So last week, I finished my post with this quote by Dr. Robert Anthony “You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can't have it.”
What its always comes down to at the end of the day is your mindset. In order to achieve great things in life and accomplish your goals, you MUST have a great mindset. You need to change your ways of thinking and challenge yourself more as to what is feasible, what is reachable.
As a business consultant, I have the privilege to work with a lot of entrepreneurs and after talking to them for a while; I can spot right away who will do really well and who will not. And 90% of the time it’s got nothing to do with their skills but mostly with their mindset.
What is it in life that you have always wanted or what is it today that you want? What is that big project you have in mind that your research and your gut tells you will be a huge success but you are still putting off because you have convinced yourself that it is out of your league?
Whatever it is, start by changing your mindset. Start by letting go of the idea it is out of your reach and I GUARANTEE you that you will be surprise on how fast things start to fall into place.
Now a little story for you, I read it in a special report by Vic Johnson, Mindset 13 Secrets of World-Class Goal Achievers.
“From the days of the Greeks and the very first Olympics, it was debated whether a human being could run a sub-four minute mile. The medical community, the scientific community said that it was not possible. They said if a person ran a mile that fast, their heart would explode. So if you are an athlete out there in training and the medical community says if you break that barrier, your heart is going to explode, do you think that belief might affect your training?
For thousands of years it was a widely held belief that a sub-four minute mile was not only impossible, it was dangerous. Until a medical student named Roger Bannister came along in the 1950's. In England he was studying anatomy and physiology as part of his medical studies and in the process looked at the medical evidence that against a sub-four minute mile.
Roger Bannister looked at the evidence and the evidence told him that not only would the heart not explode, but the body of a human being was more then capable of achieving that mark. He convinced himself from the evidence. He changed his belief from that of the held belief and then he actually went out and boldly told the world, "I am going to break the four minute barrier."
Most everyone knows that in 1956, he went out and ran a mile in three minutes and 59.4 seconds and broke the record. Now here's what a lot of people do not know. Within two weeks, another person broke the sub-four minute barrier. In the same year that he did, nine other people ran a mile under four minutes. In thousands of years of recorded history, no one had been able to run a four minute mile, and in one year, nine people did. What changed? The human body or the human belief?”
To the beginning of a new mindset!
Jephtée Elysée
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Dream makers vs. Dreams breakers: Belief
Hey guys (and ladies)!
Hope you missed me last week. Sorry I was traveling and couldn’t find the time to write. So this week I will make it up to you.
Today folks I am going to tackle a big one so bear with me.
So many times, I have encounter people who are simply amazing in what they do. People who have all the skills, all the tools and all the knowledge needed to make BIG things happen but who still aren’t doing much with their lives.
When I say they are not doing much with their lives does not mean they are struggling (yes some of them are) but most of them are doing well. At this point, you probably saying what’s wrong with doing well? My answer to you is: there is nothing wrong with doing well if that’s all you can do but there is definitely something wrong with doing well if you can do great.
I will look at these persons (most of the times I don’t even need to talk to them) and it is obvious the only barrier to their success is a lack of belief in their self; they do not believe that they are able to achieve great things.
Here is the tricky thing with belief; “Belief is nothing more than what we accept as true or real. Now here’s something important to understand: what we accept as true may not be true and it may not be real. But if we accept it as true or real it influences our decisions just as if it were.”
Go back and read that sentence as many times as needed until it sinks in. I AM SERIOUS. You owe it to yourself to understand it……. I hope you went back.
So basically what it saying, it does not matter what you believe in. The simple fact you believe in it and accept it as true, your mind accepts it too and it influences your life. Ok! I can see your face going like Jephtée completely lost it.
Have you ever watch a scary movie? Why in the world should you be scare knowing that its just TV? The reason is simple: you start by believing what you see can hurt you and since that’s what you believe, your mind start sending you all the signals that you will be hurt. In other words, because you believe it… your mind accept it as true. So basically its got nothing to do with the movie itself… you are the one scaring the s. out of yourself. (See you will think by writing that I will tell myself, that’s it as of today I am going to enjoy those scary movies…. Heuuuuh. Lets leave it at that.)
Because I promised to keep it short each week, I will stop here and come back on this subject next week.
I’ll leave you with a quote by Dr. Robert Anthony “You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can't have it.”
Jephtée E.
Hope you missed me last week. Sorry I was traveling and couldn’t find the time to write. So this week I will make it up to you.
Today folks I am going to tackle a big one so bear with me.
