Somewhere over the rainbow

I always take the view that every cloud has a silver lining and that problems are just obstacles that need to be overcome. In fact without the obstacles how would we ever have the opportunity to learn and grow?

Some people say that taking this positive attitude all the time is not being realistic. I say we create our own reality and that if we focus on the worst case scenario, that's what we'll get. The teachers of "The Secret" - Jack Canfield, Bob Proctor, John Assaraf etc., all speak of this and if you are familiar with their stories, amongst many others, you will know this to be true.

By all means prepare for anticipated challenges, (it would be foolish not to), but don't get hung up on them and let them take over your existence.

Decide what you want, get clear on your outcome, and think through the potential barriers that may get in your way. Having done this you can create the action plans that ensure you move closer to achieving what you aim for. As you progress you may find unexpected obstacles come up anyway and by taking the view that you can get past or over them, you are more likely to come up with the solution(s).

I've had a few conversations recently with friends about the power of possibility and for me, whilst sometimes things can be a struggle and challenging, I always come back to the fact that anything really is possible if we believe it to be so.

Just yesterday I was listening to a success based audio programme (tip- listen to these often and notice how your attitude changes over time), and we were reminded that successful people focus on success and unsuccessful people focus on the things they don't have. It makes a lot of sense really. If we focus on what we want, the success we are looking for, whether it be health, wealth, great relationships, business success, finance or simply happiness, we will see the opportunities to create momentum towards that success. If, however, we focus on what we don't want, debt, stress, illness, bankruptcy, divorce etc, we are just reinforcing all those things in our lives and missing the clues on how to move forward.

So, I don't apologise for taking a positive, possibility oriented approach to life. If having a positive attitude, despite all our day-to-day challenges is being unrealistic, I'm not sorry. In fact, I highly recommend it!

There's a lot going on...

We talked about it before Christmas. Everybody said it would happen. I fully expected it, and yet even I was astounded by the sheer force of it all...

What am I talking about? Well, its simply the enormous range and quantity of development material, trainings, programmes, teleconferences, success groups and seminars available to us right now.

Everyone and his dog is promoting something to "beat the recession" or "fight off the credit crunch" or "make your millions while everyone else is losing their shirt"...my inbox is full!

The simple fact is it was always going to be the case that people would need to, and indeed are now, marketing their wares more aggressively than ever before to make an impact and get noticed.