Another spin on why we don't succeed...

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


Why affirmations don't work...