Bill Bartmann: The Power of a Promise and Achieving Your Goals

Bill Bartmann - The Power of A Promise

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This weekend I shared with you a story about Bill Bartmann – the man whose life and fortunes have been like a roller coaster. He recently uploaded the video displayed above where he talks very movingly and very candidly about the true meaning of a promise and how he used that promise overcome tremendous odds and achieve a particular goal that undoubtedly changed his life.

However, this video is more than just promises. It's about perseverance, commitment and making an irrevocable decision.

You may never have to face challenges as severe that Bill Bartmann has faced in his life or you may face or even currently be facing challenges that are more severe. Yet, one thing is certain. You will face challenges in life and how you face up to those challenges will determine the quality of your life and what you achieve during your life.

Some people think that setting and achieving goals is all about the acquisition of the thing you are going after. They're wrong. Goal achievement is all about the person you become as you strive to achieve your goals.

Many people set goals and then give up on them with barely a fight. They lack persistence. Bob Proctor says that in such cases the goal was too "puny".

"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized."
Daniel H Burnham

If your goals are puny then you surely will quit when you are faced with the first obstacle.

"A goal that is casually set and lightly taken is freely abandoned at the first obstacle."
Zig Ziglar

In Bill Bartmann's case, he could either believe what the doctor had told him and remain a paraplegic for the rest of his life or he could defy what the doctor had said and create his own prognosis.

What was incredible in Bill Bartmann's case was that even although there was evidence that contradicted the doctor's original diagnosis, the doctor brutally tried to stamp out any hope of recovery in Bill's mind.

There are people in your life who will try to do the same when you tell them about your goals. They will ridicule you and belittle your dreams - if you let them.

Matt Bacak said that he decided that he would make a million dollars within six months he made one of the toughest decisions of his life. He temporarily decided to cut off all forms of communication with his mother. It was a drastic decision but he did what he had to do.

His mother was always the one who was saying that things were not possible. She was the naysayer. He knew that he had to believe in himself 100% if he was to achieve his goal within the time limit he set himself. There was no room for doubt. It was hard on both parent and child but he gave his mother one of her best Christmas presents ever when he announced that h had achieved his goal.

Do you have the strength, courage and conviction to eliminate toxic relationships from your life? Or will you let those individuals drag you down, keeping you within their comfort zone?

What kind of goals have you set yourself? Are you truly committed to them? Are you prepared to do whatever it takes to achieve them? Teamwork and support are important when achieving your goals but do have the fortitude it takes to soldier on alone if needed? Bill had to wait until late at night to do his exercises to remain undetected.

Bill made a decision that he was going to walk out of his hospital at a time when he could move a muscle in his lower body. The word decision is derived from a Latin word meaning "to cut away". When Bill made his decision there was no turning back. It was more than a decision. He made a promise that he was going to walk out of that hospital.

And, it was through exercising his will power, that he was able to achieve his goal. Through his will he was able to command his body. Now there are scientific explanations to support what Bill Bartmann accomplished but the fact remains that:

~ He used his mind to think about what he wanted rather than what he didn't want,

~ His thoughts became fervent beliefs,

~ He used his thought to direct his will power, and

~ His used his will power to achieve the thing he dreamt about.

He fulfilled his promise and achieved his goal.

The question is what promise will you make for yourself? What goals are you ready to commit to?








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How You Can Use NLP to Overcome Limiting and Negative Beliefs and the Power of Negative Thinking

Yesterday, I interviewed Anietie Eka, the Principal Consultant for Uncommon (UK) Ltd. This was a re-scheduled event because on the previous day we experienced major technical difficulties when we tried to host the teleseminar. Anietie was dialling and connecting to the bridgeline but his voice couldn't be heard and by that I don't mean that his voice was faint. His voice simply wasn't coming through.

It was a problem I hadn't encountered before doing teleseminars and, despite his trying three different phone lines including his mobile phone, we were unable to resolve the problem. Just before our re-scheduled call yesterday Anietie made a confession to me.

