Proven Principles Of Success Series | Protect Your Peace
- Diamond "TinyBoss" Johnson
- Jun 19, 2023
- 3 min read
Did you know that you are free to choose peace over pressure? Sometimes, we are so busy with our daily 9-5 jobs that we have a preconditioned 9-5 mentality. Today, we are going to break that cycle by identifying what keeps us thinking in such a way and how we can break free of those shackles.
The 1% of the top earners in the world will all tell you that they achieved success because they changed their mindset. Once they tapped into the freedom of choice, they harnessed that freedom and took action against the status quo. Here's what they had to overcome, which a lot of us can easily identify:
- "I have to go to work today."
- "Ugh, I hate this job."
- "I wish I could go on vacation whenever I wanted to, like my boss."
- "I'll never be debt free, so I'll just have to find another job to put food on the table."
- "I'll sleep when I'm dead. I have too much work to catch up on."
- "I'll just hit the snooze button a few times. Who cares if I"m late to work."
- "Once I reach retirement, then I'll live the good life."
Do you see the pattern with these statements? They are all rooted from the general idea that no one can escape the 9-5 job. Since school, we have all been preconditioned into thinking that getting a desk job was the end-all-be-all. Once we achieved that desk job - or doctor's job - we would be like everyone else, work like everyone else, and make money like everyone else. Little did we realize that we would be a slave, like everyone else. This type of "slave" mindset robs us of our peace, because now our focus is on the shackles that bind us instead of the freedom to choose a better life.
Now that we recognize these limiting beliefs, how do we choose peace over the pressures of performing? One of the most powerful ways we can do this is to change our thought life. We can do so with statements like these:
- "I have the power to change my situation."
- "I will utilize my income to expand my dreams and change my work life."
- "I love working on what aligns with my purpose in life."
- "I don't have to work at this 9-5 job for the rest of my life. I can work on my dream as a side hustle for the time being."
- "I don't have to perform at work. I can be at peace and focus on what I am good at."
- "I can take a vacation on my days off by doing activities and things that bring me peace."
- "I can choose to be at peace, despite all the work drama."
- "I can live life fully and completely, even before I hit retirement age. I am practicing for my retirement lifestyle."
These statements, when spoken aloud every day, shifts our paradigm from a slave mindset to a free mindset. We choose to cultivate peace and joy, gratitude and praise, all from the words we speak. Our words have the power to change our situation or keep us stuck. We don't have to live like we are chained to a job. Once we tap into the freedom that has already been given us - which is the powerful freedom of choice - we can then choose to pursue ventures that benefit our peace and bring us joy. We can choose peace over pressure! We can choose peace over performance!
What are some paradigm shift statements you can say about your current situation today and every day? Let us know in the comments below. We'd love to hear what your peace statements are.
Until next time, this is TinyBoss signing off!
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