The Secret to Success is in the Hands of a Good Mentor
If you have ever tried to find success on your own, you know that it can be done, but the hurdles you will face are astronomical. No one becomes successful without a bit of failure first. Walt Disney visited hundreds of banks and was turned down hundreds of times for his idea of a massive theme park until one bank finally said yes. Now look at Disneyland. In the meantime though, that had to be a bit discouraging. There were probably times when Disney wanted to give up and felt like a massive failure. This is where a good mentor comes in. Mentorship can get you through these rough times and keep pushing you until you reach you highest potential.
Certainly it is not easy to ask for help. No one likes to do that. However, you are dealing with your life, you career, supporting yourself and maybe even a family.It is okay to understand that being disappointed and failing a little here and there is normal for everyone. The important thing is to be able to keep a positive attitude and to focus on what is going right instead of dwelling on the wrong. Having positive energy is necessary for success.
A mentor's job is to help you with that positive energy. He or she will coach you and guide you to success in your business or venture. They are there for you when you need someone to vent to or when you need someone to celebrate with. It is their job to be there to help you, so asking for help should no longer be a burdensome task for you.Starting something new in life is never easy. The good news is you do not have to do it alone. A mentor is one of the best investments one could make in them and in a new business.
You have probably seen videos such as The Secret and you know how powerful those words can be. Imagine having the secret whispered to you everyday. Imagine what it is like to be built up daily by someone who truly believes in you and wants you to succeed.There will be days when you want to give up. Everyone has them, but now there will be someone to call who keep your perspective positive and keep you from wasting time looking at failure and keep you focused on your progress.
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Practical Tips to Focus Your Mind
Once our day gets going it is the easiest thing in the world to get swept away by the routine, the urgent (which, by the way, is quite different from the important), the latest minor crisis (which probably seems major at the time) or, most common of all, the endless stream of useless thought that simply distracts us. Even if you have made the effort and started your day properly, it is simply all too easy to become submerged in the cares and worries of the moment and, as a result, revert to our default state of unfocused mindlessness.
So, first things first, what does starting your day properly mean? Well, none of us would even think about leaving the house physically unprepared for the day ahead. We wash and dress ourselves - shaving or applying the odd dab of make-up as appropriate! On the other hand, most of us unwittingly leave the house each morning completely and totally mentally unprepared for the day ahead. Starting the day properly means ensuring that, before you leave the house, you have taken the appropriate step or steps to clear your mind and focus y energy.
Practical Tip #1
I recommend five to ten minutes 'mental preparation' for the day ahead. Find somewhere quiet, where you won't be disturbed, to sit and focus on what your five senses are telling you - one sense at a time. This ensures that you're focused on what is actually going on rather than simply letting your subconscious mind's programs automatically run your life. Remember, if you don't do this, those deep-seated programs will produce your normal knee-jerk reactions throughout the day - not to what is actually happening but to what your subconscious mind believes is happening. Also remember, if left to its own devices, this is your default state of mind - the one that gets us into so much trouble.
So, You've Started the Day Properly
OK, let's say that you've got your day off to the perfect start, you're switched on, tuned in, focused, alert and ready for action. However, even little things like a delayed train, like getting stuck in heavy traffic, like someone asking you to do something unexpectedly - so many little things can knock us off balance. And I haven't even mentioned the bigger challenges that our ordinary lives throw at us! The truth is that, because of our default state of mindlessness, it is all too easy to slip and slide effortlessly into mental oblivion as the day progresses. What we need to do is ensure that, during the day, we pause to catch our breath - literally.
Practical Tip #2
Age-old wisdom places great store on the opportunity that our breathing affords us to clear the mind of useless noise and distraction and, consequently, focus the energy. So, here's a simple, quick and entirely practical tip - because, after all, you have to breathe anyway! Take a few moments - moments is all that it takes - at various points throughout the day to stop yourself in your tracks, drop whatever you're doing and turn your attention to the reality of the moment and your existence in the here and now, as you breathe in and out. Focus your attention on what it feels like to breathe. Notice how your body gently moves and responds with each breath that you take, with each breath in and each breath out. Pay attention to the way your chest, shoulders and abdomen rise and fall each time you inhale, each time you exhale. Become fully aware of the way in which the air passes through your nose. What I mean by this is actually notice that the air is passing through your leftnostril, your right nostril or both nostrils simultaneously . Give thanks for the reality that you are alive and breathing. Pay attention to nothing else for these few moments. Inevitably, the hassles and cares of the moment and the useless thoughts and worries with which we are all plagued will start start crowding your mind. When this happens (it's not a question of if, because, once again you must remember that this is your default state of mind) take three deeper breaths to refocus your mind. As you breathe, realize that whatever might be doing your head in right now will be completely forgotten in months, weeks, days or even hours.
The Reality of a Focused Mind
It is unusual to be focused. Research indicates that 96% of us are not focused at all - never focused during the course of our adult lives. It is unusual to the extent that, if you develop your focus, you will become unusually - or extra-ordinarily - successful and happy. After all, you must understand that, with an alert, focused and ready mind, anything is possible.