Anietie is a motivational speaker, coach, Master NLP Practitioner and Trainer of NLP. He has years of experience doing business consulting and personal coaching. However, he is used to speaking to live audiences and working with individuals face-to-face. Speaking on a teleseminar was new to him.

He said that when he woke up on the morning our teleseminar was originally scheduled that he didn't quite feel ready for the event and he was thinking of how he might postpone the event. How I wish I had known this beforehand!

Now did his negative thinking have anything to do with the problems we experienced that day? You decide?

"If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us."
Anonymous

Anyway yesterday, he said he felt ready and energised for the call and that he had done his visualisations, etc. as part of his preparation.

You see even as professional coaches we still have to constantly work on ourselves and there will be times, when we push our own boundaries or limits, that there will initial resistance. Having the tools of NLP is an effective way of handling limiting and negative beliefs.

We experienced a couple of hitches during the call yesterday. There was some static partway through the call and I dialled back in to see if I could clear it and Anietie got bumped off the bridgeline. Maybe there was some residue of that negative energy from the previous day.

After that it was fine. Our 60 minute teleseminar ended up lasting nearly 90 minutes. I take responsibility for that. I could have been more controlling but my intuition said "just go with the flow".

I still haven't had time to replay the entire call myself as yesterday was a hectic day for me as will be today but you can listen to the call by clicking the Audioplayer below.



Alternatively, you can visit the following link to be taken to the replay page where you can download the interview and listen at your convenience.

"How You Can Use NLP to Overcome Limiting Beliefs and Transform Your Personal and Professional Life"

Anietie talks candidly about his upbringing and beliefs. How he turned his life around at school and started coming first instead of last. What motivates and drives him and of course multiple ways that you can use NLP to overcome limiting and negative beliefs.

I hope you find the teleseminar educational and motivational and if you have any specific questions on this topic please leave me a comment.

Nothing Like a Flight of Fancy for Your Goal Achievement to Take Off

While I enjoy visiting other countries I don't really enjoy long flights, hanging around airports, waiting for your luggage to unloaded, etc. Still, I recognise that I am quite privileged to be able to travel at all and this was really brought home to me by a news item I saw recently.

In India, just 1% of the population get to fly. Even considering that India has a population of well over a billion people this is still a startling statistic for something many of us now take for granted.

So what an ex-pilot has come up with is to give disadvantaged children in India the experience of simulated flight - well not quite. Let me explain.

The children are given a boarding pass and then are escorted to the plane.

Once seated, one of the boys said enthusiastically:

"When I grow up I want to fly a plane just like this one."

I couldn't help but smile. I knew what he meant but thought "not just like this one".

You see this plane is the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang of planes. Its exterior is somewhat decrepit. It only has one wing and the tail section is missing. This sorry-looking plane, lying in a field which separates it from a sprawling metropolis, is definitely grounded.

So much for flight simulation you say - well not quite.

The children do get to experience a real aspect of flying. For these children, the highlight of this 'simulated flight' is going through the emergency procedures. If you're a frequent flyer then you probably pay scant attention to this part of your flight. It's not because you don't think it's important but because you want to focus on safely completely your journey.

In fact, this is one of the prime times in our lives when most of us are able to consistently practice positive thinking and we think of achieving our goal, i.e. arriving at our destination rather than thinking of everything that could go wrong along the way. If only we would apply this strategy of being prepared for the worse but keeping our eyes firmly fixed on our goals to other areas of our lives our success rate in achieving our goals would soar.

Anyway, back to this "flight of fancy". The children not only get to see the emergency procedures explained, they exit the plane using the emergency slides. For some perhaps, the most fun part of the 'flight'.

The reality is though that this scheme may be the only experience that these children have of 'flying'. Still, it opens their eyes to journeys to distant lands - journeys that they might have otherwise never imagined. It sharpens their powers of visualisation. It stretches their minds as to what they can achieve if they only believe. It gives them a glimpse of what's possible.

