Success and the “Sure-Enough” Principle

What you expect of yourself, others, a day, or a situation, determines the outcome. Once you lock onto the idea of how you think things are going to work out, you then create the situation to make it a reality – and sure enough you get what you expect. It’s the Sure-Enough Principle.

Examples:
If you expect to fail at a certain task, sure enough, you will.
If you expect someone is going to disappoint you, sure enough, they will.
If you expect a day to go badly, sure enough, it will.


Mike Ferry says, “On both the good days and the bad days, the results are what you think about.”

Therefore, to get better results in life we must create better expectations. One way to do this is to visualize what you want and stop picturing, thinking, and talking about what you don’t want.
Successful people look at what they want and move toward the end result. It is as simple as keeping your mind off what you don’t want and on what you do want.

So, what do you want? What makes you happy? Why do you get up every day? Why do you go to work? Why do you associate with the people around you?

“When we are on purpose – doing what we love to do – we will attract the people and circumstances we need to accomplish our purpose.”

(Thoughts from my reading journal while reading, “Beyond Positive Thinking” by Dr. Robert Anthony)