How I did it: I read "The Secret", a book given to me by one of my patients. As a nurse, it was important to find an industry I believed in and one that allowed me to help myself by helping others. I had faith in myself that I could accomplish the goals I had set. I found a business I could schedule around my job and worked at it knowing I was heading toward accomplishment of my goals. I learned all I could about mindset, marketing and speaking to others. I stopped listening to the media and others who told me I couldn't reach my intended destination. I was persistent and consistent and followed a daily method of operation aimed toward reaching certain milestones and a year later, I was making more and higher goals, knowing nothing can stop my momentum.

Lessons & tips:

• Be crystal clear on your goals. Write them down and refer to them many times a day. Keep them on a card in your pocket.
• Imagine how you will feel once you have reached your goals and continue that feeling.
• Believe in yourself, avoid anyone or thing that would put doubt about yourself in your mind.
• Allow yourself to learn from others. It is OK not to know everything. Follow the footsteps of those who are where you intend to be.
• Persist. Be consistent at what you are doing. Don't start then stop. This is a way of letting yourself down and causing self-doubt.
• Be grateful. Gratitude for what you have and are, right now, opens more and more opportunities to be grateful in your future. 
• Take action. Do something every day that puts you closer to your target.

Resources:

• Know for yourself DVD
• "The Secret" DVD
• "Think and grow rich" Napoleon Hill
• "Rich Dad Poor Dad" R. Kiyosaki
• "Creative Visualization" Shakti Gawain
• See my site and more about my story here.

Sep 11, 2009, 01:09PM PDT | 1 comment | 2 cheers