Clear Your Way To Success

What is the secret to getting really successful?

It’s clarity.

The biggest level of confusion most people face in setting goals is confusing them with methods of achievement.

As Albert Einstein once remarked, “Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem in my opinion to characterize our age.”

A goal is what you desire. A method is how you go about getting it.

A goal is singular and fixed, while a method can be multiple and it can vary.

If you want to be an actor or actress, that is a goal. The acting classes you take and the auditions you go to are your methods.

While the difference between a goal and a method is clear and obvious when explained in this way, much confusion arises between the two in practice.

When some people are asked why they are not achieving their goals; they say that they don’t have enough money, or knowledge, or support. They believe that their lack of resources stops them. Yet these resources are only methods. They can be substituted with other methods.

If you already had all the methods in place before you started out, it would not be a goal; it would merely be fulfilling a task.

A goal asks you to stretch beyond your current means. It asks you to explore new methods, uncover new resources, develop new strategies.

Doing what you have never done before is working on achieving a goal. Merely doing what you know how to do is just working with your existing methods.

The result of mistaking methods for goals is that people tend to shuffle existing methods around while claiming to be doing something new. They do what they’ve always done and yet are surprised to find that they get what they have always gotten.

When Joseph Campbell advised people to follow their bliss, he meant that they should do what they heart desired, not make do with what they already had before them.

Thus a goal is an end, and a method is a means to that end.

Confusing one with the other results in no growth at all.

Robert Fritz explained it in the following way:

“The way you activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. When you make a choice, you mobilize vast human energies and resources which otherwise go untapped. All too often people fail to focus their choices upon results and therefore their choices are ineffective. If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise.”

 

How to Unstuck Yourself and Create a Magical Life

I heard the story of this person: she was very unhappy, stressed, feeling depressed, anxious, angry, lonely, hopeless, struggling, just surviving, but then something happened, and so the story begins.

She had been told that life was a struggle and she had to work hard to earn money, that everything had to be earned, that nothing was free, nothing was given, that money did not grow on trees, so she was burning herself out.

She had been told she was lucky to have a job and she had better hold on tight to it, but she did not like it, actually she hated it, she was completely unfulfilled.

She was in a relationship where she was not happy. She did not feel loved and she was not treated properly; but she had been told she might not find another person, better that than being alone, but she was so unhappy.

She had been told she could not know what destiny would bring her, that she could not control the future, that she had to live the moment, so she was drinking too much, eating a lot, doing too much, she thought that that was the way to enjoy life. But she was feeling more and more off-centre and her life was more and more out of control, her health was getting poor, she had no energy and she was getting depressed because she could never achieve what she wanted, her dreams. She started to think that maybe she had no right to her dreams, maybe what she wanted was just not achievable.

She had been told life is hard, it is tough, and so she had to be tough, and she could not believe she would ever receive anything for free. She believed that if she did not achieve her goals it simply meant she had not worked hard enough, pro-noia was quite impossible to believe in.

She had been told to be wary of people, so she could not believe in goodness, she could not trust, and so she could not feel the warmth she desired.

She had been told she had to behave in a certain way to be accepted by society. She tried to do it but she felt so empty inside, as if she was betraying herself, trying to be someone she was not, missing out on the thrill of being herself. So she tried to stop conforming, but then she felt so different. Her self-esteem became very low, as people told her there was something wrong with being her, she was different, so she started becoming socially anxious, and she believed there was something wrong with being her, and she started beating herself up.

She had been told the past determines the future. She was born in a poor and dysfunctional family and she had emotional problems caused by this, and limiting beliefs. She so wanted to be free to be well but she had been told the only way to get free is to struggle, so she was struggling, but the more she struggled, the more she was kept back.

She was very beautiful, but she didn’t like herself; she actually hated herself and kept beating herself up.

She had extraordinary gifts, qualities and talents, but she couldn’t see them, she thought she was nobody, worthless.

She felt so powerless, with destiny out of control.
She felt so lonely and unloved.

And she was struggling to live, to survive, and the more she struggled, the more struggles she met, the more she became convinced that life really was a struggle.

But one day she heard a story, they told her there was an old man in town, extremely wealthy, very successful, in extraordinary health for his age (and he was 98) and he was so happy, with such inner freedom, peace and love. He had been happy all his life and he had a wonderful life, he loved every bit of it. Everything was so easy, so effortless; he achieved everything he wanted, even much more he could have ever dreamt of. He was in town with his wife. They had been married for 75 years, true soul mates, and still so in love.

And as she heard this story something inside her made her think: I must meet this man and ask him his secret.

It was the call to fulfil her dreams, her call to freedom, her call to love, her call to happiness.

She had read that the man was going to give a talk that evening in the centre of town. When she arrived there, there were tens of thousands of people, all waiting, all wanting to know how he did it, how he managed to live such a life.

The curtains opened and he was sitting in the centre of the stage with his wife, smiling, so at peace, so happy.

And when a person asked him how he did it, which special qualities he had in order to live such an extraordinary life, he replied: My dear, dear friend, it is not that I am particularly special, that I have special qualities or powers, the truth is that everyone without exception is very, very special, with extraordinary qualities and extraordinary powers. You just do not know it yet- and he added, -and the secret is to be, love and cherish yourself; it is to be your true essence. You are well-being and love and peace and energy and light and infinite and presence and life and infinite wisdom; it is to ask, because whatever you ask, you shall receive- and he added- you know, you can have and be and do anything, really anything, you want; you just need to choose what makes you most happy in your heart. It is very simple; and he added, ‘And my dear friend, there is something else that I must tell you; there is another thing you need to know: you are loved beyond measure for who you are, and you are beautiful.

And while she was listening to the old man, she cried, because she understood the truth, and she felt liberated and totally empowered to achieve the desires of her heart. And so she started her journey

 

Expect Nothing But The Best For Yourself

Ever had the feeling where you expected to achieve something so intensely and you actually achieved it? Or are you able to count the times when you expected and hoped that your dreams, aspirations, desires and goals will turn out the way you imagined and they actually did? Expectation is a powerful tool and it can and will go a long way in shaping your life and your future.

In order to constructively and effectively shape the best for your life, you must first and foremost expect the best from yourself. You have to insist, nay, demand that you give a hundred and one percent (or more) in everything that you do to produce the best and successful results. Think of ways on how you can expect to churn out the most practical, useful skills and knowledge from yourself. Then ask yourself how you can expect to apply the most effective efforts and actions to obtain your success. You must make it a point not to falter, default or slacken in your tasks and actions. Treat procrastination like a bad flu – you know you have to find ways to overcome procrastination or it will halt your success, just like how a bad flu will weaken your body if not cured. Always remember that when you can afford to give your best, do not think for a moment that you can give your worst.

In fact, the subject of love is a very relevant example to illustrate how expecting the best from yourself can effectively shape your life. When you expect a boy/girl to notice you and eventually fall for you, will you take the appropriate steps like looking good, approaching him/her, complimenting him/her, getting him/her romantic gifts, etc, or will you just look your worst, sit back, relax, do nothing and expect him/her to magically fall heads over heels in love with you?

You do not live in this world alone. So, to achieve even greater success, you must not just expect the best from yourself, rather, you must also expect the people around you to give their best. You must be able to influence them with your words, your thoughts, and your actions, leading by example that they may emulate you and assist you in producing quality work and achieving positive results for your life and theirs.

Your parents are probably the most suitable example to demonstrate the truth of what I had just mentioned above. There was probably a time when your parents expected you to eat your vegetables, not just a piece of broccoli, but all your vegetables. They might have told you why you should eat your vegetables – because they are good for you – and they led by example by doing what they expected their child to do. This would have probably instilled in you the importance of eating vegetables and you subsequently started eating vegetables. In some ways too, you have actually subconsciously assisted your parents in achieving their goal of getting you to eat your vegetables.

So the next time you embark on improving your life or obtaining a certain goal, tell yourself that you must expect nothing short of the best from yourself and the people around you so as to make that improvement or goal a reality.

 

Play To Your Strengths

Who you really are is a soul. The soul uses the mind as its instrument to navigate through the world of form. And the soul itself is a spark of God, or the awareness of all that is, was, and will be.

In this experience of being a person, one who is utterly unique, with no one else like you, you may wonder about your gifts.

Your first gift, of course, is simply being alive. It is the gift of awareness. However, you also have gifts of mind, unique perceptions, strengths and talents that others do not have in the same way.

When you focus on these gifts, you feel empowered. When you focus on what you didn’t get, you feel disempowered. You have a choice: focus on what is unique and special to you and feel empowered or focus on what you do not have that other people appear to have and feel disempowered.

Wisdom, of course, would suggest that you enhance your strengths. While it may be necessary to work on a few weaknesses, your best life will come when you can make your strengths even more compelling and impressive. You will experience more healing by reinforcing what already works than trying to fix all your apparent lacks and limitations.

The purpose of your life is to find fulfillment. It is not to survive, but to thrive. And your purpose will become clear to you when you examine your gifts and discover ways to offer them to the world.

Your talents will design your dream.

All of us are talented in some unique way, and none of us are perfect, but we don’t need to be perfect to live a happy and fulfilling life following and expressing our special dream.

However, as you begin the journey to express your gifts, you will encounter obstacles. This adversity itself is a gift. It exists as an opportunity to overcome some personal limitation. It is an invitation to reach for a better answer. Those who can find the gift in adversity have also found the doorway to their success.

What really helps, after you identify your gifts and design your dream, is to have a very clear picture of who you are, what you want, and how you can benefit the world. The more detailed your picture, the more expansive, the more joyful will be the dream that you will one day live.

Success begins with a clear, focused picture of your end result.

Action alone, without vision, is often dissipated as you pursue petty goals that do not ennoble your spirit. On the contrary, a clear vision followed by relentless action, a courageous spirit, and the willingness to learn what you need to know, will create for you a life that will lead others to stare in envy.

In a funny way, life is not that complex. Ask for what you want, and be prepared to receive it. Everything starts to unfold once you perceive your gifts: the gift of life, the gift of your unique talents, the gift of your vision, and the gift in the adversity that makes you grow to fit your vision. If you just keep asking for what you want that is what you will start getting.

Now discover your strengths. Take a few moments to begin accepting your spiritual nature and healing your life with this awareness. Once you discover your strengths, you can play to your strengths and start living the life that you deserve.

 

Three Feet From Gold…

The gist of this came from that great book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

Here’s a little story that shows you about your thoughts and determination. One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when you are overtaken by temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another. An uncle of R U Darby was caught by the Gold Fever in the gold rush – days, and went west to Dig and Grow Rich. He had never heard that more gold had been mined from the brains of men than has ever been taken from the earth. He staked a claim and went to work with pick and shovel. The going was hard, but his lust for gold was definite.

After weeks of labour, he was rewarded by the discovery of the shining ore. He needed machinery to bring the ore to the surface. Quietly, he covered up the mine, retraced his footsteps to his home in Williamsburg, Maryland, and told his relatives and a few neighbours of the strike. They got together money for the needed machinery, and had it shipped. The uncle and Darby went back to work the mine.

The first car of ore was mined, and shipped to smelter. The returns showed they had one of the richest mines in Colorado! A few more cars of that ore would clear the debts. Then would come the big killing in profits. Down went the drills. Up went the hopes of Darby and uncle. Then something happened. The vein of gold ore disappeared. They had come to the end of the rainbow, and the pot of gold was no longer there. They drilled on, desperately trying to pick up the vein again – all to no avail.

Finally they decided to QUIT.

They sold the machinery to a junk man for a few hundred dollars, and took the train back home. Some junk men are dumb, but not this one. He called in a mining engineer to look at the mine and do a little calculating. The engineer advised that the project had failed, because the owners were not familiar with fault lines. His calculations showed that the vein would be found just Three Feet from where the Darby’s had stopped drilling. That is exactly where it was found. The Junk man took millions of dollars in ore from the mine, because he knew enough to seek counsel before giving up.

Most of the money, which went into the machinery, was procured through the efforts of R U Darby who was then a very young man. The money came from his relatives and neighbors, because of their faith in him. He paid back every dollar of it, although he was years in doing so.

Long afterwards, Mr Darby recouped this loss many times over, when he made the discovery that desire can be transmuted into gold. The discovery came after he went into the business of selling life insurance.

Remembering that he lost a huge fortune, because he stopped three feet from gold, Darby profited by the experience in his chosen work, by the simple method of saying to himself,” I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say no when I ask them to buy insurance.”

Darby is one of a small group of fewer than fifty men who sell more than a million dollars in life insurance annually. He owes his stickability to the lesson he learned from his quitability in the gold mining business.

Before success comes in any person’s life, they are sure to meet with more temporary defeat, and, perhaps some failure. When defeat overtakes a person, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority will do.

More than five hundred of the most successful men the country has ever known, told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them. Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is within reach.

 

Attitude is Everything!

Bill’s sitting in traffic, his attitude stinks, so he feels angry at the other drivers for being in the way. He wishes they’d disappear, they’re not even human to him anymore, and he doesn’t remember that they’ve got lives, destinations, concerns, joys, and dreams. He just wants them gone. He knows he did this to himself, by leaving too late to account for traffic. He hates being late, but he’s finding himself late more and more often. But, right before he left, he grouched at his family, couldn’t find his socks, and then decided he had to take a quick peek at email. So he left no room to spare in his drive time. And now he’s looking at a sea of brake lights, waiting through several turns of the traffic light. Fuming. He can feel his pulse on his forehead, a ticking bomb. Finally, he sees the hold-up, an accident. He feels awful because of his selfish impatience, for a moment.

OR

Tracy’s sitting in the same traffic jam, even though she left early. But she’s listening to an audio book, reading when she’s at a standstill, or taking the time to breathe deeply and meditate. She’s counting her blessings, taking time to be grateful for all that she is, has, and hopes for. She wonders about the other drivers around her, and notices some really grouchy guy in the car to the right. Looks like he might explode, is that his pulse beating on his forehead? She says a prayer for him and all the other drivers, too. She knows that when she finally gets where she’s got to go, she’ll be able to cope with any effects of being late from the traffic.

There is a world of difference between these two commutes. And it’s all because of attitude. No big surprise, your attitude affects your success in every area of your life, from your relationships to your finances, from your physical health to your appearance, from how long you’ll live to how effective you’ll be in your business.

An attitude is made of our thoughts, feeling, and ultimately, our actions. It’s formed in that order too. Our thoughts create our feelings which direct our actions.

Notice that thoughts come first. It might seem strange, because it certainly seems like our feelings hijack our thoughts and propel us into actions, not the other way around. But you’ll see, as we look at how your mind works, that your thoughts are the real powerhouse, the boss, the launch pad that sets everything else in motion. Each thought is powerful, for your good or your harm.

Feelings can be overwhelming, seemingly uncontrollable, driving you toward inevitable actions. It’s critical to learn how to control your feelings and actions before anything is set in motion. Either way, for good or for bad results, our thinking and feeling determine how things work out in our lives. Our results are just that, the effects of what’s going on inside us.

Before you can really get going on the direction of change, you’ve got to do an attitude check first. You can read until your eyeballs fall out and your fingers get calloused from turning pages, but without the right attitude in place, you’re wasting your time. With a poor attitude, there’s no information on Earth that can help you change your life. Take a look at your attitude about yourself, your life, the people in your life, your finances, your health, and your place in the universe. How does it look? There are lots of things in life you really don’t have much of a choice about, but your attitude is not one of them. Your attitude is completely up to you. We can tell you right away, that a positive, grateful attitude is the best way to go. Gratitude, for what you’ve already got, for where you live, who you know, all that you are, and all that you’re not, is the place to start. How can you ever expect to receive more in life, to be more in life, without appreciating how far you’ve already come?

Your attitude is a choice. Success is all about making great choices, and this is the first one you need to tackle. It might take practice. It might take reminding yourself. It might even take a “fake it ’til you make it” stance, but you’ve got to do it.

 

Why You Can’t Have What You Want…

The three steps to manifesting all the things you desire are simple steps most of us will not be able to accomplish consciously.

Why is it some people who seem to be less deserving than you, have it all? Abundance, friends, and relationships keep coming their way while you keep struggling to make ends meet. You know you deserve their abundance, but it seems unattainable. You’re smart, educated, deserving, and you work hard-what is it they know that you do not?

As simple and unrealistic as it may seem-the one and only reason they have it is because they know they can. And they know they can have more anytime they wish. It is this thought separating them from you.

Whether they were born into it, or worked for it-they all have the same knowingness-they can have it and more. This knowingness is why only five percent of the population controls 95% of the world’s riches. Although the only difference in having and not having is within the knowledge you can have it-there are ten good reasons you will be able to come up with that will support your belief “you can not have it.”

1. Don’t know what you really want.

2. Too difficult to focus on your desire

3. Easily distracted by others things.

4. Want to control the process.

5. You believe you do not have the power to change your circumstances.

6. You do not deserve.

7. It is not God’s will.

8. It’s too simple.

9. It is selfish.

10. You just cannot have anything you want.

From the time you were old enough to understand what your parents and others were telling you, you were taught these ten destructive beliefs. It is within the reality of these beliefs that you are guided in what you create and the circumstances of your life-I can prove it right now!

Close your eyes for a moment and imagine you have the perfect lover or companion sitting beside you holding out five one-million dollar bills to you. Now open your eyes and discover there is no one there and no money-why not? Listen to yourself coming up with all the reasons it doesn’t work that way, and you will quickly discover why it is you did not get what you imagined.

Now this may sound simple and childish, but it is your perceptions, your convictions, and knowing which make these things impossible for you. The truth is, you do manifest or create all the circumstances of your life just by imagining it. For most all of us it is done on a subconscious level so we take no responsibility for it.

That knowingness can be raised to a conscious level with a little practice and willingness. The first step to making it happen is in accepting you can do it-and it’s all you really have to do. Nothing else matters-nothing else converts energy or thought to matter.

In all you can imagine or dream of, simply know you already have it, even if you have to lie to yourself for a period of time. Picture it, focus on what it is you wish to experience and you will bring it into your experience-you will have it as your own.

You will always get what it is you truly desire-desire is the key word. You can never have what you want, but you always get what you desire. Be careful as your thoughts will most often fool you. Most people for instance will desire something (a thing) because it is their belief it will bring them happiness. If happiness is what you truly desire then you do no need to focus on a thing-focus on the happiness and it will be yours and it will be expressed in a happy way.

If it is your desire to experience having or doing a thing-that desire will also be made manifest, but you may not experience the happiness you said you desired. Your thoughts will most often betray you and it is your words which command the spirit to create what you desire. Be ever so careful in your choice of words.

It may take a second, a minute, a day, or years to change your thought patterns, but once you do-you will know you can have what you desire on demand-in the blink of an eye-on demand.

 

Attraction Of Success

I do not care what people debate or think or believe in, this is something you need to pay attention to. How much you believe or do not believe in the law of attraction it is there true as fact. It is absolutely critical that you read this with an open mind and understand what I am telling you.

I am not talking about the movie, The Secret with you. I am talking about The Law of Attraction. Even though that movie has been out while, The Law of Attraction has been around for thousands of years.

You are responsible for everything in your life right now. You attracted it into your life. I am not saying you mystically attracted it. I am saying you attracted it because you did certain things in the past that created your present.

I am saying that things you are doing today will make a difference in the future. If you change or alter one thing, even subtly, it can have a significant difference in your life down the road.

For example, if you decided today to run 1 mile each day, and you had not done that in the past, your entire life will be different months from now.

You will be healthier, happier and posses more energy. Who knows what will happen if you decide today to make that kind of change. Months from now, you may run a marathon.

What you think about the most becomes your reality. You know why? Because it moves you forward towards that in which you think about the most.

Your thoughts create actions. Actions create results. Therefore, if you continue to think you are not good enough to make it in the network marketing industry, you are right. If you change your thought process and realize anyone can make it in this business, including you, then you will have different results.

However, you have to take full responsibility for what your life is like right now. You have to realize that if you want different results you will have to take different actions.

And guess what? You have to think different thoughts!

If you continue to think the right thoughts, you will have things fall into your lap. You will have the right people; the right situations, the right opportunities, the right answers, the right clients, the right JV partners, etc. come to you because you are thinking the right thoughts and doing the right actions

Everything that you see around you is a direct reflection of what is going on inside you. It is a direct link to your thoughts. If you always think doubt, lack and financial problems, then that is what you will get.

It is cause and effect really. You have to cause certain things to happen in your business. It does not happen on its own. And, you will never recognize these things if you do not change the way you think.

If you want different results, think different thoughts. And, if you are going to have the choice on which thoughts you think, you should think positive thoughts.

Look at it this way, If you spend 60% of your time thinking negative thoughts, then 60% of the time you are worrying, fretting, stressing and probably not doing much to move you towards your goals. You only have 40% of your time available for positive thoughts.

I know I find myself taking much more action when I am having positive thoughts. I am much more confident and willing to make bold moves. Therefore, spending more of your time in the positive zone will create more action and results.

 

Positive Thinking As A Way To Succeed

The power of positive thinking is not just a mantra for feel good gurus to chant. It really is a way that you can reach any goal that you set your mind to achieving. Goal setting can be hard for those who procrastinate, but having a real plan that you can act on, along with the power of positive thinking is a concrete way you can have the life that you think you deserve.

There are many people who don’t believe that positive thinking can help you attain goals. Even if you believe in positive thinking, you may not know how to use it to your best advantage. There are methods and techniques you can use in order to make positive thinking not only a regular way of life, but help you reach those goals you have set even quicker.

Have you ever stopped to think what positive thinking really means? It is more than just something to say when someone is feeling down and depressed. Positive thinking is a whole new way of thinking that has to involve the subconscious mind as well. Even if you tell yourself, you are thinking and acting positively, your subconscious mind will know if you are telling the truth. You need to really convince yourself of positive thinking, and include everything in your life. Not only will you reap benefits from your personal life and your career, but you will enjoy the health benefits of positive thinking as well.

Those who are suffering from debilitating diseases such as cancer and other life threatening conditions, enhance the quality of their lives and the time they have left with positive thinking. They have convinced their subconscious mind that they can stay well, and many people do. When you utilize positive thinking in your life, your blood pressure may drop and you may find that you engage in less stressful behaviors than you did before.

The law of attraction is said that when you do good things and have positive thinking, good things will come back to you. The same can be said of negativity. When you base your life thinking of the worst things that could happen, instead of the positive aspects of a situation, you are wasting valuable time that could be better spent living your life.

When you apply the principles of positive thinking to your life, you will be amazed at the things you can accomplish. It is said that if you picture something often enough it can come true. What many people do to convince their subconscious mind of something is setting up a wish or dream board. This is a board where you will put your goals down in actual pictures. If you want to own a boat, put pictures of the boat you want out with pictures of you and your family out enjoying the water. With Photoshop and other technological tools this can be easy. It can also be fun is a great way to begin your positive thinking routine.

Use this board as a reminder of what you are trying to achieve. Spend a few minutes a day, each and everyday, visualizing in your head you actually doing whatever it is you want to achieve. Look at the picture and tell your subconscious mind that you are doing it, and before you know it, you will actually be living the pictures in your subconscious mind that you have put up on your wish/dream board.

Filling your mind with negative thoughts never got anyone anywhere. When you put your mind to it and apply the principles of positive thinking, you can do anything. If you are going on a job interview, you tell yourself you will be an asset to the company, and you are more than qualified for the job, your subconscious mind will believe you and your confidence in yourself and your abilities will be more than apparent to prospective employers.

The same can be said about just about every area of your life. Instead of dwelling on disaster, fill your mind with the best that can happen. You may find yourself disappointed at first, but winners never give up. Those who succeed in this world in business and in their personal relationships are always using positive thinking. They truly believe in the law of attraction; good things will come to those who think they deserve it.

 

Dream Yourself To Success

Have you ever dreamt of being a success? At some point in your life I imagine that you have probably dreamt of being rich, or successful, or perhaps you just want to be happy with your life and your relationships.

Often, we have huge dreams and lofty aspirations, but unfortunately, our dreams remain just that dreams. Instead of experiencing exciting adventures in self actualization, we get caught up in our day-to-day living and only just get by just barely existing.

But guess what? Your life could be so much better, you just need to aim higher.

The most common problem to setting goals is negativity. Most of us get hung up thinking “It’s too difficult” or “I can’t do this” or “It’s just impossible”. If everyone thought like this, there would be no innovation and no breakthroughs or inventions.

If you limit yourself with self-doubt, you will never be able to break past what you deem impossible and if you aim too high without working towards your goal, you will find yourself clinging on to an impossible dream.

Try this simple exercise. Take a bit of paper and write down some of your goals in life. Under one header, list down things ‘you know that you can do’. Under another header, write the things ‘you may be able to do.’ And under one more, list the things that are ‘impossible for you to do.’

Now take a look at what you have written down. Each day try to work towards the accomplishment the goals that are under things ‘you know that you can do’. Tick them off once you have accomplished them. As you make progress in ticking off each of your goals under that heading, try working towards the goals that ‘you might be able to do.’

Once you started to accomplish these goals you can start to move the goals that are under things that are ‘impossible for you to do’ into the list of things ‘you might be able to do’. Break your goals down into smaller more manageable pieces and write down the things that you need to do to achieve each piece.

As you step through this process, you will start to find that the goals you thought were impossible actually become easier to accomplish. Then you’ll find that the impossible goals start to seem possible after all.

The technique here is not to limit your imagination. It is to aim high, and start working towards that goal little by little. However, it also is unwise to set a goal that is truly unrealistic.

Thomas Edison once said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Nothing could be truer. If you want to accomplish your dreams, you have to expect a lot of hard work along the way.

So continue to dream! Don’t get caught up with your perceived limitations. Think big and work hard to attain those dreams. Be persistent and make small steps each day towards your goals. You will soon find out that the impossible has just become a little bit more possible.