The Powerful Secret of Success

Throughout history, the great wise teachers, philosophers, and prophets have had their differences on one another on many different subjects. But there is one subject, that everyone seems to be in complete agreement with, and here it is.

“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
-Buddha

“A man is what he thinks about all day long.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“What the mind of a man can conceive and believe, it can achieve”
-Napoleon Hill

“We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.”
-Tony Robbins

In the Bible you will read in Mark 9-23: “If thou canst believe, all things are posssible to him that believeth.”

If that didn’t catch your attention, listen to this.

Dr. Henry Beecher from Harvard University, was a well known Medical doctor in the late 1950’s receiving honors and awards during his career famously known for his discovery of the “Placebo effect”. One case became another groundbreaking experiment, that not many people knew about.

Dr. Beecher gathered 100 medical students to take part in testing out two new drugs. One group of students were described to have a high-stimulant drug in a red capsule, and the other as a high-tranquilizer in a blue capsule.

What the students didn’t know, was that the drugs contained in the capsule, were switched. Now the Red Capsule contained the barbiturate, and the blue capsule was contained with amphetamine. Surprising to Dr. Beecher, half of the students developed physical reactions that was congruent with what the students believed contained in the capsules! These weren’t the regular placebos that the student’s ingested, but the actual inducing drugs! But the students beliefs were so strong, that it overrode the chemical impact of the drug in their bodies!

As Dr. Beech later stated, a drug’s usefulness “is a direct result of not only the chemical properties of the drug, but also the patient’s belief in the usefulness and effectiveness of the drug” 

It show’s us that the thought and the power of your mind, becomes a catalyst for your prosperity! 

I hear pessimists say things like “I can’t become a good singer because so and so” or “I can’t start losing weight because of stuff and stuff” and if you happen to be those individuals, I’m going to be frank with you for a moment and tell you as your fellow brethren of the human race,

YOU’RE RIGHT! YOU WONT BECOME ANY OF THEM!

BECAUSE YOU WONT EVEN GIVE YOURSELF THE CHANCE TO DO THOSE THINGS! EVEN IF I GIVE YOU THE CHANCE RIGHT NOW TO GO ON STAGE, OR FIND SOMEONE THAT CAN HELP YOU REACH YOUR GOALS, YOU’LL STILL GIVE YOURSELF ALL THE REASONS WHY YOU CAN’T DO THEM! INSTEAD, GIVE YOURSELF ALL THE REASONS WHY YOU CAN DO THOSE THINGS, and I’ll tell you right now, you will become a success in all of your endeavors if you believe that things can change, and things can go your way.

As the man who was the greatest heavyweight professional boxer in sports history nicknamed “The Greatest” once said: 

“It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”
-Muhammad Ali

So I leave you with this question,

Will you believe in yourself?

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