A few days ago someone on the Dave_Ramsey_Debt_Beaters@yahoogroups.com
list, posted basically the idea that you should just go for it and try
something new. A very good thought. After all of us on that list hadn’t “gone for
it” we wouldn’t be here becoming debt free.
That same night as I listened to coast to coast on the free intune
radio on my phone via pillow speakers I realized their subject for the evening
went hand in hand with what had been posted, TMMO and all our attitudes on that
plan.
The speaker was very interesting he went into various
studies that had been on the power of positive thinking, thinking he would
disprove the theory entirely. Only he
found that it did work instead.
He cited many instances of the sugar pill as a control group
theory, but he went past that and discussed how not only can we improve our
situation with positive thinking and prayer (which is positive thinking when
you think about it) but how we can hold ourselves back with negative, or the
lack of thinking.
The example he cited of that was the hard working hotel and
office housekeeping staffs all across the nation. He pointed out that in reality most of them
worked hard and burned far more calories than most people do on a daily
basis. But a study showed that as a
whole they seldom lost weight when obtaining this type of work. Further study showed that it was because they thought of it as a “job” not exercise and
therefore with that mental mindset, even though they were burning more calories
than they previously had they didn’t lose weight.
To prove this they did a study where the control group was
told nothing of the theory, but the other group was. The control group lost zero weight, where the
informed group lost considerable weight doing the exact same jobs.
It is kind of the same with following the TMMO. It is not a new concept. Dr says that himself “exact same advice as
grandma…”, but some people never achieve being debt free and living like no one
else, because they are just “doing the job” and they see every tiny set back as
a complete failure on their part. While
others see the goal, see the day to day accomplishments, the pennies saved here
and there that soon mount up to dollars saved and they achieve it.
He said this concept works on all aspects of our lives. We should feel good about what we do accomplish
each day and tell ourselves this on a daily basis, be positive, not negative.
His suggestions was each day when you lay in bed for those
first few golden moments between sleep and being fully away and at it for the
day, and again just as you are falling asleep you should tell yourself something
positive and repeat it twenty times.
An example” I am a list maker I set 12 goals for myself a
day. Most days I don’t reach all 12
goals because life happens, but then the world won’t end if I don’t accomplish
them. In fact I often get frustrated I
don’t get more accomplished. So I am
trying his positive thinking theory.
So now each morning I say “I did better on my goals
yesterday than I’ve been doing” and at night I say “I did better on my goals
today than I’ve been doing.” And guess
what I am. I also repeat this on and off
all day, along with “I am burning extra calories by doing this and I will lose
weight.” I’ve only been doing this a
short while, so no noticeable weight loss yet, but it can’t hurt to be positive
about losing weight now can it?
So I challenge you to be positive about yourself, and
achieve your dreams. Our totally debt
free dream is very nearly a reality because we were positive we could do it and
you can too.
Jan who is the official Pollyanna of the Dave Ramsey group
on yahoogroups.com in OK
