10 Secrets for Success

1. How You Think is Everything.

Always be positive. Think Success, not Failure. Beware of a negative environment.

This trait has to be one of the most important in the entire list. Your belief that you can accomplish your goals has to be unwavering. The moment you say to yourself “I can’t…”, then you won’t. I was always given the advice “never say I can’t” and I’d like to strike those words from the dictionary.

I’ve found that from time-to-time my attitude waivers. A mentor of mine once said “it’s ok to visit pity city, but you can’t stay and there comes a time when you need to leave”. Positive things happen to positive people.

2. Decide upon Your True Dreams and Goals: Write down your specific goals and develop a plan to reach them.

Write down my dreams and goals? Develop a plan to reach them? You mean like a project plan? Yes, that’s exactly what this means. You may have heard the old adage: A New Years resolution that isn’t written down is just a dream, and dreams are not goals.

Goals are those concrete, measurable stepping stones of achievement that track your progress towards your dreams. My goal is to start a second career as a freelance writer – what are your goals?

3. Take Action. Goals are nothing without action.

Be like Nike and “Just do it”. I took action by reaching out and started writing. Every day I try to take some action towards my goals. It may be small, but it’s still an action. Have you taken action towards your goals?

4. Never Stop Learning: Go back to school or read books. Get training & acquire skills.

Becoming a life long learner would benefit us all and is something we should instill in our kids. It’s funny that once you’re out of school you realize how enjoyable learning can be. What have you learned today?

5. Be Persistent and Work Hard: Success is a marathon, not a sprint. Never give up.

I think every story of success I read entails long hard hours of work. There is no getting around this and there is no free lunch. But, if you’re working towards something that you’re passionate about, something you love – then is it really work?

6. Learn to Analyze Details: Get all the facts, all the input. Learn from your mistakes.

I think you have to strike a balance between getting all the facts and making a decision with incomplete data – both are traits of successful people. Spend time gathering details, but don’t catch ‘analysis paralysis’.

7. Focus Your Time And Money: Don’t let other people or things distract you.

Remain laser focused on your goals and surround yourself with positive people that believe in you. Don’t be distracted by the naysayer’s or tasks that are not helping you achieve your goals.

8. Don’t Be Afraid To Innovate: Be different. Following the herd is a sure way to mediocrity.

Follow through on that break-out idea you have. Ask yourself “What would I do if I wasn’t afraid?”

9. Deal And Communicate With People Effectively: No person is an island. Learn to understand and motivate others.

Successful people develop and nurture a network and they only do that by treating people openly, fairly and many times firmly. There is nothing wrong about being firm – just don’t cross the a-hole line. How do you deal with people?

10. Be Honest And Dependable: Take responsibility, otherwise numbers 1 – 9 won’t matter.








Enough said.

Letting Go of Old Beliefs

Scientists tell us that we think approximately 60,000 thoughts a day1. The interesting thing is that more than 95 percent of the thoughts we think today are the same thoughts we had yesterday and the day before and the day before that. Where did these thoughts come from? They came from our social environment, parents, relatives, teachers, friends, media, school and so on. The question is how many of these thoughts are the thoughts we want to think versus thoughts others want us to think? We need better control of our thoughts if we truly want to achieve anything we desire in life. This is so because thoughts determine our beliefs and beliefs determine our behavior, including our attitude toward food and diet.

Let us examine and challenge some of the beliefs many of us may hold within us. Let’s ask ourselves if those beliefs are true for us and serve us in achieving our goal.

Now write down your own disempowering beliefs. This is an amazing chance to identify them and let go of negative beliefs forever so you can truly be in the driving seat of your vehicle through life.
Either download the worksheet provided, or in any journal, identify the limiting beliefs you have about yourself. What do you believe? Create now your own list and be darn honest for this is your chance to identify and let go of your disempowering beliefs forever:

What are your disempowering beliefs about life?



What are your beliefs about yourself?



What do you believe about your ability to achieve your goals in life?



What are your beliefs with respect to weight loss?



What are your beliefs with respect to exercise, food, drugs, alcohol?



Do you see yourself as a beautiful, smart, athletic person who is a go-getter and achieves anything and everything you ever want in life?



Or do you feel sorry for yourself?



Are you a victim of self-pity and depression?



Do you define yourself as an athlete who works out every day and takes care of her/his body or somebody who doesn’t care too much about the way you look, feel nor your health?


After finishing the list of your limiting beliefs simply decide to change them by creating a new set of beliefs that contains desired character traits and values that will support you in all life endeavors from now on. For instance, I wrote down: Beautiful athlete, weighing 62 kg (137 pounds), marathon runner. Today, I perceive myself more beautiful than before on the inside, I have my ideal weight and I am an athlete and a marathon runner of perfect weight.
What do you value most in life and why?

