Belief and faith are the cornerstones to achieving success in life. 

It is imperative that you have an unshakeable belief and faith in yourself. Anybody can make the invisible, visible if they believe it is possible. However, a lot of people are stuck in a negative cycle of limiting beliefs. Trust me, I've been down this road.

I used to hold a lot of limiting beliefs about who I was as a person. From an early age, we can be negatively influenced by our parents, social media, or society to believe that we aren't good enough. As a result, we develop negative thought patterns that hold us back in life.

The good news is that we have the power to change our beliefs. I believe that belief and faith are two of the most overlooked superpowers. Without them, we can't take action to achieve our goals.

In the words of John Paul Warren, “Belief has the power to change your inner state and your outer world.” Are you ready to learn 8 strategies for harnessing the power of belief and faith?

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Without belief and faith, many of the world's greatest inventions would never have existed.

Do you think any of the most successful people in this world, like Steve Jobs or Oprah Winfrey, lack belief in themselves? Absolutely not. As many of you know, I am addicted to personal growth and development. I study and learn from these people. What I have found is that they all possess an unwavering belief in their ability to succeed.

There is a famous saying that reads, “When you see it, you believe it.”

This is far from true. When you believe in yourself, then you will be able to visualize what it is that you want to create. Everything that you desire in life starts in your mind – a thought, an idea or a goal – that excites you so much so that you pursue it.

In his book, Psycho-Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz reveals that negative habits can be changed. In his own words, “The ‘self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self-image and you change the personality and the behavior.” 

Belief and faith are choices. When we take responsibility for our lives, we are accountable for the principles that we live by. With this line of thinking, if we have control of our beliefs, then that means we have the power to create our worlds. From this place, anything is possible.

I believe that faith is the ultimate belief.

Belief and faith are closely related but are not the same. A belief is something a person perceives is true, whereas faith is a matter of trust that inevitably leads to action. Faith is about trusting the process of life, and knowing that everything is unfolding exactly as it should.

Unfortunately, a lot of people don't have faith that they can create a better tomorrow. As Tony Robbins once said, “Your past does not equal your future”, so it's time to stop living there!

Just because you failed in the past, whether that was in the form of a failed relationship or business venture, doesn't mean that the same bad things are going to happen again. I believe that life lessons are designed to make us grow and evolve. I don't let failures define who I am or dictate where I am going to go in my life.

Let's explore 8 strategies for how to develop unshakeable belief and faith in yourself.

1. Commit To A New Way Of Thinking

The past is over. You can't go back and change anything. However, you can empower yourself to commit to a new way of thinking, believing, and acting. If your belief and faith in yourself are limiting, acknowledge those feelings, thank them for showing up, and then do the work to move through them.

The power of choice is a beautiful thing. Today you can choose to move beyond anything and everything that no longer serves your highest self. How would your life change if you knew that you could do and be anything that your heart desired? Feel into that.

2. Uncover The Root Cause Of Your Limiting Beliefs 

We all have limiting beliefs that hold us back from success. Are your beliefs limiting you? If so, you are not alone. I know how debilitating limiting beliefs can be. For years I struggled with a belief that I wasn't good enough.

There was a time in my life where I was broke, unhappy, extremely shy, and alone. In order to make a change in my life, I had to hit rock bottom. That is when I decided to recondition my mindset to focus on the good. When I made this shift, my belief and faith in my abilities skyrocketed.

How did I do this?

The best way to crush your limiting beliefs is by getting to the root cause. Look back to your childhood. What were you conditioned to believe about yourself and why? Once you start figuring out the answers to these questions, then you can begin the process of undermining your limiting beliefs with evidence that shows that they aren't true!

I hate to break it to you, but the only person in your way is you. Don't be a victim of your false beliefs. They don't have to control your life. It's your choice.

3. Be Kind To Yourself 

We all know that our minds can be our friend or our foe. Developing the resilience that it takes in order to develop belief and faith in yourself takes time. Be kind to yourself. Change doesn't happen overnight.

