TAKING RESPONSIBILITIES

 

                                           RESPONSIBILITIES

                       I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING ABOUT ME - EVEN THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK. I AM IN CONTROL OF THE VAST RESOURCES OF MY OWN MIND.

                      I ALONE AM RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT I DO AND WHAT I TELL MYSELF ABOUT ME. NO ONE CAN SHARE THIS RESPONSIBILITY WITH ME.

                      I ALSO ALLOW OTHERS TO ACCEPT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEMSELVES AND I DO NOT TRY TO ACCEPT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEM.

                        I ENJOY BEING RESPONSIBLE. IT PUTS ME IN CHARGE OF BEING ME - AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE I ENJOY.

                        I ALLOW NO ONE ELSE, AT ANY TIME, TO ASSUME CONTROL OR RESPONSIBILITY OVER MY LIFE OR OVER ANYTHING THAT I DO. MY RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHERS IS AN EXTENTION OF MY OWN RESPONSIBILITY TO MYSELF.

                     I CHOOSE TO LEAVE NOTHING ABOUT ME UP TO CHANCE. WHEN IT COMES TO ME - AND ANYTHING IN MY LIFE - I CHOOSE TO CHOOSE.

                  MY CHOICES ARE MINE ALONE TO MAKE FOR MYSELF. I DO NOT, AT ANY TIME, ALLOW ANYONE ELSE TO MAKE MY CHOICES FOR ME. AND I ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERY CHOICE AND DECISION I MAKE.

                  I ALWAYS MEET ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS THAT I ACCEPT. AND I ACCEPT NO OBLIGATION THAT I WILL NOT MEET.

                 I AM TRUSTWORTHY. I CAN BE COUNNTED ON. I HAVE ACCEPTED WINNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MYSELF - AND I ALWAYS LIVE UP TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES I ACCEPT.

                 THERE IS NO "THEY" ON WHOM I LAY THE BLAME, OR WITH WHOM I SHARE MY OWN PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. I HAVE LEARNED THE GREAT SECRET OF MASTERING MY OWN DESTINY. I HAVE LEARNED THAT "THEY' IS "ME".

                 I HAVE NO NEED TO MAKE EXCUSES AND NO ONE NEEDS TO CARRY MY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ME. I GLADLY CARRY MY OWN WEIGHT - AND I CARRY IT WELL.

                  EACH DAY I ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY - NOT ONLY FOR MY OWN ACTIONS BUT ALSO FOR MY EMOTION, MY THOUGHTS , AND MY ATTITUDE.

                   I ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR LIVING MY LIFE IN A WAY THAT CREATES MY STRENGTH, MY HAPPINESS, MY POSSITIVE, HEALTHY BELIEF, AND FOR MY PAST, MY PRESENT AND MY FUTURE.

                        THAT'S  A GOOD ATTITUDE - THE KIND OF ATTITUDE THAT MOST OF US COULD DO WITH A LITTLE MORE OF. IT IS AN ATTITUDE THAT GETS US TO STAND UP FOR OURSELVES AND BE COUNTED. IT IS AN ATTITUDE THAT WE CAN, IF WE CHOOSE, EFFECT IN OUR OWN LIVES ANYTIME WE WANT. BUT IT IS JUST ONE ATTITUDE OF MANY THAT EACH OF US CAN ADDRESS AND PUT INTO MOTION JUST BY RECONVINCING OURSELVES - BY OVERRIDING THE OLD PROGRAMMING THAT TOLD US THAT OTHER PEOPLE, BY SOME STROKE OF FATE, COUNT MORE THAN WE DO.

                 THERE ARE MANY SUCH ATTITUDES. SOME OF THEM ARE LESS LOFTY, AND PERHAPS NOT AS DEMANDING. BUT THEY ARE MADE UP OF PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT SELF-TALK OF ALL -THE SELF-TALK OF SELF-BELIEF. THAT IS WHAT ATTITUDES ARE ALL ABOUT.

                   HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF ATTITUDE - CHANGING SELF-TALK THAT ANY OF US COULD USE FROM TIME TO TIME. IF I WERE EVER AGAIN TO TEACH IN A CLASSROOM. I WOULD ADD THE LESSON OF THIS SEFL-TALK TO MAY EVERYDAY CURRICULUM.  IT IS ON OF THE MOST BASIC AND PRIMARY FORMS OF SELF-TALK. BUT THE ATTITUDE IT CAN CREATE IN US TOUCHES EVERY PART OF OUR LIVES. IT IS THE FABRIC FROM WHICH ALL SUCCESS IS WOVEN. IT IS THE GOD, GIVEN BIRTHRIGHT THAT ALL OF US WERE BORN WITH, AND DESERVE TO RETRIEVE, EMBRACE, ENJOY, AND POSSESS FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES . IT RESTORE US AND BUILDS US UP. IT STRUCTURES OUR CHARATER, SUSTAINS OUR STRENGTH, AND FORTIFIES, OUR COURAGE. IT IS THE INTERNAL SUBSTANCESOF SELF-BELIEF - IT IS THE SELF-TALK FOR SELF-ESTEEM.

SOME MOTIVATING THOUGHTS

 

              

                   THE COMPETITIVE OF DAILY LIVING 

               THROUGH A NATURAL LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT, WHEN WE IMPROVE OURSELCES, THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN OUR LIVES FOLLOW NATURALLY. IMPROVE WHO YOU ARE , AND BY THAT SAME LAW, YOU WILL IMPROVE YOUR LIFE. THE MORE SUCCESSFUL YOU BECOME INSIDE, THE MORE SUCCESSESS YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY CREATE ON THE OUTSIDE. BUT MAKING CHANGES ON THE INSIDE IS SELDOM AS EASILY ACCOMPLISHED AS WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.

                 WHEN WE WANT TO IMPROVE OURSELVES IN SOME WAY, WE ARE NOT JUST COMPETING WITH OUR OLD PROGRAMMING, WEARE COMPETITING WITH REQUIREMENTS OF DAILY LIVING. EACH OF US HAS THREE RESOURCES THAT ALLOW US TO GET THROUGH ANY GIVEN DAY. THOSE RESOURCES ARE OUR TIME, OUR ENERGY, AND OUR MIND (WHAT AND HOW WE THINK).

                   OUR DESIRE TO IMPROVE OURSELVES COMPETS WITH THE TIME WE SPEND WORKING, TAKING CARE OF OUR FAMILIES, AND TAKING CARE OF THE REST OF OUR NEEDS. IT COMPETS WITH THE ENERGY WE CONSUME DOING EVERYTHING NECESSARY JUST TO KEEP OUR LIVES IN SOME REASONABLE ORDER. SOMETIMES, MOST DAYS FOR SOME OF US, THERE IS JUST NO ENERGY LEFT. SOMETIMES, MOST DAYS FOR SOME OF US, THERE IS JUST NO ENERGY LEFT. OUR DESIRE TO IMPROVE OURSELVES COMPETS WITH THE DEMANDS THAT WE OR OTHERS HAVE PLACED ON US MENTALLY, AS WELL. WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO FIGURE OUT, PROBLEMS TO SOLVE, THINGS TO CONSIDER, UNDERSTAND, AND DEAL WITH.

                 WE ARE SO BUSY TAKING CARE OF FIRST THINGS FIRST THAT WE HAVE NO TIME, ENERGY, OR THOUGHT LEFT TO TAKE CARE OF THE ONE THING THAT COULD MAKE ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS WORK BETTER. WE ARE TOO BUSY FIXING THE TRAIN TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE ON THE WRONG TRACK.  WE ARE TOO BUSY STAYING ALIVE TO FIGURE OUR HOW TO LIVE.

