TO ACHIEVE YOU NEED DESIRE.

We all want to make it in life, but the question is...

WHERE DO I WANT TO MAKE IT TO? 

Let me put it this way, each of us have a destination, that destination is where ever you want it to be. Once you have have decided on a destination, then comes the road trip, 

filled with many stops and detours and all that awesomeness that accompanies the road trip of life.

Now when on a road trip, you need a good vehicle (your body) with a beefy engine (will/desire) and proper navigation (your mind), and other supplies which will vary depending on where you want to go. 

For example on my road trip I want to be one of the best in the Information Technology field, hence I'll need a lot of IT based stuff. Get it?

With that said find your desire. A tip to finding your desire is taking time out, think about things you love to do, ask yourself life searching questions. 

For example, if you had a magic wand that could give you that dream life? 

1) What will you have / what will you be doing?

2) How would other people describe you?

3) What will you think about yourself?

Answer these questions like you already living this life, and work towards it.
Its that simple. If you want something go for it.

Its important to know your desires/destination will change. Life isn't rigid, just go with the flow of progress.  

TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR THINKING

So there is no two ways about this. We've tried all the YouTube videos, how to stay focused, how to be successful the list goes on, but like any real issue, or challenge you have to start from the source, the root, from the tutorial level in video games, you get the idea. 

"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." - Marcus Aurelius

"For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy." - Gadadhara Pandit Das

"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle." - Sun Tzu

"You are what you think, you are" 

You get the get the idea, w ell I did.so if you want to be successful, you have to think successful, if you want to be confident, think things that breeds confidence. 
If you keep thinking negative well that's what you will be negative. Do not get it twisted thought, I KNOW it is NOT an easy task to undo years of metal wiring, but Its not impossible.

So I guess the logic question is: How can I change the way I think?    
Here are some ways that I find effective:

1. Garbage In Garbage Out (GIGO): 
If your mental and physical inputs are negative, self defeating, "I'm broke" etc then that's exactly what you will be. Start to input positive things, watch some motivational YouTube videos, to start your day, read something inspirational, something beneficial, start small work yourself up.

2. Meditation:
100 Reasons to meditate.
Once you learn how to it, its of great benefit, I can testify to that. 

3. Get a journal:
Write write write write read what you have written, the more you do the more you'll understand your mind. 

4. Live in gratitude and appreciation for those around you, be objective, nothing is either good or bad, but a learning experience. 


That concludes the list of things I do, and its working great for me so far, find what works for you and implement it post haste. Please share your ways with me too. 

Faculties of the Mind: The Keys to Success

Okay,  so I strongly believe I have not been successful,  accomplished anything really meaningful in my life is because of MY MIND. "So as a man thinketh so is he." - Proverbs 23:7. 

So I took the initiative to find out the current state of my mind, I started a journal, spent some time alone with my thoughts, silent meditation and all, and I've come to realize that I have been limiting my brain to barely sub average performance. 

Imagine you've given a 900hp R35 Nissan Skyline GTR  top speed of 280mph with hundreds of miles of road, but you went and put a speed limiter on that car for 60mph? 
That is EXACTLY what we do with our MINDS. We let our minds run free, gather all sorts of crap, we think mediocre things assuming we think at all. Like a harddrive that has never been defragged. It will never function at optimal levels. 

I say all that to say this. The FIRST step towards success and a fulfilling life is: 

CHANGING YOUR THOUGHTS &

DEVELOPING YOUR MENTAL FACULTIES PROPERLY 

“There are six mental faculties that we have, and how we use them sets the course for our life.” – Bob Proctor

Now what are your mental faculties?

6 higher faculties of the mind

Reason

The reasoning factor allows a person to think. We can think about anything we want and desire. It set us apart from other animals and puts us on top. An animal usually acts on by instinct. Differently, the human being thinks and acts on by according this faculty.

Memory

We can remember or memorize anything we want. There are people saying they have a bad memory. It’s not true. They simply have not learned to develop this “mental muscle” to a better level. Look for a good book about memorization techniques and very soon you can have an outstanding memory.

Perception

We can say that perception is a point of view of each one of us. Two people can be looking to the same object and both of them may have different ideas of it. You can tell that a person must be right and other must be wrong. But the truth is that both of them are right. It’s our point of view, or perception.

Will

The will give us the ability to focus only on an idea and exclude everything else.

Intuition

Many of us confuse intuition as a “sixth sense”. The truth is that the intuition is a mental factor. We can define intuition as an instant idea or an immediately answer we receive without even thinking about it.

Imagination

The imagination is probably one the greatest miracles of the human being. It’s though imagination the things have been created. All the great inventions that have transformed our lives came by from this wonderful ability we hold.

Knowing these higher faculties and how they work, we can develop and use them to achieve anything we want in our lives. Our creator has given us the tools; it’s only up to us to develop them to a higher level.  

All these working together is what defines us, we are what we think, we are. 
Think about it. What are you doing with your mind?

WHAT IS SUCCESS?

We always say we want to be successful, but honestly though, have you ever sat down and think for a moment. 

What is success?

Is it making a tonne of cash, having that dream car, house and desktop have that epic social life, loved and known by the masses, females and all that? Or is "all that" just social programming?

Society says if you ain't the "Shit" the Top Dog, you're not successful.

Now giving thought and looking into things I realized one thing. That "SUCCESS" is RELATIVE! to the person. Success isn't what society dictates to you. It is what ever you want it to be, and the only limit placed on success is self imposed.

Success for me honestly: To be healthy as possible,  be the among the best in the field of Information Technology, be awesome at Web Development, make money doing what I love, own a kick ass custom PC, decent place to call my own, souped up JMD car, and I'm good.

Again to reiterate. SUCCESS IS WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE.  As long as the end of the day your doing what makes you feel fulfilled.
What is success to you?

NEXT: The Faculties of the MIND