I feel sometime like I write about all the negative things, the things you need to fix and the things that are broken. So today I wanted to write about some positives.

One of the most amazing ways to get a buzz out of life is to think about all the things you can be grateful for, and it requires so little effort.  Just stop, quiet your mind, and think of one positive thing in your life.  For me I think of my children, my wife, and oddly enough my dog.  They all put a smile on my face and "warm and fuzzy" in my soul.

Got that warm and fuzzy feeling? Ok, now I want you to really take a minute to actually remember that feeling.  Did your body relax... did your mind relax... did you smile... did you close your eyes?  All of these physical things happened because of a positive mental image, something you were truly grateful for.

Now here's the best part.  If you can take that vibe that you just generated and achieve that peacefulness with your objectives in mind then the sky really is the limit.  It's always easy to visualise things we have, like family or friends, experiences, or "things". It's a little tougher to visualise what we don't have or haven't yet achieved.  But if you can get your body to react to your unachieved objectives in the same way that you did for what you do have already then nothing will stand in your way.

So think about your objective, visualise yourself having already achieved your goal, and work on that grateful feeling.  The secret is that the universe is not going to be too interested in helping you get there unless you are already grateful for it.  You read that right... you must be grateful for the things you haven't yet achieved, or the objectives you are aiming for.  Only then will the universe start delivering for you - or at least help you on your way.

Did you lose your warm and fuzzy feeling?  Don't worry - you've got a whole world of inspiration to be thankful for already, so try and try again.

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I know I've talked about this before - but it's just so important that I have to write about it again - and probably another couple of times.

So - time to be blunt...

Do you hate having no money more than you love that opportunity is around the corner?

Do you hate being single more than you love that the right relationship is days away?

Do you have being overweight more that you love the body you will have someday?

I'm not sure I can explain in words how important it is to understand this concept. Your results are a direct reflection of your unconscious mind, and in turn your unconscious mind is fed by your conscious mind. So what ever you think about leads to your subconscious, and then whatever you 'feel' leads to your results.

Want better results? Then you have to fill your subconscious with positive thoughts and then you will have no choice but to get amazing results.

You can almost think about this as a scale weighing your positive and negative thoughts... every time you have a small thought about what you don't like about yourself another weight is added to the negative side of the scale.  Every time you have a small thought about your amazing self image you have built for yourself a weight is added to the positive scale.

So if for no reason you have a thought like "I wish I had more money"... CLUNK! Another weight is added to the scale and another thought is added to your subconscious. If after a day or a week your scale is full of negative stuff and only a couple of positive element then guess what?  No results!

The fix is to overflow the positive side - to have so much positive thought and energy that you can't help but succeed!  It's hard work... I know that, but if you really want to be/do/have better then you need fill the positive side of your scale with weights every moment of every day.

You'll see results sooner than you thought.

I'm hoping I'm not the only one that suffers from concentration issues.  I'm not talking about the ability to put your head down and get something done (although it's taken me about 15 years to work out a way to get that sorted out!).  I'm talking about your ability to maintain a positive attitude as it relates to your goals.

Whatever your objective it's just so easy to fall back into old habbits.  What makes it even harder is that you may be working on breaking habbits of a lifetime - habbits that were perhaps created when you were child.  It's really tough isn't it?  You learn to think in a particular way and then trying to break that habbit to start thinking in a new way is just really hard work.

A really simple example (one that I hope most people can relate to) is money.  If your objective relates to trying to reach a specific financial goal it's just too easy to look at your bank balance and think "there's no way I'm going to get where I want to be".

Here's the catch though... every time you have that thought it gets fed directly to your subconcious and like it or not you are giving it energy.  And anything you give energy to is like a beacon to the universe that says "this person wants something!".

If your thoughts are negative then you will attract negative results.  It really is that simple.

So how do you break that habbit?  Well the first thing is to simply be aware that i happens.  You know how you have that inner voice - the one that says things like "I'll never be thin" or "no one will ever love me" or "I'll always be poor"?  That voice is really damaging - but it's YOU... it's YOUR VOICE!  And the cool thing is that that voice lives in your concious brain - so you have complete control over it.

So next time you hear that voice speaking up - give it something different and positive to say.
Turn it around... turn a negative into a positive.  It will take practice and it is hard work. But it pays off... and in my experience most of the time it pays off really quickly.  Next time you hear "I don't enough money" stop it dead in it's tracks and instantly pick something positive.  Perhaps say "opportunities to earn more money are just around the corner" or even better "I'm so happy and grateful to earn more money". 

The thing I love about this is the calming affect it has.  Does it instantly put more money into your bank account?  Does it automatically make your dream partner pick up the phone and call you?  Of course not but it does set your heart at ease and puts the right seeds into your subconcious mind - the mind that the universe listens to.  And that means positive changes are on the way.

I must admit that I write these posts working on the assumption that you are working on achieving a goal of some sort, I have a goal that I'm working towards also.

The problem of course though is that if you were to imagine where you are now and where you want to be it's rarely a straight line!  You may have found like me that it's just so easy to be bumped off the path, to perhaps be completely on the wrong track to you goal.

Well, here's something important.  It's only you that put you there and it's only you that can get yourself back on track!  It might be hard to hear, but it's your fault if you aren't on track right now.

It's not that thing that guy said, or that you missed your train, or that you didn't get paid on time.  I struggle with this constantly because it's so easy to blame someone else or something else for where you are in your life.

So how do you fix it?  It takes constant, daily effort.  You need to figure out a way that reminds you of where you are going every single day.  Some ideas:

• Set the background of your computer desktop to a picture that will remind you of your goal.
• Put something small and subtle somewhere you are bound to see it everyday as a reminder (like a red dot on your keys or something)
• Set a reminder on your cell phone for every morning that just says a single word that reminds you of your objective.

There are hundreds of ways that you can remind yourself, what ideas do you have?

It's probably a little unfair of me to talk about persistence with any credibility, as you can see it's been a while since I've posted anything on the blog.  Way too long in fact.

I'm sure I've talked in the past about this story...


You get my point, it's critical to stick with one thing until you achieve it.

The issue has to do with the effort required to achieve your goals.  It takes concentrated, consistent effort and energy to send your vision out to the world and more to the point it takes time for the world (or God or Force) to hear it and respond.  The law of gender says that "every seed has a gestation period" meaning things take time.

Your idea is like a seed planted into the universe and the energy you give to it when ever you can enriches the idea and makes it grow, like watering a seedling.  If you stop watering it what happens?  Well the same applies to your idea and goal seeds, if you stop sending energy to them then they will also die, and in a way you have to start all over again with your idea.

It's only with daily energy applied knowingly and with concentration that your visions and ideas will take physical form.  So with a renewed commitment I will be persisting in blogging more regularly in an effort to help achive and realise my goals.

Are you struggling with your goal?