The following is a guest blog from Marie
Hall – mariehallempowerment.
Let’s
talk about how important it is that your mind is in the right place for you to be
able to pursue your goals.
In the
beginning when all that you have is an idea, you must protect it. You don’t
protect it by keeping it bottled up or hidden away. You want to share your idea
and move forward. You want to be vocal about where you are heading. Get excited
and energetic about it, create some momentum. Who knows what dots will connect
when you put your idea out there?
How do
you protect your idea, if not by keeping it to yourself? You protect it by
adopting a strong and focused mind set. If you don’t, the first time you share
your idea with a person who laughs at you or tells you that it can’t be done,
you will clam up and possibly even give up. Your mind set has to be strong
enough so that nothing will be able to phase you and no matter what you hear
about how impossible it is, you will not be deterred. That is where this
article will hopefully assist you in giving you some food for thought regarding
the importance of the right mind set.
Understand
that your idea is not their idea. They can’t see what you can see in your head,
they may not understand just by listening to you describing it to them. Why
should they be as passionate as you are about your idea, if they don’t
completely get it? It is your idea that has come to you and it is therefore
your job to make it happen regardless of whether anybody else believes in you
or not. Don’t become disheartened or give up when somebody you thought would be
excited, doesn’t understand. They don’t understand yet, but that must not stop
you moving forward.
What
about somebody’s negative view of your idea? All negativity can be turned into
a positive depending on how you choose to receive it. A strong minded person
recognises that a negative comment or opinion is not fact. A negative person is
often somebody who gave up on their own dreams or a person of limited
imagination. Their lack of vision and belief is a demonstration of their own
mind set and not what they truly believe to be your capabilities. If you don’t
have your mind in the right place ready to deal with negativity, you risk
giving up at the first stumbling block. If your mind is in the right place, negativity
won’t stop you.
So
much can influence your mind-set without you realising. It’s the programmes you
watch, the people you spend time with, the books you read. Your environment
will affect you. Are there people or things in your life that you know you need
to change, distance yourself from or remove? It may be what it takes for you to
get focused, so that you can do what is required?
Will
reprogramming your mind and the habits of a lifetime be easy? No, it will take
change and that’s not always something that happens easily. We all approach change
differently. Some will be quick and jump right in. Others will plan ahead and take
it step by step. There is no right or wrong way. Just decide what you are going
to change, commit and do. The more you adopt your new habits the easier they
will become and the sooner you will experience the benefits.
Your
attitude will affect the outcome. If you see change and growth as a hard slog
and you hate it, then it is going to be a hard slog, and you will hate it. But
if in adjusting your mind-set, you approach the task with a more empowering
attitude such as;
·
This
is going to be hard but I can do it.
·
I’m
about to learn something new.
By
simply tweaking your language and attitude, you’ll feel a tremendous shift.
Recognise
that everything you do, starts at the point that you first decide to do it. So
as part of the reprogramming exercise, from the absolute first moment the
thought comes to you, be aware (self-awareness is essential) and note the
language you are using. Are you setting yourself up for a fall before you are
even off the starting blocks just by telling yourself the wrong things?
The
questions people usually ask are;
·
How
do we suddenly shift our mind-set after years of doing it one way?
·
How
do we drown out the noise of other people’s opinions?
·
How
do we drown out our own negative voice trying to keep us in our comfort zone?
It
takes commitment, practice, self-awareness and listening to yourself. You will
become the master of your own mind, giving none of your power away and always
using the correct positive and empowering words.
You
won’t get into the correct mind-set if you spend your days watching negative,
dysfunctional drama or reading about the drama that celebrities are going
through. Soap Operas can be pretty negative. As for tabloids? It is not
essential news and it will not promote your strong mind-set.
What
would serve you better as you develop your strong mind-set would be books.
Biographies of successful people and big world changers. Look at some of the
best-selling self-help, motivational, empowering books. In the car going to
work or on the way home from the school run listen to an audio book. At night
when you have time read a book, watch TED talks and motivational you tube
videos, reach out to bloggers who talk about mind-set and going for your dreams
and goals. This will all assist you in shifting your mind-set to where it needs
to be.
Be
present and take in every single step of your journey and please reach out to
me if you would like to hear more of this sort of stuff, I am all about
empowerment.
In it
together.
Marie
Hall – mariehallempowerment
#ItsAboutEmpowerment
Mariehallempowerment.co.uk
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