Welcome to the Excel Stillmore podcast. I am your host, Chris Emerson. I'm here to encourage you in your walk with God. Thank you for joining in.

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I am so thankful you're here, so let's get started.

Hey, welcome back and thanks for joining in. So I'm feeling kind of giddy, I guess, about today's topic.

And for a couple of reasons. Number one, I know that this will help you. Chances are, even before I'm done today, you will already be making

modifications in your thinking that will bear probably immediate results, because the power

of positive thinking changes everything.

It allows you to unlock belief in your full potential. And when you believe in your full

potential, you will give maximum effort. And when you can sustain maximum effort in anything, something you

want to pursue, a relationship you want to change, whatever it might be, your chances of success

go through the roof because you have set yourself free from mental barriers, self-inflicted sanctions that keeps you from getting

where you want to be or where you need to be. Now, as we move on today and you start thinking of

specific things in your life where you have mentally held yourself back, you may be tempted to

say, yes,

but there are circumstances around me that are in the way. I'm not limiting myself. The environment

is, but I don't know. That would be a tough sell for me, because that just sounds like a broken

soundtrack inside of you telling yourself why circumstances are keeping you from

change. And if that's the way you want to play this, though I doubt that you do, just know that that's

what most people do. Negative thinking about your abilities, your experiences, your opportunities, and your potential will make entirely

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