Develop a list of the values that you treasure and have guided your life so far. Make sure you list them in the order of importance for you. For instance, being a good parent might be more important for you than being a successful businessperson. Are health and vitality on that list? At what rank?

If you are already a member of the Diet for a New Life Program, you can find a copy of my own Life of Meaning Poster, which includes my mission in life, my identity, my values and beliefs, my goals and affirmations as well as what I am grateful in my life, in your e_Book. You may want to create your own sheet. It will inspire you daily and will keep you focused on your goals when you get off track.

Through Barriers To Make Your Dreams Come True

Everyone has attitudes and beliefs about the aspects of their lives. Your opinions are long-term parts of who you are: if you're 30 years old they've been developing for 30 years; if you're 40 they've been evolving for 40 years. Attitudes and beliefs are not always negative and not always barriers to achieving what you want; even if they are, fear not, it's possible to use them to your advantage.

The decisions and choices you make ultimately result from the attitudes and beliefs you hold about everything in your life. The process looks like this:

Attitudes & Beliefs
create
Thoughts & Feelings
which create
Choices & Decisions

Attitudes and beliefs are at the core of how you react in the world. No matter how or why you developed them, it's crucial that you take responsibility for them, and that you evaluate them honestly. In my workshops I often ask, "How many people believe they can make their dreams come true?" A few hands go up.
Then I ask, "How many believe it's possible to make your dreams come true?" Most hands go up.

"So what will it take to move you from possible to probable?" I ask.

Then I inquire, "Who's living in the home of their dreams, driving the car of their dreams, is in the relationship or job of their dreams?" Sadly, few respond favorably.

If you believe it's possible to make your dreams come true, yet you don't do it, there's a gap between where you are and where you want to be. This gap is comprised of your beliefs and attitudes. The bigger the negative beliefs, the wider the gap.

Some attitudes and beliefs are positive and supportive of the overall dream, and you can use them to get what you want. However, your negative attitudes and beliefs may become obstacles to achieving your dream. For example, you may believe you can't have what you want, or you can only get a portion of it, or that getting what you want will create more problems so it's better not to try. You might think that you're facing barriers you can't move beyond: your gender, your height, your lack of education, your paltry work experience.

Whether your attitudes and beliefs are positive or negative, it's much more effective to deal with them now than later. Those opinions that are positive are your allies; they're on your side as you design the life you want. Those that are negative can sabotage you, especially if they're perceived as the biggest part of where you are now, or if they get inserted into your dream.

Unexamined negative attitudes can become bigger than your dream, and turn into insurmountable obstacles after you're already on the road to what you want. If that happens, and you're stopped en route, you're unlikely to reach your dream. Alternatively, negative attitudes and beliefs don't have to be as menacing as they may seem at first. After all, each of your beliefs is just one of many; no single one of your beliefs controls your whole life. If you confront and handle those attitudes now, they can be used effectively to propel you toward where you want to be.

Here's a laundry list of attitudes and beliefs I hear most frequently:


I don't have the time, the resources, the skills, and the knowledge;


I'm not successful enough, not good enough;


I'm too young, too old, too resistant to change, etc;


I'm in the wrong geographical location;


I don't have any knowledge in that area;


I missed my opportunity years ago;


My energy is too low;


It's too hard, too technical for me;


I don't think I can learn what I need to know;


I don't trust myself or anyone else;


I worry about what others will think;


I don't believe it's possible, so why bother?

In an uneven economy the attitude I hear expressed most often is, "I don't have the finances to handle it." Frequently, however, the very people who express reservations based on their finances are the ones who can't afford to stay where they are. From an economic perspective, they would benefit from making a change.

The important element is not that you have attitudes and beliefs; it's how you use them. Do your beliefs empower or impede you? Whose beliefs are you buying? What's stopping you from going for your dreams? Anything and everything you want is no more than a belief away.


Interpretations

When something happens in any kind of situation, the results can be interpreted negatively or positively. Defining something as a good attitude or a bad attitude doesn't make it good or bad. It's just an interpretation, and interpretation depends on beliefs and attitudes.

There are many ways to look at the same incident. An old Chinese story tells about a young man who falls off a horse and breaks his leg. Initially everyone interpreted the incident as negative; then war broke out and the young man was unable to serve in the army because of his broken leg. Was the accident then good or bad?

If a member of your staff suddenly seems to be doing ineffective work, it could be interpreted as the employee's lack of interest and general unhappiness. On the other hand, maybe the employee is dealing with a problem at home, or is concerned about job stability. Which interpretation is correct? In this case, inaccurate interpretations can be avoided by communication. Ask the employee what's going on; create a dialogue so you don't have to guess about someone else's behavior.
You can learn to use interpretations to empower you by getting accurate information, and by thinking of outcomes in positive terms. If you believe there are opportunities in everything that happens, the possibilities will appear everywhere. If you take the attitude that you'll believe it when you see it, chances are you'll never see it. This is an important point; don't just slide over it!

