| Of ALL the things you think about, do you ever think | | | | are merely external environmental factors. The |
| about - what you think about? Have you ever | | | | distance between us and everything we want is only |
| thought that it matters?Norman Vincent Peale, | | | | 6 inches - the 6 inches between our ears.STD'sThere |
| Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone and others | | | | is a distinct difference between what Winners see, |
| understood what Earl Nightingale called "The Greatest | | | | think and do compared with others. Winners See |
| Secret" -- the power of the mind to change, achieve, | | | | Touch Downs - Losers Self Talk Down.Winners see |
| conquer, and create. They understood the biblical | | | | with or through a "vision". Winners see opportunities |
| injunction found in Proverbs - both a declaration of | | | | and openings in obstacles. They see chances and |
| the human condition and the great promise of its | | | | choices for change in challenges and they see triumph |
| change - that "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is | | | | in trials and tests.Winners watch what they think - is |
| he." What you tell yourself - not only matters - it | | | | it empowering or disempowering? Does it help them |
| absolutely controls your life. It determines the quality | | | | focus on and move closer to achieving their goals or |
| of your life and the results you'll experience. A rose | | | | hold them back? If it holds them back, they let go of |
| by any other name may not "be" a rose at all - but | | | | it quickly and replace it just as quickly with a winning |
| what someone else tells you it is, or what you think | | | | thought.Haven't you ever felt that you have much |
| it is. The same holds true for us. We must constantly | | | | more potential than you're experiencing? You're right |
| watch our self-talk -- the most important feedback | | | | - you do! What do you need to do to "get out of |
| of all.Dr. Maxwell Maltz made the landmark discovery | | | | the way" of your own success?Think differently - |
| he documented in his book "PsychoCybernetics" that | | | | think different thoughts. Think, learn, be and do |
| the sub-conscious mind, and the body, can't | | | | things differently - as well as do different things - so |
| distinguish between reality and what is vividly | | | | you can achieve different results.Much like a |
| imagined. Countless experiments have been | | | | Michelangelo working with a plain looking piece of |
| conducted through the years that verify this.I refer | | | | marble and converting it into a masterpiece, I KNOW |
| to the principles that encompass this whole | | | | there's a winner inside each of you - just waiting to |
| phenomena as the T.E.A.R.S. syndrome: Thoughts | | | | be discovered and let out. But YOU are the sculptor - |
| give rise to Emotions which lead to Actions that | | | | YOU hold the key.No doubt you've heard the |
| generate Results which are Symptoms (both positive | | | | sentiment expressed that one of the saddest things |
| and negative - of either success or sorrow) of what | | | | in life is when someone "dies with their music still in |
| we were thinking about.It's well known among | | | | them." What keeps you from singing YOUR song? |
| experts of human achievement and performance | | | | What are you thinking? Can you understand better |
| that we move toward our dominant thought - we | | | | the saying, "Whether you think you can or you can't |
| become what we continually think about. Well, this | | | | - you're right!" ?Of ALL the things you think about, |
| ALMOST always holds true. As I heard Brian Tracy | | | | do you ever think about - what you think about? It's |
| once remark, if it were always true then most young | | | | critical! T.E.A.R.S. of success or of sorrow. It's all up to |
| men would become young women by age 20 and | | | | YOU. And THAT's something to think about!ACTION |
| people that love to overeat would become a | | | | STEPSHere are two action steps you can take to |
| pizza!Our dominant thoughts are often determined by | | | | immediately go to work and start to master your |
| who we listen to. Who do YOU LISTEN to? Why | | | | thoughts to help create habits of success that will |
| them? Often, others put you down to make | | | | lead to your desired results:First, study the T.E.A.R.S. |
| themselves feel better, saying things like, "Don't | | | | concept until you "get hold" of it. Understand that |
| waste your time. I was going to try that, but I | | | | even random Thoughts give rise to Emotions which |
| realized it wouldn't work!" or "If it was that doable, | | | | lead to Actions that generate Results that are |
| then don't you think everybody would be doing it?" | | | | Symptoms (positive or negative - of success or |
| (NO, because everybody else may be afraid of trying | | | | sorrow) of what you were thinking about. Look at |
| or hearing these "put downs"!)Some well known | | | | what you are experiencing. Is it what you want? |
| examples of people that come to mind are Lucille Ball, | | | | Start with whatever point stands out and "work" |
| Michael Jordan, and Walt Disney. Lucy was told by | | | | backward and forward through the event chain to |
| her first acting teacher to do anything with her life | | | | identify each of the aspect of the T.E.A.R.S. equation |
| but act, and especially not comedy. Michael Jordan | | | | in that particular circumstance. This will increase your |
| was cut from his high school basketball team. Walt | | | | awareness of the power of this cause and effect |
| Disney was told by the editor of the newspaper that | | | | relationship.Next, when you face a challenging |
| he worked for that he should do something else | | | | situation, ask yourself this simple question, "What |
| because he just didn't have any imagination! Thank | | | | would a Winner See, Think and Do?" in this |
| goodness for all of us that they didn't listen to these | | | | circumstance and then immediately "Do it!" This will |
| other people but persisted in nurturing their own | | | | help your self-confidence and begin developing the |
| dominant thoughts.Do you ever feel that other | | | | habit of embracing empowering thoughts.Until next |
| people, circumstances or "things" are blocking your | | | | time, all the best and keep winning! |
| path to success? While they may contribute, these | | | | |