STERILIZING OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD ATTAINING OUR GOALS

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WRITES "NEVER LEAVE TILL TOMORROW WHICH YOU CAN DO TODAY." IF WE WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND IF WE WANT OUR DREAMS INTO REALITIES, WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR ATTITUDE. WE HAVE TO DEVELOP OUR ATTITUDE TO THE POINT WHERE WE HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO FAIL. WE MUST STERILIZE THE ATTITUDE THE WAY A DOCTOR MAKES SURE HE IS PROTECED FROM PASSING ON, OR CATCHING INFECTIONS. CHALLENGE THE NEGATIVE ATTITUDES THAT MAY ACTUALLY BE DISTORTIONS RISING FROM NEGATIVE ASSUMPTIONS LIKE "THE LAW WILL NEVER ALLOW - WE CAN'T AFFORD IT." WE MUST CHALLENGE EVERY SINGLE IMPOSSIBILITY IDEA OR NEGATIVE ATTITUDE THAT STILL LURKS FURTIVELY IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND. DIG OUT, UNVEIL, EXPOSE, UNCOVER, UNMASK EVERY ONE OF THEM! EXAMINE UNTIL WE UNCOVER SILENT ASSUMPTIONS THAT LEAD TO DISTORTED THINKING! CLEAR OUT EVERY ONE OF THEM! BIAS? IGNORANCE? BLIND SPOT? DISTORTION? CLEAR THEM OUT! CLEAR THEM UP! THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE! IT CAN GIVE US THE COURAGE TO ATTEMPT ANYTHING! DO WE LACK EXPERIENCE! THAT'S WONDERFUL! WE HAVE NEW AND FRESH ADVENTURE AHEAD OF US. WE MUST NOT LET INEXPERIENCE BECOME AN EXCUSE FOR NOT TRYING! DONT LET IT INTIMIDATE US! WE MUST JUST BREAK THROUGH THE BARRIER OF INEXPERIENCE BY SIMPLY STARTING BECAUSE - REMBRANDT WAS A BEGINNER ONCE! - EINSTEIN STARTED IN BASIC MATH - EVERY SUPERSTAR IN BASIC LEAGUES BEGAN AS A ROOKIE. THINK OF THE COLOSSAL WASTE OF HUMAN POTENTIAL, ENERGY, GROWTH AND CREATIVITY THAT OCCURS WHEN WE ALLOW INEXPERIENCE TO HOLD US BACK. TO BREAK THROUGH, WE MUST ADOPT THE ATTITUDE THAT INEXPERIENCE WILL NOT DEFEAT US. NEVER GIVE IN TO THE ATTITUDE THAT WE LACK EXPERIENCE TO MAKE OUR DREAM COME TRUE, FOR COURAGE AND A POSTIVE ATTITUDE ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT. IF WE WANT TO BUILD A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD ACHIEVING OUR GOALS, THEN LEARN THE PHRASE, "DO IT NOW" AND STOP THE HABIT OF PROCRASTINATION. THE SADDEST WORDS IN LIFE ARE: "IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN - I SHOULD HAVE - I COULD HAVE - I WISH I HAD - IF ONLY I HAD GIVEN A LITTLE EXTRA." WE MUST REMEMBER THAT TO BE A WINNER WE MUST THINK LIKE A WINNER.
"IF YOU THINK YOU ARE BEATEN YOU ARE
IF YOU THINK YOU DARE NOT, YOU DONT
IF YOU LIKE TO WIN BUT YOU THINK YOU CANT,
IT'S ALMOST A CINCH YOU WON'T.
IF YOU THINK YOU"LL LOSE, YOU'VE LOST.
FOR IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL SURELY FIND
SUCCESS BEING WITH A PERSON'S WILL,
IT'S ALL IN THE STATE OF MIND.
THINK BIG AND YOUR DEEDS WILL GROW,
THINK SMALL AND YOU'LL FALL BEHIND.
THINK THAT YOU CAN AND YOU WILL.
IT'S ALL IN THE STATE OF MIND.
IF YOU THINK YOU'RE OUTCLASSED, YOU ARE,
YOU HAVE TO THINK BIG TO RISE
YOU'VE GOT TO BE SURE OF YOURSELF,
BEFORE YOU CAN WIN THE PRIZE.
LIFE'S BATTLES DON'T ALWAYS GO,
TO THE STRONGEST WOMAN OR MAN.
BUT SOONER OR LATER THE PERSON WHO WINS
IS THE PERSON WHO THINKS HE CAN'