Do You Have Stinkin Thinkin
What do you think is the difference between the successful person surrounded by fame and fortune and the “average” person struggling every day for a basic wage or salary? Intelligence? Image and appearance? Skills and talent? Actually it’s none of those things.
The reason? They have “stinkin thinkin” to quote Zig Ziglar.
Poor people think poor.
Let me define poor before we continue. This is not so much a money issue as a living quality choice. Most of us relate the term poor to financial status. In fact, I look at poor thinking as poor living choices and direction.
When you make poor living decisions you usually suffer from poor financial condition as a result. They go hand-in-hand.
Here’s a point I make in seminars. I can stand 10 “average” people on one side of a room. These people generally work very hard at their “jobs” and have incomes of $50,000 or less.
On the other side of the room I stand 10 “successful” people. These people also work hard, but they work and live smarter and their incomes are $100,000 or more.
The “average” group gets up and follows essentially the same pattern of life day after day all the while expecting something different to happen.
The “successful” group gets up and adapts their day to the results they expect. They understand the need for change and evolution to promote new results.
The “average” group lives a random existence. They “wing it” all day based on what life throws their way.
The “successful” group has written objectives. They “structure” their days and adjust to the things that come up.
The “average” group has problems that are delays, setbacks or dead ends.
The “successful” group has challenges that require planning to overcome.
The “average” group measures success by money and social status.
The “successful” group measures success by happiness and fulfillment.
The “average” people don’t need help and refuse to admit or accept the need or validity of a support team.
The “successful” group seeks out help and support. They fully understand that they cannot and should not do it all on their own when there are other people that can help to speed them along toward their objectives.
After our seminars “successful” people use what they have learned to boost their results while the “average” group generally returns to their same old patterns. They rarely apply what they have learned to the living experience and then claim that “it simply doesn’t work”.
The “successful” people don’t have excuses they have motivation. The “average” people have a book full of excuses, blame and claims of unfair results.
In short, “average” people have “stinkin thinkin”. Their thought patterns almost guarantee a boring poor result living experience and that breeds dissatisfaction and misery. They get random erratic results and therefore make less money and often have a much lower social status.
These people are constantly starting over, being delayed or struggling with daily living. Worse than that their children often grow up to be just like the parents. The parents have doomed their children to a life of unnecessary toil and poor lifestyle unless the child can break free from the patterns on their own as they mature.
Which group are you in? Which group do you want to be in?
No one is holding you back. It’s entirely YOUR decision how your life will turn out.
What’s your decision?
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