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The Seven lies of success part 1: EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON AND A PURPOSE, AND IT SERVES US.

THE SEVEN LIES OF SUCCESS
Our beliefs are specific, consistent organizational approaches and fundamental choices
about how to perceive our lives and thus how to live them. We don't know if our beliefs are
true or false. What we can know, though, is if they work-if they support us.
The word "lies" is used in this chapter as a constant reminder that we do not know for
certain exactly how things are, and that no matter how much we believe in a concept, we
should be open to other possibilities and continuous learning.
I suggest you look at these seven beliefs and decide whether they're useful for you. I've
found them time and time again in successful people I have modeled. And remember,
modeling begins with modeling people's belief systems of excellence.
BELIEF # 1: EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON
AND A PURPOSE, AND IT SERVES US.
Remember the story of W. Mitchell-this was his key belief. Successful people have an
uncanny ability to focus on what is possible in a situation, no matter how much negative
feedback they get from their environment. They believe that EVERY ADVERSITY
CONTAINS THE SEED OF AN EQUIVALENT OR GREATER BENEFIT.
Do you generally expect things to work out well, or to work out poorly? Do you see the
potential in a situation, or do you see the roadblocks? Many people tend to focus on the
negative more than the positive. The first step toward changing that is to recognize it.
BELIEFS IN LIMITS CREATES LIMITED people

BELIEF #2: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FAILURE.
THERE ARE ONLY RESULTS.
People always succeed in getting some sort of results. The super successes of our
culture aren't people who don't fail, but simply people who know that if they try something
and it doesn't give them what they want, they've had an important learning experience. You
can always learn from every human experience and can thereby always succeed in anything
you do.
Think of Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Edison. They knew they were getting feedback,
so they could make finer distinctions about politics and leadership, science and electricity.
Buckminster Fuller said: "Humans have learned only through mistakes."
A possibility thinker like Dr. Robert Schuller asks the question: "What would you
attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" Take the word "failure" out of your vocabulary,
and replace it with "outcome."
BELIEF #3: WHATEVER HAPPENS, TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY.
Great leaders and achievers operate from the belief that they create their world. No
matter what happens-good or bad-if they didn't cause it by their physical actions, maybe they
did by the level and tenor of their thoughts. Now I don't know if this is true, but it's a useful
lie-an empowering belief.
And if you don't believe that you're creating your world, you then believe that you're at
the mercy of circumstances-things just happen to you you're an object, not a subject.
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Excerpt from Unlimited power by Antony Robbins

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