Stop talking yourself out of Success!

With my entrepreneurial mindset, I’ve learned that many times having too much information can be a bad thing. But the concept that really fascinates me in business is that it’s human nature (due to low self esteem or confidence, etc.) to weed out and pull up all fragments of why we shouldn’t do what it is we want to do. Rather than concentrate on how many different potential paths there are to success.
People literally will convince themselves they shouldn’t have what they want in life. Its odd how quickly people jump to why things “won’t work” or “will never work”. And most of these people have no really facts to base their conclusions on… other than the occasional “he said, she said.”

In my consulting experience, I can usually tell the difference between a company that has a solid strategically successful future from one that is not in our first meeting. Usually we cover current challenges. If the company has three goals or less and we sit for an hour discussing all the reasons why it won’t work, this is not a good sign. But if the company has three or more goals and we spend the hour in an optimistic discussion of all the different possibilities of success and which to focus on, I know they’re going in the right direction.

Let’s apply this to you personally. Examples; looking for a new job or launching a new product, or being successful in general. Do you spend more time thinking about how things won’t work? Or do you spend more time opening all the exciting opportunities of how things will work out?
In career branding, a previous client said at our session, “Wow, $40k more than I’m making now? There’s no way.” Why? Who says there’s no way? Who do you know that failed? Who do you know that changed industries and failed? 2 or 5 people out of 300 million people in the country? Is that enough to base your so called “perception” on? Is this why you feel YOU will fail?
Have you ever thought about how many people have succeeded? Do you have any idea how many people get paid to do nothing in this world. You’d be surprised.

People are overwhelmed by info… and now we see they use that info to convince themselves they’re wrong. And most of the time, even the positive information is not used right. It’s not constructive. It’s used as a suicidal weapon!
This negative thought process will systematically convince yourself to fail out of an opportunity. Never put yourself in a position to doubt your goals. Never doubt your path. Never doubt your future!

Start saying, “I can”, “I will” and asking yourself “How will I do this?”
The other guy is not better than you. They are not faster than you, smarter than you, or stronger than you. They just had the right perceived talent at the right time. Maybe they even fit one given opportunity better than you did. But we’re all unique and there’s a better opportunity out there for you. All you have to do is look and be ready to accept it!