All About Trying To Succeed, by Dr. Ogi Ressel

Monday, January 19th 2009

Warm hellos to everyone,

Let's change gears for a moment - no venting this time!
Let's talk about this game of "TRYING" that so many of us play so well.
In the course of living our Life, we are constantly presented with ideas,
courses, action steps, and opportunities, and too often we ask if there
just happens to be a refund "just in case" we "try it" and it doesn't work.
A money-back guarantee. A no-risk venture. A no-brainer. A way out.
An escape. A no effort solution. A cop-out.

What is that really about?

It represents our illusion that we are going all out. That we are playing
at our highest level. That we are giving it our very best. That we have
pulled out all the stops in order to get that cookie!

I have to tell you that it is nothing more than a lie we tell ourselves in
order to squelch that inner voice which tells us we should participate
all-out in whatever has crossed our path. So we cheat ourselves and
say that we'll "try". We don't really have to do it because, after-all, there
is a money-back guarantee. There is a life-saver! Our way out.

Listen....Trying is a guarantee of failure. Why? Because it represents
 your half-heartedeffort. A no-investment venture that speaks "loss"
at the outset. A clear opportunityfor you to fail - once again. And to prove
to yourself once again, that you can't.
You just can't. It is too difficult. I mean, everyone else thinks so, why not you?

Let me play a game with you for a moment, so that I can demonstrate:
Imagine you are sitting in a chair.
I ask you to stand up.
And you do. Wonderful! See...it is easy!....and you're thinking "Dr. Ogi is nuts".
Now...let's suppose I ask you to "try" to stand up from that same chair.
Your Innate is confused. You cannot "try" and actually accomplish something at
the same time. It's either you do, or you don't. There is no "trying" involved.
So... you are now standing - you perceive that is what I asked...and the chair
standsbehind you.

Here's where it gets really interesting - I didn't ask you to stand. No.
I asked you to "try" - huge difference.
You failed - because you actually stood up.
You have just failed at "trying".
Your action did not produce the desired result - you did not succeed.
But......you feel safe because it wasn't your best effort anyway. It didn't
have to be - after all, you were only "trying."

Now, suppose you apply this principle to whatever direction, or course,
or opportunity Life throws at you.

Do you see the problem with the philosophy of "trying?"

This is where you put yourself on the line.
This is where the rubber meets the road.
Listen....you are either the steam roller, or the pavement!

"Trying" is Success turned inside out.

One thing I've learned is that you can't risk and hedge at the same time.
Can't suck and blow. Can't try and succeed. No. You simply make up
your mind to just do it. And you do it with all your heart and soul! No
hedging. No sucking. No whining, No hoping.
No winging. And no trying.
Period.
End of story.

Master Yoda once said, "Do or do not. There is no try."

You simply decide that you want to change your life, and then you just do it.
There is no trying involved. Simple!

I teach my Program in that same vein - there is no trying. We just do it!

Warmest wishes,
Dr. Ogi Ressel