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Believe you CAN succeed and you WILL

Believe That You Can - Success is never ending. But if you want to win, you just have to believe you can. The ?how to? will follow  

Success means many things. It could mean personal prosperity in the form of a good home, holidays every year, financial security for the family, etc. Success could also mean being an acknowledged leader, being admired and respected by colleagues and being popularly accepted as an " all right " person among your social friends. Success can also mean self-respect, continually finding real happiness from life, being able to do more for those who depend on you and whose love and affection you value so much. Success could mean freedom from worries, fears, frustration and failure.

Above all, SUCCESS means WINNING !
As Robert Schuller said, ?Success is never ending.? It is a continuous process which every human being thirsts for. Everybody wants the best that life can offer. Nobody likes to live in financial mediocrity. Many a time, I start my SUCCESS Seminars with a simple question.

" When does a person really achieve success ? "
Invariably, the response is as varied as it is immediate. The answer is very simple. It all starts with your thoughts and more importantly, your BELIEFS.
It is said that faith can move mountains. If you believe that you can move a mountain, you can. Disbelief goes hand in hand with failure to achieve. I can actually hear someone sneer ' It's nonsense to think you can make a mountain move away just by saying " Mountain, move away ". It simply is not possible.'
People who think this way have confused belief with wishful thinking. Sure, you can't wish away a mountain. You can't wish yourself into a better job. Nor can you wish yourself into being a dynamic leader.

Believe you can succeed
Belief generates the power, skill, and energy needed to succeed. Belief gives birth to the "I can" attitude. When you really believe " you can", then the "how to do It" develops automatically.

All over India, young people fresh out of school / college, are starting their careers every day. Each of them "wishes" to achieve success some day, "wishes" to enjoy the fruits of reaching the top. And do you know why the majority of these young people do not reach the top? Simply because, they really do not believe that they can reach the topmost rungs of success. Their thinking is " average " though they may wish to be " super stars ". The minority of these young people do believe that they will be successful. Their approach to work is totally different from the vast majority.

Their attitude is " I AM GOING TO THE TOP " and their belief in themselves is total.
Believing that they will succeed, they observe and study the attitudes and mindsets of those who are acknowledged successes. They are willing to learn how successful people approach problems, and solve them by the decision-making process. By observing and implementing the examples set by successful people, they also become successes.

The " how-to-do-it " ALWAYS comes to the person who believes "
he can do it ".
A couple friend of ours, decided way back in 1984, to sell encyclopaedias to families in India. They were advised by their well-meaning friends that their project was crazy, that nobody buys encyclopaedias for their homes in India, that the market was so limited that they would wind up in debt. Another factor against them was their total lack of experience in this field and , of course, their next - to - nothing bank balance. But this couple had BELIEF in themselves and their ability to succeed. They accepted their drawbacks but they also had the foresight to see that home reference books would be the need of the day for harassed parents wanting to give children a head start in school. They admitted that they might make some mistakes but they would correct them ON THEIR WAY TO THE TOP. They were sure of their success and today their success story in the book business is only too well known.

Belief, STRONG BELIEF, triggers the mind in figuring out the ways and means and the " how-to-do ". Believing that you can succeed makes other people place confidence in you.
Those who believe they can move mountains, do so. Those who believe they can't, cannot.

Belief Triggers The Power To Do
Belief in great results is the driving force, the power behind all great books, plays, scientific discoveries. Belief in success is behind every successful business and / or political organisation. Belief in success is the one basic , absolutely essential ingredient in successful people.

Believe, really believe you can succeed, and you will. Over the years, I have spoken to many people who have failed in business ventures and in various careers. A lot of reasons and excuses for failure have been given. Something especially significant unfolds as you talk with a failure. In a casual sort of way, the failure drops a remark like, ' To tell the truth, I didn't think it would work ', or " I had my misgivings before I even started out, " or "Actually, I wasn't too surprised that it didn't work out ".
The " Okay - I'II - give - it - a - try - but - I don't - think - it - will - work " attitude ALWAYS produces failures.

Disbelief is negative power. When the mind disbelieves or doubts, the mind attracts "reasons" to support the disbelief. Doubt, disbelief, the subconscious will to fall, the not really wanting to succeed, is responsible for most failures.

Think doubt, and you will fall.
Think victory, and you will succeed.

Every person is a product of his or her own thoughts. Believe Big. Adjust your thermostat forward. Launch your success offensive with honest, sincere belief that you can succeed. Believe big and grow big
 

 

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