Reconditioning old ways of thinking is a process. If you are looking for a short-term fix, you are going to be looking for a long time. When you have a good day, celebrate yourself!

Go to the spa, buy something nice, or treat yourself to a beautiful dinner. What gets rewarded, gets repeated. That includes empowering thoughts.

4. Drop Negative Self-Talk

Words are powerful. Be more aware of how you speak to yourself on a daily basis. Do you wake up in the morning and tell yourself that you capable of success, or does your monkey mind take over and point out all of the reasons why you aren't where you should be in life?

Coulds, woulds, and shoulds are the killers of dreams. Negative thinking fosters negative emotions, like anxiety and worry. In this place, it's easy to lose belief and faith in ourselves. Discipline yourself to think positively, even if it doesn't feel natural at first.

5. Create A Morning Ritual 

Many of you who follow me know what a big believer I am in the power of rituals. I’ve been doing them since I was 17 years old.

I can confidently say that a morning ritual changed my life. I used to struggle with shyness, social anxiety, and depression. By engaging in positive habits every day, I was able to create a belief and faith in my abilities that I could have never received from a book, a course, or a seminar.

Did I see results overnight? Absolutely not. It takes time to get rid of bad habits.

If you want to build habits that last a lifetime, you need to practice them consistently. In the words of Tony Robbins, “The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.”

Positive affirmations are a great way to kickstart your confidence for the day ahead. I encourage you to integrate them into your morning routine and watch your beliefs shift. They are a great way to reprogram your mindset for positivity.

If you don't wake up every day feeling happy, energized, and confident, it's time to make a change. A morning ritual is an answer.

6. Embrace Failure 

If you want to have belief and faith in yourself, you need to embrace failure, knowing that it is OK to fall. When we fail, it's easy to fall into a trap of thinking that we aren't worthy of achieving success. Wrong. Don't ever allow failure to hold you back from accomplishing your goals.

Failure is a normal part of life. I've failed thousands of times in my business. However, that doesn't mean that failure feels good. It can bring up a lot of limiting beliefs in people. When challenges arise, you need to shift your mindset and have belief and faith that you can keep going.

What matters more is that you learn from your mistakes. Find opportunities amidst failure, so that you come back more knowledgeable and stronger than ever before.

An MRI study by the University of Southern California found that having the opportunity to learn from failure can turn it into a positive experience IF the brain has a chance to learn from its mistakes.

The only thing that differentiates a successful person from one who fails is grit, otherwise known as a perseverance and passion for achieving one's goals.

7. Create An Action Plan

Belief and faith in yourself is an achievable goal only if you set up an action plan. Tailor your plan to fit your values and needs. It's all about learning how to fall in love with the process of becoming.

Building belief and faith in yourself is a never-ending journey that you need to develop and work on. Learn how to enjoy the ride.

When you are able to design a plan that supports your new beliefs, success is yours for the taking! If you need some help making sense of how you can put your plan into action, seek out the guidance of a coach or mentor.

8. Ignore The Noise From Others

Sometimes it can be hard to believe in ourselves when we don't have support from others. You need to have an unwavering belief and faith in your journey, no matter what anyone else says to you.

Don’t allow anyone to ever have that much power and control over your life. At the end of the day, it's your life. We all have different journeys in life. All that matters is that you stay committed to your vision.

Having belief and faith in yourself is the first step to creating positive, lasting change in your life.

When you have belief and faith that you can achieve anything in this world, you become unstoppable. If you change your belief about what you are capable of, limits will no longer exist. Whether you think you can or can't, you're right.

I hope I have inspired you to tap into your potential as a human being. Don't ever let your fears and insecurities define who you are. If your mind slips back into limitations, don't beat yourself up. Just get back up, keep building up your belief and faith, and find your calling in life.

As Aaron Sorkin says, “Act as if ye have faith, and faith shall be given to you. To put it another way, fake it till you make it.” What would you do if you weren't afraid? When you harness the power of belief and faith, fear is no longer a part of your vocabulary.

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I want to share with you 5 brutal truths about life no one wants to admit. It’s a lot easier to be ignorant to the realities of life.

