Anthony Robbins calls it "mastering your mind"; Norman Vincent Peale calls it positive thinking, others have given it other labels. Regardless of what it is called, it is all to do with your taking command of the way think. That is the vital mind power technique you have to master if you are going to make any type of progress in your success development. You have to keep your thoughts positive and upbeat, with a mindset that anything is possible. You can achieve anything you set to mind on. Here are some ideas to help you stay in the right frame of mind.
Stay Healthy
It is much easier to feel good about yourself and the world if you are healthy. Eat healthy food, control your weight, and get some form of regular exercise and an adequate amount of sleep. If one of these elements is missing it can be enough to put you in a negative frame of mind. You tend to view the world differently, as you can lack energy to take the action you need to take. Good health is one of the simplest and best self-motivation strategies.
Banish Negative Thoughts
One effective mind power technique is to get into the habit of being grateful for all the good things you have in your life. Make a list and read it every day or whenever you start to feel things are going against you. Many things happen to us in the course of a day: whether they are good or bad is really what we think of them. We can put a negative or positive spin on them. Admittedly, it is sometimes hard to put a positive spin on some events.
For example, if you lose your job, you are not going to be happy about that and you will be negative initially, but you can pull yourself out of that by being grateful for the opportunity it presents. Make a list of all the good things that could come from it and focus on those. Do the same with other events you are having trouble dealing with.
Accept Yourself
Accept yourself for who you are. Try to stand back at arm's length and look at yourself objectively. Look at the strong and weak points and accept yourself without harsh criticism. Look for your strongest points and decide how you can work on them to make them stronger. Do not ignore your weaknesses as you will need to make an honest assessment of you abilities, but do not dwell on them, as this will only give you reasons why you cannot proceed down a certain path.
Focus on what you are good at and look for ways to use them and improve on them. Of course, if you have a weakness or negative habit that is going to destroy your dreams, you will have to deal with that. But that does not apply to most people.
Many people never start on their success development because, as much as they want to be successful, they think they are not good enough or they do not have what it takes. They have not learned to "master their minds" and take control of the way they think about themselves and their abilities. Do not go down that dead-end road. Learn how to master a powerful mind power technique to control your destiny.