Accepting Your Thoughts

"Every thought has a reason for being there, but unless you accept it for what it is without judging it, you will not be able to deal with it in any form. Allow the thought to be what it is. It does not mean you have to like it, does not mean you have to agree with it and definitely does not mean you have to love it. Just take it for what it is.  With every thought that is bothering you simply say “I accept you” to clear your mind of it. You have to imagine these thoughts of yours, both the positive and negative ones, like little children wanting attention. If you starve them of attention they will not go away but instead throw tantrums until you do give them attention. But all they really want is to be heard."

-- Lukas Schwekendiek

The Thought You Pay Attention To

"But what really makes a difference is what happens beyond that. A snowball effect turns into what is known as a “self-fulfilling prophecy”, which basically means that as you pay way more attention to the things that are in line with what you want, and ignore things that are not, you create more chances to actually get what you want.  Your brain cannot relay every little bit of information to the conscious mind, so it chooses to relay the important pieces, namely the ones you have thought about the most."

-- Lukas Schwekendiek

What Keep You From Success

"It is on you to allow excuses and reasons to keep you from success. If you do not hold yourself accountable, no one else will for no one has to pay the price or reap the rewards of that accountability but you."

-- Lukas Schwekendiek

A Truly Successful Person

"When people reach success, in whatever form that may be, they finally allow themselves to let go of the idea that these things would bring them happiness or fulfillment, and by doing that, they reached closer to true success.  In my opinion, a truly successful person is not one who has it all, but one who is happy because they have nothing.  It is a person that feels successful without any reason to, one that removed all those negative thoughts, worries and stressors from their head."

-- Lukas Schwekendiek