So many times, I have encounter people who are simply amazing in what they do. People who have all the skills, all the tools and all the knowledge needed to make BIG things happen but who still aren’t doing much with their lives.
When I say they are not doing much with their lives does not mean they are struggling (yes some of them are) but most of them are doing well. At this point, you probably saying what’s wrong with doing well? My answer to you is: there is nothing wrong with doing well if that’s all you can do but there is definitely something wrong with doing well if you can do great.
I will look at these persons (most of the times I don’t even need to talk to them) and it is obvious the only barrier to their success is a lack of belief in their self; they do not believe that they are able to achieve great things.
Here is the tricky thing with belief; “Belief is nothing more than what we accept as true or real. Now here’s something important to understand: what we accept as true may not be true and it may not be real. But if we accept it as true or real it influences our decisions just as if it were.”
Go back and read that sentence as many times as needed until it sinks in. I AM SERIOUS. You owe it to yourself to understand it……. I hope you went back.
So basically what it saying, it does not matter what you believe in. The simple fact you believe in it and accept it as true, your mind accepts it too and it influences your life. Ok! I can see your face going like Jephtée completely lost it.
Have you ever watch a scary movie? Why in the world should you be scare knowing that its just TV? The reason is simple: you start by believing what you see can hurt you and since that’s what you believe, your mind start sending you all the signals that you will be hurt. In other words, because you believe it… your mind accept it as true. So basically its got nothing to do with the movie itself… you are the one scaring the s. out of yourself. (See you will think by writing that I will tell myself, that’s it as of today I am going to enjoy those scary movies…. Heuuuuh. Lets leave it at that.)
Because I promised to keep it short each week, I will stop here and come back on this subject next week.
I’ll leave you with a quote by Dr. Robert Anthony “You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can't have it.”
Jephtée E.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Dream makers vs. Dreams breakers: Knowledge
Anyone who has been around me long enough will not be surprised by this week topic, which is Knowledge.
I am going to be really brief on this one because I am exhausted and its really simple.
You cannot succeed in something before you master it. No matter what your goal is and whatever aspect of life it reaches, for you to achieve it, you need to educate yourself about it.
For example, if your goal is to make more money (note that this is not a true goal for reasons cover in previous articles) here are a few areas of study:
- Educate yourself about how to make money.
- Educate yourself on how to make your skills more marketable.
- Educate yourself about the possibility of getting a higher education.
- Educate yourself on how to manage the money you are making right now.
- Educate yourself on different type of investments and how to be a good investor.
Brian Tracy said “To accumulate wealth, you must study and emulate those who have acquired it before you.”
The idea is: No matter what your goal is, chances are there are few people before you who had the same goal. Chances are they have accomplished it and wrote about it. Find that information, that piece of knowledge and put it to good use.
God bless,
Jephtée E.
I am going to be really brief on this one because I am exhausted and its really simple.
You cannot succeed in something before you master it. No matter what your goal is and whatever aspect of life it reaches, for you to achieve it, you need to educate yourself about it.
For example, if your goal is to make more money (note that this is not a true goal for reasons cover in previous articles) here are a few areas of study:
- Educate yourself about how to make money.
- Educate yourself on how to make your skills more marketable.
- Educate yourself about the possibility of getting a higher education.
- Educate yourself on how to manage the money you are making right now.
- Educate yourself on different type of investments and how to be a good investor.
Brian Tracy said “To accumulate wealth, you must study and emulate those who have acquired it before you.”
The idea is: No matter what your goal is, chances are there are few people before you who had the same goal. Chances are they have accomplished it and wrote about it. Find that information, that piece of knowledge and put it to good use.
God bless,
Jephtée E.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Dream makers vs. Dreams breakers: Fear
Today’s topic is really a tough one, for we have all experienced it in our life and chances are its part of your daily life. Dream maker/Dreams breaker # 3 is FEAR.
As humans we were born without doubts and without fears and as we become older, we start experiencing all kind of fears; fear of failure, fear of rejection, specially a fear of success. Vic Johnson said “I believe our greatest enemy in life is fear, because fear keeps us from doing many of those things we would like to do that would make our life more complete and more enjoyable.” And I completely agree with him.
What is fear? Here are two of my favorite definitions:
F.E.A.R is “False Evidence Appearing Real.”
F.E.A.R. is “Fantasized Experiences Appearing Real.”
So what is the difference between people who achieve their goals and those who do not? They have just learned to master their fears instead of allowing their fears to master them.
How do they do it? They do it with courage and faith.