However, the more time that we spend pretending that truths aren’t a part of our reality, the more time that we waste not living in alignment with our true selves.

Is ignorance bliss? Absolutely not. The fact of the matter is that if we want to grow and expand, we need to be honest with ourselves. We need to be willing to open our minds, and see the world through a different lens.

These 5 brutal truths about life that no one wants to admit will remind you of what is important and will empower you to take control of your life.

In the words of Maya Angelou, “When you know better, you do better.”

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Here are 5 truths about life no one wants to admit:

1. You can’t make everyone happy

This is a battle that you will never win. No matter how hard that you try, there are people out there that you just can’t make happy. The sooner that you can accept this, the freer that you will be.

You need to accept the fact that most people just don't desire to be happy because they are attached to their current state of living. They don't want to give up their stories, excuses, and limitations of why they CAN be happy. According to research, thinking pessimistically is a staple in the depressed person’s cognitive structure.

Not only can you not make everyone happy, but not everyone is going to like you. There is always going to be someone that will criticize and judge you, based on how you look, how you sound, and how you live your life.

The most successful people throughout history have critics. I’m not for everyone, and that’s OK. The sooner that you accept this fact, the sooner you will not be affected by negative people. All that really matters in life is what you think about YOU. 

2. You will never be perfect

No matter how hard you try, you will never be perfect. So many of us hold ourselves to such a high standard, that it ends up creating a lot of suffering.

You need to recognize that it’s OK to make mistakes in life. Everyone has bad days. The earlier that you can embrace that you aren’t perfect, the happier that you will be.

A lot of people are held back in their lives because they become paralyzed by the fear that they will fail at the very things that they want to accomplish. As a result, they never take action.

If you consider yourself to be a perfectionist, it is critical that you break the loop and shift your mindset. It can take away from your most important asset, which is time, leaving you feeling mentally exhausted. 

Instead of focusing on perfectionism, go for ‘good enough.’ Do the best that you can with the tools that you have. If you wait for conditions to be perfect before you start anything, you will never start.

3. Nothing in the external world makes you happy

Material possessions will never make you happy in life. All that they will do is provide you with short-term pleasure and gratification. Researchers have a term for it – it’s called, “retail therapy.”

Happiness is an inside job; it is something that we create each moment of our lives. You could be happy right now, simply by focusing on what you are grateful for. 

This is why I believe in the power of morning rituals. Spend time every morning focusing on the things that nourish your mind, body, and soul.

4. One day, you will die

A lot of people are afraid of the idea of death, but what if it wasn’t as scary as you think? It all comes down to your beliefs.

Rather than fear it, I think that death is empowering. I don’t fear it because my belief is that our spirit carries on after we leave our physical body.

We are on this planet for a limited amount of time. It's a sobering fact, but it’s true. We live our lives pretending that the end is never going to come. When you embrace the concept of death, it empowers you to cherish life even more.

This is best reflected in one of my favorite quotes by Michael Landon Jr. that reads, “Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.”

Research has indicated that the East Asian yin and yang philosophy of death – where life can’t exist without death – allows individuals to use death as a reminder to enjoy life.

The reality is that we will all meet the same fate as one another, so while we are on this earth we need to seize every moment and live it to the fullest. In the words of Giovanni Falcone, “He who doesn’t fear death only dies once.”

5. Time is the most valuable asset

Time is the most valuable asset that you have. Second by second, you are given the opportunity to become the person that you desire to be. How do you use your time?

Spend your time doing things that bring meaning to your life and that make you come alive inside. The moment that I realized how important this was, I stopped wasting time on things that didn’t matter. Every day I focus on making sure that everything that I do has a purpose behind it.

The reality is that time is depreciating. We can't get more of it, which is why we need to spend it wisely. Don't spend ANY time doing anything that isn't bringing you closer towards the person that you desire to be.

I hope these 5 brutal truths about life no one wants to admit have opened your eyes and offered a different perspective. Don’t let these truths hold you back. Rather, let them empower you to take action and create your reality, on your terms.

