Soar to Success June 2021

H ave you ever heard the phrase‚ “thoughts become things?” Do you realize just how accurate that phrase is in reality? Maybe a more accurate way to explain the concept would be to say that “thoughts become emotions.” Emotions in turn drive the machine of your life that creates the things that you think about. The fact that emotions need to be part of the equation is easily verified by thinking back to any time in your life whenever you thought long and hard about having or doing something, but those thoughts never manifested into whatever it was that you were thinking about. The reason for that is because we do not have the appropriate emotional attachment to the things that we want to bring into our lives. When giving thought to the things that we want, more is not necessarily better, since emotionless thoughts have no real power, no matter how many times we think them. Napoleon Hill said it in his classic Think and Grow Rich: “Unless you can work yourself into a white heat of desire for money (any given thing), and actually believe you will possess it.” You have to experience (feel as if) you are already are in possession of your desire. Thoughts Are Things By Jack Klemeyer In order to illustrate this concept, simply think back to any job interview, health improvement program, date, or other social situation that you were involved in that you felt very positive and confident about. In most if not all of those situations, one of two things happened: 1. You attained or enjoyed the experience of whatever it was you felt positive about, or 2. You realized after the fact that you didn’t reallywant it after all… lackof truedesire. By feeling positive and confident about attaining something, you put yourself in charge of the outcome, as opposed to how a lack of confidence will tend to make you (whether you are aware of it or not) feel powerless to get what you want out of any given situation. You need to be honest with yourself, when consideringwhether or not you truly feel positive and confident about attaining something. Strongly desiring something does not equate to feeling positive or confident about acquiring it. Everyone wants whatever they consider to be financial, health, or social success, but actually believing that we will attain it is another matter entirely.