                 I REMEMBER THE EXCITEMENT I FIRST FELT WHEN, MANY YEARS AGO, AS A YOUNG FATHER GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, I HAPPENED UPON WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE THE MOST EXCEPTIONAL SELF-IMPROVEMENT IDEA I HAD EVER ENCOUNTERED. IT WAS A SIMPLE IDEA, NEW AT THE TIME, I HAD EVER ENCOUNTERED. IT WAS A SIMPLE IDEA, NEW AT THE TIME, THAT WOULD REQUIRE ONLY THAT I SPEND TWENTY MINUTES  EACH NIGHT WRITING MY GOALS, REVIEWING MY PROGRESS, AND MENTALLY VISUALIZING REACHING EACH GOAL I WAS SETTING. I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE CONVINCED THAT IF I SPEND EVEN THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME EACH DA CONCENTRATING ON MY GOALS, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT JUST BEFORE I WENT TO SLEEP DREAMING ABOUT THEM, THAT I COULD ACHIEVE ANYTHING I WANTED. IT'S STILL A GREAT IDEA, ONE OF THE CLASSICS - AND IT CAN WORK.

                 WHAT I DID NOT KNOW THEN, BUT SOON LEARNED, WAS THAT EVEN TWENTY MINUTES A NIGHT IS SOMETIMES HARD TO COMY BY. WHEN YOU ARE, AS I WAS AT THE TIME, HOLDING DOWN A JOB, RAISING A FAMILY, AND ALSO GOINT TO SCHOOL WITH A FULL-TIME COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSE LOAD, JUST TRYING TO GET FIVE OR SIX HOURS OF SLEEP A NIGHT IS  CHALLENGE. WHEN MY MIND WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN STUDYING FOR A PSYCHOLOGY EXAM AND FINISHING A BUSINESS PLAN THAT WAS DUE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK THE NEXT MORNING AT THE OFFICE, THE TWENTY MINUTES I WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEND EACH NIGHT WORKING OUR MY GOAL PLAN AND "IMPROVING MYSELF" SOON MOVED FROM AN EXALTED POSITION OF IMPORTANCE TO AN IMPOSSIBILE CHORE. IT'S HARD TO STUDY YOUR GOALS WHEN YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.

                  THE EXPERIENCE WITH SELF-IMPROVEMENT WAS NOT UNIQUE. THE NIGHTY GOALS IDEA ITSELF MIGHT HAVE BEEN GREAT, BUT , AS I WAS TO LEARN LATER, I WAS NOT MENTALLY READY TO MAKE THE IDEA WORK. I HAD NOT FIRST WIRED MY BRAIN WITH THE RIGHT MENTAL TOOLS TO MAKE THE IDEA WORK.

                                                        THE RIGHT TOOLS

                     TO THIS DAY, COUNTLESS PEOPLE HAVE TRIED THE SAME KINDS OF MARVELOUS IDEAS, WITH THE SAME RESULTS. OF THOSE, TOO FEW OF THEM STUCK IT OUT AND STAYED WITH IT. I APPLAUD THOSE WHO HAVE. BUT I FEEL DEELPLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT, DESPITE THEIR DESIRE TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT PROGRAM IN PLACE TO GET THE JOB DONE. THEY WANTED TO ACHIEVE, AND IF THEY HAD FIRST REWIRED AND REPLACED SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS, THEY WOULD HAVE.

                   HOW, THEN, CAN ANY GOOD AND TRUE IDEA THAT CLEARLY COULD IMPROVE OUR LOT IN LIFE HOPE TO SUCCEED WHEN FEW OF US HAVE THE TIME, PHYSICAL ENERGY, OR MENTAL ENERGY LEFT OVER TO EVEN GIVE IT A TRY? THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT IS THE ANSWER THAT WILL MAKE ONE GOOD IDEA WORK WHEN ANOTHER WILL NOT. FOR ANY PERSONAL GROWTH CONCEPT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, IT HAS TO BE SIMPLE. IT HAS TO BE EASY TO USE. IT HAS TO BE EASY TO PUT INTO PRACTICE. AND IT HAS TO WORK.

WE LEARN TO BELIEVE

 

                            THE POWER OF BELIEVE

                         WHAT ADULTS TELL US AND WHAT WE LEARN TO PERCEIVE ABOUT OURSELVES AS CHILDREN HAS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT EFFECT ON US. IT INFORMS WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT MOST OF WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND US, AND ALMOST EVEYTHIN THAT WE COME TO BELIEVE ABOUT OURSELVES.

                       I STILL REMEMBER THE TIME WHEN, AS A MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENT, I WANTED MORE THAT ANYTHING I COULD THINK OF TO PLAY A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND BE A MEMEBER OF THE SCHOOL BAND. ALONG WITH TEN OR TWELVE OTHER STUDENTS FROM MY CLASS, I DECIDE TO TRY OUT FOR THE BAND. AFTER BEING HANDED A COMPLETELY ALIEN MUSICAL INTRUMENT AND TRYING TO GET IT TGO MAKE MUSIC IN FRONT OF THE BAND INTRUCTOR, MY TEACHER, AND THE OTHER STUDENTS, I WAS DISMISSED.

                  I KNEW THAT I HAD ONE DONE WELL. BUT IT WAS AN HOUR LATER, AFTER THE LAST STUDENT OF THE DAY HAD PERFORMED, THAT I OVERHEARD THE BAND DIRECTOR TELLING MY TEACHER THAT NOT ONLY COULD I NOT PLAY IN THE BAND, BUT I ALSO NO MUSICAL ABILITY AND WOULD NEVER ABLE TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT. WHAT INCREDIBLE PROGRAMMING FOR A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO HAD HIS HEART SET ON LEARNING HOW TO PLAY!

                IT WORKED. I HAD HEARD FROM SOMEONE ELSE THAT I HAD SO MUSICAL ABILITY, AND I BELIEVED IT. I ACCEPTED AS FACT THAT I HAD NO MUSICAL TALENT, AND THAT I NEVER WOULD. IT WASN'T UNTIL YEAR LATER THAT I FINALLY GOT UP ENOUGH COURAGE TO RENT A PIANO, LEARN SOME NOTES, AND PLAY IT SECRETLY WHEN NO ONE WAS AROUND TO REMIND ME THAT I COULD NOT PLAY. I NEVER DID DEVELOP THE SKILL I WANTED. BUT I LERNED, AFTER SOME TWENTY FRUSTRATING YEARS, THAT OUR SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR WAS WRONG. AND I HAD BELIEVED HIM.

               HERE IS AN OPPOSITE EXAMPLE. MICHAEL, WHO AT THE AGE OF SIX OFTEN VISITED THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN NEXT DOOR FOR AFTERNOON CHATS, WAS SAFELY OUT OF SIGHT BUT WITHIN HEARING DISTANCE AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS ONE EVENING, READY FOR BED, WHEN THE NEIGHBOR STOPPED BY. LITTLE MICHAEL OVERHEAD THE OLD MAN TELL HIM MOTHERTHAT MICHAEL WAS VERY CREATIVE, AND HE KNEW THAT MIKE WOULD GROW UP TO DO THINGS THAT WERE CREATIVE.

               DECADES LATER, MIKE VANCE WOULD BECOME DEAN OF DISNEY UNIVERSITY. LATER, THROUGH HIS PERSONAL CONSULTING AND HIS WORK WITH MAJOR CORPORATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, HE WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE PREMIER CREATIVITY TRAINERS IN THE UNITED STATES, LITTLE MICHAEL, BY ACCIDENT, OVERHEARD ONE SMALL "PROGRAM" ABOUT HIMSELF. AND MICHAEL BELIEVED IT.

