The Power of the Mind and Believing

"Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail"

Charles F. Kettering

The mind is the most powerful part of the human body. The power of this amazing part inside each and every one of us is evident in the Placebo effect. The placebo effect occurs during the course of an experiment when a test subject believes they have undergone a treatment (when they actually have not) and receives the same benefits as those that actually did receive the treatment.

In order for the people who thought they were receiving the treatment to see the same results as those that did, an additional factor must have been confounding the results. When all other variables have been accounted for, the only possible explanation for the ending of pain, the curing of cancer, and the healing of ulcers is the human mind.

However, the mind can work against you as easily as it can work for you. If you truly think that you cannot succeed, you will not succeed. This is a guarantee. However, if your mind blocks out all possibility of failure and truly believes that you are able to succeed, it will find a way to make your goal a reality. The most important thing for you to learn how to do is believe in yourself. Once your mind can be programmed to do so, all of the brick walls standing in your way will become passable, all of the mountains blocking your path of success will become insignificant, and all metal blocks that have prevented you from living the life you want will be lifted.

"Believe it can be done. When you believe that something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution."

David Joseph Schwartz

All of you currently possess the greatest resource available to succeed. Once you are able to corral its immense powers through belief in yourself, your future will be boundless.

8 Steps to Successful Goal Setting

“A goal is a dream with a deadline”

Napoleon Hill

1. Determine what you want

If you are not aware of what you want to achieve in life, you will never be able to achieve it. When you become aware of what you want, you are that much closer to achieving it

2. Write your goals down

This step, which happens to be one of the most important, is the one that is often overlooked. When you put your goals down in writing they become permanent. In addition, when they are written down they become clearly defined and are no longer simply thoughts rambling through our extraordinary brains. When you do write them, ensure that they are positive. Instead of saying “I want” or “I hope to be” say “I will be” or better yet say “I am” or “I have”.

3. Write down the reasons you want to achieve this goal.

When the reasons are written down, they become more real. As a result, they provide better motivation and can be easily referenced. I suggest spending at least ten minutes doing this step. When you get near the end of this time, try as hard as you can to continue writing down reasons. After the most obvious motivations have been put down on paper, you will be amazed at what other reasons/motivations your mind can come up with. It is usually these late addition motivations that are able to keep people striving to achieve their goals.

4. Come up with a time table for your goals

Goals are simply dreams with a time line. When this time stamp is added to our dreams, they become more practical and are not longer simply dreams. In addition, setting a time table and sticking to it will ensure that your goals actually become realities and not simply a plan to do in the future

5. Come up with a game plan

Determine the exact steps you will need to take to achieve this goal. By breaking it down into smaller pieces, it will appear to be easier to achieve.

6. Read your goals every day

When you write down yours goals and the motivations behind them, I suggest doing so in a notebook that can be kept by your bed. Read both the goals and the motivations every day before you go to bed or after you wake up. This will keep the goal fresh in your mind and will allow you to continually strive to achieve them.

7. Visualize yourself achieving the goals

This step can be done at the same time you read your goals. While you think about all of the motivating factors, try to picture yourself fulfilling all of these factors. Try to think about how all of the aspects of your life will be improved and how your quality of life will be improved.

8. Never give up on your goals

If your mind truly believes it can accomplish the goals, it will be able to. If your timetable expires before you are able to achieve them, simply ask yourself why you were not successful. After trying to figure it out, set a new timetable and a new game plan to try to improve upon your last attempt. Never giving up will ensure that your goals come true!

Motivational Mondays

Today is the first Motivational Monday. Every Monday, I will post five motivational quotes that I hope will provide some inspiration to all of you (or at the very least provoke some thought).

"The difference between a successful person and others is
not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge,
but rather a lack of will."
Vincent T. Lombardi

"Unless you're willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have
another go, success won't happen."
Philip Adams

"Health, happiness and success depend upon the fighting
spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in
life- but what we do about what happens to us."
George Allen

"Success does not come to those who wait... and it does not wait
for anyone to come to it."
Anonymous

"The key to happiness is having dreams. The key to success is
making your dreams come true."
Anonymous

The Blame Game: It’s Time to Stop

Everyone in this world is guilty of playing what I like to call the blame game. When this game is played, you believe that nothing that happens is your fault. You always seem to find a way to blame others for your “failures” and never take responsibly for your own actions. Examples of the blame game include

“It’s not my fault”
“He/she made me do it”
“I couldn’t say no”
“I was forced to do it”

However, this game is one that must stop immediately to invite success back into your life. You must realize that YOU have control over everything that happens in your life. YOU are the one who can control whether or not you succeed in life. When you are able to accept that you are in complete control over your life you will be able to dictate every aspect. Instead of saying that “I couldn’t say no”, instead ask yourself “what did I do to force myself into that situation”. Every event that occurs in life is brought about by you. By taking a step back from the situation to figure out what you did to cause an event will allow you to end the blame game that has been plaguing our society and will allow you to realize the true power that you have over your life.

Instead of using the statements above in your life, start taking control of your own life by saying

“I caused this event to occur”
“I was the one to make the mistake”
“What can I do to fix my mistake?”

By making this one small change, you will jumpstart your life down the trail of success. Blaming others for your mistakes causes you to never change your old habits that have caused your problems in the past. When you realize what habits are causing you to stay in the abusive relationship, to give into the pressure of peers so easily, to turn to alcohol you will be able to rectify these habits and make them lead down the path of success.

Success v Failure

The first key to success is defining what the terms success and failure mean to YOU. It is important that these terms are defined by you and not by someone else. Only when you truly have a definition of what it means to be successful and what it means to fail can you concentrate your visualization and efforts on living in the successful category.

To me, success is defined as striving to achieve one’s goals without accepting failure as an option. This does not mean that every time I do not reach a goal I fail. Quit the opposite. To me, not achieving my set goals and continuing to strive for them is considered a success. This is because when failure is not on one’s mind, success if the only option available. Like my definition of success, failure is when one does not achieve the goals set out and accepts that the goal will never be accomplished. When a mind begins to think about the possibility of failure, the body has a tendency to follow and end up failing.

As you sit and think about your own definitions of success and failure, make sure that you allow success to be always achievable. Only once you are able to eliminate all of the thoughts of failure will you be able to change your life into one that only incorporates success. While this is only the beginning of a long process of change, it is a vital step in the process of mentally knocking down all of the brick walls that your mind places in between you and your goals.

Welcome!

Hi everyone! This is my first blog so it may take me a little while to get used to it. My goal here is to provide a place where I can share my desire to strive for personal success. I will talk about what is required to take control over your life, how to prepare yourself for success, and ultimately acheive the success you so desperately want in life.

In addition, I will share pieces of my life and my attempt at making money online. I am currently testing out ways of collecting revenue online and will share any successes as well as failures with you. I hope you check back regualrly to see what I have to offer.