by Darpan Sachdeva
– Inspired by Hal Elrod ,The Miracle Morning
During the course of my life, looking and analysing the Success and Successful people as a study ,I have concluded the biggest reason for their success. They tend never to live a life of mediocrity. A mediocre life is one that feels like you’re just living and not really doing anything meaningful. But when we live this way, it’s because we don’t have any real sense of what our lives are about or who we are as people, so this makes us feel lost in the middle of nowhere without even realizing it.
One of the most crippling causes of mediocrity in life is a condition I call rear-view mirror syndrome (RMS). Our subconscious minds are equipped with a self-limiting rear-view mirror, through which we continuously relive and recreate our past. We mistakenly believe that who we were is who we are, thus limiting our true potential in the present, based on the limitations of our past.
As a result….
we filter every choice we make — from what time we will wake up in the morning to which goals we will set to what we allow ourselves to consider possible for our lives — through the limitations of our past experiences. We want to create a better life, but sometimes we don’t know how to see it any other way than how it’s always been.
Research shows that on any given day, the average person thinks somewhere between 50,000 to 60,000 thoughts. The problem is that 95 percent of our thoughts are the same as the ones we thought the day before and the day before that, and likewise for the days that preceded it. It’s no wonder most people go through life, day after day, month after month, year after year, and never change the quality of their lives.
Like old, worn baggage, we carry stress, fear, and worry from yesterday with us into today. When presented with opportunities, we quickly check our rear-view mirror to assess our past capabilities. ‘No, I’ve never done anything like that before. I’ve never achieved that level. In fact, I’ve failed, time and time again.’
The Rear-View Mirror Syndrome is……..
when presented with adversity, we go back to our trusty rear-view mirror for guidance on how to respond. ‘Yep, just my luck. This stuff always happens to me. I’m just going to give up; that’s what I’ve always done when things get too difficult.’
If you are to move beyond your past and transcend your limitations, you must stop living out of rear- view mirror and start imagining a life of limitless possibilities. Accept the paradigm, “my past does not equal my future. Talk to your self in a way that inspires confidence that not only is anything possible, but that you are capable and committed to making it so. In fact ,you probably won’t believe it. That’s ok. Repeat it to your self and your subconscious mind will begin to absorb it.
Don’t place unnecessary limitations on what you want for your life.…
Think bigger than you have allowed your self to think up until this point. Get clear on what you truly want, condition your self on believing that it is possible by focusing on and affirming it every day and then consistently move in the direction of your vision until it becomes your reality. There is nothing to fear ,because you cannot fail-only learn, grow and become better than you have have ever been before .
Always remember that where you are is a result of you were, but where you go depends entirely on who you choose to be ,from this moment on.
So now once its known the reason of the mediocrity ,go ahead and shatter that Rear View Mirror ,standing in the way of your success. Fight with the Rear-View Mirror Syndrome.
Darpan Sachdeva is the CEO and Founder of Nobelthoughts.com. With a long time passion for Entrepreneurship, Self development & Success. Darpan started his website with the intention of educating and inspiring like minded people all over the world to always strive for success no matter what their circumstances. To keep going and never get disheartened and learn from every adversity.
