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How Good Can You Stand It?

How Good Can You Stand It?
By: May McCarthy

    Most accomplished people will tell you that establishing goals is vital to achieving success; if you don’t know where you want to go, you’ll never get there. I agree! It’s important to remember, however, that the challenge in receiving something that you want may not in the goal itself, but in the mental equivalent level that you’ve established for yourself. Many people have created an unconscious limit to the good that they can stand receiving, and their subconscious will do whatever it can to keep them within that comfortable and familiar limit.

    Your mental equivalent level is your self-imposed boundary or limit on what you feel comfortable receiving. This unconscious belief makes you feel uncomfortable and usually sounds something like “I am not worthy” or “I don’t deserve this” when thinking about greater goals being realized.  If you have a hidden limit and you want to receive something greater than what you believe to be possible, you may experience a delay in receiving your good or you may not be able to hold on to it once you finally get it. Following are a couple examples of what this looks like.

 

   In 2006, a Welsh-born man was flat broke and used one of his last dollars to buy a lottery ticket. He won £1.3 million ($1.9 million) and spent all his winnings on a trip to the Canary Islands, his wedding, and a new home. A year and a half later, he was working at McDonald’s flipping burgers. Could a mental equivalent issue have caused this outcome? Perhaps he wasn’t yet ready to accept all the good that was presenting itself to him, and therefore, he subconsciously rejected it and was unable to hold on to his winnings. In another example, a man who had lived in a small rental apartment received a large payment from a customer of his business. The man used the customer payment as a down payment on the purchase of a home larger than he had ever owned. He spent a significant amount of his time working on his new home and neglected his business in the process. Eventually, this home became a huge burden and he had to sell it. The financial loss on the home and the reduced business income forced him to live in a small rental apartment once again.  Could an unconscious belief that he was not worthy of the new home have been the cause of his failure and return to apartment life? I believe that’s a possibility. So, preparing for and establishing a new mental equivalent level that welcomes a larger goal to be realized is paramount to receiving it and keeping it for a longer period of time.

To prepare yourself to have a higher mental equivalent level and achieve greater goals, follow these simple steps:

  1. Experience What You Want to Receive

Whatever you desire, go to places where you can experience having it.  Make it familiar to you and welcome it into your life. e.g. If you want a new house, go to open houses and experience the homes of your dreams. Walk around them and imagine what it would be like to live there, to drive into the driveway, walk through the front door, and stock the refrigerator after shopping. Sit on the couch and become familiar with that space. If you want to be a Ph.D. in a particular industry, go to conferences that other Ph.D.s attend, interact with them, identify yourself as being like them, and become interested in the same conversations that they are having. As you make your realized goal familiar to you, you’ll be welcoming it into your life sooner.

  1. Describe Your Completed Goals

Every day, write down your completed goals with gratitude and read them out loud. Use words to paint the pictures of your experiences in the completed goal with gratitude. e.g. If you want your business to perform well and realize greater revenues, write down the accomplished goal with gratitude. Describe the amount of revenues your business has received, how you’re serving your clients, the value that they’re experiencing, and how your company is growing and thriving in the process. State the success that you want as though it’s already achieved. A wish becomes a goal once you write it down.

  1. Create a Mental Image of the Desired Outcome

Each day, see yourself in your mind’s eye experiencing your realized goals.  Note how you feel, who you’re with, and what you’re doing. Make it as real as possible. e.g. If you want a new car, imagine how it feels to drive the car. See who is with you and where you’re going; include as much visual detail as you can. Imagine yourself driving the car with a smile on your face. As you see yourself in your realized goals each day, it may prompt you to describe them differently when you write them down the following day. Don’t be concerned as this is a normal part of the practice.
 

Whatever goals you have, you can use the simple steps above to achieve them and create a new mental equivalence that enables you to keep what you’ve received. It’s time for you to break through the ceiling of limitations and enjoy a higher and greater good in your life! May you be blessed on Your Path to all that is Good!
 

You can learn more success principles in my book, The Path to Wealth; Seven Spiritual Steps for Financial Abundance. www.bizzultz.com/book

 

 

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