Successful Leaders' Tool For Success

“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.” Stuart Chase

Today’s economic condition is making a lot of people wary and hopeless. For some enterprising individuals the bubble has finally burst and they feel that they are running out of resources. However, even though the economy is in a good state or not, a lot of people still find themselves in a rut, unable to find the motivation they need to access the resources that they need to improve their lives. Successful people and successful leaders realize that, as Anthony Robbins recently pointed out, it is not about the lack of resources but the lack of resourcefulness. Successful people and great leaders are always in a resourceful state. They have a resourceful state of mind.

In the words of Christine Miller, a resourceful state of mind is…
“…a calm awareness, giving an ability to reflect before acting, an increase in choice in response to any situation in life, an acceptance of the validity of any emotions, combined with an acknowledgement of their appropriate expression at any given time – a combination of creative impulse and logical thought.”
Whenever faced with a difficult situation some of us respond automatically by throwing our hands up, surrendering to the circumstance and put ourselves in a negative state. See, that’s the point. Surrendering is also a state of mind. When confronted with, say a financial crisis, we let our shoulders drop and let our minds wander off, creating bleak images of past experiences or things that you think could be worse. It is your mind that is creating these images as you’ve let yourself access your negative state.

It’s time you change the way you see things under any difficult situations. The time is now.

Again, being in a resourceful state is having a calm awareness to be able to reflect so you can increase your choices in response to any situation in life. Accessing your resourceful state involves a conscious effort to realize what you can and will do.

Here’s one scenario. Suppose you lost your job. Follow these steps and do it right away before you lose your head. =)

1. Breathe deeply and calmly at least three times.
2. Close your eyes and think of a time when you were in a very confident state. You can go back to a job interview perhaps where you felt you can really nail the job. (You can think of anything that made you confident in the past or you can think of something that you want to become.) Intensify the image until you feel that the entire scene is real. Feel the confidence rushing inside you. Hold on to that thought and feeling. Don’t let it go. Now you are in your resourceful state.
3. Switch your thought to your present situation without letting go of how you’re feeling from doing step 2. You just lost your job but you still got two good legs. Your sanity is still intact. Remember that the job you just lost is only one of the many suitable jobs out there. There are a lot of lucrative opportunities out there yours for the taking. What can you do to make things happen now?!
4. Breathe deeply and calmly at least three times and open your eyes.

How do you feel this time? Now have you come to realize that you’ve got the potential to do things. Successful people and great leaders constantly access their resourceful state and constantly make things happen. Remember, it is not a question of whether you have the resources or not. It’s a question of whether you are resourceful or not. But always believe that YOU CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN!

This article was originally posted on http://practicalway.blogspot.com by Charlemagne Solanor.