| Throughout recorded time there have been examples | | | | doesn't care you will take the action of keeping |
| of men and women who in the face of incredible | | | | away from that person or at least severely |
| odds have succeeded in achieving their dreams. | | | | restricting any involvement you may have with them. |
| Conversely, there are equal numbers of examples of | | | | More than likely they will react by keeping away |
| those who have had a relatively easy time and what | | | | from you as well. Subsequently your belief that the |
| seemed to be a straight path to success and yet | | | | person doesn't like you is confirmed. |
| failed to realize their aspirations. It seems that the | | | | Maybe your belief is that "I am unlucky", "bad things |
| thing that made the most significant difference was | | | | always happen to me", "I cannot seem to find a job |
| the strength of their belief. | | | | I really like", "I am no good at business", the list goes |
| Our beliefs are powerful. In being diagnosed with a | | | | on. If they are strong enough, you will subconsciously |
| terminal disease a doctor may give a patient six | | | | act in ways and seek evidence to support them and |
| months to live and sure enough six month later they | | | | they will eventually they will materialize. |
| die. You may argue that the disease simply ran its | | | | Change your beliefs, change your life |
| course but there have been countless of others who | | | | William Shakespeare said: "For there is nothing good |
| refused to take the doctor's pronunciation as a death | | | | or bad |
| sentence and have gone on to live for many years | | | | But thinking makes it so" |
| later. In cultures that practice voodoo or witch craft, | | | | We may not be able to always determine the things |
| (in my own, we call it obeah), the witch doctor will | | | | we see and experience but we can always choose |
| give a subject a certain time to live and because of | | | | how we perceive them and ultimately what we |
| their powerful belief in the witch doctor's powers | | | | believe. That is the beauty of being human. Unlike |
| they die at the end of the allotted time. | | | | any other animal in the kingdom we have the power |
| Reality is in the eye of the beholder | | | | of choice. This means that you have the power to |
| If the potency of our beliefs has such powers over | | | | change the disempowering beliefs that are preventing |
| our physical realities can you imagine the effect it has | | | | you from living the life of your dreams. |
| on our mind, how we perceive things and ultimately | | | | Here is a simple three-step process to change your |
| our ability to succeed? As human beings we can see | | | | beliefs and thus change your life: |
| wavelengths of light only between about 400 and | | | | 1. Identify the limiting belief. Let's say that you are a |
| 700 millionths of a millimeter. This represents only a | | | | salesman but you are shy. It is clear that this belief is |
| tiny portion of the vast band of electromagnetic | | | | going to leave your children starving and barefooted. |
| waves to include X-rays, infra red, microwave, radio | | | | 2. Imagine yourself as a confident person engaged in |
| wave and so on. This means that most | | | | a friendly, comfortable situation. See yourself sitting |
| electromagnetic information simply passes us by. In | | | | with a prospect as you skillfully tell him about your |
| addition to our senses we also see the world through | | | | product. Imagine this scene in vivid detail, not as it |
| our personal history and our innate prejudices. We | | | | has happened in the past but as if it were true and |
| cannot help how we see things. However it is how to | | | | actually happening now. As William Blake said "What is |
| chose to interpret what we see that in end | | | | now proved was once only imagined." |
| determine what we believe. | | | | 3. After you have practiced your imagination and fully |
| Although we may not realize it because the work is | | | | experienced your new belief within, it is time to |
| done automatically, it is much harder to maintain our | | | | practice it in the real world. Failing to take action will |
| beliefs than it is to maintain a car. Once we hold a | | | | mean that our practice in imagination would have |
| belief to be true we hold onto it for the rest of our | | | | been a complete waste of time. Your first steps of |
| lives with the tenacity of a bulldog unless we | | | | converting your imagined experience into real world |
| challenge it. Our individuality and our sense of power | | | | experience can be filled with trepidation but do it |
| are so wrapped up in our beliefs that e will do almost | | | | anyway. Feel the butterflies buzzing around in your |
| anything to hold on to them. | | | | stomach, the weakness in your limb, the sweaty |
| Self-fulfilling prophecy | | | | palms and DO IT! That is what they call |
| Our selective interpretation of the past and our | | | | courage-acting inspite of the fear. |
| selective vies of the present both support our beliefs. | | | | In the case of our shy salesman I would not suggest |
| As Dr.Richard Gillet writes: | | | | that he set an appointment to land that big account |
| Belief creates action | | | | that he has always wanted. The key is to set small, |
| Action creates reaction or results | | | | easily achievable goals. You deliberately do this so |
| Reaction or results confirm belief | | | | that you can guarantee success. Each little success |
| If you believe that someone doesn't like you or | | | | along the way will strengthen your belief. |