Removing Negative Thoughts
By Randy Gage

The question people often ask me is-when their self-development work
and personal growth finally "takes," is this when will they stop having
negative thoughts-I wish I knew.  Although I'm afraid the answer could
be never.

I play CDs with positive subliminal messages while I sleep each night. 
I start each day by reading something positive, and end each night the
same way.  I have many positive, success-oriented people in my life. 
I feast regularly on positive books, tapes and other programs.  But I
have an embarrassing confession to make . . .

I've had lots of negative thoughts.  Sometimes ten a day.  As rich,
successful, healthy and happy as I've become, I have often still had
fear-based thoughts.  Looking back now, I see a lot of things I did,
thinking they were prosperous, but I see now they were fear-based.

When I bought a bike, I bought a titanium professional race bike for
$3,000.  I remember thinking then that if things got bad, I could
always sell it for some quick cash.

Well I bought three Vipers at the same time, I felt secure, knowing
I could always sell one or two and scrape together a hundred grand.

Coming from the place I did, I always felt like I was somehow cheating
destiny.  That God, or the universe, or someone was going to wake up
one day and discover that I had acquired wealth by mistake.  I still
had that niggling thought in the back of my mind-the defensive,
better-prepare-for-the-really-bad-scenario, and have my options
covered-just in case.  And not get my hopes up too high-because
then I was setting myself up for a great disappointment.

And like I told you, I've had those kinds of thoughts recently, as many
as ten a day.  But here's the difference . . .

I notice every one of them now.  Immediately.  And I often laugh about
how silly they are.  Best of all, I see the progression of my mindset.

First, I had hundreds of negative thoughts a day, and noticed none of
them.

Then I graduated to the point that I had lots of negative thoughts a day
and noticed some of them. 

From there I got to the point that I had less negative thoughts a day
and I noticed a lot of them.

And gradually over time, I started having less and less of them.  Some
days I have none.  And now when I do have them, I catch myself
right away.

I used to wear a rubber band on my wrist, and snap it when I had a
lack thought.  Now I no longer need to do that.  I just tap my fingers
on my forehead.  That's the signal to my mind, and I instantly reject
that thought, and replace it with another one.  And once that happens. 
The world changes.

So when do the negative thoughts end?  I doubt they ever do.  The
sheer enormity of how much negative and lack programming you
will be assaulted with over the course of a lifetime makes that
seem unlikely.  (But let's not affirm that.)

In any event, if you keep counter-programming-you will win the fight. 
Because once you control the programming-you control the mindset. 
And once you control the mindset-you control your destiny!

Start a life journal and track your negative lack and limitation thoughts
and tally them.  At the end of each day, spend some time thinking about
this subject.

When you really analyze the day and think about this regularly-you will
start to notice these thoughts.  And once you do that, they lose most
of their power. 

And your mindset starts to change . . .

You change your core fundamental beliefs.  You believe you are supposed
to be healthy, happy and prosperous.  You believe you are worthy.  And
when you are confronted with dozens of situations each day, most minor,
some bigger, and even some that are major-you expect good things to
happen to you!

And because you expect good things to happen to you-you approach life
differently.  You approach it expecting to end up on top.  And because you
believe it-that's exactly what happens!  Ain't it great? 

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

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