Thursday, August 02, 2007
The Role of Belief in Success
Have you heard someone saying this: "If it's so darn easy like what the books and seminars teach, how come I'm not a millionaire?" Questions like that are asked every day; in fact you probably ask those very similar questions. Have you ever asked questions like these; “if it is so easy then why am I not a ….” Or “if it is so easy why can’t I do …”
I don't have the answer. Everyone is different and has different dreams, wants, needs and abilities. You will be struggling until you realize the potential of what you are about to discover; the big secret of success: Belief in yourself.
Believe it or not, the limitations we experience in life are often the result of our own mental limitations. You probably have many limiting beliefs that control your life. If you didn’t you would have all you desire and be happy all the time.
So what are limiting beliefs? These are sayings like; “you can’t do that” and “that is impossible” and “that is unsolvable.” These are things you learned throughout your life that were taught to you by your relatives, friends, well meaning people and your parents.
About the time you gave up your childhood dreams to “become mature”, is about the time you were given many lectures by those around you that for some reason you could not have that dream. What dream did you have that those around you could not support and help you realize? To not have that dream means you accepted and hold limiting beliefs about yourself and what you can do. What you have learned is to not believe in your self.
It is very interesting how our brain is receptive towards advice from an authority figure. Do you remember those limiting beliefs the well meaning people instilled in you? Do you remember what your dream was? There are lots of stories of poor people becoming rich, stupid people becoming gurus, weak people becoming athletes, and uneducated people becoming business owners. The difference between them and you is the limiting beliefs you hold about your self.
So let us say that you want to be a millionaire, what is holding you back? Let’s take a quick look at you and what you believe. Do you believe you can make one hundred dollars? Do you believe you can make one thousand dollars then? Can you see yourself making ten thousand dollars? Do you believe you can make one hundred thousand dollars? Do you think you could produce five hundred thousand? How about; do you believe that you could own a million dollars?
Chances are; you already hold some sort of limitation in your mind, one of those amounts you did not believe you could have. When you saw those dollar amounts somewhere up the chain you stopped because you felt you could not have that. There is a limiting belief there holding you to an amount that you believe you can make.
We can be motivated thinkers but the problem is we're somehow programmed not to think big, but you don't have to bow down to your mind's limits. Instead, you can be open and be free. You can choose to make more. All you need to do is free your mind and believe that you can. So who is going to sue you if you think big? The answer is; not a single person, you are in control of your thoughts and beliefs. No one can think for you, it is all you.
The truth is if you can make a hundred, then you can make ten thousand, after all, it's just a matter of replicating what works, leveraging your previous success to snowball it into more success, and so on. But of course many people don't shoot from hundreds to thousands overnight. Their mind needs to adjust to the idea. If you could free your mind, then you could meet your goals quicker.
Hence the big question: how can you ever get to a higher level if your mind isn't ready? The answer is to start taking smaller steps. You see, many people do it the other way. When they decide they want something, they take big steps to get what they want. For example, if they want to make thousands of dollars a month, they roll out big plans for big businesses.
But if their mind isn't ready for this type of success, they won't get there. Maybe they'll sabotage themselves by doing something like choosing bad business partners or making other poor decisions. Forget about those big steps. If your mind isn't ready, it won't work. Instead, take small steps to begin building bridges between what you know you can do and what you want to do.
Believe it or not you can be anyone and do anything you will to. Now you just need to free your mind to believe that you can do it. Once you truly and fully accept that you can do it; you will do it. Successful people know that training their mind to accept success is a very important task.
So it's to your own advantage to think big rather than small, isn't it? You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Be Blessed
I don't have the answer. Everyone is different and has different dreams, wants, needs and abilities. You will be struggling until you realize the potential of what you are about to discover; the big secret of success: Belief in yourself.
Believe it or not, the limitations we experience in life are often the result of our own mental limitations. You probably have many limiting beliefs that control your life. If you didn’t you would have all you desire and be happy all the time.
So what are limiting beliefs? These are sayings like; “you can’t do that” and “that is impossible” and “that is unsolvable.” These are things you learned throughout your life that were taught to you by your relatives, friends, well meaning people and your parents.
About the time you gave up your childhood dreams to “become mature”, is about the time you were given many lectures by those around you that for some reason you could not have that dream. What dream did you have that those around you could not support and help you realize? To not have that dream means you accepted and hold limiting beliefs about yourself and what you can do. What you have learned is to not believe in your self.
It is very interesting how our brain is receptive towards advice from an authority figure. Do you remember those limiting beliefs the well meaning people instilled in you? Do you remember what your dream was? There are lots of stories of poor people becoming rich, stupid people becoming gurus, weak people becoming athletes, and uneducated people becoming business owners. The difference between them and you is the limiting beliefs you hold about your self.
So let us say that you want to be a millionaire, what is holding you back? Let’s take a quick look at you and what you believe. Do you believe you can make one hundred dollars? Do you believe you can make one thousand dollars then? Can you see yourself making ten thousand dollars? Do you believe you can make one hundred thousand dollars? Do you think you could produce five hundred thousand? How about; do you believe that you could own a million dollars?
Chances are; you already hold some sort of limitation in your mind, one of those amounts you did not believe you could have. When you saw those dollar amounts somewhere up the chain you stopped because you felt you could not have that. There is a limiting belief there holding you to an amount that you believe you can make.
We can be motivated thinkers but the problem is we're somehow programmed not to think big, but you don't have to bow down to your mind's limits. Instead, you can be open and be free. You can choose to make more. All you need to do is free your mind and believe that you can. So who is going to sue you if you think big? The answer is; not a single person, you are in control of your thoughts and beliefs. No one can think for you, it is all you.
The truth is if you can make a hundred, then you can make ten thousand, after all, it's just a matter of replicating what works, leveraging your previous success to snowball it into more success, and so on. But of course many people don't shoot from hundreds to thousands overnight. Their mind needs to adjust to the idea. If you could free your mind, then you could meet your goals quicker.
Hence the big question: how can you ever get to a higher level if your mind isn't ready? The answer is to start taking smaller steps. You see, many people do it the other way. When they decide they want something, they take big steps to get what they want. For example, if they want to make thousands of dollars a month, they roll out big plans for big businesses.
But if their mind isn't ready for this type of success, they won't get there. Maybe they'll sabotage themselves by doing something like choosing bad business partners or making other poor decisions. Forget about those big steps. If your mind isn't ready, it won't work. Instead, take small steps to begin building bridges between what you know you can do and what you want to do.
Believe it or not you can be anyone and do anything you will to. Now you just need to free your mind to believe that you can do it. Once you truly and fully accept that you can do it; you will do it. Successful people know that training their mind to accept success is a very important task.
So it's to your own advantage to think big rather than small, isn't it? You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Be Blessed
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