Mindset for Success

How do you define success? Do you think of success as having a lot of money? Maybe receiving a promotion that you've been trying to get for some time now? Or maybe having a family that you've always dreamed of? Even though all of these are great to have, success really doesn't happen until you change your MINDSET to be a winner. Below I am going to break down a few things that I have learned on the journey to "success".

1. Don't just go to church, learn to have a real relationship with God.

Going  to church is the least that we can do for God, but having a real relationship with God is when you'll get the instructions you need to gain success and life begins. When God gives you instructions to do things they're not just instructions to get you to have money. They are practically your guideline for your life as a whole.

2. Pay attention to what voice your listening to.

If you are always making decisions out of doubt and fear then you are not listening to the right voice. You are listening to the Devil himself. Everyday that you wake up God has and agenda for you and the Devil most certainly has an agenda for you. It is his job to get you off course and try to deceive you into making decisions that look good on the surface but underneath has a whole lot of problems and consequences that come with those choices.

3. Always put your best foot forward.

Whatever you do in life do it to the best ability because it teaches discipline for success. It can be very easy to become lazy and procrascinate until last minute. Last minute shouldn't be the way, you or I operate within this thing called life. Intentionally plan to do things and start using a calendar to make sure you can keep up with the plans you have. (I'm still practicing this part haha)

4. Love yourself.

You have to love yourself enough to encourage yourself. Learn how to talk to yourself in the mirror, in the car, ANYWHERE! Hug yourself, tell yourself that you love you, and tell yourself that you are beautiful every chance you get.  Learn yourself so that you know exactly what you want out of life. Once this occurs no one will be able to persuade decisions you have to make soley for yourself. God created you to be a leader not a follower.

5. You will not have a lot of friends when your on the right path.

Last, but not least you are not going to have a lot of friends when you are on the right path that God has you on. If you have a lot of friends you should be worried. I only say worried because if these "friends" aren't around when you are down and around only when you are up you should cut it quick. There are people that will be drawn to your light in the correct way, and also drawn to your light in the wrong way. Watch who you surround yourself with because that's what you will eventually become.

All of the tips above are only coming from true experience that I've had on my own journey that I wanted to share with you. There are things that  I am still trying to get down to a science on the list, but we are not perfect and never will be. The first step is to acknowledge what needs to be fixed and then give it to God. The road to success is a different journey for everyone which only means that your journey is ONLY YOUR JOURNEY. Isn't that an exciting thing to know!


"Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value." -- Albert Einstein

Stay in your lane.

Psalms 119:1 - 1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD

God gave me a dream a long time ago about something that I was trying to do as a career. I thank him for giving me that dream because I would've went off track of the course that he has me on. Within the dream I was driving on a nice paved road when I decided to turn off onto a dirt road. It was sunny until I turned down that road and all of the sudden it started storming with the winds blowing and trees falling. I backed up off the road just before a tree hit my car and proceeded to get back on the paved road where the sun came back out again.

I feel this was God's way of telling me to stay in my lane and stop trying to put myself in a career that will put me "in a box". He showed me that I'm not an "in the box" person and that my gifts would take me far in the world if I just learn to trust in him. I believe there comes a point in everyone's life where they may not know what they want to do or they fall out of excitement about the path that they're on and maybe start doing other things outside of the lane God has them in.

You cannot be a follower in life because God made you to do a specific job or jobs for him that only he gave to you. He made everyone to be leaders in their own unique way. Look at how creative God is, when you look around you see people of all colors, shapes, and sizes. Why would you think that he didn't create you to do something out of the ordinary, something BIG, something EXTRORDANARY!!!

Now is the time to start thinking of ourselves the way that God sees us. Pay attention to what you follow and always remember to STAY IN YOUR LANE!

Lately.....

Hi Everyone! I just wanted to let you know what I have been up to lately! There is a true passion that I have found in Art again and I have been painting a lot lately. Most of the paintings I have been doing just to continue to practice and they have been getting a lot of attention. Below I will be posting pictures of various paintings that I have done. I will be blogging still because this is also something that I'm just as passionate about. See you soon!!