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Today I have an AWESOME success story for you. It's truly inspirational. This Romanian power couple makes $100,000 PER MONTH on Amazon. Are you ready to learn how they built a profitable business selling on Amazon?

While at the Amazing Selling Summit event this past year, I had the pleasure of interviewing Peter and Adina, a couple from Romania.

Their journey to success started with the ASM course, which then led them to build a successful Amazon business.

Peter and Adina's experience has inspired so many people in their home country of Romania to take the leap of faith and start their own Amazon businesses! Watch below to find out how they did it.

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Here is a sneak peak of my interview with Peter and Adina. This Romanian power couple makes $100,000 PER MONTH on Amazon:

How did you get started with ASM and what has your journey been like since then?

We started our Amazon business three years ago. We were inspired to do so after we received an email from Robert Kiyosaki, whose email list we are a part of. We didn’t speak any English before starting ASM. We had big dreams and we were only living on one salary at the time. We started to watch Matt and Jason’s videos, but we could only understand a few key words. We immediately knew that this is what we had to do. We learned English and went through the ASM course, using Google translate. We had no money at the time, so we borrowed it from someone so that we could take the course and purchase inventory. We borrowed even more money to come to the Las Vegas event, and then immediately after attending the event, our business started to grow very fast!

Your story is so special because there are people all over the world that may not speak English and wonder if it’s even possible to start an Amazon business. What was the turning point for you? Was it your belief that you could really do this and be successful at it?

We wanted to change our lives and we believed in our dream. Before starting our business, we always wanted to do big things and have an impact in the world. We knew that there was something inside of us. We looked for the opportunities, and when the ASM course appeared, despite the language barrier, we knew that we had to do it in order to fulfill our dreams. When you have this feeling, the barriers no longer exist, and you just jump in and do it.

What kind of success have you had with your Amazon business?

We make 5x more money in our Amazon business than I ever made with my job. I (Peter) had the courage to quit my job and focus on our business, full-time. After making that decision, our Amazon business grew fast. We attended ASM meetings, workshops, and then we grew, 10x more. We now make $100,000/month.

What a life-changing experience. How does it make you feel today, looking back at where you used to be versus where you are now?

It’s fantastic. We have the freedom to do the things we want to do. This business gives you the freedom to do what you love everywhere. You just need an Internet connection. It has changed our lives and we have the feeling that we are living the life that we always wanted. We have time for kids, we travel with our children, and this is amazing for us because we started with nothing. Before, we only had money for surviving, and now we have a beautiful life. At the beginning, we were most concerned about covering our basic needs, but then our business grew bigger and bigger, so much so that now we focus on helping others. We have a group of 80 people in Romania who have now started Amazon businesses, and we help them to change their lives. It’s more like our mission. We don’t do it for money because we have more than we need.

What advice would you give to someone that wants to start an Amazon business, but is in a similar position that you were in when you first started?

The first thing is to know what you want, put it on a vision board, and visualize your dreams. Secondly, attend an ASM event. You can have the best strategy out there, but without mentors and the courage to follow through with it, it won’t work. You need to connect with people who have been successful on Amazon, and then in turn, you will be successful as well. Put yourself in successful environments.

Anything is possible. If we can do it, so can you. It’s just a matter of what you have in your mind. We have been educated to have a poor mindset, but we changed that by educating ourselves and believed in the possibility of financial freedom. If you know what you want in life and believe that you will be successful, then everything will happen for you at the perfect moment. Write down what you want, and the Universe will help make your dream a reality.

This Romanian power couple makes $100,000 PER MONTH on Amazon. What an inspiring story of courage, commitment, and belief. Peter and Adina have proven that anything is possible in life. Are you ready to build a successful Amazon business?

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I would like to share with you how to deal with adversity, problems and difficult times in life.

Whether you like it or not, challenges are a normal part of life. Things will happen that are out of your control. How you choose to respond to those challenges when they arise is reflective of your emotional state.

It is easy to get caught in the trap of “why me” or “life is unfair”, but these limiting beliefs don’t serve your higher self.

