Thursday, September 6, 2007
Arnold Schwarzenegger started life in a tiny village of Graz in Austria . It was his father who first encouraged him to participate in some kind of sport.
However it wasn't until the age of 15 that he first began lifting weights. But even at that early age he was decisive and positive declaring:
"I want to be the best built man in the world. Then I want to go to America and be in movies. I want to be an actor."
And with this sort of drive and intention he became unstoppable, for after just five years of training he was declared Mr Universe - The Greatest Bodybuilder on the planet. 'Arnie' subsequently went on to raise the bar further constantly pushing himself to 13 more major titles. It was clear that his laser beam focus and concentration played a great part in his success and that his inner power was the key to much of his success as to his outer lifting abilities.
"I knew I was going to be a bodybuilder. It wasn't simply that either. I would be the best bodybuilder in the world, the greatest, the best-built man."
Through meticulous gathering of knowledge of his subject and immense passion and devotion, success was always going to be his but only because he made it for himself, no-one did it for him....he wasn't lucky! Far from it, he created his own reality.
"I wanted more, I demanded more of myself."
It is clear now that Arnold had tremendous belief in himself and refused to give in or waver from his goals. He knew what he wanted then went and got it, no matter what. He regularly used creative visualization produce astonishing results.
In his bodybuilding life his mind was:
"utterly dominated by Reg Park. His image was my ideal. It was fixed indelibly in my mind."
Reg Park was another top bodybuilder whom he wished to defeat.
"The more I focused in on this image and worked and grew, the more I saw it was real and possible for me to be like him."
Arnold had clearly discovered the power of mind over the body. He also realized emotional distractions and worry weakened him. These negative influences took strength away from his workouts which he hated. It came to his notice that the people surrounding him also made a difference. Negative people tended to try to stifle him, not believing in his goals and focused lifestyle. He found negative people were not at ease around him until they had either pulled him down or he had won them around to his way of positive thinking.
"I remember certain people trying to put negative thoughts into my mind, trying to persuade me to slow down. But I had found the thing to which I wanted to devote my total energies and there was no stopping me."
He was determined not to let anyone distract him no matter what. He was persistent in his efforts and held his dreams in his mind always. Arnold clearly understood the principle that: success breeds success, declaring:
" Positive Thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner."
Arnold's tremendous progress as a teenager continued. He continuously challenged himself through his self imposed goals and bust through many road blocks inwardly and outwardly but in short...his dream was coming true!
"I wanted that body and I didn't care what I had to go through to get it."
At just 18 Arnie was called up for his military national service joining the tank corp. However this put him in a difficult position as it meant he wouldn't be allowed to compete in the junior 'Mr Europe' being held in Germany that year. However his determination to compete and succeed forced him to risk all and go AWOL. Naturally he took the top prize and a big trophy but also picked up a week in solitary confinement for his troubles. It seemed there was no sacrifice to great for Arnold to achieve his goals.
Next he went on to win Mr Universe in London and following this his dreams led him to the US where he immediately came across much tougher competition and initially came up short. However it didn't take him long to assess his weaknesses and devise ways to cut them out, in short he refocused.
"I was always honest about my weak points, this helped me grow. I think it's the key to success in everything: be honest; know where you are weak: admit it."
So his reality check allowed him to stay in control of his goals and to adjust his plans accordingly. Doing this stopped him from becoming to inward looking ad wandering off track.
"When I see that I have certain backward attitudes, I reason them out and work to make my outlook more realistic."
Arnold also learned a lot through observing what other successful people do and what unsuccessful people do. This down to earth approach has often given him the edge on his rivals.
"Most of the people I observed couldn't make astonishing advances because they never had faith in themselves. They had a hazy picture of what they wanted to look like someday, but they doubted they could realize it. Ultimately they didn't put out the kind of effort I did because they didn't feel they had a chance to make it. And of course, starting with that premise, they didn't."
Over the years Arnold had developed a winning mindset and mentality. He soon realized that this could be a applied to any area of life that he wished. In short he had developed a simple mind set for success.
In bodybuilding, there are big goals like winning Mr Olympia; there are medium-term goals such as attaining your ideal weight of 245 lbs with just 5% body fat; and there are lots of short term goals like: getting to the gym, eating enough protein, doing an extra rep for each exercise and so on.
Basically what Arnold did was to take this successful approach and apply it in exactly the same way as he did in bodybuilding to other areas of his life.
"In two or three years, I had actually been able to change my body entirely. That told me something. If I had been able to change my body that much, I could also, through the same discipline and determination, change anything else I wanted. I could change my habits, my whole outlook on life."
Arnold was actually a millionaire way before he started his career in Hollywood and in learning about business, Arnold applied the bodybuilding-template to his studies. In exactly the same way he built up his acting career slowly but surely always with the end focus in mind.
Looking back at the achievements he has made during his life it is no surprise his philosophy on life is:
"The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer,"
I strongly suggest you take a note of the tremendous success of Arnold's life and realize that it was down to himself and the way he has used positive thinking throughout his life to achieve his goals. He wasn't born lucky, or with anymore chance to succeed than you or I. Follow his template for success and you can also live a very fulfilling life.
