Posts tagged Mindset
Why You Won’t Be Successful Unless You Are Happy
Sep 12th
Are you struggling away at work or in your personal life trying to make a big success of it? Is your work or life drudgery that you are mucking though to try to get to the point where you feel successful? If it is that way for you now there is not a whole lot of chance you will find success. Success is in your mind and attitude and in doing what it is that you truly love and do well. That does not mean that there is not struggle at times but it does mean that most of the time we are happy and even invigorated doing it. If that is not the case for you read on.
First lets talk about your mindset and attitude. When it is positive you see the good things that are taking place and they help to spur you on. You can take enjoyment from what you are doing and you interacting with other people in a more positive manner. It makes life easier, not a struggle. Your self-talk and your language with others is much happier and more upbeat and that makes it easier for you and everyone around you to be happier. It makes what you are doing more enjoyable. So work on your mindset and your self-talk. Catch the negative thoughts and words and change them to the positive.
Now let’s talk about what you are actually doing. Too be successful you need to be doing something you love to do and do well. That does not mean there will be some parts you don’t like so much or don’t do so well but the majority of what you are doing will be exhilarating and joyful. How do you figure out what that is? Take a clue from your past. Look at those instances where you were doing something you really enjoyed doing and you were doing it well. I call those achievements. Be sure to gather several of them over a period of time. Write them out and then look for trends and themes regarding what you were doing, how you were doing it, what the circumstances were, what you worked with and how you were relating with people. This will give you a very good idea of what you need to be doing now that will approximate those themes and trends. What you want to do is to duplicate them to the extent possible in what you are currently doing. The reason is that those achievements were examples of when you were in flow – a state when you were at your best doing something you really liked doing. That is when we are truly successful. That is when we are using our gifts and talents and that is what you want to do to ensure success in your life.
How Can I Afford It?
Sep 6th
We are what we think we are. This thought came from our brain and control our state of mind. If you think you will be happy today, then you will be. If you think you will be sad today, then you will be. Everything that happens is controlled by our mind.
Abundant mentality requires us to use our brain to it’s maximum performance. Let’s take for example, one scenario that most of us often encounter.
As a general rule for rich people, they satisfy their self first. They deserve the best and only the best for themselves. They eat the best food, wear the best dress, go to the best place and other things.
But for other people, it’s a different scenario. Out from our monthly salary, we deduct all our obligations first then the remaining amount will be use to satisfy our needs for recreation or leisure. We’re lucky enough if we have something left for us to spend.
When we go to a mall, and see the beautiful dress or beautiful shoes that we want, we will surely be tempted to buy. But since we are on a tight budget, we keep telling to our mind that we don’t have money and we can’t afford it. And that does will really happen. We can never have enough money to afford it.
Our mind will digest this information that we feed to it. Saying the word I can’t and I don’t, it hinders and locks our mind from thinking any possible ways. If you analyze the scenario, it’s like telling your mind shut up and do nothing. That is in contrary to what our mind can do.
Now let’s change our mindset. Instead of saying I don’t have money and I can’t afford it, ask your mind this question: how can I afford it? When your mind receive this input from you, it will do it’s part to think of ways how you can raise the money to afford the things that you want. It could suggest you to cut your daily expenses, think of a business opportunity and look for ways to create money. After all, our mind is made to function that way. You are not just giving your brain a task to think, but you are also improving yourself mentally.
A travel vacation in Europe. How can you afford it?
A nice car you dreamed of having. How can you afford it?
A big house in your hometown. How can you afford it?
Our brain is our greatest asset. It controls everything: the way we talk, the way we behave, the way we react and the way we think. It’s what makes us superior with other mammal. If used properly, it could lead us to success. Otherwise, it could lead us to failure.
Let’s start change our mindset, think abundantly and have positive mental attitude. Always ask ourselves this question whenever we encounter same scenario. Empower ourselves by constant learning and joining worthwhile activities.
