“
Success is not final,
failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” -
Winston Churchill
Many people want success and do
many things to get it. Unfortunately, many people sabotage their
success because of fear. Fear of success.
The article below talks about
this idea.
Michael Wilkovesky
Why Your Foot is on the Brake
When Trying to Succeed in Life - by Noah St. John
Let's say you've been working
really hard, trying to succeed. Maybe you started a new coaching
program, or went to a seminar that really pumped you up, or read a
new book that really made sense to you. You began to make positive
changes in your life. You followed the instructions. And guess what?
IT STARTS TO WORK.
After all your hard work, focus,
and money that you spent, you actually start to get what you were
going after. You're moving toward the thing you want. You're making
progress, making more money. You're becoming more and more
successful.
Then what happens? That's when
the FEAR sets in!
As crazy as it sounds, you
actually start to feel the feeling known as FEAR when you start to
get what you've been working so hard for. But...
Why would someone feel FEAR when
they start to get what they WANT?
This happened because,
unbeknownst to you, your Scales of Success started to tip. Your
Subconscious Why-Not-To's of Success - the ones you can't see,
because they're hidden, remember? - started silently screaming at
you:
"Hey, what do you think
you're doing? You can't handle this! You're not going to be able to
keep this going! Why don't you just stop now and avoid the
embarrassment later?"
So, what do you do? You do what
anyone would do in that situation. You do whatever it takes to STOP
feeling the fear. That's because FEAR is one of those emotions we
humans will do just about anything to avoid. So, rather than
examining WHY you might be feeling that feeling, you stop doing what
was working. You slam on the brakes. You "sabotage"
yourself. Because doing that feels easier than feeling the fear.
And then, you get to beat
yourself up - because you can tell yourself you were "right"!
"See, I told you: I knew you couldn't handle it. Why even
bother?"
Sound familiar? If you are
nodding your head right now, this book was written especially for
you. But what went unexamined in all this is a simple fact:
A feeling is a RESULT, not a
cause.
Feelings don't cause themselves.
When you experience a feeling or emotion, there is something going on
inside of you that caused that feeling. And what causes the so-called
"fear of success" or "foot-on-the-brake syndrome"?
Your hidden, Subconscious Why-Not-To's of Success.
Here, then, is the bottom line:
You are NOT holding yourself back
from Success because you don't know "how to succeed".
You are holding yourself back
from the Success you are perfectly capable of, because you have more
Subconscious Why-Not-To's of Success than Conscious Why-To's of
Success.
Remember all those "traditional"
success programs we're spending billions of dollars on? In
traditional success programs, they teach you "how to succeed".
And that's a good thing, right? I mean, if you want to do something,
it's good to know "how" to do it.
And since we all want to succeed,
all we'd need is to be told "how to succeed", then we'll
all be successful... right?
Source
Noah St. John, #1 bestselling
author of 6 books such as The Secret Code of Success, The Book of
Affirmations & Permission to Succeed, CEO & Founder of
http://www.SuccessClinic.com, in over 3,000 media outlets like CNN,
ABC, NBC, & Washington Post.
Since 1997, Noah has taught
thousands the simple steps to enjoy more wealth faster, easier and
with far less effort.
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We all know that the Law of
Attraction works on what we think. But what if you have FUD, Fear,
Uncertainty and Doubt, what do you do to make sure that the Law of
Attraction and the Law of Polarity work for you, not against you.
The following article discusses
this fact about the Law of Attraction: fear will start the Law just
as quickly as desire. So be careful of what you think.
As always, to your success.
Michael Wilkovesky
Fear And The Law Of Attraction,
By: Danilo Fleming
Fear thoughts is that condition
of the mind in which everything is seen through blue glasses -- in
which everything seems to bring a sense of the futility of endeavor
-- the ``I Can't'' principle of mentality, as contrasted with the ``I
Can and I Will'' mental attitude. It is the noxious weed in the
mental garden, which tends to kill the valuable plants to be found
therein. It is the fly in the ointment -- the spider in the cup of
the Wine of Life.
