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When You Fall Get Up – You Can Still Win!

Jill — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:04:35 +0000

When you fall, get back up again. You Can Still Win! You are a champion and champions run to win!

Take a look at this video and be inspired. I have always loved Dallas Holm singing “I Will Rise Again” This video is all about rising again. When you are determined to win, nothing can stop you!

Are you facing obstacles?
Watch this video and be inspired to KNOW you will overcome them! Just as soon as you can face any obstacle with faith it’s size will immediately diminish.

So stand up (in your mind first) and face those obstacles. With an attitude of faith you will find your creative mind working on ways to over that obstacle. Go for it – you too can win!!

Have you taken a fall somewhere in your life?
Don’t stay down! Watch this video and be inspired to get back up on your feet and continue to run your race.

You are a champion, and champions train to WIN. Focus on the winning post (your goals and dreams) not on the fall, and keep running.

You are a champion! I trust that this video inspires you to keep running YOUR race – and you will win!

So remember: When You Fall Get Up – You Can Still Win!

Why Do We Sabotage Ourselves?

Jill — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:37:38 +0000

Why would anyone in their right mind sabotage themselves?

This is a good question! Why WOULD you. Why WOULD I?

But all too often it happens just as you finally begin to see some results for your labors. You are just beginning to see your dream come true. Then WHAM, something happens to derail your progress and everything seems to fall to pieces.

What happened? Was it fate at work?
No, it was probably you at work? WHAT??

Yes, you and I do not really realize the power that our thoughts have over our lives.

What happened is that subconsciously you:

Don’t feel worthy of the success you were about to achieve.
Feel guilty for something, and consequently don’t feel you deserve this success.
Are afraid of success, of change or both. Success will separate you from much of your “old life” AND many of your friends. This can be a fearful thing.

These mindsets that are buried in your subconscious mind will jump out and stop you from achieving:

What you don’t think you are worthy of.
What you don’t think you deserve because you did something you feel guilty about.
A lifestyle you want but are afraid of. (for the reasons mentioned above).

How crazy is that?

How to stop sabotaging yourself

The first thing to do is to recognize that this is happening.
Now honestly ask yourself: Do I FEEL worthy of achieving my dreams?
Do I feel guilty about something. Could it be that I am punishing myself?
If you find this to be true, it is time to forgive yourself. It is so often easier to forgive others than it is forgive yourself. However this is a VERY important step.
Eliminate fear by making a decision to train your mind with FAITH.

Check out my articles Are You Building A Mindset Of Faith or a Mindset Of Fear? and Destroying Negative Imaginations Called Fear for more about how to train your mind with FAITH.

The Futility Of Worry

Jill — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:32:49 +0000

Are you a worrier?

We live in a world that has a negative default. This means that we are surrounded by more negative influences than we are positive influences.

Therefore there is always plenty to worry about IF you focus on the negative!

Calvin Coolidge is quoted as saying:

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

Isn’t this true? How many of those things you worried about actually came true? And even those that did, you have to wonder if your worry made it possible for them actually happen.

Worry is the result of wrong focus.

Here’s a question for you:
How easy is it for you to worry when you are focused on positive thoughts?

It is not possible right?
Negative and positive thoughts don’t mix. Sure it is possible to go back and forth from one to the other, but they cannot dwell together.

One thing worry DID do was send toxic chemicals into your body.
The medical profession is becoming more and more alert to the relationship between what goes on in your mind and what is happening in your body.

Overcoming worry:
Your mind is like a muscle just the same as other parts of your body.

When you do not take care of those muscles, what happens?

Here are two more questions:
Are you in good physical condition? In an emergency, how fast could you run?

Of course in an emergency you would have a little help from your adrenaline, but nevertheless you would need to be fit to sustain a long run.

In the same way your mind needs to be in good condition.

Now, how do you get your body into shape? It takes daily exercise and right diet.

How do you get your mind into shape?

1. Consistent right diet

This includes what you are listening to, watching and reading every day, as well as right food diet that will nourish your brain and keep it alert.
Watch and listen to motivational and inspirational recordings and videos every day. Read from a non fiction book every day!

2. Consistent right exercise.

Aerobic exercises are good for the brain.
Read at least 10 pages of a non fiction book every day. Make notes from what you read.
Meditate on words that will build your faith. For example The New Testament, Psalms or Proverbs in the Bible, the notes your made from your daily reading.
Determine to speak only faith building positive words. Your brain responds to your voice!

Get your mind and your brain into shape and you will not fall into the futility of worry.

Then you will be equipped to conquer worry and focus on positive solutions.

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