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The Darker the Night the Brighter the Stars Shine

February 27, 2007

What makes the difference between one person coming out of a desperate situation a success and another a failure? In a recent post of mine, "The Law of Attraction? Superhuman Ability?" I talked about the great Explorer Earnest Shackleton and his failed Antarctic expedition. He turned certain death and disaster into survival and brought his entire crew home alive after almost 2 years of stranded isolation in the Antarctic. You can find success stories like this all around you, perhaps on a smaller scale, if you look for them. Maybe you yourself have turned a bleak prospect of a future into a great outcome. So what is it that separates the champions from the defeated?

A winner is a winner is a winner, even when they happen to loose. Everyone looses. A winner gets back up, learns from his or her mistakes, and tries again. A winner does not give up. A winner does not look to place blame or point fingers. A winner takes consistent action, even if the steps are small and painful. It's all about having a positive, winning attitude and it's all about belief.

The difference between a winner and a looser is that a winner believes that they'll win, that success is inevitable. They believe in something larger, a positive higher power. They do not accept failure. A winner exudes an infectious winning attitude and infects others with it. A winner visualizes a positive outcome. A winner gives something back, shares, and reaches out and tries to help others become winners. A winner looks at the black of night and realizes that the stars shine brighter the darker the night becomes - a winner IS one of those stars.

I just read an interesting post over at Steve Pavlina's blog: Million Dollar Experiment Manifests $4 Million. In this article, he talks more about polarity and mindset. This article, plus his last three on the subject, The #1 Mistake..., Polarity, and Polarization, should be required reading for those entering adult life, or maybe when graduating high school or college. (I also think people should be required to pass a test before being allowed to propagate but that's a subject for another post!) Read these four blog entries of Steve's, it's time well spent.

To borrow a saying from the stock market, "All ships rise with the tide" (the reverse is true as well). Winning, just like loosing, is contagious. Hang around with a looser and you'll start picking up loosing habits and before long, a loosing mindset. You'll become desensitized to loosing and come to think it's normal. I'd rather spend my time with winners than losers, wouldn't you? Hang around with someone who's a winner, who's better at something than you are and pretty soon you'll become better too.

Fred

About the Author

Fred Black is an experienced online business operator, programmer, web site developer, father, husband, musician, and songwriter. Visit his Internet Business Blog at: http://www.pqInternet.com.

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