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“Self-fulfilling Prophecy”
By Sue | March 7, 2008
Today I wanted to touch on a concept that we have all heard during our lives… or most of us have. I come across people everyday who are having difficulty making a decision to join a program, buy a product, make a life change, etc. Most of the time it is because they are looking for something wrong… trying to find the one thing that will make them unsuccessful. This is one of major reasons that people don’t change their lives for the better! If you look hard enough you will find it - or create it.
I work with Lou Tice, a world-renowned teacher in the area of Success Coaching and Cultural Transformation and I always find his teaching to be helpful and insightful. It often forces me to bring a concept that I “know” to the surface and really think about it. This note from Lou is one of those and I hope it helps you to think about your own situation…
“Do you ever catch yourself saying things like, “Nothing ever goes right for me?” If so, pay close attention to what I have to say today.
Do you think that nothing ever goes right for you? Do you believe that you are just an unlucky person, and that no matter what you do, you will probably fail? Well, you are right, but not for the reason you think. We’ve been talking about beliefs for about a week now. You have probably surmised that each one of us has a set of beliefs, and we act in accordance with those beliefs.
Now, perhaps you had a few setbacks that you were taught to interpret as failures. Next thing you know, you have a belief about yourself that says, “I just can’t succeed, no matter what.”
Then, in order to make life match up with your belief (which is important for your sanity), you begin to act in ways that reinforce your belief. You may even unconsciously sabotage things, so that you will fail. But you will be acting like you know yourself to be, which is what all of us do. You create what is called a self fulfilling prophecy.
So if you want to change your life, what you need to do is first change your beliefs. And yes, this is possible. Then, you will continue to act like yourself, but you will see yourself differently, so your behavior will be different. And when you change your behavior, you change the results.” –Lou Tice-The Pacific Institute–
Now, I am not suggesting that you jump into things without looking at them…that would be ridiculous! However, there is a point at which you have to take a risk…take the plunge and know that you will do everything in your power to make it work! Just do it! Then, stick with it and only accept success!
This is a formula that creates success for winners and it will create success for you as well!
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The Secret to Success
By Sue | November 7, 2007
I work with a celebrated “guru” in the area of success coaching… Lou Tice, CEO and founder of The Pacific Institute. The Pacific Institute is an International company founded in 1976 in Seattle, Washington. I have been affiliated with them for the last 7 years directly and a student of theirs for over 35 years. I consider myself privileged to be associated with Lou and everyone at The Pacific Institute. Yesterday I received this message from Lou and it occurred to me how relevant this message is for all entrepreneurs… whether just starting out or “still plugging along”.
“Today, I am going to give you the secret of success - in one word. Yep, only one word.
For nearly 40 years, I have been studying success. Some of the most successful people in the world have been my students, and I in return, have learned a great deal from them. I have also spent a lot of time in the company of some of the world’s most respected research psychologists, talking about what makes some people succeed and others collapse - the difference, in short, between the can’s and the can-nots, and the do’s and the do-nots.
So after all these years of studying and researching, I can tell you one thing with the utmost confidence - the secret of success is “attitude.” That’s it - attitude. And it isn’t really a secret.
People who succeed don’t have fewer problems than other people. They don’t start out with greater brainpower, or better parents, or more money, either. As a matter of fact, sometimes they start out working against incredible odds. But they have a way of looking at things, a way of seeing obstacles as possibilities, and a way of hanging in there and making the most of every opportunity, that almost guarantees success.
As celebrated climber Royal Robbins once told me, “When it’s been a long day of climbing, and I feel like I can’t go any farther, I concentrate on the next three feet. And then the next three feet; and then the next three feet.
Pretty soon, I’m at the top.”
Successful people are flexible, optimistic and hard working. If you want to sum it up in a word, it is not difficult to do: success is, more than anything else and without a doubt, a question of attitude. What is your attitude?”
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
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