By Ahsan

Can I ask you a trick question?

What part of the concept “Positive Thinking” is more important: Is it the positive aspect or the thinking part?

Don’t rush to give the answer. Think. Really Think.

Okay…so what is your answer? Is it positive, or is it thinking?

Here is the answer: it’s thinking. The foundation of success that positive thinking can deliver is rooted in thinking. All the good things that happen to you and all the bad things that happen to you can be directly traced back to your thinking. Your thinking affects your emotions, which then affect your actions. Right actions lead to good outcomes. Good outcomes are, therefore, traceable to your thinking.

As U.S. President Thomas Jefferson said,

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude (read thinking) from achieving his goal; nothing on Earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."

We spend a lot of time thinking.

Whenever we are pursuing a goal⎯our thinking makes it happen. The interesting thing is that our thinking is often not serving us well, and when that happens, our goals get sidetracked. Thoughts of doubt or fear can creep in. Sometimes it’s thoughts of failing or the enormity of the commitment that is the culprit. However, when we really want to do something, not only do we find a way, we think ourselves into doing it.

Achieving a big important goal is not easy. But what if you start to focus on your thinking to trigger your goals into reality?

When you think you can, you can, and when you think you can't….so, don't box yourself into some limited definition of what you can accomplish.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, even if that person is yourself.

Get quiet with yourself and look inward. Have a talk with yourself and start by encouraging yourself to take supreme command of your thinking to create the circumstances you want.

Yes. There are several other components to achieving your goals, like being positive. The start of it all will be in your thinking. So make it count by organizing your mind towards the best thinking possible and positively pursue that as a goal!

Hey, just remember, Michael Jordan did not give up when his High School Coach cut him from the Varsity Team.

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