Mike,

Thank you for this post. This is on of the most important things I've ever read.

Warm regards,

Tom

> One of the things I have seen in my life and
> I'm sure you have too are the people that
> seem to make the same mistakes over and over
> again. And 'mistakes' might be to harsh a
> word. Let's say we see them 'not succeeding'
> (in whatever they are trying to succeed at
> be it career, romance or building a
> business). And this pattern of 'not
> succeeding' occurs over and over again
> throughout the person's life. Take for
> instance the person that is constantly
> starting new projects but for whatever
> reason doesn't see them through to the
> 'payoff' stage. They give up or change
> direction (usually give up by changing
> direction). The result is their business or
> whatever they want to accomplish doesn't
> happen. And no matter how prepared the
> person is or how much information they have
> at their disposal or even if they've had the
> opportunity to work with some great mentors
> in the past...they still can not reach the
> level of success they envision. What do you
> do? You could say take action, no matter how
> small, any action is good action. But what
> about those people that can't even be
> persuaded to take action even if they know
> in their hearts that they should? An author
> by the name of Robert Fritz has been
> studying this pattern of human behavior for
> a long time. He has several books on the
> market and came to look at this problem from
> an artist's perspective. People quite often
> believe it is their 'beliefs' that hold them
> back...that their belief system needs to be
> changed. They use affirmations or NLP to
> 'reprogram' their minds to a new belief
> system that allows them to succeed or as Mr.
> Fritz believes..."create". He
> makes the very valid point that artists
> "create" no matter what their
> belief system is. No matter what they think
> about themselves, no matter what they think
> about others, no matter what they think
> about the universe--they create. Is this
> crap? Could be...but I think there are a lot
> worse opinions out there on why human beings
> do not reach the level of success they
> desire than what Mr. Fritz puts forth. If
> you are interested in reading a chapter of
> his current book just follow the link below.
> Some of it is a little dry and you might be
> wise to bite off only a few pieces at a
> time...but I think when you're done, if
> nothing else it will give you a fresh
> perspective on why people do the things they
> do and more importantly how they can change
> their behavior patterns to accomplish what
> they want to out of life. And isn't that
> what we are all here for?

> Take care,

> Mike Winicki