It’s All in Your Head

Yep, today I am talking about self talk, those things you affirm daily that lead to results-good, bad or indifferent.

What do I mean? Ever hear someone say, I’m so clumsy, I’m so stupid, I’m so forgetful, I’m so disorganized? Or any number of other statements that are affirmations disguised as self-deprecation. Those are also things that people say to themselves over and over like a personal mantra and all affirmations lead to results.

So the trick is to form a habit of saying things to yourself that lead to good results like I can and I know I can or any other of a million self empowering affirmations.

You can do it and I know you can.

An Excerpt

Today I share part of an article by the late Jim Rohn. You can find the rest of the article at

http://www.jimrohn.com

 

The Formula for Failure and Success by Jim Rohn

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. We do not fail overnight. Failure is the inevitable result of an accumulation of poor thinking and poor choices. To put it more simply, failure is nothing more than a few errors in judgment repeated every day. Now why would someone make an error in judgment and then be so foolish as to repeat it every day?

The answer is because he or she does not think that it matters.

On their own, our daily acts do not seem that important. A minor oversight, a poor decision, or a wasted hour generally doesn't result in an instant and measurable impact. More often than not, we escape from any immediate consequences of our deeds.

If we have not bothered to read a single book in the past ninety days, this lack of discipline does not seem to have any immediate impact on our lives. And since nothing drastic happened to us after the first ninety days, we repeat this error in judgment for another ninety days, and on and on it goes. Why? Because it doesn't seem to matter. And herein lies the great danger. Far worse than not reading the books is not even realizing that it matters!

Recommended Reading

I thought I would list some of the materials that are recommended for self growth;

Leveraging the Universe   Mike Dooley (audio)

The Magic of Believing   Claude Bristol

The Richest Man in Babylon  George Clason

See You at the Top Zig Ziglar

The Type Z Guide to Success Marc Allen

The Prosperity Series  Randy Gage

The Art of the Deal  Donald Trump

The Power of the Subconscious Mind  Joseph Murphy

Think Yourself Rich  Joseph Murphy

Your Infinite Power to be Rich Joseph Murphy

Think & Grow Rich    Napoleon Hill

Rich Dad Poor Dad    Robert Kiyosaki

How to Win Friends & Influence People   Dale Carnegie

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind   T Harv Eker

You Can Heal Your Life   Louise Hay

Your Best Life Now or Become a Better You   Joel Osteen

Notes from a Friend   or Awaken the Giant Within  Anthony Robbins                                                

Anything by Jim Rohn

The Secret (video)

Down the Rabbit Hole (video)

I could go on and on but this is a good start for anyone that is interested.

Seeing is Believing?

I decided the best way to illustrate my point today is to share part of a song by the Moody Blues;

 Cold hearted orb that rules the night, removes the colors from our sight, red is grey and yellow while, but we decide which is real and which is an illusion.

That is something to really think about; what if everything you think you see is an illusion? Or maybe you just need to see things in the proper light to see the reality? Either way, illusion surrounds us all because of our filters of education-memes and facts and it is up to us to discover what is real and what is an illusion, to take whatever it is out and examine it in the light and then change it if we don’t like it.

Hitting the Wall

Lots of people tell me that they are stuck because every time they try to move forward they seem to run into a wall and that stops them. There are a few important things to remember here;

Is it really a wall? or is it just a challenge that you must overcome? Are you doing your best with what you have right now? Say you hate your job; do you still do that job to the best of your ability or do you phone it in? You are not likely to get something better if you aren’t doing your best right where you are.

Another thing is that many people start to move forward and then fear sets in or deep down inside they don’t feel worthy to begin with. Recognize that you can have what you believe you can have and that you are worthy of whatever you get.

Also, people often want to decide how a thing will happen. That won’t work; sure you can plan for how you’d like to move forward but if the universe shoves you in another direction then maybe the universe is trying to tell you something and you need to pay attention.

And last but not least; is it just an illusion that feels real? But really, that is a thought for another post I think.