"The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible."
David Viscott

I hope no one steals that boy's dream away from him. I hope that one day he will get to experience real flight and not as a passenger but as a pilot. I hope that the enthusiasm he felt while sitting in that grounded plane with one broken wing will truly give him the wings he needs to fly.


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What Kind of Year Will You Make 2008?

Last night I watched some visually spectacular fireworks that packed quite a bang as well. Immediately after the fireworks there was a stillness in the air and then there a cool breeze which was followed soon after by a light shower. It was as if Mother Nature was blowing and washing away the last remnants of 2007. It is 2008.

I received loads of "Happy New Year" emails but one of the more interesting ones I received was from Dr Joe Vitale. It began as follows:

"I'll be blunt:

2007 has come and gone.

You had plenty of chances to create your new business or new product and break out of the rut.

But you didn't do it.

Unless you do something different in 2008, where will you be at the end of this new year?"

I found it quite refreshing. It helped to focus my mind as did a conversation I had today with a close friend about someone who was fired on New Year's Eve.

My friend's view that this person didn't have much to celebrate but had much to worry about especially since they had over-extended themselves over the Christmas season thinking that they would have a job to return to in the New Year.

I had a somewhat different opinion. I know that it's tough to lose a job but I think that too many individuals believe that a J.O.B. represents security. Nothing could be further from the truth. The unexpected can happen in even what may seem to be the most secure of environments so it's best to be prepared for the unexpected. Nowadays, anyone in a job should aim to create at least one other income stream.

Also, if you are in a job see how you can really excel in that job. Be the best employee you can be. It will not guarantee that you will keep your job but should you lose it you should at least be able to rely on getting a glowing recommendation which should help you when applying for another job.

In order to be the best employee you can be you will by necessity have to keep updating and improving your skills. This will benefit you in your current position as well as any future position you may hold.

Losing a job may seem devastating at first but it gives one the opportunity to do something different and hopefully better, even if it is another job. If you are fired or made redundant it is important to stay objective, although this may be difficult at first. You need to consider why you lost your job and what you could have done differently. This may affect how you perform in a new job.

The other thing to think about, if ever you find yourself in this position, is what is good about the situation. Don't wallow in self-pity and in thinking about all the things you won't be able to do in the short-term because of your setback. Think instead of the possibilities. This may be challenging but if you achieve this it will stretch you. You will grow.

"Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see them, for they're always there."
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

The other consideration is that if ever you find yourself in a tight spot simply tighten your belt. The person who lost their job had over extended themselves over the Christmas period. It happens. People want to have fun and treat their loved ones. But as Dr Joe Vitale said unless you do something different 2008 will be as 2007.

So if you find yourself in such a predicament here are a few tips:

1. Make a budget of what you absolutely need to live on and stick to it.

2. Trim away any excess, in other words look at where you may be losing money or wasting money needlessly.

3. Discuss the situation openly and honestly with your family so that everyone has a clear understanding of the situation and can work together to manage the situation and create solutions.

4. If you anticipate difficulties in paying your bills on time then discuss the situation with your creditors to investigate the options that are available to you.

5. As well as contacting job agencies and doing other job search methods, let friends and colleagues know that you're looking for a new job.

6. Brainstorm ways in which you can earn money in the short-term.

7. Sharpen your interview skills and be ready to attend an interview at short notice.

Above all stay positive and focus on what you want to achieve rather than the negative aspects of your situation. It is this focus that will help you to survive any challenging situation.

I like to think of a New Year as a blank canvas. No matter how your year has started, you have the opportunity to create your future just the way you want it to be.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!


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The Secret to Fulfilling Your Potential

No doubt you will have often heard that you have unlimited potential and you may be frustrated at the fact that you are not fulfilling your potential. You know in your heart that you could be achieving more in your life. You want greater success in your life more than anything but despite all your efforts your progress is limited.

