Mark & Jack: Principle #4 - Believe In Yourself

This is the 4th week in my series, Mark & Jack: 52.4 Weeks of Living the Success Principles, my quest to master the Success Principles as written by Jack Canfield in his book of the same name.  Last week’s blogs were about getting what you want and my approach to helping people create a Living Wealth Plan.   If you didnt read it, check out how I applied this in my own life and some tips on how it can help you to be successful.

This week’s Principle is Believe in Yourself.  I have been listening to Wayne Dyer’s latest audio book, Excuses Be Gone (recommended).  It mentions another book called The Biology of Belief and how establishing a positive mental position for your intentions at some point goes beyond the thinking and starts to influence your actual cellular biology.

Heady stuff … I believe it.  And, as we are discussing, that is the first step.  Someone said the same thing about the Law of Attraction: you can either not believe in it and it will act on you without your participation (I prefer “full attention”) or you can believe in it and have it work for you.

At the end of the day, what is wrong with more positive thinking?  Decide what one thing you want more in life right now.  Financial stability is popular.  To be a ranked USTA tennis player.  To have self confidence to stand up to a bullying coworker.  Put it into words and stand in front of the mirror, looking yourself in the eye and repeat the affirmation over and over, until you feel energized (or someone comes in and wants to know what’s wrong).

After awhile, I find that I cannot help but feel better. “I will be a million dollar a year public speaker in 3 years.  I am knowledgeable, funny and helpful and 1000s of people will benefit from hearing what I have to say about being wealthy.”

That’s it - I am heading to the mirror right now.  What are you waiting for?