"The trouble with most people is that they thinkwith their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with theirminds."
Lady Nancy Astor
Fear of the unknown and doubting ones ability to achievesuccess have stopped many good people from achieving theirgoals.
If we could see the future, we all would be rich. Our liveswould be almost mistake free and we would have very fewproblems. But, alas, we can't see what will happen down the road. It's this fear of the unknown that has held many peoplebackin many areas of their lives, especially in the area ofstarting their own business, particularly a work at homebusiness. I realize there are many scams out there butthere are also many legitimate ones that you can makemoney with and the negative mindset has stopped manypeople from even trying.
Many people see themselves as failing before they evenstart. They see themselves as not having the time, money,or know-how to make their own business work. They see what they "think" should or will happen. They are alsoinfluenced by others who tell them they can't do it. Thebasis ofwhat they see is a mindset - one that says,"Others cansucceed in this but I can't." So you see, people don'tstart their own work at home businesses not because they don't have the time, money, or know-how. They don't startbecause they have a negative mindset. They simplybelieve that it won't work for them. They feel they arecursed to failure, cursed to live week to week, cursedto always work for somebody else, cursed to working40 or more hours a week, for 40 years, and hope they willhave enough money to survive, much less do anythingelse.
"You can learn anything you need to learn toacheive any goal you can set for yourself; there are nolimits."
Brian Tracy
So, how do you change this mindset? Well, it isn't easy.All of our lives, we have been told that, "You can't do that" by friends and family. We have been programmed tothink negatively. Reprogram your mind by flushing out thenegative thoughts and replacing them with positive ones. I am not talking about some magical or mystical formula here. Although volumes of books have been written on thesubject, here a couple of simple tips. First, try to surround yourself with positive people and avoid, as bestas you can, the negative folks. Begin to read books writtenby motivational speakers such as Napoleon Hill, Jim Rohn,Dale Carnegie, and others that deal with thinking theright way and sit in on seminars and teleconferences that deal withchanging the way you think. Their are even work at homeopportunities whose sole basis is showing people how to besuccessful by changing the way they think.
It won't happen overnight but eventually you start to seeyourself thinking in a different light. The "I can't" will become "I can." You will stop doubting yourself. You willbegin to see that you can do it.You willstep out and do things you thought you would never do. In closing, let me share a quote with you from NapoleonHill.
"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
Think about it!
Copyright 2005 Donnie Baird
About the author:
Donnie Baird lives in North Carolina with his wife andkids. He is the owner of Internet Work at Home Opportunityand Job Opportunity Work at Home.