SUCCESS, THY NAME IS DETERMINATION

DO YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL? I have one thing to tell you: DETERMINATION. Many of the people I know were fooled into believing that the LAW OF ATTRACTION will magically solve their problems and money will flow into their bank accounts without them having to make the slightest effort. Actually, I do believe that the LAW OF ATTRACTION should be supported in our lives by the more powerful LAW OF ACTION.

Honestly now, did you really believe that you could stay in your house, watching the movie THE SECRET and by only positive thinking, millions will come to you? The movie has, as I have already affirmed it in my book, many true parts, from the power of the vision which helps your brain establish objectives, the positive attitude which unblocks your brain to the gratitude that allows you what you already have in order to motivate you to acquire more.

If you want to be successful, if you want to be happy, you need PURPOSES. People talk about happiness and success as if those stayed hidden in a place they need to discover. Actually, a happy person, and ultimately, a successful one, is the one who believes in their objectives and makes them become reality. CONSTANTLY. DETERMINED. Not just by dreaming and then finding the excuses for not succeeding. If someone held the gun to your head or worse, the life a someone dear depended on your actions, you would certainly act!  

“If it is hard, it means that you are doing the right thing” Richard Bandler.The error most of us do is that we expect to accomplish great things in a total state of serenity and relaxation ... just like that, with no effort. Yet, exactly the moments when we find it difficult are the signs that things are changing.  

The brain has a certain inertia and in order to change a habit with another requires effort and DETERMINATION. And this implies never giving up, not postponing and doing the necessary steps, one by one, until a new lifestyle and habits are born. And the beautiful part is that after we succeed, we completely forget about the effort. And if it was harder, it makes so much more valuable. 

Do you want to be successful? Establish objectives, and not 2-3 a year, but 4 pages since you have the entire year at your disposal. I'd like to tell you that all the objectives I had were fulfilled, even more than that, I was bold enough to have new ones, and those came true as well. It is even more accurate to say that I accomplished them (it is true, with God's help, but as a Romanian proverbs says: "God gives you but He doesn't fill your bag"!). After you have an objective, make an action plan and when you find it hard to hold on, remember Dr. Bandler's words, continue because YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. 

It takes around 21 days until we can establish a habit. Up to that moment, be proud of the moments when it was hard for you and you continued, because you made a progress, and continue, continue, continue...towards your goal!

WHAT IF I FAIL? Trust me, there is no greater failure than the lack of action. What society considers failures are partial successes that can be resumed and accomplished. Do not fear to have courageous objectives and be determined to succeed. In order to support a bit the "magic" from THE SECRET, Paolo Coelho is right to say that "if you have a dream, the Universe conspires in fulfilling it" only when you get out the comfort zone, take action and be sure you will get "help". That's the real secret ;) 

You may also like the chapters THE POWER OF YOUR VISIONS and THE POWER OF DETERMINATION from my book HAPPINESS GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS 

and the articles: 

http://stefanabalan.blogspot.ro/2013/07/5-killers-of-your-dreams.html

http://stefanabalan.blogspot.ro/2013/07/10-things-that-will-make-you-happier.html