You're in Control

Have you ever said, “He makes me so mad?”  Have you ever declared, “That depresses me?”  Sure, we all have.  However, I have come to learn that NO ONE or NOTHING can MAKE me do, say, or feel ANYTHING without my allowance! 

I have a declaration to make, “YOU’RE in control!”  You can choose how to react in ANY situation and it is your responsibility to do so.    You have the ABILITY to RESPOND anyway you CHOOSE.  No one has power over you except that which you give.  No one can make you mad; you choose to get mad.  No one or nothing can depress you unless you give them, or it, the power to depress you.

Isn’t it a wonderful thing that you have power over YOU.  You have power over your responses and NO ONE else.  Try to be conscious of this fact and your life will begin the change for the better.  Don’t let others or even circumstances have power over you.  Don’t give your power away.  Take charge of your life.  Choose to be happy.  Choose not to LET others control you.  Chose you this day if you will exercise your power or let others take it from you.  Remember, it’s your choice!

Ideas to Action

Napoleon Hill said, “What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”  I would like to take the time to break this quote down for all to understand.

“What the mind can conceive,” is a most precious statement.   It is a fact that our human mind has the ability to conceive an idea.  It is through ideas that great things happen.  Thomas Edison had an idea about a light bulb.  Henry Ford had an idea about mass-producing the automobile.  Abraham Lincoln had the idea of abolishing slavery.  Our founding fathers had an idea of a constitution that would be the foundation of one of the greatest and most powerful countries on earth.  Every success, great or small, came from an idea that was birthed in the mind.

An idea is great, but it is necessary to take the next step, “believe.”  Belief is necessary for the idea to be fueled with passion.  Belief in an idea makes us passionate and causes us to get excited about the possibilities and even the certainty of the workability of the idea we conceived in our mind.  Without belief an idea will die as fast as it was birthed.

Belief comes by holding the conceived thought in our mind constantly.  We think about the idea and even see it in our minds eye as already ours.  We think about it, we talk about it; we dream about it until a red-hot belief that it is ours overcomes our 5 senses. WOW!

Now comes the challenge…”Achieve.”  We have to achieve and achievement comes by taking action!  It is not good enough to conceive and idea and just believe it.  We have to achieve it through action.  As you dwell upon your idea and it comes the predominate thought in your mind, you will be prompted from within with thoughts of actions that you can take to bring that idea into reality.  Some of these promptings may seem ridiculous, but do not ignore them for each action will pave the way for more action that will eventually lead to the reality of your conceived idea.

The Bible says that, “Faith without works is dead.”  You can have an idea and believe that you will realize that idea.  However, without action, nothing will happen.  When Jesus healed the man with the withered hand he asked him to take action by stretching forth his hand.  The man who had the withered hand had the faith to take the ACTION and thus received the healing.  This was true of all such events in the Bible.  Faith requires some kind of action. 

Most people, especially of the Law of Attraction persuasion, miss this point.  You may condition your mind to focus on what you want, but without action, what you want will not come to you.  As you focus on what you want, you will receive inward promptings to take certain actions.  Again, do not ignore this.  Taking action solidifies your belief  and causes the things you want to appear in you life.  The process is simple:

·      Think with your mind

·      Ideas will be conceived

·      Focus on that idea until you believe that it is already yours

·      Take action based on the inner promptings

·      Each action will lead to further actions until your idea becomes a reality

If you want to experience one of Mr. Hill’s greatest teachings, learn to take action!

Make Life Happen - Just Don't Let it Happen!

All experiences of life are designed by God to force men and woman to take action; to compel them to stop being victims of circumstances and become creators of their own destiny.

Who are you?  You are unique and possess the power to create, take action, make choices and have and be what you desire.  Image a ship sailing into the sea without a captain or rudder to stir the ship to the desired destination.  Such a ship would be tossed by the waves of the seas and never reach it’s intended port-of-call.   Most people on this planet are just like the ship I just described.   They don’t design their day, they let their days “design” them.

Do you control your environment, or does your environment control you?  The answer to this question will determine whether you can succeed as a successful human being, or not.  Again, most let the environment form them instead of taking charge despite what the environment presents.

We were created in God’s image after His likeness.  We, unlike plants or animals, have the power to create the life that we desire.  God gave us a Free Will.  Our Will is to be used!  Do you use your Will, or are you like a powerful aircraft without a pilot?  Are you setting on the runway of life, or are you in charge, having a destiny to reach with the determination to reach it?

How much time do you invest in YOU?  Do you use your mind to design your life or does the circumstances of life form you?  So many just let life happen TO them instead of making life happen FOR them. 

The majority of the people I meet online are desirous to conduct a home based business, but do not understand that it takes work and determination.  The most important work that you can do to succeed is to work on YOU first.  Most of us have limiting beliefs that need to be dealt with.  Others have lack of understanding of success and what it takes to be successful. 

Would you let someone operate on you who was not properly educated, tested, and experienced?  Would you let an electrician wire your house who has never been properly educated with the laws of electricity?  I know that I would not.  How can you expect to succeed without knowing the laws of success? 

Here’s what I see:  People get all excited about their home based businesses, and start throwing “mud at the wall” hoping that some of it will stick.  It’s a game of chance to them because that’s the way they live their lives and this is based on false or limiting beliefs.  Then after trying for a month or two they quit!  Why do they quit?  Because they don’t understand what it takes to succeed!  Where would we be if Thomas Edison got discouraged and quit after 100 attempts of trying to develop the light bulb?  We would be in the dark!  The FACT is that Thomas Edison tried over 10,000 times to get his invention to work!  He understood the laws of success and applied them.  He controlled his circumstances and did not let his environment control him.   He did not listen to the critics; he followed dreams.

Some will challenge me and say that only God is in control, what can we do?  Well my friend, the fact is, God is FOR you.  If you have some curve balls thrown your way, they are only meant to direct you down a better path.  I am not telling you to ignore your environment; I am instructing you to analyze it and use what life doles out to achieve your goals.  It’s like an airline pilot; he takes off and maneuvers around storms and turbulence when possible.   When he cannot, he doesn’t quit flying!  He endures the turbulence until he gets through it, making for a successful flight and landing at his DESIRED destination.

What do you do when the storms of life come your way?  Do you quit and give up on your dreams and goals.  If you don’t have the stomach for what it takes to succeed, I feel sorry for you.  Why?  Because you were given everything you need, by God, to be a successful human being.  Don’t waste it by being whimpish.  Get up, take charge, trust God, and MAKE your life happen; don’t just LET it happen!  USE the gifts and talents God has given you.  Even the “bad breaks” can serve as tools for your success.  Open your eyes and ears or opportunity.  Prepare yourself for success.  If a door closes, don’t stand in front of it crying because it closed.  Look behind you, a bigger and better door is probably opened!

A farmer prepares his fields for harvest.  However, would harvest come without preparation?  The farmer needs to cultivate the land, sow the seed, and trust God for the rain.  That is a successful farmer!

Don’t be so quick to discount God in all of this.  The fact is, without God, nothing will happen!  The farmer could work his tail off but without God’s kindness and favor to send the rain, his labor would be in vain.  Therefore it is paramount that you believe in, trust, and thank God for his role in your life.  Gratitude is a key ingredient for success.  Don’t try to succeed without it.

Now, take charge of your life.  Go to work on dealing with false beliefs, work on improving yourself, help others along the way, and trust in the living God.  You will succeed with these ingredients.  There is NO doubt.