adminHe says as much in his book “Above Life’s Turmoil”, where he writes, “Belief always precedes action”.
Have you ever had a goal that you just couldn’t get started on – or you got started on it but you couldn’t maintain consistent action towards achieving it?
A few years ago I was living in some very trying times and struggling to work on some big goals that I had set for myself.
But I just could not seem to stay focused and as time passed by and I had missed a goal. After that I would get more frustrated and start over because that’s what I thought I was supposed to do.
I repeated this cycle several times and I became a basket case of emotion because I could not get anywhere.
Wayne Dyer in his book, “You Will See it When you Believe it”, says: Your behaviour is based upon your feelings, which are based on your thoughts.”
So you need not only to change your behaviour but those things inside of your consciousness that we call thoughts.
Once your thoughts reflect what you genuinely want to be, the appropriate emotions and the consequent behaviour will flow automatically. Believe it, and you will see it!
As always, it’s our thoughts that are in control and we won’t have the will to do until we have the belief to do.
I have had a lot of success in this area using positive visualisation and affirmations. In fact, for one extended period of time I told myself several times a day while thinking about a particular goal, I can do this because I know I can!
It took me a while, but eventually I had enough belief to go for the goal and achieve it. Even now when confronted with a challenging situation I’m likely to hear myself saying, I can do this because I know I can!
How powerful are your thoughts of belief?
Dr Maxwell Maltz said: “Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs.”
And that’s worth thinking about. Have an awesome week!
l Nyaradzo Mavindidze, a motivational speaker, is the Managing Consultant at Avodah Consultants, which specialises in soft skills training and coaching. For feedback email [email protected]
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