Napoleon Hill states that the road to success starts with your thoughts. Your positive thoughts will lead to consistent actions and eventual success in your life, business and relationships. The greatest asset that we possess is our mind. The greatest liability that we possess is our mind. The mind is a double edged sword, because your actions and in-actions all stems from the space between your ears. Failure arises when your mind is filled with negative thoughts that lead to total inactions. I use the following four methods to eliminate the negative thoughts.
1. Positive Feedback
You are told on a consistent basis that you will never amount to anything for most of your life. The odds are that you will begin to believe these statements made by your family and peers. The mind is like fertile land that if you plant seeds with the proper food and nutrients, then strong plants will grow. If you have a field that is overgrown with weed, shrubs and soil that is barren, then truly nothing positive will grow. The first thing we would have to do is clear this field and then work on the soil to make it fertile. Positive feedback is a great way to add fertilization to the soil. When I was in Junior High School, a teacher that I did not even know stop me in the hallway and told that he was looking forward to having me in his class next year. He turned out to be Mr. Rosen my mathematics teacher in the ninth grade. I received the highest Mathematics Regent score in the whole school and I walk the stage at graduation to celebrate that fact. The positive feedback that I knew he was receiving from other teachers had a lot to do with him approaching me. You must make list of incidents where people told you positive things about you to reinforce and strengthened your mind.
2. Mastermind Group
You must spend more time with the people that have your best interest at heart and less with the ones who don’t. Mastermind groups of like minded individual who spend time building you up to help you achieve your goals are the best people to associate yourself. You must cut out the negative naysayer that is currently in your life. If they are preoccupied with telling you how to live your life, then you need to cut them out. The most successful people have a network of positive and encouraging people. One of the richest men in the World, Warren Buffet, give another of the world’s richest, Bill Gates, billions of dollars to invest in Bill Gates ’s charity. I would definitely say that that relationship is one the best mastermind group in the World.
3. Storytelling
Superman is a superhero in a comic’s strip that narrates and tells his day to day life as a college student and as a super hero. Who do you see yourself as Clark Kent or Superman? I would like to say that most of us see ourselves as Superman. We would want enjoy the satisfaction of saving lives and helping people without all of the hoopla. We must visualize our lives the way we want it to be. We can write our own story where we are the superhero and not the victim. When you write your destiny the way you see it then your thoughts and actions will help you achieve it. We sometimes suffer from the victim’s mentality where we ask Superman why he is trying to save us. The victim has a strong desire to stay in his muck and mire and pull Superman down. Superman uses his mental strength and ability to stop you from making him a victim. Misery loves company, but you don’t have to be a willing companion. Visualization is one of the best ways to eliminate negative thought so you may more forward and achieve success in your life, business and relationships.
4. Media Blitz
I repeat that the mind is one of the greatest assets in our life. Our mind is also our greatest liability in our life. You can control almost everything that is placed in your mind on a daily basis. Personal development is a compilation of books, tapes, videos, seminars and audio that we listen or participated in. You may choose to develop your mind to a strong entity that allows you success in your life, business and relationship or let become barren where nothing may grow on it. The four methods above are great ways to overcome negativity on a regular basis.
Shirland Carrington is originally from Barbados. Shirland earned his B.S and M.B.A degrees to help him achieve his goals and dream. Amazingly, Shirland is achieving his dreams without direct correlation to earning his degrees. Shirland helps people in home businesses achieved their dreams.
