Your Mindset - Why It's Important

By Kathy Whatley

Consider this:

How you think determines how you feel.

How you feel determines how you act.

How you act determines what happens to you... good or bad.

The one and only thing you have control over is your thoughts. You cannot think two thoughts at the same time. If I say "Purple Dinosaur", right at that moment you cannot help but think of it and nothing else.

You must choose (yes, I said choose) your thoughts as you would items you eat. Your body probably likes things that are not good for it, sweets and fatty foods rather than fresh vegetables, but what must you feed on to be a champion? A strong body requires good fuel. Consider your thoughts and feelings to be fuel for your mind. Make no mistake you are competing and you are in a race. A race for success. To not compete, to not try, is to lose the race. If you do not decide on what your life will be, then others will surely decide for you. You have the menu. It's in your hands, place your order.

Like attracts like. Think of everything as a magnet. You attract to you what you think and feel. So if you want success, you MUST think of things that make you feel good, powerful, in control and successful.

This is where the laws of attraction and the effect of your attitude take place. To be a positive person and to expect good things are essential and to take action is critical to success.

So, where do you start? You start by what you put into your mind.

Reading books. You need to associate yourself with people who have done great things. When you read books written by those who have what you have, who have been where you are and tell you how they did it, it inspires you. Their success rubs off on you. It's been said, if you could play basketball with Michael Jordan or golf with Tiger Woods, you would vastly improve you basketball or golf skills. Success is contagious. You just need to expose yourself to it.

Listening to Audios. This and watching videos are the same as reading books. Hate to read? Well, here is your solution. Drive to a job? Instead of spending your time listening to Elton John, Toby Keith, Nickelback, or whoever, why don't you spend that time feeding your mind? You're stuck in your car, so you might as well make it a university on wheels and feed your mind while you're in traffic.Here is what's going to happen. You're going to change. If you run, do sit-ups or push-ups, you change. You look better. You feel better. Same here. People will notice. Your outlook will change. Success will become automatic for you. You will instinctively make the right decisions in everything you do.

Lastly, Notice And Give Appreciation To Everything You Have.

Are you where you want to be? Of course not. Nothing wrong with you. If you're not growing, you're dying. You need desire in your life. So, instead of focusing on what you do not have, focus on every aspect of what you DO have. You already have so much more than nearly everyone on the planet if you are reading this. Give thanks for your health. Give thanks for your family, for your home, your car, your spouse, your children, and yes, even you're job that you despise.

You will find you will be given more as you show appreciation over what you have been given. If you are a parent, you know exactly what I mean by this. So, I'll suggest this. Make a list, right now, of 100 things you are honestly, earnestly, appreciative of. Go ahead, make that list...right now.

If you followed instructions and you have that list, then proceed. If you haven't done it, then ask yourself why. Is this maybe something that holds you up?

Have your list? Good. Now, read each item, out loud with feeling.

I'm going to assume you've done this now. If that's the case, it's impossible that you do not feel better. Guess what? You are now far more in line to have success in ALL areas of your life, right this moment than you were before.

That means in business too. Yes, this DOES translate to dollars in your bank account!

Remember, it's these kinds of things that everyone who is successful does. In fact, they think about these things all day long. That's why, they expect success! It's automatic for them and it can be for you too!

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Mine Is Not The Right Way, It Is Simply Another Way

By Sharon Fredrickson

Recently, the California Supreme Court ruled that denying same sex marriage was unconstitutional. As of June 16th , I believe, it will now be legal for same sex couples to marry and you can image that this decision caused a lot of stir. While some said that decision was fair and just, others said that it was a horrible choice made by the courts. As I went to look at the weather on our local newspaper website, the headlines announcing this decision was there, in big bold print, for all to see. In smaller print and a bit off to the side were article headlines about a young girl dying as well as other pretty yucky headlines. (I now know go to weather.com so as to avoid the news even more.) I'll admit I read the decision story and while it offered the typical news, I was more surprised and completely wrapped up in reading the comments that were left by readers. Because this decision caused such controversy, there were literally hundreds of comments posted by readers concerning this issue. Some were happy about the decision, while others literally felt as though it could end life as we know, it not just here in California, but in the United States. By the way, there were little if any comments left about the other stories.

Part of what makes this country great is the fact that we can say exactly what we feel. So, while the differing opinions didn't bother me in the least, the way those opinions were being expressed deeply saddened me. Obviously not all of them, but more than enough expressed feelings of hatred from both sides. Some people who said they were Christians were saying how much they hated gays and I even saw one post were the writer (again welding a shield of Christianity) said he was glad because now he would know where gay people lived and could "do something" about them. Some of the people that were in agreement with this decision were very ready to call Christians and other religious people closed minded haters. While some of these people were saying we all needed to be open minded, their next sentence expressed resentment and hatred towards Christians.

