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The Powers of a Positive Mental Attitude

positive-mental-attitudeIf you were to write down you thoughts for the next hour would most of them  be positive or negative? How do you know if your thoughts are positive or  negative? Do you have motivational thoughts, thoughts full of gratitude for what  you have and what is coming your way, or are your thoughts full of what you lack  or would like to have but don’t?

Now let’s say you are taking a walk  down the street with these thoughts you wrote down. Do you think anyone you meet  would be able to tell you what’s on your mind?

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Elephants and Fleas – The Power of Self Belief!

Change Your Mind Change Your Life

The Life you truly want is the life that CAN BE YOURS

Success QuoteThe saddest two words in the entire English language are “If only…” Don’t  focus on what was or that which could have been. Look forward, progress and move  towards that which you truly desire. With all your heart and soul.

Elephants and Fleas

Jim Donovan in his book This is Your Life Not a Dress Rehearsal tells the  story of why elephants don’t run. Seeing adult elephants tethered by a slim  rope, he asked the trainer why the great animals don’t break free to which the  trainer replied to the effect that as young animals they are tethered by the  same rope and grow up believing that they are held and cannot escape.

In a similar vein there is a famous story told by Zig  Ziglar in his book, “See You at The Top.” You can place some fleas in a  jar with a lid on it. The fleas will of course begin to jump, repeatedly hitting  the lid in their attempt to escape.

After about 20 minutes, the fleas begin to learn that they cannot escape and  stop jumping as high as they did to begin with, to avoid smacking their head on  the lid.

Once they become accustomed to the fact that they cannot escape, you can  remove the lid and the fleas will continue to jump at the same height, never  escaping the jar. Since the fleas BELIEVE they cannot escape the confines of the  jar, they stop trying. Because of their experience with smacking their heads  repeatedly, every time they tried to escape, they never even bother looking up  to see that the lid is no longer there.

These two anecdotes illustrate well how, like elephants and fleas, we are  easily trained into believing how little we can achieve. Like elephants many of  us cling to beliefs that we too are unable to achieve what we truly want simply  because either we never tried or maybe we tried and failed once. These incorrect  self-limiting beliefs are what hold us back.It is a self-limiting belief and  self belief is the key that both locks us into self-limitations and yet is the  same key that can open the door to new horizons, new ways of thinking and  greater self-achievement.

For example, for many years I had the self-belief that I had a talent for  writing and yet I had no confidence in that belief and it was this that held me  back. Like the fleas in a jar I limited myself, although I never even tried to  jump high enough to bang my head on the lid. Nevertheless, I imagined  there was a ceiling just above me that I never aspired to exceeding because I  believed I never could. Self-belief is both what holds us back and exactly that  which can free us from our own self-limiting thoughts.

The situation is not hopeless. We can change. We can change our beliefs. We  can let go of those beliefs that hold us back and replace them with new, more  confident and more realistic belief and confidence in our abilities and talents.  We can change the way we think, in time and with a little effort.

‎’Let go of the past and go for the future. Go confidently in the  direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.’ Henry David  Thoreau

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The Voice of Self Belief -The Inner Coach.

Do you remember when the last time was when you asked yourself, “who am I, and what do I stand for?” I bet it was rather a long time ago. The reason is like most people, you take yourself for granted. Hardly anyone thinks in sufficient depth about their beliefs, even though they are crucial to what makes a person an individual.

The question is what is a belief? Well a belief is a feeling of certainty about something particularly connected to yourself. Most beliefs are formed during childhood: the opinions of elder family members have a great influence on how a person turns out in life.

Beliefs can be separated into two straightforward categories – positive and negative. Having positive beliefs leads to a positive way of thinking and helps lead you towards your life goals. On the other hand negative beliefs produce negative behaviour. The main contributor to negative beliefs and thinking is the inner critic.

Do you know that little voice you hear in your head that tells you that you that you can’t do this, or you can’t do that? Well, that is what life coaches call the inner critic. The inner critic is great, and in fact essential, but only if it is kept under control. However, when the balance becomes upset, your inner critic can become a harmful energy in your life. An unchecked inner critic can wipe out your self-confidence in an instant.

The great news is though you also have the inner coach. This is the voice of self-belief, support and success. Your inner coach is the part of you that finds the solutions to problems, and gives you inspiration, and guides you towards your life goals.

Think which is the loudest in your head the inner critic, or the inner coach? Are you your own coach or your own worst enemy? If you think about it, it is a lot easier to criticise and be harsh on yourself than to go out there and do something constructive. The reason why most people don’t achieve what they want in life is because they listen to much to the inner critic. The People that do make something of themselves listen more to their inner coach.

The best thing then is to develop your inner coach. When you do this you will then be making your mind work for you and not against you. Just think for a moment about how amazing the human brain is. Even the most intelligent people only use about 10% to 12% of their brain power. The brain is more powerful than all the worlds computers put together. The brain has within it almost unlimited power. What a shame it is then not to use it for personal development. Everyone has the chance to be extraordinary, yet so many people just sit in the darkness all because they are unable to change their limiting beliefs about themselves.

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