Potential

To achieve your potential,

You know that you can;

You must make everything

A part of your plan.

Eliminate the negative,

That's in your life.

Reduce the worry,

And get rid of the strife.

Focus your energy.

Keep your goal in sight.

Be ready to win.

Prepare for the fight.

Don't be distracted.

Keep moving ahead.

Dare to go

Where no man has tread.

Author Mel Kaye
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Winning...What Is It?

It's All In the State Of Mind

If you think you are beaten, you are.

If you think you dare not, you don't.

If you'd like to win, but you think you can't,

It's almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you've lost.

For out in the world you'll find

Success begins with a fellow's will-

It's all in the state of mind.

Full many a race is lost

Ere even a step is run,

And many a coward falls

Ere even his work's begun.

Think big, and your deeds will grow;

Think small, and you'll fall behind;

Think that you can, and you will-

It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you are out-classed, you are;

You've got to think high to rise;

You've got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go

To the stronger or faster man;

But sooner or later the man who wins

Is the man who thinks he can.

Author Unknown

Are you a Monday Morning Winner?

Well it's Monday morning again and we are all ready for the challenges of the week, or are we. What have you done to prepare for the week?

• Have you played out the week in your mind yet?
• Have you seen yourself succeed?
• Do you see yourself rising every time you fall?
• Do you believe in your ability to accomplish anything that you set your mind to?
• Do you know, in your heart of hearts, that you will never quit and you will never give up?
• Do you have a positive attitude, an attitude that believes anything is possible?
• Well, DO YOU?

If there is a goal that will drive all other goals it’s answering YES to all of the above questions.

Attaining and then keeping a positive mind-set is the only way that you will truly succeed.

There are many "success" based products, books, tapes, DVDs seminars and god knows what else to help excite you into buying more products, books, tapes, DVDs and seminars. If you’ve sat through any of the available seminars, and there are lots of them; it’s almost like participating in a religious revival. Their main goal is to keep you excited so that the money keeps flowing into their coffers. There are always going to be a number of participants that do achieve "success." Those are the ones who have been prepared and whose mind has been properly trained and those testimonials are usually enough to keep the "religion" flourishing. If you are like the vast majority of us, your mind has not been trained and the promised success will always elude you. I’ll have a lot more to say about this in future postings.

Now, let’s get back to making you a Monday Morning Winner.

Try a mantra as you are preparing for the week:

I know I can, I know I can, I know I can, I know I can, I know I can, I know I can, I know I can, I know I can, I know I can, I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.

As you continue with the mantra, you will, at a subconscious level first, and then at a conscious level, begin to interject some of your goals for the week after each “I know I can.”

Do this for a bout 5 minutes.

Then follow it up with:

I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will.

As above, you will begin to interject some of the same goals.

Do this for about 5 minutes.

In direct contradiction to what all of the so-called “experts” say, there is no magic bullet and no “secret.”

Your mind is like a muscle, it has to be trained. If you go the gym in order to build muscles and sculpt a better body, it is a long journey, but at the end of that journey you will have the body that you desire. In the same fashion, if you want to be successful you need to train your mind to succeed. This is also a long journey. It takes work and there is no better time to begin than right now! As the saying goes, “Every journey begins with a single step.” Are you ready to take that step. You need to train your mind to both prepare for success and also to accept it when it will inevitably come.

There will be much more to come in future posts.
By Mel Kaye
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