Think Right Now Series:
The Perils of Overnight Success!
by Mike Brescia

The Perils of Overnight Success!
by Mike Brescia

Shortcuts.

Sure things.

Once in a lifetime deals.

Dream lives.

If you have ever wondered why most people who were born to weathly parents can't make it in life or why nearly a third of Lottery winners go bankrupt? It's Failure Pattern #1...

...Failure Self-Image.

If you didn't gradually "earn" the big bucks, you don't know how to handle it. In the priviledged kids' world, Mom and Dad's money was always plentiful, like picking apples off the tree. Life, however, demands that you be trained to get and keep the things you want.

For those who get the "winning ticket," it's like suddenly finding yourself behind the wheel of an 18 wheeler... no idea what to do, so spending sprees, giving it away, quitting jobs, treating people differently, travel. All gone. Broke. Bankrupt.

Now, to clarify, that doesn't mean that financial failure means you have the "self-image" of a failure.

You could be broke, but have an extraordinary level of health, hence, you have at least two (many more, actually) self-images - as a person who doesn't have much money AND as a healthy person.

You may never have more than a few dollars in your bank account, but be a great martial artist, a super dad, a great baseball coach, a terrific landscaper, a safe driver. So those are some of the "images" that you hold of yourself.

Self-Esteem is different than self-image.

Self-esteem is tied more to general confidence (and lack of it) in our ability to handle the basic challenges of life and the feelings of being worthy of and deserving (or not) the benefits of your efforts and your right to be successful and happy. That is a topic handled by our program Real Self-Esteem Now!

But you can have hundreds of self-images.

They come from many experiences, but I've found them to primarily come from your accomplishments, failures and daily habits.

You can see yourself as a "great" baseball player... SO good that you make it to the Major Leagues. But once you are there, you may find that you are just average. What was once easy playing against lesser skilled players is now very difficult.

So now your image may get downgraded to just "pretty good" baseball player.

You could feel that you are a terrific father.

But if some things happen between you and your kids and it goes on for awhile, you may begin to believe that you are actually a bad father.

This year, you may feel you are a good student... Next year, after a series of decisions that took you away from your studies, you may feel like an idiot, dumber than a rock.

Your self-images are always in flux.

So just because you define yourself as a smoker ("I am a smoker") today, doesn't mean that you will always see yourself as one. You can change your images relatively quickly.

But to change your unthinking, unconscious, instantaneous actions and responses, you MUST hold the image of yourself as that of a "success"... meaning that if you want to be a non-smoker, for example, or great at something no matter what level you are playing at (like Major Leagues), then the image that you have of yourself must be that of someone who succeeds always under any and all circumstances.

But most people see themselves as only "pretty good" at a bunch of things.

This means they hold beliefs like, "I'm a good driver... except on crowded city streets at rush hour." Or, "I'm a healthy eater... but I don't like most vegetables."

Accidents and illness may be just around the corner!

And so the trouble is that "average" people never get schooled in the mental game of success.

What I'm getting at today is that you cannot and will not ever enjoy high levels of continued success at something unless you have the image of yourself as successful in that area of life.

If you want to be a great investor, a great salesperson, a great carpenter, a great plumber... if you want to be strong, healthy, attractive, to have a beautiful home, to attract your ideal mate, to have caring friendships...

...then you must hold the clear image of yourself as successful in those roles.

That doesn't happen in a day.

Just reading a book won't do it for you.

And you can't do that if you are constantly imagining failures, if your standards are low, if you don't enjoy the tasks, if you can't get yourself motivated, if you don't constantly dwell on your past successes.

You have to constantly think to yourself, "I am great at ____."

"This is who I am... a success."

"I never settle for second best."

"I always do the best I'm capable of."

"There's no sense in doing something half way."

"I can do better."

"I wouldn't even dream of putting that junk in my body."

"Inhale smoke? Have you completely lost your mind?"

These are the beliefs and self-talk of people who win... who are rarely in danger of making stupid and careless mistakes.

That is why each Think Right Now program is crammed with these kinds of audible self-instructions over Accelerated Learning music.

Because there is no better way to start to become a success at something and stay a success at that thing than telling yourself as often as possible that you are successful.

That, of course, and 21 other important mental patterns that help burn that image into your mind.

See what Jo in Dunedin, New Zealand says about Think Right Now!

Hi Mike,

I purchased Eating For Excellent Health Now!, Setting & Achieving Goals Now! and Real Self-Esteem Now! about three months ago. I have battled depression and eating issues for 10 years or so and was and have been at the end of my tether for so long. I have been to everyone, read all the books, tried-all the diets, been to 'Louise Hay' weekends etc. Really, I had tried everything , not just for my benefit but for my 4 children and 3 step-children's' benefit, for my ex-husband and my husband now. It all becomes so difficult to know when you are doing the right thing and if you have tried hard enough. A complex mix of too much information and anxiety over whether you have the right information. Guilt, anxiety and depression all roll into one and you have no idea what to attempt next.

Fortunately while trolling the Internet looking at 'self help' sites, I stumbled over your site. And, I must admit, read it with trepidation and that feeling of exhilaration that 'This might be the one!' and also the other feeling of 'Here I go again!' But I persevered and made the judgment as to what to tackle first. I went with the eating as that always seems to drag me down the worst. If I could get a handle on that and feel better with my heath maybe then I can work on other areas.

So the Eating for Excellent Health CD has been a part of my life for three months now.

In the car, in bed, on walks and at the computer, just quietly burbling away into my ears.

And, yes, it does make a difference. Not earth shattering, no dramatic w8 loss in just a week, but a quiet change as to how I view food and my relationship with it. I now choose more healthy options, I can now do without, I have better dinners, even when in a rush, I am drinking more water.

My health is definitely improved, quietly with no fuss. So much so that I have started in on Setting and Achieving Goals. I didn't want to muddy the waters by listening to it too soon, but I am ready now to make more moves. My family is big and we have a lot of stress and strains trying to accommodate the nine of us in the sharing and caring way that I know we all deserve. Family loyalties are put to the test constantly and I want to make a change for the better.

That said, I still dip into a slight depression each winter (Just coming out of winter over here in New Zealand) and I feel that having the Depression Cd to listen to before the next season would be a boon. I envisage having the self esteem CDs up and running by then too. Constant bombardment of positive and encouraging messages, how could anyone fail with that happening to you? It is like having my own personal guardian angel perched on my shoulder ready to gently nudge me in the right direction. Bliss!

Mike: Wonderful! Jo, it's time to start adding Real Self- Esteem Now into your mix. You'll find that it compliments the others perfectly... actually strengthening their benefits.

Well, that's it for now.

Remember...

"Today is my day to win!"

Love you all,

Mike Brescia

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