By Matata Mercy
Do you believe that you are the products of your thoughts?
Each and everything that you have ever achieved in this world and also every failure that you have faced are a result of the thoughts that have been going through your mind.
I came across the idea about our thoughts in a book that was written by a man called Napoleon Hill in his popular book called Think and Grow Rich.
In this book, i found out that most the ideas that are shared in the book are timeless and also the fact is that they still do apply today.
The book talks about becoming what you think.
There are very few people out there who would dispute the fact that our thoughts actually control our actions and then our actions largely also control our results.
For example if you would love to go shopping, the idea of shopping starts as a thought and then you can start your journey to the shopping mall.
The truth is that we actually have the power to choose our thoughts consciously. Instead of just allowing your brain to randomly act in cycles through the same thoughts each and every time, then you should actually spend time thinking about different things.
The thoughts that we do have in our minds are just like the seeds that we do plant. When you plant groundnut seeds you cannot expect to harvest maize at the end of the day.
This simply means that when you have negative thoughts hovering over your mind, it will make it difficult for you to achieve your goals and dreams but when you are positive about life, it will make your work easier towards achieving your goals and dreams.
For example if you believe that starting your own business is very risky and you will end up losing your money while at it or you do not have enough money yet or you are comfortable with your job then you might never even be able to start your own business if you actually do not work on your mindset.
These thoughts are not actually bad but they are actually the wrong seeds for you to progress towards starting your own business.
The results of starting and also growing your own business will not grow in these soils since these are actually the seeds that will stop you from starting your own business.
These are the seeds that will grow the tree for you not to start your own business but instead be an employee for the rest of your life.
There is actually nothing wrong with that especially if you love working for others but if you have the dream of leaving your job and then starting your own business and your thoughts are lingering like the above then you actually have a huge problem solve.
What are the right kinds of thoughts that you need for you to be able to run your own business?
I know that it is a risk but i strongly believe in myself and my abilities and when i meet obstacles along the way, i will find ways to overcome them.
I would rather spend my life building my own business instead of helping someone build theirs. If iam to build a business by all means, then it is actually my own business.
The freedom of becoming my own boss is very exciting and interesting that i would love to explore. Just imagine being able to decide how i can be able to spend my time each and everyday, every minute of it just for me.
There is a limit to the amount of money that an employee can earn but running my own business actually means that i have the ability to earn as much as i can.
If i want to become rich then i will need to build a business of my own.
Although thoughts like these could actually be the right seeds for starting your own business but the fact is that inorder to succeed in business, you will need to work harder at it.
I have used the example of starting a business, but this principle actually applies to quitting smoking, quitting alcohol, getting married, losing weight or quitting pornography.
It all starts with the mind and the decision that you have made to make the right choice for your life.
The point that iam trying to emphasise here is that if you are trying to get results in your life, something else other than what you are currently actually experiencing then the first step that you should actually take is to examine your dominant thoughts and see if these are actually the right seeds that you need for you to be able to get the results that you want.
There is a very high chance that if you are not making progress then it simply means that you are having the wrong thoughts in your mind and you will need to replace these thoughts with new ones that are positive.
For example you can never quit smoking if you think that quitting smoking is hard.
The concept that i would love you to understand here is that being able to shift your thoughts is actually a conscious act which is deliberate.
You cannot just say that you will think about starting your own business and then you move on.
You will need to put aside atleast an hour or more thinking about your business with a pen and paper infront of you, you can write down some the thoughts that need to be running in your might if you are to bring your goals to life.
You should start consciously putting these thoughts into your mind over and over again until they become dominant and over take the old thoughts.
If you want to make a big change in your results then you need to do something like this each and everyday. At first this exercise will look very difficult.
When you start getting new thoughts, your first reaction will be that you have alot of doubts about whether they will be able to materialize.
Therefore when you start thinking about starting your own business, the images that you encounter and first will not be very attractive.
And when you start thinking about quitting your job, there will be some negative reactions that you will get from your co-workers and even the office politics will not make it any better staying at the job.
But then after sometime, you will find that you are back to the usual routine.
This is actually normal. But you should now be in position to use your imagination to help you move past the doubts and you should keep working on it.
In your imagination, you should see that new reality working out perfectly and also beautifully even though you might not actually be having any idea about how this can be possible in the real world. In the beginning, it will actually be sloppy but with time things will get better and easier.
After a few weeks, you will then begin to believe that those new thoughts can actually come to life.
And this is when you start feeling the urge for you to start taking action towards your goals and dreams.
The truth is that in the beginning you will be filled with alot of doubt and that is perfectly fine. It is therefore important to first reach the point of belief.
You should therefore just be patient with yourself and then give room to your imagination to guide you. One scientist called Albert Einstein said that Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Do you believe that you are the products of your thoughts?
