Success is a state of mind

Our consciousness, awareness, thoughts, attitudes and beliefs create the experience of our own reality. The inner precedes the outer. Raising one’s consciousness, or awareness, turns out to be the very basis for achievement.

This knowledge of how success is a state of mind, how our thoughts create our reality and the mechanics of how like attracts like is one of the biggest discoveries in the field of human potential in the past 75 years.

There is indeed a success mindset, a certain way successful people view the world, how they view success and how they view themselves. One belief they have is that success is possible. Ask yourself:

• Do you believe it’s possible for you to double your income? How about triple? Quadruple?
• How hard do you think one has to work to earn that kind of money?
• Are you always rushing around, acting as if there’s not enough time to get everything done?
• If you feel you don’t have enough time now, how can you possibly quadruple your income?
• Do you believe you would have to give up your family, your health, your vacation time or fun?

More than just positive thinking, your answers to these types of questions start to reveal your inner core beliefs and, subsequently, your behavior, which then creates results. Because, to some degree, we’re all addicted to our beliefs. We can usually see this in others, but can you catch yourself arguing for your own limitations?

Max Bolka has spent more than 20 years speaking to financial advisors about systems and techniques to grow businesses. Excerpted from the 2018 MDRT Annual Meeting presentation “Success is a state of mind.” See more from this presentation at “What determines your income and happiness.”