In the words of Tony Robbins, “When your life doesn’t match your blueprint of how you expect it to be, you're upset, but when it doesn’t match and you feel that theres nothing you can do, that’s when people suffer.”

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The good news is that there is ALWAYS something that you can do.  Take a new approach to life. Focus on creating beliefs that empower you to take action and rise above the obstacles that are standing in your way of success. So many people live in a state of stress because they are unable to control what happens to them. Stress manifests itself when expectations cannot be met.

You have two choices – you can either change your reality or change your expectations. When life doesn’t match our expectations, it’s easy to feel like we have failed, but life itself is uncertain. I guarantee you that there will be times when things don’t work out the way that you planned.

You can do your best to make your ‘perfect plan’ in life unfold, but there are so many events in life that are outside of our control. What would happen if you stepped back, surrendered, and stopped controlling everything in your life?

In the words of Eckhart Tolle, “Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing.”  There is freedom in letting go of expectations and control. We don’t fully understand our strengths until we are tested by adversity, problems, and difficult times in life.

Trust the process of life, relinquish control, and know that everything happens for a reason. I'm not saying that you shouldn’t prepare and work hard in life, but learn to accept whatever happens, and be okay with it. If you took this perspective, what would this do for your life?

In the words of Ann Landers, “Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself the most comforting words of all – this too shall pass.” Have complete acceptance of what is and faith that all is well in your world.

When you adopt this mindset, you will more easily attract what you want into your life. No matter how tough things appear right now, trust that you will make it through, and that you will come out the other end stronger and more powerful than ever before.

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Let me ask you a question. What would happen to you in your life if you stop trying to control things as much, that you did everything you could to succeed, to achieve your goals, to take action but you let go of the attachments of things happening the way that you believe are supposed to happen. Now, the reason why I bring that up is I see a lot of people in life that they're always stressed out and stress comes when your expectations aren't being met. When you're always trying to control life and believing that life has to be a certain way and this has to happen or this shouldn't happen.

Then often times, what happens is people, they're always stressed out, they always have anxiety, they're always living in fear, they're always suffering on some level. Because life is totally uncertain. Life is unknown. You could do the best that you can that create the life that you want to achieve your goals and results.I can promise you, there's going to be parts of life, of things that are going to occur that aren't going to work out the way you want them to work out. I find so many people, what happens is, things happen in life and they resist things so much. They resist emotions, they resist outcomes and results that occur.

Whenever you resist, persist in your life. I was actually having a conversation with a coach and he said that, we're talking about this. All emotions only last 90 seconds. That's it. All emotions last 90 seconds unless you resist them. See, a lot of people … If you just let an emotion be, you don't judge it, you don't try to control it, you don't try to resist it and think I shouldn't feel this way or whatever it is, it just passes. Every emotion will pass, everything that you're going to through right now will pass. Every failure, or adversity, or hardship, or challenge that you're going through or problem will pass.

If you just trust the process of life and relinquish that control of things always happen to be a certain way. My belief is, I love working hard and hustling. There's a time in my life where it's just hustle and it's just always trying to control things in my life. As a result, I was always stressed. Don't get me wrong. I like the hustle mentality. I love people like Gary Vaynerchuk and Grant Cardone. The crush it mentality but that is a very stressed way of living life. I believe in the hustle but also trusting that everything happens for a reason.

Trusting that I'm guided, trusting that everything will work out because it always does. It always does. Everything always works out. Did you find that in your life? I remember for me years ago, I was so attached to at one point, just meeting women. I was a single guy and I wanted to get a girlfriend. I was so attached to that outcome become a reality. As a result, I was always frustrated and upset because I didn't have that result. Things didn't work out the way I wanted to. I'd go out and I try to meet someone, it didn't work out. I get a phone number, I called the girl and she wouldn't call me back.

