__________________________________________
The Problem & The Solution Lie Within YOU
__________________________________________
by Asoka Selvarajah
Whatever your lot in life, you doubtless consider it to be a
combination of external factors: some positive and others
negative. Doubtless, this is partly true. However, it may
surprise you to know that at any point, barring acts of God, your
future is almost entirely in your own hands.
This may sound like too much to bear or believe. After all, if it
were true, there would be no excuses left. You could not blame
your situation on your parents, the government, your boss, your
husband or wife, your race, or anything else. Hence, most of us
prefer to reject this thought. That leaves us with plenty of
excuses, and a comfortable, if rather mediocre, life.
Napoleon Hill's book "Think & Grow Rich" makes it clear that
Success only comes to those rare few who (a) create a major
definite purpose they burn to achieve in their lives, and (b)
pursue that purpose with total determination and persistence, to
the point of apparent folly in the eyes of others. Interestingly,
the qualification is NOT that you need any prior experience or
talent in that which you seek. Rather, it is the purpose, backed
with the determination to never give up in attaining it, combined
with tapping into the Infinite Intelligence of the universe,
that brings about lasting Success.
However, most of us think differently. You may think that you
cannot succeed because you do not have enough experience, or
because you have little money, or because you are disadvantaged
in some other way. If so, you need to consider the examples of
people like Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. Both of these men had
nothing more than basic schooling. Van Gogh learned to paint
relatively late in life. Stevie Wonder is blind. The world's
leading cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, is in a wheelchair and
cannot even speak without a voice machine. Oprah Winfrey was born
black, dirt-poor, and was abused as a child. Excellent
qualifications for becoming the highest-paid TV personality in
America?...
The basic problem that holds the vast majority from achieving
astonishing success is that they lack self-esteem at the very
deepest subconscious level. We place a ceiling on what we are
capable of achieving, because it makes us feel better about
ourselves and our own mediocre achievements. It's better to
shield ourselves with dozens of excuses than to admit to
ourselves that we could have done better, if only we had the guts
and the self-belief.
We spend our entire lives crawling around on our knees beneath
this insanely low ceiling we created for ourselves. An absurd
image? That's the way you are probably living your life.
Within certain obvious physical limits (e.g. a 70-year old trying
to win the Olympic 100m), there is almost NOTHING that someone
else has achieved that you could not achieve too, if you had a
burning desire to do it, made this the major definite purpose of
your life, and pursued it with relentless determination. Burn the
ships and the bridges and then head forward. No excuses or
fallbacks. You succeed or you die. That is the only attitude for
achieving the very highest levels of attainment. The artist,
Michelangelo, said he would not be considered a genius if people
only knew how many hours he sweated to achieve it.
The Comfort Zone is the greatest barrier to Success. If you
achieve a certain level of the latter, the temptation to relax
and bask in the weak sunlight of what you've attained can be
overwhelming. A high level of dissatisfaction serves as excellent
motivation to spur you further. That way, you will take risks,
which is the only way to move forward rapidly. If you take NO
risks in life, you may as well be already dead. In fact, the most
common regret of dying people is the things they did NOT do, and
the risks they did NOT take.
Attaining success in any undertaking SHOULD make you feel
uncomfortable and challenged. Things are only totally comfortable
when you are not making any progress. That is why it is called
the Comfort Zone. However, it's that way because nothing is
happening. Maybe a coffin is comfortable too?
However, to succeed in your chosen major definite purpose, you
need to shed the garbage of your upbringing. Examine your beliefs
and values carefully. Where did they come from? Did you think
them up or inherit them? Are there any contradictions there that
hold you back? For instance, if you want to become rich, but have
a deep-seated belief that rich people are crooks, how likely are
you to succeed? Isn't it like driving with the handbrake on?
New Page 1
Most of the time, this is exactly what you are doing. Another
example. You want to be promoted and given more responsibility
at work? However, when you look within, you don't feel worthy of
it, or even believe that your colleagues are better than you.
Some deep self-examination is necessary. Take time with yourself
and ask yourself what your limiting beliefs are. Working on
deepening your sense of self-esteem is the most important work
you can do. It precedes any external success you may wish for.
Once you have deep self-esteem, you won't "care what the morons
think", as multimillionaire businessman, Dan Pena, so graphically
puts it. If you are afraid of failure, it's almost certainly
because failure is frowned upon in our society. After all, how
will you look to friends and family? "I told you so" will be the
inevitable response. Right?
So what? Why care? Don't bother what the morons think. When Tom
Watson, founder of IBM, was asked by a hungry young executive how
he might progress much faster within the company, Watson
answered, "Double your failure rate."
THAT should teach you how important the opinions of the morons
really are. This is something they don't and can't understand.
That is why they remain exactly where they are. INCREASE your
rate of making mistakes in order to accelerate your successes,
and make them ever more dramatic. It's the only way. However, you
can only do that if you feel good inside about yourself, and
don't care what others think.
In conclusion, external factors have less to do with where you
are at than you may ever have imagined. The main factor for
dramatic success or failure lies within. So, next time you stand
in front of a mirror, ponder the eyes looking back into yours.
The answers to every success in your life, now and in the future,
lie right there... staring back at you.
Copyright 2003. Asoka Selvarajah. All Rights Reserved.
_______________________________________________________________
Dr. Asoka Selvarajah is the author of "The 7 Golden Secrets To
Knowing Your Higher Self" course. Asoka's work helps people
achieve their full potential, deepen their understanding of
mystical truth, and find joy in their true soul's purpose. He
offers you a FREE 14-Day LifeBreakthrough e-mail course at:
http://www.aksworld.com?ZFILE
________________________________________________________________
zodiacastro1@gmail.com Ph
93885 56053 7C Shaktan Manor Apts S T Nagar Trichur 680001, We
recommend some useful Credit Cards which can give good benefits. The
Numero Uno is the Cashback SBI Card, with 5% Cashback on Online Spend and 1% on
offline Spend. See, 6% of your Total Spend is credited to your Ac as Cashback.
