You can if you think you can

You can if you THINK you can.. Norman Vincent Peale

This is one of my favourite books ever! The title says it all.

The book is about keeping positive thoughts in your mind.

If you have negative thoughts, negative things start

happening to you. There are a couple of stories (real

ones) that I always think about when I am feeling low,

and almost ready to give up. One of them is the story of

Walt Disney - its incredible, how he never stopped

focusing on his dream and never gave up.

The story goes something like this. There was this young

guy, who loved drawing and painting; he was an artist.

He wanted to work as an artist. So he ventured away from

home to try and get work as an artist. Unfortunately, many

doors were closed for that opportunity. But he did not give

up. He kept on trying, until one day he came to a village,

and he found a job doing minor artist jobs - nothing that

paid too much I am sure. But he took the job and asked

for a studio to live and work in. All that was available was

a little place which was infested with mice. That was the

beginning of Mickey Mouse!!

Doesn't that story inspire you at all? He never quit. The

one thing that mlm marketers, and all sorts of people,

for that matter, do, is when we are in times of trouble or

something that we feel is too big to handle, is that we

quit, give up. Forget it, we say, I cannot do it. Its too

hard! NO. If you think like a quitter, you will be living

like one. We need to think like successful people,

whatever the path of life we choose to take, whatever

the work we do. You never know, the answer to your

problem might be just round the corner!!

My mother used to have this poster in the kitchen. It

was titled DON'T QUIT(she, like me loved cooking -

try different recipes). When she felt down, she used

to read that poem and it helps you keep going.

So the secret in life is to stay motivated. We HAVE

to think positive. We are champions, we are going to

make it work. If you don't succeed, try and try

again right? Yes, its true. But, with one little difference.

If the method that you are using at the moment,

does not work, whatever it is that you are trying to do...

go about it a different way. Eventually, you will find

the right method of dealing with the issue that you

are facing at that time. It sounds hard, but really

its not. The main thing is that you keep positive

thoughts in your mind. Instead of using words

like IF, use words like WHEN. NO is such a

horrible word. YES is so much more positive.

I WILL not I WON'T. I CAN not I CANNOT.

The book says it all - You can if you THINK you can.

Read the book - I found it very inspiring!

By the way the poem goes like this:(hope you find

it as motivating as I do)

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will

When the road you're trudging, seems all uphill

When the funds are low and the debts are high

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest! If you must, but don't you quit!

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As everyone one of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out;

Don't give up, though the pace seems slow;

You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a faint and faltering man,

Often the struggler has given up

When he might have captured the victor's cup,

And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,

How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out;

The silver tints of the clouds of doubt;

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems afar;

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,

It's when things seem the worst that you mustnt quit.

Let me know what you think!!:)

Till next time -

To your success,

Mimi

www.mimivercellono.info