Don’t pre-plan a negative experience for yourself. Stop yourself within 17 seconds to keep a negative thought seed from germinating. Stop the negative thoughts and don’t attract that negative vibration. ~ L.A. Williams

How often do you look towards an upcoming event, goal, work or personal situation, and think, “This isn’t going to go the way I want?"

Most of us are guilty of sometimes assuming the worst of a situation even before it happens. Whether it’s a form of self-protection, preparing for what we believe is certain disappointment, or planning a next step after failure, we focus on the potential negative outcome far more than we allow ourselves to consider the positive. 

Blind for the last 35 years and now a highly successful businessman, L.A. Williams has experienced negativity, and knows that allowing a negative mindset to take root will only bring on more of the same. Once we plant an idea or outcome in our minds, the brain begins to work on that scenario, helping us to consciously or unconsciously achieve exactly what we are telling ourselves will happen.

It’s essential to stop negativity in its tracks before it takes root–and setting a mental timer to get off the doom and gloom carousel is just the solution.

Here at Brilliantly Resilient, we’ve also welcomed failure with open arms by allowing it to grab hold of our minds. When we believed things wouldn’t work out, they didn’t, at least in part because all of our mental energy was preparing the way for us to fail.

We’re believers in intention and mindset. At the very least, living hopefully is a heck of a lot better than living miserably. At best, we’ve found over and over that showing negativity the door and setting a lovely place for success leads us precisely in that direction.

To hear more of L.A.’s wisdom, tune into this week’s episode of the Brilliantly Resilient podcast. And be sure to listen for these additional bits of brilliance:

• I didn’t want anyone putting any limits on me. The only thing I can’t do that you can do is see.

• If you’re going to be successful, you have to bring the authenticity. People can see, smell and feel the phony coming off you.

• Let me show you why that is incorrect. I’ll show you how I can take the limits and throw them to the side. There are multiple ways to do anything in life and I just have to find out the way I can do it.

• Adversity University is one of the best places to go to if you want to learn about life. The classes are going to be hard, but it’s so worth it.

• Life is a team game–you have to find the players and coaches who can help you.

• Instead of assuming there is nothing, we have to ask the questions. You can attract answers by asking the questions. Every answer is out there.

Let’s be Brilliantly Resilient together!

XO,

Kristin & Mary Fran