Be Empathetic with Problems and Sympathetic with Goals

People into affirmations and positive thinking will say that mindset is key. Most of us have found that we continue the same cycles throughout our lives based on the conclusions we have made. We start basing future prospects on how we feel we have handled past opportunities.

This becomes our mindset. We may set out new goals, but at some point, our subconscious and past experiences start infusing our enthusiasm with negative thinking. We hit obstacles and soon we might be saying subconsciously, here we go again.

This is one reason most people need to be employed. They need a job description and set of tasks to accomplish every day to keep them on track. They need a supervisor to ensure they stay on track and keep them accountable. Even though we say we want independence, more responsibility, and freedom to choose, these freedoms still need guidelines to keep us focused.

To be more entrepreneurial, we need a mindset that focuses on the goal more than the problems or obstacles. The focus on the goal gets us through the obstacles that would otherwise stop our progress and derail us.

Shane Krider, leader of Prosperity of Life, says we need to be empathetic to the problems and sympathetic to the goals. What does this mean? It means we have to see the problems intellectually, but not resonate or vibrate with the problems. We have to resonate and vibrate with the goals. Our focus has to be on the goals we have set, knowing there will be problems, but not letting the problems to derail us.

An entrepreneur cannot operate any other way. Moving from a worker employed by others to an entrepreneur responsible for our own fate has to make this mindset switch. How many obstacles do you think Elon Musk encountered (encounters) on the way to making Tesla a reality. Us weaker mortals would have caved along the way. His vision was so strong, he could not be derailed.

Are you realistic about your goals, and is your commitment strong enough? Secondly, are your goals big enough to make your dreams come true. If we really want to live the lifestyles of our dreams, we have to believe it is possible by envisioning it every day, see some specifics of what it would include (own an Aston Martin), and have the opportunity that will deliver the dreams.

The vision has to create the courage. There will be risk. The biggest risk is not what we think. The biggest risk is we will lose faith it is possible and shrink from the work that has to be done. The biggest risk is we will let past experiences feed our subconscious with seeds of doubt.

Krider’s suggestion is we start today forgetting everything in the past at which we have succeeded or failed. Start with a blank slate and no previous conceptions. Start today resonating with the goal and vision. Be empathetic to the problems but not get attached to them as though they are meaningful or really obstacles.

Musk certainly ran into a thousand problems a day but could not be derailed from the vision. He resonated with the vision an electric car could compete with the giants of gasoline propelled automobiles and he changed the world. This is the strength of a vision that creates an unstoppable conviction.

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