Post by RS Davis on Mar 2, 2004 3:11:59 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Michael Cloud Wrote:[/glow]
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No one is coming to set you free.
No one is on the way to restore your liberty.
No one is coming to rescue your life, liberty, and property.
That's great news, says psychologist Nathaniel Branden.
Dr. Branden was intensely interested in what triggered the stunning progress he saw in successful psychotherapy clients.
"Radical transformation and extraordinary personal growth begin," observed Nathaniel Branden, "after they realize that no one is coming to the rescue."
Clients said, "When I finally allowed myself to face fully my own responsibility for my life, I began to grow and change."
Dr. Branden discovered that you empower yourself when you say and mean and act upon these declarations:
"I am responsible for the attainment of my desires and goals."
"I am responsible for my choices and actions."
Nathaniel Branden is right. You are the Prime Mover of your choices and actions. You are Dominant Cause of your decisions and behavior. And even when life deals you a bad hand, how you play it - how you respond - is up to you.
"No one is coming to the rescue," says Dr. Branden.
This toughlove truth pulses with power and energy.
No one is standing in your way.
No one is holding you back.
Your libertarian activism is in your hands. You can start where you are. You can start now. You don't have to wait for anyone.
Your libertarian conversations and discussions are in your hands. You can start with people you know. Or with people you don't.
Your libertarian education and skills are in your power. You can expand what you know about libertarian politics and free market economics. You can self-navigate the Web and go to quality libertarian
Web sites to become more knowledgeable and better informed. You can read Persuasion Power Points, listen to "the Essence of Political Persuasion," or come to "the Art of Libertarian Persuasion" Seminars to further develop your communication skills.
You can operate alone - or co-operate with other libertarians. It's up to you.
You are the driver of your choices and actions. You are the navigator of your direction and destination. Your actions will produce your consequences.
Have you ever said, "Someone ought to do something about this or that"? Well, you're someone.
If you want more libertarians, no one is coming to the rescue. No one is going to do it for you. It's up to you.
No one is holding you back. No one is standing in your way. You can initiate libertarian conversations and discussions. You can find more libertarians. Or persuade others to become libertarians.
If you want more libertarian activism in your community or state, no one is coming to save you. It's up to you.
You can get active. Yes, you. You can invite and enroll others. You can seek out ask for advice or guidance from effective libertarian activists. You can begin. And begin again. You can continue. Your activism will attract supporters and more activists.
"No one is coming to the rescue."
Helplessness won't get you rescued.
Waiting won't.
Dependency won't get you bailed out.
Rescue yourself. Rescue your life, liberty, and property.
Your life is in your hands. You control your choices and actions. You fuel and aim your behavior. Your make your own personal future with what you say and do. So, too, with your libertarian future.
"No one is coming to the rescue" is NOT the end of hope.
It is the beginning of personal responsibility. And the sunlit possibility of liberty.
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For a short and enjoyable introduction to the work of Nathaniel Branden, I recommend "The Power of Self-Esteem."
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Michael Cloud is Persuasion columnist for the Liberator Online and The Libertarian Communicator. In July 2000, at the Libertarian Party national convention, Cloud was voted the Most Persuasive Libertarian Communicator in America and honored with the Thomas Paine Award.
Michael Cloud is creator of "The Essence of Political Persuasion," the classic 3-tape libertarian communication course, available exclusively from the Advocates at the give-away price of only $7.50 postpaid
(includes shipping and postage!). For more information, or to order, click here:
www.TheAdvocates.org/epp-redirect.html
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No one is coming to set you free.
No one is on the way to restore your liberty.
No one is coming to rescue your life, liberty, and property.
That's great news, says psychologist Nathaniel Branden.
Dr. Branden was intensely interested in what triggered the stunning progress he saw in successful psychotherapy clients.
"Radical transformation and extraordinary personal growth begin," observed Nathaniel Branden, "after they realize that no one is coming to the rescue."
Clients said, "When I finally allowed myself to face fully my own responsibility for my life, I began to grow and change."
Dr. Branden discovered that you empower yourself when you say and mean and act upon these declarations:
"I am responsible for the attainment of my desires and goals."
"I am responsible for my choices and actions."
Nathaniel Branden is right. You are the Prime Mover of your choices and actions. You are Dominant Cause of your decisions and behavior. And even when life deals you a bad hand, how you play it - how you respond - is up to you.
"No one is coming to the rescue," says Dr. Branden.
This toughlove truth pulses with power and energy.
No one is standing in your way.
No one is holding you back.
Your libertarian activism is in your hands. You can start where you are. You can start now. You don't have to wait for anyone.
Your libertarian conversations and discussions are in your hands. You can start with people you know. Or with people you don't.
Your libertarian education and skills are in your power. You can expand what you know about libertarian politics and free market economics. You can self-navigate the Web and go to quality libertarian
Web sites to become more knowledgeable and better informed. You can read Persuasion Power Points, listen to "the Essence of Political Persuasion," or come to "the Art of Libertarian Persuasion" Seminars to further develop your communication skills.
You can operate alone - or co-operate with other libertarians. It's up to you.
You are the driver of your choices and actions. You are the navigator of your direction and destination. Your actions will produce your consequences.
Have you ever said, "Someone ought to do something about this or that"? Well, you're someone.
If you want more libertarians, no one is coming to the rescue. No one is going to do it for you. It's up to you.
No one is holding you back. No one is standing in your way. You can initiate libertarian conversations and discussions. You can find more libertarians. Or persuade others to become libertarians.
If you want more libertarian activism in your community or state, no one is coming to save you. It's up to you.
You can get active. Yes, you. You can invite and enroll others. You can seek out ask for advice or guidance from effective libertarian activists. You can begin. And begin again. You can continue. Your activism will attract supporters and more activists.
"No one is coming to the rescue."
Helplessness won't get you rescued.
Waiting won't.
Dependency won't get you bailed out.
Rescue yourself. Rescue your life, liberty, and property.
Your life is in your hands. You control your choices and actions. You fuel and aim your behavior. Your make your own personal future with what you say and do. So, too, with your libertarian future.
"No one is coming to the rescue" is NOT the end of hope.
It is the beginning of personal responsibility. And the sunlit possibility of liberty.
*********************
For a short and enjoyable introduction to the work of Nathaniel Branden, I recommend "The Power of Self-Esteem."
**********************
Michael Cloud is Persuasion columnist for the Liberator Online and The Libertarian Communicator. In July 2000, at the Libertarian Party national convention, Cloud was voted the Most Persuasive Libertarian Communicator in America and honored with the Thomas Paine Award.
Michael Cloud is creator of "The Essence of Political Persuasion," the classic 3-tape libertarian communication course, available exclusively from the Advocates at the give-away price of only $7.50 postpaid
(includes shipping and postage!). For more information, or to order, click here:
www.TheAdvocates.org/epp-redirect.html
...when he's around