There’s an old story about a prince who sailed with his warriors, to a distant shore to fight a battle against a neighboring country. When he unloaded his equipment and crew, the prince realized that he was hugely outnumbered. In the face of certain defeat, he set ablaze all of his ships, thus cutting off every avenue of retreat. His men were horrified. The prince explained to his men, “There is no going home without victory! Today we win, or we perish!” The end of the story is that every man fought with more courage and strength than they ever had, and they won the battle against insurmountable odds.
We too have battles to fight. We all have great dreams and aspirations for the future. We all want to leave a legacy for our children and our grandchildren. Yet, sometimes we sacrifice what is best for what is easier, or what is merely “enough.†We put our dreams on the “back burner†for someday…then that someday never comes.
Self-defeating thoughts, self-fulfilling prophecies and glass ceilings limit your dreams and your upward progress, and this is especially true in the financial arena. If you don’t have confidence in yourself, no one else will have confidence in you either. You cannot continually allow negative thoughts and attitudes to determine your future and expect to succeed. If you indulge negativity, you will forever limit your potential.
Self-confidence is contagious. Once you start believing in yourself, others will too. If you allow yourself to dream big, then see yourself achieving wealth beyond your dreams, and reaching your goals in life. Catch a vision and don’t let go of it.
Here is the secret: There is a huge difference between wanting to change, and making a change. If you start right now, not procrastinate until tomorrow, but get up right now and start to change little things, eventually you will win.”The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Your mind is like a tape player, and your memories are the movies on the tape. Determine in yourself right now to start re-recording over that old tape with positive, successful thoughts and attitudes. Begin to unlearn bad habits and replace them with good habits, which will in time become good character, good decisions and positive actions. But you have to take the first step of faith in yourself if you are going to succeed in life, and succeed financially. You have to be the one to burn the ships of the past, and declare that “Financial Failure is NOT an Option!”