Allow me to offer an explanation - although it is not my idea but something I heard from James Ray, one of the stars of the DVD "The Secret".

You know that you are made up of DNA which contains your genetic code that is used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. Well, did you know that experiments have shown that the majority of people are using only about 25% of their DNA? How can anyone fulfil their potential if effectively they are "not all there"? This leads to two burning questions:

1. Why are we only using such a small percentage of our DNA, and
2. How can we "switch on" more of our DNA?

To answer these questions let's take a look at the results of an intriguing experiment conducted by the HeartMath LLC institute. In this particular experiment 28 vials of human placenta DNA were given to each of 28 researchers who had been trained in how to generate and sense feelings.

What this research discovered was that the DNA changed its shape according to what the researchers were feeling. When the researchers felt anger, fear, frustration or stress, the DNA responded by becoming shorter and tighter. It also switched off many of the human DNA codes.

However, when the researchers felt joy, gratitude, love and appreciation the DNA strands relaxed and became longer. In addition, more of the human DNA codes were switched on.

In today's world people are often stressed. There is so much anger and violence in our society. People have developed a deep fear response to even the most mundane of things and people are often frustrated in their jobs and in their relationships. Is it any wonder that people are not fulfilling their potential? How can they? Simply put, they are not fully switched on.

Imagine the difference between lighting a small candle in an otherwise totally dark room compared to switching on a 100 watt light bulb. Imagine someone whispering your name compared to a stadium full of people screaming your name.

When you feel angry, frustrated and stressed you are literally like a tight coil. Undo the coil and you are able to release the energy trapped in the coil because it can now flow freely.

It is easy to express gratitude, love and appreciation but we are often too busy. Did you notice the clouds today? What about that magnificent tree or that beautiful flower? Did you just eat today without much giving the act much conscious thought or did you truly give thanks for the food you ate and savoured every bite? Expressing your gratitude will keep you connected to the omniscient power through which you receive everything including the gift of life itself.

Did you express your love today even to yourself? Your efforts at expressing your love for someone or even something may not seem to be appreciated yet, if it comes from your heart, it will always feel good.

Most people's self-talk is very negative. As speaker, Rob Bremer says:

"If you had a friend who talked to you like you sometimes talk to yourself, would you continue to hang around with that person?"

Dr Joe Vitale suggests that if we could simply replace the negative self-talk with the simple words "I love you" we could transform our lives.

"If you saturate your being with love you will neutralise anything that is negative within you."
Dr Joe Vitale

So the secret to fulfilling your potential is simply to let go. Release your negative emotions and limiting beliefs. They are not serving you. As you let go feel the energy surge through your body. Notice how calm and at peace you feel. Notice how much clearer you are about your life and how you gain a different and liberating perspective on issues that once bothered you.

If you are seeking techniques to assist you in letting go then I highly recommend Dr Joe Vitale's new book called "The Secret - The Missing Secret to Attracting Anything You Want". Purchase your copy from Amazon today and then head on over to Unlock the Secret for $6,077 worth of bonuses.



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Quit Worrying if You Want to Achieve Success

Worrying is an expression of fear and what you fear most you will manifest so quit worrying if you want to achieve success. When you worry you are feeding energy to what you don't want.

"Fear is faith it won't work out."

Now I know that there are many situations that can invoke the feeling of anxiety. The thing to do is identify the worse that can happen and then focus your attention on how you really want things to work out. By doing this you will be expending your energy wisely and towards what you want instead of what you don't want.

"It has been said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength."
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Nowadays, people are literally worrying themselves sick and to no avail because when you are sick you do not have the strength to tackle the things that are causing you to worry in the first place.

People worry about losing their job, their home, their relationship, their health, their loved ones, their money. Let's take a look at some of these issues.

Loss of a Job
First of all no job is secure. If you are in a job you should automatically be making provisions for the time when you are out of a job. Now, I'm not for one moment suggesting that you should not give anything but your best when you are working. However, the fact is job losses are on the increase and no one can rely upon a job for life.