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Attention: The Power of Positive Thinking Changes Lives
Positive thinking is an amazing tool which can enable anyone to achieve a more fulfilling and successful life. Through harnessing the power of positive thinking your mind is tuned in to expect success. In fact it will make you feel sure of it so that you know deep down you WILL succeed in whatever you are doing.
If you doubt the power of positive thinking then think on this for a moment. If someone asks you a question which you aren’t sure about, how long does it take you to answer the question… a few moments right? However, if someone asks you a question and you know you know the answer how long before you reply this time? Well it’s instantaneous so you can immediately respond because you believe you are right.
This in effect is how positive thinking works. You become confident and expect success so you constantly take action on what you desire…. and believe you will get it. This gives the impression that you are attracting into your life almost effortlessly all the objects or circumstances that you desire. This effect is known as the ‘Law of Attraction’. When you know how to use this effectively then all manner of things become possible. You are actively able to attract circumstances that you desire in to your life. This could be wealth, relationships or whatever you choose.
Of course there is a proportion of the population that considers all this to make no sense what so ever. They may have heard of the phrase ‘positive thinking’ and may have possibly tried to use it half-heartedly in the past but never really grasped what it was all about or how to use it effectively.
Well, I’m here to tell you that if you analyzed the behavior of many of the ‘top achievers’ in their field you would discover many aspects of positive thinking being used in their life. They may actually not realize that they are using positive thinking techniques but you would be surprised to find out how many successful people actually use them.
Let me give you an example now. Creative visualization is a technique whereby you actually picture yourself in a situation ‘living out’ a particular success story that you want to achieve. As your mind cannot tell the difference between an imagined and real event your mind actually starts to believe that you have been successful. This allows you to develop deep profound confidence in your own abilities to achieve a particular outcome.
Many successful sportsmen use this technique. David Beckham spends as much time imagining his free-kicks in his mind as he does on the training ground. This gives him astonishing confidence in his ability. However it doesn’t stop there, you see by making the brain think it has done something it then has to provide a way to actually do it in real life!
This is proved most famously by Henry Ford who came from a poor uneducated background. He imagined one day to create a horseless carriage. Of course most people at the time labeled him a bit of a day dreamer, but he knew differently. He had seen in his mind that it was a possibility which gave him belief and thus his mind subsequently devised a way for him to make it reality.
These days Ford cars are a common part of daily life but initially it all began through Henry Ford’s positive thinking.
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How To Use Positive Thinking And The Law Of Attraction
The 'law of attraction' is at the very corner stone of positive thinking. It is one of the reasons why positive thinking works so well. In a nutshell it can be explained as:
"You are what you think. You attract what you think; your life is a product of your thought and belief; nothing in the world can change this fact. To alter your life the only course open to you is to alter your thinking."
As described by U.S Anderson author of 'Three Magic Words'.
What he is saying is that whatever thoughts you hold in your mind persistently, will eventually appear in your physical world.
Why is that then?
Well whether you understand why it works or not it really doesn't matter you see it is still the law and always works, so you might as well use it!
Think about your own life now. What thoughts do you consistently hold in your mind and think about regularly. Do any of these ring a bell?
'I hate my job. It’s too stressful and it tires me out’
'I think I'm coming down with a cold.'
'I never have any spare money to me treat my friends and family with'.
I hope it is obvious to see that thoughts like those will inevitably attract the same negative situations into your life. For surely, if you hate your job then you will never be able to see the positive opportunities that it may offer you. If you are so firm in the belief that nothing good could ever come of your job then you are blinded to the potentially positive opportunities it may be offering you and only open to the negative possibilities.
These negative thoughts hold so many people locked in to certain situations and lifestyles. People think they can never escape them…. so they never do.
How can we turn this around?
Well, take a few moments just to sit and observe your thoughts. Do you create them? No, I don't think so, but you certainly do have them. Do you decide what thoughts come in to your mind? Again I don't think so, they are more like a constant stream that continuously flows through your mind. We seem to simply latch on to and dwell on the thoughts that we choose.
So what thoughts do you think we should dwell on. The good thoughts or the bad/negative ones. Obviously the good/positive ones. If a negative thought comes in to your mind consciously let it go and replace it with a positive one, if another comes do the same. You will be amazed at how this one simple technique can improve your life as you will no longer be allowing negative thoughts to influence you.
Consciously decide here and now that you are in charge of your thoughts, that you decide what thoughts you dwell on.,, not any other influence...not your friends, colleagues at work or who ever....you are now in charge of your thoughts and your life!
And guess what...thoughts attract similar thoughts. So if you are thinking positively about something then another positive thought will usually follow. Once you start consciously deciding to think positively then it will become a habit and a pattern. You will constantly and automatically start choosing the positive thoughts. It will become a natural thing for you to do.
This is how some people always seem optimistic. Once you have gotten into this positive thinking cycle then those thoughts inevitably attract the positive reality into your physical world.
Here are a few pointers to bear in mind:
You have to constantly think certain thoughts for them to manifest in your life, they don't always happen straight-away. Some do, some don't it depends what they are. You must also think the positive thought as though you are certain that it has already happened with complete faith. Through holding these positive thoughts in your mind sooner or later they will become real in your life.
Finally remember: YOU are in charge of your thoughts nobody else! So use positive thinking and the 'Law Of Attraction' starting from today.
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