                   UNFORTUNATELY, LITTLE OF OUR OWN PROGRAMMING HAS DONE AS MUCH ON OUR BEHALF. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE NUMBER OF TIMES SOME CHILD WAS HEARD THE INNOCENT BUT THOUGHTLESS WORDS, "YOU'LL NEVER AMOUNT TO MUCH" OR WAS TOLD "THAT SPORT", THAT CARRER" JUST IMAGINE WHAT OUR EAGER AND OPEN YOUNG MINDS PERCEIVED AND BELIEVED.

 

                                UNCONSCIOUS CONDITIONING FROM OTHERS

                 SOME OF OUR PROGRAMMING IS OBVIOUS. BUT MOST OF IT IS NOT, MOST OF IT HAS BEEN MUCH MORE SUBTLE. EVERY DAY WE RECEIVE AND ENDLESS STREAM OF COMMANDS, DIRECTIVES, CONTROLS, INDUCEMENTS, AND EXPECTATIONS FROM OTHERS. EVERYTHING AROUND US NUDGES, DEMANDS, OR PERSUADES. EVEN AS ADULTS , WE ARE MET WITH A TORRENT OF INFULENCES, WE ARE NOT EVEN AWARE OF MOST OF THEM. WE ARE SHIPS WITH COUNTLESS CAPTAINS, ALL SEEKING TO DIRECT US ON THEIR OWN COURSES, FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES, NOT EVEN KNOWING THEY ARE LEADING OUR SHIPS ASTRAY.

              AS LONG AS YOU AND I ALLOW OTHERS TO PROGRAM US IN A WAY THAT FITS THEIR CHOOSING, WE ARE, WITHOUT A DOUBT, OUT OF CONTROL, CAPTIVE TO THE WHIMS OF SOME UNKNOWN DESTINY, NOT QUITE RECOGNIZING THAT WHAT HANGS IN THE BALANCE IS THE FULLFILLMENT OF OUR OWN FUTURES.

                WHY DO SO MANY THERAPISTS TAKE THEIR PATIENTS BACK TO A TIME IN THEIR CHILDHOOD WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST CREATED ? BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE BELIEFS BEGAN. THAT IS WHERE THE FEAR, THE TRAUMA, OR THE SELF-IDENTITY FIRST BEGAN TO TAKE HOLD. OUT OF THOSE EARLY YEARS, EACH OF US FORMED A COMPOSITE PICTURE OF OURSELVES. IT MADE LITTLE  DIFFERENCE WHETHER   THE PICTURES OF OURSELVES THAT WE CREATED WERE TRUE OR NOT. OUR EXPERIENCES, BECAME THE FOUNDATION FOR THE MENTAL PROGRAMMING THAT DIRECTS US TODAY.

                 OF COURSE, NOT ALL OF OUR PAST PROGRAMMING HAS BEEN THE WRONG KIND. SOME OF IT HAS BEEN GOOD. MOST OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOE AND CARING OF OTHERS. AND MOST OF US HAVE TOUCHED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH VISIONS OF POSITIVE SELF-BELIEF. MANY OF US HAVE HAD PARENTS WHO COUNTERED THEIR MISGIVINGS WITH ENCOURAGEMENT. WE HAVE HAD COACHES, TEACHERS, AND FRIENDS WHO SAW THE BEST IN US. AS WE GREW, ALL OF US, FROM TIME TO TIME, HAVE HAD OUR SUCCESS.

                   BUT, AT OUR BEST, WE HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH ONLY A PART OF OUR LIFE'S PROGRAMS WORKING FOR US. IMAGINE THAT YOU COULD DO IF YOU COULD OVERRIDE THE PROGRAMS IN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, THOSE THAT STILL WORK AGAINST YOU, AND REPLACE THEM WITH A REFRESHING NEW SET OF PROGRAMS OF ABSOLUTE BELIEF, AN ALMOST UNCONSCIOUS, AUTOMATIC NEW SET OF PROGRAMS THAT WOULD GO TO WORK FOR YOU - REPLACING THE BARRIERS WITH A REFRESHING NEW LOOK AT THE LIFE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

                

                 THINK WHAT YOU COULD DO, BEGINNING TOMORROW, IF THE SHACKLES OF BAD HABITS, OLD CONDITIONING, AND SELF-DOUBT WERE SUDDENLY GONE.

                    I ONCE ASKED A WOMAN WHO HAD LOST 120 PONDS WHAT THE FELT LIKE AFTER SUCCEEDING IN HER GOAL TO LOSE THE WEIGHT, HER ANSWER WAS, I FEEL LIKE I'VE LOST A HUNDRED AND TWENTY POUNDS"! I UNDERSTOOD HER JOY. SOMETIME, WHEN YOU ARE A HEALTH SPA OR GYM, GO OVER TO THE WEIGHT-LIFTING SECTION AND TRY TO PICK UP 120 POUNDS.

                      AND THE MENTAL WEIGHT WE SO OFTEN CARRY WITH US I FAR HEAVIER TO BEAR. IMAGINE LOSING, EVEN FOR ONE DAY, ALL OF THE EXTRA WEIGHT OF SELF-DOUBT AND DISBELIEF WE CARRY WITH US. THINK HOW FAST YOU COULD RUN.

                     BECAUSE OF OUR BRAIN'S NEUROPLASTICITY, FREEDOM OF MIND IS POSSIBLE, AND NOT BEYOND THE REACH OF ANY OF US. NOT ONLY CAN YOU ACHIEVE THAT FREEDOM FOR YOURSELF, BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE THT THERE ARE A FEW PRACTICAL STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO MAKE THE FREEDOM OF A SELF-DIRECTED MIND A PERMANENT PART OF EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE.

                     YOU ALREADY HAVE ALL OF THE NECESSARY EDQUIPMENT. YOU WERE BORN WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO LIVE YOUR LIFE IN A MOST EXCEPTIONAL AND WORTHWHILE WAY. IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHAT YOU HAVE THOUGHT OR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. FROM THIS DAY ON, YOU CAN, IF YOU CHOOSE, CHANGE A LITTLE TO GAIN A LOT.

TRY IT

 

                             THE NEW WORK TO YOUR                                                           SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

                       I REALLY VERY SPECIAL. I LIKE WHO I AM AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT                                     MYSELF.

                       ALTHOUGH I ALWAYS WORK TO IMPROVE MYSELF AND I GET BETTER EVERY DAY. I LIKE WHO I AM TODAY. AND TOMORROW, WHEN I'M EVEN BETTER, I'LL LIKE MYSELF THEN, TOO.

                       IT'S TIME THAT THERE REALLY IS NO ONE ELSE LIKE ME IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. THERE NEVER WAS ANOTHER ME BEFORE, AND THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ME AGAIN.

                      I AM UNIQUE - FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD TO THE BOTTOM OF MY FEET. IN SOME WAYS I MAY LOOK AND ACT AND SOUND LIKE SOME OTHER BUT I AM NOT THEM. I AM ME.

                    I WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY - AND NOW I KNOW I AM. I WOULD RATHER  BE ME THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD.

                   I LIKE HOW I FEEL AND I LIKE HOW I THINK AND I LIKE HOW I DO THINGS. I APPROVE OF ME AND I APPROVE AND I APPROVE OF WHO I AM.

                   I HAVE MANY BEAUTIFUL QUALITIES. I HAVE TALENTS AND SKILLS AND ABILITIES. I HAVE TALENTS THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT YET. AND I AM DISCOVERING NEW TALENT INSIDE MYSELF ALL THE TIME.

                  I AM POSITIVE. I AM CONFIDENT. I RADIATE GOOD THINGS. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN EVEN SEE A GLOW AROUND ME.

                  I AM FULL OF LIFE. I LIKE LIFE AND I'M GLAD TO BE ALIVE. I AM A VERY SPECIAL PERSON, LIVING AT A VERY SPECIAL TIME.

