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3 Ways Very Successful People Think Differently<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”Section”][et_pb_row use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”1200px” custom_padding=”20px||0px|” custom_padding_tablet=”0px|||” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” admin_label=”row” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/meiko-patton.jpg” animation=”off” sticky=”on” align=”center” disabled_on=”on|on|” admin_label=”Image”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text text_orientation=”center” max_width=”140px” disabled_on=”on|on|” admin_label=”Text” header_text_color=”#000000″ text_font=”PT Sans|on|||” text_font_size=”20″ text_text_color=”#02b875″ text_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”20px||0px|”]<\/p>\n
MEIKO PATTON<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text text_orientation=”center” max_width=”140px” disabled_on=”on|on|” admin_label=”Text” text_font=”PT Serif||on||” text_font_size=”16″ text_text_color=”#363636″ text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”10px||60px|”]<\/p>\n Meiko S. Patton is a writer for the federal government and the founder of Never Ever Give Up Academy.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_text max_width=”720px” admin_label=”Text” text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_font_size=”24″ text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_line_height=”1.5em” custom_margin=”0px||0px|”]<\/p>\n What would you say is the most powerful thing in the world?\u00a0 What would you say if I told you that you already possess it?\u00a0 You were born with it.\u00a0 It was given to you freely, yet, you often discount it.\u00a0 You take it for granted.<\/p>\n What is it?<\/p>\n Let me give you a hint.<\/p>\n It weighs less than three pounds and is more powerful than any super computer.\u00a0 You guessed it, it\u2019s your brain, more specifically, your mind.<\/p>\n Have you ever thought about the amount of things you change during your lifetime?<\/p>\n You change your:<\/p>\n But if you don\u2019t change your mind, meaning your mindset or your dominant way of thinking, you will perpetuate the same experience over and over again for the rest of your life, because everything about you outwardly changed, but nothing inwardly about you changed. Nothing in the world can rival a changed mind.<\/p>\n As Oprah once said, you need to start paying attention to your life and listening to the whispers in your life.<\/p>\n \u201cLife whispers to you all the time,\u201d she says. \u201cYour life is speaking to you all around, from the time you wake up in the morning, in every single experience that\u2019s coming into your personal space. All of those experiences are speaking to you. They\u2019re telling you something about your life and about your circumstances.<\/p>\n \u201cIt whispers, and if you don\u2019t get the whisper, the whisper gets louder,\u201d she continues. \u201cIf you don\u2019t get the whisper when it gets louder, I call it like a little pebble \u2014 a little thump \u2014 upside the head… The pebble or the thump upside the head usually [means] it\u2019s gone into a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t pay attention to the problem, says Oprah, the pebble then becomes like a brick. \u201cThe brick upside your head is a crisis,\u201d she says. \u201c[If] you don\u2019t pay attention to the brick upside your head, the crisis turns into a disaster and the whole house \u2014 brick wall \u2014 comes falling down.\u201d<\/p>\n That does not have to be you.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ background_color=”#f7f7f4″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|” admin_label=”Section”][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=”on” custom_width_px=”680px” use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|” make_equal=”on” column_padding_mobile=”on” background_color_2=”#efefe9″ parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/different-thinking.jpg” animation=”off” sticky=”on” admin_label=”Image”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ background_color=”#efefe9″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/think-different.jpg” animation=”off” sticky=”on” admin_label=”Image”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text text_orientation=”center” disabled_on=”off|off|” admin_label=”Text” text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_font_size=”24″ text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” text_text_color=”#818178″ text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”20%|10%||10%” custom_margin_tablet=”|10%||10%” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop”]<\/p>\n When you raise your standards and\u00a0turn \u201cshould\u201d into \u201cmust,\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0you are making an inner shift to take control over the quality of your life<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text text_orientation=”center” admin_label=”Text” text_font=”PT Sans|on|||” text_font_size=”12″ text_text_color=”#888888″ text_letter_spacing=”2px” text_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”20px||20%|” custom_margin_tablet=”20px|||” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet”]<\/p>\n MEIKO PATTON<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|” admin_label=”Section”][et_pb_row use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”1200px” use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”4″ custom_padding=”20px||0px|” custom_padding_tablet=”0px|||” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” parallax_method_3=”off” parallax_method_4=”off” admin_label=”row” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_font_size=”20″ text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”60px||0px|” custom_margin_tablet=”40px||0px|” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet”]<\/p>\n A new mindset will give you a new perspective on life. You will see a different way of looking at your current circumstances.