“The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.”

~Viktor Frankl

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What if it was possible to be happy even when things aren’t going your way? What if there was a simple way to be happy, despite your environment, while staring adversity straight in the eyes?

Would you like to get rid of the noise in your head telling you every reason why you shouldn’t make an offer on a property or you cannot really make money at buying and selling houses or some other crazy negative thing.  That’s right – no more hurtful critical thoughts! Can you imagine?

I know it sounds like a great idea, but doesn’t seem to be very realistic at first glance. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be realistic, it just has to work, and it will, if you stick with a few basic principles. The key here is in the simplicity, and in keeping yourself accountable for sticking with the following principles.

My experience

This is a system I’ve been using for quite some time, and can testify to its merit. I decided that I was tired of being unhappy, and letting my own made up fears or even the real environment and the people around me control how I felt.

Be Selective In What You Think About

The wonderful thing about thoughts is that you genuinely own yours. No one else has power over what you think about. With this power, you are faced with a big choice that can impact your entire existence.

• Positive Thoughts. You can choose to think about goals, ambitions, people you love, beautiful scenery, and things you enjoy. This affects your physiology by making you stress free and healthier.
• Negative Thoughts. You can choose to think about death, disappointment, destruction and misery. It’s so stressful to think about how unfair life is, which causes your immune system to take a dip.

Ask Yourself The Important Question

Yes, a single question is powerful enough to change your thoughts. Just ask yourself: How do I want this to affect me?

When you ask yourself about what you want, you are able to take control. If being happy in the face of adversity is what you want, than you choose to let yourself be affected positively. You take negative situations, and treat them as a learning experience.

Instead of taking minor discomforts and turning them into major frustrations, let them affect you in a positive way. For example, you can turn a 48-hour commute into a learning experience.

Switch Channels

Treat your life as a television set, and when your thoughts project channels of unhappiness, hit the next button on your mental remote. Switch to something pleasant and stick to the happy networks.

Remember, you control whether your thoughts are positive or negative and with this choice you own your happiness – which  in affect makes you healthy, wealthy and wise.

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Originally posted 2009-12-17 01:00:35. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Originally posted 2007-09-13 13:21:07. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Jim Rohn, one the most respected mentors not only to me but to millions of others left us December 5, 2009 for a better place. I can’t tell you how sad that makes me. I had a lifelong dream to meet him. I was part of an event last year in Texas where I was going to have this dream of meeting Mr Rohn come true. However, to my great disappointment, he was too ill to make it that event at that time. Now I will have to wait til we are both meet in Heaven.

One of the messages he instilled in my being is this… “Life is like the seasons – You cannot change the seasons – but you can change yourself.”  Jim Rohn learned this from his mentor, another amazing man, J. Earl Shoaff.  You can read more about J. Earl Shoaff by following this link: www.earl.com

In additon to Jim Rohn, several well known well respected individuals learned and lived Earl’s philosophies for success – people like Zig Ziglar, Mary Kay Ash, Bill Bailey, etc. From what he learned and put to work in his own life many years ago, Mr Rohn made famous  meaning of “personal development”.

He taught me that in order to climb the ladder of success it is more important to work harder on myself than my job. He stated, “If you work hard on your job you can make a living, but if you work hard on yourself you can make a fortune.”

Since at the time he was learning these things, he was supporting his family and could not quit his job.  Jim Rohn asked his mentor the question, “How can I make a living and a fortune?”  He followed his mentors advice when he continued to pay bills and make a living for himself at a full time job making $50.00 a week… and began working on his fortune as he worked on himself part time.

Jim teaches us all our income is primarily determined by your philosophy… not to the economy.

When Jim first shared this,  I got excited because I could not change the economy but I knew I could change myself. Success is something you attract by becoming an attractive person.

Success is not something you pursue, it’s something you attract.  So it seems it would be best to become an attractive person.

• So what makes a person attractive?
• How can becoming attractive increase your profits in real estate?

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Jim fondly closed his programs with the following sentiments: “I go with you in all the experience that we’ve had. But I promise you this as we leave here: I will not leave you behind. I’ll take you with me in my thoughts and in my heart.”

I feel the same way about Jim. His spirit lives on through the many lives whom he has inspired. His legacy will forever live on.

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