To Every Warriors Who Is Thinking Of Throwing In The Towel

Thanks to you all.

The positive lists are a great idea and something that I will have to start. As someone who has yet to make any money online from Internet marketing it is far too easy to dwell on what you don't have rather than what you have achieved.

Being ex-military the can-do attitude and self belief were never a problem until I encountered all the IM gurus, who have bashed this confidence to a pulp, now looking to move away from the making money online gurus and pick benefit orientated niches.

Great Posts!

I'd like to share something that I recently shared with some awesome IM friends of mine.

Some great inspirational books are not always found in the "Inspirational Books" section of your local bookstore. One of the books that I recently rediscovered and read quite often for inspiration is "THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD" Don't laugh, I do have grandchildren you know.

OK, so I'm not so much a doer of things in the conventional way, I like to have fun and try to incorporate fun in all things that I possibly can. This fits right in with my philosophy.

I believe self esteem goes hand in hand with a positive mindset. If you think about it, you'll find that it is extremely difficult to have a positive mindset when you are always battering yourself and cutting yourself down in your thought processes. That actually is a mindset that needs to be broken down and rebuilt differently.

One of the things that I like to do is pattern myself after quite a few men that I know. They have no problem upon looking at themselves in the mirror and despite the balding head revealing hair loss, despite the belly bulge extending further than their waist line, and the bit of flab that has made itself at home blanketing once firm muscles, will flex and turn from side to side admiring their physique and honestly think that they are smoking hot!

While we women have a tendency to look in the mirror and notice each new little wrinkle beside the eye, and each little bit of the body giving over to the law of gravity. We turn sideways and automatically think that our behind is getting bigger and that we're losing our waistline and girlie figure. We then fret and go off trying all the new expensive methods to try and fix the ravages of time, then after spending too much money and not happy with the end result, give up a little more of our self esteem.

It's a well known and proven fact that how we think we look and how we feel about ourselves in general has a huge impact upon how we feel about ourselves as a whole. But would happen for example, if when we saw a new fine wrinkle we thought we were prettier when we smiled because we had new laugh lines that made our eyes twinkle rather than thinking of them as crow's feet? We would feel better about ourselves, have great self esteem and a positive mindset! Our portion of the world would be a much happier and healthier place to live. We could walk in self confidence and take on any task however insurmountable it may appear at first glance.

Go ahead and try it sometime as I do. Just look in the mirror, look at the imperfections and say, "Dang, lookin' good today!" It's OK if you have to do a little fixing up first, I do. Now go on and conquer whatever obstacle that may try to stop your progress, think positively about any bumps in the road. Choose a positive way of viewing them instead of a negative way, it only takes a little creative thinking!

Face the world with a smile and remember...I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...and you'll be on the right track to success with a positive attitude and great self esteem! See you on the other side of the mountain with a beaming smile as you strut your stuff saying...I thought I could, I thought I could, I thought I could!

Yep! I have a habit of rambling from time to time.

Terra