We often wonder why some people seem to have everything in life and some people just get disappointments. It seems unfair to us at times that there could be such discrimination that some of us get everything that they dream of and some of us never seem to get anything that we ever hoped for. We often blame external factors for our disappointments, God, bad luck or just any person to whom we can shift the blame. But the truth is that there is no one to blame but us.

If you succeed it is because of you, and if you fail it is also because of you. If you just stop for a moment and think about it you must realize that others might be doing things a bit differently that is why they get everything that they want out of life. Yes, what they do differently is the way they think. What you think and what you believe in are the two main things that decide whether you succeed or you fail.

People who succeed are able to succeed only because they think differently than the rest, their belief system is different than the rest of the population. And how do they think differently? The only way they succeed is because they believe with all their heart that they are meant to succeed. They believe in themselves whole heartedly, without even a shadow of doubt.

Most of us who do not succeed often have doubts about ourselves; we would have a doubt in some corner of our heart about our capability to succeed. When you do not believe that you can succeed, nobody else can. Self doubt can be a very powerful thing, even though you do not realize, it can affect the way you go about things, it can affect how you work towards your goal.

If, for example, Einstein did not believe in himself he would not have been able to work relentlessly till he succeeded. He would have given up after a few times if he had thought that he did not have it in him to succeed. The only reason that he succeeded was because he knew that he was capable of doing it, he believed in himself and that is what drove him to be successful. Call it the law of attraction or anything else, but it is absolutely true. Your thoughts and your beliefs shape you as a person.

What you think is what you become, if you think that you have limitations then you will. If you think that you are not meant to be rich you would not be. The sooner you realize this, the better it would be for you. In order to change this pattern of constant negativity and disappointments you must:

• Try to always stay positive. You must make it a habit to think of positive things at all times and push away any negative thoughts from your mind.
• Have a clear goal in mind and believe without a doubt that you can achieve this goal.

Human mind is a very powerful thing, once you know how to make use of it and cultivate a positive belief system, you too can be successful.

Priyanka Trivedi is a freelance writer who writes about life, love, relationships, spirituality and self-improvement. She believes in keeping an open mind and an open heart; that is the only way to learn and progress in life. To read more articles by the author please visit http://erraticguru.wordpress.com/.

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