Sometimes, you have to exercise the gift of goodbye.I readily admit that I am always ready to embrace goodbye. I only spend time with Champions. Of course, I'll help someone that is struggling to find success. I am a mentor, and I'm pretty good at spotting the Champions fighting to get out of people. You've seen them too; they're not addicted to negative attitudes and words. They are always searching the horizon in order to spot their future. When they see it, they go for it. I will always have time to help those people.

I love themChampions struggling being born. It is not hateful to tell somebody goodbye. Rather, it is faithful. It's faithful to your own dream and to live the life of a Champion. It is not a personal point. You shouldn't be cruel or dismissive of others, but you have to respond to the call of achievement. That call will usually separate you before it elevates you. I have seen folks elevated while trying to hang on to someone from the outdated days. If they continue, the outdated buddy will usually trip them up. Not because he's a bad guy, but because he's addicted to negativity. It's like eagles attempting to hang out with pigeons. There's nothing wrong with pigeons, but they will Never be eagles. You're an eagle! Fly higher than the pigeons and do not look down.

If you're making $50,000 a year, start hanging out with people who make $200,000 a year. Learn their secrets. Ask them to teach you. That's what "separated to be elevated" means. You make a choice about the kind of influences, the kind of people, the kind of books, the kind of movies and the kind of material that you will allow into your mind.

This is serious stuff. Listen to me. If you were determined to become physically fit and healthy, you wouldn't continue to hang out with Twinkies, donuts, beer, and Doritos. You would discover the gift of goodbye; you would move out from the aged nutritional neighborhood. You'd allow yourself being separated from McDonalds and Pizza Hut in order to be elevated to healthful power foods. What should you tried being wholesome, but said, "I can't leave my outdated pals - the fries, the cakes, the milk shakes - I cannot forsake them?" How long would your dream of health and physical fitness last? It is the same factor with success and living as a Champion.

You have a decision to make. Are you going to be a Champion? Are you willing to pay the price? The struggle is vitally important. It does something in you and for you. I've never known a Champion who didn't have to struggle with shaking off the old in order to embrace the new. The number of obstacles that you face in life will lay the foundation for massive growth. Let me tell you, sometimes between the separated and the elevated, there is a very lonely period. You've been separated from your old friends and not yet integrated with lots of Champions. That is a real testing time. But, you know what? You can always be a friend of mine! Whether you're a coaching client, a member of the Motivational Club or someone new to my teachings, you truly are a friend of mine. So, let me be your first new friend in the company of eagles.