“It seems that is our conditioning to be wishy-washy. That it’s our nature. Few people completely dive in and take charge of their lives 100% BUT we can. You can! If you’re persistent and consistent in staying dedicated you can do it and will make it. Manage yourself. Take 100% responsibility for everything. Control your thoughts and feelings. Develop a winning attitude. Attitude IS everything!

So are your good feelings! Don’t succumb to down times. They’re temporary. They may not seem it but they will pass. Things may seem difficult BUT as you get positively through them, each time you do, you are developing the ability to move through trouble spots faster and easier. You are creating a new habit if you stick with it correctly. EVERYTHING is learning and you are learning to develop new habits.

Either you develop new ones that serve you better or you’re giving in to the old ones. Either you’re up or down. Stay focused. People give up because they lose sight of their ultimate destination. They get distracted by current circumstances. Keep your heart and mind set on your purpose. Manage your mental movies and self-talk so you remain powerful and positive. Keep your eye on the goal.

Don’t get caught by current events. See your goal as completed, AS IF YOU ALREADY MADE IT HAPPEN and feelthe wonderful feelings. Keep your attention there. Visualize daily in your mental movie theater. Shout out loud and enthusiastically affirm the kind of person you are, what you can do and what you want and are going to make happen each step along the way. We progress step by step.

The opportunity is to feel wonderful most of the time! Celebrate and be thankful and you will get through the rough and the tough spots. Feel wonderful about it all! Be passionate! Be enthusiastic and joyful. Have fun through it all. Enjoy everything. Don’t gripe or complain or wallow for too long. Stay positive. We get and we become what we think about most. So, think and feel marvelous most often.

If you will, you will become it. What you hold in our head you can someday hold in our hand. Expect to succeed. Develop faith in your ability to learn to make changes. Passionately pursue your goals and dreams. Believe in yourself and that everything works together for good. Those who fail, ultimately don’t believe they will succeed, they only hope. Remain positive. Become certain you will get there.

Set the course you want to pursue and begin practicing these principles. Once you do you enter the Conscious Competence phase. THIS IS the phase when you most need to be in control of your thinking process. This is where we spend most of our time developing habits and skills. You talk yourself through things, get feedback and make adjustments. You fall and get up.

Manage your self-talk and feelings. Stay focused and don’t get distracted by circumstances. Be patient and persistent even when it may appear hopeless. This is when and why you need to keep celebrating and keep going! Keep your mind on what you want and know that you can do it. Stay focused, positive and filled with gratitude. Believe in yourself and live with passion. Enjoy and delight in the process every step along the way. After all, it is the journey to the destination where we spend most of our time so make it marvelous. Make it really, marvelous. Celebrate everything! ” Rex Sikes