Your Thoughts Matter: Change your Thoughts and Change your Destiny

By George Goh

This book explores the power of your thoughts and how changing your thoughts can change your destiny.

Everything is created twice. It is first a thought before it becomes a thing.

I have come to recognize and realize that the major stumbling block that prevents and obstructs most people from achieving the results they desire in their life is what lies between our ears, that is, our THOUGHTS.

In the final analysis, this book reinforces the truth that our thoughts are powerful and that we are greater than our history, circumstance, and conditions. We are the master of our own destiny. Your Thoughts Matter. Change your Thoughts and Change your Destiny!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
• Release date: Nov 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543748499

George Goh

George Goh is a Certified DreamBuilder® coach, speaker, author and a business partner of Mary Morrissey, of LifeSOULutions. He is the founder of THOUGHTS2THINGS. George coaches people to harness the power of their thoughts to design and live a vision driven life, and become a better version of themselves. Website: http://www.georgegoh.dreambuildercoach.com http://www.georgegoh-yourthoughtsmatter.com

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I Am Your Greatest Helper or Your Heaviest Burden

I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.

I am completely at your command. Half the things you do you might just as well turn over to me, and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly if you just manage and guide me.

I am easily managed, but you must be firm with me. Show me exactly what you want to do, to be, to have, to give, and to create, and I will work on it automatically.

I am the servant of all great men and women, but alas, I am also that which brings failure to them. Those who are great I have made them great. Those who are failures I have made them failures.

I am not a machine, but I work with the precision of a fine machine plus the intelligence of the smartest person you know.

You may run me for profit or you may run me for ruin. It makes no difference to me.

Be my master. Take me. Train me. Manage me. Guide me. Be firm with me and I will place the world at your feet. Be easy with me, casual with me, convenient with me, and I will destroy every goal and dream you have.

Who am I?

I am your thinking.

Author unknown

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part – I Your Thought

Chapter 1 Your thought is powerful

Chapter 2 What is thought?

Chapter 3 Universal law of thinking

Chapter 4 Thought becomes thing

Part – II Your Destiny

Chapter 5 What is destiny?

5.1  Condition-based thinking

5.2  Vision-based thinking

Chapter 6 Visioning process

6.1  Be grateful

6.2  Setting your intention

6.3  Discovering your possible futures

6.4  Vision statement and visualization

6.5  Put your goals and dreams to the test and decide

Part – III Your Paradigm

Chapter 7 Overview of the mind

Chapter 8 What is a paradigm?

8.1  How are paradigms formed?

8.2  How to have a paradigm shift

Part – IV Your Action

Chapter 9 Decision

Chapter 10 Who am I?

Chapter 11 Attitudes

11.1  Attitude of gratitude

11.2  Attitude of personal growth

11.3  Attitude of worthiness and deservingness

11.4  Attitude of forgiveness and kindness

11.5  Attitude of success and failing forward

Chapter 12 Perception

Chapter 13 Intuition

Chapter 14 Mastermind

Chapter 15 Spirituality and cocreation

Part – V Your Transformation

Chapter 16 Who you become in the process

Conclusion

Bibliography

Preface

You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct, and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.

Napoleon Hill

Are you the master of your own destiny?

Do the following statements sound familiar to you?

•  I am not happy and am dissatisfied with where I am in my life today.

•  I am not enjoying and living a life I would love in the areas of health and well-being, relationships, career, and my time and money freedom.

•  I am not achieving the results I desire in either my personal or professional life.

•  I feel constricted and stuck where I am with fear, doubt, and worry.

Well, you are not alone if any or all of these statements resonate with you. A significant number of people allow their history and conditions, and the circumstances surrounding them, to determine their destiny. These are people who are stuck in their lives with limiting thoughts and beliefs about themselves, such as I’ve never succeeded in anything I do in the past, so I don’t see how I can succeed now, and I don’t have the education and the skill sets, or I don’t deserve to get that job or promotion, or I can’t start my own business because of the current economic and market conditions, or I’m too overweight and ugly to have a significant other, or I don’t have the time for my family and other loved ones, or I don’t have the money to do this or that.

Consequently, you will hear these people lamenting and proclaiming, Well, this is life! This is my destiny! There’s not much that I can do about it. I don’t really see how it will help if I do this or do that. Sadly, these are the people with a mindset of lack and a victim’s mentality. They feel bitter, discontented, revengeful, and negative most of the time. They will blame everyone and everything except themselves. They easily settle for a life of mediocrity and believe that’s all life has to offer them. They tend to give up on their dream lives and remain comfortably unhappy. They are very dissatisfied living life as it is without realizing that they have the power within them to design and live the life they would love. According to Napoleon Hill, bestselling author of the book Think and Grow Rich, You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct, and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be. Now, what I do know about every one of us is that there is a part of us that wants to grow and become a better version of ourselves, and there is also the other part of us that just wants to stay where we are, hemmed in the comfort zone, living our old lives for safety and security reasons most of the time.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, a philosopher and poet, points out, The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. Let the truth be told that it is in our nature to be creative, to grow, to achieve, and to become more of who we can be. We live in a spiral universe, and our very DNA is a spiral. Just think of a spiral going up, up and up, so is your life. There is an ever upward pull of becoming and humankind is always evolving upwards to become more of itself. It has been said that we are all evolving spiritual beings having a human experience on this planet we call Earth. No one knows exactly how much time we have on this earth to live our lives. It is never the number of years we live, but how we grow and live our lives that matter. It is our responsibility and birthright to create and be the master of our own destinies, to live a life with purpose so that we can evolve and grow to be a better version of ourselves.