I was always stressed, I was always in pain, I was always suffering. It wasn't until I just let go of the outcome. I said, “You know what? I'm going to go out. I'm going to meet people. I'm going to be myself. I'm going to grow to be the best I can be. I'm going to add value and serve.” Then, whatever happens, happens. Whatever happens, happens. Whatever turns up in my life and I create, I manifest, that's okay. If I'm meant to attract this person and meant to be in my life, they will. If not, that's okay, too. I understand that for some of you, you're so left brain analytical that you close off to something being a little bit more metaphysical.

Something more open and something more having faith, is really what it is. Because faith is a reason to believe when there's no reason to believe. It's having certainty in total uncertainty just because you decide to. Having the belief that things always happen the way they're supposed to. When I relinquish that control, you know what happen? I started to attract people in my life. I start to attract women in my life and have a much better experience of that because … I wasn't always stressed, I wasn't always attached to the outcome and things having to be a certain way.

Things wouldn't work out with this one girl and I say, “Thank you, God. Thank you. What's next? What's next?” You know what? I was grateful for that because that made an opening for the right person to be in my life. I remember years ago, many years actually throughout my early 20s and beyond that before that. I remember this one girl broke my heart. There's been many that broke my heart. I was really attached to them and I thought they're amazing and I was in love with them. At the time when that happened, I was devastated. I was like really hurt and sad and depressed over that.

Today, I'm like, “Thank you. Thank you so much.” Because I'm so grateful that I'm not with that person. I'm so grateful that it wasn't the right fit for me. Nothing wrong with them but just aligned with who I am and everything. I'm grateful for that but at the time, I couldn't see beyond that because I was very attached to things being with that person and having a certain expectation of that. I'm grateful for that because if I was with that person and things worked out the way that I wanted them to, I would be miserable. I'd be unhappy. I will not be who I am today.

Because it didn't work out and I'm so thankful for the universe or God or whatever you want to call it that it didn't work out, it's allowed me to attract the woman that I'm meant to spend my life with today, and for me to be who I am today. Because I was just so short sighted, I wasn't able to see that. I wasn't able to have altitude and perspective. I remember times with my business man, I remember years ago, I was learning internet marketing and I was doing some gray hat search engine optimization at the time which involved getting all these backlinks to your site that were like low-quality backlinks.

I was like ranking and making some money and getting some results from that. I was like getting excited for that. What happened was, Google changed their algorithms and then, boom. My website got wiped out. All my traffic went away and I remember being so stressed about that and so upset and devastated. I tried all these things to control the outcome. Today, I'm so thankful for that. I'm thankful for that because if that didn't happen, I wouldn't have learned the right way of doing things and I wouldn't have gone through what I needed to go through that led me into different direction to having a life and who I am today.

I'm sure I can go on and on but I'm sure you have moments like that, too. Moments of your life that were painful and challenging, devastating for you adversity. That you look back upon today and you're like, “Wow. I'm actually happy that things didn't work out the way that I wanted them to. Because I'm on the other side now and things are much better.” Why go through the suffering? Why go through the pain of that? Why go through the frustration, the stress that a lot of people have to go through, instead of just trusting life.

Trusting that everything happens the way it's supposed to. Trusting that everything happens for a reason and a purpose and that it serves you. Maybe believing that you're guided. Maybe believing that everything is a gift and a blessing in disguise because I believe that it really is. Everything serves a purpose in your life. Again, I know this is spiritual or deeper for some of you. Maybe some of you haven't … Your consciousness is not open to this yet and that's fine.

Some of you are like, “Yeah, this is awesome.” For me, it's not until … Because I was there. I've been in that mentality, don't get me wrong. I've been there and I've now evolved.  I feel in many different ways where I just trust, “Hey, you know what? Things happen.” I remember actually just today, what happened was, I was recording this videos about an hour-long video and it was a really good video. I was like, “Man, I'm crushing this video right now. It's going awesome.” Then, I went to my computer, I took the memory card to look at the video. Half of the audio was missing because the battery on my mic died.

