Now if you have been reading this series of articles you will already have it clear in your mind that YOU are a champion, so you might be thinking:

Wait, does this mean that I can achieve recording breaking victories in my life too?

Before answering this question, let’s take a look at what we mean by a record breaking victory. Remember, you are not necessarily competing against other champions. You are training and preparing to compete against yourself.

How?

• By being better today than you were yesterday.
• By making these improvements consistently every day UNTIL the day arrives when you break through and achieve what was once in your mind an impossible dream.

That is the day you WILL have achieved a record breaking victory. You broke all of YOUR records, barriers and obstacles and achieved that victory you always dreamed of.

So the answer is? – YES, you too can achieve record breaking victories in your life!

How to make sure that this great day DOES arrive in your life:
The secret is found in today’s affirmation which is Number 140 of the 210 Day Challenge set by John Dilemme. (See below for more details).

What is the key word in this affirmation?
PREPARE. Champions train to win!

No champion has ever achieved the victory they longed to experience in whatever area of life they have chosen (sports, business, ministry etc) without preparing to win.

If you talk to any champion, read their biographies or hear them being interviewed, you will always find them sharing some key “secrets” to their success.

What are they?

Here are 5 keys you will find in the testimony of any Record Breaking Champion.

• They are always learning. Champions take time every day to learn from others through books, audio recordings, videos, seminars and by conversing with other champions.
• They are always challenging themselves to go beyond their comfort zone. To break out of your comfort zone, more than likely you will need to confront and conquer fear. <= link to fear category =>
• They always take calculated risks. I remember the first time I left my country (NZ) for the mission field. It felt like I was jumping off of the cliff. That was now 35 years ago, and I have never found the bottom of the valley
• They are focused, disciplined and are willing to sacrifice today’s comforts for tomorrow’s victories. Champions focus on their goals and dreams, and are as disciplined as a horse with blinkers.
• Above all they believe in themselves and they surround themselves with people who believe in them. You are influenced by the people who surround you every day. It is very important that you surround yourself by the right people.

Today’s Challenge:

• Are you taking time today to prepare for record breaking victories in your life?
• Do you EXPECT to win (to achieve your life’s goals and dreams?
• Are you focused on winning?

Keep training to win, and you WILL achieve your life’s dreams and goals.

Resource:
Every affirmation in this 210 Day Affirmation Challenge is authored by John Di Lemme, founder of the 210 Day Lifestyle Freedom Club

It is not too late to get involved with this challenge. Go to the Lifestyle Freedom Blog Click on the menu at the top that says “Affirmation Challenge” to get involved. It will be the best decision you make today – I can guarantee it! This challenge DID take me to the next level!

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My personal economy is explosive because I have planted the right seeds.

You might be thinking: but even a skilled farmer is affected by unexpected storms. His crop can be destroyed at any given moment by the elements.]]> How is it possible for your personal economy to be explosive in these times when so many people are still trying to recover from the affects of the recession?

Here is the secret:
You harvest what YOU have sown, and cultivated no matter what is happening around you.
That’s right – when a farmer sows his seed and is careful to cultivate that seed he or she can predict a harvest.

Today is Day 45 of following the 210 Day Lifestyle Freedom Club Affirmation Challenge and today we are declaring:

You might be thinking: but even a skilled farmer is affected by unexpected storms. His crop can be destroyed at any given moment by the elements.

That is true. A diligent farmer is much more able to guarantee his harvest than a lazy farmer, but there ARE always things that happen that are totally outside of human control.

This is why it takes Supernatural seed to guarantee an explosive harvest.
Only Supernatural seed could withstand supernatural elements! Yes, it would take a miracle.

Champions never allow themselves to be held back by the “normal”. They are always stretching themselves beyond the accepted normal and possible.

This is why they are winners. This is the nature of a champion.

Champions live expecting miracles because they are always creating the atmosphere for miracles by their faith, their words and their actions.

So what is the Supernatural seed that you and I can sow in our lives?

The Supernatural seed you can sow may be financial, your time, your words, your actions. It is always something that will:

• Take you out of your comfort zone.
• Push you beyond your present level of ability in whatever area you are sowing.
• Stretch your faith and challenge you to climb higher.

The law of sowing and reaping is a very real and powerful law in this world.

And remember, one seed can produce a complete crop of fruit, and that does take time.

Today we have discovered a powerful key to guard ourselves against being affected by recessions and other problems that are outside of our power to change.

No, you may not be able to change the world’s problems, but you CAN protect yourself from them. When you do separate yourself from the world’s problems you will also be able to make a HUGE difference in many lives.

Sow supernatural seeds in your life.
Dare to step out beyond you abilities, beyond you comfort zone and you will discover that you will be able to withstand and overcome many trials that are toppling those around you.

Resource:
Get involved with this 210 Day Lifestyle Freedom Club Affirmation Challenge TODAY:
Go to the Lifestyle Freedom Club Blog, then click on the menu at the top that says: “Affirmation Challenge”.

Interestingly enough, you can only take risks when you apply faith. It takes faith to do many things in this life. After all the future has not yet arrived, so it is full of the unknown. We are never really 100% certain of anything that is in the future, whether it is one year from now or one second from now.

So whether you realize it or not, you are actually walking through this life by faith. To take risks you need faith.

Comfortable Risks
There are many things you do every day that involve risk. However because they are habitual activities, you simply apply faith without even thinking about it and just do these things.

For example:
What guarantee do you have that the chair you are about to sit on was not weakened by something while you were away and it is no longer able to support your weight as you sit down?

Do you think about that as you pull out a chair and sit down to chat with your friends? Of course you don’t.

You take an unconscious risk that it would support your weight every time you sit down. You believe it will still support you as it did the last time you sat down.

Because these risks are so much a part of your day, they do not seem like risks at all. This makes them very comfortable risks.

How many other things do you and I do every day so habitually we don’t think about any possible risk being involved? I am sure you can think of many.

Calculated and Deliberate Risks
The growing experience in life is full of calculated and deliberated risks. The more risks we take, the more we grow and achieve.

Every learning experience takes an investment of time and often an investment of money. How do you know that the investment will be a good one? Here is a simple planning strategy, and yes a calculated risk is needed.

• Make some calculations based on all the information you can find.
• Construct a plan and strategy
• Step out to follow your plan.

Every time you step out to follow a new plan it will mean you will be stepping out of your comfort zone at least to some degree. The greater the plan, the greater the risk and the more you will be stepping outside your comfort zone.

Anyone who has succeeded in life in their chosen field of expertise has stepped outside of their comfort zone more than once. Without risk there is no success.

It is only when you step out your area of comfort that you will discover you are capable of doing much more than you think you can do. Sure, not everything will work as planned. But you will grow and as you keep trying you WILL succeed.

Unnecessary Risks
There are necessary risks (which would be those calculated and deliberate risks) and then there are unnecessary risks.

Unnecessary risks could really be described as gambles. When you gamble on something happening, you are usually acting on the hope that you will achieve the expected result. There is usually little or no calculation in any decision inspired by a gamble.

Anyone who is prone to making decisions based on a gambling approach is living their based on the kind of hopes that are akin to dreaming.

A true champion who is focused on pursuing success in life takes calculated risks based on faith. He does not just hope he will win, he believes he will reach his goal. This is because a champion may take many calculated in order to succeed. However he will not take risks that he has not taken time to plan and calculate.

Dare to step out of your comfort zone, follow your plan with faith and you will reach your goals.

This post is a part of the series: 7 Ways Your Focus and Your Mindset Will Affect Your Success