TEARS, STD's and Winners

Of ALL the things you think about, do you ever thinkare merely external environmental factors. The
about - what you think about? Have you everdistance 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 othersis a distinct difference between what Winners see,
understood what Earl Nightingale called "The Greatestthink 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 biblicalwith or through a "vision". Winners see opportunities
injunction found in Proverbs - both a declaration ofand openings in obstacles. They see chances and
the human condition and the great promise of itschoices for change in challenges and they see triumph
change - that "As a man thinketh in his heart, so isin trials and tests.Winners watch what they think - is
he." What you tell yourself - not only matters - itit empowering or disempowering? Does it help them
absolutely controls your life. It determines the qualityfocus on and move closer to achieving their goals or
of your life and the results you'll experience. A rosehold them back? If it holds them back, they let go of
by any other name may not "be" a rose at all - butit quickly and replace it just as quickly with a winning
what someone else tells you it is, or what you thinkthought.Haven't you ever felt that you have much
it is. The same holds true for us. We must constantlymore 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 discoverythe way" of your own success?Think differently -
he documented in his book "PsychoCybernetics" thatthink different thoughts. Think, learn, be and do
the sub-conscious mind, and the body, can'tthings differently - as well as do different things - so
distinguish between reality and what is vividlyyou can achieve different results.Much like a
imagined. Countless experiments have beenMichelangelo working with a plain looking piece of
conducted through the years that verify this.I refermarble and converting it into a masterpiece, I KNOW
to the principles that encompass this wholethere's a winner inside each of you - just waiting to
phenomena as the T.E.A.R.S. syndrome: Thoughtsbe discovered and let out. But YOU are the sculptor -
give rise to Emotions which lead to Actions thatYOU hold the key.No doubt you've heard the
generate Results which are Symptoms (both positivesentiment expressed that one of the saddest things
and negative - of either success or sorrow) of whatin life is when someone "dies with their music still in
we were thinking about.It's well known amongthem." What keeps you from singing YOUR song?
experts of human achievement and performanceWhat are you thinking? Can you understand better
that we move toward our dominant thought - wethe 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 Tracydo you ever think about - what you think about? It's
once remark, if it were always true then most youngcritical! T.E.A.R.S. of success or of sorrow. It's all up to
men would become young women by age 20 andYOU. And THAT's something to think about!ACTION
people that love to overeat would become aSTEPSHere are two action steps you can take to
pizza!Our dominant thoughts are often determined byimmediately go to work and start to master your
who we listen to. Who do YOU LISTEN to? Whythoughts to help create habits of success that will
them? Often, others put you down to makelead to your desired results:First, study the T.E.A.R.S.
themselves feel better, saying things like, "Don'tconcept until you "get hold" of it. Understand that
waste your time. I was going to try that, but Ieven 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 tryingsorrow) of what you were thinking about. Look at
or hearing these "put downs"!)Some well knownwhat 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 bybackward and forward through the event chain to
her first acting teacher to do anything with her lifeidentify each of the aspect of the T.E.A.R.S. equation
but act, and especially not comedy. Michael Jordanin that particular circumstance. This will increase your
was cut from his high school basketball team. Waltawareness of the power of this cause and effect
Disney was told by the editor of the newspaper thatrelationship.Next, when you face a challenging
he worked for that he should do something elsesituation, ask yourself this simple question, "What
because he just didn't have any imagination! Thankwould a Winner See, Think and Do?" in this
goodness for all of us that they didn't listen to thesecircumstance and then immediately "Do it!" This will
other people but persisted in nurturing their ownhelp your self-confidence and begin developing the
dominant thoughts.Do you ever feel that otherhabit of embracing empowering thoughts.Until next
people, circumstances or "things" are blocking yourtime, all the best and keep winning!
path to success? While they may contribute, these