Believe beyond the present moment

Reflection # 2 from the book, Reflective Empowerment, that was judged by Reader Views as the Walsh Seminars Award for Best Personal Growth Book of the Year, 2010.

Reflection 2. Believe beyond the present moment

Your success depends on the belief you have in yourself. You want something

different in your life. You do not have it at the moment, but do you believe that

you can attain it? Unless you believe that you can attain it, you will not. You

have previous successes, and therefore you can have the confidence that you are

up to achieving what you want in life. You learned to walk, talk, eat, and think.

You passed exams, and you are doing many varied things each day. You have a

history of success, and you can build on this expertise.

A setback in life is that you do not clearly and specifically determine what

you want. For example, you may say that you want a house. That is not specific

enough. You must determine, the size and cost of house, the possible areas

where the house should be, and the time frame in which you want to occupy it.

The more specific you can be, the more likely it will be achieved.

A second element to achieve what you want is that you must be passionate

about it. Not warm, or cold, but hot. You must really love having it, and get joy

and fulfillment from its attainment. Next, you must develop plans, and strategies

to deliver it, including polishing your skill-set in relation to your desires.

Finally, you must take massive, consistent, relevant action to materialize

your desires. Keep reviewing your progress, and make appropriate changes to

your game plan where necessary.

You must believe in yourself to be the success that you want to be. Belief

in oneself is half of the battle of achievement. Putting it another way, if you

believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you cannot, you will prove

yourself right. Belief is the self-starting switch that gets you off the launching

pad. Believe in yourself and soar like an eagle!