There is a wonderful quotation from the Talmud that says, Over every blade of grass, there is an angel, leaning and whispering over it, saying, ‘Grow! Grow! Grow!’ And that little blade of grass will press through cement, seeking the light to grow. It is this very same life energy in the blade of grass to grow that is in you too. That energy is always pulling, pushing, and encouraging you to press through the barriers, obstacles, conditions, circumstances, and limited thinking in your life, seeking the light to grow to become more of what you can be in your personal and professional life.

In this context, I’m very grateful and happy to be blessed with the opportunity to author and publish this first book of mine for you. The material presented to you in Your Thoughts Matter is specifically written to that part of you that wants to grow and to be the master of your own destiny so that you can become a person of increase and live the life you desire. It has always been my desire and dream to share positively and instructively with people on how we can live a vision-driven life instead of living a life by default, or what is called a condition-based life, which is constricted and limited. Much time and effort were invested to do my research work and study on the subject of personal growth and development. I studied experts in the field like Mary Morrissey, Bob Proctor, Les Brown, Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy, and John C. Maxwell, and also the late greats like Jim Rohn, Wayne Dyer, Stephen R. Covey, Earl Nightingale, Dale Carnegie, and Napoleon Hill. These people and so many before them greatly inspired me and were huge influencers on my life.

Your Thoughts Matter is also written based on my prior corporate working experience in the human resources management field and on what I’ve studied, learned, applied, and experienced as a certified DreamBuilder coach. After researching and studying, and from my working and coaching experiences, I have come to recognize and realize that the major stumbling block that prevents and obstructs most people from achieving the results they desire in their lives is what lies between our ears, that is our thoughts. Our thought creates our reality. I’m referring to the dominant thought patterns in one’s thinking mind. Your dominant thought, when impressed upon your subconscious mind, becomes your paradigm that generates your feelings. Your feelings will determine the energetic state of vibration in your body. The vibration of your body makes you act in a certain way. And working with the universal laws and practising spiritual principles will produce the results you desire. We will explore more on this in the chapters ahead.

Fundamentally, Your Thoughts Matter explores the power of your thoughts and how changing your thoughts can change your destiny. It is about how our thoughts define our human experiences because everything is created twice, from thoughts to things. I’m confident that this book will be a good read for you and will inspire and stimulate your thinking on how you can harness the power of your thoughts to take the next best step forward, cocreating with the universe a vision-driven life that changes your destiny and transforms you to become a better version of yourself.

There are several concepts, principles, and practices, as well as some language used in this book, that may or may not be new to you. One of the key concepts is the tenet that there is one power and one presence everywhere that we work with and cocreate with to manifest what we desire. You may call this one power and one presence the universe, God, life, Spirit, infinite intelligence, the Almighty, the higher power, or whatever other term you are comfortable with. We will learn about working with the laws of the universe and practising spiritual principles to transform our possibilities into realities.

I have intentionally repeated some of the principles, practices, concepts, keywords, quotations, and phrases in the book, not to impress you but just to emphasize and reiterate their importance. It has been said that repetition is the mother of learning. My hope is that you will have an open mind and a willing heart in your reading journey. There are interesting teaching stories to help you better appreciate and understand the key principles and concepts in this book. Obviously, what I have written in Your Thoughts Matter will not be the final word on the subject. It’s just the tip of the iceberg. But I hope the contents presented herein are enlightening and helpful to those who want to invest in themselves to change and grow and be the master of their own destiny. Like most self-help books, the primary message of this one is about ways of thinking that lead to ways of acting more effectively to live a vision-driven life and achieve success in your personal and professional life.

Your Thoughts Matter is divided into five parts, as follows, to assist you in understanding the process of how you can design a vision-driven life to take you from where you are now to where you desire to be so that you can become the master of your own destiny. It works if you work it.

•  Part I – Your Thought

•  Part II – Your Destiny

•  Part III – Your Paradigm

•  Part IV – Your Action

•  Part V – Your Transformation

Our thoughts are the very basic foundation within us that will serve to create our reality without. All creation starts with a thought. Your thought will determine your destiny. Your paradigm causes the vibrational state of your body, which triggers your action, which generates the result you achieve in your personal and professional life. More important than the results you achieve is the gift of transformation of who you become in the process. You are the creator of your own destiny through your thoughts. As Earl Nightingale, author of The Strangest Secret, succinctly points out, We become what we think about.

I believe you are reading this book today because there is a part of you that wants to grow and because you have a strong desire and hunger to invest in yourself to master your own destiny and live your dream. I want to acknowledge this and congratulate you on your commitment to personal development. There is greatness in you, and it’s possible for you to live a more expansive and fulfilling life. Napoleon Hill emphasizes, Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Don’t limit your possibilities in life with your eyesight. Believe in your mind-sight that there is more than meets the eye to live the life you would love to live.

Let the truth be told that the quality of your thoughts determines the quality of the results you will generate in your life. So, begin now to unleash the power of your thoughts. Don’t just be inspired by your thoughts. Take timely and necessary action steps to change your destiny and transform yourself to become more of who you can be. Mary Morrissey, founder and owner of the Life Mastery Institute,