                 I AM INTELLIGENT. MY MIND IS QUICK AND ALERT AND CLEVER AND FUN. 

                I THINK GOOD THOUGHTS, AND MY MIND MAKES THINGS  WORK RIGHT FOR                    ME. 

              I HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM AND VITALITY. I AM EXCITING                        AND I REALLY ENJOY BEING ME.O

               I LIKE TO BE AROUND OTHER PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE LIKE TO BE AROUND ME. PEOPLE LIKE TO HEAR WHAT I SAY AND KNOW WHAT I THINK.

                I SMILE A LOT. I AM HAPPY ON THE  INSIDE AND I AM HAPPY ON THE OUTSIDE.

              I AM INTERESTED IN MANY THINGS. I APPRECIATE ALL THE BLESSINGS I HAVE, AND THE THINGS THAT I LEARN, AND ALL THE THINGS I WILL LEARN TODAY AND TOMMORROW AND TOMORROW AND FOREVER - JUST AS LONG AS I AM.

               I AM WARM, SINCERE, HONEST, AND GENUINE. I AM ALL OF THESE THINGS AND MORE. AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ME. I LIKE WHO I AM, AND I AM GLAD TO BE ME.

                    WHAT A SIMPLE WORDS THEY ARE. WHAT TRUTHS THEY TELL US ABOUT THE SELVES WE CONTAIN INSIDE OF US. PLACED WITHIN  THE BELIEFS OF ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL, THOSE SIMPLE WORDS POSSESS A POWER THAT FEW OF US HAVE EVER HOPED TO ATTAIN. AND YET THAT SELF-BELIEF, THAT SENSE OF SELF-ESTEEM, IS AVAILABLE TO ALL OF US. CAN YOU IMAGINE LIVING THAT WAY EACH DAY - AND KNOWING IT?

                  IMAGINE CHILDREN GROWING UP WITH THOSE KINDS OF WORDS INDELIBLY INSTILLED IN THEIR BELIEVING, EAGER YOUNG  MINDS, IMAGINE BEGINNING TO BELIEVE THE VERY BEST ABOUT YOURSELF, EACH DAY, ALL OF THE TIME, IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, ALWAYS BEING SURE OF ATTITUDES THAT SUPPORT YOU, GIVE YOU FAITH, PROP YOU UP, AND GIVE YOU THE COURAGE AND THE CONVICTION TO LIVE LIFE IN ITS MOST FULFILLING, MOST POSITIVE WAY.

 

                IF THAT SOUNDS IMPROBABLE, LET ME REMIND YOU THAT IT IS YOUR OLD PROGRAMMING THAT TELLS YOU IT CAN'T WORK THAT WAY. THAT IS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT WAS WIRED TO BELIEVE. AND IT IS WRONG.

                                      THE STOCK OF YOUR ATTITUDE

                    LOOK AT YOUR ATTITUDE. TAKE STOCK OF YOUR BELIEFS ABOUT YOURSELF. TAKE MENTAL INVENTORY OF YOUR ATTITUDE - GOOD AND HAD - AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF WHICH OF THOSE ATTITUDE WORK FOR YOU AND WHICH DO NOT. THE ONES YOU DON'T WANT TO KEEP - THROW OUT. GET RID OF THEM. KEEP THE ONES YOU LIKE. CHANGE THE ONES YOU WANT TO CHANGE. TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR ATTITUDE. PUT YOURSELF BACK IN CONTROL. THE LEAST THAT COULD HAPPEN IS THAT YOU WOULD GET A LITTLE MORE OF YOUR REAL SELF BACK AGAIN.

                   START THE ADVENTURE. DISCOVER THE JEWELS AND GEMS THAT ARE PART OF YOUR OWN MIND. SEEK OUT AND FIND THE RICH RESERVE OF ATTITUDES WITHIN YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING TO STEP OUT AND LIVE AGAIN. START TALKING TO YOURSELF THE RIGHT WAY.

                      LITLE CHANGES IN ATTITUDE CAN MAKE BIG CHANGES IN LIFE. YOUR ATTITUDES AFFECT ALL OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS AROUND YOU. THEY AFFECT HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSEFL. THEY AFFECT YOUR WORK, YOURF FRIENDS, AND YOUR LOVED ONES. WHEN YOUR ATTITUDES GET BETTER, SO DOES LIFE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CHANGE OR TWO, FIXING AN ATTITUDE AND MAKING LIFE A LITTLE BETTER ISN'T BAD PLACE TO START.

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MINDFULLNESS THOUGHTS

 

                           LIFE CHANGING STATEMENT

                                   HERE IS A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE RULES OF SUCCESS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US OVER THE YEARS. EACH OF THESE IDEAS IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU CREATE POSITIVE CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE. WE'VE LEARNED THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU SHOULD.

                  * BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

                  * KEEP YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT

                  * TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF

                  * CREATE YOUR OWN FUTURE

                  * MEDITATE DAILY

                  * PRACTICE MINDFULNESS

                  * FOCUS ON WHT YOU WANT

                  * ATTRACT WHAT YOU DESIRE

                  * LEARN TO VISUALIZE THE OUTCOME OF YOUR GOALS

                  * NEVER LET ANYONE CONTROL YOUR DESTINY FOR YOU

                  * BE CREATIVE

                  * THINK BIG

                  * CONTROL STRESS

                  * BE AGGRESSIVE AND ASSSERTIVE

                  * THINK POSITIVELY

                  * CHART YOUR OWN COURSE

                  * SET SPECIFIC GOALS AND REVIEW THEM OFTEN

                  * SPEND SOME TIME EACH DAY IMPROVING YOUR MIND

                  * SPEND SOME TIME EACH DAY IMPROVING YOUR MIND

                  * REVIEW YOUR RESULTS AND READJUST AS NECESSARRY

                  * BE TOLERANT

                  * DO EVERYTHING WITH LOVE

                  * DON'T HATE

                  *  HAVE COURAGE

                  * RECOGNIZE THAT MOST OF WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT LIFE IS AN ILLUSION

                  * BE HONEST 

                  * WORK HARD

                  * BELIEVE MONEY IS GOOD AND IT WILL COME TO YOU

                  * HAVE FAITH

                  * IF YOU AGREE TO DO IT, ENJOY IT

                  * BE STRONG

                  * SHOW AFFECTION

                  * MANAGE YOUR TIME

                  * DRESS RIGHT

                  * LEARN TO SELL YOURSELF

                  * TAKE TIME OFF

                  * BELIEVE IN A HIGHER SELF

                  * EAT RIGHT

                  * LIVE PRUDENTLY

                  * SEEK THE AID OF OTHERS WHO ARE IN SYMPATHY WITH YOUR GOALS

                  * GIVE ASSISTANCE TO OTHERS

                  * KEEP MOTIVATED

                  * BE OPTIMISTIC

                  * TRUST OTHERS AND BE WORTHY OF TRUST

                  * RECOGNIZE THAT SUCCESS BE WORTHY OF TRUST

                  * BE KIND

                  * SEE THE "BIG PICTURE"

                  * TAKE CARE OF THE DETAILS

                  * GET ORGANIZED

                  * DON'T PROCRASTINATE

                  * GET ORGANIZED

                   * DON'T PROCRASTINATE

                   * STAY IN CONTROL

                   * KEEP FIT

                   * SEE PROBLEMS AS "OPPORTUNITIES"

                   * LEARN EVERYTHING YOU CAN ABOUT YOUR JOB

                   * DON'T BE AFRAID OF SUCCESS

                   * BE GENEROUS TO OTHERS

                   * BELIEVE IN GOD

                   * REACH A LITTLE HIGHER THAN YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD

                   * SET YOUR SIGHTS

                   * TAKE ACTION

                    * NEVER GIVE UP

              THIS LIST OF SELF-IMPROVEMENT TEACHINGS SUGGESTS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN MOST OF KEYS TO SUCCESS. IF YOU FOLLOW THOSE RULES, YOU SHOULD CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE, AND BY DOING THAT, BECOME SUCCESSFUL.

