One employee was particularly challenging to our coworkers.  She would often be accused of achieving sales by overhearing other sales people’s leads and selling to their customers first.  As a result, she sold a lot of clothing, but I would then have to resolve painful conflicts and commission disputes.

Before each sales event, my thoughts would often go to a place of not wanting challenging sales people to upset the other sales people while selling a lot of product. You can see that my thoughts were focusing on the problem: a challenging sales person who upsets others.  And that is what I continued to experience. Once I learned about the power of my thoughts, I disciplined myself to think about what I wanted rather than what I didn’t want. And it worked! I wanted successful sales people who worked harmoniously together. I thought about how I’d feel and react at the end of a great sales event with everyone selling well without conflict.  Since then, I’ve achieved most every goal that I’ve set for myself. We can consciously focus our thoughts, words, and emotions toward good outcomes and receive them. James Allen reinforced this practice when he said: “In your hands will be placed the exact results of your thoughts; you will receive that which you earn, no more, no less. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fail, remain, or rise with your thoughts, your wisdom, desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.” Take the time to think about what you want in all areas of your life. Don’t give the possibility of failure, misfortune, or “worst case scenarios” any more of your powerful thoughts.  Be blessed and prosper.