So start saving and anyone can save - even someone on minimum wage. Continually update and improve your skills and consider running a business - something which you can operate alongside your main job. By doing these things and being the best employee you can be you will always be able to find work and you will have a cushion for the brief periods when you may be out of work.

Loss of a relationship
There is a quote that says:

"People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime."

Cherish your relationships. Learn and grow from them but if a person you are involved with decides to move on honour that decision. Who are you to stop that person from moving on to experience other and perhaps more fulfilling relationships? If you decide to end the relationship do so with compassion. However, when you worry about losing a relationship you prevent the real you from showing up in the relationship. The relationship is then not authentic and as such cannot be sustained.

Loss of health
Answer this question:

"Are you doing all you can do to look after your health?"

You know, many people worry about their health but do not take basic steps to improve their health such as quitting smoking, exercising, eating healthily, getting adequate sleep, etc. Start taking steps today to improve your health. If despite your best efforts you fall ill, if you have been taking care of yourself you will have a better chance of recovering. Periods of illness are a time for reflection and so, if you do become ill, use this time to discover more about yourself.

Loss of money
There is a saying:

"The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money."

You see money is just an idea. It is energy. There is an abundance of money in the world. Many of the richest people in the world have lost vast sums of money. Some have been bankrupt and some bankrupt several times yet they went on to earn more and more money. Donald Trump lost all of his money in the 90s and look at where he is today. Bill Bartmann lost of his money but refused to file for bankruptcy. He became a billionaire.

So if you're worried about losing money seek the advice of a finance expert but perhaps even more important improve your wealth mindset. As Paul Blackburn, psychology in business expert puts it:

"You make money in your mind first."

Worrying will rob you of your greatest glories. Quit worrying and focus instead on being successful.




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Think and Grow Rich or Poor - It's Your Choice!

You have the power to think and you can use your thoughts to grow rich or poor. It really is up to you. For decades man has pondered the quote "I think therefore I am" for man is unique in his ability to be able to think. It is this quality that makes us transcend other animals.

However, change just one word in this quote and it takes on a different meaning. Dr Wayne Dyer said:

"I think that I am."

This is a fundamental truth that philosophers, teachers and leaders throughout the ages have been in unison about. It is another way of expressing:

"You become what you think about."

If only more people understood this, they would recognise how powerful they truly are. However, to accept this means that you have to accept full responsibility for everything in your life - both the positive and the negative.

For many this is a great challenge. How can they be responsible for the negative things going on in their life? They blame society, other people, the government - anyone and anything but themselves. Unfortunately, they don't recognise that, in so doing, they are behaving as though they are victims - hapless pawns in the chess game of life. They relinquish control of their lives.

"Don't blame others for your failure to be fully accountable for your own life. If others are to blame then you have given them control."
Bob Perks

The moment you accept full responsibility for your life everything changes. You start to see your world in a new light, as a world of possibilities and opportunities rather than problems and obstacles.

"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens."
Lewis L. Dunnington

Some people pride themselves on being a closed book, i.e. they think that people can't determine what's going on in their mind. However, you don't have to be able to literally read someone's mind to know what they are thinking. Simply look at their results.

"Mind is the master power that molds and makes and Man is Mind and evermore he takes the tool of thought and shaping what he wills brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills. He thinks in secret and it comes to past; environment is but his looking glass."
James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

Your thoughts have energy. We rely so much upon what we can see but it is our invisible world that is shaping our visible world. We repeatedly ignore the significance of this fact, yet every day, every moment we are alive we are given evidence of this. We cannot see the air we breathe but we do not question that it is there even though we cannot live without it.

So while we cannot see our thoughts we know of their substance by what they manifest.

"Every thought has a frequency. That magnetic signal is drawing the parallel back to you."
Dr Joe Vitale

Look around you. Do you like what you see? Are you satisfied with the life you have created for yourself thus far? Are you using your thoughts to grow rich or grow poor? The answer to the last question must be one or the other for in the Universe there is no standing still. Everything is in a constant state of flux.

