Are you coming with me? I’m fully loaded and ready to hit the road of success.
Here’s the deal…
Did you know we are born to think only in the positive when it comes to accomplishment? Failure isn’t even on the chart!
When the baby is hungry, is not eating an option? It isn’t even a thought! That baby is going to cry, scream, kick, holler and do whatever he can till that food appears. When children, or even animals for that matter, get something on their mind or a desire to do something, they are very innovative. They try this angle or that until they get it or decide to express their frustration at it not coming to pass as quickly as they like. Even in their frustration, or coming to an adult looking for help, they still have the mindset that it can work, they will get it, they will make it go, Etc. They may stop for a while, pause or breathe, but then at some point they get up and go at it again!
So, I got a revelation this weekend. I’m going to stop focusing on what I can’t do, shouldn’t do, don’t want to do and all the negative mind chatter. What I’m going to do is… I’m going to do what I can do!
Pardon me?
Yup! Instead of focusing on not eating this and not doing this, staying away from this or this not working – I’m going to look at what I can do, what works, what helps me be effective, to be in a great state of mind, accomplish end results, goals and ultimately live in success rather than failure. It’s a “plan” to succeed. And it’s a great reminder when I get off track to get my focus back on what I can do!
This sets me work with the how my brain works – in the positive! To choose, work and live in the positive, doing what I can that works. By the time I fill up my day and mind with all these thoughts and things that I enjoy doing and eating, there really is no room left in my thoughts or day for anything else. So I eliminate the negative, the struggle and doing what doesn’t work because I’m too busy doing what I can do and what works!
How much time and energy do you waste on failure? How can you get in the God-mode of success that failure is not an option? It’s just a matter of time, strategy, discovery, and persistence, collaborating with others, getting help or knowledge until you see that success or accomplishment. God created us this way. It’s man’s limitations that tell us otherwise.
God expects fruitfulness, success and accomplishment. He created flower seeds so flowers bloom. That’s success. He said he sends forth His word and He will perform it. His word will go forth to do what he sent it to do and will not return void. That’s success – effectiveness, accomplishment, achieving end results.
Negatively, I could focus on my family being far away and not seeing them. Positively, I can think and choose to phone my family, talk to them, write them, FaceTime them, etc. I can think and choose to be present with others around me. I can choose to live in the abundance of connection and love rather than lack or limitations.
How about you? Where would you like to see more success in your life? If you lived and thought with a child’s tenacity, mindset and expectation, what would you do, think, try, collaborate and persist with? As your success partner, I say go for it!