My Future Starts Today
Kent Jacobson, a.k.a. "Mr. Success"

My future starts today, say it out loud, say it silently to
yourself, just say it!  Like a lot of people, I looked at my past
in an attempt to see what my future would be.  After years of
thinking about my future in this manner, I came to realize I’m
actually stuck in the past in a lot of ways.  Why, because of the
comfort zone the past provides for us. I liked my routine, I was
comfortable doing my job in a familiar work environment, I drove
the same way to and from work everyday.  I could even tell you
how much extra time the school zones added to my drive; jeez I
was stuck and did not realize it.  Sure I thought about the
future, my goals and dreams, but for some reason I could not take
the step out of the past.  My advice to you, do not let the past
dictate your future.

I found it difficult to break from the habit of reflecting back
to my past, even when I was trying to determine my next step
towards the future. This reflection to the past was a very
annoying cycle I that I fond myself stuck in. My breakthrough
came after I started reading about successful people and learning
about their mind set. A major amount of focus and effort during
this period of time was trying to determine and improve my
financial future.  As a result, I set out to research and read
about financially successful people to see if I could gain some
perspective on improving my financial future.  A few of the books
I read included;  Donald Trump’s Think Like a Billionaire,  T.
Harv Eker’s Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, Robert Kiyosaki Rich
Dad Poor Dad , granted most of the content is about how they made
their money, but they also offer valuable insight into their
thinking habits.  What I found during this research was for you
to understand the past and learn from the past, but do not let
the past dictate your future.  Look forward, take chances, sure
there is going to be risk involved because you will be out of
your comfort zone.  This is the breakthrough I needed and will
you need to make in trying to achieve your goals and step towards
the future.  If you have tried and not done so well on your own
trying to change your mind set, do not get frustrated. 

There are a number of companies offering courses, seminars and
training opportunities to help you out. Success University
(http://www.successuniversity.com) is a terrific resource.  Some
of you may be familiar with Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
(http://www.nlp.com/), again there are many. Figure out what
matters to you, be willing to change, get over the blame game, and
trust in yourself and others thus allowing yourself to be
successful. 

When I talk to people about change in general or why they argue
not to change a behavior, or habit, I often refer to Albert
Einstein and his definition of Insanity; Doing the same thing
over and over again and expecting different results.  Step into
the future, if and when you have set backs just say, what’s
next…and move on.