"It is our thinking more than anything else that will determine our
long-term success, or our “flash-in-the-pan,” short-term success. It was
once said of Elvis Presley in the very beginning of his career that he was
nothing more than “a flash in the pan.” Well, for a flash in the pan, this
man went on to become the King of Rock and Roll. Elvis’s records have
sold over one billion copies, and in 2009, his estate earned $50 million
in all marketing efforts. There is even a radio station, Sirius Satellite
radio, that plays 100 percent Elvis Presley songs 24/7.
The problem with some people is that they have no vision or
imagination. When they see or experience something unique, they can’t
visualize it working long-term. Some people are in a mental rut; they have
no problem accepting all the amazing improvements in technology, but
they don’t want to modify their own thinking to improve their position
in the world. Leo Tolstoy said, “Everyone thinks of changing the world,
but no one thinks of changing himself.” And British politician Harold
Wilson put it this way: “He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.”
What do you think about all day? Sometimes our minds get stuck
in a bad mode. Let me explain what mode I am talking about. We have
all been guilty of negative thinking at some time in our lives. It may be
when we are not feeling 100 percent healthy. Maybe it is our
Just like the signals of pain that radiate from the defective tooth or bad
disk in the back, the brain is constantly producing signals of positive or
negative thoughts. These impulses affect the ultimate outcome of our
efforts. Good impulses result in good outcomes; bad impulses will give
you terrible outcomes.
We can control our lives by controlling the impulses our mind
sends out every split second. And it literally is every split second that
your subconscious mind is sending these thought impulses to your
conscious mind. Thus, our subconscious mind, which works always in
the background, is silently controlling our actions and our moods and,
more importantly, advertising to everyone all around us exactly how
we feel.
It has been estimated that the average human brain thinks of some
sixty thousand thoughts per day. Positive affirmations will keep some of
those negative thoughts that surround us under control.
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts
… take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and
reasonable nature."
back that suddenly goes out again, or goes out for the first time.
—Marcus Aurelius
"We may find ourselves in that mental rut. It could be the aches in
our body. It could be the fact that we have arrived at middle age, or
the lack of money in our pockets, or the fact that we are unemployed
and can’t locate another job. But here is an important point: Our
minds can be reprogrammed midstream. Even though we may be in
a negative subconscious-mode for days or weeks, we can at any given
point rewire those thought impulses into very positive impulses. And
those new impulses can last days, weeks, or months. Let’s look at this
cartilage is hurting with each step; both have been hurting for days.
Suddenly, my phone rings and my sister tells me that my only niece has
just announced she is engaged to be married a year from now. What is
my thought process at this very moment?
Or my mother suddenly calls and informs me that my younger
sister who was married three years earlier is now pregnant with her first
child and that I am going to be a first-time uncle. Oh, and yes, my
sister is going to ask my wife and me to be the baby’s godparents. What
impulses are suddenly being generated by that all-powerful part of my
mind, the subconscious? The euphoria I suddenly feel is overwhelming
and will last for a long time.
What if my brother suddenly called and informed me that he just
hit the Mega Millions Lottery for $25 million? And he also informed
the entire family that he would be paying off all of their outstanding
loans, including their mortgages—what is my mindset now?
Can we go from feeling troubled to feeling euphoric in just a
split second? On the other hand, can we shift and feel tremendously
depressed in that same split-second time frame? Of course we can. But
knowing how our minds respond to outside stimuli should convince
us that we are in many ways in full control of turning our attitudes
around. That sadness and depression can be turned around fairly rapidly
with some specific and pointed effort.
We must, therefore, understandmore about this powerful mind that controls
our bodies every second we are alive. We are in control. We are each capable
of maintaining long-term happiness and positive attitudes. But we must each make that
conscious, ongoing effort to learn, to practice motivating ourselves, and
to maintain that positive effort which can last our whole lifetime.
Remember: sixty thousand thoughts per day. We exercise the
muscles of our body, why not practice daily to exercise our mind with
personalized positive affirmations?"C- 2005 John Paul Carinci
My back is aching, and my bad knee that was operated on for torn
Thinking Differently
Leads to Success
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