There is a wide variety of information and there are plenty of tools available, all designed with the intent of helping people to be successful. I realize that some of those goods may not be as effective as they claim, but for our purposes, I'm talking about the good products: the ones with principles that work.
There are people who take one course or another, or read a book or two, and it really helps them to improve - they see the results they have been looking for. Then there are others who take the exact same courses, or read the exact same books, and nothing happens. For them, there is no change.
Why is that? How can two people be exposed to the same information and yet, only one of them see the results they were looking for? Was it because one person worked harder at it than the other? Was it because one person spent more time and concentrated more than the other?
Working hard and spending time and concentrating are very effective ways of accomplishing a goal. But have you ever heard the phrase, ?his heart just wasn't into it?? That simple clich? actually bears serious implications and it holds the answer as to why something works for some and not for others.
Whatever the topic - financial prosperity, weight loss, real estate, it really doesn't matter what the course is. You can listen to all the information, study all the material, review it over and over and still see no appreciable results. The reason? Your heart is not into it.
Now when I say, ?your heart is not into it,? I am not talking about your time and energy and effort. I am talking about what is inside your heart, what belief system you have.
Far too many people take a course with the attitude of ?Well, let's see if this works out.? They go in all excited about a new venture of learning, but after not immediately seeing the results that they want, they quit. They should have quit before they started! There is absolutely no way they could have ever succeeded because their belief system simply said, ?No.?
For example, suppose you take a good course on sales, designed to help you increase your sales. If you don't see yourself on the inside as a great salesperson, you are wasting your time. In other words, the course is not going to make you a better salesman. It can give you the tools for being successful. It can show you great tips and ideas that successful people use. It can show you how to maximize your time and increase your business. But if you still see yourself as a mediocre salesperson, the information will be of no great value to you.
How do successful people see themselves? Do they see themselves as failures, as mediocre, as just struggling to get by? No way. Ask a successful person sometime.
The sad part is that most people think that the reason successful people have such a great attitude is because they are successful. It's just the opposite. They are successful because they have a great attitude on the inside. They have developed a belief system of success.
First, change what's on the inside. Work hard developing that aspect. Tell yourself over and over where you desire to go in life. Visualize over and over who you really desire to be. Constantly expect the results that you desire.
It will take some effort. It will take some time. And whatever method or methods you use, be it affirmations, visualization, whatever, find something that you can do consistently, day after day. You really can change your belief system!
There are a lot of great tools out there. If they are not working for you, then take a little time and work on your personal belief system. Replace the old failure-oriented thoughts with new thoughts of success.
Get your mind into a state of expecting positive results. Then, when you take a course, read a book, or listen to a tape, your heart will be in it, and it will work for you.
Copyright 2006 Michael A. Verdicchio
What do you do when you realize you need to lose a few pounds? You go on a diet, naturally. But does it work? Actually, considering the number of overweight people who are on diets at any given time, one would have to conclude that diets really don't work for most people. They often work for a while. If they didn't work at all, nobody would ever go on one! But where they fail is when the dieter's consistency and motivation play out.
Everyone has heard of weird diets like the cabbage soup diet or the grapefruit diet. You probably know people who claim to have lost weight on them. The diet hype usually states that it works by special food combinations which spark your metabolism. The raw truth is that these diets are generally just low calorie diets in disguise. Eating fewer calories than you burn will result in weight loss, so for a while, these weird diets will work.
The problem comes when you've been eating nothing but cabbage soup or grapefruits for five or six days and you're sick to death of them! Sticking with a limited diet like these is extremely difficult, and not even smart when it comes to nutrition. Also, eating is an important part of our culture and these diets leave you unable to enjoy a meal with a friend.
You probably also know overweight people who extol the benefits of a low carb diet and say it really works. Well, if so, what happened? Why are they overweight again? Or if they are bragging on someone they know who lost weight that way, why haven't they followed their friend's example and acquired permanent weight loss?
The reason is that low carb diets get old, too. They ignore the ebb and flow of real life, the family meat and potatoes dinners you have when you get together with Aunt Ethyl, and the craving you occasionally get to indulge in a piece of cheesecake. They expect you to sustain yourself on meat, meat, meat, with a cup of salad on the side. Have you ever measured out a cup of salad? It's not very much!
Dieting doesn't work because it doesn't become a natural part of your lifestyle. A nutritious, well-chosen food-lifestyle can work and net permanent weight loss, however. Technically, this is by definition a "diet." The difference is that diets carry a temporary mindset in many cases. "I'll get this weight off, and then I'll go back to normal." If you think this way, you may lose some weight all right, but when you go "back to normal," your weight is likely to go back to normal, too!
The diet that will work for you is to reduce your portion sizes, get more exercise, and make healthy food choices most of the time. Most of the time means eighty percent of the time you are choosing grilled chicken, whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, and similar foods. You are simultaneously avoiding fatty main dishes like Alfredo and sweet treats like pie and cake. Eat like this for a lifetime, and you'll be on that elusive diet that brings lasting weight loss and good health!
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