The Problem is in the execution.

[wilsonng]

Everybody knows what they need to do to succeed -- the problem is in the execution!

Just like business, many of us know how to stop smoking, or how to lose weight. But how many of us are successful to do it?

Ideas are a dime a dozen. AT the end, you have to go forward and do something about your plans or your dreams!

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by wilsonng

Just like business, many of us know how to stop smoking, or how to lose weight. But how many of us are successful to do it?

Many fail. The problem is that they do not understand that the real key is not in action. The key is in the mind.

The big difficulties about quitting smoking and losing weight are in the mind - they are psychological. They revolve around your attitudes, beliefs and thoughts about cigarettes, exercise, food and so on.

Fix your mind and the rest follows. The thinking has to come first. If the thinking is correct, the universe moves the rest along, and if there is any action you need to take, it will be right, inspired and inevitable action.

Everything begins with your thoughts.

[jawillie]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Many fail. The problem is that they do not understand that the real key is not in action. The key is in the mind.

The big difficulties about quitting smoking and losing weight are in the mind - they are psychological. They revolve around your attitudes, beliefs and thoughts about cigarettes, exercise, food and so on.

Fix your mind and the rest follows. The thinking has to come first. If the thinking is correct, the universe moves the rest along, and if there is any action you need to take, it will be right, inspired and inevitable action.

Everything begins with your thoughts.

I can attest to this! And not just because I have had a couple good weeks, either. I can look back in my life and see times when I was successful, my mind was in the game. Times when I "failed" I was acting without much thought into it.

IM doesn't mean "doing nothing." I don't get why people still try to say we aren't DOING anything. ???? I AM doing things, but I know what to do, I see clearly and things are also aligning and working in my favor. It's not "hard" work. It truly is effortless at this point.

I am not wishing I was thin, I am SEEING MYSELF THIN and acting accordingly. I have dieted before. Failed. I was acting without thinking.

I am not wishing I was successful, I am SEEING MYSELF SUCCESSFUL and acting accordingly.

BUT... not everything I am needing to be successful is coming from the sweat of my brow... some things have truly just fallen into my lap. That's no lie.

[hkalchemy]

I could not agree more that everything starts in your mind. As Earl Nightingale said so famously, thoughts become things. When you hold the thought, it will play out in your life, usually by presenting you with opportunities which you need to take. I passionately disagree with the 'do nothing' mentality some people seem to have - thought leads to action - not the kind of action that takes effort and struggle, but natural action in harmony with the world around us and in keeping with the opportunities and situations which naturally emerge as our minds contact with the One Universal Mind which pervades our being.