This second key flows from the first. It says that what we choose to search for we will find. What you focus on is what you will get. Think of a time you bought a car. Can you recall that before you decided to get the car you didn’t notice that particular type of car in your travels? What changed once you made the decision? How many of that type of car did you begin to notice?
Close your eyes once you’ve read these instructions. Think of all things in the room that are green. Think only of the green objects. Everything that is green. How many green objects are you able to count with your eyes closed?
Once you have completed that exercise, ask yourself, “How many objects are in the room that are red?”
Because you were focused on the objects that were green, you would have sorted for the green objects, You would have deleted all other colors. You would have been able to recall many more objects that were green than were red.
This simple exercise demonstrates how your mind operates. It sorts for what you tell it to focus on.
Focus on the hardships in life, and you will experience more hardships. Focus on life’s injustices and you will experience life’s injustices. Focus on ill health and you will experience ill health. Focus on your weaknesses and you will experience disappointing results.
Focus on love and kindness, and you will experience love and kindness. Focus on the keys to health and vitally and you will experience the same. Focus on your strengths and you will experience even more success.
Because what we focus on is what we get. And what we focus on is what we get to the exclusion of everything else.
To demonstrate this, think about the times you’ve been on the world wide web and searched for something. If you type in “Poverty” you will find millions of hits for this one subject. Type in “Wealth” and you will find millions of hits for this.
What you search for is what you will find. One way to look at this is to realise that we exist within pure potential. ALL possibilities exist in every moment. The possibility you experience is based on what you search for.
If you focus on what you fear, you will only see what you fear. Focusing on your strengths is always to your benefit. What many people do is focus on what will be difficult or how they might fail, so they don’t even attempt the attempt the things they are sure they can do.
The secret to Level 1 living is to focus on where you want to go.
When I run trainings on Your Success I explain it like this. Imagine that your world exists within a warehouse where everything is contained. Health, wealth, poverty, sickness, happiness, sadness, loneliness, friendship, success, love and joy. You have a flashlight and you go searching in this warehouse. What you will find is determined by where you point your flashlight.Point it in one corner and you find health. Point it somewhere else and you find joy.
Point it somewhere else and find despair.
What happens if you turn the floodlight on? You suddenly see all possibilities. You exist with all of these possibilities at all times.
When I first learnt this I became immediately aware of how I had been choosing to focus on what my world lacked. And my results reflected my focus because it required a level of personal responsibility that I’d never before considered. But I knew that if I didn’t I was going to keep getting the results I was getting. And that was intolerable for me.
One of thing that is worth noting about this key is that when you shift your focus you may not see the change in your direction immediately. you may continue to see some of the old results you no longer want. Just as in life, there can be a lag time between when you shift your focus and when your life catches up.
Be aware of this and persist. Focus right now on what you do want to experience in life. Focus right now on your strengths and capabilities. The sooner you do this, the sooner you’ll get your desired results.
Ask Yourself these questions: .
- Does choosing to accept this key as true enhance my experience of life?
- Does choosing to accept this key mean I will choose a more empowering focus in some or all areas of my life?
- Does choosing to accept this key give me a powerful tool for transforming my life?
If you answered yes, then I acknowledge you, because this one key has the power to totally transform your life.
This one key has the power to allow you to see the magnificence in everyone.
This one key has the power to enable you to focus on your strength, thus allowing you to improve your results in whatever you do.
This one key has the power to release you from anger, because you will see the lesson in the situation, rather than the hurt.
This one key has the power to allow you to forgive whoever you believe has harmed you, because you’ll know that by focusing on love, rather than resentment, will allow you to feel peace.
This one key has the power to see that you are truly a phenomenal human being, capable of the most amazing feats.
People who live at Level 3 focus on what they can’t control and influence, and thus feel constantly overwhelmed and out of control. People at Level 1 focus on what they can control and influence, and thus feel empowered and confident.
Think of something you believe you do well. What is it you tell yourself about your abilities? What do you see in your mind’s eye? What do you tell yourself? How do you feel when you see yourself doing this task? Answer this question in as much detail as you can.
What have you noticed about the two experiences? What specifically is different about the two experience?
Think of something that you want to be good at or want to master. If your focus determines your reality, what would your focus need to be? What would you need to see yourself doing? In your mind, create a successful attempt at this thing and see yourself doing it perfectly. Hear the seconds of successful attempt at how you would feel. Tell yourself what you would tell yourself as you did this thing with total mastery. Breathe as you would breathe. Look in the direction you would look. Be as specific as possible.
What have you notice about your physiology as you created for yourself this successful attempt? What have you noticed about how you feel?
For the next seven days, act as if what you focus on is what you get. Decide to search for evidence of your own strength and the strengths of others. Choose to see the positive in each moment. Focus on what you can do and what you can control and influence, rather than on what you can’t. Shine your flashlight on what you appreciate, what you can do, what you enjoy and what you may learn from every moment.
Give yourself the gift of living at Level 1 as often as you can, and if you slip, be aware of it and then step up once more.
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