Do you know what you want?
Do you believe you will achieve it?
If not, why not?
Is there a force, a something, a power or factor, call it what you will…which a few people understand and use to overcome their difficulties and achieve enormous success?
You have often heard it said that if you believe you can do something, you can do it! An old Latin proverb says, “Believe that you have it and you have it.” Belief is the motivating force that enables you to achieve your goal.
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
The secret of success lies not without, but within the thoughts of man. You are the product of your own thought.
What you believe yourself to be, you are.
All great achievement and discoveries begin with thought. Your thoughts, those that predominate, determine your character, your career, indeed your everyday life. Thus it becomes easy to understand what is meant by the statement that a man’s thoughts make or break him or her.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so!
HARD WORK ALONE WILL NOT BRING SUCCESS
The world is filled with with people who have worked hard, long hours…day in and day out for months and years. Yet, have little to show for it. Why?
Something more than hard work is necessary: it is creative thinking and firm belief in your ability to execute your ideas. The successful man or women in history have succeeded through their thinking. There hands were merely helpers to their brains.
An important point to remember is that one essential to success is that your DESIRE be an all-obsessing one. Your thoughts and goals need to have focused energy without ceasing.
Whatever it is that you want, you must be willing to make it an objective, a burning desire in your life.
DETERMINE WHAT YOU WANT
What is it that you want? What do you Desire?
Starting with a general idea that you merely want to be a success, as most people do, is too fuzzy. Not definitive enough. You must have a mental picture clearly drawn in your mind.
Ask yourself, Where are I headed?
- What is my goal?
- Have I visualized just what I really want?
If success for you is to be measured in terms of wealth, can you fix the amount in figures? If in terms of achievement, can you specify it definitely?
Strange as it might seem, studies show that not one in a hundred people can answer these questions. Most people have a general idea that they would like to be a success, but beyond that everything if fuzzy and vague. They merely go from day to day figuring that if they have a job today or company today they will have one tomorrow.
Are things changing in today’s business world? Are they changing faster or slower? In the future will they move faster or slower?
“If you don’t know where your’re going, any old road will take your there.”
Most people are like a cork on the water floating aimlessly, drawn this way and that way bu the various currents, and either being washed up on the shore, or becoming waterlogged and eventually sinking.
Therefore it is vital that you know exactly what you want out of life. You must know where you are headed, and you must keep a fixed goal in view. You must have a fixed idea before you’ll obtain what you are after.
NEED VS. DESIRE
Did you know that there is a difference in a need versus a desire? In today’s modern society we pretty much have what we need, especially compared to other countries.
For example you may desire an newer fancy car, yet truth be told…the old one is just fine and does what it is intended to do.
It is DESIRE for something new, something different, something that is going to change your life, that causes you to make an extra effort. It is the POWER OF BELIEVING that alone sets into motion those inner forces by which you add what I call PLUS-VALUES to your life.
So you begin with desire if you ever hope to achieve anything or gain more than you have now. It is the prime motivating force in all of us and without an all-consuming desire, nothing can be achieved or gained. However, as you continue this journey, there is more to it than mere desire.
THOUGHTS ARE THINGS
We’ve all heard the remark, “IF you go out in the cold not bundled up you’ll catch a deathly cold” Some might, but most won’t. Why? Maybe you were taught since early childhood that you need to do that. Some people have a fear of drafts, that they will catch colds.
“Thought creates after it’s kind.” Thought attracts that upon which it is directed.
Our fear thoughts are just as creative or just as compelling in attracting troubles to us as are the constructive and positive thoughts in attracting positive results.
So, no matter what the character of the thought, it does create after its kind. When this sinks into a man’s consciousness, he gets some inkling of the awe-inspiring power which is his to use.
About Blair
Blair Evan Ball is a Social Media Coach and founder of Prepare1, a company that works with businesses, individuals and non-profits. He is a former executive with a Fortune 50 company, and his national division did $1Billion+ in sales annually.
Blair has written three e-books: Facebook for Business Made Easy, Facebook Pages for Business Made Easy, and WordPress Blog Setup Made Easy.
Blair also educates, trains entrepreneurs and business professionals how to amplify their brand, increase revenues, and raise more funds.
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