreamed of being Dani? Why not who I really am?

My mind was racing back to ten years old. I was outgoing and always volunteering to stand in front of our church congregation and give a talk. Well, at ten you don’t really have sophisticated speeches or talks, you more or less stand up and read and quote from church magazines, and the bible. What I realized on the coach last night was that those early moments were telling me something.

Then the time clock played. I had won speech contests, had withdrawals if I was not in front of a crowd motivating them and helping others to believe they could be better people. Finally, I landed at my current port in life. This port is called my J.O.B. And we all know what J.O.B. stands for (just over broke). At this port I stand in front of small groups of people and speak from the heart about change, competitiveness in a new global marketplace, and the notion that what I am doing is noble.

Hog wash! Noble.

Even though I am close to doing the one thing I really love, I am attempting to change those uninspired to change. They are unwilling recipients of the message.

OK, back to Dani and others like her (Brian Tracy, Anthony Robbins, Matthew Ferry). So, my real, honest to God dream, is to stand on stage at the same level as these motivators and do the same. Thinking back to ten, that has always been my dream, my destiny. I am just a slow learner.

The first key in Dani Johnson’s video was “No more excuses.” This is what I learned on New Year’s Day 2010, I make excuses. I lie to myself everyday. I am robbing myself of real happiness by crafting whopper excuses that are lies to my subconscious mind. This key stuck hard in my gut. It was a truth in my life. Dani Johnson moved me closer to that all important tipping point of more pain than pleasure.

The big question is… what will I do about it?

I will begin today to manifest my real destiny into reality and become what I should have always become, a motivation and inspiration speaker and change agent of people interested in transforming their lives.

The thrill of leading and inspiring others to want change

Then my lesson came to me as I watched a 28 minute video about 4 things to change your life. The very first