article · October 2023
The Power of Mindset
You become what you think about. A sentence said and heard by many, but do we really believe it?


You become what you think about. A sentence said and heard by many, but do we really believe it?
I spent the last couple of years thinking about how I think and what I think. It started innocently watching Proctor-Gallagher’s advertisements for their programs when something in me screamed that this was the way to go. I signed up for “Thinking Into Results” and wow, what a ride; the start of a road that has no end.
For example, just realizing that everything in our life is a result of our thinking, not circumstances, events, or other people. Thanks to a radical change in my thinking and mindset, a new possibility for achieving success, love, and money has now been created.
I now see things like Network Marketing as a possibility for me, whereas in the past it was something I was not even aware of. Everybody in my family and the people surrounding me have always had a job, not their own company. They were looking to find work, not an opportunity.
Question: Why not look at things that we do with the mentality that success is guaranteed?
When there is work to be done, it might not always be easy, but when you see it as already completed, it becomes a sure thing!
As Hellen Keller once famously said:
“The saddest person is one with eyes, but no vision.” But what is vision? Max Steingart, social media guru and LinkedIn expert, beautifully says it this way: “Vision is the art of seeing invisible things”
During Proctor’s “Thinking into Results” I was asked to dream. I was puzzled. I was not sure what exactly they wanted from me and why. Fortunately, I did it anyway and now imagination belongs to my long-forgotten list of strengths.
To connect all this with mindset, believe in the possibility of invisible things, imagine them, and you can do whatever you set your mind on.