Let me tell you a story about some good fortune that came my way this week. I have been really struggline for many months since I changed careers midlife. Bills have been piling up and to tell you the truth I have been getting a little down on myself. Oh, I've kept up a good front. You know what I mean, I've always answered "Fine" when asked how I'm doing. When it was time for prayer in church, I, of course, would stay seated choosing rather to anonymously slip a piece of paper in the prayer box at the back of the room. Yeah I've really been struggling. The funny thing about it all is that I've taught people for years how to become prosperous and be Leaders and all that stuff. I've never ever found myself on the short end of the stick because all of my earthly needs had always been taken care of.
Now I find myself trying to eek out an existence waiting for something to break, and hopefully a break in the right direction. Well that thing finally happened but it wasn't by coincidence or luck that it happened. My break came out of a principle that is at work in all situations that we find ourselves in. That process is the process of sowing and reaping. What do I mean by sowing and reaping? Well let me tell you.
For many years, I've always taught and been taught to give. When you give you activate some pretty heady things in the atmosphere. Without going into a huge Christian thesis on the subject, it looks something like this. When you workout everyday, eat the right kinds of food and get plenty of rest, what is the natural outcome? That's right, you get stronger body parts and you feel much better. Next, what happens when you surround yourself with positive people, read energizing, uplifting books and don't allow negative influences around you? Absolutely, you become a more positive and happy person. In fact, you even begin to do things that go along with being a positive person. You start to look forward to seeing people. Only positive people. Your fear factor starts to diminish. In my life that took the form of getting off of my backside and start really investing in more people and developing my team in business.
Here's the outcome. After really spending time in prayer, reflection and study things started to change for me. And I don't mean just a small change, I mean a huge change. People started to treat me differently, because they saw me as a different person. I was able to speak to people, with an authority that I didn't know that I had. And guess what, I never saw it coming. I literally was able to change overnight but not overnight. The change took place so gradually and progressively that it was undetectable, even to me.
I want you to try an experiment. For the next 10 days, spend as much time on study and meditation on where you see yourself going as you do on trying to get there. Does that make sense? If you sell on a daily basis, then you should be studying about sales every day for the days that you actually are selling. See if things don't begin to change for you. It is an amazing principle that you will witness. You will begin to change. You can't help but change. Everytime that you put another tidbit of knowledge and inspiration into your psyche you will change.
At the end of the 10 days, set another goal to do another 10 days. Repeat this process for as long as it takes for you to see some miraculous changes in your life. If you are like me and I know that you are, by the end of 30 days you are going to begin to reap a harvest of prosperity and influence that you've never experienced before. And it all started by you doing a simple thing. Believe in Yourself.
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