99% of the time, the only thing standing between you and your goal is the fateful story you keep telling yourself about why you can’t achieve it.
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99% of the time, the only thing standing between you and your goal is the fateful story you keep telling yourself about why you can’t achieve it.
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Veronica says
thank you.
Marc Chernoff says
Veronica, it’s inspiring to hear that you’ve been revisiting the course material several months after you completed the course. Honestly, that’s exactly why we give our students lifetime access — so it can be accessed and reviewed whenever it’s needed. Keep going! 😉
Henry L says
excellent
Marc Chernoff says
Henry, I’m happy to hear our emails and posts are helping you. And I’m sincerely hoping to catch up with you one-on-one inside our course, or in South Florida in February for Think Better, Live Better 2017.
Grace says
Beautiful mantras, M&A! Thank you!
I’m adding a couple on these to a pool of quotes I copied from your 1,000 Little Things book that I use for my daily positivity reflection and meditation.
Keep on spreading the good vibes and energy.
East says
This post was so on the mark! I’m a 35-year-old guy who has many talents, but I get stuck by telling myself the wrong stories. Anyway, I’m looking forward to meeting you in February.
Peace and blessings.
sloan Gray says
I am having a difficult time with my husband’s death. I feel useless and sad all the time. But I’m trying to feel better.
Romy says
Hi Sloan,
My name is Romy and I just happened to be reading the comments. I especially noticed yours. I don’t know why entirely, just that you say you feel sad and useless all the time, and for some reason it struck a cord and tugged at my heart a bit.
I don’t have a husband and have never lost one so I only have limited insight into how you’re feeling…I hear from others how sad it is.
I imagine time will help you feel better and any other resources you come across in your community, for your grief, may help.
I sincerely hope so, and I sincerely hope your pain softens sooner rather than later.
Marc Chernoff says
Sending prayers of strength your way, Sloan.
Renée Jolley says
🙂
Carol says
Renee,
I know from experience how much my anger and negativity affected my children and it prompted me to seek help in changing myself….which by example also helped them to ultimately see that change in themselves. I also know from experience that offering your knowledge to someone doesn’t mean that they will take it… so I live by the creed of “If you talk the talk …Walk the walk” and “Live and let Live” This site has been so helpful. I love Mark and Angel. God Bless
Marc Chernoff says
Renée, perhaps you could read our book with your daughters. Maybe a little family book club? 😉
Also, sending prayers of strength your way.
Renée says
I see that your next conference is in South Florida in February. Do you ever have conferences in Little Rock, AR?
Kate Ross-Smith says
Hi – great mantras. Thanks for sharing these. I use/learn to use each of these every day. They really help strengthen my resilience and send out positive vibes to those around me. Happier days 🙂
J says
What’s a positive change you’ve tried to make in your life, but have struggled with? I have struggled with weight loss and successfully redirecting my husband’s and my business. I have lost large amounts of weight a couple of times in life and am doing it again. I would love to get this weight and fitness goal accomplished once and for all. As for our business, we didn’t expect it to have to change directions and it’s kind of jarring having to change courses when so much has already been sacrificed.
What’s the story you’re telling yourself about this change/struggle? For both struggles, I can admit that I tell myself two things: I want them to work out and the struggle to be behind me NOW and I tell myself I’m tired of revisiting these issues only to feel like I simply have no real answers.
How is this story affecting you? Well, it keeps me yo-yo’ing in my weight and takes my focus off of better using my time and efforts. As for our business, I feel like I’m contributing little to nothing and my husband is being over-extended when it should be a more equal effort.
Maxia Auguste says
Thank you so much guys for delivering those messages every day in my inbox. They help me a lot, I will turn my page the page now, left behind the past, feel I seek with the Bad experience in the past, that’s prevent me doing a step forward. I have a lots of projects but I don’t know where to start.
Chrisie says
Great post!
Perla Milner says
You are both making a difference in many people’s lives! Thank you and may God bless you always!
Joe says
I’m struggling with leaving a comfortable career where I can retire and be okay. I love the job itself, but I hate where I live. Every day is a struggle living in a place where I know I don’t belong. I’m just afraid to leave and start over at ground zero somewhere else at my age.
Everything in life is telling me to leave, but it’s such a difficult thing to actually do.
Elaine says
Thank you for your daily inspiration. I am going through period of changes in my work. Praying for new opportunities and for me to have courage to step out.
Charlene says
What struggle and/or change I tried to change in my life? I have been going to school for my GED. I have one more test left which is math.
What have I been telling myself? I hate math.
It’s my worse subject. Each time I have failed the test I have said” I am never going to finish school!”
What was the result? I still had those thoughts in my head and failed the test again and again.
..I haven’t given up and I refuse to…I have to come to far to stop now.I have been studying my butt off…
I have another math test Dec.5th
What am I going to do different? I am going to go in there more confident. I am going to say “I GOT THIS!” “I WILL CONQUER THIS TEST…IT WILL NOT CONQUER ME!!!!”
Susan Y. says
YOU CAN DO IT CHARLENE!
Chisom says
This has been a God-send post for me. I have been trying, trying, trying (and giving up just as often) to become more productive and study harder as I undertake my masters but all these self-doubts keep kinking in about how I don’t seem to know nearly as much as a lot of people do and how I’m way behind on my studies and how I should not even be studying this course because I have no real interest in it though I was attracted to the subject. I choose today not to be weighed down by self-doubt. These mantras are very helpful. Thanks.
Brenda says
I think alot of my problem is trying to get the switch to turn off. Same thoughts and thinking day after day. I think to I worry to much about it and can,t just mellow out and need to figure out a way to make peace with my current living. I wonder if there is more to it than I imagined.
Joy says
This one struck home for me today, as I prepare to marry again soon and will be moving from my home of 24 years (built and designed for my late husband who passed away here)…. lots of roller coaster emotions! Thanks for the reassurance! I know new chapters will begin for me soon and I can’t go forward always looking back!
Evans says
“As you face life’s inevitable obstacles, remember, it’s far better to be exhausted from lots of effort and learning, than to be tired of doing absolutely nothing.” Wow, what a mantra! Thank you, Marc and Angel for the encouragement.
Susan Y. says
My struggle has to do with my savings or lack thereof. This has been a constant struggle throughout my life and one that I need to gain control over. When I find myself at the end of the month not robbing Paul to pay Peter and have some savings it is such a great feeling that I need to continue to build upon for my own peace of my and personal well being.
Kevin Wood says
This post is super helpful. Thanks Marc 🙂 It’s funny how easy it is to forget about the power of mantras.
We sit wondering why we’re feeling stuck, or tired, or tired or desperate. All it takes is a quick look at what we’re thinking to see how our thoughts are keeping us there.
Then, BOOM, a quick mantra to help start the process of enjoying life again. They’re a great tool to shake up the system.
jo Smith says
I like that, the mantras , I realise I have to change my negative mantras ” I’m not good enough/too old/tired/etc etc” because they are my own prison & replace them with liberating mantras like ” I will try to experience this new thing/ I feel good about doing/trying to achieve this goal” to fill up my life energy instead of depleting it. I may well be my own worst enemy but I can also be my own best friend & choose who I want to be with. Thanks for helping me see this. Hope you are doing well on your path.