Are you prepared to burn all your bridges behind you? If not, then you're not ready for change. You are not ready for success! Being in a position where no retreat is possible is the only way to succeed because you have no choice but to win.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat... to be sure of maintaining that state of mind knows as a burning desire to win, essential to success. Napoleon Hill
I had an AHA! moment here when I realised that I have always done this. It just never occured to me to act any other way. Here is one such story:
I was in my late twenties or early thirties when I decided it was time to leave Trinidad and Tobago. By then I had bought my own house at twenty-one, travelled to China, Egypt, and India, worked for one of the largest oil companies in the world, and suddenly the island felt too small for me.
I resigned my job, sent out feeler letters all over the world. I received a tentative job offer from London which I ignored. After finalising my personal affairs, I informed my family three weeks before of my departure that I was leaving for good. I contacted cousins in New York for a place to stay, and left.Upon arrival in New York, my sole focus was to find a job; a very good paying job with the United Nations in the city or out in one of the country offices. At no time did it ever occur to me that I might fail. Not for one millisecond. I just forged ahead. Within two months I received four job offers from my preferred list. I accepted the highest paid.
This had nothing to do with chance. I do not believe in luck; never have. I make good things happen when I decide what I want. And in the case of my first bridge-burning, success was my only option.
An interesting anecdote here is that the cousin with whom I was staying, had been looking for a better paying job for two years, without success. She was shocked and outraged at my success.
Dreams are the seedlings of reality. Napoleon Hill
An interesting anecdote here is that the cousin with whom I was staying, had been looking for a better paying job for two years, without success. She was shocked and outraged at my success.
When you begin to think and grow rich, you will observe that riches begin with a state of mind, with definiteness of purpose, and with little or no hard work. Napoleon Hill
Now, I will highlight my understanding of Napoleon Hill's chapters on Faith and Desire in Think and Grow Rich, from my personal experiences.
1 - You have to burn your bridges behind you. When you don't, at a certain point along the way, you will do it under duress. Although it will hurt like hell, you will recognise it's necessity.
No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. Napoleon Hill
2 - You must clear out the physical and emotional garbage in your life; and that includes people. You will be walking your road alone.
3 - You must learn your own worth.
4 - It is imperative that you grow to love and accept yourself as you are. Safe in the knowledge that nothing anyone does can ever take that away from you. Everything flows from that.
Your vision is crystal clear; the reason for the pain, rejection, loneliness, loss and fear, and the deprivation that wasn't.
5 - Your affirmations start showing up in your dreams. That means your subconscious mind is now fully "on board" with your new focus. You feel connected.
6 - You gain increasing control over your thoughts because you are now aware of them when they "appear".
3 - You must learn your own worth.
4 - It is imperative that you grow to love and accept yourself as you are. Safe in the knowledge that nothing anyone does can ever take that away from you. Everything flows from that.
Your vision is crystal clear; the reason for the pain, rejection, loneliness, loss and fear, and the deprivation that wasn't.
Painful experiences "...temper the spiritual metal of which you are made - they are assets of incomparable value." Napoleon Hill
5 - Your affirmations start showing up in your dreams. That means your subconscious mind is now fully "on board" with your new focus. You feel connected.
6 - You gain increasing control over your thoughts because you are now aware of them when they "appear".
7 - Your major barriers, created by your limiting beliefs, have been toppled like a sick tree. It does not mean that fear has disappeared. Not at all. Fear is the basis of all negative thought forms, and is an intrinsic part of the dysfunctional ego in the human psyche. It will never die.
8 - It is easier to overcome challenges. You have become fearless, even though you don't acknowledge it in those terms! You are creating what you want in life.
9 - You accept change more readily even though you instinctively try to resist. You know you're going anyway, so might as well make it easy.
10-You wake more and more often relating to Marianne Williamson's "You are powerful beyond measure".
EFT, TAT, The Core Technique, and meditation, are just some of the methods used to create emotional space within and distance yourself from the egoic mind. Gentle and non-invasive techniques work best.
Alternative methods like non-choreographed dance, pole dancing, writing, painting are a small part of the panoply on offer to free up your spirit, and decongest your mind.
What I thought was a desert has turned into the most incredibly fertile garden I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing. Burning your bridges to success is really the only way to succeed.
What bridges did you have to burn to get to where you are right now? How did it manifest itself, and were you aware of what you had to do in order to move on? Drop me a line and let me know.
8 - It is easier to overcome challenges. You have become fearless, even though you don't acknowledge it in those terms! You are creating what you want in life.
9 - You accept change more readily even though you instinctively try to resist. You know you're going anyway, so might as well make it easy.
10-You wake more and more often relating to Marianne Williamson's "You are powerful beyond measure".
EFT, TAT, The Core Technique, and meditation, are just some of the methods used to create emotional space within and distance yourself from the egoic mind. Gentle and non-invasive techniques work best.
Alternative methods like non-choreographed dance, pole dancing, writing, painting are a small part of the panoply on offer to free up your spirit, and decongest your mind.
What I thought was a desert has turned into the most incredibly fertile garden I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing. Burning your bridges to success is really the only way to succeed.
Fertilize the garden of your mind with positive, prosperous thoughts.
They are the seeds of your future!
They are the seeds of your future!
What bridges did you have to burn to get to where you are right now? How did it manifest itself, and were you aware of what you had to do in order to move on? Drop me a line and let me know.
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