Your Thoughts Make You Or Break You

Where you choose to focus your thoughts and energy will literally make you or break you. Almost everyone I know is fighting a battle personally or professionally.

For thoughts some, it is a private matter; no one knows they are suffering. For others, their personal or professional struggles become common knowledge to everyone around them whether they want it that way or not.

For some, their thoughts are overcome with sadness and defeat, while others choose to fight for their future one small decision at a time.

Every day we wake up and have to consciously choose where to place our focus.

On the problems or solutions.

The Past or Present.

 Challenge or Opportunity.

The end of what was or a new beginning.

For me, gratitude has been a saving grace in my life. When I have gone through hardships, disappointments and setbacks, gratitude has always helped me put my thoughts back in perspective and find a way to move forward.

When you start to get stressed about everything that needs to be done or you start comparing what your “perfect” day or month should look like vs the day or month you’ve been given… take a step back. Remember all of the goodness in your life, and positive thoughts will follow.

Challenge yourself and those around you to take intentional steps to protect and preserve your energy and mindset day to day.

 How can you be a beacon of light this Holiday Season for someone that is struggling or suffering?

Who can you lift up?

If you can 180 your thoughts and inspire someone to do the same, you’ve started a movement of positive, healthy thinking that will translate into a positive, healthy life.

At the end of the day it really is about giving, loving, contributing and progressing. Focus on growing and strengthening your mind and body so that you can handle more and be an example for all those around you.

If you’ve ever failed at reaching any goal in life, the problem could all be in your mind. That’s how important your mindset is.

If you want to real change, you need to start reframing your mindset.

Stop reacting to life and start responding to it.

Remember, you’re not in control of everything that happens to you, but you are in control of how you respond to what happens to you.

When you reframe your mindset and live this change every day, you will significantly improve your life.

Developing the right mindset is really crucial to succeed in anything.

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see

Your thoughts is your most powerful force.

The stories you tell yourself and the things you believe about yourself can either prevent change from happening or allow new ideas to blossom.

A thought is a set of assumptions, methods, or notations that is so established that it creates a powerful incentive within you to continue to adopt or accept prior behaviours, choices, or tools.

It’s so powerful that it affects every decision making processes. It predetermines your responses and interpretations of situations.

You can’t outsmart your thoughts !

An effective and success driven mindset is one that makes the best use of all your available resources — your time, energy, opportunities, etc.

A positive thought can translate into a world of difference regardless of the goal you seek.

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Thank you …Some people believe their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.

Others believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They also believe that talent alone creates success — without effort. Instead of developing their talents, they spend their lives documenting and proving themselves.

Your current mindset is responsible for the person you are today, however, very often you can be unaware of the mindset you have.

Examine your mindset by looking at your current belief-system.

Are these beliefs helping you grow as a person?

Ask yourself these questions:

• Where did I learn these beliefs and knowledge from?
• Are they the objective truth?
• Who uses these beliefs in life and business?

Dive deep and investigate whether your beliefs are true and objective.

Identify limiting beliefs in your life and stop these negative patterns.

You have to identify every possible mindset that’s standing in your way and turn things around in your life.

The most effective mindsets create opportunities for you, and help to gain momentum, and take actions that lead you in the direction of your goals.

Take your time and learn what beliefs make you the most efficient and importantly bring out the best in you.

Put your self-talk on steroids

I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive thought gives you a more hopeful outlook, and belief that you can do something great means you will do something great.

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Thinking and saying to oneself “I can do better next time” increases the intensity of effort people put into an activity. It can also improve performance on any given task.

Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other,

 Pay attention to your self talk and consider making changes if necessary. This is the “can-do” talk that may have a positive effect if you open yourself up to it. It might be worth a try when you consider steps for changing your thoughts .

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You can never change your results with the same thoughts that got you stuck.

Stating you intentions for how you wish to think, feel and act is the beginning of upgrading the neurological pathways in your brain that eventually shift your behaviours to those that support your life, instead of repeating behaviours that keep you stuck.

Changing your thoughts about your ability in a certain skill may mean mastering it through disciplined practice.

But anything that requires change may take some time to develop. It takes conscious effort to transform and have a positive mindset geared towards success.

Make a specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound life-list of everything you want to achieve.

Limit yourself to just five.

Set small goals each day and week to achieve them.

There is a power to breaking things down, and to working towards them little by little vs getting overcome by the idea of the completed goal you want.

Realise it’s possible, instead of telling yourself why you can’t.

Become aware of your self-talk. Replace negative thoughts with positive ones.

Use the skills you already have. Focus on your strengths, build upon it and improve with time.

See failure as a set up for a come back.

Keep moving even if you make baby actionable steps.

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.