Your success in life or lack of success will depend on your interpretation and interpretation of life. In the home-based industry mindset is the most important thing and your attitude will determine your altitude. Your perception about something can be "life changing". Have you ever been asked if your glass is half empty or half full? Your answer to this is important because of "HOW" you see life. This interpretation is the first secret to success and describes what success is. It all begins with your perception and interpretation of how you see the world and your place in it. How we perceive things ultimately shapes our reality, our circumstances, and our lives.

Perception is a very powerful tool at our disposal and unfortunately, most people don’t use it or they use it to create the life that they DON’T want. The beauty about perception is that we can change it to suit our needs and ultimately, create the life we DOwant which is a life filled with success, happiness, health, and abundance.

What You See is What You Get!

So, how do you see things? By this I mean how do you view the people around you? How do you view your friends, family, colleagues, and strangers? Do you think some of them are a being a pain, annoying you, they’re difficult; they frustrate you, or are out to get you? For example: If you see a family member as a pain, you are always going to bring out the side in that person that is a pain towards you. If you see your colleagues as jealous, competitive, or vindictive, then you’re always going to bring out those qualities in them because that is what you will see in them.

What is success? Well, you can see people in a negative light and attract that side of them to you OR do you see them as being friendly, warm, caring, affectionate, loving, understand, and positive people? How you see a person is what you bring out of them. The truth is that the only way you will truly see the good in the other person is to focus on their good qualities and you will only attract good things to yourself. Choose to see these positive qualities within them and therefore; that is what you will get—the best side of them. What you believe is what you will get and this will contribute to your success in life!

However, I know that sometimes we don’t want to see this dark side of ourselves which is our negative perceptions. We rationalize and justify our behavior as to "why" we believe what we believe. We use an excuse for our behavior because it seems easier than having to take responsibility for our thoughts and the interpretations we use! Therefore, you will keep bringing out the worst in others by focusing on seeing only the dark side of their character. The chances are that when you look very closely; most people are not as mean and unkind as you think they are.

Everyone and everything is a reflection of ourselves! They are a "mirror" to us. Yes, I know that is something we don’t want to hear! I can think of many times when my life changed instantly when I changed the interpretation I was giving to a person or to a situation. The weaknesses we see in others are really the weaknesses within ourselves. Otherwise, we wouldn’t see them out there in others. It has to be within us for us to see it. It is only our "perception" and our "interpretation" and these can be changed.

Now, let’s look at how you see your world. Do you think the world is terrible or wonderful? Do you think your life is terrible or do you think things are getting better everyday? Do you think about what you don’t have or do you look at what you do have with gratitude and appreciation? Do you look at what you can’t do instead of looking at what you can do? Do you look at the problems or do you always look for solutions? Do you think you can accomplish your goals or are too many obstacles for not achieving your goals? Do you come up with reasons why you can’t do something or do you look at all the ways that you can do what you want?

Your successes in life are the answers to these questions will clearly explain the state of your current life and define what success is. For example: If you look at why you can’t do something then you will only attract the situations, people, and events that will lead to failure. The reason this happens is because your subconscious mind thinks that this is what you want and it guides you so that you end up with the result you are focusing on. You will always get what you FOCUSON whether it is positive or negative.

We are very powerful human beings, but many times we give our power away by blaming other people for being the way they are rather then taking responsibility for how we perceive them and situations? Everything only has meaning because of the meaning we GIVE IT. In fact, everything in life "JUST IS" until we compare it to something else. Nothing in life has any intrinsic meaning except for the meaning WE GIVE IT! Our interpretation and our perception will always determine our end result.

When you change your perception you’ll not only see things differently but, you’ll begin to see new opportunities and they contribute to your success in life. The chances are that these OPPORTUNITIES were always present; however, you just did not see them. And, the reason you didn’t see them is because you were looking somewhere else because they were not in your reality! When you only look at what is wrong, you will only find problems. When you look at what is right, you will always find solutions. It is just that simple….. What is success? It is your perception and interpretation of life and meaning you give it. So, what you see is what you get!