         

            OUR NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE BRAIN'S NEUROPLASTICITY, HOWEVER, TELLS US THAT IN ORDER FOR THERSE RULES TO WORK - OR FOR THE CHANGES TO BECOME PERMANENT CHANGES - THERE ARE THREE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS THAT WILL ENSURE THAT THE IDEAS WILL BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF YOU.

                             1. THE FIRST INGREDIENTS IS IN ORDER TO WORK, AND KEEP WORKING, THE NEW IDEA (OR MESSAGE) HAS TO BECOME PHYSICALLY WIRED INTO YOUR BRAIN. UNLESS THE NEW MESSAGES OR DIRECIONS ARE ACTUALLY WIRED INTO YOUR BRAIN'S NEUTRAL NETWORKS, EVEN THE BEST OF THE IDEAS WILL WORK ONLY TEMPORAIRLY. 

                             2. THE SECOND INGREDIENT FOR CREATING LASTING, POSITIVE MENTAL CHANGES IS : UNDERSTANDING HOW YOUR BRAIN GETS WIRED, AND THE ROLE YOU PLAY IN THE WIRING PROCESS. AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOWS YOUR BRAIN GETS PROGRAMMED PUTS YOU IN DIRECT CONTROL OF THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE CHANGE AND MAKING IT LAST.

                           3. THE THIRD INGREDIENT FOR CREATING POSITIVE PERSONAL CHANGE - WHICH ALWAYS BEGINS WITH MENTAL CHANGE - IS A NEW, WORK-FOR-WORD SET OF DIRECTIONS, NEW PROGRAMMING TO BOTH YOUR CONSCIOUS AND SUBCONSCIOUS MINDS. THAT MEANS A SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING VOCABULARY, THAT IS WORDED IN SPECIFIC WAY, THAT ANYONNE CAN USE AT ANY TIME, TO REPLACE THE OLD NEGATIVE PROGRAMMING WITH POSITIVE, PRODUCTIVE NEW DIRECTIONS.                     

                "   THE ONLY SOLUTION THAT INCLUDES ALL THREE OF THE ESSENTIAL 

                   INGREDIENTS THAT CREATE LASTING CHANGE IN THE BRAIN IS 

                   SELF-TALK."

KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR

 

                    REPLACE THE OLD WITH THE NEW

                SO INSTEAD, LET US SAY THAT I KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR, AND I ASK YOU TO COME OUTSIDE. THERE STANDS A SHINY NEW DELIVERY TRUCK FULL OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE YOU HAVE EVER IMAGINED. FOR THE NEXT TWO OR THREE HOURS. I HELP YOU CARRY ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL NEW FURNITURE, YOUR NEW POSITIVE SELF-TALK, INTO YOUR MENTAL APARTMENT. AND THIS TIME, WE DON'T STORE THE OLD NEGATIVE FURNITURE IN THE GARAGE, WE PILE IT UP AND A MATCH TO IT. WE GET RID OF IT. DON'T GIVE YOUR OLD FURNITURE TO SOMEONE ELSE - DON'T PASS ALONG YOUR NEGATIVE SELF-TALK TO SOMEONE ELSE. AFTER ALL, HOW YOU GOT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. 

                  THIS TIME WHEN I LEAVE, YOU WALK THROUGH YOUR MENTAL APARTMENT AND LOOK AROUND YOU. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SIGHT MEETS YOUR EYES! WHA TONCE WAS A PLACE OF TATTRED HOPES AND BROKEN. DOWN DREAMS IS NOW FILLED WITH THE BRIGHT NEW BEGINNINGS OF AN EXCITING NEW YOU. THE NEW MENTAL FURNITURE STANDS ON THE STURDY LEGS OF SELF-ASSURANCE, YOU HAVE REPLACED FRUSTRATION AND QUIET RESIGNATION WITH THE ENTHUSIASM OF PROMISE AND BELIEF.

                 THAT IS HOW POSITIVE THINKING SHOULD WORK. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST BELIEVING IN POSITIVE THINKING AND ACTUALLY CREATING IN YOUR LIFE. IT IS FINE TO THROW OUT THE OLD - IT IS ESSENTIAL. BUT IT IS ALSO ESSENTIAL TO REPLACE THE OLD WITH NEW, WORLD BY WORD, THOUGHT BY THOUGHT.

                  THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN THAT IN THE PAST, NO ONE GAVE US THE WORDS. NO ONE GIVE US THE WORD-FOR-WORD VOCABULARY THAT WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE NEGATIVE PROGRAMMING WE HAD LEARNED  SO WELL. THE RIGHT KIND OF SELF-TALK IS TO MAKING ALL POSITIVE THINKING WORK.

                   JUST WANTING TO BE A POSITIVE THINKER ISN'T ENOUGH. MAKING THE DECISION TO HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE ISN'T ENOUGH. YOU HAVE TO WIRE THE NEW HABIT INTO YOUR BRAIN. THE HUMA BRAIN SAYS, "GIVE ME THE DIRECTIONS, THE COMMANDS, THE PICTURE, THE SCHEDULE, AND THE RESULTS YOU WANT. THEN I WILL DO IT FOR YOU, GIVE ME THE WORD.

                                            HOW TO HAVE  MOTIVATE 

                                               YOURSELF INTERNAL

          

                  SINCE, AS I HAVE FOUND, THE MOST ACCURATE MEANING OF THE WORD "MOTIVATION" IS TO PUT INTO MOTION, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHEN  IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO IF, IF A VOTE WERE TAKEN, MOST OF US WOULD RATHER DECIDE FOR OURSELVES WHAT SHOULD PUT US INTO MOTION THAN TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DECIDE FOR US.

                   IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET MOTIVATED - AND STAY MOTIVATED - YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT SELF-TALK. THE RIGHT SELF-TALK CREATES INTERNAL MOTIVATION, WHICH BECOMES OF THE WAY THE BRAIN WORKS, IS THE ONLY KIND OF MOTIVATION THAT LASTS.

                  THE BEST SOLUTIO TO GETTING MOTIVATED AND STAYING MOTIVATED IS TO PRACTICE BEINNG YOUR OWN MOTIVATOR.

                   IMAGINE HAVING A COACH WHO STAYED WITH YOU, SEASON AFTER SEASON AND EVERY DAY IN BETWEEN. IMAGINE NOT NEEDING TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO GET YOU CHARGED UP AND MOVING. IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO RELY ON YOURSELF TO ALWAYS, ENERGIZE YOUR SPIRIT, FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION, AND KEEP YOU IN TUNE, ON TOP, IN TOUCH, AND GOING FOR IT. CAN YOU IMAGINE NEVER AGAIN NEEDING SOMEONE ELSE TO PROD OR PUSH YOU INTO ACTIVATING YOUR OWN BEST EFFORST.?

               YOUR OWN INTERNAL COACH WILL DO THAT, IF YOU WIRE YOUR BRAIN WITH THE RIGHT SELF-TALK AND TELL IT WHAT TO DO., YOUR INTERNAL COACH IS YOUR STRONGEST, BELIEVER. WITH THE RIGHT SELF-TALK AND THE RIGHT PROGRAMMING, THAT COACH WILL SHOW YOU THE BEST IN STRENGTHEN YOUR WILL, AND GIVE YOU BELIEF. IT SHOULD BECOME YOUR ULTIMATE MOTIVATOR . IT IS YOU.

