Good Food For Thought..."Move Out of Your Own Way"

Do you ever get the feeling you are standing in your own way, when it comes to achieving success? Do your own thoughts and beliefs about yourself and your abilities hold you back from achieving the kind of life or success you deserve? 

Whether you can admit it, or if you realize it or not, most everyone does. In reality the tendency is to continually compare ourselves to others who have attained the things we desire. We tend to manifest feelings of inferiority because we may not be where we want to be in life. These feelings are often turned into thoughts that we are not good enough to achieve these things. Very often, this leads to feelings that we don’t deserve good things. Even if we do work hard and achieve some worthwhile objectives, we believe that we are not really entitled to our successes, and we often engage in behaviors that sabotage our successes. Then there we are again...standing in OUR OWN way of our success. 

What you have to do is realize that YOU DO DESERVE SUCCESS!!! But how do we convince ourselves of this? Having great self-esteem and confidence in yourself is something that has to be worked at, just like anything else if you want to develop it into a personal strength. The fact is that you deserve every good thing that you are capable of acquiring as the result of the application of your talents and the effort that you give. 

The key is to work on and develop these strong positive personal beliefs about yourself on a daily basis. Beliefs that you consciously remind yourself about so that they serve you unconsciously every day...in every way. We must realize that people who accomplish extraordinary things are just ordinary people who developed themselves mentally. People who don't quit, don't give up or give in. People who can overcome obstacles that stand in their way and keep going until they reach their goals! People like YOU and me. 

You just need to be able to accept that you are as good and as talented in your own way as anyone else. There is nothing you can’t accomplish if you really want it. Be mindful of your thoughts. The worst and most harmful beliefs you can have are what we call "self-limiting beliefs." These are beliefs about yourself, most of which are not true; but they hold you back nonetheless. Sometimes you, or others, will say that you cannot achieve certain goals because you did not get a high enough education. This is absolutely not true. You can achieve anything you want if you put your mind to it, and give consistent focused effort. 

So, what things are YOU "thinking" or "assuming" about yourself that may be limiting yourself, or may not be "in fact" true? It is a fact that we tend to accept our excuses and settle for the reasons we are not succeeding or moving ahead out of fear. Fear of failure, or even just the fear of the pain of possible failure. Or even our fear of actually succeeding. Afraid of the risks. Remember the acronym of F.E.A.R = False Evidence Appearing Real. 

Not only do we need to move out of our own way...but we have to have the courage to stand up to ourselves and challenge our fears and doubts. Hold them up to the light. Change your beliefs. Imagine that you had absolute confidence in yourself in a particular area. Think as if you had extraordinary ability in this area. Then, act as if it were impossible for you to fail! Remember...whether you think you can...or you can't...YOU are RIGHT. 

 Lastly, stop making excuses for lack of success. "Success means having the courage , the determination and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be". Clear your mind and move forward. Take action and start making progress. Think about it, think about it, think about it. But watch your thoughts for they become words, watch your words for they become actions, watch your actions for they become habits, watch your habits for they become character, watch your character for it becomes your destiny. It all starts in your own mind. Move out of your own way! And then GO FOR IT! 

 "Live your life with ENTHUSIASM...make TODAY a great day!"