\u00a0Whatever problem you are currently facing, know this, the world matches us with opponents to make us stronger.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Your problem can be likened to your opponent. Look for the opportunities presented to you by your opponent.\u00a0Don\u2019t ask what is life doing to me? Ask, what is life doing for me?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0You were given an amazing mind in order to defeat your opponent. There is no problem that you cannot successfully defeat.<\/p>\n Remember the following three things for optimal success:<\/p>\n Tune Out Your Inner Critic<\/strong><\/p>\n In a talk at\u00a0TEDx San Francisco<\/a>,\u00a0Mel Robbins<\/a>, author and speaker, mentioned that scientists estimate the probability of your being born at about one in 400 trillion.<\/p>\n Do you know what that means? It means you are engineered for success and designed to have high levels of self-esteem, self-respect and personal pride. You are extraordinary. There has never been anyone exactly like you in all history of mankind on the earth. You have amazing untapped talents and abilities that, when properly directed and applied, can bring you everything you could ever want or dream of.<\/p>\n In essence, your very existence proves you are a miracle. Tune out the negativity and focus on the awesomeness that is you.<\/p>\n Raise Your Standards<\/strong><\/p>\n Tell me, what is the difference between something\u00a0you should do<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and something you\u00a0absolutely must do?<\/em><\/strong> Motivational speaker Jim Rohn said, \u201cThe things easy to do are also easy not to do.\u201d In other words, the things you should do are things that are easy not to do and so you don\u2019t do them.\u00a0 Some of these things are: I should eat healthier, but you don\u2019t. I should exercise more, but you don\u2019t. I should treat my spouse with respect, but still you resist.<\/p>\n But when you absolutely must do something, as if your life depended on it, there is a shift and change in you. If eating healthier meant you would live or die, then you most likely would do it. The same with exercise and treating your spouse with respect, if your life depended on it, you would make the necessary changes.<\/p>\n When you raise your standards and\u00a0turn \u201cshould\u201d into \u201cmust,\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0you are making an inner shift to take control over the quality of your life. Any area in which you are not getting what you want is because you haven\u2019t\u00a0raised your standards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n According to Tony Robbins, \u201cMost people, if they look at how they are living their lives today, will find that their identify is based on a set of standards and a set of beliefs they created 10, 20, 30 or more years ago. In fact, many of us made decisions when we were kids about what to believe, what we are capable, and who we are as a person, and that became the glass ceiling that controls us. But are you the same person you were back then? Are you the same person you were even a year ago?\u201d No, so step up and raise your standards. Practice Relentlessly in Private<\/strong> Author and speaker Tony Robbins said, \u201cPeople are rewarded in public for what they\u2019ve practiced for years in private.\u201d If you want to one day think like a millionaire, you must hone and perfect your craft, daily.<\/p>\n Author Brendon Burchard says, \u201cMake a practice of mastering skill sets. A practice is a recurring habit or routine that deepens your skill in any given area.\u00a0 Without daily exposure and immersion in the area you are trying to learn you will never achieve mastery. Learning must be an everyday discipline.\u201d What are you practicing non-stop? What are you relentless about accomplishing? Let nothing deter you. You must push yourself. You cannot quit. Never ever give up. Author and speaker Jack Canfield said, \u201cYou have to think the thoughts you would be thinking if you were already achieving your goal?\u201d If you were a millionaire already, what thoughts would you be thinking.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section”][et_pb_row use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”780px” custom_padding=”0px|0px|73.90625px|0px” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_method_1=”off” admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_text text_orientation=”center” admin_label=”Text” text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_font_size=”36″ text_font_size_tablet=”26″ text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||70px|”] Want new articles before they get published? Subscribe to our Awesome Newsletter. 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