So far as we know the first
person to use the word ``Fear-Thought'' -- which has now passed into
common use -- was Horace Fletcher, the well-known writer, who coined
it to supplant the use of the word ``Worry'' in a certain sense. He
had pointed out that Anger and Worry were the two great hindrances to
a well- balanced, advanced and progressive mentality, but many
misunderstood him and urged that to abolish Worry meant to cease
taking any consideration of the morrow -- a lack of common prudence
and forethought.
And so Fletcher coined the word
``Fear-Thought'' to express a phase of his idea of ``Forethought
without Worry,'' and he entitled his second book on the subject,
``Happiness, as found in Forethought minus Fear-Thought,'' a very
happy expression of a very happy idea.
Fletcher also was the first to
advance the idea that Fear was not a thing-in-itself, but merely an
expression of Fear- Thought -- a manifestation of the state of mind
known as Fear-Thought. He and others who have written on the subject,
have taught that Fear might be abolished by the practice of
abolishing Fear-Thought from the mind -- by driving it out of the
mental chamber -- and the best teachers have taught that the best way
to drive out Fear (or any other undesirable mental state) was by
cultivating the thought of the opposite quality of mind by compelling
the mind to dwell upon the mental picture of the desirable quality,
and by the appropriate auto-suggestions.
The illustration has often been
stated that the way to drive darkness from a room is not to shovel it
out, but to throw open the shutters and let the sunlight stream in,
and that is the best way to neutralize Fear- Thought.
The mental process has aptly been
spoken of as ``vibrations,'' a figure that has a full warrant in
modern science. Then, by raising the vibration to the Positive pitch,
the negative vibrations may be counteracted. By cultivating the
qualities recommended in the other lessons of this book, Fear-Thought
may be neutralized. The poison of Fear- Thought is insidious and
subtle, but it slowly creeps through the veins until it paralyzes all
useful efforts and action, until the heart and brain are affected and
find it difficult to throw it off. Fear-Thought is at the bottom of
the majority of failures and ``going down'' in life.
As long as a man keeps his nerve
and confidence in himself, he is able to rise to his feet after each
stumble, and face the enemy resolutely -- but let him feel the
effects of Fear-Thought to such an extent that he cannot throw it off
and he will fail to rise and will perish miserable. ``There is
nothing to fear except Fear,'' has well been said.
We have spoken elsewhere about
the Law of Attraction, which operates in the direction of attracting
to us, that which we Desire. But there is a reverse side to this --
it is a poor rule that will not work both ways. Fear will set into
motion the Law of Attraction just as well as Desire. Just as Desire
draws to one the things he pictures in his mind as the Desired Thing,
so will Fear draw to him the thing pictured in his mind as the Thing
Feared. ``The thing that I feared hath befallen me.'' And the reason
is very simple, and the apparent contradiction vanishes when we
examine the matter.
What is the pattern upon which
the Law of Attraction builds under the force of Desire? The Mental
Image, of course. And so it is in the case of Fear -- the person
carries about the Mental Image or haunting picture of the Feared
Thing, and the Law of Attraction brings it to him just as it brings
the Desired Thing. Did you ever stop to think that Fear was the
negative pole of Desire? The same laws work in both cases.
So avoid Fear-Thought as you
would the poisonous draught that you know would cause your blood to
become black and thick, and your breathing labored and difficult. It
is a vile thing, and you should not rest content until you have
expelled it from your mental system.
You can get rid of it by Desire
and Will, coupled with the holding of the Mental Image of
Fearlessness. Drive it up by cultivating its opposite. Change your
polarity. Raise your mental vibrations. Someone has said, ``There is
no Devil but Fear'' -- then send that Devil back to the place where
he properly belongs, for if you entertain him hospitably he will make
your heaven a hell in order that he may feel at home. Use the mental
Big Stick on him.
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