You want to be more. you want to achieve more. You want to live beyond the limitations of your bad habits. You want to design your future and stop focusing on the challenges of your past. The transition from where you are to where you want to be starts today ...not someday.
You can take action while you are scared. You can take action while nothing seems to be going your way. You can even take action when the odds seem against you.
YOU CAN. YOU MUST. YOU WILL.
" DON"T FIND AN EXCUSE. FIND A WAY. "
You can ask the universe for whatever you desire, and your subconscious mind will begin devising a plan to manifest the outcome you envision. The subconscious mind will trigger your conscious mind to take actions to bring about progress and outcomes that will produce that outcome. However, when we ask our fears and doubts "can I ?" your subconscious mind will again answer with the same determination that it did before. It will again trigger thoughts and actions that will create the progress and outcome to prove that you can't, and that you aren't good enough.
In 1999 I organized my first speaking event in Norfolk, Virginia. I knew back then that I wanted to speak to and empower others to change their lives. I was a spunky college student studying sociology and criminal justice at Norfolk State University. I wanted to reduce the recidivism of juvenile youth returning to detention homes or jail, and I was determined to hold a forum speaking to parents about it.
A friend of mine at school assisted me in securing a local venue at a very cheap cost. I handed out flyers, posted up signs, told my family, friends, associates at school and in the court system about the event. The anticipation built up as the date of the event got closer. I couldn't wait. Finally the evening came. I pulled up to the building in my 1991 silver Volkswagen with a pile off handouts to give to the guests. A representative came and unlocked the building where the event was to be held. There were plenty of chairs and tables and great lighting in the room I was going to speak in. I got there early to make sure everything was set up.
I set up the room and waited. Time was getting closer to show time. Parents and concerned citizens, friend and supporters would soon arrive. Show time arrived and nobody came. I waited a little longer. A waited a little more. I looked at my watch. I went out in the parking lot to look for cars pulling up. No parents showed up. No concerned citizens arrived. No friends arrived. No one showed up.
I was hurt, disappointed, angry, frustrated, confused. No one showed up to even disagree with me, boo me or reject my opinions. I wasn't even worth rejecting,arguing with, or debating against, let only being heard? I WAS HURT.
I failed, but I was not a failure. Therefore the message I sent repeatedly to my subconscious mind was "get better", "invest in yourself", "try again".
Today people pay to hear me speak, empower, motivate and add value to them. I speak to leaders in the civilian and government sectors. Today I still fail at things, and I still invest in myself, learn from my mistakes, and train to get better.
The mind is a tower that receives and send signals. Those signals and impulses are translated in to messages that your mind will transform in to thoughts and actions.
What messages are you receiving ? from your self ? from others ?
How are those messages from others and yourself affecting your actions, lifestyle, and those people you support ?
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