Get Success – Have Today In Mind
Have you experienced lots of success in your past? Or are you sick and tired of being unsuccessful with every single try of becoming successful? Well, you might not remember your past as being full of success and this, I believe, can be the reason to why you want to get success in your future. Now, take a look at the first couple of sentences and you will see the words: past and future. Is anything missing? What about the present? Well, this is a time that we tend to forget pretty often because we focus to much on what have been and what will be. But what about what is?
These are the two things that remove us from the present and hereby are the reasons that we do not live our life as we should be. By thinking too much about what was and what will be we end up thinking too much about what we did not have and do not have, but if you want to get success you need to let go of this.
What I want you to do is to begin living your life here and now and if you really want to get success it is important that you remember this. Of course there are things in your past that you can use in new situations and wanting certain things for your future will also be a great motivation. But be careful – the past and the future can also be distractions that keep you from achieving anything right now.
Okay, we are dealing with the two things that distract us from the time here and now. I will now make it a little more clear exactly why the past and the future become distractions, and how they can actually strengthen our present time instead of weaken it. I will begin with the past.
What Was
We learn new things through our whole life, and I will therefore not ask you to forget your past. But, it is very important for you to choose what you want to bring with you and what you do not need anymore, and more important, the way you choose to look at your past. I have mentioned the word regret, and this is because we tend to look back and think “I should have done that”, “I shouldn’t have done that”, “I wish I hadn’t…” and so on. But the past is the past and you can not do it over. Also, the past can be a place of loss and looking back just shows us what we once had but no longer have, e.g. youth, beauty, someone close to us who is no longer here etc. this causes sadness, and no one needs that, right?
I my article Time To Make A Change In Your Life? I talked about the built-in belief structure, and this is also relevant when it come to this subject. Our belief structure will often hold us back, because if you base everything on your past experiences you are stuck. You have to turn it around and really belief that something is possible in order to make it happen, even though your previous experiences will tell you otherwise.
What Will Be
Having a vision is important for you to get success, and you will see that I have emphasised that statement more than once in my previous articles. Having dreams and goals is certainly not bad. But looking at the future and what you want in your future will also make you see the lack of these things in your present and your past. This will cause frustration because it will confirm you in your belief that you are not able to make it happen. Again, sadness comes into the picture and you are stuck!
It is so important that you turn this situation around! Do not just sit back and hope for your whole situation to change and for you to get success while you do not really belief for it to happen, because then it will for sure not happen, not ever.
What Is
Focus on what matters now. Create a new foundation for what you want. You should not let go of your past because there are for sure things that you can use, but make a decision to only bring the positive things with you. Use what you have been taught in you past to strengthen your future and use your future as a motivation that drives you, but keep your focus on the present.
Become aware of the things that distract you and gain the power to control your mind. I am sure you have heard the sentence “live in the moment” before and there is really something to it. To get success you must step out of your comfort zone and start creating a new reality for yourself. Do not let your past become a limit that keeps you from getting anywhere while your dreams for your future reminds you of the things your life is lacking now. To get success in life you must take action and believe that it can happen, even though your belief system tells you differently.
Filed under: Mindset
