Breaking Your Barriers to Success and Money 7 Practical Steps and 20 Life-Changing Words
Let's Get Started by Learning How to Break the Barriers to
Having More Money and Success in Your Life
First we must identify them:
Indecision - This is the #1 reason most people don't succeed. When an opportunity presents itself, evalute it, weigh the pros and cons and make a decision. "There are three things that come not back, a sped arrow, a spoken word and a neglected opportunity."
Lack of Focus - It's sometimes difficult to focus with laser clarity on your goals and direction. When you've made your decision, get a clear picture in your mind of what you want to achieve. When you have a clear vision of where you want to be it's easier to remain focused and work toward it.
Doubt and lack of self confidence - Doubts can stem from previous failure, or they can be the results of childhood experiences. Either way, the doubts that stop you from achieving are deep rooted and need to be removed before you can succeed. Perhaps you don't feel that you deserve the life you aspire to because you came from "the wrong side of the tracks". Or maybe you're afraid to try again because the previous failure was so devastating.
Whatever spawns them, the result is the same - lack of self confidence, self doubt - which can be crippling to your ambitions. Deal with self doubt on the subconscious level. It doesn't matter where you came from, it's where you're going... where you direct your life... that's important.
You deserve to be successful and wealthy. Without having enough money to live your life without worry, you can never be the person you were created to be. Money facilitates your ability to help others and achieve satisfaction in living.
Lack of Vision - "Where there is no vision, the people perish." Vision gives your life purpose. When you lose sight of your vision, you begin to die. You must have vision... a picture, of what you want to achieve in your life. If you don't have that clearly burned on your brain, you'll never achieve it.
Vision is "focused dreaming". It's not just wishful thinking. It's a picture of what you want accompanied by a focused plan and dedicated action, all trained with laser-like precision on your cearly defined goal which you work toward relentlessly until you achieve it.
Unwise spending habits - I think this is self explanatory, so I won't belabor the point.
Selfishness - No man is an island. We find our gratification in our interactions with others. We find our fulfillment and purpose in life as we love, and laugh, and live with others. When we share what we have, we make room for more. The more you love, the more love you have to give.
The more money you give, the more money you will earn to give. "Give and it shall be given to you, pressed down, shaken together and running over."
and last but not least
Ingratitude - Not expressing gratitude for the many gifts life has given you is to set yourself up for failure. "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away." The Bible is replete with stories of people who because of the sin of ingratitude found themselves at some point in their lives worse off than when they began.
Be thankful for what you have. Give thanks for everything because everything in your life... all your experiences - good and bad - have worked together to make you who you are, and they will bring about the good you will experience in life from this day forward. Live in an attitude of gratitude and you will prosper.
So, now that we've identified them, how do we break these unhelpful habits? Here are Seven Simple and Practical Stepsto start you on your way.
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See how it can work for you.
Make a Decision and Plan what you want to do, then take Action
Fail To Plan -- Plan To Fail
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." -- Shakespeare -- Julius Caesar
Make Your List
Write down Positive Affirmations of the things you want to happen in your life, what you're going to do to achieve them, and the resulting lifestyle you want to have. Word it in the present tense, like this -
"I'm so happy and grateful now that I have ______ from doing ______ every day."
Decide on a specific date by which you want to achieve your results or amount of money.
Write that down on the same piece of paper and keep it with you.
Read the statement over upon rising every morning and just before going to sleep every night. -- Bob Proctor, Six Minutes to Success.
So, your card should have -
1. Your desire. (Be detailed and specific.)
2. The date by which you want to achieve it.
3. The means by which you will achieve it, e.g. by improving your business or starting a new one.
4. Your expression of gratitude to God for having achieved it.
Use The Power of Your Mind to Make Things Happen
Focus on the most important one or two changes you want to make at first. You can add more later. Remember not to use negative words like "don't", "not", and "no". For example, if your home is threatened by foreclosure like mine was, and I'm using this example because so many people are going through this today - don't say, "I don't want to lose my house", say...
"I come up with constructive ideas that help me keep my house.
I attract and meet people every day who can help me with programs that enable me to keep my house.
I have enough money to meet my financial obligations.
I enjoy my house.
I am living in this house for the next twenty years.
I am happy in my house."
Or if that's not easy for you to say and mean it, just close your eyes and see yourself in your home enjoying it with your family.
Bottom line - stop focusing on the problem. What you resist persists.
