by Annette Hatton

Created on: July 21, 2010   Last Updated: July 23, 2010

Unleash Your Power Your Talent

Within the heart of every person is the knowledge of a compelling power and at least one special talent. Both remain dormant, fettered and unused awaiting release. To that end we spent a good deal of time, energy and money to obtain every book, tape or CD and attend lectures, workshops and seminars hoping for something that will tell us how to unleash that power often labeled self-improvement. Here we are going to explore the art of unleashing an inherent awesome power, our special talent and kick the self-improvement habit.

Enthused while reading and practicing the proposed methods within a few days we loose interest. Unsatisfied, we need more so we buy into the next promise then the next and the next. Soon we became a self-improvement addict scouring shelves, catalogues and Internet for the next fix. We spiral down into an unsatisfied depressive pit of self-loathing, an apathetic abyss of self-disgust and ravenous incompleteness.

This addiction stems from the false illusion we swallowed, hook, line and sinker: In order to feel happy, we have to do more, be more, strive more, have more and push more. It is when we hit the wall and ask, “What am I doing? Is it worth it?” At that moment we stand at our crossroads.

When the Great Depression hit America in 1929 it lasted ten years. The stock market crashed. Most banks closed. Fortunes were lost. Forty percent of the homes and farms were on the foreclosure auction block. The homeless rate was the highest in the nation. Almost half the nation was unemployed. Suicide, drugs and alcoholism hit all-time highs. There were hunger marches, riots and full-scale rebellion. The entire populace of this country felt hopeless and was economically and psychologically drained.

To restore sanity and confidence, President Franklin D. Roosevelt brought together the best minds in the country asking for their input. He was determined to stop the depression and stimulate the country, both economically and psychologically.

Among all the submissions was one made by Napoleon Hill, who suggested newspapers stop printing bad news and print true stories of how the country was re-building and gaining strength. How individuals were winning, succeeding, becoming prosperous and overcoming their problems in the face of the current adversity.

All major media outlets began printing stories of inspiration rather than stories of despair. Guess what happened? The country re-built itself and learnt it is possible

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