The Success Cycle

Some of you may be familiar with the following process:

I'm ready...set goal...take action...wrong results...nevermind, learn from mistakes, let's do it again...

It's going to work this time...reset goal...reset action...wrong results...erm, maybe the timing is not right...

Blah blah blah...

Alright, last try...reset goal...reset action...still wrong results??? I guess it's just not meant to be...Quit...

A lot have been said about the importance of goal-setting in life, but have you wondered why for most people, goal-setting just seem to fail in delivering success?

In his book "What to Say When You Talk to Yourself", Shad Helmstetter explained about "The Self Management Sequence: The Five Steps That Control Our Success or Failure".

1. Programming creates beliefs.
• We believe what we are programmed (conditioned) to believe.
2. Beliefs create attitudes.
• What we believe about anything will determine our attitudes about it.
3. Attitudes create feelings.
• Your attitudes are the perspectives from which you view life.
• Whatever attitude we have about anything will affect how we feel about it.
4. Feelings determine actions.
• How we feel about something will always determine or affect what we do and how well we do it.
5. Actions create results.
• In most cases, if you do the right thing, you're going to achieve the right results.

If you're still not getting the right results, stop looking or blaming the external factors. Instead, look inside yourself. Look at what sort of programming have you been through. Look at what sort of inputs you have allowed into your conscious mind. Look at what sort of words you have used to say to yourself. Look at your mental picture, is it describing what you really want to see in the physical world, or is it just a wishful thought with lots of brakes applied to it?

If you want to achieve the right results, work on your programming first, and particularly your subconscious mind. Deliberately affirm your goals. Visualize your success everyday. Change the music in your mind, say positive things to yourself.

Try it. It has worked for me.  :)