How
to Develop a Winning Attitude
"Thinking
is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so
few engage in it." -Henry Ford
Man's ability over all other creatures on this Earth is the ability
to think. All successful people use this talent to improve their
lives and control their own destiny. Only you can take the initial
step toward the unleashing of the power within your own mind. The
power is awesome and at times can be frightening. However, man has
abilities of the mind that many people can not or would not believe.
Anthony Robbins has recently written a book entitled "Unlimited
Power" which explains in simple terms the theories of Neuro Linguistic
Programming, the power of the mind and how to gain control and use
it. NLP was originally developed by John Grinder and Richard Bandler
as a communication system using the central nervous system. Through
this system Mr. Robbins has put forth a complete outline on how
to unleash your "performance power" and achieve goals that before
you probably felt were impossible.
The first step in using your true mental abilities is understanding
what Mr. Robbins refers to as the seven triggering mechanisms that
is sure success.
Passion - All truly successful people such as Lee Iacocca have a
driving force within them that sets them apart from others. A desire,
an energy that gives them the fuel to reach their true potential.
This force is a part of them 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
It never subsides. Their total existence is sustained for the fulfillment
of their goals. The passion within this individual to achieve has
been so deeply implanted, that their mental power is driven by this
force and will not let them do anything other than achieve.
Belief - "They can because they think they can"-Virgil. You will
only make $100,000 this year if you first believe you can. If you
do not believe you can you are telling yourself you want it, but
it is truly not obtainable. The truth of life is that man's limits
are self imposed by what the mind is given to believe. If you expand
your belief of your own abilities, you will also expand your true
realm of accomplishment. A man of whom all are aware, lived his
life with adversity, but he constantly believed he could achieve.
Failed in business at age 31
Was defeated in a legislative race at age 32
Failed again in business at age 34
Overcome death of sweetheart at age 35
Had a nervous breakdown at age 36
Lost an election at age 38
Lost a congressional race at age 43
Lost a congressional race at age 46
Lost a congressional race at age 48
Lost a Senatorial race at age 55
Failed to become Vice President at age 56
Lost a Senatorial race at age 58
Was elected President of the United States at age 60
With all the adversity that faced him, President Abraham Lincoln
had no reason to continually try other than the fact that he believed
it was his destiny and measure of success to accomplish this task.
"Man is what believes" -Anton Checkhov
Strategy - A strategy is your game plan of life. The road map you
will use to accomplish your goals, ambitions and desires. Just to
believe you can earn $100,000 a year is not enough, you must design
a strategy that gives your life direction and navigates you toward
success. The key to strategy is to design a proper strategy to achieve
your success without the detours of life, to find the shortest distance
between two points.
Clarity of Values - Man must first determine which things in life
are most valuable to him. He must determine his feeling about such
things as patriotism, pride, love, freedom, excellence, ownership
and tolerance. These are values in society, the moral, ethical and
fundamental judgements that we, as individuals, deem important.
Without a clear system of values for ourselves, it is impossible
to believe in something with a passion that has no value to us.
Once we have established our individual value system we are then
able to determine how we can achieve success based on our priority
of values. What must we five up in one hand to accomplish what we
desire on the other. Without a value system we can never move forward
for we may be trading without increasing our potential for success.
Energy - Without the physical vitality to take action, nothing would
ever come of our system to this point. The passion could build,
our belief of accomplishment could be overwhelming, we could have
the best strategy or map to achieve the ultimate value for our own
life, but if not for taking the first step, nothing could ever be
accomplished. Great success cannot be separated from physical, spiritual
and mental energy that allows us, compels us, to accomplish the
most with what we have to work with. Physical energy comes from
the strength of the body itself fueled by our intake of nourishment.
It is therefore important that we fuel our engine with premium fuel
(good eating habits), not low grade regular (junk food). Our spiritual
and intellectual energy evolves from our environment and it is therefore
important that we assess our own personal environment to maximize
the energy that we can obtain.
Bonding Power - We have all known people that have exhibited the
ability to get along with anyone and everyone. The ability to be
a chameleon is truly the ability to connect with and bond with others.
The ability to build rapport. Being able to deal with others as
Mr. Robbins says "To effectively communicate, we must realize that
we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this
understanding as a guide to our communication with others." To be
able to understand the...
Mastery of Communication - To take charge and run your own mind.
To learn the techniques of NLP and no longer allow our mind to run
our lives, but rather take charge of our own mental abilities and
cause them to work for our own accomplishment of success.
"There is only one Success - to be able to spend your life in your
own way." - Christopher Morley
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