GIVE YOUR NEW WORDS TO YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

 

                     GIVING LIFE TO YOUR SELF-TALK

                      WHEN YOU FIRST READ THESE NEW WORDS OF SELF-BELIEF AND SELF-MOTIVATION, THEY CAN LIE THERE ON THE PAGE, LOOKING LIKE NOT MUCH MORE THAN QUIETLY REASSURING INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHTS, BRING THEM TO LIFE. PULL THEM OFF THE PAGES. SHOUT THEM OUT TO YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE TO, BUT GRAB THEM, HOLD ON TO THEM, AND MAKE THEM YOUR OWN.

                      IF YOU'RE GOING TO SHOCK YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS WITH THE NEW WORDS, YOU MIGHT AS WELL GIVE IT A FULL DOSE. INSTEAD OF EVER LETTING THE DE-MOTIVATION IN YOUR LIFE WEAKEN YOU OR BRING YOU TO YOUR KNEES, EVEN FOR A MOMENT, KICK THEM OUR. STAND UP, FACE THEM, POINT TO THE DOOR, AND TELL THEM TO GET OUT OF YOUR LIFE. YOU'RE THROUGH WITH THEM, AND YOU DON'T NEED THEM ANY LONGER. STOY THEM IN THEIR TRACKS, OVERPOWER THEM.

                   JUST WHEN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS THINKS YOU'RE THROUGH, DON'T LET UP, GIVE IT SOME MORE. ADN THIS TIME START Y MAKING THE CONSCIOUS DECISION TO DEMAND THAT THE INTERNAL YOU LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY.

              I KNOW THAT GREATNESS BEGINS IN THE MINDS OF THE GREAT, I KNOW THAT WHAT I BELIEVE ABOUT MYSELF IS WHAT I WILL BECOME - SO I BELIEVE IN THE BEST FOR MYSELF.

              I AM PRACTICAL AND REALISTIC, AND I KNEW MY FEET ON SOLID GROUND. BUT I ALSO GIVE MYSELF THE FREEDOM TO LIVE UP TO MY FULLEST EXPECTATIONS.

            I NEVER LIMIT MYSELF BY THE SHORTSIGHTED BELIEFS OF OTHERS - INSTEAD I OPEN MYSELF UP TO THE BROAD HORIZONS OF UNLIMITED POSSIBILITY. WHEN SOMEONE SAYS I "CANNOT" I ANSWER, WHY NOT"? WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, "ITS IMPOSSIBLE", I ANSWER THAT NOTHING IS ANY MORE IMPOSSIBLE THAN I BELIEVE IT TO BE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WITH MY INDIVIDUAL FORTRESS OF FAITH IN ME, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. I HAVE DRIVE, SPIRIT, STAMINA, AND ENDURANCE. I HAVE A GOOD, STRONG WINNING ATTITUDE ABOUT MYSELF AND ABOUT EVERYTHING I POSSIBLE OUTOME OF ANY SITUATION.

               IF I HAVE EVER HAD ANY DOUBTS ABOUT MYSELF IN THE PAST, TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO PUT THEM ASIDE. IT'S GOOD DAY TO THROW OUT ANY DISBELIEF THAT EVER HELD ME BACK.

               I KNOW THAT I AM HEADED IN THE RIGHT WINNING DIRECTIONS, AND I LOOK FORWARD THAT I AM NEVER LOOK BACK. I HAVE THE ABILITY TO FOCUS ON ONE THING AT A TIME, SO I CONCENTRATE MY ATTENTION ON THE JOB AT HAND - AND I GET IT DONE.

            TODAY IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN NOTHING CAN STAND IN  MY WAY. WHEN I NEED EXTRA DETERMINATION. I'VE GOT IT. WHEN I NEED MORE ENERGY AND DRIVE, I'VE GOT IT. I'VE GOT THE POWER TO GET IT DONE AND THE PATIENCE TO SEE IT THROUGH, NO MATTER WHAT THE JOB OR CHALLENGE MAY BE.

             RIGHT NOW, EVEN WHILE I AN TELLING MYSELF THESE TRUTHS ABOUT ME, I KNOW THAT I CAN SUCCEED AND I AM SUCCEEDING. AT THIS MOMENT, IF I THINK OF ANY CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF ME.  I KNOW THAT I WILL BECOME EVEN MORE OF A WINNER BECAUSE OF IT.

               I KEEP MY CHIN UP, MY HEAD HELD HIGH. I LOOK, ACT, SOUND, THINK AND FEEL LIKE THE WINNER I AM. ANYTIME  PROBLEM STARTS TO GET ME DOWN, I GET MYSELF RIGHT BACK UP. I TACKLE PROBLEMS  AND I SOLVE THEM. WHEN FRUSTRATION OR DEFEAT THREATENS ME, I JUST BECOME THAT MUCH STRONGER, MORE POSITIVE, BETTER ORGANIZED, AND MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER.

              RIGHT NOW, TODAY THIS VERY MOMENT, I AM CAPABLE OF GIVING MYSELF THE GIFT OF ABSOLUTE SELF-ASSURANCE, SELF-BELIEF, AND POWERFUL NONSTOP CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF.

              NO MATTER WHAT IT SI THAT REQUIRES THE VERY OF ME, I CAN DO IT AND KNOW I CAN.

               TODAY IS A GREAD DAY. AND I'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKE. SO I CHOOSE TO DO IT RIGHT, DO IT WELL. I CHOOSE TO LIVE TODAY WITH JOY AND LOVE. 

                 I KNOW IT'S ALL UP TO ME. ONE HUNDREAD PERCENT. EVERY BIT OF IT. ALL OF IT IS IN HOW I LOOK AT IT AND WHAT I DO ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHAT WINNING IS. THAT'S WHY I AM A WINNER.

                I SET MY SIGHTS. I KEEP MY BALANCE. I DON'T HESITATE. I DON'T HOLD BACK. I KNOW THAT THE WORLD IS FULL OF OPPORTUNITIES. LOOK AT WHAT I CAN DO, LOOK AT WHERE I GO. LOOK AT WHERE I CAN GO. LOOT AT WHAT I CAN DO JUST BY SAYING, "YES" TO MYSELF.

               JUST LOOK AT WHAT I CAN DO TODAY.  I AM INCREDIBLE ... AND TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO SHOW IT.

                   IT IS EASY TO SEE HOW THAT KIND OF SELF-DIRECTION CAN BE WORDED TO APPLY SPECIFICALLY TO ANY PART OF YOUR LIFE THAT NEEDS TO BE MOTIVATED.

                                            SELF - TALK FOR SELLING

                  ONE OF THE PROFESSIONS THAT RELIES HEAVILY ON MOTIVATION IS THE SALES FIELD. WE KNOW THAT SALES PEOPLE NEED TO MAINTAIN TO CONSTANT ATTITUDE OF SELF-BELIEF BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY ARE TURNED OFF DOWN, EVERY TIME THE COMPETITION WINS, OR WHEN THE PROSPECT SAYS NO, THE SALESPERSON LOSSES. IN THE MIND OF THE SALESPERSON WHO LOST THE SALE, THAT LOSS REPRESENTS A FAILURE, BECAUSE OF THIS, THE FIELS OF SALES CREATES THE LARGEST DEMAND FOR SKILLED, PROFESSIONNAL MOTIVATORS.

                  IF YOU ARE IN A MANAGEMENT OR SALES POSITION, READ THIS NEXT EXAMPLE OF SELF-TALK CAREFULLY. BUT EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE FIELD OF PROFESSIONAL SALES, NOTICE HOW MUCH OF THE SELF-TALK CAREFULLY. BUT EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE FIELD OF PROFESSIONAL SALES, NOTICE HOW MUCH OF THE SELF-TALK FOR SELLING APPLIES EQUALLY AS WELL TO THE TIMES IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU WANT TO INFLUENCE OR PERSUADE SOMEONE ELSE TO YOUR WAY OF THINKING OR DO SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO.

