Changing Your Mindset
By Randy Gage

Why are so many people sick, depressed and broke?

Because on a subconscious level-they don't believe they are worthy. 
Their church, temple or synagogue programmed them that they were
a worm by the time they were eight years old.  Their parents got
divorced when they were ten and they thought it was their fault. 
Perhaps their father worked ten hours a day in a tough manual
labor job, and now they feel guilty for earning more money than
he did.  And you can safely assume that they were completely
brainwashed by the media by the time they were ten years old.

If they grew up watching Mayberry, Mash, Gilligan's Island, The Beverly
Hillbillies and dozens of other shows, they have subconscious programming
that:

 *  Rich people are pompous, conniving and dishonest;
 *  Poor people are the salt of the earth; and,
 *  It is somehow noble, decent, and spiritual to be poor.

Now, you may have attended a couple of self-development seminars,
read some positive books and set goals for positive outcomes.  But do
you know how many thousands of hours of counter-programming you
are still receiving?

Are you really screening the books you read?  Did you eliminate the
news outlets?  Have you stopped watching 90% of the shows on television? 
Did you eliminate all radio talk shows from your diet?  Do you excuse
yourself from the conversation when it turns to gossip, lack and negativity? 
Have you replaced former friends and acquaintances in your life that were
negative?  Do you schedule and restrict the time you spend with negative
family members?

If you didn't answer yes to ALL of these questions, I worry for the
tremendous amount of lack programming you are being exposed to
on a daily basis.  If you did answer yes to all of the above, what that
means is that you are likely getting "only" about fifty exposures to
negative programming a day!

So in either case-what are you doing to counteract this programming?

It may be much more important than you know.  It is that constant
daily programming you receive that determines your mindset.  And
it is your mindset that determines your eventual level of achievement
in everything you do.

Example:  Suppose you get offered a chance to participate in a business
opportunity.  You could approach this a number of different ways, each
one would be dependant on your mindset.

You could jump in blindly, without any research, just because you are
enamored with the idea of getting rich.  You could enter a very bad
situation and lose a lot of money.

Or scenario two, you figure that any deal you find out about is already
too late.  You figure the "insiders" get all the sweetheart deals and it's
probably much too good to be true.  So you passed up the chance to
buy Microsoft when it was $10 a share.

Another scenario occurs when you get offered a situation, you have
confidence in yourself, you study it thoroughly and you make a sound
decision.

There are other possible scenarios, but you get the idea.  How you
will react to it is determined almost entirely by your mindset.  What
you expect in life. 

Some people are predisposed to think they will be wildly successful,
some figure they will get by, and others expect the worst to happen. 
Your expectations will color how you view each situation you encounter,
hundreds of times a day.  That in turn will color how you act in each
situation.  And each one of those small, seemingly insignificant decisions
determines your future.

It's important to remember that your mindset and the expectations will
be determined by the thoughts you give precedence to.  James Allen
equated your mind to a garden.

If you leave the garden uncultivated, whatever the wind blows in -
plants, weeds or whatever is what grows there.  If you consciously
plant it, and cultivate it - you keep it weeded and grow the flowers,
fruits, or vegetables you desire.

If you don't screen out the kind of stuff I discussed earlier, those are
the weeds that blow in and choke out your prosperous, healthy and
happiness thoughts.

· Excerpted from Randy Gage's BreakthroughU.com Daily Awakening

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