"The trouble with most people is that they think
with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their
minds."
Lady Nancy Astor
Fear of the unknown and doubting ones ability to achieve
success have stopped many good people from achieving their
goals.
If we could see the future, we all would be rich. Our lives
would be almost mistake free and we would have very few
problems.
But, alas, we can't see what will happen down the road.
It's this fear of the unknown that has held many people
back
in many areas of their lives, especially in the area of
starting their own business, particularly a work at home
business. I realize there are many scams out there but
there are also many legitimate ones that you can make
money with and the negative mindset has stopped many
people from even trying.
Many people see themselves as failing before they even
start. They see themselves as not having the time, money,
or know-how to make their own business work. They see
what they "think" should or will happen. They are also
influenced by others who tell them they can't do it. The
basis of
what they see is a mindset - one that says,"Others can
succeed in this but I can't." So you see, people don't
start their own work at home businesses not because they
don't have the time, money, or know-how. They don't start
because they have a negative mindset. They simply
believe that it won't work for them. They feel they are
cursed to failure, cursed to live week to week, cursed
to always work for somebody else, cursed to working
40 or more hours a week, for 40 years, and hope they will
have enough money to survive, much less do anything
else.
"You can learn anything you need to learn to
acheive any goal you can set for yourself; there are no
limits."
Brian Tracy
So, how do you change this mindset? Well, it isn't easy.
All of our lives, we have been told that, "You can't do
that" by friends and family. We have been programmed to
think negatively. Reprogram your mind by flushing out the
negative thoughts and replacing them with positive ones.
I am not talking about some magical or mystical formula
here. Although volumes of books have been written on the
subject, here a couple of simple tips. First, try to
surround yourself with positive people and avoid, as best
as you can, the negative folks. Begin to read books written
by motivational speakers such as Napoleon Hill, Jim Rohn,
Dale Carnegie, and others that deal with thinking the
right way and sit
in on seminars and teleconferences that deal with
changing the way you think. Their are even work at home
opportunities whose sole basis is showing people how to be
successful by changing the way they think.
It won't happen overnight but eventually you start to see
yourself thinking in a different light. The "I can't" will
become "I can." You will stop doubting yourself. You will
begin to see that you can do it.You will
step out and do things you thought you would never do. In
closing, let me share a quote with you from Napoleon
Hill.
"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and
believe, it can achieve."
Think about it!
Copyright 2005 Donnie Baird
About the author:
Donnie Baird lives in North Carolina with his wife and
kids. He is the owner of
Internet Work at Home Opportunity
and Job Opportunity Work at Home.