I haved a really interesting question I want to answer to and am really hoping it will help you out. I know there are a lot of people dealing with this issue, and is one thing that could have really helped me out when I first started on my own journey to success!

So the question is: “How do you find the motivation or belief to help you start or move forward?” Now, I know “belief” is a hard word, not easy to implement in your own self, and it needs a little bit of time and a little hard work to go through! But it is not impossible and also it needs to be done! Why? Because if you don`t believe you can do it, you will have a really hard time getting it done. Your work towards it will not pay the same impact, or the same kind of energy, in other words, you will not put in as much effort.

Think of it like this: when you play a game you have played before and is going smoothly you do not put in as much effort because you know you will win (because you find it easy and you have been there before - your belief level is up). But when you play a new game then you have to focus harder and because you have never played it before you don`t believe you can win it on your first try. But what do you do? Do you keep on playing or quit? It depends on whether you liked the game or not. You already know that if you keep on playing, one time you will win because is just a matter of repeated action that will eventually be a part of you, just like the other game you can easily win!

So, how can you believe you can be successful when you look around and see your house could really use some changes or renovations, your bills are stacked up in a corner waiting to be paid, and that one-month vacation is waiting to be scheduled and paid for! Yeah, Believing is not easy! But did you know it can be tricked? Now, do you know that sometimes we are focused on believing something that is not always the true reality?

Is like we are stubborn to believe: “I cannot do this”, “That person is lucky and I am not”, or even believe the words of others that have good intentions but are not that smart to know the real stuff! It happened to me:  Met some friends who were always smart-asses, always talking about businesses and what business is going to make a lot of money and what is not… but they didn’t have a business of their own; now how can you talk about it when you have no idea what a business goes like? So, they told me my idea of this online business was never going to happen and at some level, I believed them.

On my journey I had listened to every person around me until I realized they are not so smart and maybe I should not listen to them – I don`t mean they do not want to see me successful but maybe they just don’t know it all! Then why should I listen to them? You see, it is really important who do you listen to! Are you going to listen to your family or friends who say that you are not cut up for this? (How do they know? Are they such high-performance people or big business owners to know what you are made of?)

Or are you listening to motivational speakers who say: “YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO!”

I`ve listened to both until I realized it is time to listen to myself! So on that 30-day challenge I have been that changed my life, I not only listened to motivational speakers and myself, but I have cut out all the negative in my life. I did not just tell them to shut up, I didn`t want to sound bad… but I went away, got myself thinking about what I needed to do at home or for my business, and just threw away anything that was pulling me down. And to tell you the truth… I still am! I am not the person to tell them they are wrong (though they are!!) but I am that person who says: “You  know what, that is your opinion, and I do not want to change that, it is not my role in this life to change your mind and opinions, but I do not agree with you!” And that is all! You would be surprised to see how good you would feel and how fast you are working on your dreams when you don’t have negativity around you.

And I was negative too along my journey but only after I decided to cut off all the crap in my life and just go with it, I did not let anything stay between me and my goal, not even my beliefs... Why I say this is because I still did not believe that I, too, could be one of those people who make money online, but my desire was so strong that I passed all of my beliefs and ran with the flow. I told you I started to listen to successful people and motivational speakers and one of them said something I could not get out of my head: “Persistence is another word for faith… if you didn’t have faith, you’d never persist!” So, you see, I didn’t have the “Faith!” but I was persistent! Of course, I had my dream in mind all that time, it wasn’t just “I want to do this” but more like “I need to do this!! I am sick and tired of this uncertainty I live in and I need money to raise my level of happiness” kinda` thinking.

Now, the way I see it: Lack of Faith leads to lack of action, and then lack of persistence, and lack of persistence leads to nothing. But if you are persistent, then slowly belief will come. It has no choice but to come because, just like the game we talked about earlier, day by day and step by step, all you learn, all the pieces of information and repeated action will eventually be a part of you, just like the game you are already used to win at!

So, I was persistent! I listened to good audio that impressed my mind only with positive and good information that only helped me raise my level of belief that I can, not only have my own online business but have the life I really wanted to. Not only financially because, you see, life is not just about money, is about health and happiness too and did you know that your mind works the best when you are happy and healthy? I mean it is proven that our best ideas come when we are in a good mood. So, having some issues at home or work, spending good time on frustrations does not help you eventually.

But as you learn to leave all that behind or get over it, or resolve it, will eventually help you focus your mind on the good stuff, on how your life will be when you achieve the thing you want to. And you know you will achieve it because you are working towards it and eventually it will be a part of you, part of your knowledge, just like the game!

   That`s how I did it, and I am not the only one! Persistence brought me pieces of knowledge, these pieces gathered up and slowly I got small successes that made me happy and raised my belief level and then just got to the point where I was like: “Why couldn’t I do this? What do they have and I don’t? I can do it if someone else can do it! Now, I am telling you: “You can do anything you put your mind to… but you have to start! Go after it like it just has to be yours and you will never stop until you have it. And it will be yours!

Thanks, and good luck creating a Great Life!