We all want success in life. We want success in
our home life, business life, and in our relationships with others. The most
important single factor that guarantees our success in every aspect of our
lives is having a positive attitude. Without a positive attitude success is not
possible. Earl Nightingale call attitude "the magic word."
You will never attract positive things into your
life if all of your thoughts are negative. Just as a magnet attracts anything
metal our minds attract the things we think about most. Your mind will always
seek to turn the things you think about most into physical reality. Ralph Waldo
Emerson wrote, "A man becomes what he thinks about, most of the
time."
Every one of us has two different minds, the conscious
and the subconscious. The conscious mind is our thinking, which uses logic,
deduction, reason, and sound judgment to make its decisions. Your choices in
life are made by the conscious mind.
The subconscious mind lies outside your
conscious mind. It has access to data, information, and ideas outside your own
experience. Your subconscious mind works 24 hours a day and it is the source of
all examples of pure creativity, problem solving, and goal achievement. It is a
magical part of your mind, it is the part of your mind
where genius lies.
Our subconscious mind is not able to distinguish
between positive and negative thoughts. So, if you tell yourself something
often enough your subconscious will eventually come to
believe it. If you repeat something often enough whether it be positive or
negative it will become your reality. This is because your subconscious mind
constantly strives to attract the material equivalent of your most frequent and
prominent thoughts.
It is impossible for a negative mind to attract
positive things. If you're thinking about problems constantly you will find
them. Is it possible to overcome negative and pessimistic thinking with positive
thoughts? You bet it is! And it's something which can be easily learned.
It's all a matter of conditioning. You can train
your mind to think positive thoughts the same way you can learn anything else.
The way to do this is to remove any negative thoughts one at a time until there
are none left. And for each negative thought that you remove, you then plant a
new and positive thought in its place. You then nurture those positive thoughts
until there is no room for any negative thoughts to grow. Then, make a habit of
stopping a negative thought any time it appears and replacing it with a positive
thought. For example, replace, "I can't do it" with "I can do
it" and you'll find your attitude and your life will greatly improve.
Positive thoughts will lead you to financial
success and it will help you find the true riches of life for yourself and your
family. So whatever it is in life that you want, you must begin today to become
a "positive thinker." Once you do this your future success will be
unlimited.
Copyright©2004 by Joe Love and
JLM & Associates, Inc. All rights
reserved worldwide.
Joe Love draws on his 25 years of experience helping both individuals and companies build their businesses, increase profits, and achieve total success. He is the founder and CEO of JLM & Associates, a consulting and training organization, specializing in personal and business development. Through his seminars and lectures, Joe Love addresses thousands of men and women each year, including the executives and staffs of many businesses around the world on the subjects of leadership, achievement, goals, strategic business planning, and marketing.
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