One of my favorite topics aside from marketing and home business is personal development. Ever since I clawed my way out of the most extreme darkness I’ve ever found myself in about 8 years ago, I vowed to find another way to live. A life free of depression and pain. Personal development became my new obsession and personal & spiritual growth became my lifelong commitment.
Over the years, I’ve been working through several different areas in my life. One of the areas that has been directly tied to my business is transitioning to a millionaire mindset. I discovered that growing up in a very low income household where we couldn’t afford this and I couldn’t have that created a childhood money blueprint that left me with a scarcity mindset as an adult. I’ve been working diligently to change that.
My absolute favorite millionaire mindset trait is:
“Your thoughts create your reality.”
This principle alone has totally changed my life (I know how dramatic that sounds, but it’s really true). Although the movie “The Secret” has become a bit of a cliche since going worldwide, I have to confess that’s where I first learned about the real power of my own thoughts and the Law of Attraction. I remember it like it was yesterday… I was sitting on my bed watching the movie on my computer when I heard the words, “you are responsible for exactly where you are in life.” [Honestly, I'm not sure if those are the exact words but that was the message]. I was stunned.
In that moment I felt this sudden surge of power, like nothing I’d ever felt when the realization hit me that I actually had control over my own reality instead of being dragged along like an abused puppy on life’s leash. Then I quickly felt overcome with sadness… because up until that point, my life had been mostly filled with pain and tragedy. Had I really created that? “But… why would I do that to myself?” I wondered. NOW I realize it was because it’s all that I knew how to do back then… and that I was doing the best I could at the time.
The truth is, most people rarely create more than their self belief systems allow. So, if you believe you deserve to be lonely and unhappy, that’s what you’re going to be. If you believe it’s impossible for you to create a $10,000 monthly income online, then you won’t. It’s just like Henry Ford said, “If you think you can do a thing or think you can‘t do a thing, you’re right.” That’s one of my all time favorite quotes!
The great news is – and I am living proof of this – what you believe about yourself can definitely be re-programmed. If you’re not happy with your life and you want to make a change, start now. Start by committing to taking a few new steps each day. You can do any number of things to boost your self-esteem, your confidence, and your self-worth. You can overcome limiting beliefs and create new ones too. You can work through old pain and create new positivity. Here are a few things I do every day to continue to re-program my mind to be more positive and successful:
- Read my Smart goals at least once every day.
- Say my list of positive affirmations for at least 5 minutes/day.
- Listen to success & motivation focused subliminals while I work.
- Use this Affirmations for Change software to reinforce my affirmations.
- Do a nightly gratitude exercise where I find 3 things to be grateful for each day.
- READ! I love reading and am currently reading a couple of fabulous books: No Matter What (by Lisa Nichols) and The Slight Edge (by Jeff Olson). I highly recommend them both! You can also download the “20 Traits of the Millionaire Mindset” ebook (by Mark Ling) right now for free!
What do you do to re-program your mind to stay positive, stay motivated and keep pushing toward your goals? I’d love to hear about it, so please leave me a comment below!
To Your Success and Prosperity,
Mikayla
I love personal development as well, my mind is always on love, and on my dreams. personal development is one of the biggest keys to success. I havent seen the movie the secret yet but I first learned the law of attraction through a man name Kevin Treadeau and then I read the book “the secret”
and I experienced the same thing as you it changed my life, from now on I think about my goal so often I feel it, I see it, and I know I will realize it.
I know you will realize all of your dreams my friend.
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I love hearing that, Kenny! Personal development is a passion of mine, so I’m glad to hear that it’s important to you too