{"id":646,"date":"2011-05-18T01:09:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T05:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=646"},"modified":"2011-05-18T01:14:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T05:14:20","slug":"key-ingredients-to-success-faith-belief-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2011\/05\/key-ingredients-to-success-faith-belief-commitment.html","title":{"rendered":"Key Ingredients to Success &#8211; Faith, Belief &amp; Commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-650\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2011\/05\/Skydiving-II2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-650\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2011\/05\/Skydiving-II2-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Total Faith &amp; Commitment - &quot;All In&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Whatever you want to create in life requires total faith, belief and commitment.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">When I jumped out of an airplane\u00a0I relied on total faith.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">When I took that last step out of the plane, I had definitely made a total commitment.\u00a0 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">There was no going back.\u00a0 I was\u00a0&#8220;All In&#8221; or in this case, completely commited.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">I was now flying through the\u00a0air and believing that my parachute would\u00a0open\u00a0for a safe landing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Life is the same.\u00a0 Whatever you want; health, a relationship, a new beginning, career, etc.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">you must have the belief, faith and commitment to achieve it and maintain it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">Then you must take the action steps necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">When you keep a &#8220;<em>back door open or have a plan B to fall back on<\/em>&#8221; you are not totally committed.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">Most importantly, your commitment, faith &amp; belief must be congruent with your energy and state.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">The words are easy, but do you have the true belief, faith and commitment to sustain your effort?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">Are you willing to do what is necessary (without violating the rights of others) to achieve it?<br \/>\nIs your energy strong enough to sustain any challenge?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">People who succeed have very different beliefs than people who fail.\u00a0 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">Your beliefs about who and what you are and what you are capable of greatly impact your thoughts, words, self-image, actions and results in life.\u00a0 Beliefs are guiding principles along with faith and passion that give direction and meaning to your life.\u00a0 Beliefs either empower you or destroy you.\u00a0 When you congruently believe something it commands your brain to represent what is happening in a certain way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>&#8220;One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interest.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>John Stuart Mill<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">At some point, life will present you with a situation that requires your\u00a0total faith.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">It will appear as if everything is against you and that your desired outcome seems impossible.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">You will not be able to physically see the outcome you want, but your faith gives you the courage and strength to go forward against all odds to achieve and experience your outcome.\u00a0 It is known as &#8220;<em>blind faith<\/em>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">These qualities are essential to\u00a0manifest powerful results in life.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">When you create your Game Plan for $uccess and are clear of what you want and why you want it,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">the universe will provide the &#8220;<em>how<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0 As you progress, your action steps may change as you discover in the moment more appropriate choices and opportunities.\u00a0 Your promises or objectives may change too.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>But your vision and purpose must be unshakable<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Let intuition be your guide, have fun and let it flow.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">Allow your enthusiasm and passion to fuel you, propel you forward and overflow onto others.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">Life is a dashing, bold adventure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">&#8220;There is GOLD DUST in the air!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">smiles,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>The Mega Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever you want to create in life requires total faith, belief and commitment. 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