What you think about your circumstances may keep you stuck in a bad
situation. That is why recognizing the lies you tell yourself is very
important. These lies prevent you from being as powerful as you
really are.
Lie #1. Expecting Quick Results.
It's true, we have all seen our lives change in a heartbeat -
sometimes an upturn, and sometimes a downturn. But generally success
is a longer road that takes daily work to make it a reality. It will
happen. Don't expect it to happen overnight, but expect it to happen.
Don't give up. Powerful Results come from taking baby steps, one
after another, day after day, until you reach your goal.
Lie #2. Complaining is OK.
The Law of Attraction states that life reflects back to you whatever
you expend. If you have a habit of complaining, you will attract more
complainers to you. Or as the Bible puts it, "you reap what you
sow." One of my favorite cartoons shows the character contemplating
Spring, and she says, "Time to go out in the garden to see if the
bulbs I didn't plant, didn't come up." Powerful Results come from
planting the seeds for what you want to grow.
Lie #3. Fix It Later
Winners recognize that it doesn't always matter how the hole got in
the boat. It matters that it gets fixed so that you can get on with
the fishing. However, it DOES matter if you keep running over the
same rock day after day, and you are patching the same hole over and
over. It is important to find the SOURCE of the hole and stop
allowing it to happen. Powerful Results come from creating a
lifestyle that supports your desires.
Lie #4. Having an *idea* instead of a plan
Did you miss becoming a doctor, or dancer, or chef, or actor, or
teacher because you were "absent" the day they were handing out those
careers? Of course not. All of those careers require that a person
choose to go to school, sometimes for many years; and then many more
years to master their craft. If you don't purposefully choose the
path to go down, something else will choose it for you. Those who
don't create their future, have to endure the future they get.
Powerful Results come from creating a plan and getting into action.
Lie #5. Ignoring your talents
Thomas Leonard, founder of Coach University, suggests that
you "perfect or customize what you want out of life so that it fits
you perfectly." This means using your natural talents in a way that
works best for you, in all that you do. So often we put ourselves
into a role or get so busy responding to life's daily crisis, that we
end up frustrated with busy work instead of taking the time to sort
out what we're good at, let our strengths help us, and then be
willing to ask for help with the rest. Powerful Results come from
customizing whatever you do so that it's a better fit for you.
Lie #6. Having Elusive Goals instead of Do-able Goals
An elusive goal is "save $5 thousand for down payment for a house".
There's no strategy or plan associated with that. A do-able goal
is "save $100 every week for one year, beginning this week." That's
a plan of action that has measurable results. Powerful Results come
from specific actions that have measurable results.
Lie #7. Adopting a "what I do doesn't matter" attitude.
It's easy to say to yourself that other people and circumstances
prevent you from doing something. It's easy to think that they are
more powerful than you are, so your puny contribution won't matter in
the long run. But this attitude tends to paralyze you, and keep you
out of the action of creating better circumstances. Powerful Results
come from being honest with yourself, listening to yourself, then
doing what needs to be done.
