The Journey to Self Discovery

Faced with failure, how do you respond? All of us fall short of our targets from time to time. Some people are resilient enough to wallow in it briefly and bounce out of it, but others let it defeat them. Here are some ‘’dos’’ and ‘’don’ts’’ of regaining your self-confidence after a defeat: *Increase your expectations of yourself Your failure has you feeling like you are not good enough to achieve your goal. Establish a higher bar for yourself, even if it scares you. Remember,  you will always get what you tolerate . If your expectations of yourself are low, your results will be of low quality.       *Set a new realistic short-term goal Set a goal that is realistic to get you back on track. Get an easy win under your belt. *Surround yourself with people who are already doing it right Find someone that has what you want, ask them how they did it, then do it yourself. *Don’t use negative self-talk ...

Today I was going over my morning affirmations and one particular affirmation and after I said it, it triggered a memory. The affirmation was "All the money I could possibly want pours into my life daily."  I want you to pay close attention to the symbolism in this truth. It has always been stirring in me and on reflection until now inhibited most of my financial success. When I repeated the affirmation, I was quickly reminded and actually transported back to my childhood of age 9 years old. I remember coming from "the basement" of where my perpetrator would violate me and after getting up and feeling dazed, he would:"hand" me a few dollars. I remembered thinking "why?"   I would take it from him, then go upstairs to the bathroom and shower along with "the money". As I washed, I also scrubbed myself with Brillo until I was red, but I washed the money gently until it looked new.   After I got out of the shower, I remember...