Chapter 4. It’s a Bright New Day
my ventures didn’t work, or I lost everything, I did not have anyone I could go to for financial help. I believed I had totally overcome any limiting beliefs that kept me from having faith in myself and going for the things I wanted. But I learned otherwise. While it didn’t hold me back from going after what I wanted, for years I’d wake up sick to my stomach, nervous, anxious, and stressed. I still was getting ahead and accomplishing many things, yet I didn’t feel good inside. Part of me was still fearful. Finally, I cracked the code and figured
I never gave myself credit for all I had accomplished…
it out: My limiting beliefs were still in con- trol. I never gave myself credit for all I had accomplished, and for all the amazing people who were in my life. I forgot about where I came from. I forgot I had surpassed the goals
I had once set for myself a thousand times over. I forgot I had been dealt many bad hands in my life, that I had hundreds of failures, and that I was broke many times, yet I got through it all. Gratitude Transforms And then I looked around at the people who were most suc- cessful and realized they had gotten through very tough times as well and came out stronger, smarter, and more fulfilled. It all boiled down to this: I was not grateful for all I had, for all I had done, and for all the amazing people I had in my life. I wasn’t thanking God enough for giving me the skills to be the man I am. I forgot to be thankful that I was healthy and so was most of my family. Once I realized this, I became grateful, and the more I appre- ciated what I had or had done, rather than what I didn’t have or failed at, the knot in my stomach started to go away. No matter what is going on in your life, no matter how diffi- cult your past or how heavy the stress on your shoulders, you can
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