Change Your Mindset and Create Your Future

By Chris K. Hammond

There is so much to learn in this book and every encounter is so new that even routine life issues can seem true with great opportunities. Passion’s flame will be made alive in your soul.Specifically, this book will show you how to focus on your strengths, so that you can unleash your potential, maximize your income, and at the same time enjoy a happier and well-balanced lifestyle.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chris K. Hammond
• Release date: May 29, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370791309

Chris K. Hammond

Chris Hammond is an anointed preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with signs and wonders. He is also the Head of the Leaders international a leadership organization, The Rebrand Inc, A branding organization, and CEO of the New Hope orphanage. He believes in the Power of Personal Branding. He believes that man was created for dominion and that what separates us from the other creations is the human spirit and the power of the mind. The mind is a wonderful gift that God gave us and it is a terrible thing to waste. He believes that the mind can be used for creating goods and services and undertaking witty inventions. His passion is to help people reconnect with God and find their God given purpose in life. He also teaches people to direct their focus on achieving and making tangible contributions to their communities and nations. His books are a must read for all. It will lead you on a journey into great achievements and total transformation. Please read on.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1     You are Exceptional

Chapter 2     The power of your mind

Chapter 3     The power of your thoughts

Chapter 4     Embrace Change

Chapter 5     Change your Thoughts

Chapter 6     Change your Mindset

Chapter 7     Employ the Power of affirmations

Chapter 8     Discover your Passion

Chapter 9     Pursue your life’s ultimate Purpose

Chapter 10   Your Purpose establishes you

Chapter 11    Break out of your comfort zone

Chapter 12    Turn your purpose into an inspiring vision

Chapter 13    Ignite your passion

Chapter 14    The narrow path to Destiny

Chapter 15   Start now

Chapter 16   Surround yourself with passionate people

Chapter 17   Take total responsibility for your life

Chapter 18   Take action on your passion

Chapter 19   Make yourself happy

Chapter 20   Use stumbling blocks as stepping stones

Chapter 21   Think big

Chapter 22   The need for a paradigm shift

Chapter 23   Set great achievable goals

Chapter 24   Awaken your inner genius

Chapter 25   Cultivate self-mastery

Chapter 26   Employ the power of focus

Chapter 27   Develop a compelling plan

Chapter 28   Discover and grab opportunities

Chapter 29   Be your own change leader

Chapter 30   Imagine your future

Chapter 31   Fire up your passion with optimism

Chapter 32   Have positive desires

Chapter 33   Have a winning attitude

Chapter 34   Believe you can

Chapter 35   The power of perseverance

Chapter 36   Choose to prosper

Chapter 37   Create your own future

Chapter 38   Push forward

Chapter 39   Anything is possible

Chapter 40   Engage in lifelong learning

Chapter 41   Unleash your potential

Chapter 42   Be hungry for success

Chapter 43   Be a possibility thinker

Chapter 44   Have a commitment to excellence

Chapter 45   Fire up your passion with courage

Chapter 46   Expect great results

Chapter 47   Be passionate about your ideas

Chapter 48   Some quick inspirational stories

Introduction

Change your mindset and create your future, is a book that will surely transform your life totally. This is a book that contains timeless principles that has existed for several years that has made a lot of people successful. There is so much to learn in this book and every encounter is so new that even routine life issues can seem true with great opportunities. Passion’s flame will be made alive in your soul.

If you study and gradually implement the principles I am about to share with you, you’ll not only fulfill your dream, succeed in your business, meet your personal and financial targets consistently but you will far exceed the results you are currently experiencing. Specifically, this book will show you how to focus on your strengths, so that you can unleash your potential, maximize your income, and at the same time enjoy a happier and well-balanced lifestyle.

In chapter one, I wrote on the subject you are exceptional. You are a uniquely different person in the world. You were really born for a reason and specifically designed for a purpose. You are not a mistake. 

Chapter two introduces you to the subject of the power of the mind. Your mind is your greatest asset. What your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.

Chapter three talks about the power of your thoughts. The power of thoughts is one of the pivotal factors that accounts for the difference. Your inner world belongs to you and you alone. It involves your thoughts, beliefs, passion etc.   

Chapter four is on Embrace change. Change when it’s positive can cause growth and development. All the chapters are interesting and helpful.

Abraham Lincoln once said, Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his heart is in his work; and he will do twice as much of it with less fatigue. The latter performs a little imperfectly, looks at it in disgust, turns from it, and imagines himself exceedingly tired. The little he has done comes to nothing, for want of finishing. To ignite your passion means to cause to burn. To arouse the passions by being on fire. Fire causes things to burn. We speak of being on fire, catching fire, or fire in our bones, This is contained in chapter seven. Passion is ignited when a fervent fire is lit on the inside of us that always seeks an expression.

If you study and gradually implement the principles I have shared in this book, you'll not only fulfill your dreams but you will breakthrough in your business, personal and financial targets consistently, you'll far exceed your own expectations.