Ambrose Redmoon said: "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear."
In other words when you realize what is at stake and how great the reward might be, you will gather the courage to make your goals happen in spite of your fear.
"You can cancel out fear with faith. For there is no force in this world more powerful than faith." Wrote Norman Vincent Peale. I am not only talking about faith in God (which in my opinion is crucial for our success) but also faith in yourselves and your abilities.
Let me leave you with one of the most beautiful and profound piece I have ever read:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” Speech by Nelson Mandela originally written by Marianne Williamson
To a week without FEAR,
Jephtée E.
As humans we were born without doubts and without fears and as we become older, we start experiencing all kind of fears; fear of failure, fear of rejection, specially a fear of success. Vic Johnson said “I believe our greatest enemy in life is fear, because fear keeps us from doing many of those things we would like to do that would make our life more complete and more enjoyable.” And I completely agree with him.
What is fear? Here are two of my favorite definitions:
F.E.A.R is “False Evidence Appearing Real.”
F.E.A.R. is “Fantasized Experiences Appearing Real.”
So what is the difference between people who achieve their goals and those who do not? They have just learned to master their fears instead of allowing their fears to master them.
How do they do it? They do it with courage and faith.
Ambrose Redmoon said: "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear."
In other words when you realize what is at stake and how great the reward might be, you will gather the courage to make your goals happen in spite of your fear.
"You can cancel out fear with faith. For there is no force in this world more powerful than faith." Wrote Norman Vincent Peale. I am not only talking about faith in God (which in my opinion is crucial for our success) but also faith in yourselves and your abilities.
Let me leave you with one of the most beautiful and profound piece I have ever read:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” Speech by Nelson Mandela originally written by Marianne Williamson
To a week without FEAR,
Jephtée E.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Dream makers vs. Dreams breakers: Motivation
Today I want to introduce Dream makers/Dreams breakers # 2 which is Motivation or lack of Motivation. Our anonymous friend from sunny St. Lucia mentioned it very well in his comment for last week post.
It is true that our ability to stay focus on the task at hand, on a project or on a goal has a lot to do with motivation. When the human mind is motivated, it will accomplish miracles. The opposite is also true when someone suffer from a lack of motivation; they can barely get themselves to accomplish anything. They will start but never finish. Jump to something else, only to quit before bringing it to an end. As we all know, in most cases it’s not the beginning that counts but the end.
So how relevant this is for your goal setting process?
It is very relevant because it will help you to either accomplish your goal or to quit on it. So what you must do when setting up a goal, it’s to always ask yourself this simple question: what will my motivating factor for this goal be? In other words, what is the reason I want to accomplish this? If you cannot find that factor, do not waste your time; scrap it from your list of goals to accomplish because let me assure you, you will never be motivated enough to get up and go for it.
Examples of goals and motivating factors
Goal: loose weight
Factor: health crisis, self-esteem, upcoming wedding etc…
Goal: secure a better job
Factor: ability to use full potential, offer a better life for children, ability to save, to travel etc…
Goal: go back to school
Factor: better lifestyle at the end, accomplishment etc…
In other words, always find that factor. When you think about it, it should get you energized, and will get you going. It will give you that little kick…. (where you know you deserve it).
To a week full of accomplishments,
Jephtée E.
It is true that our ability to stay focus on the task at hand, on a project or on a goal has a lot to do with motivation. When the human mind is motivated, it will accomplish miracles. The opposite is also true when someone suffer from a lack of motivation; they can barely get themselves to accomplish anything. They will start but never finish. Jump to something else, only to quit before bringing it to an end. As we all know, in most cases it’s not the beginning that counts but the end.
So how relevant this is for your goal setting process?
It is very relevant because it will help you to either accomplish your goal or to quit on it. So what you must do when setting up a goal, it’s to always ask yourself this simple question: what will my motivating factor for this goal be? In other words, what is the reason I want to accomplish this? If you cannot find that factor, do not waste your time; scrap it from your list of goals to accomplish because let me assure you, you will never be motivated enough to get up and go for it.
Examples of goals and motivating factors
Goal: loose weight
Factor: health crisis, self-esteem, upcoming wedding etc…
Goal: secure a better job
Factor: ability to use full potential, offer a better life for children, ability to save, to travel etc…
Goal: go back to school
Factor: better lifestyle at the end, accomplishment etc…
In other words, always find that factor. When you think about it, it should get you energized, and will get you going. It will give you that little kick…. (where you know you deserve it).
To a week full of accomplishments,
Jephtée E.
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