Yes, I know. It's a weird title. Bare with me.
My last post was very unique. It was certainly not the norm for my blog, but it has gotten excellent feedback and lots of comments, so apparently, I touched a nerve.
Before you read this article, please read my last one. That will give you a good foundation and will put this article in perspective.
My wife was gone for most of the evening tonight. When she got home, I read my last article to her. When I got to the part about conceiving, she came up with a brilliant idea and suggested that I write this post. Before I share her idea with you, let me recount the part of my last article about conceiving.
As I see it, a focused thought void of intense emotion is like sperm. An intense emotion void of focused thought is like egg. And a focused thought conjoined with intense emotion creates life; energy; spirit.
In my estimation, this is what Napoleon Hill meant when he said, “What the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve.” Conceiving is much more than just having a mental image. What do we call it when sperm and egg are joined? Conception or to conceive. Conceive defined means literally to become pregnant with.
Our focused thoughts and intense emotions, when meshed together creates life.
It was at this point that my wife, who happens to be pregnant, stopped me and said:
In order to truly conceive an idea, goal or dream, like being pregnant, the idea has to take over your whole mind and body. When a woman is pregnant, her entire body changes. Her thoughts and feelings change. Her hormones change. Her behavior changes. Where she goes and what she does changes. What she eats changes. Everything changes.
If a person has truly “conceived” a goal they want to accomplish, they will by default become impregnated. As a result, everything should change. And if they are accomplish their goal, everything must change. Their thoughts and feelings must change. Their actions must change. What they do and where they go must change. Their energy and vibration must change.
Brilliant huh? And yes, I get all my material from her.
I don't know that there's much to add, other than I concur!
Any time a dream has taken hold of me, everything changes. Typically, I'm a really laid back guy. But when pregnant with a goal or a dream, I'm totally different. It may not be observable on the outside, but inside, I have a much higher level of focus and intensity. My thoughts are consumed by my goal. I take specific actions every day, which will bring me closer to my goal; steps I would not have taken without the changes that follow conception.
This is a very difficult phenomenon to explain. But any of you who have experienced it, know exactly what I mean.
As you are engaging in high level thinking about your life, dreams, goals and aspirations, inspiration will burst on your mind. This inspiration is typically an idea that takes hold of you. Once the idea “gets” you, your emotions kick in. You begin to get excited, thinking of all the possibilities.
Your mind goes nuts! You begin having so many ideas, you have to grab a pen and paper to capture them all. Your heart rate increases. Sleep is a turn off. Every time you lay down, you have another idea, which gets your blood flowing again, pushing sleep further and further away. Often you stay up late and get up early. You can't wait to get started every day! It's all you talk about and think about, and it's all you want to do.
If you have ever experienced this, you really did conceive. You really were pregnant! And if you believe you can accomplish in your life, what you conceived in your mind and heart, you will in deed achieve. What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Slight Edge. He teaches, “Commitment is doing the thing you said you would do long after the mood you said it in has left you.” It's so easy to get exited in the moment, but the real test is what you do when you're in the trenches taking enemy fire. Persisting in spite of any obstacle, insurmountable or other wise, is what commitment is all about.