In conclusion, I will state that it makes great sense to move forward every moment in your life. Be passionate about helping people. Spread passion indiscriminately. Spread success and spread happiness everywhere. Unlock your creative power within you. Convert your inner power into passion. Explode immensely. Channel your fire properly towards your goals. You will be able to achieve success. Identify your passions, ignite it and work on them relentlessly to provide meaning to your life. 

CHAPTER 1

YOU ARE EXCEPTIONAL

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. Orison Swett Marden.

There are over 7.1 billion people on the Earth today, but there is only one of YOU! You are exceptional. A uniquely different person from any other person in the world. You were born for a reason, designed for a purpose and meant to be here at this time. You are not a mistake. You are the image of God. You are not an Orang Utan neither are you a mere animal. You were crafted by God in your mother’s womb. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. (Psalm 139:14). You must learn how to embrace your individuality and know that your innate talents were given to you as a free gift. Determine your uniqueness, your strength and your value and then begin to introduce it to the world. God has destined you to be an exceptional person, and he has a perfect plan for your life as stated in Jeremiah 29:11, For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Irrespective of where you are coming from or what you have been through all your life, never mind your situation or your surroundings, try and hold on. 

The word exceptional means:

1. Forming an exception; not ordinary.

2. Having much more than average intelligence, ability, or skill.

Who is an exceptional person?

Exceptional people are normal or regular people who have perfected the art of doing small, ordinary things exceptionally well, daily and over their lifetime. If you are potentially one of these unusual people and, yet, have opted to stay at the margins of this incredible gift of being exceptional, then you are missing out on a brilliant life!

The exceptional being is one who rises up against all odds to an awakened mindset, who stays true to perfecting their work. They practice being perfect and hence they perfect the art of practice. Every day, they incrementally become greater. They fight to win and before you know it, up rises a great tower of success.

Exceptional literally means that, You are an exception within the whole lot; that you are rare, usually with a positive connotation. You are an exceptional person. You are interested in learning something that will improve your life and motivate you to become better. Exceptional people live with a great sense of inner elegance and are elegant even amidst any challenge. Exceptional people use the challenges they face to positively refine and redefine themselves. This refinement keeps their lives clear of negativity. Being deliberate keeps them pointed in the direction of their dreams. Truly exceptional people know who they are. To be truly successful in life requires one to understand the principles and qualities of success which are sustaining. To possess any one of them will increase the experience of a person’s success exponentially. 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was such a talented person.  He was not only naturally gifted, but he also went the extra mile to perfect his gifts in alignment with his natural calling to live up to his name, Luther, as in Luther the Reformer. He skipped both the ninth and 12th grades, and entered college at age 15. He went on to get his master’s degree as a reverend and became a pastor of a church at age 25. He then started his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology at Boston University, and was done by age 26! He got a Noble Peace Prize by age 35! What is striking about Dr. King’s is that he actually came from humble beginnings. He was just a young man who, from the beginning of his life, chose a path of exceptional living, which eventually demanded the sacrifice of his life.

Exceptional people push their limits

How far you get in reaching your dreams is very dependent on how good you are at pushing your limits. The only thing stopping you from reaching your goals and dreams are your limits. Unfortunately most people can’t work past their limits and give up. When you meet your limits you feel resistance and things you want or wish to do seem harder to achieve.

Those who stretch themselves to their extreme limits have a good understanding of life. Without stretching yourself beyond your life’s boundaries, you will never know your true potential in life. Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone is a necessary journey of self-discovery and unleashing of your potential that will help you understand more about yourself. It will make you aware of how Human beings are capable of doing great things. You just need to direct your willpower and mental strength to go the extra mile and discover your ultimate destiny in life. The moment you decide to change your life you place yourself on the ladder to incredible achievements in life. Try and start pushing yourself hard today, right now and you will be amazed at how much you are capable of hastening your journey into success. The key reason exceptional people know their potential is that they are constantly stretching the limits to achieve their goals. Don’t give up. Start small, but start today, right now and you will excel. It will be challenging for you to know your true potential and unleash it if you do not start stretching yourself to break out of the limits right now. 

Exceptional people believe in themselves

Exceptional people believe in themselves. This is another attribute of exceptional people. They have an entrenched belief in themselves, their capabilities and their capacity to achieve their life’s dreams and stated goals. The mind has the power to actualize what you think of yourself and your abilities and causes it to settle within your heart through the subconscious mind. This is one of the most fascinating features of the potent human mind. If you think you will fail you will become a failure and if you think you will succeed you surely will.  Once you develop the necessary self-belief, it becomes possible for you to accomplish the most extraordinary things in life. Just believe in yourself. Have the courage to move beyond mere discussion and act. Encourage and help others use their strengths. Live in a way that challenges others to reach outside their immediate circle of influence and unlock the unlimited possibilities for positive change. Better yet, be a visionary! Take the first step even when others are content standing still in mediocrity. Elizabeth Stecher (Inspiring Children).

