Changing Your Mindset by Richard Nicholls

These are all questions that when asking ourselves, we need to be completely honest. If we are not honest, our frustrations will continue and we'll never be able to move forward. The first step each of us needs to make is to identify what is holding us back from achieving our dreams. Only once they are identified can we work on them. In order to work on them, make a plan and set goals!

If you do the same thing tomorrow that you did today, you will certainly get the same results. If you want your life to head in a different direction, you need to do something different in your routine. The only way you can get out of the rut of an average life, is if YOU do something that will set you apart. It doesn't matter what it is, start with baby steps. Go to the library and borrow a book on that hobby you have always wanted to learn, enrol in a distance learning course to increase your education, start exercising. The possibilities are endless, you just need to start, and start now! Never wait till tomorrow, because tomorrow never comes.

To give you some perspective, here is an example from my own life. I consider myself an entrepreneur. I have set high goals and standards for myself. Since adapting this new line of thought I have cut out tension relieving activities, and allocated that free time to goal achieving activities. I went from watching at least 15 hours of T.V. to watching no T.V. We recently got rid of our T.V. which was a difficult decision, but I am now reaping the rewards of allocating my time elsewhere. It is up to you to decide what you want to do with your free time, but this is a personal example of what I have done to free up some time. Now I spend that time studying and trying to build business relationships and feel that I am no longer living an average life. I'm living for something bigger.

In 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' Robert Kiyosaki talks about what it takes to become a sophisticated investor. He states that you need be earning at least $200,000 a year, and then goes on to say that if you think that is a lot of money, you are right, it is, and it probably always will be to you. But, if you see that as an achievable goal to set yourself, you will get there. A large proportion of our lives are determined by the personal perception we have of ourselves, our values, our beliefs and our surroundings. If you want to live an above average life, then start by changing your mindset.

Changing your mindset involves the stubborn side of your attitude. You need to decide what you want to do or believe and refuse to believe anything else. You need to decide that $200,000 is not a lot of money and start exploring and studying ways for you to achieve your earnings goal, whether it is $100,000, or $1 million, or $100 million. If you get the chance Google 'Bill Bartman' and see the decisions he made to get to where he is today.

The bottom line is that it is up to you and only you to make a difference in your life. Don't worry about things out of your control, only focus on what you can control. Start with changing your mindset.





Richard Nicholls is the owner of RichNicholls.com and MyHomeBusinessGuide.com giving applicable information to those new and looking to advance in the MLM industry.

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It's Your LIfe! Create Your Own Success! by Maria Rattray

Life is not a dress rehearsal. The clock is ticking, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. In all of this you are painting your life, your story. How will it read?

What if each of us could live our lives, defiant of barriers, determinedly seeking only solutions to our problems? Would that change our word significantly? Would hatred still exist? Would our world be a more peaceful one? Could we be a nation of dreamers, intent on painting our optimal picture?

You see, in life, each of us is dealt a pack of cards. The way we see our pack, and the way in which we deal with the pack, is entirely up to us. Oh I know. It is true that we are not born equal. Some of us are born into extreme wealth whilst others inherit abject poverty. Some rise to higher education. Others may go through life lacking any formal education at all. Many of us are discriminated against for a myriad of reasons, the colour of our skin, our creed, our nationality, a disability, or just the way we look. Even more are discriminated against through lack of money. All of us however, at some stage in our lives have adversity thrust upon us, no matter who we are, or where we have come from. It is in dealing with such adversity that we emerge as the people we are.

I was recently privileged to listen to a speech given by Neal Petersen, a highly-successful motivational speaker. Classified as coloured in his birth place of Cape Town South Africa, Neil grew up in a poor family, in the grip of apartheid where blacks were required to follow laws dictated to them in order to survive. Daring to challenge the laws was done at their peril!

Neal's passion was the sea, to have a boat and one day, to sail that boat around the world. People laughed at the notion, many people, friends included. But Neal was doggedly determined to do so, and kept, as a reminder of his determination, a red sailing jacket, which went everywhere with him. He still has it today!

It's one thing to have a dream of sailing, but that costs money, lots of money! It wasn't long before Neal realised that the money he was earning through diving would hardly be sufficient to support his dream. He realised that by the time he had saved the money, he would be too old to sail, and so, he set out to build his own vessel. His fellow yachtsmen and journalists, referred to it as the floating coffin. But Neal was not going to allow anyone to steal his dream and so, it was in the coffin, that as a young man, he set out to sail the world. Despite his critics, he was successful, and that taught others that with passion and purpose, people can succeed.

