We have looked at two things you can do to evict those negative expectations from your mind. These are the thoughts that are waiting to jump you and sabotage your success.
Remember these two things were:
1. Find them out – the very first thing you must do is identify these negative expectations and face them.
2. Drive them out – the best way to drive out these negative traitors is by displacement. How? By focusing your mind on the things you DO want and by immersing yourself in self development. (This means reading, listening to and watching challenging, motivational and inspirational material which will help you develop the champion in you).
3. Keep them out – how?
Here are some things that work for me. In fact the following is an extension of the daily action plan that I mentioned in the previous article.
Warning, this is not a short term commitment. Learning and growing (discipleship) is a life time activity.
1. Your daily self development plan of action:
Every day you read at least a chapter in a non fiction book, plus listen to a motivational or inspirational mp3 or mp4 (of course a DVD or CD is fine too).
2. What stands out today:
As you read or listen make notes of what stands out to you from what you are learning.
Notice: I did not say “take notes”, but rather I said “make notes”. What is the difference?
The phrase “take notes” simply means you copy down certain sentences or phrases that stand out to you, usually word for word.
The phrase “make notes” means you write down these comments that stand out to you using your own words.
Do you see the difference? When you rewrite something in your own words, it becomes YOURS. It will mean so much more to you, and be easier to apply to your life.
3: One main thought:
Look for one main thought from your notes that relates to the expectation you are displacing, and write it out on an index card.
4. Write out a positive affirmation:
Take this thought that you focusing on today and turn it into a positive affirmation. If you find you have decided that business just does not work for you, start affirming that you ARE born to succeed.
5. Placement of this card:
Put this card in a conspicuous place where you can read it (preferably aloud) every time you see it.
Above all, don’t ever lose sight of this fact:
