May 28th, 2009
The Path to Mastery starts with The Right Understanding. The next step on the Path to Mastery is having The Right Thoughts. The right thoughts helps improve your overall view and your overall attitude. It keeps you moving in the right direction. It also helps to clarify things. Using the right thought helps you to focus on want you want and not what you don’t want. The goal of every peak performer is to magnify the positives and shrink the negatives. Your ultimate challenge is do this naturally though constant repetition and conditioning. The way to ensure success is to train your brain to only accept the right thoughts.
When you find yourself having a negative thought, you might say, “thank you…CANCEL…CANCEL”. At first, this might seem a bit strange but remember that you have conditioned yourself to be either positive or negative. It has happened over a long time. It will take awhile to recondition your thinking to stay positive even when times are tough. The goal is to stay focused on the positive. When a negative thought enters, acknowledge it, cancel it, and move forward by asking, “What could be good about this?” or “How can I learn from this?” Be aware of how hard this is and how many times you must start over again. One of your goals should be to lengthen the amount of time between negative thoughts. This is sometimes referred to as knowing your “gap”. Simply put, the “gap” is the amount of time between positive and negative thoughts.
It is important that you realize that thoughts are things. They are in fact energy. They attract similar energy. This is sometimes referred to as the Law of Attraction or Sympathetic Resonance. If you understand harmonics, you already know that if you pluck an A string on one piano, the same A string will reverberate and or resonate on a piano close by. Similarly in life, the reason that you are attracted to people who think like you is they resonate with the way you see the world. We have all heard of the saying, “birds of a feather flock together.” Truer words have never been spoken. Be aware of people who have been infected by negative thoughts. Their energy is real and it can be infectious if you allow it to be. Try to avoid negative people whenever possible. If it is not possible, use positive energy to shield you from negativity. Positive thoughts, words, and affirmations will help to keep you on the right track. Remember, whenever two people come together, one positive and one negative, the person with the most conviction will influence the other.
Live with Positive Energy, Passion, and Purpose!!!