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The Ten - Day Mental Challenge



Consistency... Isn't this what we're all after? We don't want to create results once in a while. We don't want to feel joyous just for the moment. We don't want to be at our best sporadically. The mark of a champion is consistency - and true consistency is established by our habits.

  This article is dedicated to producing a measurable increase in the quality of our lives.

 This can be accomplished only through a new pattern of taking massive action. The true value to an individual of any new strategy or skill is in direct proportion to the frequency of its use. As I've said so many times, knowing what to do is not enough; you must do-  what you know.  

 In order to take our lives to the next level, however, we must realize that the same pattern of thinking that has gotten us to where we are will not get us to where we want to go. One of the biggest challenges I see in both individuals and corporations is that they resist change (their greatest ally) justifying their actions by pointing out that their current behaviour is what got them to the level of success that they now enjoy. This is absolutely true and in reality, a new level of thinking is now required in order to experience a new level of personal and professional success.

 To do this, we must once and for all break through the barriers of our fear and take control of the focus of our minds. Our old patterns of allowing our minds to be enslaved by the problems of the moment must be broken once and for all. In their place, we must establish the lifelong commitment to focus on the solutions and to enjoy the process. Throughout  this book you've learn't a wealth of powerful tools and strategies to make your life richer, fuller, joyous and exciting. But if you just read this book and fail to use it, it's like buying a powerful new computer and never taking it out of the box, or buying a Ferrari and letting it sit out in your driveway, collecting dust and grime.

 So let me offer you a simple plan to interrupting your old patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving, a way that can help you condition these new, empowering alternatives and make them absolutely consistent.

 Years ago, I found myself caught up in a pattern of frustration and anger. I seemed to have problems everywhere I turned. At that point, thinking positively was not high on my list of solutions. After all, I was being "intelligent"  and intelligent people don't make things look positive when they aren't! I had plenty of people who supported this idea (and they were equally frustrated with their lives, as well!)
                                                  (to be continued.............)

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