If you don't like your environment change your thoughts. Naturally the physical changes will not become apparent immediately but as long as you think positively then your actions and your results will change as a consequence.

If you have been harbouring negative thoughts for a long time then there will be a lot to clear away before you start actually seeing the tangible evidence of positive results. However, you will feel more optimistic, happier, calmer and more relaxed. These positive emotions will help to accelerate the positive changes in your life and help you to grow rich rather than poor. They will help you to build an abundant life so that you can express yourself fully, sharing your wealth with others while enriching your own life.

It's your choice. You can positively change your life today simply by changing your thoughts. All it takes is a decision.


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It's All Good!

For the past few days it has rained every day. A local friend of mine keeps apologizing about the weather and I keep reminding him that it is the rainy season and I expect it to rain. For me it's no big deal. As the saying goes, "It's all good!"

If I'm out and about I seek shelter and if I'm not out and about then what does it matter? The rain helps to cool things down a bit, provides much-needed water for crops and helps to replenish underground water aquifers – the source of the island's water supply.

Life is like the weather - full of ups and downs. We complain about the downs but without them we could not appreciate life's highs. A lesson in life mastery is to b able to see the positive aspects of any situation. When you can achieve this, when you are able to express your gratitude for everything in your life - what you perceive to be good as well as bad - your life will change immeasurably.

So I welcome the rain. It could be worse. It's also hurricane season.

"If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and lightning."
Kahlil Gibran

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Winning or Losing is a State of Mind

I recently read the mobile blog of a woman, whom I'll call Lisa, who had been fired form her job. It was clear from her entry that she felt somewhat demoralised and perhaps even victimised.

I sent her a message:

"What's good about your situation?"

Now, I recognised that Lisa might not have been in the right state of mind to properly consider this question.

"I've just lost my job! Christmas is around the corner and I've lost my main income. What do you mean what's good about my situation?"

At the same time I knew how important it was for her to start looking at the positive aspects of being fired and start re-building her career.

So what are some of the possible benefits of being fired? Being fired gives Lisa the opportunity to:

#Find a new and better job – better pay, location, responsibilities, hours, etc.,
#Re-evaluate her career path, maybe it's time to try something different even start her own business,
#Do things she could do while she was working, and
#Make new business and social contacts.

You see winning or losing is just a state of mind. If you find yourself in a less than ideal situation, turn it on its head and ask yourself what's good about the situation. I guarantee that with that attitude you will sail over life's speed bumps.

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I Can, I Will

One of my mantras is "You can do it!" I say this to myself countless times each day as I face up to the tough challenges I've set myself.

So when I read the following inspirational poem written by Rick Beneteau, author of Branding You and Breaking the Bank it really resonated with me as I hope it will with you:

"I will because I can.
I'll do because I believe the strength I need to make the change is deep inside of me.
I'll walk where I have crawled, I'll run till I can fly.
My wings will fill with winds of change the moment I decide."

What will you decide today that you will achieve because, in the core of your being, you know you can?

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Positive Thinking - Does it Work?

Does positive thinking work?

Let's consider the antithesis to this question.

Does negative thinking work?

Well, has there been a time when you have worried unduly about something? Maybe you were worried about an exam, a driving test, an interview. Chances are that your worst expectations came into fruition and even if you got the outcome you desired you recognised that you could have performed better had you not worried.

When we worry or have negative thoughts about something we are not allowing ourselves to think constructively about how to achieve what we want. We focus all our energy on the negative elements of a particular situation and what we put energy into grows.

Dr. Kathleen Hall writes in her book A Life in Balance,

"Affirmations are positive statements we tell ourselves. Our mind believes what we tell it. When you tell your brain positive information, you are feeding your brain extremely valuable food that heals your mind and body...When you tell yourself something over and over again, it gets recorded in your brain; then your mind and body believe it and you become what you have been telling yourself. A positive affirmation is a self-fulfilling prophecy."