Each and everything that you have ever achieved in this world and also every failure that you have faced are a result of the thoughts that have been going through your mind.
I came across the idea about our thoughts in a book that was written by a man called Napoleon Hill in his popular book called Think and Grow Rich.
In this book, i found out that most the ideas that are shared in the book are timeless and also the fact is that they still do apply today.
The book talks about becoming what you think.
There are very few people out there who would dispute the fact that our thoughts actually control our actions and then our actions largely also control our results.
For example if you would love to go shopping, the idea of shopping starts as a thought and then you can start your journey to the shopping mall.
The truth is that we actually have the power to choose our thoughts consciously. Instead of just allowing your brain to randomly act in cycles through the same thoughts each and every time, then you should actually spend time thinking about different things.
The thoughts that we do have in our minds are just like the seeds that we do plant. When you plant groundnut seeds you cannot expect to harvest maize at the end of the day.
This simply means that when you have negative thoughts hovering over your mind, it will make it difficult for you to achieve your goals and dreams but when you are positive about life, it will make your work easier towards achieving your goals and dreams.
For example if you believe that starting your own business is very risky and you will end up losing your money while at it or you do not have enough money yet or you are comfortable with your job then you might never even be able to start your own business if you actually do not work on your mindset.
These thoughts are not actually bad but they are actually the wrong seeds for you to progress towards starting your own business.
The results of starting and also growing your own business will not grow in these soils since these are actually the seeds that will stop you from starting your own business.
These are the seeds that will grow the tree for you not to start your own business but instead be an employee for the rest of your life.
There is actually nothing wrong with that especially if you love working for others but if you have the dream of leaving your job and then starting your own business and your thoughts are lingering like the above then you actually have a huge problem solve.
What are the right kinds of thoughts that you need for you to be able to run your own business?
I know that it is a risk but i strongly believe in myself and my abilities and when i meet obstacles along the way, i will find ways to overcome them.
I would rather spend my life building my own business instead of helping someone build theirs. If iam to build a business by all means, then it is actually my own business.
The freedom of becoming my own boss is very exciting and interesting that i would love to explore. Just imagine being able to decide how i can be able to spend my time each and everyday, every minute of it just for me.
There is a limit to the amount of money that an employee can earn but running my own business actually means that i have the ability to earn as much as i can.
If i want to become rich then i will need to build a business of my own.
Although thoughts like these could actually be the right seeds for starting your own business but the fact is that inorder to succeed in business, you will need to work harder at it.
I have used the example of starting a business, but this principle actually applies to quitting smoking, quitting alcohol, getting married, losing weight or quitting pornography.
It all starts with the mind and the decision that you have made to make the right choice for your life.
The point that iam trying to emphasise here is that if you are trying to get results in your life, something else other than what you are currently actually experiencing then the first step that you should actually take is to examine your dominant thoughts and see if these are actually the right seeds that you need for you to be able to get the results that you want.
There is a very high chance that if you are not making progress then it simply means that you are having the wrong thoughts in your mind and you will need to replace these thoughts with new ones that are positive.
For example you can never quit smoking if you think that quitting smoking is hard.
The concept that i would love you to understand here is that being able to shift your thoughts is actually a conscious act which is deliberate.
You cannot just say that you will think about starting your own business and then you move on.
You will need to put aside atleast an hour or more thinking about your business with a pen and paper infront of you, you can write down some the thoughts that need to be running in your might if you are to bring your goals to life.
You should start consciously putting these thoughts into your mind over and over again until they become dominant and over take the old thoughts.
If you want to make a big change in your results then you need to do something like this each and everyday. At first this exercise will look very difficult.
When you start getting new thoughts, your first reaction will be that you have alot of doubts about whether they will be able to materialize.
Therefore when you start thinking about starting your own business, the images that you encounter and first will not be very attractive.
And when you start thinking about quitting your job, there will be some negative reactions that you will get from your co-workers and even the office politics will not make it any better staying at the job.
But then after sometime, you will find that you are back to the usual routine.
This is actually normal. But you should now be in position to use your imagination to help you move past the doubts and you should keep working on it.
In your imagination, you should see that new reality working out perfectly and also beautifully even though you might not actually be having any idea about how this can be possible in the real world. In the beginning, it will actually be sloppy but with time things will get better and easier.
After a few weeks, you will then begin to believe that those new thoughts can actually come to life.
And this is when you start feeling the urge for you to start taking action towards your goals and dreams.
The truth is that in the beginning you will be filled with alot of doubt and that is perfectly fine. It is therefore important to first reach the point of belief.
You should therefore just be patient with yourself and then give room to your imagination to guide you. One scientist called Albert Einstein said that Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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