In the past, oh my God. In the past, I would have been like, “Oh, my God. This is horrible.” I just spent an hour and it didn't work out. I would just gotten so stressed and upset. It would ruin my whole day. You know what happened today? I was like, “Yeah, that's all right. That's okay. It just wasn't meant to be that way.” I said, “You know, that's fine. I'm just going to do it again.” It was an hour but that hour maybe it was a blessing. Maybe the new video is going to be better. Or maybe it's going to help me and serve me in some way.

Whereas it meant to happen this way, so I can learn to check my battery and make sure my battery is there, so that this doesn't happen again. I just looked at in a positive way and I didn't fight it, I didn't resist life, I didn't resist what happened. I just said, “Ah, this is meant to happen.” Therefore, I didn't have any stress. I didn't get upset. I didn't freak out. I just trusted that this is just part of life. It's part of my journey, my process. I remember a good friend of mine who's a public speaker. We're in Palm Springs one time and he was going to speak at this event in front of about a thousand people.

I said, “Okay. Do you know what you're going to say? Are you ready? Have you rehearsed and memorized or stuff?” He said, “I got no idea what I'm going to say.” I said, “What? What do you mean? How can you just go out there to a thousand people. You had to speak for an hour or two. You have no idea what you're going to say.” He said, “You know what? I'm going to go up there. I'm just going to trust. I'm going to trust that whatever comes out of me, is guided in me and was meant to come out that way. Then, if it's a great speech, awesome. It was meant to be great. If it's a horrible speech, it was meant to be horrible.”

He released the attachment of it. Therefore, he didn't have any stress or anxiety. He trusted that things happen the way it's supposed to. Now, of course, I'm not saying that you shouldn't prepare. I'm not saying that you shouldn't work hard. I'm not saying that you should just sit there in your couch and just believe that everything is going to work out for you in your life. Of course, you have to take action. You got to take the necessary things in life and do what's required. At the same time, what I'm saying is, accepting the results. Being okay with it. Not fighting as much. Not resisting as much.

Trusting that everything is happening for a higher purpose. What would that do for you in your life? How would that free you? What would that do for your body, your health? I don't know about you but for me, I feel more free in my body. I feel more relaxed, I feel more peaceful, I feel happier for sure. I remember the book, The Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. There's a, maybe it wasn't in this book. He had a followup one called, I think called The Way of The Peaceful Warrior or something like that. Shared a story about someone that their house got burnt down. They're outside the house, the house is burning down.

It goes, “God, that's fine.” It didn't have any attachment to him. He's like, “You know, this materialistic stuff doesn't define me. I'm not attached to it. It's not who I am. It's not like I got to take this house with me into the afterlife and once I pass on.” He didn't have attachment to that. I said, “You know what? This was meant to happen. Everything will work out. Everything will be fine. It always has, always will.” He just had a free mentality about it. I just offer this as a different perspective for you today. Accept it if you like. Reject it if you resist it. Whatever. If you're open to it, great. If you're not, that's fine, too.

Not everyone is. Not everyone thinks this way. I want to offer this to you for those that are open to it and that are wanting to maybe evolve to a higher level than just things happening by me but things happening through me. There's actually a model for this. I won't have time today to go into it but as things happening to you, things happening by you, things happening through you or things happening as you. By you is a lot of people, they jump in the river of life and they're trying to go upstream and they're trying to swim. What happens is, you get exhausted when you're hustling all the time.

It's like, “Ha, ha, ha. Hustle, hustle, hustle.” You know, hustling. You tire yourself out, you burn out. That's the hustle mentality a lot of people live in. Whereas, things happening through you are more … You're hustling, you're making progress, you're moving your feet but you're not resisting as much in life, is really what it is. I'll maybe go deeper into that in another video. Hopefully you guys enjoyed this. It can help you just understand that life is great, life is beautiful. Everything happens for a reason and a purpose. Open your mind up to that, create new beliefs that empower you and serve you.

Take on a different approach to life, a more fulfillment. Because why are we stressed all the time? Why worry all the time? Why have anxiety all the time? What was the things you worry about, you're stressed about, you have anxiety about don't even come to fruition anyway. If you ever had that, it's like you're worrying about something. The thing you're worrying about, ended up being totally fine. Then, why did you have to spend those days and weeks worrying about something and suffering over when it's not even … It's so silly to actually do that. It doesn't really make any sense. Just trust the process of life more.