While I was saddened by what I was reading, I wasn't necessarily surprised. There is one thing that people will fight, kill and die for.... the ability to be right. "It's my way or the highway." How do they know they are right? Their God told them so. (Remember when I say God I am referring to the Creator. You may choose to refer to him/her in another way, but for this conversation I'm going to refer to the creator as God.) The problem with this thinking is that as I've just said, we all have the choice of how we define God. So which one gets to make the decisions? Some say it's the one's we learn about in the Holy book. O.K., which book? The Bible, the Koran, the Bhagavad-Gita, the Talmud, etc. Once again, I submit to you that we need to get away from saying what is right and wrong and simply ask what works and what doesn't work.

I feel comfortable in saying that if we polled many different people, we would all pretty much want the same thing, a safe and peaceful world. If that is in fact the intention of people, then we need to step back and ask if our thoughts, feelings and/or actions are working to achieve that goal. When we are spending so much time and energy trying to prove that others are wrong and doing it through hate, it just doesn't work. You can't force change. You can't scare people into change. You can't do peace, you have to be peaceful. You can do love, you have to be loving. It's time we all step back and look at each other as we were meant to, which is simply as an extension of our self. Most of all, it's time we enter this one little sentence into our daily lives. Mine is not the right way, it is simply another way.

Sharon Fredrickson

Sharon is a thought leader who has achieved top honors in her business world and is a thriving entrepreneur. Sharon's background in leadership, motivational, and inspirational training gives her a unique and powerful ability to address life issues from an integrated and comprehensive level which inevitably makes you feel like you can reach for the stars and grab them.

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Stay Positive in Mind and Life

By Teddy Mueller

I am turning a little corner here. I have written many different articles, Music, Retail Business, History of Rock, yet I need to write this one. We as a people need to find our way. Life is not the same as even 10 years ago.

We need to change with the times as much as we do not want to, we must. If you look at history, we are on top because of war, we built the best planes, the best tanks, the best of all warfare. You may not like to hear this, but if it was not for this you would not be here. We would not be the super-power we are! Be happy you are here! I am not sure we are doing the best job in this area. You and I must decide this and make decisions what to do. Be smart, look beyond what people say, why do they say it, look for sincerity and truth! Don't be fooled by trickery! Be smart in what you see. Now back to why we are here!

I know you all have been negative, doubting yourself, being negative within your mind, your body, and your soul! It happens to all of us. I don't understand why, but I will not have it live in me. My life is difficult, hard, emotional, not to mention people putting me down, telling me I am worth nothing, saying I don't add-up. Why do I dress that way, why do I talk that way, why do I look that way, why do I think that way,....why, why, why......! I am sick of it, What do you think, the media, television, it's sickening, you have nothing to say, that is sad! Real sad, can't we look at truth and what's real, this media add's up to nothing. If you want to look here and be happy good luck with your future, it's false advertisement and add's up to nothing. Believe in this if you must, it won't last and will beat you every-time, unless as we speak earlier that we have the strength

People who don't understand others, or aren't willing to try have a problem themselves! That is some of the reasons and problems we have today. Let's take a good look at ourselves! We know we must take a good look at ourselves. Let's do it.

Please let's keep a positive outlook on our life and in our mind. I have been around the world in life and in my mind, please be positive in all you do, be positive in your body, soul, mind, and in all you do! Death is not a place you want to be! For it is over then! There is no turning back! We have all felt so low that it is the only place to go because we we're lost! But we do have a place to go, believe in yourself, you have the answer, with the help of your higher power, you have all the answers, just believe, have faith, know you are worth a power no-one on earth will give you, it is a spiritual power You have many places to go, dreams to make happen, Love that can come true, all of this can come true! You must believe in yourself. I know you have heard this time, and time again. It is the truth, if you don't believe in yourself , who will? Please believe in yourself! We must look deep inside ourselves to seek out the answers for what we need and we can do it. We don't need someone outside to tell us what we need, deep inside all of us we know what we need! Don't be fooled by all this! You know in your heart what you need to do. I believe in people. I know they know what is important, the are just afraid of facing the unknown. Yet it is not unknown, it only feels that way. Shake off the unbelief in yourself, shake off the unknown in your mind. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, Again BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!!!

