The Pledge, Your Master Plan For An Abundant Life
March 7, 2011 in Personal Development
Copyright © 2011 Scott F Paradis
“If I didn’t change myself, my life wouldn’t change – not then or ever.” was Michael Masterson’s (writing under a pen name) defining realization offered in the opening of “The Pledge, Your Master Plan for an Abundant Life”. Masterson was bright and capable, but up until that moment committed to mediocrity. In an instant he realized that if he wanted to live a full and fulfilling life – he had to change.
In “The Pledge” Masterson emphasizes “taking action” as the seminal means to achieving success. In example after example he illustrates how “most people” never realize their full potential, nor achieve their most cherished dreams because they are immobilized by fear or ignorance, or are willing to live with an uneasy satisfaction for the status quo. People fail because they aren’t willing to imagine, plan and take deliberate action.