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Let Your Pain Push You or Your Pleasure Pull You
There's a saying that you can "let your pain push you or your pleasure pull you" to your desired goal.

What it means is this:

You have only two choices when it comes to achieving your goals. One choice is to strive for those goals because you're so fed up with the pain that comes from your present situation. That's letting your pain push you.

Or you can pursue those goals by having the pleasure you envision yourself enjoying from those goals lead you there. That's letting your pleasure push you.

Obviously, the second is more enjoyable than the first.

Unfortunately, most of us are not used to that second way because we're usually so focused on our dislike of where we're at.

That's OK.

If you need to let your pain push you, do it.

Think of it as pushing off from the side of a swimming pool. By pushing away, you get momentum going. Once you have some momentum, moving forward becomes easier.

Jim Edwards once did an entire teleseminar on "Why Do So Many People Have to Hit Bottom Before They Start Moving Up?" If you're a member of his The Net Reporter site, look in the archives for it. It's a classic! (And if you're not a member of his site, what are you waiting for? Jim consistently gives incredible helps on all aspects of building your business.)

Sometimes you need to push away from what you don't want simply to get yourself unstuck.

Go ahead and let your negative feelings drive you. Let them give you that initial momentum. Slowly you'll find your confidence has grown enough to enable you to find that current of pleasure that can pull you along to your goal.

Jeff


P.S. I mentioned The Net Reporter earlier as a source for a great audio on building momentum by pushing away from what you don't want. There's also a lot more in the site about changing your mindset to a success mindset.

Don't underestimate how important your mindset is to your success. You don't get a successful mindset by becoming successful. It doesn't work that way. Developing a successful mindset is an important first step toward achieving that success.

If you haven't worked on changing your mindset, give that a high priority right now. I personally recommend you dig into the resources on mindset that Jim Edwards has on his The Net Reporter site. Not only does it focus on mindset, but on every other step of building a successful business as well.

But if you're on a tighter budget, check out BANABU instead. It's highly affordable and highly recommended as one of the best—and most down-to-earth—resources on changing your mindset to make you more successful.

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