Don't doubt yourself, Be Positive, Live Life, Push the problems away, they don't deserve the attention. Hang in there. I know it's tough, but please get through it, you will keep all the things you have going for you, your integrity, your personality, your humor, your special coolness, and especially your soul! You may not see it but others do. Think about your life, we seem to take it lightly but others don't take it that way. It's easy to put ourselves down, that's easy, anyone can do that. Stand up for yourself, look at your strong points, look at what you can offer, believe it do it, it's not easy , you make the choice! Follow your higher power, he'll guide you! Remember people change the world...! They always have. Dream, Look to future, Learn, Study, Be a person who is not afraid, Be a person who does not give up, Be a person to accomplish what was something that was impossible accomplish at a time before you! Stand tall, make things happen! Don't be a follower, be a leader. You will have to fight, kick, scratch, all of it...! To be a winner have to be better than the rest! If you listen, your just like the rest-Don't go there! Study, Look, I said it before, be better! Figure it out! No-one is going to give it to you, figure it out!!!!

As a people, we must study, we must be smarter, we must study and be better! If not all we are is a people following what's come before. I don't want to be that...!

I want to see people have a positive mind, a positive life, a vision to change the things that have come before, and a way to make them better, we have along way to go, please people wake up, get up, listen, look, see, become part of the solution and not the problem.

I am not trying to preach, I am only trying to have us open our minds. If we don't, we lose! I don't want us to lose, this country has great heart! With all it's disagreements, and problems, remember 9/12-We came together like the world has never seen! Remember!

Lets get a positive mind and life-Look hard and you will find it...!

About the Author:Teddy Mueller started his career as the drummer for classic rock band Axe, touring with Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, ZZ Top, Iron Maiden, Joan Jett, Alice Cooper, and many, many more, Teddy has been around the world playing his drums and played for crowds of over 50,000 people! Since then, Teddy is a voting Grammy member as well as working in the retail business environment as manager and district manager for major retail companies. To learn more about Teddy Mueller, visit his website: http://TeddyMueller.com

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The Power Of Your Mind

By Ali Mack

When we start talking about the power of the mind I think of the powerful saying "Your Thoughts Create Your Life" and wonder if this is really possible!In my previous post - " Does Your Personality Make You Disease Resistant" we talked about why some get chronic illnesses and why some don't seem to suffer at all, and is it all possible that it is through our own thoughts that this situation was created.

Let me give you an example from within my own life….. My brother-in-law was diagnosed as having cancer and was told at the very best he could expect to live was five years, worse case scenario would be two years. So rather than get depressed and morose over the situation his first reaction was to defy this prediction and set out to prove his physician wrong.

So instead of accepting this death sentence he began looking for alternative therapies to get him through this hurdle in life. As well as reading and finding out as much as he could about his condition, he started taking herbal supplements, eating organic foods, drinking green tea, and used humor to keep him positive as well as indulging in positive mind games. "Knowing What You Want and Getting in Harmony With It", in other words having a focus point and fixating on it and getting to the finish line. But the secret was he never had a finish line he always kept moving the line it as he got near it.

However during his treatment about two years after first being diagnosed he got really sick and we were told he was very close to death. At the time his daughter was on an overseas trip and it was decided we would bring her home (a 24 hour flight plus travel time so at the least it would be 36 hours) before she would be home. Through his pain he said that he would wait for his daughter to return, as he needed to see his little girl and apologize for shortening her trip. Although most of us did not believe he would make it through the night and believed that his daughter would be coming home for a funeral. However he did get to see his daughter and slowly got better and is still here with us to this day 10 years after being diagnosed and being told he would only do five! He later told us that on the morning that his daughter was to return he set his next goal and that was to see her get married.

So it's all about getting clarity in what you want and getting your mind and body in tune with it, and visualization is a major part of this mind process. The gurus tell you visualization is "simple", just find a quiet place, relax close your eyes and imagine what you want in as vivid detail as possible - what you would be seeing, hearing, and feeling when the goal is already accomplished. They say to just use your imagination and picture yourself in the future as if you already have achieved what it is that you want.

Now you may have tried that, but found that it really is not that "simple" but there is a way to visualize that no one is telling you about. It's been proven to work for thousands of successful business people, athletes, performers, and leaders. This method combines the power of hypnosis with visualization for an ultra-powerful combination. It helps you to program your mind to release everything that you don't want, and to pull towards you exactly what it is that do you want. To find out more about this method go to my blog at http://healthyalternativemedicine.com/blog

Medical experts estimate that millions of adults have tried or are considering trying some form of alternative medicine. Are you next? At www.healthyalternativemedicine.com, you can learn the basics of this innovative health care system with the eBook, "Everything You Need to Know about Alternative Medicine." It tells you absolutely everything you need to know about alternative medicine, different therapies and whether or not they will work.

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