Do You Expect Success?

An Attitude of Expectancy

A Positive Mental Attitude attracts opportunities for success, while a Negative Mental Attitude repels opportunities and doesn’t even take advantage of them when they do come along. — Napoleon Hill

An attitude of expectancy is a mindset filled with hope for the future. The attitude you have while waiting for that future is incredibly important. Remember as a kid waiting for Christmas?

For weeks you were excited and filled with anticipation and expectations about all that Santa was going to bring. You had faith, complete trust, and confidence that something great and amazing was going to happen on Christmas Day! That’s what we’re talking about here.

You need something in your future that you’re excited about, drawing you forward. Something important enough to wake you up every day, excited about what life has in store. Something that’s going to move you towards your future.

My Own Christmas Story

The year was 1969. My mother was getting me and my 3 brothers ready for bed. Yes, 4 boys, 2 beds, same room. I told my mother as she reached down to kiss me good night, that I wanted a guitar for Christmas.

She looked a little surprised. I went on to explain to her that it was something I wanted more than anything I had ever wanted in my entire life. I even told her it could count for my birthday present for the next 2 years, and that I was willing to do extra chores as well.

I didn’t learn until much later in life, that at that time, there was no way my parents could afford a guitar. My dad was going to seminary to finish his master’s degree and was working a full-time job. It was all they could do to keep the bills paid and take care of 5 kids. (Yes, I have a sister too.)

As a kid, I was completely oblivious to my parent’s financial situation. I was busy dreaming about the guitar I was going to get for Christmas. It’s all I could think about. I had complete faith and trust that something amazing was going to happen for me on Christmas Day!

My mom will tell you that I was on my best behavior, anticipating that all I had to do was be good, and Santa was going to bring me a guitar.

Meanwhile, my mom and dad spent many hours working on making it happen. My mom did odd jobs and my dad worked part-time jobs in the evenings to raise the money to buy me the guitar. As Christmas rolled around it became clear that they were going to come up short.

My dad carpooled with 3 other men to the seminary every day to save wear and tear on our car and to save gas money. On the week of Christmas, on their way home from their last day of school.

They pulled over to let my dad out where my mom was always waiting to pick him up. As he got out of the car, they also got out and congregated around the trunk of the car.

They opened the trunk and pulled out a slightly used beautiful guitar. These 3 men had pooled their money together and purchased a guitar to give to my dad, a man they had become great friends with over the last few years.

All my mom and dad could do was cry. They hugged and thanked them for such an amazing gesture of generosity. Needless to say, they were overwhelmed with gratitude.

That Christmas, Santa delivered on my greatest dream and my greatest expectation!

Expect Success

“Our expectations affect the outcome of every situation” — — Dr. Caroline Leaf

When you expect success, you’re more likely to have success. The expectations you have about your future change how you see and think about your life. They reveal what you think and believe about your future. Those expectations equip and prepare you mentally and physically to succeed in life.

The attitude you display towards your circumstances is a verbal and mental manifestation of your expectations.

Since you can consciously change the expectations in your mind, you have the final say as to what attitude you use in every situation. You can choose to remove negative expectations and replace them with positive ones.

Here’s what’s so amazing. YOU get to choose your targets (vision) for the future. YOU get to choose to let your positive attitude be your aim at those targets, and even more important, YOU get to choose the Actions (goals) that move you daily towards those targets.

Expect Great Things to Happen

Expect great things to happen and great things will come. — Norman Vincent Peale

Your attitude will be the catalyst for every failure, setback, or accomplishment you experience in your life. An Attitude of Expectancy is the positive understanding that despite your flaws, your circumstances, and your current situation, You expect great things to happen to you every day.

With that in mind you can’t afford to let life’s difficulties, and adversities become your excuses why you don’t have a Positive Attitude. Refuse to justify griping, complaining, and whining about what life brings your way.

Instead, let your Positive Attitude become your savior and your rescuer from life’s storms. A positive attitude and mindset will be the sails and the wind that carries you safely through life’s toughest storms.

An Attitude of Expectancy about who you’re becoming and your vision for your future attracts opportunities for success.

Expect to succeed daily.

Daily success creates confidence.

Confidence creates the perseverance to deal with life circumstances positively.

When you see the positive, in life’s most difficult circumstances, you’re on your way to using everything the universe throws at you FOR your good.

Despite your flaws, your circumstances, and your current situation, you can EXPECT great things to happen FOR you every day.

Do You Expect Success?