Who are you?

NO MAN HAS A CHANCE TO ENJOY PERMANENT SUCCESS UNTIL HE BEGINS TO LOOK IN A MIRROR FOR THE REAL CAUSE OF ALL HIS MISTAKES. – Napoleon Hill.

What are your true underlying beliefs? Have you ever stopped and wondered where your thoughts come from? Your true beliefs about who you are and how you think. Your intelligence, your looks, your attitude, your religion. Did someone choose those beliefs, or did you exercise your mind to create your own beliefs. Your mind is powerful and the world is your mirror. Whatever the mind can conceive the mind can achieve (Napoleon Hill). What are three characteristics that you believe describe you? If you had to fit these characteristics into two categories (positive or negative) where would it fit? What are some characteristics that you wish to have? What will it take for you to develop those characteristics? As human beings we are truly limitless beings when we understand who we are. The mind is powerful, so powerful that you can create your own reality. The choice is yours.

How to make a change

Self reflection is the beginning step to take to make a change. A big lifestyle change requires that one must look in the mirror and accept what you see. Meet yourself where you are, don’t complain. Accept the process and do what it will take to make a change. Now that you are willing to accept your current position in life let’s move forward.

Lifestyles changes are not easy, but you have to be willing to reprogram your mind to create the new person that you want to become. Let’s use losing weight as an example. A popular new year’s resolution is to lose weight. The majority of people will set this goal and fall short year after year. What makes change stick? A paradigm shift or mind-shift has to occur. You must change the way you think in order to accomplish your goal. For example, here are some strategies that work for me. Learn new eating habits, relearn what is proper nutrition. Do this by researching as much as possible. Step outside of your comfort zone and become your own guinea pig. Educate yourself by reading and watching videos about nutrition and exercising. The trick is to impress your subconscious mind by continuous repetition. The more you think about change the more you will move in that direction. The trick is to replace your old eating habits, with new eating habits. Replace your lack of activity with more activity, and replace your old thoughts about nutrition. The best way to get rid of a habit is by replacing it. If you adopted an unhealthy lifestyle you need to impress your subconscious mind by focusing on a healthy lifestyle. Replace! (My example) Over the years I would research health and fitness. I always thought it was cool to be fit. I played football in college but I never achieved the look that I wanted. Now that I look back, it’s because I did not impress my subconscious. Because, I was an undersized lineman I would always refer to myself as a fat boy. At the time, that’s how I viewed myself. ten years later I am physically fit, and I adopted a vegan lifestyle. Over the past five years I did tons of research on working out, health, overall fitness, nutrition, etc. I was fascinated with body builders, professional athletes, and body transformation. I wanted my body to look that way, but I had to get rid of the fat boy image that I held on to for so long. This goes back to my cousin calling me fat boy as a kid. I had an appetite for food, I love to eat. This process was life changing. After all the years of research, I started to form my own beliefs about nutrition and health. I noticed a pattern between a plant-based lifestyle and a healthy lifestyle. I started to do more research on a plant based lifestyle, and one day I decided to try it. What I didn’t realize was that, I was impressing my subconscious mind with all of this research. After I formed the belief that a plant-based lifestyle was healthier, my mind was programmed to believe so. GET IT? This is the power of the mind. Whatever the mind can conceive the mind can achieve. So I began my health journey. With my mind set on success the body that I always wanted came to me. Came to me? The law of attraction, like attracts like, whatever the mind can conceive the mind can achieve. My subconscious mind was impressed by all of the workout videos, so when I took massive action, I was willing to try any and every workout, and even create my own. My subconscious was impressed with all the videos on nutrition. This helped me prepare the right meals to reach my goal.

You are who you are because of the actions you’ve taken so far. Your lack of action, and procrastination has created your habits. Your ambition and take action attitude has created your habits. Which one describes you? Be honest!! YOU cannot become a power in your community nor achieve enduring success in any worthy undertaking until you become big enough to blame yourself for your own mistakes and reverses (Napoleon Hill).



First step is to look yourself in the mirror and reflect. How can I improve my diet and lifestyle to make this change? Analyze what you actually eat. Reteach yourself. Research proper nutrition. Make friends with like minded people who are on the same journey, or someone who’s been on the same journey. Rewire your brain by learning what really works for you. Don’t be afraid to try something different. Be your own Guinea Pig. If you continue doing the same thing you will continue to get the same results. Take massive action when you acquire knowledge that can potentially help get closer to your goals.

Change truly starts within, you have all the power and the ability inside you to make a change. Your current situation does not have to be permanent. The thoughts that you hold in your head will become your reality. Start taking control of what you decide to focus on. In life you get what you focus on; focus on who you want to become and where you want to be. Have an imagination. Visualize who you want to become. See it believe it.

Failure and experience are life’s tools

We all start at zero. Failure is a tool that you need before you actually succeed. F.A.I.L (First Attempt In Learning) is the process we all go through before we succeed. Through failure you learn the process of what to do to reach your goal. The trial and error process. Trust the process now, and understand that you will fall. You will fall numerous times. The whole point is to get back up, ALWAYS get up. No matter how hard the obstacle, GET UP! Don’t let the obstacles of life knock you off course. Focus can be difficult to maintain with many distractions and obstacles. Remember the goal, why are you doing this? If your WHY is strong, you’ll be able to endure any obstacle. Experiences are tools to help you on a later journey. Life has a funny way of placing you in a whirlwind when you don’t learn from your mistakes. Learn from a previous experience and conquer life’s challenges and you’ll level up. Sounds like a video game. It’s like gaining a new skill, or a badge. Pay attention and you’ll see. “Every failure is a blessing in disguise, providing it teaches some needed lessons one could not have learned without it. Most so-called failures are only temporary defeats. – Napoleon Hill

The world is your mirror. The world reflects your true inner deep thoughts about yourself. Those three characteristics that you chose projects to the world. What are some things that you can do to change the way you view yourself? What are some things you are willing to improve?

What do you do when you feel like quitting? You keep going. How do you keep going? By taking action even when you don’t feel like taking action. Reading your goals also helps keep you accountable and stay on track. Use the power of the tongue or what some may call the law of attraction to help you stay on track. I’ll continue to tell to myself over and over,” I will work on EJ’s GEM three times a week,” until I actually take the action. Sometimes in life all you have is that gut feeling. Trust yourself and go with what you know, but build on that knowledge while you’re on your journey. Don’t forget to love yourself through the process.

EJ’s GEM

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