Wed 14 Nov 2007
Looks like I started something with that “Thought if the Day”. I should have added a little more to it to clarify exactly what I was getting at, because I got some comments and emails from people who were a bit perplexed by it all.
The main point I was trying to get across was that by clearing your head of the mindset that you will only ever be what you are because that’s the way you are, you set in motion a series of events within you that will enable you to look at yourself in a new light.
To give you a personal example of what I mean, it hit me a while ago that I was merely living day to day and not really getting anywhere. I was reasonably content with my life, but that was all. I realized that I needed more in my life or it would pass me by and I’d be drawing my retirement pension looking back and thinking, “So what did I actually DO with my life?”
That may never happen to most people, as they may never have seen that there is anything different. So when they hit their retirement, they look back and can say with believe that they’ve had a good life. That’s fair enough and for most people it’s all they ever wanted out of life, so there are no regrets.
Maybe it’s just me and a small percentage of people with a similar mindset that tells us that what we have is NOT enough and that there is much more that we can achieve if only we knew how to do it.
We look at successful people not with envy, but with longing to achieve the same success.
Some of us do something about it and some of us don’t. The ones who don’t are the ones who will hit retirement and feel they wasted their lives. Others, like me and I’d hanker a guess that many forward thinking Internet Marketers are of a similar belief, are the ones that have got off their backsides and said to themselves “I CAN make a difference to my life.”
I believe that through my own hard work coupled with my belief in myself and my abilities, that I can break out of the mundane comfort zone of life and lift myself up by my bootstraps. I’ve set myself a very high goal and believe with a positivity that is absolute that I will achieve it. I will achieve that goal through my own hard work and determination.
To that end, I haven’t set any time limit, because I also know my own limitations and know myself well enough not to restrict myself in any way by enforcing any limits. That way, my own creativity and positive determination have combined to form a force for success that is unstoppable.
Get that belief into your head and nothing anyone else can say to you can dampen your belief.
Sure, there will be people aplenty who will try to knock you back by saying, “You’ll never make any money doing that…” or “Why don’t you get yourself a real job like so-and-so…” and negative stuff like that. Or they’ll simply look at you as if you’ve got a screw loose when you explain to them what you’re out to achieve. Have too many people like that around you and you’ll find yourself drowning in a sea of negativity.
To that end, you may well find yourself ignoring negative people and gravitating towards other positive people. Because when you surround yourself with other “Can Do” types, positive people who will push you forward, you’ll be even more positive in yourself.
Once your mindset has been clicked into the right frame of positivity and belief in your ability to achieve your goal, then and only then can you set about making it happen. You’ll throw yourself into your work with an almost obsessive passion and nothing will dampen your spirits because you’ll know – and I mean really KNOW – that you are working towards your goal and that every day brings you a step closer to achieving it. And no one can tell you different!
So that’s the power of positive thinking and positive action combined to bring about success.
If you’re content with your life as it is, or your financial situation is comfortable, then don’t rock your boat because it’s not for you.
I’m not content with my financial situation and I’m changing it!
