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I was listening to a video from one of my online marketing coaches that was in my email today. I had to listen to this video a few times because it was a good lesson delivered with a funny story. He told his audience about having a sheriff come to his residence with papers. The sheriff explained that the landlord was making some illegal actions with other tenants and was sued. He lost in court and had to pay them back. The sheriff said that any rent money should be paid to the court and not the landlord for this reason. Of course, Mr Budd believed him and did not pay the landlord. The landlord even called him to see what happened to the rent. Mr Budd told the story about he had to pay rent to the court instead of him. A month passed and Mr Budd was served eviction papers where he had to leave with in 48 hours. After checking all this information out, he found out through some events that he was scammed by the landlord.

After contemplating all the events that happened which made him leave his residence, he decided he needed to take ownership of the whole mess that led up to his eviction. He also learned how the legal system worked. He said he felt empowered. He was determined to make this issue into a positive experience. He explained that results that a person produces is in direct correlation to the perception or the story a person tells himself/herself. The story you say to yourself can be empowering or can be negative in return. He explains how he could have been very angry toward his landlord. What a scammer my landlord is, he ripped me off, I am going to sue him, blah, blah, blah. He could be more angry and pissed off with his landlord and the situation. In turn, he also would have less energy because he exerted and wasted his energy toward being angry. This would have given him crappy results. Certainly all the wasted energy would not change the situation. He already lost his chance to explain his side in court. He had to pay court and moving costs. "Being right" feeling and being angry produces bad results..

Thinking of how this could be a negative experience, Mr J. Budd wanted to change his perception. The perception for this situation for him is take 100 percent ownership like finding out the real truth about not paying the landlord. He should have checked out the sheriff's story. His learning experience for him was to learn more about the legal system. This knowledge may help him in the future. With this thought process, he felt empowered, not angry, and more energy. It is not easy to live in this world. Ridiculous stuff happens to everyone. A person can choose to be or not be a victim. He chose not to be a victim. He will not be at the whim of life.

To reiterate, results will be based of story you tell yourself or how you perceive the world. Stuff happens for everyone. Its how we choose to deal with the situation can help or hinder ourselves. Powerful leaders and successful people tell themselves powerful stories because they understand that belief in positive truths are measurable differences in one's feeling toward life, attitude, productivity, energy. There is a quantifiable difference in how you feel and how you approach the world from the perception or story you tell yourself. You are in control of results you produce based from the stories you tell yourself and the way you choose to be. You have the power to frame life. view the world that empowers you. From the empowerment, you can grow and gain in strength from anything or any event.