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THE POWER OF TAKING THE PLUNGE

can continue to stay bitter and blame God, the
universe, your spouse, your parents, etc., or you
can get out of the comfort zone and create new
thoughts, words, feelings, and actions.

One of my mentors of the John Maxwell Team,
Christian Simpson, once said that the majority
are walking around in a state of
unconsciousness. He said that they were
basically sleepwalking. What he meant by that is
that the majority are ruled by the typical
thoughts they have day-to-day. They never take
advantage of conscious thought and controlling
those thoughts.

Now that you have this awareness, the next
time you are sitting in a traffic jam or waiting
for the traffic light to change, pay attention to
the thoughts that surface. Be ready to go on the
attack with any negative thoughts that attempt
to creep in and take over. Whatever you focus
on will expand. A negative thought is attracted
to another negative thought. It's like the
thought has tentacles that reach out and grab
hold of other similar thoughts. Before you
know it, an army of negative soldiers that
defend its turf rules your conscious mind. Then,
those thoughts begin to control your feelings.

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