The only one holding you back is You. If you want to be successful in life or in business, you must have the proper mindset. You need to think positive and don’t buy into all of the negativity in the media. Yes as a nation we are going through some rough times, but with the proper mindset you can overcome anything.

If you think negatively then negative things will happen. If you think positively then positive things will happen. I believe this because I have seen it in my own life. I even have some friends that I do not see very often anymore because they are too negative and I choose not to be around it. I try to surround myself with positive people and influences. It does make a difference.

Worry and fear are a total waste of time and emotion. When something bad has happened to me in my life. I ask myself “Is worrying about it, going to change it?” No. “What is?” Taking action. The only person who can change their current situation is you.

You must believe in yourself if you want others to also believe in you. I was very fortunate that as a child growing up, my parents always told me “You can do anything you put your mind to” and I truly believe that. Most everything I tried while I was growing up, I believed that I could do these things and I did.

Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying I started out great at every one. Some took a bit of practice and some took learning different techniques but I believed I could do it and did not give up.

Never give up on anything you truly want to accomplish. Remember the old saying “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”. It is true. We all make mistakes. We are not perfect. We are human. With persistence and an understanding of what went wrong on our first attempt, we can change our methods and techniques to improve the results.

Most successful people paid their dues and had some failures but they did not give up until they reached the desired results. Once you have obtained the results and reached your goal, the next step of course is to raise the bar. You have to always have some sort of goal to strive for. A motivating factor.

What are your goals in life? Analyze your goals. Write them down and add the reason you want to obtain those goals. Now break them down into smaller goals or tasks you need to accomplish to work toward that goal.

Most large goals seem unobtainable when you look at the big picture. That is why you need to break them down into smaller goals. Little bite sized chunks. You see, if you only look at the big picture and have no plan for how to obtain that large goal, than not only will it seem impossible but it will be impossible.

After you start accomplishing the smaller goals and tasks that get you closer to the larger goal. You start to feel like you can get there. You start to feel like maybe it isn’t impossible. You start to believe in yourself and build more self confidence. You start to believe that NOTHING is impossible.

This is the mindset you need to have if you want to be successful. We all have it in us, but when we are surrounded by constant negativity (like all the Doom & Gloom the media reports), we let the “fear factor’, the worry and the self-doubt take over our mindset and distract us from what truly matters.

I know there are set backs in life. As positive as I am, stuff happens that we have no control over. Like a failed marriage or a death in the family or losing your job due to the economy. The difference between your success or failure is how you react to these changing conditions or situations in your life.

A great example would be the loss of income due to the economy. There ARE things you can do. Yes it sucks to get laid-off but it is not the end of the world. Before the economy changed did you like your job or did you hate it. Were you excited to go there everyday or was it just a paycheck. Was your boss the coolest person to work for or was he or she just an asshole.

Lets put it all into perspective here. You see it IS all about perspective.

You perceive that losing your job was negative but you in fact hated being there.

Seize the opportunity. Work for yourself. That is what I did.

I was tired of not being appreciated for doing quality work. Instead of  getting mad I decided it was time to quit making them a bunch of money and taking care of their problems without proper compensation.

There are plenty of opportunities out there! If you lost your job and are looking for another, think about this.

There are plenty of existing businesses that need your skills and outsource a lot of work.

Go get your business license and join some local business networking groups in your area.

A great source is meetup.com and here is the url.   http://www.meetup.com

Join these groups and you can find work through other businesses in your network.

You can also find freelance work online at:

• http://www.elance.com
• http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/DotNet/Default.aspx
• http://www.guru.com
• http://www.odesk.com/w/

There are other places online to sell your services as well. Run a classified ad in Craigslist or use Ebay’s classifieds format.

Small companies may be more receptive to outsource your work rather than hire you because they will save money on medical benefits, unemployment taxes, etc…

Just remember that every setback offers an opportunity. By taking action on that opportunity, it could mean the difference between your success or failure.

Seize the opportunity and make it happen. The only one holding you back is you!

To Your Success,

Randy Drummond

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