If What Your Doing is Not Working - CHANGE IT By Kay Gill At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Have you ever watched an ant? If their heading somewhere and you try to block their path they will find another way to get to where they want to go. They’ll climb over, under, around but they will not give up. What an amazing philosophy to have - never give up, never stop looking for a way to get to where you want to go.

So why is it that as adults we try something once, twice and then give up?

We give ourselves excuses “I didn’t have the money, I wasn’t confident enough and who did I think I was anyway?”

If we stopped trying after a few attempts we would have never have learnt to walk, we would have given up after falling a few times.

The key is to keep trying new things until you find the magic formula.

If Colonel Saunders had given up after the first few attempts Kentucky Fried Chicken would not be a worldwide establishment today. Even at the age of 62, after being made redundant the Colonel spent two years knocking on peoples doors to buy his special recipe.

Turn “failure” into valuable feedback and into a winning state that includes curiosity and motivation. Imagine feeling positive and motivated after the ninety-ninth failure. Mr. Edison, the man who invented light bulbs, tried thousands of ways to make light bulbs before he found a way that worked. Every time he tried something and it didn't work, Mr. Edison said "I've learnt another way not to make a light bulb!" - And he was happy, because he had learned something.

When the desire to achieve is big enough you will find a way and not give up. There will be obstacles and challenges along the way and the important thing is how you pick yourself up and learn from the experience and decide how you will do things differently next time.

The type of questions you ask yourself are equally important so ensure you are asking yourself quality questions when you have negativity show up in your life. Instead of asking, “Why does it always happen to me? How could I be so stupid? Why do I always fail?

Replace these with:

“What is there to learn from this experience?”

“How can I do things differently?”

“How much have I grown as a person from this event?”

Acknowledge how much you have achieved since you set out on your journey.

The question I always ask myself in these situations and guaranteed it always takes me to a positive place is:
“What am I grateful for in my life?”

Remember the ant philosophy never give up, they always think ahead when its summer they are stocking up food for the winter and when its winter they always think summer, they constantly remind themselves that the winter wont last long, summer will come.

Using the skills of NLP you can eliminate negative thoughts and replace them with positive empowering alternatives.
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