Well
. . . , the plan
was that by this week I would have my new blog set up on my own site
and would be telling you all about it in this week's newsletter.
It's
almost there. I have one
little thing I haven't figured out yet, well maybe two.
Plus
I've been amazed (that's the positive version) how much 'life' has gotten in the
way in the past week. I've had this project I really wanted to get done
and all this other 'stuff' just get coming up that needed to be taken care of as
well.
It can be frustrating,
discouraging . . .
Do
you ever feel like that?
Somehow
I've found that I've had
this belief that if I was doing, and being, what I was supposed to be
that everything would just flow smoothly. Everything would just fall into place.
If I was the person I was supposed to be I would just be positive all the time.
Negative, discouraging thoughts wouldn't enter my mind.
I've
discovered I've had a deep down subconscious belief that super successful
people, experts and gurus don't have things go wrong, they don't have doubts and
they don't have fears. I'm not sure where that came from, but beliefs like that can sure make a
person go, 'what's wrong with me?'.
Here
recently I've had the opportunity to listen to some interviews of some really
successful people. Interestingly some of the things they were asked were around
the areas of 'what do you do when problems (err, challenges) come up?', 'what do
you do when doubts and fears come up?'
The
first time I heard it I was like "Really? You struggle with some of
the same things I do?" It was actually kind of a relief, like some
weight was lifted off.
So
what are some of the things successful people, experts and gurus do when 'stuff'
comes up or gets n the way? Here are some things I've heard them say, in no
particular order.
Yes they have fears. They just
do it anyway, in spite of their fear.
When
they have doubts and negative thoughts, they counteract them with
positive thoughts and affirmations.
On
a regular basis they are
careful of what they listen to, what they read, what they watch on TV, and the
people that they are around. They stay away from, as much as possible,
the negative, the discouraging and the non-supportive.
I
heard that it wasn't an automatic reaction to be positive when challenges arise.
Sometime they have to work at it for a minute, or 5 minutes, an hour, a day, a
week, or even a month.
One
gentleman keeps a list of all his accomplishments, and when things aren't going
right he pulls out his list of all his accomplishments and reminds himself, "This is who I
really am".
One
thing I do is, I have a
written vision for my life, my goals, and who I want to be. When I get
discouraged, when things aren't going like I want, or when I'm tempted to give
up and quit, I go back to
that. And I know that this is what I really want and I can't give up.
So here's to getting past the
roadblocks, or around, under, over or through, whatever we have to do.
Here's
to hoping that next week I can tell you I have it all set up and you can go
check it out.
Until next time, have an amazing week!
Jane
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