Success Through The Way You Think About Yourself

Title:
Success Through The Way You Think About Yourself

Word Count:
767

Summary:
If you think you are a loser, you train or work like a loser i.e. sloppily and half-heartedly. If you think you are a winner you train like one i.e. with maximum focus, great expectations, excitement and consistent effort. This article takes a look at why people think like winners or losers and what they can do about it.


Keywords:
self-image,winner,loser,champion,talent,desire,effort,focus,world class,mediocre


Article Body:
If you think you are a loser, you train or work like a loser i.e. sloppily and half-heartedly. If you think you are a winner you train like one i.e. with maximum focus, great expectations, excitement and consistent effort. This article takes a look at why people think like winners or losers and what they can do about it.

Steve Siebold describes in his recent book -"177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class" - how he wanted to be a tennis champion. He had all the talent and the desire necessary but at times he lacked the belief that he was a potential champion. He writes:

"When I believed I was a champion, I trained like a champion. When I believed I was washed up, I trained like a loser."

When he was only ten years old, he defeated nearly everyone he played and, as a result, was thinking like a champion. He expected to win and so he trained and worked hard as winners should.

As he grew older his rankings started to drop and he no longer expected to win and so he started training like a loser instead of a winner.

He still had the desire to be a champion but so do lots of people. He believes that what made the difference was his belief in himself or his lack of it.

He lost some of his belief in himself through associating too much with what he calls the 'middle class' instead of the 'world class'. The middle class are too easily satisfied with mediocre results. The world class are only content when they become champions in whatever they are doing whether it be playing tennis or making money.

When I went to school at the age of 11, I worked hard and did all the work set with full attention and the desire to do well. I did so well that the principal of the school suggested I move up a whole year.

This was a mistake. I now came under the influence of class mates who did not like the fact that I had jumped a year. Some of them called me a swat and a bighead. Maybe they were right but I don't think so. Working hard was frowned on by this bunch.

They changed my thinking about myself so much that instead of thinking of myself as a champion student, I saw myself as some kind of a freak for working so hard. My effort dropped along with my self-image. Never underestimate the influence of those around you. I was lucky in the end to pass my exams and get to university.

It has taken me many years to regain belief in myself. I was helped by the great American positive thinkers like Norman Vincent Peale, Frank Bettger and William James.

One English writer who has also helped greatly in this is the multimillionaire Stuart Goldsmith. His book 'The Midas Method' explains how most of us are brainwashed at an early age into thinking there is an invisible ceiling to our progress which we will never break through.

Once we realize that this ceiling is only a figment of the imagination of ourselves and our so-called 'friends', we will be able to break through our limitations and achieve world class results which will astonish us.

We need to re-examine our beliefs about ourselves and to realize that many of them originated in the beliefs of people who thought that great results were only for the few and that our dreams were just 'pie in the sky'.

Instead of listening to the middle class or the poverty class (those who are not even aware of the possibility that they could be champions), let's start listening to the world class. Let's replace negative beliefs about ourselves with empowering ones and then start working hard to achieve our dreams.

We don't need a degree in psychology to do all this. A little bit of commonsense and observation can show us the way. It also helps to read the books of people like Steve Siebold and Stuart Goldsmith and - if I dare say it without being called a bighead - myself!

You may or may not have access to world class neighbours or friends but you do have easy access to world class writers and thinkers through the media of books, audios and video tapes. The internet has, of course, widened that access exponentially.

It is high time you and I joined the world class and made the most of the championship potential which is there in all of us.

BONUS : Title:
Ten Commandments of Winners

Word Count:
584

Summary:
There are winners and losers in every stage and every field of life. Reading though, you may find some interesting facts about both types and determine who you really are in this life.


Keywords:
doctoral dissertation, dissertation thesis


Article Body:
Every day is a struggle. No matter what authorized assigns from UNO say, every day is a fight that ends up with a glorious victory of one side and the shameful loss of the others. By struggle or fight we mean not only wars in Iraq, Israel and other countries that are constantly subjected to acts of violation and terrorism; we mean everyday things that also are worth fighting for. An average citizen of a mega polis knows how hard it is to fight one’s way in this competitive world. Some individuals count days till their miraculous victory comes and then only feel that their mission is complete. Defeated ones do not get frustrated and live their lives knowing that they are destined to loose and be defeated.

Some people are bathing in the rays of fame after recognized doctoral dissertation and some always stay in the shade as assistants and never complaint on the unfair fate that made them stay unknown for the rest of their lives. There are winners and losers in this world, no matter what they are or who they are. It is quite easy to recognize winners; they are always outstanding from the crowd and possess natural magnetism and exude self-confidence and charm. Losers, on the contrary are very hard to determine and the reason is the denial of being a big time loser. As psychiatrists say, “Admission is the first step towards being cured.” That is true not only in psychology. Here are ten statements, or otherwise commandments of those who are respectable winners and know that perfectly well. A winner has a busy life and always has time for anything else. A loser has a free schedule but never makes anything on time. A winner focuses on the aim and goes straight through hardships is there are any; a loser is always distracted and seeks a way to get over a hardship without touching it. A winner blames himself in case of a loss though it was bad luck and attributes a victory to good luck even though it was a 100% effort. A loser blames a loss on bad luck, though it was only absence of effort, and attributes a victory to the effort when it was a 100% of good luck. A winner never gets jealous of somebody’s achievements and strives to work with people more experienced than he to get better himself, a loser is always jealous, hates better than him and seeks faults and errors in their work never improving himself, considering his skills perfect. A winner has friends and acquaintances that he loves to spend time with and ask for advice. A loser has friends but never is able to trust anybody, looking only for evil even in the lightest good. A winner never hurts a loser, though it would be fair to take revenge, a loser will wait for an opportune moment to stick a knife in someone’s back considering this revenge. A winners sleeps with clear conscience and a hope for tomorrow; a loser spend a sleepless night seeing night mares about yesterday.

After this short description of both types do not be afraid and consider every point and admit that you may be a loser or be proud of being a winner. Do not forget about this truth you could know even before this article and read through before presenting your dissertation thesis. You still have time to become a winner or keep the position of a one.