I Think, Therefore I AM

Copyright © Patricia Brucoli

Did you ever remember hearing ‘you are what you eat’? That is true. What is also true, is that you are what you think you are. You achieve what you think you can, if you really believe it.

When reading so many motivation strategies and success stories, particularly on the Internet, one thing is common.  Believe you are what you want to become and you will! You don’t even need to click your heels, but you do need to take action to reach your goals. It’s just that you probably won’t if you don’t believe in yourself.

Motivation theories tell you to eat, sleep and breathe the belief that you are a success, and you will become one.  They tell you to spend every waking moment projecting success, imagining success, and visualizing success. Think like a winner and you will be one.

This is very relevant when beginning any new endeavor. The truth be known, you really don’t know if you will be able to absorb everything you need to learn, or even if you are on the right path.

Do you know that luck will be on your side? In particular with those situations where there are so many unknowns, we have to walk at least in faith and to believe in ourselves.

Particularly with something like marketing, you put out a great deal of effort and expense and you can never be certain if there will be a return on your investment. Long periods of time may go by before you see results. 

If you allow yourself to become discouraged, this will create doubt in your mind.  This will in time create an obstacle that will limit the amount of energy you are willing to expend.  This is where you are in danger of giving up on your dream, which is giving up on yourself. So just don’t go there.

However, if you are busy chanting the little red engine’s song, “I think I can, I think I can”, it will not be long before you can start the ‘I know I can, I know I can’ routine! This is one of the most important aspects of building a home business.

You must, from somewhere within yourself, find the strength to not allow any obstacle to stand in your way.  Particularly if you don’t have ’seed money’ to start your business, you will need to muster all of the strength and courage you possibly can.

Simply take the same energy you may in the past have expended to feel discouraged and to conduct a pity party, and use it to feel determined!

If you feel yourself slipping back into old habits, or echoing the cynical comments of disparagers, argue! Convince yourself that it takes time to learn the most powerful strategies, and more time to build up momentum after you start using them.

Of course you are too smart to  believe in the ‘get rich quick’ schemes, right? Then why don’t you then understand that it will take consistent action over a reasonable period of time before you will see results?

Determination and strength of character, the knowledge that you ARE a success are at the top of the list of powerful strategies you need to use to build a home business.

The only way you can fail is if you give up.  You CAN do it, you WILL make it, and you ARE a winner! Believe that long enough and take consistent action toward your goal, and it will not just be in your mind that you are a success. See YOU at the top!