This statement represents half of the picture because when we tell our brain, meaning our sub-conscious mind, negative information, when we repeatedly tell ourselves something which is negative it also gets recorded in the mind as if it were a true statement.

"A negative assertion is a self-fulfilling prophecy."

I was chatting to an acquaintance the other day. I could see she was tense and she was complaining of having headaches. I asked if she was worried about anything and she admitted that she was worried about a new job assignment. Now she wasn't worried about her ability to handle the assignment; she was worrying because she had this type of assignment before and didn't enjoy it. She was worrying herself sick and for no good reason.

"When you send your brain negative information, you are feeding your brain anti-nutrients that harm your mind and body."

Take getting a promotion at work. If we focus on why it's not possible to get the promotion and focus on our limitations then that's what we'll put our energy into. The presentation and or interview will roll around, we'll perform poorly, lose the opportunity and tell ourselves, "See, I knew I wasn't good enough!" "I knew I wouldn't get the promotion." We may even blame someone else – "The boss doesn't like me." "Bob is more experienced than I. He was bound to get the position."

When we have these thoughts we give up our power to influence change in our lives. When we accept that we create our reality then we can choose our reality. We can become more aware players in this game called life.

So if negative thinking works then, by the Law of Polarity, the opposite must also true. As Larry King said in his introduction to a special edition of Larry King Live aired recently called The Power of Positive Thinking where he interviewed Bob Proctor, John Assaraf, Michael Beckwith, John DeMartini and JZ Knight,

"Positive thoughts can transform, can attract the good things you know you want."

However, holding on to positive thoughts is challenging. When we are born we are encoded with the genetic material of our parents and, it has been proven, with the genetic material of our ancestors – that's a lot of hardwiring. We then grow up in an environment where the values of our parents and or guardians are also engrained into us whether it is 'information' that serves us in a negative or positive manner. Hence there is a lot of stuff to override. As Jack Canfield, puts it,

"We are a bundle of conditioned reflexes out of control."

We tend to put a lot of emotion into our negative thoughts compared to the emotion and energy we put into our positive thoughts. I can have a negative thought and if I don't invest too much emotion into it then I generally don't have to worry about it taking hold and manifesting itself. Unfortunately, we often invest a lot of energy and emotion into our negative thoughts and this simply serves to bring our worse fears into fruition even faster.

Conversely, when we say positive affirmations there can be an emotional detachment and a lack of consistency in saying them. Also, a lack of evidence in our visible world may cause our analytical conscious mind to filter and delete positive affirmations. Yet, if we are able to overcome this challenge and hold the thought in our mind of what we really want irrespective of our current circumstances then our outer world will eventually catch up with our inner world.

To demonstrate the power of positive thinking I'd like to go back to the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy. The men's Alpine skiing downhill race was won by three times French champion, Antoine Dénériaz. Dénériaz says,

"…since time that I said myself, "One day you will be World Champion, Olympic Champion…"

But Dénériaz was not expected to win. He had performed no better than sixth in a World Cup race this season. The commentators and many of the other competitors all talked about how tough the course was. The course also was getting progressively more demanding as the day wore on and more and more runs were completed.

Dénériaz was also the last of 30 seeded skiers. None of this deterred Dénériaz. He knew he had a job to complete plus there was champagne waiting for him to drink.

You see Dénériaz had been applying the power of positive thinking to the extent he was so confident he was going to win and beocme Olympic Champion he bought champagne to celebrate beforehand!

Dénériaz skied beautifully and won emphatically in a time of 1:48.80 stealing what had, until that point, looked like a sure gold medal, from Michael Walchhofer from Austria (1:49.52). Bruno Kernen of Switzerland was third with a time of 1:49.82.

The top US skier, Bode Miller, said in an interview afterwards,

"The way Dénériaz skied today, he was pretty much untouchable."

