The principles are the same both Personally and Professionally.
The quality of your life is entirely determined by the quality of your thinking.   Surprisingly few of us actually give any attention to the way in which we think and there is a really good reason for that.

* Research has demonstrated that for most of us, most of the time, we think in habitual patterns for around 95% of the time.  Our thoughts bypass our conscious mind.  Something happens and it triggers an automatic response

To be truly powerful you have to think and act mindfully, to make conscious, informed decisions.
Why is it so important?
Our beliefs generate out thinking,
Our thinking generates emotions which in turn generates actions.
Beliefs can be either empowering or dis-empowering. Our beliefs about ourselves and the world we live in are often created when we are very young, once installed we look for evidence to support it being true.
Trouble with that is beliefs can remain in place for years unless they are challenged.
I have studied countless people who have stepped into their power and as a result are extremely successful.  It is easy to see why.  They follow the same pattern of mindful thinking.  It’s not magic or rocket science.  Great thing is that there is nothing about the way highly successful people operate, that cannot be replicated by you, if you have a mind to do it.
So let’s look at what makes the difference
Consider the following approaches
No 1
If you think – I will fail.  It’s becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy – it’s a done deal.  Many people will not even start if they think they will fail.  They would rather not try than be seen to fail.
No 2
I might fail.  Whilst they go through the motions everything is coloured by the fear of failure.  It is rather like trying to run up hill with a boulder strapped to your back
No 3
I will succeed
If you are determined to succeed it doesn’t mean you have to know al the answers from the start.  Indeed people who are mindful about being determined to succeed will see every failure as an opportunity to learn before moving forward.
Dyson who is now a multi – millionaire made nearly 2000 prototypes before creating a carpet cleaner that was commercially viable.
For each of the three approaches there is a corresponding set of approaches to decision making.  You will make VERY different choices if you are fearful of failing to if you know you will succeed and see anything which goes wrong as just a step closer to getting it right.
Think about your approach to life.  Do you spend much of feeling you will fail or being fearful of failure?
2) To step into your power it is important that you make the best use of the resources at your disposal
Time, energy and money are all finite resources.  Of course you can use your money to buy other people’s time and energy.  There are times when it is far more cost effective to buy other’s expertise and experience and other times when learning to do things yourself is a far better option.
How strategic are you in your use of time, energy and money.
Do you spend much time worrying about things or complaining.  Both are actually an expensive use of time as not only do nothing to move you forward in achieving the thing you desire they leach your energy, take over your thinking and make you feel un-resourced.
Research shows that on average, people tell 37 people when things go wrong and only 5 when they go right.  That’s a lot of wasted energy!
If you live to 70 you have just 613620 hours.  It makes sense to make the most of them.
3) Successful people make as many mistakes as the general population.  Indeed they are more likely to make more as they generally procrastinate less and give things a go.
So what is the difference between people who are successfully living an empowered ...