More often than not, what you think predominantly is how your actions will be modelled after. If you are set for greatness, then your thoughts will have to align with it. You will agree with me that you are naturally drawn to doing what you always think of. This is why I believe that actions and thoughts are mutually related. If you do not want to undertake an action, it is pointless thinking towards that direction. Rather it will be worthwhile to invest your thoughts in what will bring you positive actions.
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There are some actions that are required for one to achieve greatness and this is also made possible by the kind of thoughts that you give yourself. The truth is that thoughts carry an enormous amount of power in them to determine, not just actions, but other aspects of the human life. If you constantly give yourself negative thoughts, it will not be long and your life will be modelled after negativities. In the same way, if you give yourself positive thoughts, your life will begin to be modelled after positivities. As a matter of fact, your life takes after your most dominant thought.
Thoughts have a seed-like effect on an individual. That is, when a seed in planted, it may look small and maybe insignificant, but as time goes by, that same small seed will germinate and then begin to sprout. After that, it will start to grow and finally it will begin to bear other seeds. Similarly, when a thought is nursed overtime, it will influence and chart a course for your actions. By the time the actions are repeated, they will become not just habitual but will form the backbone for the person's character. Then the character will determine the result that the person's life will be fashioned to produce. Of course, this will still give rise to other complementary thoughts and the cycle repeats over and again.
If you take a sample of the people that have achieved greatness in various fields of human endeavour, you will understand that they have the mindset of greatness - they always see themselves as being great. You cannot think smallness and expect to see greatness. Your mindset determines your placement in life. You may not be seeing anything that resembles greatness but it should not stop you from thinking towards that line. By the time your positive thoughts are empowered by positive actions, the desired result will be gotten. But if someone has a negative thought, it will compromise their actions and lead to negative effect. Note:
Poverty of the mind (negative mindset) is worse than the poverty of the pocket.
The first step towards achieving success is to align your mindset aright and start by thinking towards success. You do not need to see what you are expecting before you think towards it, rather you think it first to see it. If you can take control of your mind, you will be able to determine a lot of happenings in your life. It is true that there are situations that may look very rough, but it should not make you to think negatively - otherwise you will just be empowering it to be more negative. Rather, you need to face and overcome it with positive thoughts, then followed by positive actions.
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I remember a time, some years back, I started thinking towards a particular fear and before I knew it, I was already scared of that thing. It got so bad that it was already becoming a phobia for me until I took a reflection down memory lane. I discovered that the fear was actually a manifestation of the thoughts that I had. When I noticed that, I switched over to positive thoughts and that was how I was able to fight and conquer the fear with time. One of the things to know is that thoughts are not neutral - it either leaves you positive or negative. So you have to learn to conceive positive thoughts for your greater good.
It is worth noting that every human has been given a free will to determine their thoughts and has also been given a mind. However, how you use your mind and what you think is absolutely your own choice. And of course, you will also be responsible for the consequences of your choice. So make a choice of positive thinking.
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