Here's how your beliefs can empower or impede you in moving toward your dream. If you see your beliefs as obstacles, they will trip you up or keep you from stepping out into your dream. However, if you use your beliefs as tools to help you achieve your dreams, you transform them into stepping stones. Now your beliefs have become the bridge that allows you to move easily from where you are to where you want to be. Will you use your beliefs as barriers or stepping stones? You decide.

Make your Dreams come true

Kje pa smo danes ... ?


1. Discover the Awesome Power of a Dream.

A vision for the future, that will capture your entire heart
and at the deepest level, your spirit and soul (are they the
same thing, btw?). Open your mind up to the awesome power of
your creative imagination (the way "God "speaks" to us,
through our subconscious minds, our "Godgate" or "receiving
station from Superior/Infinite Intelligence", I believe).

Allow yourself the courage and freedom to even fantasise
until you get a vision, a dream of what your life could one
day stand for. Meditate deeply, pray, ask God, The Great
Designer, what is your unique "calling in life", your
purpose... and you WILL eventually get the answer... from
the "still quiet voice within" (or your Higher Self).

Where do you find the vision? You could perhaps find it by
looking for people who have hurts and human needs - as per
the secret of success in business is finding a need and
filling it. So find a human problem to solve through the
awesome power of a vision. God will bless you, so that you
in turn can bless others, through sharing your unique gifts.
That way you are helping people, touching other lives and
making a difference in the world. I try to do that through
my words.

2. Your dream must be backed by ACTION.

Achievers are dreamers and DOERS. Take small steps and
you'll find that one step leads to another, then the next.
"Rome wasn't built in a day."

3. Develop a 'God Consciousness'

TRUST, really trust God, the Spirit of the Universe for
the successful outcome to your endeavours. It WILL happen,
though not in your time-frame and according exactly to your
expectations. But always remember, God's dreams are far
bigger than we could ever imagine ourselves.

4. DEVELOP YOUR DESIRE to see the dream come to fruition.

Work on your motivation daily. Allow your Dream to be
at the fore-front of your life, the "core of your being".
It will motivate, inspire and energise you by giving you a
SENSE OF PURPOSE - essential. Only YOU have the power
to kill your dream. Nothing is impossible to the person, whose
vision becomes a dream and when that dream is allowed to
take control over your life. Like an obsession... but strive
for balance (heed that one, Craig).

5. Develop a Success Consciousness, that you will achieve
your dream one day.

It's a positive pattern of thinking, a great attitude/mind-set
to have, which will propel you down the road to success.
Think abundance and prosperity and not lack.... and you
will draw it to yourself from the Universe.

6. Don't surrender to negative assumptions.

Eg."I'm too old, a woman, have no money, no resources,
no contacts". Challenge them. Nothing is impossible to the
person who has the desire to succeed. As the proverb says,
" where there's a will, there's a way".

7. KNOW that there is a God, a Supreme Being

KNOW that there is a God, a Supreme Being (call
Him/Her/It what you will) and that there is is a unique plan
for your life. Listen to God, Spirit, The Ultimate Source
(my favourite term to understand the concept commonly known
as God), or Ground of our Being and it's just up to YOU to
discover it, then declare it - to the world, should you
want. It's your grand purpose in life and God will help you
to fulfil it (as a "co-creator of and collaborator in the
vision"). When you give 100% commitment and fully TRUST,
God will see to it, that your CHOSEN dream comes to pass.
You would never be "given a great dream" through your
IMAGINATION without your having the potential to achieve it.

8. Have a dynamic positive attitude to life.

CHOOSE it. That things will somehow work out for you.
Be flexible in your thinking. Attitude determines your
altitude and more than anything else, I believe, is a vitally
important ingredient in seeing your dreams come to fruition.

9. Really BELIEVE that things will work out for you.

Believe in yourself with honesty and humility....and not
arrogance. It's not being "big-headed" saying things, like
"I am unique, somebody special, I KNOW I can (make a
difference, some impact in this amazing and beautiful world
of ours, etc")!
Doing this demands having a healthy self concept (image).

10. PERSIST

Look at all the options and check them each day. Obstacles
and presures shift, like sand-storms. Never ever walk away
from problems. Say, "I will until....".

11. Be patient.

Like a good wine, a great dream usually takes many
years to mature and then blossom. When nothing
seems to be happening, don't give up hope. Never.

12. Be open and flexible in your strategies to achieve your
goals, your dream(s).

There are many ways to skin a cat (sorry, SPCA).
If one road on the path to achieving your
dream gets blocked, go round the back way.