That positive thinking works can be proven scientifically. You undoubtedly will have heard of The Science of Getting Rich and The Science of Being Well. It bears well to remember that the Law of Attraction works both ways. Positive thinking is "The Science of Getting What You Want".

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The Power of Positive Affirmations to Enhance Your Self-Image and Create a More Abundant Life

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I was once asked an intriguing question by one of my clients.

"Won't saying positive things to myself make me delusional, especially when I don't believe them to be true?"

Now, isn't that interesting? You see, many of us say negative things to ourselves and about ourselves on a continuous basis, e.g. "Stupid!" "Clumsy!" "Fool!"

And, we say these things so often that we begin to accept them as FACT.

In reality, they are lies that we say to ourselves but even if you repeat a lie often enough you will soon start to believe it. This is particularly true when a lot of emotion is put into it as is generally the case when we say negative things to ourselves.

The negative self-talk is usually accompanied by feelings of anger, frustration, humiliation, resentment, etc. and often leads to depression. These emotions allow the self-talk to penetrate the sub-conscious mind.

Repeating these sentiments over and over again is like seasoning meat. Imagine rubbing seasoning into a piece of meat and perhaps even making small incisions so that the seasoning can penetrate deep into its flesh, imparting its flavor. However, the herbs and spices that you have selected are pungent and bitter so that when you taste the cooked meat it is not palatable.

Now here's the curious thing. Even although you don't like the end result you keep using the same recipe. The finished product still tastes just as bad but you begin to convince yourself that it's ok. Heck! You could get used to this…perhaps even grow to like it. You say to yourself that this is just the way things are and you don't do anything about it. It's too much effort to change.

Yes, you start to rationalize.

But you can change and while it may take some effort the results are so worth it - once you find your winning combination. You could share your new recipe with others. You could even sell your new recipe!

So how do you effect change? Simply put:

1. Stop the negative self-talk, and
2. Use positive affirmations on a daily basis.

Using positive affirmations regularly will commence the gradual process of the re-conditioning your sub-conscious mind. It's like trying to restore a ruined and neglected house that was once a beautiful, well-kept home with flourishing gardens. The restoration work will take time, patience, attention to detail and a methodical, persistent approach. Yet, once achieved it will not only bring enormous joy to its owner, it will have a positive effect on all those who glimpse this beautiful dwelling.

It won't be easy. Your old self image will put up a fight. It doesn't like change. Change feels uncomfortable.

Also, we are trained to assess situations using just our basic senses. Hence, when your bank statements shows a low, or perhaps even a negative, balance; when it seems that there are more bills than money to pay them; it is all too easy to think lack and poverty. Yet money is in abundance.

Similarly, when your blood tests and x-rays indicate a diseased body, it is difficult to focus on health. However, there are many documented cases where individuals have disregarded negative diagnosis and restored health to their bodies and sometimes even saved their own lives using the power of positive thought and affirmations.

Saying positive affirmations such as: "I am rich…I have a healthy body…I am very successful" may seem crazy to someone who doesn't understand mind dynamics. But even if your present circumstances do not support your positive affirmations, repeating positive affirmations forms an important role in conditioning your sub-conscious to produce the results you desire in your life.

Claude Bristol, author of "The Magic of Believing" said,

"It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen."

So, it's no use just saying positive affirmations in an absent-minded fashion. You have to get emotionally involved with your new affirmations for them to become a "deep conviction", to effectively take root in your sub-conscious mind and successfully replace your hidden image that is creating the results you don't want.

I like to start my affirmations by saying - "I'm so happy and grateful now that I am…" - a technique that was taught to me by Bob Proctor. The beauty of this is that it's a positive affirmation all on its own!

Also, gratitude opens up channels so that you receive more of the things you want and appreciate.

So persist with your positive affirmations until they become deep-rooted in your sub-conscious mind. Your reward will be an enhanced self-image and a more abundant life.


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