Just. . .Think!

You Can Change Your Life... Any Time You Want: An Inspirational Guide to Success
by Robin Sieger

Would you like more success, happiness and fulfilment in all aspects of your life? Everyone wants to be happy, yet we find changing the habits of a lifetime almost impossible. When change does occur, it is often forced upon us as the result of events beyond our control: a job loss, a relationship break-up, the death of a loved one, or illness.

The truth is that you can change your life any day you want. You really can. Robin Sieger shows you how to harness the key factors in creating positive change in your life.

These include: Living in the Present Moment, The Power of Thought, The Impact of Beliefs on Outcomes, Taking Action, Dealing with Setbacks, Passion for Life, Attitudes, Habit Busting and Happiness. You Can Change Your Life - Any Time You Want will inspire and motivate you to make lasting changes to your life, today.

Chapter 1

The single greatest tool you have for changing your life, creating personal success, being happy, and living the life you wish, is within you. This tool is the power of active thought.

Your ability to think is the key to changing your life. Your mind is the most advanced organic matter in the known universe, more powerful that any computer in existence. It never stops working, it has spent 240 million years in nature's research and development laboratory. It is the source of all your emotions, beliefs and abilities. It is at your disposal - how you use it is up to you.

And yet it seems not only that most people fail to utilise this phenomenal resource, but that they do not know how to use it because they never realised they could.

Your mind is capable of solving every challenge you encounter; it is at your command. However, it is exactly like a computer in that it needs instruction before it can take action - albeit a phenomenally sophisticated and priceless computer that is capable of achieving more than you could ever believe possible.

Your ability to change your life will be found in your ability to harness and master the power of thought - the power that is in your brain. Just as a computer needs software to operate far beyond its basic internal operating system, so we too need software to operate at our highest level far beyond our basic internal responses such as breathing, blinking and so on. The big difference is that unlike computers, which rely on someone else creating the software for them, we can create the personal software for ourselves. That is the power of conscious thought.

A man who does not think for himself, does not think at all.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

What is Thought?

That is a tough one. From the mystics to the neuro-physiologists there are many ideas about what exactly a thought is. So let me be clear about something: I do not know. I have read many books and essays on the subject, and if I had a definitive answer I would be delighted to share it with you. Sadly, I do not, so I cannot. In reality it is not important. It is far more important that you understand that your thoughts will have a massive impact on your life and that you really do have the power to create your personal success.

Many writers on success and personal development talk about the power of the mind. They range from esoteric mystics to those proponents of self-hypnosis. Their language and perspective vary greatly. But they are all talking about the same thing - harnessing the power of the mind to transform our lives.

Our personal power is found in the force of our thoughts - it is our real strength

When we are exposed to the same thing again and again, when all the books we read repeat the same concepts, it is all too easy to get a feeling of 'I've heard this stuff before.' That is one of the major challenges we face, because as we hear the same thing over and over, it becomes tired and clichéd in our minds, and we stop hearing the truth contained within. But the truth is: change the way you think and you can change the way you live.

It doesn't matter that you've read it before. It is better to have one book whose knowledge you understand and apply, than a thousand books whose knowledge you only know and recite.

Do you want the next ten years of your life to be exactly the same as the last ten years? Or do you want them to be better, more fulfilling, with more professional success, more love, travel, moments of joy, simple happiness, feelings of fulfilment, money, laughter, well-being and fun. Take note that if you do nothing then the next ten years will be exactly the same as the last ten, because nothing changes until you change, and you cannot change until you change the way you think.

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.

James Allen (1864-1912)

We take our minds for granted. We accept the opinions and the beliefs that lie at the root of how we think. We assume little control over who and how we are. We imagine that is just the way it is. It isn't. Your current pattern of thought is responsible for how you feel about yourself and where you are in your life - the good news is you can change it if you want to.

© 2006 by Robin Sieger.

About the Author

Robin Sieger is a former comedy writer and producer for ITV and BBC. He left the BBC in 1994 to set up the Sieger Group, which specializes in coaching people all over the world in motivation and success strategies.