Motivational: The Outside Counts, Too

The Outside Counts, Too

Written by Debbie O'Meara

A couple of years ago, I decided that cycling sounded like a good hobby. I bought a bike and one Saturday morning put on a t-shirt and shorts and lugged my bike out to repparttar

meeting place of a local cycling club.

What a surprise I got when I showed up and everyone else there was in full cycling gear — jersey, bike shorts, shoes, repparttar 141737 whole thing. I felt intimidated and nervous. Sure, I knew how to ride a bike, and I was in pretty good shape, but how could I keep up with these people, who obviously knew what they were doing?

I was plenty insecure at first. But I stuck with it, and after a while got repparttar 141738 shorts, and repparttar 141739 jerseys, and even repparttar 141740 special shoes that clip onto repparttar 141741 special pedals. I looked like I fit in.

Now, I’m a fairly strong rider, but I’m not very fast. It’s often a struggle to keep up with repparttar 141742 group.

But only repparttar 141743 group knows that. When I go out for a solo ride, I put on my jersey and shorts and shoes and pedal along at my less-than-breakneck pace. But when I pass people in shorts and t-shirts (and I do!) I know what I look like to them. Like I know what I’m doing. And they treat me that way, just because that’s repparttar 141744 impression I’m giving on repparttar 141745 outside.

They don’t know that I’m a little slower than my friends. They just know I look like a “real” cyclist, so they assume I am one. In their eyes, I am.

We know from our studying that prosperity is largely an inside job. We manifest it on repparttar 141746 outside based on what we think on repparttar 141747 inside. But repparttar 141748 outside counts too. I convince people on repparttar 141749 street that I’m a cyclist based on what I wear. But that’s only while I’m cycling. What does my day-to-day appearance tell repparttar 141750 universe - and myself – about who I am?

Change Your Association

Written by Daniel N. Brown

Do you know any people who seem to attract bad luck?

I had a friend years ago that just could not seem to get it together. He was in and out of jobs, had poor relationships, had no money, and had a bad attitude.

I used to think he had repparttar bad attitude because he had repparttar 141611 problems. Now I know he had repparttar 141612 problems because he had repparttar 141613 bad attitude. I know, becuse I was right down in repparttar 141614 pit with him.

Years later, I saw a quote that hit me like a ton of bricks. It was this: "There's no way you will ever fly like an eagle if you're pecking around in repparttar 141615 dirt with chickens." I quickly caught on to this "thinking" stuff and learned to get around more positive thinking people.

The key to changing your life for repparttar 141616 better is to change your belief system. The key to changing belief system is changing your thoughts. I know this is easier said than done because repparttar 141617 manner of thinking you are engaged in has been your way of thinking most of your life. It's a habit. But, like any habit, you can change it.

The best way to change your thoughts is by changing your association. If you're hanging around with negative, broke, and fearful people you will develop a tendancy to think repparttar 141618 same way.

I eventually developed a friendship with a guy that everything he touched seemed to turn to gold. Because he always pictured himself as a great success he became a powerful magnet that attracted positive outcomes. The effort he put forth to achieve his goals came naturally. The work did not seem like work because he enjoyed what he did. The guy just amazed me and I wanted to be like him.

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