Trust that there's a higher purpose. Trust the universe or God, if you may. Whatever your belief is but relinquish some of that control and trust. Stop trying to resist as much. You'll be fine. I don't care how tough things are right now for you. You will make it through it. You will. It's just a temporary road block. It's just a temporary hurdle. When you come out the other side of it, they'll be better off for it. If you look at it that way, if you choose to perceive things that way. Then, it will. All right, my friends.

Thank you so much for joining today. God bless. Leave a comment below. Subscribe for more videos and I'll talk to you guys again soon. Take care.  Please leave a comment below or let me know any questions you have.  I'd love to hear what you think!

I'm in Machu Picchu, Peru and it's one of the most breathtaking views that I've ever experienced in my life.  Being here has been a powerful experience for me, as it's really blown my reality of what human being are truly capable of.  The idea that I'm at a place that was built in the 1400's without any machinery or tools that we have today is astounding, especially since Machu Picchu is around 2000 meters above sea level.

I decided to shoot a video up at the top on the Power Of Belief.  Watch it below:

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Visiting Machu Picchu was a reminder to me of the power of belief and faith.  It made me think about and realize that without belief and faith, we wouldn't be able to experience most of what we do today.  We get to enjoy electricity today and drive automobiles and fly in airplanes, simply because OTHER PEOPLE had incredible visions and had 100% belief and faith behind those visions.  With that belief in their vision, they turned it into a reality.

Any goal or vision you want to manifest in your life requires 100% belief and absolute faith.  You have to BELIEVE it's going to happen, before making it happen.  Some people say, “When I see it, I will believe it”, and I can't tell you how much that is bullshit!  The truth and reality is, “When you BELIEVE IT, you will SEE IT.”  It all starts with your belief first.

Without belief in your goal or vision, you have no reason to take any action.  You will be immobilized – stagnant.  No long-term progress is possible without your belief.

How do you get that belief?

There are many ways.

For me, personally, I have so many references and experiences from the past, that they give me a lot of confidence and belief in myself that I can make anything happen.  I've built successful businesses, I've transformed my body and competed in fitness competitions, and I've faced a lot of fears and challenges in my life.  Because I've reached many other goals in the past, I BELIEVE and have FAITH that I can make my current goals a reality.  I've built up a proven track-record of success.

Another way is that I look for role models and people that have already achieved the goals that I want.  I read biographies and get around others that are successful.  What that does for me is it gives me the belief that it is POSSIBLE.  I think to myself, “If they can do it, I can too.”  A great example of this is Roger Banister, the first man who ran the 4 minute mile.  The moment he achieved that goal, dozens of other people achieved it because they now had that belief that it was possible. Today high school kids can run a 4 minute mile, despite the fact that it was once an “impossible” goal to be achieved in the past.

I also envision my goals daily.  I visualize and see myself having lived and achieved that goal, as if it's already happened.  I learned this from the book Psychocybernetics by Maxwell Maltz.  This is something that all great professional athletes and peak performers do.  They have already won the championship thousands of times in their head, which gives them the certainty and belief that they can make it happen.

And finally, I put myself in a STATE each and every morning to be unstoppable and believe that I can make anything happen.  This is something that is illustrated in my morning ritual video.  I make sure that I walk, move, breathe, and speak with absolute certainty and never doubt myself.  In this state, when obstacles show up, you break through them.  Nothing can stop you when you DECIDE to put yourself in the state necessary to achieve your goals – and this is also something that all great athletes and performers do before any big game or event.

Ultimately, you have to have FAITH – just trusting completely that things will work out the way you want.  And more often than not, it does.  With that faith, you will take that first step and keep taking action, despite the fact you may not be seeing results.  But because you believe so much, you're not discouraged and keep taking action.  With this mindset, you will turn your wildest dreams into a reality.

With that belief and faith, what is possible for you in your life?