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All
great business leaders, in fact all
successful people agree that success
begins in the mind. This article explores
the state of the mind that is needed
to be successful.
Truly, the mind is
everything. In his famous book, Think
and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
teaches us that often we do not succeed
because of fear. He found that at
the bottom of most worries are fears
of poverty, criticism, ill health,
old age and death. When we overcome
them, our chances of success become
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we are ruled by what is possible, rather than
what may go wrong, the world opens up to us. A
much quoted little rhyme describes this better
than anything you are likely to read anywhere.
It goes like this -
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If you
think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don't,
If you like to win, but you don't think
you can't,
It's almost certain you won't.
If you think you'll
lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find,
Success begins with a person's will -
It's all in the state of mind. |
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On the other hand, confidence
and belief in yourself do not have to go hand-in-hand
with arrogance. Self-belief is not boastful. People
who are boastful or insist on being treated as
if they are important are often described as having
large egos. The opposite is true. Boastfulness
is a desperate effort to reassure yourself that
you do have some value. It is a sign of insecurity.
Belief in yourself and your future
success is reflected in having a real purpose
in life and a quiet determination to achieve it.
It will show itself in continuous action toward
that goal and a mind closed tightly against fear
and distraction.
We all can be successful, but
we cannot be successful in Bulawayo or anywhere
else in the world until we believe that we can
and translate that belief into action. Think of
your past successes - and you have had many -
think of what you do best and go for it.
Believe
it. You can be very, very, very successful!
This
article was adapted from the Success
magazine. Issue January/February 2006
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