Attitudes that Don’t Foster Success

Success is attainable for those who seek it with both their thoughts and their actions. Unfortunately, people tend to give significantly more attention to their actions, not remembering that their thoughts and attitudes can dramatically impact their failure and success. Too often the negative messages we hear while we’re growing up and our overall conditioning further contribute to anti-success attitudes. For example, you likely have a negative attitude toward success if you repeatedly encountered the following types of messages while growing up:

-Don’t expect too much; you’ll just be disappointed in the end.
-You’re not good enough to deserve good things.
-Life is about dealing with problems.
-People are out to pull you down with them, not pick you up.
-Your capabilities are limited.
-When you don’t expect anything good from a situation, you’re being practical.
-“Optimism” is just another word for wishful thinking.

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Fear of Commitment

Are You Commitment-Phobic?
Many people don’t experience committed, steady relationships, and they often assert this is so not because they are afraid of commitment but rather because they enjoy their freedom and flirtatious nature. And while this may be true for some who embrace their “forever single status,” more often when people say things like “I crave independence and space,” or “Love is for the weak,” what they are really unwittingly communicating is their deep-seated fear of commitment. Unfortunately, being afraid of commitment hinders both your ability to create and enjoy meaningful personal relationships but also your professional success.

Free Spirited or Afraid of Commitment?
Those who don’t have meaningful relationships must first determine whether they are a free spirit who has not yet found Mr. or Ms. Right or if they fear commitment. The answers to the following questions can help guide you through the process of discovering if you’re commitment phobic and how to break out of that mindset.

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Happy New Year

Another year has just begun, and already I can feel the energy shift with just the power of the number change. Setting intentions for the coming year seemed to come easier than before, and I am grateful for the growth and experiences that I received during 2009.

One of the realizations I have had in the last 12 hours has been that what seemed as procrastinating on writing this blog was actually me working through the element of trusting in the timing, and why I needed to wait to write it until this morning was due to experiencing the shift at midnight.

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