The Road To Success Is Always Under Construction
52. The road to success is always under construction.
Ah, how cute. One of my favorite Tools. Did the cover of the book not give that away? This was one of the first lessons I took to heart when I was dealing with my struggles in practice and in life. I was consumed with things that came up and needed to be completed. I was irked by all the things in my office that I wanted to do, long-term and short. I was constantly wondering when all these things on my list would diminish. As I finished one thing, another would pop up. When things were going great, then a new challenge to deal with would present itself.
It seemed no matter what I did I was never caught up. There was constantly work that needed to be done, and I felt like no matter what I did it was never enough, and regardless of the effort new things would always be waiting for me around the corner. It weighed heavily on my mind to the point it was affecting my attitude and outlook on life.
Then I was fortunate to stumble across this Tool, which in one moment put everything into perspective for me. When you are building your life, you are never done doing work. There are new areas to build and areas that will need repair from time to time. When you know that this is the case, it gives you a new way of viewing life and prepares you for what’s ahead. That’s why we have a blueprint in this book to develop plans for what the new areas call for in constructing our life.
You will remember when I was introducing Tools earlier in the book that I made the statement that some Tools can be considered power tools because of their ability to double up as an affirmation. This is a prime example of that premise. This Tool has so much power behind it, you can use it in the Tool section or as your affirmation. In fact, this was the first affirmation I used on my first blueprint. There are a number of the Tools that can be considered this way. There is no wrong answer. You enter a phrase in the affirmation section that you want to program into your subconscious mind.
So I guess truthfully any of the Tools could be used in the affirmation section. But in the spirit of what we are looking for as an affirmation, this is maybe the best example of all the Tools; hence the nickname, a power tool.