Focus on the solution and the time when this will all be in the past. Go to that future place in your mind as often as you can, and live there until it materializes around you by means of the actions you take now.
Visualize doing the things that will enable you to turn your situation around e.g. -
Meeting people who can help.
Earning the money you need.
Receiving the funds you need.
Paying the amount due.
Bank statement showing a specific amount of money.
But you must do this consistently, not just when you start to worry. When the worry comes, "cancel, cancel, cancel" - "delete, delete, delete" - think about something else, something happy. Take out the card with your desire and read it out loud with joyful expectation.
Say everything in the present tense. Remember, you get what you say. The emotionbehind your statements is what gives them power, so be positive, be confident about the outcome, be happy.
Believe it. Be consistent. Expect the good and start thinking creatively about what you can do to change your situation. When the ideas come, actupon them. Very important! I can't stress that enough.
Action Is Key! Do what you need to do, now, where you are, to set the stage to receive your fulfillment when it comes. And then be open to Receivingyour fulfilled desires.
This isn't magic or wishful thinking. It's not even "positive thinking". It's a scientific reconditioning of your mind to see things in a different light. To think and act in a Certain Way.
When you look at life differently, you will act differently because your thought processes will be different. And when you think differently, the vibrations your mind sends out to all around you will start to attract things and people who are in sync with you. In other words, you will start to meet people of like mind who will be willing to point you to places and circumstances that will get you what you want.
Think about the good you want in life and how you can use your God-given abilities, talents and desires to make it so. You already have the talent and ability to succeed. You were born with them. Recognize that, believe it and speak it out loud to yourself. Speaking out loud completes the cycle of rethinking - from your mind to your mouth to your actions. More on this.
Now you will start attracting into your life the things you want.
It takes time, so be patient and stick with it. It's not going to happen overnight. It took a whole lifetime of "fear based thinking" to get you to where you are.
We are all conditioned to focus on what we need or lack. The more you think about not having what you need, the more you perpetuate that state of mind. When you want something and then you add, ..."but I can't afford it"... you reinforce in your subconscious the condition of not being able to afford it and so your subconscious reproduces what you tell it to...you can't afford it.
You're in a rut of negative thinking, so be patient with yourself. You'll start to change your life when you...
...Catch The Vision.
Evaluate Your Life And Change It...
Keep at it until you win... Don't Quit
Ever heard the expression "you can't see the forest for the trees"? What that means is that you are so focused on the singular problem (the tree) that you can't see the big picture (the forest).
You must catch the vision of the big picture - where you want to go, the life you want to live, the person you want to be. It takes time to restructure your thoughts and start receiving the good that life has for you. You just have to "want it bad enough" and go for it.
Persistent "stick-to-it-iveness" is the key to success in anything you undertake. Apply it here.
Persistence
Is
The Combination Of Strong Desire And Willpower
It Is
The Capacity To Stay On Course
In The Face Of Difficulty And
Refuse to Quit -- Dr. Charles Stanley
What I've said probably sounds simplistic and trite, and certainly, change won't happen overnight. Indeed there are other factors to consider and even some helpful "procedures" to follow. But they aren't complicated or mystical. They're scientific.
If you follow the principles laid out in The Science of Getting Rich, for example, and start doing things in the Certain Way, you will find that the changes you want in your life will begin to manifest. Train your mind and take action, and it must follow with mathematical certainty, your life will change for the better.
Everything begins in your mind. It's a thought, a desire, before it becomes an action. Think the right thoughts, get the desired results. Think the wrong thoughts, get undesirable results.
So stop trying so hard to not think about the negative. Stop worrying about what you don't have or what you've lost -- what you resist, persists. Let it go. Concentrate on where you're going... not where you've been.
So, here in a nutshell are the 7 helpful steps to follow, plus three very interesting videos that give you even more...
Seven Practical Steps For Breaking The Barrier To Having
More Money And Success In Your Life
PLUS 20 Life-changing Words For You To Remember
Decide exactly what it is you want. Dust off your long-buried dreams and see them through new eyes. Yes, you can achieve them. Bevery detailed. Details are very important. Be precise. Prioritize and make a list.
