One of the areas that I have an interest in are the personal traits that lead to success.
I mean, why do some people become successful and others don’t?
Why do some automatically ‘get it’ while others go on for years trying everything and never having any real success?
What ‘breakthrough’ is needed to plunge you past failure and into success?
I’ll be very honest with you, I’ve never read “7 Habits Of Highly Successful People” or any of the other ’success books’ that have been published in the last 50 years.
I never really liked ‘positive thinking’ at all… in fact, my biggest success came when my back was to the wall and it was “do” or “die”… it had NOTHING to do with ‘positive thinking’ and EVERYTHING to do with “DO or DIE” thinking.
That’s been my catalyst… even when I seemingly have all the success I need there’s something inside me that says, “Hey, it could be all gone tomorrow, so you better hustle your butt and add value to what you’re doing, make more sales and offer your products to more people than ever before…”.
There are four types of thinking, in my opinion, that will get in the way of your success:
—-Comfy Food Thinking: —-”Comfort Foods” are all the rage… why? Because they make you feel comfortable. But that kind of ‘thinking can be very bad for your business.
Not being able to move toward your goals because you’re ‘comfortable’ with what you already have… being ‘comfortable’ with your present situation is like signing your death certificate. You’ll never succeed if your too comfortable in your present situation.
—-’No Fear’ Factor Thinking: —-Fear is a great motivator- knowing that you could be broke and destitute if you lost your job or your business stopped working should be enough motivation to keep you going for a long time but most people do not USE their fear… they think they have to ‘think positive’ and ‘everything will be ok’ – Bull.
You need to be afraid, very afraid and USE it to your advantage 
—–Amber Casing Thinking: —-The crap that gets built up in your brain over the years- stuff you think is true is really not true and not being able to see clearly enough to know what’s the RIGHT thing to do at any one time will stop you cold. You need to THINK for yourself and stop letting others do your thinking for you.
How many ORIGINAL thoughts have you had this week? I mean REALLY ORIGINAL…?
—-Distraction Disease Thinking: —-The world, your life, moves fast… we do everything fast… go to work, take kids to the ball game, fix dinner, go to the movies, watch TV show (you’re fav), eat, walk…
We need to do these things BUT… they can be simply distractions… constant distractions to being able to focus on what you want. Take 15-30 mins a day (I take 1-2 hours) to FOCUS on what YOU want and HOW to get it…
FOCUS on what you should do NEXT to get to your goal…
FOCUS on easy-to-do STEPS that’ll give you what you want.
Most people have Distraction Disease and their brains are fried from too much external stimulus.
You need to learn how to:
1) STOP,
2) THINK (really think, not just ‘pretend’ to think) and
3) PLAN.
Then COMMIT yourself to a course of ACTION!
Something to THINK about 
