Having developed faith, you should start developing a winning attitude. Winners have a winning attitude. They see reasons why things should be done. They devise plans and find solutions to obstacles. Losers try hard to find all the reasons why things cannot be done. Winners know that whatever they think will manifest itself physically. Winners consciously train their minds to see things positively.
To become a winner, you must accept responsibility for whatever happens in your life. You must do what has to be done even in the face of criticism or disapproval from others. You must be fully aware that life is a learning experience. Sometimes the greatest lessons are learnt in adverse conditions. You must welcome adversity in your life but do not seek it. You must develop the capacity to look fear in the face and defy it. You must know that obstacles in your life are only opportunities in disguise. You must take it upon yourself to create harmony in your family and social environment. You have to develop capacity to give of yourself without wanting in return. You may not possess these qualities at present but you need to work hard to attain them. You must develop an insatiable desire for learning and applying your new found knowledge.
You must be a multi faceted individual to be a winner. You must address all areas of your life in order to fulfil your desire to be respected as a high all-round achiever. The most important areas to address are financial, family, physiological, security, mental, social and spiritual matters. Always remember that winners are difficult to identify. Some are still in training and hard studying. Some are still on the streets struggling with the daily tasks of getting food and drink and shelter. Humanity has been conditioned to identify the winner only at the winning post. Remember that great people become great while they are still struggling. Learn never to compare yourself with others. Know that the only real measurement you have for your success is the progress you are making towards your personal goals each day. When you do what your goals demand of you on a daily basis, you are successful. It is the successive achievement of the little daily goals that will ultimately culminate in your victory. Within you lies an adventurous achiever dying to make your mark in life and have your influence felt in society and prove that you can do whatever you have set your mind to do.
Winners realize that success is a journey. They are always looking for opportunities and new challenges. They know that no matter how well they do, they will always be searching for growth experiences to stretch their minds and capabilities. The most exciting experiences are those which confront you and bring you face to face with yourself. It is there that you discover your true character and personality. Remember that you are the total sum of your knowledge, thoughts and actions. Your actions are controlled by your thoughts. Your thoughts are controlled by your knowledge or lack of knowledge. Once you acquire knowledge from this book, you will control your thoughts. When you control your thoughts you control your actions and your life.
Winners are excited by the fun things life has to offer. You must not mind risking your current status or security to realise your dreams. You must be aware that you only live once and must be determined to make the most of it. You must be motivated by what you want. Motivation causes you to venture into the unknown and as a result you discover talents and abilities that were hidden from you. Discovering these new talents grows your faith in your future potential. Anything you perceive in your mind can be yours through creative thinking and planning. To attain what your heart desires requires using imagination. You must visualise your life as you want it to be. You are only as big as your dreams, so be bold and dare to dream. You can do anything you want to do. You must know how to break it down into small enough steps and then exercise extreme patience as you go about one step at a time. Those small steps will become a giant leap in the near future. You must exercise great maturity to do the mundane tasks which are inevitable in any human growth process. Remember that your creator designed you to strive for perfection, to live a full life and to be filled with joy. When you visualise your life the way you want it to be you set your body in motion. You develop a greater awareness and start seeing opportunities that normally pass you by. You develop a sense of anticipation and excitement. You must not allow lack of belief in yourself to stifle your enthusiasm. This book is designed to help you systematically develop belief, self confidence, self image and faith in yourself.
Within you is a pool of talent and ability that lies undiscovered. You must develop a desire to unlock your full potential. You must develop desire to earn more money and more time. Desire is the key to unlock your imagination. Imagine the required changes needed to get to your success. You must realise that the real value of achieving a higher standard of living lies in the getting and not having. You must look forward to personal growth resulting from the challenge of getting things. You must realise that the obstacles in the way such as skills, education, experience and knowledge all become exciting opportunities for personal growth. Your inquisitive nature frees your curiosity and allows you to venture into unknown territories with hope and faith. You trust that you will succeed. Your continuous inquiry and searching brings you knowledge. It is this knowledge that you possess that gives you the belief to try.
You must break down your visualised victory into five-yearly, yearly, quarterly, monthly, daily and finally hourly activities. When you visualised the future successful self, the belief in the attainment of your prosperous future becomes a reality. That belief is the foundation of your faith and it will propel you into action. The mental pictures of prosperity and peace stimulate desire in you. A believable plan of how to get there converts your desire into a burning passion. This passion for things you want in life will give additional sources of energy and persistence. You will grow in wisdom with each action step. You will gain depth of insight into yourself as you grow in all areas of your life. You will develop trust in yourself and a deep self respect and self love. When you have that clear plan, the only thing that will stand between you and prosperity is time. You will know exactly how much time from your daily planned activities. You will now begin to be driven by your own expectations. You will feel a warm glow that results from freeing yourself from the expectations of others. Always remember that before you have you must first do. The harder you practice and do, the luckier you become.
To have your prosperity and peace you have to do. You will need to become a new self to do those things that lead to success. Becoming implies acquiring new knowledge and applying that knowledge. The application of knowledge leads to wisdom. Knowledge for its own sake is of little benefit to you. You need to have courage to change. It is the perceived embarrassment you might have to suffer that will inhibit your action. Ask yourself what is the worst thing that can happen when you try; will you lose your life? Will you get unbearable pain? Remember that fear is a perceived threat and not a real threat. Fear is a thought and by now you can control your thoughts. You need to make a conscious decision that you will not allow fear to govern you. Can change kill you? No. Your approach must be based on faith. Faith and fear cannot occur within you at the same time. Remember that ultimately it is your attitude that determines your altitude, not your aptitude!
Adversity makes you strong. There needs to be opposition in all things. If you knew no fear you could not understand peace. When you avoid adversity in your life, you cripple the potentially powerful person that lies within you.
Published by Dr BA Mabaso, MB ChB, DHSM, MBA, MPhil
