The following post is based on a conversation I recently had with a old school-friend of mine, Tom. I've posted the rough transcript of it up here along with a few inpirational videos to illustrate the ideas. Enjoy:
Tom you can be anything you want to be, but you have to choose in advance what you want and then start work on cultivating the belief that that’s what you are.
A lot of people try to achieve in order to believe. To take a topical example, an athlete might think: If I win this gold medal then I'm great. But this isn’t the attitude of a champion. It’s not the right attitude for getting the medal. The attitude of the champion is to believe in your greatness and worthiness of the medal in advance. This is the real training. It comes from the foundation of this strong positive mind-set.
Look at Usain Bolt. His mind-set has been grown to the point he has enough energy and strength of belief for the race to be won before he’s even set foot on the track. He has decided in advance that he’s going to be the winner of the race, and he believes it. That’s why he looks so calm and relaxed before each race. He’s ready. He’s won it already in his mind and he’s just turning up to collect his prize.
Tom you can be anything you want to be, but you have to choose in advance what you want and then start work on cultivating the belief that that’s what you are.
A lot of people try to achieve in order to believe. To take a topical example, an athlete might think: If I win this gold medal then I'm great. But this isn’t the attitude of a champion. It’s not the right attitude for getting the medal. The attitude of the champion is to believe in your greatness and worthiness of the medal in advance. This is the real training. It comes from the foundation of this strong positive mind-set.
Look at Usain Bolt. His mind-set has been grown to the point he has enough energy and strength of belief for the race to be won before he’s even set foot on the track. He has decided in advance that he’s going to be the winner of the race, and he believes it. That’s why he looks so calm and relaxed before each race. He’s ready. He’s won it already in his mind and he’s just turning up to collect his prize.
Same with probably one of the greatest champions in sport, Mohamed Ali. The bulk of his work was of the training of his mind to build an unerring belief that he was the greatest. That doesn’t mean there’s no physical training to get up to world champion-level, of course there is, but that training is backed by conviction of belief. Belief is coming first. Always first.
The mind is really very powerful. Far more powerful that the physical body. If the mind believes it can do something then seas can be parted and mountains can be moved. If you believe you might win the race, or that you could possibly win the race then that will be the case: uncertainty.
But again, this belief needs to be built in advance. It need to be grown, which takes time and a persistent input of energy and focus.
Beliefs need to be cultivated. Just saying I’m the greatest at this that or the other doesn’t immediately make it so. This thoughts and goals have to be fed until they have some genuine emotion behind them. Because it’s that emotion, that realness, that creates the outward experience of greatness.
You can start making a change in your belief system today. The first thing to understand is that we all choose what we think. Sometimes it seems that thoughts choose us, but these are just ingrained patterns of thought that have gathered momentum and/or ingrained themselves over the years.
At any point in time you can catch what you’re thinking and direct your mental attention towards something else. This is mental focus. And it’s very important if you want to create your life as you want it because we always become what we think we are. Always.
“But how do I know what to think? I don’t know what’s right for me, I’m confused, I’m lost,” some people say. “What should I do?”. And this is where emotional guidance comes in. Your emotional body will tell you if you’re heading in the right direction. If you’re feeling right then you’re thinking right, and if you’re thinking right then you’re heading towards your goal of the life and experiences you want. Hence the adage “Follow your heart”. The heart knows what’s right. The mind gets confused and lost in its own games and fantasies. The heart is real and never lies. So get in touch with this centre and listen. Then, once you know where you’re heading start reorganising the mind to focus its attention on the realisation of that goal.
You may have to do some work to clean out and let go of some old, limiting belief systems and thought patterns that may be lodged in you consciousness, and at times this process can be challenging. You have to be honest with yourself, and this can sometimes be hard. But if it clears the way for better, more fulfilling life then it’s got to be worth it.
I’m gonna put up another post showing you how you can start focusing your mind and building on a firm foundation the belief system that’s right for you. But in the meantime I’ll leave you in the capable hands of Jay-Z (cos I know you love the hip-hop ‘n’ rap) as he muses on the importance of incorporating and maintaining a positive state of mind :0
Peace out :->
But again, this belief needs to be built in advance. It need to be grown, which takes time and a persistent input of energy and focus.
Beliefs need to be cultivated. Just saying I’m the greatest at this that or the other doesn’t immediately make it so. This thoughts and goals have to be fed until they have some genuine emotion behind them. Because it’s that emotion, that realness, that creates the outward experience of greatness.
You can start making a change in your belief system today. The first thing to understand is that we all choose what we think. Sometimes it seems that thoughts choose us, but these are just ingrained patterns of thought that have gathered momentum and/or ingrained themselves over the years.
At any point in time you can catch what you’re thinking and direct your mental attention towards something else. This is mental focus. And it’s very important if you want to create your life as you want it because we always become what we think we are. Always.
“But how do I know what to think? I don’t know what’s right for me, I’m confused, I’m lost,” some people say. “What should I do?”. And this is where emotional guidance comes in. Your emotional body will tell you if you’re heading in the right direction. If you’re feeling right then you’re thinking right, and if you’re thinking right then you’re heading towards your goal of the life and experiences you want. Hence the adage “Follow your heart”. The heart knows what’s right. The mind gets confused and lost in its own games and fantasies. The heart is real and never lies. So get in touch with this centre and listen. Then, once you know where you’re heading start reorganising the mind to focus its attention on the realisation of that goal.
You may have to do some work to clean out and let go of some old, limiting belief systems and thought patterns that may be lodged in you consciousness, and at times this process can be challenging. You have to be honest with yourself, and this can sometimes be hard. But if it clears the way for better, more fulfilling life then it’s got to be worth it.
I’m gonna put up another post showing you how you can start focusing your mind and building on a firm foundation the belief system that’s right for you. But in the meantime I’ll leave you in the capable hands of Jay-Z (cos I know you love the hip-hop ‘n’ rap) as he muses on the importance of incorporating and maintaining a positive state of mind :0
Peace out :->
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