If you get stuck on what to do, ask God for the answer on
the path ahead through prayer... and you'll get it through
your creative imagination. It will just pop into your head
from "outer space" (as Thomas Edison once described it).

13. Review your strategy and progress from time to time.

Evaluate your strategies and tactics. How effectively
are you progressing down your chosen path? Are you
getting the results expected and what you desire?
If not, try another approach.

14. Listen to others, really listen, instead of thinking
what you are going to say next (work on that one, Craig).

Think how can I best help the next person. As Zig
Zigler wisely said, "You get what you want, by
helping other people get what they want."

In turn, if you need help with something, don't be afraid to
ASK politely. People like helping others...and everyone has
unique skills and knowledge, that they like sharing.

15. Never Give Up on the Core of your Dream. Never!

Ask yourself this vital question: What are the alternatives to
NOT dreaming it... and only YOU can kill your grand vision..


WHAT IS YOUR DREAM?
DECIDE IT, DECLARE IT, SHARE IT

Then be happy as you travel along the journey of life,
the stair-case to your great dreams...

Craig Lock

Kje pa smo danes ... ?

People always think that what they want is money, relationship, material possessions, but what they truly want is happiness. Wealth, health and relationship are just the rewards of being happy. Happiness is a state of vibration that is in harmony with the universe. As you have already known, the same frequency vibrations tend to attract each other, so the vibration of happiness is going to attract more wealth, better relationship and better health, since these things is going to add more happiness to your life, and they are in the same vibration. If you go after money, you may not get it, if you go after happiness, money will flow to you. The same apply to relationship and health.

I believe the ultimate goal in life is to achieve a state of well being, or we can simply say happiness.

Is there an easier way to achieve happiness? The answer is Yes! and I am now going to show you how.

I had learned one phrase from Dr Wayne Dyer, and I would never forget. The phrase is " How may I serve?". Dr dyer said that before his seminars, he will always sit for mediation, and repeat the phrase as a mantra "How may I serve... How may I serve?". He never bring any notes with him, and when he speaks, the words just keep flowing to him. He knows exactly what to say, and what to teach. Dr Wayne Dyer is one of my best role model. He has achieved great success in almost every ear of his life. I believe the one single most important element to Dr Wayne Dyer's success is this mantra "How may I serve?"

Ask yourself now "How may I serve?". This is the key to ultimate happiness and fulfillment in life. I would like to share some of my own experience.

The most enjoyable things in my life at this stage is writing articles that can makes a difference in the quality of people's life. Whenever I finish writing an article, I feel the positive energy all over my body. I sometime get puzzled myself, where does this information come from? How do I write so many articles, having thousands of people read my articles every week? I finally realized the secret is within this phrase "How may I serve?".

Every time when I write a article for my newsletter, I sit in front of my computer, and ask myself "How may I serve, How may I serve?". Strangely, the ideas will come, and I put my fingers on the keyboards, then words just starts following.

I didn't understand how this process works, until one day I realized that the information does not come from me, it comes from God (or the Higher Intelligence), I am only an channel for the information to flow. I am a channel that God has created to serve the world. Because that is what I am here for, so when I am serving, I feel positive energy, and I feel happy.

I have learned that my life purpose is to serve, and I think this is applicable to everyone. This is what God wants me to learn, this is also what God wants you to learn. You will only truly feel fulfilled once you realize this truth. "Your life purpose is to serve" I am sure you have heard of that "If you seek happiness for yourself, it will always elude you, if you seek happiness for others, you will find it for yourself." I know this is why every time I finish an article, I feel so happy, because I know that my article is going to benefits thousands of people, and It is going to change the world to some extend.

Maybe 90% of people will not take any action after they read my article, this is nature of human being., but I know as long as they read, their awareness is expanded, and they will see the difference in the long run. For that less than 10% of people who do take actions, I know my words are going to change their lives for the better. What a great thing I am doing! I am proud of it. I am feeling so happy about it.

So start from today, find ways to help other people . Find some way to serve. You will get addicted to it, because it is so enjoyable to help. Your help is going to change people's lives.

I often receive emails from my subscribers asking me for help. You can imagine how happy I am after I answer their questions? I know that this person's life is going to change for the better just because of my words. How wonderful that is!

Here is an secret I want you to know...

The person who benefits the most is not the one you give service to, but yourself. You may find it sounds strange, but this is true, and it is governed by the universal law of cause and effect. Anything you cause others to experience will come back to you, and multiplied. If you cause others to experience love, you will find more love in your life; If you cause others to have wealth, you will have more in your own life; if you cause others to succeed, you are guaranteed to succeed. This is the law of the universe, and it never fails.

So, whatever you want to experience in your life, cause others to experience first. This is the most powerful ways to attain your own desires, and the easiest way to achieve happiness.

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