Copyright (c) 2010 Willie Horton
About The Author
Willie Horton has been a Personal Development expert since 1996 - working with top leaders in major organizations. An Irish ex-accountant, ex-banker, published author and keynote speaker, he travels the world, from his home in the French Alps, enabling people "live the dream". All his work - including his acclaimed Personal Development Workshop - is now online at http://www.gurdy.net The author invites you to visit:
http://www.gurdy.net
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Think yourself Successful
When You look at anything around you whether it be the home you live in, the car You drive or the building You work in I want You to know that they all began with a thought.You may have a hard time breaking down the company You work for down to a thought born in one man's mind but I assure You that is all it was. He or She had the thought and put it in to action and now the massive building You work in is the result.
What this means is that if You have been experiencing failure up to this point it was one and only one thing that caused it. Your thoughts.If You would quite simply change Your thoughts slightly then You too would find that Your actions and the things that You build are successes.
Let us pretend that We are all children again for a moment (yes I said 'children', stop taking Yourself so seriously!). Alright now what we're going to do is play a game.Think about only one choice that You find Yourself making a lot of the time. For example that You're going to go to bed after You've done some activity that You know ends up with You in bed late. A poker night during the week for example.
For the next 3 weeks miss that poker night or re-schedule it for days when You don't have pressing engagements the next day.I can bet You a Rolls Royce that by the end of the 4 weeks You will be enjoying a better quality of living. Apart from this any ideas that start to occur to You on those 'poker nights' when You doze, note them down and act on them.
If I'm wrong that Rolls is waiting for You and My e-mail is below.
'Thank Ya' for reading and have an amazing month.
Staying true to My bet. delta@delta14.com
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Personal Development - Mission Very Possible!
Unfortunately, most people look at life through dark glasses and, consequently, everything looks gloomier than it should. This is normal because the normal mind is hard-wired to look at reality by filtering it through our conditioning and, in doing so, it is more likely than not that the mind will focus on negative rather than positive conditioning. This mental frailty is what is keeping your life on hold.
You have to change the way you look at the world and your place in it. However, I am not suggesting that you look at life through rose-tinted spectacles - this will prevent you from seeing possible pitfalls or warning signs. This attitude prevents people from knowing when to give up on something that is not working for them - whether it's a toxic relationship, a floundering business or a particular career path. As such what is widely known as positive thinking or a positive mental attitude can be seriously dangerous and misleading, often leading to people fiddling while their very own personal Rome burns around them. Positive thinking often leads to the ultimate cop-out: "I'll do nothing because I just know that things are going to get better!"
If you're going to get your life moving in the right direction, something different, even innovative, is required. What I am suggesting is that you see life for what it is - the reality of the present moment. By focusing your mind on what is actually going on, instead of what you think is going on (having viewed things through those dark glasses of yours) you will be able to see the potential upside of an opportunity that you might altogether otherwise miss with your dark glasses on. Similarly, you'll be alert to and aware of the potential downside of what you're doing, intending to do or not going to do - something that you will not otherwise see if you're looking through your rose-tinted glasses.
However, there is a problem. The reality and opportunity of the present moment can only be experienced, appreciated and capitalized upon if you by-pass your hard-wiring - something that doesn't come naturally to the normal adult. But it came naturally to all of us as children when we experienced everything that was happening by using all of our five senses. Indeed it was that clear state of mind that enabled us to be conditioned in the first place. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to re-learn how to experience the here and now without putting your own personal spin or preconceived notions into the mix. You've got to take your conditioning out of the equation completely, take off your dark glasses and, as a result, you will stop making a nonsense of the present moment.
What does your mission involve? Well, you already have everything that you need for the adventure of a lifetime because all you have to do is come to your senses - and I mean that quite literally. You've got five of them - you need to start paying attention to what they are actually telling you. Seventy years of research in the field of psychology tell us that, as normal adults, we don't pay a blind bit of attention to what our senses are actually telling us. Instead, our conditioning has lulled us into the false sense of security that we know best. We don't - how could we, we've no perspective on the bigger picture of what life might actually have in store for us if we only took our blinkers off and opened our eyes.
Coming to your senses requires that you spend a little time every day, preferably first thing in the morning, training your mind to pay attention to what you actually see, feel, hear, smell and taste. Simply paying attention to the sensation means that you must simply notice and observe what's going on without interpreting, without analysing and without jumping to your habitual conclusions. Although we could do this effortlessly as children, it doesn't come easy to the normal adult. Your mind will wander, you'll think useless thoughts like 'this is useless!' and you will get frustrated. As such, I would suggest that you start out by working on one sense at a time. For example, tomorrow morning, sit down somewhere where you won't be disturbed for five or ten minutes, close your eyes and simply focus on what you hear - and take it from there.
What's the point of such an apparently simple exercise? It trains your mind to experience, appreciate and understand what is actually going on, moment to moment, in your life by removing your preconceived notions that cloud your vision, lead to unhelpful reactive behaviour and result in you missing the opportunity of the moment. If you start each day with a little mental exercising, the whole of your day - and, ultimately, your life - will get going in the direction that you really, really want.
Copyright (c) 2010 Willie Horton
About The Author
Willie Horton has been a Personal Development expert since 1996 - working with top leaders in major organizations. An Irish ex-accountant, ex-banker, published author and keynote speaker, he travels the world, from his home in the French Alps, enabling people "live the dream". All his work - including his acclaimed Personal Development Workshop - is now online at http://www.gurdy.net The author invites you to visit:
http://www.gurdy.net
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