Why do we make the choices we do? What makes some people persevere and take risks to achieve their goals while others seem stuck or locked into an unfulfilling position for years? Here is the answer, my friend: Your beliefs shape your life and behavior!
We become what we think about, what we wish we were; and when we’re possessed by an exciting goal, we reach it. It’s as simple as that! That is why it has been said: ‘Be choosy, therefore, of what you set your heart upon. For if you want it strongly enough, you will get it.’
Goals are the very basis of any success – the definition of success itself! Yet success does not lie in the achievement of a goal, but in the journey toward that goal. We are successful as long as we are working toward something we want to bring about in our lives. That’s when the human being is at his/her best.
Being successful is not far off place. It’s even closer than we think if we have the mindset to see the opportunities to our best life. Being successful is not about making the right move every time; it’s about ‘maximizing’ those moves.
The first step in preparing for this ‘success voyage’ is believing in yourself; if you don’t think well of yourself, no one else will and you will surely miss some opportunities. So the way you feel about yourself matters and has a direct influence upon your success, which, as a result of a positive attitude, would enter your life easily and effortlessly from all around you. Wouldn’t we all like that? Just think about it!
Even though scientists have not completely figured out where thoughts come from, psychologists state that thoughts are generated by our beliefs. So, if you believe you are worthy of something, you will think thoughts to support that belief and draw it into your life.
You have to believe you deserve it, to feel worthy of success and welcome it into your life! Start making a plan, visualize it and verbalize your desire. Then, just as your thoughts and intentions call new opportunities you must be willing to act upon their arrival. Make a plan, include the necessary steps in achieving the success you desire and start moving to that direction! I know…this may imply serious changes in your daily routine, a certain amount of effort, maybe a series of things you have neither done before nor thought of. Are you getting nervous about it already? Come on! Be flexible and stay open, for as long as you believe you can do it, you will. You might even discover that your plans have been too small and life has something better in store for you. You are entitled to adjust your plan to the newly-encountered situation. Think even bigger! You know you are worthy of what you desire.
The feeling of worth is one of the foundations of a worthy self-esteem. When you feel you are worthy, you believe it is your right to be happy and get the reward that you deserve for your efforts. When your self worth is low, you may believe that you are not entitled to what is on offer and you may walk away from a life-changing opportunity and even let other people take advantage of you unfairly.
Self worth is a positive thing, which, of course, does not mean we are superior to other people and they must be eliminated from the competition of life. It is inwardly focused on us, it means we respect ourselves and deserve the respect of others, it means that our happiness or fulfillment is worth pursuing.
When you start believing in your potential, you can clearly get that vision of your future in the shape you really want it to be, because you know you deserve it, you are worthy of what’s best in this life.
You might ask yourselves: ‘How the heck are we supposed to get to believe we are worthy?’ Hello!... It is not quite a difficult process. We must simply start by doing the exercise called "You are worthy of success". Write down a few things that you are either grateful for or proud of. They don’t have to be very big things, you may not have had the opportunity of proving to the world how special you are just yet, but you know it, you know there have been some moments in your life when you felt proud of something you said or did that reflected in other people’s eyes and those moments meant something to you and to others. Then think of other moments when you felt grateful for something that life (or somebody) had just offered you and - I assure you - they were not just ‘accidents’, you really deserved them, they were not gifts, but rewards for being yourself, saying or doing what you did.
With this ‘powerful’ list in your mind you will become aware of your value as a human being and start thinking even further and trying yourself much more, for the more you believe in yourself the more you are likely to prove you can do!
Looking back to the history of mankind, to the greatest leaders of nations who climbed the highest peaks that mortals could, we can draw this one very sane conclusion: They could not have achieved their goals in life unless they had strongly believed in their power to change things, to reach certain levels, unless they had seen themselves worthy of what they desired, worthy of success. You don’t have to be a leader to think big and move mountains for the sake of mankind; you must only think of yourself and what is best for you; set the appropriate goals ahead of you and start pursuing those goals believing that you can do IT! If you believe it, it will be!
To sum up, there are some basic elements that lead to the desired outcome: You, your plan or path, the actions and behavior and the goal itself.
The belief you will develop around each element will form a winning belief system that will empower you in achieving anything you really want in life. This is how to build unstoppable confidence and self-esteem. When we talk about the Law of Attraction, it all comes down to beliefs. When we talk about dreams, goals, independence, freedom, it all comes down to beliefs. If you truly believe in yourself, you can do ANYTHING!
