![]() ![]() That choice begins with the thoughts you choose. Many don’t realize this but whether you have bad habits or good habits that is really your choice. ![]() These can be good, productive habits or bad, destructive habits. Today we talk about how your actions become habits. As we move through this 6 part series it becomes more and more obvious that each aspect of the Lao Tzu quote is built on the one before it. Habits are things you do repeatedly and as we have talked about in previous episodes, your habits are influenced by your actions. The actions you take will, over time become habits. Your actions will define your habits and that is what we are going to talk about today. Your thoughts will influence your words, which determines your actions. You can just about make anything happen, you just have to be creative enough to find a way there. These words have similar effects where they will shut off possibilities, and eventually will put you in a corner where you won’t be able to do anything. Other words I really try to avoid are HATE, ALWAYS, IMPOSSIBLE and NEVER. The way so many things get done is through creative thinking and by forcing yourself to look at other options. “Can’t” is giving up on the possibility of doing exactly the thing you are trying to do. I really try to avoid using that word, because as soon as you say that you can’t do something, it shuts off all possibility to do that thing. Now there are some words that I have tried to avoid saying because they can be so destructive. Similarly, Connor McGregor also does this, he believes very strongly in mastering his thoughts and his words. You see this play out with athletes like Muhammad Ali would say this often, that he was going to be the champion and that he would be the greatest of all time. Whereas if I can speak positive words to myself or anyone around me, that can have incredibly beneficial results. It has been really good for me to understand the power of this when I give negative thoughts power by speaking them aloud, it is very detrimental to anything I am doing. If you chose to speak positive words it can help you continue in difficult situations and help you get through them. And just like Zig said, if you say that you will fail, that is what you’ll get. Because when you speak your thoughts out loud, you give them power. Although sometimes it is hard to battle thoughts, you do have complete control over your words and you don’t have to say that you can’t do it, or speak that you might fail. There is so much truth to that statement, and after last week we went over thoughts and this week is on words. Zig Ziglar says: “There is power in words, what you say is what you get.” To start off we have a couple of quotes, this one is from Chad Wright: “Your tongue is your rutter, it will steer the direction of your life and the outcome of your situations 98% of the time.” This is number 2 of a six-part series dealing with your thoughts, words and how it determines your success or failure. On this episode we dive in on your thoughts. ![]() If thoughts are left unchecked, they can become words and you can actually speak things into existence. If we can become aware that we can control our thoughts that is the first step to being able to choose the positive thought that will move you forward rather than allowing your inner voice to tell you unproductive things. Your habits become your character, and your character determines your destiny. Most of the time you can dismiss them, but there is a serious change when you speak that you are going to fail or that you “can’t do it.” Our thoughts often run wild and sometimes when you are in a difficult situation you have some thoughts that you might fail or you might think you aren’t good enough. It is very difficult for us to have complete control over our thoughts. ![]() In this 6 part series we will go over each of these evolutions beginning with how your thoughts influence your words. Your character will determine your destiny. Your actions will define your habits which make up your character. ![]()
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