               FOR THIS EXAMPLE, I WILL COMBINE THE VARIOUS AREAS OF SALES SELF-TALK AND SHOW YOU JUST A FEW SAMPLES THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SELF-TALK FOR SELLING.

                    I BEGIN EACH DAY WITH A CLEAR MIND AND  SPECIFIC PLAN TO GET THE MOST FROM MY TIME AND MY EFFORT. I FOLLOW MY PLAN AND I REACH MY GOALS.

                    AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF ME WOULD INCLUDE THE WORDS, "PROFESSIONAL, HARDWORKING, QUALIFIED, SKILLFUL, ENERGETIC, ENTHUSIASTIC, ORGANIZED, DETERMINED, AND HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL".

                  I AM GOOD AT PERSUADING OTHERS TO MY POINT OF VIEW. THAT IS BECAUSE I FIRST AND ALWAYS RECOGNIZE AND UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM I AM PRESENTING MY IDEAS, MY PRODUCT, OR MY SERVICE.

                I KNOW HOW TO LISTEN - AND  I DO, I HAVE LEARNED TO NOT ONLY HEAR THE WORDS THAT ARE BEING SAID, BUT ALSO LISTEN TO THE UNSPOKEN THOUGHTS THAT LIE BEHIND HIM.

               I AM ALWAYS PREPARED. I TAKE THE TIME TO DO IT RIGHT. IN EVERYTHING I DO, I AM PREPARED, CONFIDENT, SELF-ASSURED, AND SUCCESSFUL.

               I ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF THE DETAILS IN MY WORK. I ENJOY THE DETAILS OF SELLING AND I ALWAYS TEND TO THEM ON TIME AND WITH FULL ATTENTION.

            I KEEP MYSELF "UP". I KNOW THAT MAKING GOOD SALES PRESENTATIONS MEANS KEEPING MYSELF UP, ENERGETIC, AND IN CONTROL. THAT IS EXACTLY THE WAY I AM, AND MY SALES PRESENTATION ARE ALWAYS PROFESSIONAL AND EFFECTIVE.

              I NEVER AVOID CONFRONTING A PROBLEM OR MAKING A SALES CALL OF ANY KIND. I KEEP MYSELF WORKING AND THAT KEEPS ME WINNING. 

              I DESERVE TO MAKE THE SALES I CREATE. I KNOW THAT SUCCESS IN SELLING STARTS WITH SEEING MYSELF AS THE CAPABLE, PRODUCTIVE INDIVIDUAL THAT I AM.

               I AM ALWAYS SINCERE AND HONEST. I BELIEVE THAT ALL ACHIEVEMENT IN SELLING BEGINS WITH TRUST, SKILL, DETERMINATIO. I ASK FOR THE ORDER FREQUENTLY AND WITHOUT HESITATION. AT EVERY "BUYING SIGNAL, "I ASK FOR THE ORDER - AND I CLOSE.

                 BEING TOLD' "NO" NEVER BOTHERS ME. INSTEAD, HEARING THE WORLD "NO" DOUBLES MY DETERMINATION AND ADDS TO MY POSITIVE ENTHUSIASM.

             

                  GIVEN THE TECHNICAL SKILLS TO MATCH, THE SALESPERSON WHO MENTALLY "BECOME" THE INDIVIDUALS WE HAVE JUST DESCRIBED, EVEN IN THOSE FEW SHORT SELF-DIRECTIVE, WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY RANK HIGH ON THE LIST OF SALES ACHIEVERS FOR ANY SALES ORGANIZATION. HAVING WORKED WITH MANY SALES PEOPLE IN THE PAST, I HAVE ALL TOO OFTEN HEARD QUITE THE OPPOSITE KINDS OF SELF-TALK.

                 BECAUSE OF OUR OWN PAST PROGRAMMING, IT IS ALL TOO EASY TO SLIP INTO USING THE OLD SELF-TALK DE-MOTIVATORS OF COMPLAINTS, EXCUSES, AND DOUBTS - ALL THE REASONS NECESSARY TO PLACE THE BLAME FOR FAILURE AND UNDERACHIEVEMENT ON SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE.  THE SALES MANAGER, THE COMPANY, THE LEADS, THE COMMISSION STRUCTURE, OR THE COMPETITION.

 

                INSTEAD OF IGNITING THE SPARK OF SELF-BELIEF, TOO MANY SALES PEOPLE, JUST LIKE MANY OF US IN OUR OWN CAREERS, SOLVE THE DAY'S PROBLEMS BY AVOIDING THE ACTIOB WE KNOW WE SHOULD TAKE. INSTEAD OF SPENDING OF FEW MINITES ENGAGED IN THE HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY OF MOTIVATING OURSELVES TO TAKE ACTIONS, WE ENGAGE OURSELVES IN TALKING OURSELVES OUT OF ACTION. AND INTO HAVIG ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE.

                                                      TIME TO BEGIN

               WE CAN LEARN TO MOTIVATE OURSELVES. WE CAN LEARN TO BECOME SELF-STRARTERS, DOERS, AND ACHIEVERS. TO DO THAT TAKES LESS TIME AND LESS TRAINING THAN ANY OTHER KIND OF MOTIVATIONAL DEVELOPMENT  I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED. WE NEED ONLY TO BEGIN, AND OUR INNERSELVES, THE PART OF US THAT WANTS TO ACHIEVE, WILL SOON BEGINN TO FOLLOW THE NEW LEAD THAT WE ARE GIVING IT.

PROBLEM SOLVING STATEMENT

 

                 THE POSITIVE STATEMENT FOR YOU

                            THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW WORDS OF SELF-TALK FOR HOW TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF SOLVING PROBLEMS.

                              I'M GOOD AT SOLVING PROBLEMS. I LIKE CHALLENGES AND I MEET THEM HEAM-ON.

                        PROBLEMS ARE MY TEACHER. THEY HELP ME TO LEARN TO GROW. WITHOUT THEM, I WOULD BE GOING NOWHERE. WITH THEM, I AM MOVING FORWARD IN THE DIRECTION OF MY OWN GOALS.

                        THERE IS NO PROBLEM THAT I CANNOT CONQUER. I AM STRONG IN MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT. MY WILL, MY STRENGTH, AND MY DETERMINATION ARE ALWAYS GREATER THAN THAN ANY PROBLEM I FACE.

                                                                             ❤

                       WHEN I MEET A NEW PROBLEM, I DO NOT SEE THE PROBLEMS AS MY ENEMY. I KNOW THAT FINDING THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WILL MORE ME FORWARD IN MY OWN PERONAL GROWTH.

                     BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PROBLEMS ARE KEY INGREDIENTS IN MY SPIRITUAL AND MENTAL EDUCATION AND PREPARATION. I RECOGNIZE THAT ALL PROBLEMS ARE IMPORTANT TO ME.

                    I DO NOT FEAR PROBLEMS, I SOLVE THEM. I DO NOT IGNORE PROBLEMS, I CONFRONT THEM. 

                  I KNOW THAT EVERY PROBLEM HOLD WITHIN ITSELF THE KEY TO ITS OWN SOLUTION. THEREFORE, THE BETTER I UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM, THE CLEARER I AM ABLE TO SEE ITS SOLUTION.

                     

                                                                                     ❤

                   HAVING PROBLEMS IN NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME. I AM CONFIDENT, SELF-ASSURED, POSITIVE, AND DETERMINED I ALWAYS KNOW THAT I AM GOING TO OVERCOME ANY PROBLEM I ENCOUNTER - AND I ALWASY DO.