Exceptional people know how to counteract stress

Exceptional people know how to counteract stress. Unexpected events and surprises often cause stress because they tend to throw the body’s stability or equilibrium balance out of alignment. You may find yourself caught up in a situation and find that your thoughts are racing. You are carried away and engaged in what’s happening. All of a sudden, you’re caught off guard, unprepared and surprised when something happens or when someone does or says something to offend or hurt you. Being unprepared for the event has caused you negative stress and even anxiety. Those who can stand their grounds are the ones who can counteract stress. In The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck, stated that, Events occur in our lives, he notes, which bring us great benefit yet defy logical explanation. Peck does not hesitate to term such incidents miracles. Keep the miracle mentality and kill the stress.

Exceptional people are focused people

Exceptional people are focused people. They focus on their lifes dream and pursue success diligently. Exceptional people know that focusing on their dream rather than their challenges will push themselves forward and break out of their limitations. In order to achieve great levels of success, we have to be exceptional at what we set out to do and focus on it with an unwavering attention. The truly exceptional people focus on cultivating their inner worlds.

Exceptional people are Intelligent.

Exceptional people know that they are intelligent. Intelligence is about knowledge but even more so about how to control and harness the emotions. In being aware of their own emotional configurations they are greatly bequeathed with the suppleness to handle challenge and change, allowing them to work out smart solutions to their problems. In this case they become problem solvers. You need to be well rounded in your intelligence to carry yourself courageously around in the pursuit of your dream. Exceptional people refuse to be reactive and stay proactive and as a result live with a sense of security. If you want to ignite your passion and make it in life then you must possess the ability to keep your eyes on the bigger picture turning difficult obstacles into great opportunities for success.

Exceptional people place a demand on life

Exceptional people don’t allow life to place a demand on them but they rather place a demand on life. When you place a demand on life you begin to cause things to happen rather than allowing things to happen to you. In other words exceptional people are movers and shakers. They are proactive rather than reactive. They cause changes in their life’s circumstances. They are the tough ones when the going gets tough. They are exceptional in the sense that they demand to secure and live a better life. They demand prosperity and success in their lives. The world will not give you what you deserve but what you fight for.

Exceptional people ask for help

Exceptional people are not afraid to ask for help when it is needed. They know that asking someone else for assistance or sponsorship is not a sign of weaknesses but strength. You cannot accomplish anything worthwhile by yourself; you need someone to support you or sponsor you at a point in your life. For those who are bold enough to seek help are regarded as courageous rather than weak. They are not afraid to ask for help when they need it. Asking for help from others also indicates that you value their input and knowledge and your asking peps up their sense of self-worth and self-esteem. Those who ask for help will eventually get it.

Exceptional people are not afraid to admit their mistakes

Exceptional people flourish in the environments where they make mistakes by turning their mistakes into great opportunities. They are not afraid to admit that they are wrong. They learn from their mistakes and promptly change their course and strategy if given circumstances do not work to their advantage. Thomas Edison made several mistakes just in an attempt to produce the first filament bulb. Seemingly ordinary people in life throw their hands up in frustration when they make mistakes. They are afraid of admitting that they are wrong. For truly exceptional people, a closed door simply means an opportunity to look for an open window as a way of escape. They look for new windows of opportunity. For exceptional people, a dead end simply eliminates a bad option providing them with the flexibility to pursue new possibilities and charting new courses for pursuing success.

Exceptional people are fearless.

If you are going to ever succeed in life you must be fearless. You must be willing to dare in life because exceptional people are willing to dare greatly in life. They know it takes courage to take risks even when it’s frightening. And they chase their dreams with passion and the tenacity of purpose. They are aware that to become exceptional and successful they must do courageous things. They understand that the loudness of their words is unimportant but the depth of their character in respect to the virtue of courage. Practice the following so you continue being an exceptional person:

Keep pushing: An exceptional person will always be pushing forward in order to succeed in everything they do. An exceptional person will have a strong drive to recognize complacency and conquer it immediately. 

Be Persistent: Persistence is a habit you must have in order to breakthrough in life. Persistence is what separates exceptional people from the masses. Be the best. Being a phenomenal person is not easy. 

Be Positive: Life is much better when it is viewed through the eyes of a positive thinker. Be that positive thinker. Continually imagine what you want and it will be yours eventually. Being positive won’t just help you; it will also help the people around you. 

CHAPTER 2

THE POWER OF YOUR MIND

The mind is a powerful force. It can enslave us or empower us. It can plunge us into the depths of misery or take us to the heights of ecstasy. Learn to use the power wisely. David Cuschieri.

Your mind is your greatest asset. What your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve. Whatever you desire, you can achieve it using Mind Power. Your inner world creates your outer world. Your life in the future may remain the same unless you go inside, clean up your old mental files that are full of negativity and re-programme your mind for the success you so desire. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, to the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with Light.

The first step to discovering your