Failure and success are self-filling in every way you can imagine. Because, it is through imagining that we fail or we succeed.
Mindset is the result of many external factors. Our family, mentors, friends, environment, experiences, and education all combine creating a set of core beliefs. The vast majority of these contributors to our mindset are beyond our control. For example, for decades the four-minute mile was considered impossible. The prevailing belief was that it was beyond the physical, mechanical ability of the human body. Some even thought that any real attempt would cause the runner's lungs to burst. It wasn’t until Roger Bannister, in 1954, a full-time med student at Oxford University in England broke the mark through the power of resolve. In the next year, three more people achieved this feat, and to this day more than 1,400 runners have broken the mark. All of these runners accomplished this seemingly impossible feat because they knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that it was possible.
What you believe is what you will be. Study after study and example after example have shown that those who resolve to achieve what their imagination manifests will realize their goal. Actively setting goals that you can visualize is the first step. Taking time every morning to instill a sincere belief of possibility through a visualization practice is essential. Consistency is vital, and here, an individual must cultivate an obsession.
If you have a fixed mindset, you have a self-imposed glass ceiling. You can see all the others who have made their dreams come true enjoying their perceived good fortune. Only when you realized it wasn’t their great fortune but resolve, will you be able to break free and break on through to the other side.
Calvin Coolidge once said that above talent, genius or wealth there is one great equalizer that rises above them all; Persistence. Persist, through fog and failure and you will achieve what you dream; what you imagine. We can find value in this sentiment no matter our current level of success, failure, age or station. Apply this at every stage of life, and I believe you will create an optimized existence.
Be well, dear reader
