February 6, 2008
What Norman Vincent Peale told me-and a dynamic case study
Hello my friend:
I remember a number of years ago listening to the Reverend
Norman Vincent Peale tell a story about how, at one point,
things in his life were just going too well. Things seemed
too easy for a little too long. One easy success after
another. Then he started to get worried because he loved
challenges, nice big juicy problems that he could sink his
teeth into, get to the bottom of, make it right and feel a
sense of accomplishment.
But with no big problems to solve, he didn't feel useful
or needed.
So he said he looked up and asked, "God, what's the
matter... don't you love me any more? How about giving me
a little problem to work on... nothing too big, if you
don't want... just give me something to help me feel alive."
And lo and behold, he said that later that day, his prayer
was answered... he got the juicy challenge he asked for and
went about taking care of it... and felt useful, and loved.
I was asking myself a similar question today. Things are
going extraordinarily well. I feel an incredible passion
for helping people through our work here. Many plans are
zooming along on many fronts.
I was reflecting on that... and I started to worry for a
few minutes. But then I chuckled and just like Norman
Vincent Peale did, I asked for a challenge. And I got a
giant one... It's going to take months to iron out, but in
the end, I'm going to feel the most remarkable high once
it's done.
And after I thought those thoughts, I asked myself where
that came from... how did I become a person who doesn't
back down from problems and challenges... Heck, I used to
hide out from them, run from them as fast as I could... I
wondered for a few moments what happened to the person who
wanted everything to be easy.
And I realized in just seconds that it's because I've been
programming my mind with successful words, pictures and
mental movies for nearly 21 years now.
And while not perfect, I'd rather go looking for
challenges instead of hiding out from them, scared of what
could happen "if this doesn't work out" or if I were to get
truly terrible news.
It's the same issues we're all faced with every day.
Do you respond positively to your challenges that come on
an hourly basis or do you react with fear, anger,
depression and end up quitting a lot of the time?
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Here's what Chris Mosley found out about programming his
mind so he could slay his biggest demons:
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Dear Mike,
It's been two years since I bought my first Think Right
Now program, which was "Unstoppable Motivation Now".
At the time I was in a rut, recently divorced, not getting
anywhere quick, sleeping on the couch at my parent's house
at age 36. My kids saw me at a point I was ashamed of, but
sadly enough had come to accept.
My job was going OK, but I had become a coaster and hadn't
really moved up much in past couple years. I was almost a
college graduate, but those last few classes I needed just
seemed too hard, or too annoying to complete. So I kept
making excuses to not take them, or I would start a class
and then drop it at the first sign of frustration.
I wanted to live in my own place but I had grown
complacent, I didn't take the time to get my finances
straight, or really take any initiative to make any
positive changes to tell you the truth. I was becoming a
slacker, life had thrown me a curve and it took me down for
the count. I had a list of goals in my mind; I sure had
started a lot of things but didn't finish them due to a
lack of any motivation to see them through. I knew inside
I had what it took to change my circumstances, but I was
just too lazy to really do anything about it.
I knew I was a negative thinker, and my self talk was
pretty bad. I was really my own worst enemy, my toughest
critic, and my thoughts were really my biggest obstacle. I
just didn't know what to do about it.
Then I came across Think Right Now, and I zeroed in on
Unstoppable Motivation Now.
I was skeptical at first, but I listened to that CD
religiously, every night and day, when I slept, when I
drove in my car, and at work.
The changes were not apparent at first, but I remember
clearly the first time I noticed my changed thought
patterns. I was working and nothing was going right, the
task I was on was becoming very frustrating and there was
an audience around me.
The old me would have dropped it, gone for coffee and
hoped someone else would have it done when I returned. But
my own voice inside my head said "I always persist until I
succeed". This is one of the statements on the CD, but
this time it was my own thought, in my own voice, and it
changed my behavior. I didn't stop; in fact, I gave a
clinic on persistence.
People around me noticed the difference; I set the bar
higher for myself in everything I did. This was in the
first couple weeks.
I enrolled back in college; I went nonstop for over a year
at night and completed my courses. My kids watched me
cross the stage in my cap and gown to receive my degree. I
got off my rear end and moved into my own place. I worked
harder at my job, and I got a promotion along with a nice
pay raise.
I sat for a professional engineering exam in my field, and
I missed it by a couple points. I was down, but not out,
because I told myself at every failure I experience I
always, always, always get back up! That's another
statement that has become second nature.
I did retake the exam and passed it, the old me would have
chalked it up to something that was just not meant to be,
or too hard, or not really worth it, the list went on and
on.
Now, I have goals, I have plans, and I take action, all
because I tell myself I can. My life completely turned
around in a couple years, but I was enjoying the turn
around and the journey within a month of listening to the
program. I highly recommend these programs to all my
friends, change your thoughts and you can change your life!
God Bless.
Chris
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Mike: When you look at that dastardly word "work" and it
excites you, you know you've turned a corner.
How do you do that?
I heard there's a pill.
Naw, just joshin' ya. There is no pill for stick-to-it-
iveness and there never will be. All ya need is to
unscramble the crossed wires in your mind and you'll pick
up stations you never heard before.
You might even feel the hand of God guiding you toward
fulfilling your purpose here.
Love,
Mike
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