Did you see the Beijing Olympics? Rarely are we privileged to witness such triumph and human spirit at its absolute best.

How did all those athletes get - and stay - motivated, especially the ones that won gold medals?

Was it the thought of the gold medal itself that kept them running, jumping, swimming or facing whatever feat of endurance that will write them into the history books?

Well, perhaps. But we know that what we saw them do in Beijing was the end of very, very long journeys for those incredibly motivated men and women.

Along the way, most of them will have faced failures, challenges such as injuries or changes in their personal lives, and there will for many of them I am sure, have been times when they lost heart and just believed they could not succeed.

We all know this. And most of us don’t even aspire to be Olympic athletes. But we each do have our dreams - for our businesses, our families, our relationships and ourselves.

Who wants to write a novel? Who’d like to perform their own song or play? Who wants to be a millionaire?

The journeys to dreams are rarely straightforward or without challenge. If they were, they’d hardly be worth having. The glory of an Olympic gold medal is precisely because it’s extraordinarily difficult to earn one. If they were handed out like candy at a kids birthday party, no one would have the slightest interest in a gold medal or gold medallist!

However, the biggest challenge isn’t with the feat of endurance - it’s with your own mind. You have to believe that you can do whatever it is, and in those moments when doubt creeps in, at those dark times when you lose heart, you have to know how to get back on track - fast!

Your coach, if you have one, can be a great help. Family and friends will rally round to support you. But ultimately it’s down to you. If you keep shaking your head saying, “I can’t do it. I can’t, I can’t,” eventually even your coach will leave you behind - and they’ll find someone else who believes they can!

Masters of Success know this. They know how to recognise the signs and symptoms of self doubt. More than that, they know how re-ignite the flame of desire for the goal, and fan that flame into a fervour that drives them - with passion - to keep going. That flame eventually becomes their personal blaze of glory.

Stay motivated. It sounds simple, but unless you know how to follow that instruction, it’s as daft as saying to someone who’s stressed, “Try to relax.” (What do you think they’ve been doing?)

Success comes from within. Motivation is a major component of any kind of success.

Going for gold?

See you at the top!
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Trevor Emdon is a life coach & motivational writer and workshop leader from the U.K.

He motivates & inspires his clients to fulfil their dreams. His motivational “Master Success Secrets” mega-pack is available for download from http://www.master-success-secrets.com

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“Worry is the belief that there’s nothing you can do to make any
effective difference.” - Trevor Emdon

I’ve never seen my cat worry. When she wants something she asks - and
she is more demure than Naomi Campbell on a hot night - and a whole lot more persistent. But if, for some reason, she can’t get her way there and then she simply curls up and has a nap.

Some instinctive wisdom she has tells her that things will sort themselves out. And they always do.

My cat has wisdom we could all learn from.

There’s enough going on in the world to keep us all fretting for a lifetime. Global warming, the credit crunch, obesity, terror attacks…Shall we all get together and have a big worry party?

Fear and negativity, both components of worry, paralyse you. They make you feel the problem is too big. They make you feel powerless and impotent. And what’s more, it keeps you poor!

How can it do that? How can worrying keep cash out of your bank account?

Apart from the fact that worry makes you feel bad, it will not solve your money problems either.

Okay, let’s get to the core of this. You feel bad because you’ve not got as much money as you’d like. Worry is itself a bad feeling, and you indulge in it because of a situation that in itself makes you feel bad!

Now I’ve given you a big hint. The real problem isn’t your cash situation - it’s how you feel about it! Therefore the solution you’re looking for is a better feeling! That’s great news, because you can achieve that instantly.

Try … thinking of the friend who makes you laugh the most … recalling a sexy moment …. remembering a triumphant moment, a loving moment …

You have the power to change the way you feel - instantly!

It doesn’t solve the problem?

Let’s look again. Worry is the belief that there’s nothing you can do to make any effective difference. If you’re short of cash, you’re going to stay right there if you hold onto that belief!

But you’ve just demonstrated to yourself that you are incredibly resourceful. You can change what you focus on and hence how you feel - in a moment.

You can come up with twenty ideas of how to generate more money for yourself in ten minutes if you choose to believe that you’re creative. (Think of a moment when you were). Or if you have a core belief that things always work out. (Think of a time when they unexpectedly did!)

The antidote to worry, therefore, is to hold a belief that there’s always a solution; things always work out.

I refer you once more to my cat if you’re short of a role model.

I’ve included full instructions on how to stop worrying in, “Stop Worrying And Grow Rich” one of 9 Success Mastery ebooks included in Master Success Secrets pack - it’s part of it.

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Trevor Emdon is a life coach & motivational writer and workshop leader
from the U.K.

He motivates & inspires his clients to fulfil their dreams. His “Master
Success Secrets” mega-pack is available for download from
http://www.master-success-secrets.com