Sam Santiago
Monday, September 24, 2007
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Simple Ways To Relieving Stress And Anxiety In Our Lives
Why are we so stressed, why are we so full of anxiety these days? Is there so much pressure on us these days that we have to conform to every one else in society that we have forgotten who we are as people and that we have forgotten what we want in our life.It seems life of today is just one big competition of keeping up with the ego.
The media of today are always throwing so many ads on TV on how you can get this great car, stereo, Plasma TV, house, house extension or just more money and buy what you want for this interest free period and how easy it is to get ourselves into more debt. Then there’s more stress and anxiety in our lives because of debt.
People of today have forgotten how to think for themselves, they spend so much time in front of the TV that they don’t have to think, it’s all put in front of them. There are so many subliminal messages coming from the TV. Go do a search on subliminal messages on the TV; you would be surprised on how you are being programmed. Do you want to be programmed?
How about giving up TV all together. I gave up TV 4 years ago now and don’t miss it at all. I gave up newspapers and radio. Now I don’t have the media portraying to me how I feel today I make the decision how I feel today. People ask me but how do you know what’s going in the world? If I really want to know I can look it up on the internet and I read the story for myself, you always know what’s going on around the world but you know what you want to know not what the media thinks you should know. Yes we do have choices and options in this world and if we are in control of what is being fed to our brains then the less anxiety and stress we are going to have in our lives because we are taking control. Wouldn’t it be an interesting concept that if we had a no TV for a week campaign.
So what do you do instead of TV, how about some music, think about it, when one of your favorite songs come on the radio how do you feel, you feel great and you smile. Then there are other songs that can make you feel sad. So if music can do that to you what is TV doing to you. So for a week try playing all your favorite music every night for a week, play music that is relaxing while you unwind from work and eat your dinner don’t watch the news.
Then after dinner you can play high vibration music and turn it up loud let the music vibrate through your body dance around the house and sing, the worst that can happen while you’re doing this is you will probably let go, let go of what? Well that’s it isn’t? Let go of all that doesn’t really matter anyway and you will feel good again and that’s what is important it’s about you not anyone else. Learn to let go it’s the only way to go in getting rid of stress and anxiety in your life.
This article was written by Cynthia Kerry for more information on how to conquer anxiety in your life and a list of high vibration music you can play to let go: http://www.anxiety.guide-7.com
Cynthia Kerry
The media of today are always throwing so many ads on TV on how you can get this great car, stereo, Plasma TV, house, house extension or just more money and buy what you want for this interest free period and how easy it is to get ourselves into more debt. Then there’s more stress and anxiety in our lives because of debt.
People of today have forgotten how to think for themselves, they spend so much time in front of the TV that they don’t have to think, it’s all put in front of them. There are so many subliminal messages coming from the TV. Go do a search on subliminal messages on the TV; you would be surprised on how you are being programmed. Do you want to be programmed?
How about giving up TV all together. I gave up TV 4 years ago now and don’t miss it at all. I gave up newspapers and radio. Now I don’t have the media portraying to me how I feel today I make the decision how I feel today. People ask me but how do you know what’s going in the world? If I really want to know I can look it up on the internet and I read the story for myself, you always know what’s going on around the world but you know what you want to know not what the media thinks you should know. Yes we do have choices and options in this world and if we are in control of what is being fed to our brains then the less anxiety and stress we are going to have in our lives because we are taking control. Wouldn’t it be an interesting concept that if we had a no TV for a week campaign.
So what do you do instead of TV, how about some music, think about it, when one of your favorite songs come on the radio how do you feel, you feel great and you smile. Then there are other songs that can make you feel sad. So if music can do that to you what is TV doing to you. So for a week try playing all your favorite music every night for a week, play music that is relaxing while you unwind from work and eat your dinner don’t watch the news.
Then after dinner you can play high vibration music and turn it up loud let the music vibrate through your body dance around the house and sing, the worst that can happen while you’re doing this is you will probably let go, let go of what? Well that’s it isn’t? Let go of all that doesn’t really matter anyway and you will feel good again and that’s what is important it’s about you not anyone else. Learn to let go it’s the only way to go in getting rid of stress and anxiety in your life.
This article was written by Cynthia Kerry for more information on how to conquer anxiety in your life and a list of high vibration music you can play to let go: http://www.anxiety.guide-7.com
Cynthia Kerry
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