Are You in Tune With Nature?

Maybe you think that is a strange question-or maybe you think I am asking if you are ‘green’ but no, I mean are you moving forward, standing still or moving backward?

In nature, all things move forward and you can try to stand still or let yourself fall behind but nature has a way of making things uncomfortable enough that you are forced out of wherever you are.

So if you are currently being ‘poked & prodded’ out of your element then it is time to embrace that and start studying, planning and putting in some effort to work toward your goals. You have gifts, talents and abilities in a unique combination that makes attaining what you want, possible.

All that is required is for you to have a desire and work toward it, without giving up, until you achieve it. Maybe you’ll have to make some adjustments along the way-that’s okay-we all have to do that. Seldom does everything happen just the way you plan it to, but it can never happen if you give up or settle.

As Nike says; Just do it.

My Words Exactly

Ever heard of the game of telephone? The person at one end of the line whispers something to the person next to them and so on down the line until the last person says what they were told and then everyone has a good laugh because it is always so different than what the first person said. There are several reasons for this; we hear what we want to hear, we filter what we hear through our own experiences and beliefs and we don’t always practice good listening skills.

So this kind of goes with that statement ‘You can be anything you want to be.’ Most people don’t really believe that statement from the get go and an example of that would be telling that to a little girl and having her respond ‘I can’t be the Pope’ which would make me say look at the statement again; you can be anything you want to be. Again, I say what is said is not always what is heard. But I digress; It’s the burning desire that makes the seemingly impossible possible. We only pursue with conviction and persistence what we truly want so if we try for something, don’t get it and then give up, we tend to think its impossible instead of thinking ‘I didn’t want it as much as I thought I did.’

So where am I going with all this? Get our your goal list. These days many people call this a bucket list; how many things have you checked off on your goal list? If it is not several at least, then it is time to ask yourself; what is it that I really want? And then find your answers and then make it happen because no one else will.

Everyone Needs Some Exercise!

Yeah, I think everyone has gotten the word that they need to exercise their body but did you know that you also need to exercise your mind? Indeed, the mind and body both need their own food and exercise. The food part is easy, you just read, watch or listen to the recommended personal development materials and once you develop the discipline, the exercise part is easy too.

The exercise I recommend you start with is easy and will really pay off for you-if you do it. Instead of doing what most people do right before they go to sleep, and no, I don’t mean say your prayers, most of you do this after prayers; most people either run through the list of what they need to do tomorrow or they go over what they did or didn’t do today.

I say why not replace that with the imagination exercise; go to sleep with thoughts of victory. If you want a better job, better car, better house, whatever better you want, imagine yourself already having it. How would that feel? Feel that way, see yourself in the job, car, house, whatever and go to sleep with thoughts of satisfaction. If you want more money, improved health, a new or better relationship, imagine what that would feel like and visualize that til you fall asleep.

I promise if you do this, when you wake up it will be in a better frame of mind, your day will go better and you will move toward whatever goal you have. Don’t believe me? Try this, for the next week, do what you normally do and write down in the morning how you feel when you wake up, what dreams you remember, how your day goes, etc, then try this exercise for a week and track the same stats. And then, when you realize I am right, you can continue doing this exercise for the rest of your life.

Remember When?

I have been seeing a television commercial lately for AT & T. You have probably seen it too, it’s the one that shows a real city and has ‘cartoon’ images in it as well with part of a song and then the announcer says ‘Remember when you were five and anything was possible? Happy fifth birthday again.’

It always makes me wonder how many people are reminded of when they were five and anything was possible. Of course one does not have to be five to think that anything is possible but usually most people don’t believe that just anything is possible so they pass that along to all the five year olds til they no longer believe that anything is possible. So what happens for pretty much all of us is that programming takes over and convinces us that our possibilities are limited. So how do you get it back? Good question.

The short answer is that you study success, you study the people who have done what was thought to be impossible and see how they made it possible. And then you get inspired to make what you want possible.