Focus
If what you want is money...
write down the exact amount on a piece of paper along with a specific date and if you already have a plan, the plan for getting it. If you don't have a plan as yet, don't worry. It will come. And when it does, think it through, and write that down as well. This is your blueprint of how you will achieve your goal. Keep the card in your pocket or purse. Put it on the visor of your car or on your bathroom mirror. Read it often, out loud, with positive emotion. Think about it often. What will happen is that your mind will begin to create and accept new thoughts and ideas about how to make more money or whatever it is that you desire, and that will cause you to change your actions. You will start doing things that will result in your achieving your goal of having whatever it is that you wrote down. In other words, you will start to attract what you want.
Affirm
Affirm daily, in the present tense, what you want. Speak about it as if you already have it. It is already accomplished. You already have the ability, the talent and the desire. Now channel that ability and desire towards achieving your dreams.
Believe you deserve the fruits of your labor because they are the result of your hard work and commitment to the task. If it's a new business, know within yourself that you deserve to be paid well for your work because your work is good. Your customers appreciate you. You attract more and more business because your work is good. You also attract people and circumstances that will help you move ahead. Your words have power, so say it out loud, with passion and conviction. Immediately dismiss any doubt that may enter your mind.
Visualize
Visualizethree times daily (or more) the object of your desire. Focus first on the most important item on your list then move on to the next. Train yourself to see the life you'll live, the person you'll become. See it as if it has already happened. You are there. If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand, therefore, a Vision Board is a very helpful prop for this step. Get a piece of poster paper. Look for pictures of the things you want to manifest into your life -- happy family, more money, your dream house, new car, travel, etc. -- and paste them on this board. If you can't find a photo, write in short sentences precisely what it is you want.
Look at/Read this board daily and play some soothing music as you do this to quiet your conscious mind -- (which is probably telling you it can't happen based upon your present circumstances) -- and open up your subconscious mind. If your new beliefs do not reach your subconscious mind, nothing much will change. Believe in your new life. Feel the emotion your Vision Board arouses in you. Close your eyes and enjoy.
For more on the Subconscious Mind and how it works, Click Here.
(A word of caution -- This technique is so powerful that you must be absolutely sure that what you want is good and honest, because if you do this consistently, you will get what you want, and if it is something potentially harmful to others, you will pay the consequences.)
Save
If having more money is your focus, Save a designated portion of it consistently when it starts to come in. An easy guideline for how much to save and how much to spend is -- Save 10%, Give 10%, Live on 80%. Spend only on money-producing things at first. Reinvest in your business. Use it wisely. When you've achieved your income goals, you can go buy the car, the boat, the house.
Give
Give a portion of it away on a regular basis. The Law of Attraction reasons that this will create a "vacuum" in your money base and your mind will endeavor to refill that vacuum, thus attracting more money to you as you accept and act upon more money creating ideas.
Giving on a regular, consistent basis is the key to creating and keeping your wealth and prosperity. In Christian circles, we call that tithing, and when you are obedient in this, God blesses you by His Grace. The Lord said we should tithe and give regularly to help others. It's not an option, it's a requirement for lasting prosperity. It's one of the rules of life -
"Give and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you." Luke 6:38.
God wasn't kidding. If you want to prosper, giving is not optional. It is an essential element of His laws for life. This is His plan for how to have an abundant life. He wants us to live and give joyfully, with a glad heart. The Lord loves a cheerful giver. Give, not to get something back but to generously fill a need in someone else's life, and in so doing, show God's love to those persons. Share your blessings with others, and God has promised to reward you in immeasurable ways. This is how you get the Blessing of Prosperity.
Be Thankful
Above all...
Be Thankful for what you've been given. Express your gratitude to God. Share your abundance as an indication of your thankfulness. Affirm every day the things you are thankful for.
Say "I am so happy and so grateful now that I have ...
Don't just say it, mean it and keep acknowledging this for the rest of your life. Let this thankfulness become part of who you are...
Develop an Attitude of Gratitude
And don't talk about your giving with anyone. It's between you and God.
God gives back lavishly to generous, cheerful givers, not so they may satisfy selfish, nonessential desires, but that they may meet the variety of needs others have. Following God's principles of giving results in replenishment and rewards to the giver both in Time and Eternity. -- John MacArthur
"But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifuly will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work...Now may He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown (what you have given) and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality (giving), which causes thanksgiving through us to God (gratitude)." 2 Cor. 6-11
"Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." Matt.6:33
"...And try Me now in this, " says the Lord of hosts, "[and see] If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such a blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it." Malachi 3:10
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