He also talked about baggage. How many of us have baggage that we port from one aspect of our living to another? He points out that in his 'bag' there is no baggage, only solutions and he urges all of us to do the same for ourselves, that is, to find solutions to our problems. Even in these toughest of economic times, if we look, if we try hard enough, if we are goal-oriented, we can succeed. His experience is testimony to that!

He went on to explain that, when times are tough, and when you feel that you have reached your nadir, that is when you are metaphorically navigating through uncharted waters. But, he also points out, that this is the precise time, that critical juncture, when we should be putting our dreams into place. Dreams give us hope. They keep us buoyant. Moreover, they open up to us, amazing possibilities for our future.

You see, all too many of us, coast along in the highway of life, staying in our comfort zone, doing what is easiest and least challenging. Scary, isn't it! And it is only when we reach absolute turmoil that our minds are indeed, open to change.

At such times there are probably two clear pathways that we can take. The first option is the easy one. We can cave in and accept the status quo, because the reality is that financial hardship beats away at our pride and leaches our confidence and the will to persevere and fight back. If only we could understand at that time, that the loss of confidence is but a perception! It is not bathed in reality. We haven?t changed. If we look in the mirror we are still the same person as we were the day before, and the day before that! Sure we have lost money, but if we stop and think about it, what exactly is money? It is simply a vehicle for getting by from one day to the next.

Once we understand that, we can try to proceed along the other pathway. But in doing so, we must toss any doubts, any scepticism and pessimism, away, for if we don't, you can guarantee that it will show up in our bank account! Now there's a scarier thought! From now on, our mindset, our determination, our belief in ourselves must be so strong that failure is not an option!

Neil says that we define our future by the wisdom of our setbacks. We must win against all odds. In all of this we must trust, knowing that we are being tempered for something bigger, some new peaks where we will choose our competitors.




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Six Simple Steps to Creating The Life That You Have Always Wanted by Brenda Campbell

It truly is possible to enjoy a lifestyle that you choose and the first step to this is to know what you want and are passionate about. I know that sounds simple enough but a surprising number of people have no idea what they want in life or what they feel very strongly about. You know what, there are even experts who will assist you to find your passion. Any great coach will tell you that you start at the beginning with some life goals. So here are six very simple and effective steps to help you to get going.

1. Right now, this very minute, write down all of the things that you want to achieve in the next ten years. That's right, you got it, everything and do it very quickly; it will only take ten to fifteen minutes. Write at least 50 things under the following headings - What do I want to do, to be, to see, to have - Where do I want to go - What do I want to share?

2. Now, beside each of the things that you would like to have in your life, write the time that you want to have it in eg one year, ten years. Get some balance across the years. You do not want to have everything showing up immediately or have to wait ten years for your dreams to come true!

3. Choose your top four from each of the categories and you are getting close to knowing what you want. The others can go on hold for the moment.

4. Take a little time now and write one paragraph for each of your top desires in each of the categories. In this step you are writing exactly why you want to achieve this particular goal; you are writing about your purpose. What is it about that goal that sets you on fire and creates a heartfelt and burning desire to achieve it? Write those details about it, what it looks like, how it feels to have it. Build in your mind the picture of having it, start to imagine yourself with it. How will having it improve your life, how will it improve the lives of others?

5. Now focus your thoughts and attention upon this in a conscious and creative way. Be the cause in your life, you decide how it will be. Take time every day to read what you have written and start to find ways to break these big dreams down into small actions. Spend every possible moment imagining what it feels like to have this dream already come true.

6. Get started on some small actions and watch your dreams take shape. Do six things every day to bring your dreams to reality. Take action every day, believe that you will achieve your dreams and have faith in yourself to do that!

The other option to taking charge, working out what you want, focusing attention and taking action to get it, is to move through life in an unconscious way, accepting whatever happens to come your way - sometimes good and sometimes not so good. Sometimes what you desire and sometimes not. This is when you are experiencing effect and not cause. It is much more fun to be at cause and feel the excitement when each of your dreams comes true. And what do you do when that happens? Why, you just line up your next list.




Brenda Campbell, BA Health Science, is an experienced Coach and Mentor who works with people all over the world to assist them to achieve their dreams and success. If you found this article on creating your dream life useful, go to Brenda's website to find out how to get started with making all of your dreams come true: =>
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