There are certain people in life that seem to always win. They are good at whatever they do, or they specialize in one aspect and are remarkably talented. I use to correlate this success with starting young. People who start athletics or music or business at a young age, tend to be successful. Today I realized something. It is not how soon you start, but how you set yourself up for success. Example: If you are on a diet, and your house is full of cookies and chips and junk food; then clearly you are going to have a hard time losing weight. It is possible, but much harder. If you are a singer and have never sung in front of an audience, and the first time you sing in front of 100,000 people. It is a good chance you will mess up.   But for some reason we all think that we have to do these giant leaps to prove we can do it. Then when we fail, it only discourages us from trying again. We think we are not good enough. We need to crawl before we walk. I have a tendency to jump way ahead of myself, and expect to be on top of the mountain before I have gotten to base  camp. So now, I have created a pattern the consistently disappoints. I have been setting myself up for failure. The only difference between me and a person who has reached success at a young age, is just simple. They discovered the system to set yourself up for success. And now they have a thought pattern that sets them up for success. It does not matter at what age we discover this, it only matters that we understand it and begin to use those principles.

I have been trying so desperately to figure out why I have not reached my goals. People have tried to tell me before, But of course, we can only take advice that we are ready to accept.  I have also wanted to find a good affirmation that I can tell myself. And now I have it: ” I always set myself up for success.” I can only imagine how many different aspects of my life this will help me. I hope it helps you too.