                  I AM GOOD AT BREAKING LARGE OBSTACLES DOWN INTO SMALLER PEIECES THAT ARE EASIER TO HANDLE. AND I NEVER MAKE ANY PROBLEM APPEAR TO BE LARGER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS.

                  I NEVER WORRY. I TURN, WORRY TIME, INTO POSITIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE "SOLUTION TIME, I KEEP MY MIND ALERT AND OPEN TO ALL SOLUTIONS - AND SOLUTIONS COME QUICKLY AND EASILY TO ME.

                  I HAVE LEARNED COME QUICKLY AND EASILY TO ME.

                  I HAVE LEARNED TO RECOGNIZE THAT MANY PROBLEMS CARRY WITH THEM BENEFITS AND POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD NOT HAVE PRESENTED AND POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD NOT HAVE PRESENTED THEMSELVES HAD THE PROBLEMS NOT OCCURED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

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                 I DO NOT SEEK TO LIVE A LIFE THAT IS FREE FROM ALL PROBLEMS. INSTEAD, I CHOOSE TO LIVE A LIFE OF FINDING SOLUTIONS AND ENJOYING THE BENEFITS THAT THOSE SOLUTIONS CREATE.

                   CHALLENGE, CONQUER, SOLUTION, AND WIN WORDS THAT I LIVE MY DAILY, CHALLENGE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, CONQUERING THEM IS THE INEVITABLE OUTCOME.SOLUTION ARE THE STEPPING - STONES TO MY SUCCESS. WINNING IS MY WAY OF LIFE.

                          I SUSPECT YOU WILL FIND THAT IF YOU WERE TO DO NOTHING MORE THAN READ THAT ONE EXAMPLE OF A SELF-TALK SCRIPTS TO YOURSELF THREE OR FOUR TIMES EACH DAY FOR A WEEK OR TWO, BY THE END OF THAT TIME YOU WOUL BEGIN TO SEE YOUR OWN PROBLEMS DIFFERENTLY - EVEN A SPECIFIC PROBLEM. IT DEALS ONLY WITH YOUR GENERAL APPROACH TO LOOKING AT PROBLEMS.

                    NOW LET'S BE MORE SPECIFIC. LETS IDENTIFY A PROBLEM - ONE THAT FOR MANY OF US HAS, AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, STOOD DIRECTLY IN THE WAY OF REACHING ALMOST ANY GOAL WE SET FOR OURSELVES THE PROBLEM OF BEING ORGANIZED - MANAGING OUR TIE AND OUR RESOURCES IN A MORE EFFECTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE WAY.

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                   THERE ARE MANY EXCELLENT BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT O FMANAGING TIME AND BECOMEING MORE ORGANIZED. BUT WHEN YOU READ THE BOOKS, THINK HOW MUCH BETTER A MORE RECEPTIVE MIND WOULD BE - A MIND THAT HAS BECOME REPROGRAMMED, FIRMLY CONVINCED, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU MUGHT HAVE BELIEVED  IN THE PAST, TO NOW BELIEVE THAT BEING ORGANIZED IS A NATURAL WAY FOR YOU TO BE.

                    IF YOUR GOAL WAS TO ORGANIZE YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR TIME, AND YOUR ACTIVITIES TO GET MORE DONE FOR YOU, AND HELP YOU REACH THE REST OF THE GOALS YOU HAVE SET FOR YOURSELF INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE OLD PROGRAMMING, IT IS JUST AS EASY AND FAR MORE EFFECTIVE TO US A DIFFERENT SET OF INTERNAL COMMANDS.

                                              ❤FREEDOM OF TALKS❤

              I NEVER WORRY. INSTEAD OF WORRYING, I FIND SOLUTIONS AND I ACT ON THEM.

              MY MIND IS CONSTANTLY IN TUNE WITH THE POSITIVE. IT IS BRIGHT, CHEERFUL, ENTHUSIASTIC, AND FULL OF GOOD, POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.

             I AM ABLE TO RELAX EASILY AND COMFORTABLY IN MY BODY AND IN MY MIND. I AM CALM, CONFIDENT, AND SELF-ASSURED.

 

             MY MIND IS ORDERLY AND WELL ORGANIZED. I CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE WHAT I THINK AND I ALWAYS CHOOSE THOSE THOUGHTS THAT ARE THE MOST POSITIVE AND BENEFICIAL FOR ME.

              ALL OF MY THOUGHTS CREATE HEALTHINESS WITHIN ME. MY MIND DWELLS ONLYON THOSE THOUGHTS THAT CREATE MORE HARMONY, BALANCE, AND WELL-BEING WITHIN ME AND IN THE WORLD AROUND ME.

              I AUTOMATICALLY, AND ALWAYS, THINK IN A DECISIVE AND DETERMINED WAY.

             I AM FULL OF RESOLUTION AND THE ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE OF THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOM IN EVERYTHING THAT I DO.

             I CHOOSE TO LOOK AT THE WORK AROUND ME IN THE BRIGHT, HEALTHY LIGHT OF OPTIMISM AND SELF-ASSURANCE.

             I DO ONLY THOSE THIGS THAT ARE BEST FOR ME. I CREATE THE BEST WITHIN MYSELF, I ATTRACT THE BEST IN OTHERS, AND I DIND THE BEST THE WORLD AROUND ME.

             I WILLINGLY, AND WITHOUT FAIL, TAKE CARE OF THE DUTIES AND OBLIGATION THAT I HAVE ACCEPTED FOR MYSELF.

            I COMMIT ONLY TO THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT I KNOW I CAN FULLFILL. I FOCUS THE ATTENTION OF MY MIND ONLY ON THOSE THINGS THAT I CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT. IF I CANNOT AFFECT IT OR DIRECT IT - I ACCEPT IT. I KEEP MY MIND TOO BUSY THINKING GOOD, HEALTHY, POSITIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE, AND PRODUCTIVE THOUGHTS TO EVER HAVE ANY TIME FOR WORRY.

               I CONTROL THE THOUGHTS I CHOOSE. NO THOUGHTS, AT ANY TIME, CAN DWELL IN MY MIND WITHOUT MY APPROVAL OR PERMISSION I NEVER WORRY.

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               FOR EVERY HABIT YOU CAN COME UP WITH THAT SHOULD BE CHANGED, THERE IS THE RIGHT SELF-TALK TO CHANGE IT. BUT THE TWO EXAMPLES OF HABIT-CHANGING SELF-TALK WE HAVE JUST SEEN WILL GIVE YOU AND IDEA OF HOW SELF-TALK IS CONSTRUCTED AND HOW IT COVERS NOT ONLY IDEA OF HOW SELF-TALK IS CONSTRUCTED AND HOW IT COVERS NOT ONLY THE PROBLEM ITSELF, BUT HOW IT CREATES THE SURROUNDINGS MENTAL ENVIRONMENT THAT FEEDS AND SUPPORTS THE DECISION TO CHANGE.

               MOST OF THOSE THINGS WE CALL BAD HABITS ARE IN REALITY THE SYMPTOMS OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS GOING ON INSIDE OF US. THEY ARE THE RESULT OF A BROAD VARIETY OF BELIEFS WE HAVE ABOUT OURSELVES THAT, WHEN ALL LUMPTED TOGETHER, PUSH US INTO A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR THAT ENDS UP CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR US. SELF-TALK LOOKS AT THE "WHOLE BEING" (ALL OF THE FURNITURE IN OUR MENTAL APARTMENTS) FROM A HOLISTIC POINT OF VIEW. IT DOESN'T JUST CURE THE SYMPTOM, IT CHANGES THE PROBLEMS THAT CAUSED THE SYMPTOMS IN THE FIRST PLACE.